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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Human Side of Tech with John Driscoll

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, I'm joined by John Driscoll, founder and CEO of Naked Development, a leader in app creation and creative strategies. We dive into what sets Naked Ventures apart, emphasizing user-first design and the importance of having a team filled with the right talent. Our discussion covers the unique approach to hiring, aiming to find individuals truly meant for their roles, and how to navigate the competitive tech landscape with a focus on business goals. We also discuss managing and evolving visionary projects, inspired by lessons from tech legends like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates. Highlighting leadership, we explore the value of empathy in the workplace and the personal pride in family achievements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success.

0:12.0

Welcome to Entrepreneurs to Playbook.

0:14.2

I'm David Melzer here at the greatest stadium ever built

0:18.0

and this is the day of best.

0:20.4

There's 5.5 billion dollars that went in the stadium.

0:23.0

It's the number one screen in the world.

0:24.7

It's a billion dollar screen.

0:25.7

Number one stadium in the world.

0:28.2

And now I have the number one app developer in the world. He my friend John Driscoll he's the CEO of

0:36.7

Naked Ventures welcome number one hey thank you I appreciate it yeah yeah

0:41.7

no it's so awesome to be here I I'm such a big rams fan.

0:44.0

I love being here. We have to come to a game. We got a suite obviously for the Rams and the Chargers. Now, you know, it's one thing to have the technology background in order to facilitate being the number one

0:55.2

app developer but it takes a lot more and that's why I wanted you have on the

0:59.6

playbook because you have to have a playbook you have to have a strategy because it's not just the technical

1:04.8

skills there's a lot of knowledge of who and what and building to be number one at anything

1:10.8

and then there's a lot of desire so number one let's start with the basics

1:15.6

do you think technologically makes you guys a step above the refs living in the

1:20.6

empty mile you know it's it's interesting we were really built on the

1:24.3

foundation of of user design more than the technology side. So I think at heart we

1:31.1

thought about users first that was the biggest passion that

1:35.3

Jason and I had was like let's be all about the user like we want to we want

1:40.3

that clients to be happy but I'm more interested that the app gets used and that the user loves it.

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