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Today we have the former CEO of Snowflake, a 23 year veteran of Microsoft, Bob Muglia on the show. In this interview, we discuss Bob's book, Datapreneurs, which takes you on a journey about the people behind the first relational databases in the 1970s and early 80s, to Bob's experience launching Microsoft SQL Server and a ton of other products, developing the Data Cloud at Snowflake, and to the future of data and AI.
We cover a lot of ground, including some of his experience working alongside the likes of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
Timestamps:
02:24 Introduction
04:53 Relational Databases
18:43 Speed of Innovations
24:30 Keeping the Early Stage Culture
31:04 Most successful leaders are difficult to deal with
34:31 Setting up Cloud Data Center at home
36:25 Joining Snowflake as the CEO
38:54 AWS made Snowflake happen
42:18 Google, AWS Missing the Snowflake Opportunity
46:13 Impact On Jobs
50:48 Existential Risk
52:28 Staying Optimistic
Links:
The Datapreneurs: The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future
https://www.thedatapreneurs.com/
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