{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#122 President & Board Member at Freshworks, Dennis Woodside: What If This Goes Really Well?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8671b01c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3913,"description":"Guest: Dennis Woodside, President and Board Member at Freshworks\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: Google’s acquisition of Motorola and how Dennis went from ad exec to first-time CEO (02:00); Did Dennis like being the CEO of Motorola? (08:04); The stress of the new job and dealing with it through exercise (13:02); Dennis’ impressive résumé and what dinner conversation was like growing up (18:37); Going to Korea and choosing the harder path (23:00); Joining Google in 2003 as a general problem-solver (26:23); Hiring “scouts” all around the world to better understand the internet (30:41); Leaving Motorola to mentor Dropbox CEO Drew Houston (39:12); Checking your ego and the listening tour that wasn’t (42:20); Dropbox’s IPO and why the stock has been relatively flat (48:38); Changing jobs without breaks, and spotting new opportunities like Freshworks (52:19); Tips for working with founders and interrogating the status quo (58:02); Dennis’ most unique OKR at Dropbox (01:02:39)","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}