{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Start School Sessions","title":"Start School Session: Quiklearn Chairman of the Board David Bradford","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1a460077\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2900,"description":"David Bradford has helped build some of Utah's most iconic technology companies.\nHe joined Novell when it had just a few hundred employees and helped scale it into one of the most important software companies in the world. Along the way, he worked alongside industry legends like Ray Noorda and Eric Schmidt, recruited Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to Fusion-io, and spent decades leading companies through every major technology wave from networking and the internet to cloud computing and AI.\nToday, David serves as Chairman of the Board of QuikLearn, where he is using AI to make history's greatest teachers accessible to anyone with a smartphone.\nIn this Start School conversation, Chairman of the Board of QuikLearn David Bradford joins Silicon Slopes CEO Clint Betts to share lessons from nearly five decades of building technology companies, leading great teams, and navigating constant innovation.\nThey discuss:\n• How Novell became one of the world's most important software companies\n• Leadership lessons from Ray Noorda and Eric Schmidt\n• Why great companies are built by great people, not just great technology\n• How David recruited Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak\n• Why relationships create life's biggest opportunities\n• Finding customer pain points before building products\n• How AI is transforming education and entrepreneurship\n• Why every entrepreneur should become a prompt engineer\n• Building trust, raising capital, and creating lasting competitive advantages\n• Why Utah continues to be one of the world's greatest places to build technology companies\nWhether you're launching your first startup, leading a growing company, or trying to understand where AI is taking the next generation of innovation, David shares timeless lessons from one of Utah's most accomplished technology leaders.\n00:00 Introduction\n02:10 David Bradford's journey from law to technology\n07:15 Building Novell into a global software leader\n13:00 Leadership lessons from Ray Noorda and Eric Schmidt\n18:40...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KUYllbBouZDsp2Y64E3HnbhZ5Nj7-mH90E-CQwqaYSw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzQz/NTMyMTUxNDcxOWYx/OGY2ZjY3YzVjNTgw/OGU0Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}