In this episode, Jeff Maggioncalda shares his growth CEO playbook and the magic behind a platform business model. Under Jeff’s leadership, Coursera is transforming learning and education across the globe. Jeff and Jason go into detail about how to build a data-driven company that has a laser focus on product-market fit.
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The most important thing about being a growth CEO is having that learning mindset.”
-Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera
If you look at the companies who have been most successful in modern day growth, they have blended left brain and right brain, data and creativity.”
-Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera
Feedback about your customers is the most important institutional feedback loop you can have, bar none.”
-Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera
Previous guests:
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Ep. 12: Noam Paransky, Chief Digital Officer, Tapestry
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Ep. 11: Jim McCann, Founder and Chairman, 1-800-Flowers.com
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Ep. 10: Darren Herman, Operating Partner, Bain Capital
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Ep. 9: Bob Liodice, CEO, Association of National Advertisers
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Ep. 8: Paul Chibe, President and CEO, Ferrero North America
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Ep. 7: Monica McGurk, Chief Growth Officer, Kellogg Company
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Ep. 6: Michael Kassan, Chairman and CEO, MediaLink
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Ep. 5: Philip Thomas, Chairman of Cannes Lions
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Ep. 4: Sir Martin Sorrell, Founder and Executive Chairman, S4 Capital
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Ep. 3: Veronika Sonsev, Co-founder of CommerceNext
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Ep. 2: Alyson Clarke, Principal Analyst, Forrester
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Ep. 1: Jim Stengel, Former CMO, Procter & Gamble
Jeff Maggioncalda is the CEO of Coursera, having joined the company in June 2017. He previously served for 18 years as the founding CEO at Financial Engines Inc, a company co-founded by economist and Nobel Prize winner William Sharpe. Jeff also worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and Cornerstone Research and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
