Bret Taylor’s Journey Leading Salesforce, Sierra & OpenAI

Video Description

Over the past two decades, Bret Taylor has quietly helped shape the arc of Silicon Valley. From co-creating Google Maps to steering Facebook, Salesforce, and OpenAI, he’s been behind some of the most consequential products in tech. Now, with his new company Sierra, he’s starting from zero—again. In this conversation, Bret opens up about how founders navigate identity, why the best ideas often come from everyday friction, and how staying relentlessly focused can unlock real momentum in AI. Guest: Bret Taylor, Co-Founder of Sierra Chapters: 0:00:00 Trailer 0:00:49 Introduction 0:01:57 Saving OpenAI 0:09:15 Overwhelming yet capable of a lot 0:13:36 Father and founder 0:16:49 History is written by the victors 0:22:13 How you price matters 0:35:58 Stickiest piece of software 0:49:48 The first realtime social network 0:55:34 Facebook CTO who rewrote Google Maps 1:02:10 Least known, most impressive 1:11:39 The best way to predict the future 1:16:22 Most personally passionate 1:21:22 Currency of reputation 1:27:17 Away from work 1:28:35 Who Sierra is hiring 1:28:58 What “grit” means to Bret 1:29:18 Outro Mentioned in this episode: Google Maps, Salesforce, OpenAI ChatGPT, Meta Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Google, Marissa Mayer, Excite, MSN, AltaVista, Amazon, Harvey, Airbnb, Coinbase, Apple, John Doerr, Cursor, Codeium Windsurf, Perplexity, xAI, Kleenex, Amazon Web Services (AWS), FriendFeed, Tumblr, Kevin Gibbs, Google Maps, Yelp, Trulia, iOS App Store, Blackberry, Facebook Messenger, Marvel Avengers, Slack, Quip, Leonardo da Vinci, Clay Bavor, Microsoft, Eric Schmidt, Alan Kay, Brian Armstrong, Brian Chesky, Shopify, SiriusXM, Patrick Collison Links: Connect with Bret Taylor X: https://x.com/btaylor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor Connect with Joubin Twitter: https://x.com/Joubinmir LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854 Email: [email protected] Learn more about Kleiner Perkins: https://www.kleinerperkins.com/