{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"Family, Focus, and 350M Users: Inside Zoom with Eric Yuan","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/895f3260\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4487,"description":"Eric Yuan turned a simple belief into Zoom, the platform that kept the world moving through a once-in-a-century shutdown and redefined modern work. \nOn this episode of Grit, the Zoom CEO shares why velocity beats size, how a family-first ethos powered his leadership during COVID, and why the coming wave of AI dwarfs the original internet boom. \nHe details how he’s refreshing Zoom’s culture for 7,500 people, opting for virtual deal calls over in person meetings, settling into life as an empty-nester, and keeping Zoom nimble enough to outpace Big Tech and the next wave of AI startups.\n\nGuest: Eric S. Yuan, Founder & CEO of Zoom\nChapters: \n00:00 Trailer\n00:44 Introduction\n01:47 Walking with swagger\n03:48 Extremely exciting moment\n10:05 Classic innovators’ dilemma\n12:59 Laser-focused bandwidth\n17:56 Family first: lead by example\n22:09 Everybody was doing their road shows\n25:34 The entire world was dependent\n28:04 Community care\n31:57 Valuation and a co-founder\n35:17 A lot of unhappy days\n39:25 Building Zoom for consumers\n46:57 Holograms?\n52:01 Home\n53:23 Huge competition, high velocity\n1:00:33 Where companies get wrong\n1:04:52 Giving back\n1:13:12 Who Zoom is hiring\n1:13:24 What “grit” means to Eric\n1:14:24 Outro\n\nMentioned in this episode: Webex by Cisco, Glean, Apple, HP, Netscape, Yahoo, Brian Armstrong, Emilie Choi, Coinbase, New Limit, Elon Musk, Windy Hill, Magic Leap, Rony Abovitz, Jony Ive, OpenAI ChatGPT, Bill McDermott, ServiceNow, Carl Eschenbach\n\nLinks:\nConnect with Eric\nX\nLinkedIn\nConnect with Joubin\nX\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com\n\nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins","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}