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Managing a World Class Commercial Ecosystem with Beverly Rider, CCO at Tonomus & CEO at Portfolio T

Over the Air · 20 Oct 2022 · 29m

What this episode covers

Beverly Rider, CCO at Autonomous (a Neom company) and CEO at Portfolio T, discusses building a global technology ecosystem in Saudi Arabia's greenfield city of Neom. She outlines a rigorous product validation framework requiring 150-2,000 customer interviews and a pain score of at least 8.5 before proceeding. Rider emphasizes the importance of infrastructure-first development, managing distributed global teams for 24-hour work cycles, and using acquisitions to scale delivery capabilities rapidly.

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Neom, Autonomous, Portfolio T, Oracle, Hitachi, General Electric, Cisco, PIF
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KAUST

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