{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#109 Co-founder & CEO, Databricks Ali Ghodsi: The Difference Between Truth and Data","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2bed2984\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3865,"description":"Guest: Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: What Ali remembers from before his family left Iran (01:00); Moving to Sweden and Ali’s first jobs (04:00); What if your wealth and privilege suddenly disappeared? (10:01); Finding time for family and oneself while working insane hours (14:04); Over-working, panic attacks, and PTSD (18:08); Researching cloud computing at UC Berkeley, and the start of Databricks (26:06); What Databricks does for companies with lots of data (31:22); The anxiety of competing against an incumbent as a 10-person team (36:03); The concerns of the Databricks board — and Ali himself — about him becoming the CEO (42:42); Learning from more experienced CEOs and other executives (48:27); Approving new hires and what Ali looks for when grilling job candidates (52:02); Deposits, withdrawals and how much time he spends on hiring (56:08); What it means to have a culture of “truth-seeking” (01:00:03)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}