Recode Decode: Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia talks about adversity and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about how he and his team built a social network for neighborhoods, with a focus on trust and privacy that forced the company to grow slower than most tech startups. Tolia was previously the CEO of Epinions, which after a merger became Shopping.com and sold to eBay. After a sports startup called Fanbase fizzled, Tolia was challenged by Benchmark's Bill Gurley to try again, and today Nextdoor is worth more than $1 billion. Having faced adversity and a public image problem of his own, he also shares some leadership advice for Uber CEO Travis Kalanick: Deal with your issues quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:07.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:10.9	You may know me as the person whose idea of a fun vacation is camping out in Uber's
0:14.7	Air Vents, but in my spare time I talk tech, and you're listening to Recode Decode, a
0:18.8	podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas and how they're changing the world
0:22.9	we live in.
0:23.9	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode.
0:28.4	And while you're there, leave us a review.
0:30.6	Today, I'm seating my chair to Kurt Wagner, Recode Senior Social Media Editor.
0:35.3	Kurt is speaking with Nerov Tolya, the co-founder and CEO of Nextdoor, a social networking website
0:40.5	built around neighborhoods.
0:42.2	Nerov was previously the CEO of opinions and his advice companies such as Zillow, Survey
0:46.8	Monkey and Quip.
0:48.4	Take it away, Kurt.
0:49.8	Thank you Cara.
0:50.8	I'm here with Nextdoor CEO, Nerov Tolya.
0:54.3	Thank you Nerov Tolya.
0:55.3	Yes, very close.
0:56.3	That's very close.
0:58.0	That was good.
0:59.0	We're in our beautiful San Francisco office, and you're literally sitting in the red chair.
1:03.4	Have you been in the red chair before?
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