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I know my comment is not directly related to the post, but it's not completely unrelated. Nvidia's CEO gave a commencement speech recently. In that, he said: I

I know my comment is not directly related to the post, but it's not completely unrelated. Nvidia's CEO gave a commencement speech recently. In that, he said: I contacted the CEO of Sega and suggested that they should find another partner. But I also needed Sega to pay us in full or Nivida would be out of business. Just like failures, there are lessons for learning behind every success. Does anyone here have any insight - how did Nvidia came out of the above embarrassing and incompetency phase, and became a path-breaking, and trend-setting power house?

gen220 3y ago
I don't have a direct answer, but the "Acquired" podcast did a two-part series on Nvidia in 2022Q1, it's a good/deep answer to why they are the way they are. part 1: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-gpu-company-1993-2006 https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-gpu-company-1993... part 2: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-machine-learning-company-2006-2022 https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-machine-learning... In short, Jensen has an almost Elon-like appetite for "bet the company" tier risk. He's never been comfortable with a plateau, and is always looking for the next mountain to jump to, before the plate tectonics of the industry come around to form it. There aren't a lot of CEOs and companies that oversee a company or industry-transforming shift more than once, he's definitely in that camp. But that's a gross oversimplification, the story is more interesting. Check it out!
- mandeepj 3y ago
  Thank you for your response and those links. It seems Jensen is either reserved or media shy. He does not do as many public appearance as his contemporaries like Musk/Jobs/Gates/Bezos. Also, there has not been any book on him. But, there are couple on the way - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jensen+Huang&ref=nb_sb_noss https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jensen+Huang&ref=nb_sb_noss . I hope he'll choose to publish a 2k/3k pages biography. Love reading life stories of successful leaders.

gen220 3y ago

I don't have a direct answer, but the "Acquired" podcast did a two-part series on Nvidia in 2022Q1, it's a good/deep answer to why they are the way they are. part 1: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-gpu-company-1993-2006 https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-gpu-company-1993... part 2: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-machine-learning-company-2006-2022 https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nvidia-the-machine-learning... In short, Jensen has an almost Elon-like appetite for "bet the company" tier risk. He's never been comfortable with a plateau, and is always looking for the next mountain to jump to, before the plate tectonics of the industry come around to form it. There aren't a lot of CEOs and companies that oversee a company or industry-transforming shift more than once, he's definitely in that camp. But that's a gross oversimplification, the story is more interesting. Check it out!

mandeepj 3y ago
Thank you for your response and those links. It seems Jensen is either reserved or media shy. He does not do as many public appearance as his contemporaries like Musk/Jobs/Gates/Bezos. Also, there has not been any book on him. But, there are couple on the way - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jensen+Huang&ref=nb_sb_noss https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Jensen+Huang&ref=nb_sb_noss . I hope he'll choose to publish a 2k/3k pages biography. Love reading life stories of successful leaders.