No Priors Ep. 23 | With Snowflake's CEO Frank Slootman

Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake Computing, joins Sarah Guo and Elad Gil this week on No Priors. Before scaling Snowflake to its blockbuster IPO and beyond, Frank was also the CEO from early to scale for landmark enterprise companies ServiceNow and Data Domain. Frank grew up in the Netherlands and is also the author of three books: Amp It Up, Rise of the Data Cloud, and Tape Sucks. In this episode, our hosts talk with Frank about the opportunity for generative AI in the enterprise, why Snowflake isn't really a data warehousing company, their acquisitions of Neeva and Streamlit, apps within Snowflake, and how AI relates to traditional analytics and BI. He also talks about his personal journey, why it's always a good time to do performance management, and why most leaders struggle to raise the bar for performance. ** No Priors is taking a summer break! The podcast will be back with new episodes in three weeks. Join us on July 20th for a conversation with Devi Parikh, Research Director in Generative AI at Meta. ** 00:00 - Frank’s Insights on Career Success as a three-time CEO 12:42 - The Message of his Book Amp It Up 25:01 - Future of Natural Language and Data 36:29 - Data Management and Industry Transformation Future 45:13 - Managing Resources in Changing Economic Environment 50:09 - Amping Up Energy and Intensity Amid Economic Headwinds

Sarah GuohostFrank SlootmanguestElad Gilhost

Jun 29, 202351mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: June 29, 2023
Duration: 51m
Channel: No Priors
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake Computing, joins Sarah Guo and Elad Gil this week on No Priors. Before scaling Snowflake to its blockbuster IPO and beyond, Frank was also the CEO from early to scale for landmark enterprise companies ServiceNow and Data Domain. Frank grew up in the Netherlands and is also the author of three books: Amp It Up, Rise of the Data Cloud, and Tape Sucks. In this episode, our hosts talk with Frank about the opportunity for generative AI in the enterprise, why Snowflake isn't really a data warehousing company, their acquisitions of Neeva and Streamlit, apps within Snowflake, and how AI relates to traditional analytics and BI. He also talks about his personal journey, why it's always a good time to do performance management, and why most leaders struggle to raise the bar for performance. ** No Priors is taking a summer break! The podcast will be back with new episodes in three weeks. Join us on July 20th for a conversation with Devi Parikh, Research Director in Generative AI at Meta. ** 00:00 - Frank’s Insights on Career Success as a three-time CEO 12:42 - The Message of his Book Amp It Up 25:01 - Future of Natural Language and Data 36:29 - Data Management and Industry Transformation Future 45:13 - Managing Resources in Changing Economic Environment 50:09 - Amping Up Energy and Intensity Amid Economic Headwinds

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Sarah Guo
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Elad Gil
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of No Priors, featuring Sarah Guo and Frank Slootman, No Priors Ep. 23 | With Snowflake's CEO Frank Slootman explores frank Slootman on urgency, data clouds, and AI’s real frontier Frank Slootman discusses his career arc across Data Domain, ServiceNow, and Snowflake, emphasizing how deliberate choices of industry, company, and culture combine with relentless execution to create outsized outcomes.

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