A Bit Personal Podcast

Minimum wage. A $250,000 ask. Thirty seconds of silence. Jeetu Patel of Cisco recalls the moment he asked a customer for a quarter million dollars to buy into the business he was working for. What happened next shaped the next 17 years of his life. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Jeetu Patel episode out now #JeetuPatel #Cisco #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Technology #CareerAdvice

A-players hire A-players. B-players hire C's. Wayne Dai, CEO of VeriSilicon, explains why the first leaders you bring in shape everyone who comes after them, and how one wrong hire can ripple through an entire organization. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Wayne Dai episode out now #WayneDai #VeriSilicon #Leadership #Hiring #Startups #Semiconductors

Is BYD's rise about labor, or strategy? Wayne Dai, CEO of VeriSilicon, responds to criticism of BYD's success and offers a different explanation: a long-term strategy that started with batteries, moved to cars, and is now heading into AI. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Wayne Dai episode out now #WayneDai #VeriSilicon #BYD #EV #AI #Semiconductors #Technology

The U.S. builds the ladder. China climbs it. Wayne Dai, CEO of VeriSilicon, breaks down how he sees the two countries' strengths: the U.S. excels at going from zero to one, while China excels at going from one to ten. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Wayne Dai episode out now #WayneDai #VeriSilicon #Innovation #Semiconductors #Technology #AI

Every layer between you and the truth dilutes it. Rene Haas, CEO of Arm, explains why he skips the chain of command and goes straight to whoever has the answer, and why fewer filters mean faster, better decisions. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Rene Haas episode out now #ReneHaas #Arm #Leadership #Management #CEO #Semiconductors

"If you won't cross the lines people say can't be crossed, history will be written for you." Rene Haas, CEO of Arm, looks back at two companies from his hometown, Kodak and Xerox, that once held the future in their hands and didn't move. It's a lesson he carries into how Arm thinks about what comes next. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Rene Haas episode out now #ReneHaas #Arm #Kodak #Xerox #Innovation #Leadership #Technology

His first business review with Jensen Huang didn't go as planned. Rene Haas, CEO of Arm, recalls walking in with his team and a spreadsheet, only to be asked to explain his business on a whiteboard from memory. Years later, it shapes how he leads his own team today. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Rene Haas episode out now #ReneHaas #Arm #JensenHuang #NVIDIA #Leadership #Semiconductors

Who should be responsible for keeping AI safe? Rene Haas, CEO of Arm Holdings, shares why he believes the responsibility for AI's rapid growth and its potential risks shouldn't rest with the government, but with the companies building it. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Rene Haas episode out now #ReneHaas #Arm #AI #AISafety #Technology #Semiconductors

"You can slow them down for three years. But what happens in 10, in 20?" Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, shares his view on export restrictions and why he believes they can push others to build alternatives that may one day compete on the global stage. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Christophe Fouquet episode out now #ChristopheFouquet #ASML #Semiconductors #Geopolitics #Technology #Leadership

"Don't pick people that flatter you. They're useless." Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, explains why success can be a leader's biggest threat, and why the people worth keeping close are the ones who tell you the truth. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Christophe Fouquet episode out now #ChristopheFouquet #ASML #Leadership #CareerAdvice #CEO #Semiconductors

When he walks through his front door, ASML stays outside. Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, shares why he leaves work at work, and why being fully present with his family matters just as much as leading one of the world's most important tech companies. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Christophe Fouquet episode out now #ChristopheFouquet #ASML #WorkLifeBalance #Family #Leadership #Semiconductors

"The CEO is the least important person in the company." Christophe Fouquet, CEO of ASML, explains why great companies are never built by one person, and why the idea that one man can do it all is "an absolute nonsense." 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Christophe Fouquet episode out now #ChristopheFouquet #ASML #Leadership #CEO #Semiconductors #Technology

Three co-founders. Three very different ways to take a leap. Astera Labs co-founders Jitendra Mohan, Sanjay Gajendra, and Casey Morrison reveal how each of them approaches risk, and how a company that started almost by accident became what it is today. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Astera Labs episode out now #AsteraLabs #JitendraMohan #SanjayGajendra #CaseyMorrison #Entrepreneurship #Startups #Semiconductors

Great teams don't always agree. They know how to disagree well. Astera Labs co-founders Jitendra Mohan, Sanjay Gajendra, and Casey Morrison open up about why healthy debate is built into how they work, and what it means for the company they've built together. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Astera Labs episode out now #AsteraLabs #JitendraMohan #SanjayGajendra #CaseyMorrison #Leadership #Teamwork #Semiconductors

"You work for me. But I work for you too." Astera Labs co-founders Jitendra Mohan, Sanjay Gajendra, and Casey Morrison share the philosophy behind how they lead, and why teamwork at Astera runs in both directions. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Astera Labs episode out now #AsteraLabs #JitendraMohan #SanjayGajendra #CaseyMorrison #Leadership #Teamwork #Semiconductors

Explaining what you do is easy. Explaining it at a dinner party is another story. Astera Labs co-founders Jitendra Mohan (CEO), Sanjay Gajendra (President and COO), and Casey Morrison take on a deceptively simple question: how do you describe your work to someone outside the industry? 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Astera Labs episode out now #AsteraLabs #JitendraMohan #SanjayGajendra #CaseyMorrison #AI #Semiconductors #Technology

Roads. Bridges. Chips. Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, shares how he made the case to President Trump that semiconductors are national infrastructure, and why the U.S. needs to invest in them the way other nations already do. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Lip-Bu Tan episode out now #LipBuTan #Intel #Semiconductors #Infrastructure #Technology #Leadership

Trust isn't given. Sometimes it has to be earned in the room. Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, recalls the moment President Trump called for his resignation and the conversation that changed everything. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Lip-Bu Tan episode out now #LipBuTan #Intel #Leadership #Semiconductors #Technology

Great investors don't chase what's hot. They back what's disruptive. Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, shares where he's placing his bets: quantum computing, optical AI, and cooling technology. For Lip-Bu, the companies worth backing are the ones bold enough to change how the industry works, not just improve on it. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Lip-Bu Tan episode out now #LipBuTan #Intel #QuantumComputing #OpticalAI #VentureCapital #Semiconductors

Nobody would bet on him, so he bet on himself. Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, looks back on leaving MIT to break into venture capital. No firm would hire him or back his fund, so he borrowed $3 million from his family and his father-in-law and got to work. That fund grew into $6 billion. Conviction doesn't wait for permission. 🎙️ A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton 📅 Lip-Bu Tan episode out now #LipBuTan #Intel #VentureCapital #Semiconductors #Leadership #Technology