Recode Decode: Quip CEO Bret Taylor

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Quip CEO and Twitter board member Bret Taylor talks with Recode's Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner about the reality of trying and sometimes failing as an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. A former Facebook CTO, he reflects on how Mark Zuckerberg's company culture balanced good execution with a willingness to fail. Taylor also discusses Quip's $750 million acquisition by Salesforce, how Twitter is responding to abuse and why so many Silicon Valley companies have trouble with diversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Audible with an unmatched selection of audiobooks, original audio shows,
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0:24.1	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:31.1	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:33.8	You may know me as the only person who was verified on Twitter before it was cool.
0:37.4	It's still not cool actually, but in my spare time, I talk tech, and you're listening
0:41.1	to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas, and how they're
0:45.3	changing the world we live in.
0:47.1	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode, and while you're there,
0:51.9	leave us a review.
0:53.4	Today in the red chair is Brett Taylor, the CEO of Quip, and a long time serial entrepreneur.
0:59.5	Quip was a corporate collaboration service that just a few weeks ago was bought by Salesforce
1:03.8	for $750 million.
1:05.9	That is a lot of money.
1:08.2	He's also a board member at Twitter now, and was formerly the CTO of Facebook.
1:12.9	Brett, welcome to the show.
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