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Guest: Shoaib Makani, CEO of Motive“When we fail,” s...
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May 15 2023 1h 11m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Shoaib’s Pakistani parents and doing extra homeworkChapter 2 3 mins
Explaining and experiencing startupsChapter 3 1 min
“High standards are infectious”Chapter 4 45 sec
What Motive doesChapter 5 3 mins
How Shoaib and Ilya metChapter 6 3 mins
The origins of Motive as “Keep Truckin’”Chapter 7 4 mins
Working with friendsChapter 8 2 mins
First-time foundersChapter 9 1 min
Deep empathy for usersChapter 10 3 mins
Monetization and second-guessingChapter 11 1 min
Sudden success and scaleChapter 12 1 min
Recruiting top talentChapter 13 2 mins
Shoaib and Ilya’s personal-professional relationshipChapter 14 2 mins
“I knew the board I wanted”Chapter 15 3 mins
Motive’s failed expansion into freightChapter 16 4 mins
Realizing and correcting the errorChapter 17 3 mins
How to make smarter future betsChapter 18 3 mins
Second and third productsChapter 19 1 min
Back to the core missionChapter 20 2 mins
Autonomous driving vs. AI assistantsChapter 21 3 mins
Thinking about competitionChapter 22 5 mins
A tough conversation about runwayChapter 23 2 mins
Sticking your neck out for your partnerChapter 24 2 mins
Losing Ilya as a board memberChapter 25 59 sec
Who Motive is hiringChapter 26 48 sec
What “grit” means to Shoaib