Panic with Friends - Howard Lindzon
Description
Today’s guest is an incredible leader building an incredible company. Patrick Spence is the CEO of Sonos ($SONO), a $3.5 billion dollar hardware audio company. I get excited because this is one of those companies I like to call fashology – where fashion meets technology. Patrick made his bones at Blackberry, fighting in a land of giants; taking on Apple and Google and Microsoft and Qualcomm. And at Sonos he continues to wage war in a world of giants, competing against the likes of Apple and Google. It’s a great growth story and I hope you enjoy it.
Guest - Patrick Spence, CEO at Sonos
howardlindzon.com, sonos.com
Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @Patrick_Spence, @Sonos, @knutjensen
linkedin.com/in/patrickspence
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Show Notes:
(00:49) – Intro
(04:42) – Welcome Patrick
(07:14) – Taking the reins at Sonos
(10:46) – The background on Blackberry
(09:05) – Innovators Dilemma - Lessons from Blackberry
(25:04) – Taking on Big Tech
(26:59) – Hitting escape velocity
(29:47) – Peter Lynch - Buying what you know
(30:43) – Partnering with IKEA
(37:17) – Partnerships and Collaboration
(41:01) – Tackling the Supply Chain
(42:50) – Remote work and company culture
(46:08) – Wrapping up
(47:46) – Closing thoughts