Grit
Guest: Scott McNealy, former CEO and co-founder of S...
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Apr 1 2024 1h 20m
Chapter 1 1 min
John Doerr
Chapter 2 4 mins
Fathers, sons, and sports
Chapter 3 3 mins
Living in the piñata
Chapter 4 2 mins
Why Scott left Sun
Chapter 5 5 mins
The heyday of Sun Microsystems
Chapter 6 3 mins
Vinod Khosla and founding Sun
Chapter 7 5 mins
How Scott became CEO
Chapter 8 2 mins
Profitable in three months
Chapter 9 2 mins
Inferiority complex
Chapter 10 3 mins
Executive exits and fun at work
Chapter 11 2 mins
Managers and recognition
Chapter 12 2 mins
“HR hero” Crawford Beveridge
Chapter 13 2 mins
How Carol Bartz became VP of marketing
Chapter 14 2 mins
Sharing in success
Chapter 15 5 mins
Scott’s love life & meeting Susan
Chapter 16 2 mins
Supportive partners
Chapter 17 2 mins
The dotcom boom and crash
Chapter 18 2 mins
Unicorn CEOs and IBM’s offer
Chapter 19 2 mins
Competitors and hindsight
Chapter 20 1 min
“The planet system”
Chapter 21 3 mins
Too many employees
Chapter 22 2 mins
Larry Ellison and selling to Oracle
Chapter 23 3 mins
Blaming yourself and looking forward
Chapter 24 2 mins
Curriki
Chapter 25 2 mins
The AI boom
Chapter 26
“Grit” and insecurity 