E967 Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson grew Twilio to $1Bn run rate, learning from Bezos, focus on customers
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Twilio CEO & Co-Founder Jeff Lawson on growing Twilio to 160,000 customers & a billion-dollar run rate, innovating in a trillion-dollar market, learning from Bezos, strategic timing of Twilio's IPO, the importance of focusing on customers over competition & always waking up with a Day 1 mindset 2:14 Starting Twilio 16:54 How did Twilio 1000x revenue? 20:57 Passing $1B in revenue 31:37 Why Twilio went public when they did 41:20 What makes Jeff Bezos special? A HUGE Thanks to our generous Patreon supporters: Stefan Samne, Niall Dennehy, Tom Meagher, Abdel Bioud, Carlos Aguilar, Podcast Notes, …