Bob Tinker (MobileIron) - Evolving With Your Company

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Tech entrepreneur Bob Tinker was humbled when he stepped down as CEO of MobileIron, a leading provider of mobile security that went from being a three-man startup to a public company with nearly 1,000 employees, earning $150 million a year. Over those eight years, however, he learned how to position a business just right, how a CEO’s job and behavior must change over time, and how a leader can develop the self-awareness to adapt.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:10.3	You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.
0:18.4	It was my pleasure and honor to introduce you to Bob Tinker today.
0:22.0	He is the co-founder and first CEO of Mobile Iron from 2008 to 2016, where he positioned
0:27.7	the publicly traded company as a leading provider of mobile security apps, content, and
0:31.9	devices.
0:33.1	From 2010 to 2014, Mobile Iron was named the world's fastest growing technology company and ranked number one in Deloitte's Fast 500 index.
0:41.3	Prior to Mobile Iron, Bob led the business development team for Cisco's wireless business unit.
0:46.3	Before Cisco, he was the first business executive at Enterprise Wireless Pioneer Airspace, where he was vice president of business development. Cisco acquired
0:55.1	airspace in 2005 for $450 million. His previous roles include Director of Marketing at
1:01.5	Vertical Networks and Vice President at Nations Bank with roles in IT sales, product management, and
1:06.1	operations. Bob is a trustee and foundation board member of the University of California
1:10.4	Merced. He has a BS and systems member of the University of California, Merced.
1:11.3	He has a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Stanford University.
1:17.1	So without further ado, please join me in welcoming Bob Tinker.
1:26.1	Thank you, everyone. Good afternoon.
1:28.3	Thank you for braving the rain and wind to be here today.
1:32.3	It's an honor to be part of this.
1:35.3	This is a long-standing series that builds some of the bedrock of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley.
1:42.3	And it was in 1992 that I was sitting in all of your chairs.
1:49.2	I was trying to figure out the world, trying to figure out what I would do next.
1:56.8	I do think it's safe to say that all of you in this room have a much, much, much larger clue
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