{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#139 CEO Coach, Matt Mochary: Coaching Greatness","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4609,"description":"Guest: Matt Mochary, CEO of Mochary Method\nMatt Mochary was only 31 when he sold the company he co-founded, Totality, to Verizon, “and I made enough money that that was it,” he recalls. “I didn’t have to make more money anymore.” Instead, he decided to pursue projects that in one way or another would help other people, including a documentary about the slums of Rio de Janeiro and a program to train ex-convicts in the skills of legitimate work. Today, he coaches tech and finance leaders such as Brian Armstrong (CEO Coinbase), Bastian Lehmann (CEO Postmates), Sam Altman (CEO OpenAI), and Steve Huffman (CEO Reddit). All the money earned from that work, he says, bypasses his bank account and is funding the development of software that will teach tech workers the “Mochary Method.”\nIn this episode, Matt and Joubin discuss information asymmetry, GPT-4, focusing on fun, coaching software, saving people, the slums of Rio and the South Bronx, surfing vs. friends, the merits of crappy solutions, why companies fail, shadowing the CEO, feedback and resentment, pissing people off, the danger of “excellence,” and energy audits.\n\nIn this episode, we cover:\nPutting in effort, finding value (01:11)\nOpenAI CEO Sam Altman (05:43)\nImmediate responsiveness (09:48)\n“Mount Rushmore” referrals (11:54)\nWhen Matt’s coaching was free (15:08)\nHis Hungarian grandfather and World War II (19:56)\nThe hero complex (25:12)\nStepping away from the game (31:30)\nBillionaires and inner peace (38:45)\nThe phases of company-building (40:54)\nThe problems Matt helps leaders solve (47:48)\n“It’s fun to be a founder!” (54:35)\nCraving feedback (56:48)\nThe zones of excellence and genius (01:02:19)\n“Today, what went right?” (01:09:12)\nGrowing too early (01:12:32)\nWho Matt is hiring and what “grit” means to him (01:15:00)\nLinks:\nConnect with MattTwitter\nLinkedIn\nConnect with JoubinTwitter\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com \nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins\nThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from...","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}