Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.

Topics covered include:
 * Brian’s history working across “both sides of the aisle” as both a startup founder and corporate development leader at a big company how perspective from each informs the other and the importance of learning “customer empathy” 
 * How Microsoft approaches M&A from an organizational perspective and the importance of fit with the company’s product roadmap 
 * How Brian approaches strategic investments at Microsoft and the evolution over time of the Microsoft (and lar

Episode 27: Special—A Conversation with Microsoft's Head of Strategic Investments Brian Schultz

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