Episode 1308

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson: the next $60B, Engage, Segment acquisition + Who really uses Oculus? | E1308

Oct 20, 20211:38:48Watch on YouTube

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00:00 Intro - Interview with Jeff Lawson, TWIST meetups and Oculus discussion

01:54 Update from Producer Rachel on Meetups

12:45 Marketerhire - Get $500 off your first hire at https://MarketerHire.com/twist

14:12 News - Oculus traction

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24:42 Jeff Lawson from Twilio

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33:21 Lessons from scaling

39:20 Build versus die

47:18 How high-touch sales creates a better customer experiences

53:32 Scaling B2C customer engagement

56:00 Launching Twilio Enagage

1:04:02 How Jeff would run the app store?

1:13:21 Integrating Sendgrid and Segment

1:15:23 M&A discussion

1:18:08 How Jeff thinks about remote work at Twilio

1:25:05 Is San Francisco worth saving?

1:32:51 Rebuilding connections, Twilio's vaccination efforts

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