Zach Nelson on CEO’s toughest job & how to keep team motivated while being critical of performance
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Channel: This Week in Startups · 2017 · Education
Watch full episode: https://youtu.be/8nqEW-FP2pc Zach Nelson is one of Silicon Valley's most experienced business leaders. After roles at Oracle, Sun, and McAfee, he became the CEO of cloud provider NetSuite in 2002. NetSuite started with less than $1m in revenue and Zach ran it up to a billion dollar run rate, with a recent acquisition by Oracle for $9.3b. Join us for an insightful interview with Zach as he shares unique CEO insights around the founding story of NetSuite, how he transformed the enterprise resource planning (ERP) space, keeping a team motivated, what makes a great product launch, and more. For full show notes, subscribe to: http://thisweekinstartups.com/about/#allsubscribe
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