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EP 77: Ryan Smith (Utah Jazz Owner, Qualtrics Co-Founder): HS Dropout Turned Tech Founder Bought His Hometown NBA Team

EP 77: Ryan Smith (Utah Jazz Owner, Qualtrics Co-Founder): HS Dropout Turned Tech Founder Bought His Hometown NBA Team

FromThe Logan Bartlett Show


EP 77: Ryan Smith (Utah Jazz Owner, Qualtrics Co-Founder): HS Dropout Turned Tech Founder Bought His Hometown NBA Team

FromThe Logan Bartlett Show

ratings:
Length:
105 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

(0:00) Intro(1:00) Buying the Utah Jazz(8:09) Customer base of a fan versus customer base of enterprise software(10:42) Applying lessons in tech to basketball(18:26) Trading and relationships(21:15) Getting rid of the RSN deal(28:33) Starting a non-profit(19:59) Views on productivity and work-from-home(37:07) Becoming a CEO(40:01) Bill Gates exercise strategy(45:51) Dropping out of high school and going to South Korea(50:03) LDS Mission in Mexico(55:49) Starting Qualtrics with your dad(1:00:26) Working at Ford(1:03:37) Northwestern Field Study(1:05:32) Cheaper, faster, better(1:08:24) Not selling for $500 million(1:12:38) No venture capital(1:16:25) Getting acquired(1:24:07) Product market fit(1:34:35) Brother’s time at Google(1:39:21) Plan for things to take a little bit longer than you expect(1:42:51) The infamous horse story Show Notes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN0FAhzD-WI Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson ? Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg ? Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials? Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow? Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow? Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the ShowLogan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.
Released:
Sep 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each week, Logan Bartlett, partially known for his work as a partner at Redpoint Ventures, but maybe even better known for his and his cartoon avatar’s posting on Twitter sits down with giants of the tech industry to give you the inside scoop you won’t hear anywhere else. They’re covering the biggest stories in tech, but the side nobody talks about. From the memes and Twitter beefs to the idiot billionaires, and basically, all the things real people in the tech world actually talk about, but secretly in their group chats! Subscribe now because you won’t want to miss an episode!