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EP 89: Jay Kreps (CEO, Confluent) on Confluent’s Resilient Rise to Software Behemoth
EP 89: Jay Kreps (CEO, Confluent) on Confluent’s Resilient Rise to Software Behemoth
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111 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
(0:00) Intro(1:26) How being a writer benefited Jay as a CEO(3:05) Building a management team(13:28) The Role of Titles in a Company(17:54) Only Going To One Year of High School(23:02) The Decision to Pursue Computer Science(31:05) The Birth of Project Kafka(34:32) Reflections on the Success of Kafka(36:47) Launching an Open Source Project(37:43) The Power of Product Marketing(39:35) Should You Be A Founder?(42:00) The Transition from Individual Contributor to CEO(47:51) Navigating the Public Markets(1:09:46) What's Wrong With Hybrid Work(1:14:27) Navigating Politics in the Workplace(1:17:36) Why Fairness Matters(1:26:51) The Evolution of Open Source(1:35:22) The Future of Artificial Intelligence(1:43:41) The Shift from Using Software to Becoming Software Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah ClapperMixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyExecutive Producer: Josh Machiz ? 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:
Dec 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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