Survival To Thrival - Bob Tinker (Founder & CEO of MobileIron)
In today’s show we are excited to have Bob Tinker, former founder and CEO of MobileIron, one of the leaders in mobile security. Bob took the company from 0 to $150M in revenue and the IPO. Under Bob’s leadership, MobileIron became one of the fastest growing tech companies in the world from 2010-2014 according to Deloitte’s Fast 500 Index. Having experienced hyperscale and growth, Bob shared his pearls of wisdom in the book “Survival to Thrival”. He is now the managing partner of Metamorph, a private equity firm focused on B2B SaaS companies.
Show Notes
0:00 Intro
00:52 COMMENCEMENT
01:49 PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE
02:40 WANDERING INTO THE ROLES
04:17 BOB’S GESTURE FOR THE NEW ROLE
05:31 GUIDING PRINCIPLE: LATERAL MOVE
ASK FOR HELP, YOU’LL FEEL BETTER
07:10 ENROUTE A JOURNEY: MobileIron
10:19 VITALIZING HYPERSCALE AT MobileIron
13:11 WHO SHOULD FIND THE GO-TO-MARKET FIT?
14:28 A BELIEF IN DAVY CROCKETT’S BELIEF
18:55 HOW TO FIND THE BEST GO-TO-MARKET FIT?
20:29 LEARN UNLEARNING WITH BOB TINKER
23:26 WANT TO BECOME A CEO? - BE SELF-AWARE
25:31 ‘HIRE TO COMPENSATE YOUR WEAKNESS’
27:15 BALANCING : ABDICATION-DELEGATION
28:43 PERSPECTIVE : HOW TO BE SMART AT WORK LIFE BALANCE?
33:29 ROLE OF FOUNDERS IN CULTURE SCALING
38:18 HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HIRE TOP TALENT?
39:59 “SOMETIMES, IT’S JUST TIME TO BE DONE”
43:17 AN IGNITION TO METAMORPH
45:38 “YOU ARE NOT ALONE”- BOB TINKER
48:14 RAPID FIRE SESSION