{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#157 CEO Udemy, Greg Brown: The Plunge","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8c9a3fe6\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3688,"description":"Guest: Greg Brown, CEO of Udemy\nEvery night before he goes to bed, Greg Brown makes a to-do list. He has to because, as the CEO of the online learning platform Udemy, setting his priorities helps ensure that he makes the most of the scarce time on his calendar. “If I’m meeting with employees, what’s the message I want them to walk away with?” he asks. He also wants to make sure his team isn’t getting distracted by Udemy’s stock price. “Where it be sports, or life, or in business, you’ve got to be able to block out the noise,” Greg says. “Focus on what you can control and maniacally execute against those objectives.”\nIn this episode, Greg and Joubin discuss fitness routines, VO₂ max, multi-athletes, Webex, the dotcom bust, Gregg Coccari, streamlining, setting priorities, listening to analysts, and being intentional with family.\nIn this episode, we cover:\nCold plunges and healthspan (00:42)\nFinding time for fitness (07:48)\nGreg’s father (10:04)\nFrom sports to business (15:55)\nTwo-year investments in companies (18:15)\nAchievers and motivation data (22:57)\nBecoming CEO of Reflektive (26:07)\nWhy Greg joined Udemy and what it does (28:40)\nThe distraction of a stock price (34:54)\nDaily to-do lists (39:20)\nBack to growth (41:45)\nGo to market CEOs (48:25)\nCoachability (50:49)\nApplying AI to customer solutions (52:16)\nAt-home office hours (56:09)\nWho Udemy is hiring and what “grit” means to Greg (58:12)\nLinks:\nConnect with GregLinkedIn\nConnect with JoubinTwitter\nLinkedIn\nEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com \nLearn more about Kleiner Perkins\nThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm","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}