{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#104 Co-founder of Intuit, Scott Cook: The Power of Paradigms","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ec938ee5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4727,"description":"Guest: Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: Allocating your time for both family and work (07:05); Working with Meg Whitman, Steve Ballmer, and other future stars (11:11); How Scott recruited his co-founder Tom Proulx, and other key figures at Intuit (15:32); Why more than two dozen venture capital firms refused to invest in Intuit (24:03); How Wells Fargo kept Intuit alive at its most desperate hour (33:00); The impact of Intuit’s struggle on Scott’s personal life, and going direct to consumers (37:45); Scott’s history with Kleiner Perkins chairman John Doerr (42:34); Quicken vs. Microsoft Money in an era when Microsoft crushed every competitor (45:31); Microsoft’s attempt to buy Intuit, and the antitrust lawsuit that sunk it all (54:32); Stepping down as CEO of Intuit and recruiting the “trillion-dollar coach,” Bill Campbell (01:02:00); How Scott met Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel and became one of his first investors (01:12:30)","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}