{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#175 CEO Snowflake, Frank Slootman: Amped","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fbed9afe\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3211,"description":"Guest: Frank Slootman, CEO and Chairman of Snowflake and author of Amp It Up\n\nSnowflake CEO Frank Slootman doesn’t recall a time in his childhood where new achievements were celebrated — because, according to his father, putting everything into your work and “leaving it all on the field” was the only choice. “The problem with it,” Frank says, is that “it becomes a ‘never enough’ dynamic, because when is it enough?” To this day, he comes home on Friday night and asks himself, “Did it mater that I was there? ... If I’m just a passenger on the ship, that’s my nightmare.”\nIn this episode, Frank and Joubin discuss acting with urgency, Shlomo Kramer, negative role models, Elon Musk, Teddy Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech, aptitudes and weaknesses, ServiceNow, and the life spark of business.\nIn this episode, we cover:\nBeing tough on yourself (00:59)\nSailing and inner peace (03:00)\nConfronting your demons (09:07)\nScaling Data Domain (11:15)\nJudging talent (15:20)\nThat gnawing feeling (18:16)\nDaring greatly and rejecting pride (21:04)\n“Did it matter that I was there?” (25:02)\nHow you play the game (27:59)\nThe best version of yourself (29:59)\nLearning from the best (34:06)\nSales as inspiration (37:52)\nRetirement and Tom Brady (39:09)\nThe fog of war (41:16)\nSnowflake vs. Data Domain (44:31)\nRespect for luck (48:48)\nWho Snowflake is hiring (50:42)\nLinks:\nConnect with FrankLinkedIn\nBuy Frank’s book, Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity\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}