27: Creating Team Culture at Uber by Chris Saad

Meet Chris:“Serial Entrepreneur. Strategic Adviser. Former Head of Product @ Uber Developer Platform. Co-author of APML. Co-founder of the DataPortability Project. Mentor @ Founders for Founders. Podcaster. Aussie living in both San Francisco and Brisbane. Curious about everything.”I build Strategies, Products, Messages, Brands, Ecosystems, Standards and Startups.I am interested in both the form and the function. I prefer streams over pages, liberal over conservative, open over closed. I am interested in helping others succeed so that we can all work and play in shared personal and professional success.I have been a leader in the following fields...StartupsI have started, built and run a series of great startups. Most as CEO, all as co-founder.Product Management and DesignDesigning Minimum Viable Products (MVP), User Experience, User Interface, Baking in social etc.Developer PlatformsAPIs, SDKs, Ecosystems & more. Built a platform from 0 to 85 Billion API calls a month (Echo). Ran Product for Uber Developer Platform.On-Demand/Sharing EconomyBuilding two-sided marketplaces, managing reputation & trust, marketplace management etc Future of MediaWorked with all major media including ABC, Reuters, CNN, AMC, TechCrunch etc to help them design and build next-generation media experiences and monetization models. Enterprise BD, Sales, Strategy & SupportBuilding, selling and supporting products into large brands and media companies. I worked with central product and IT groups at CNN, Univision, NASDQ, Disney, UMG, NBCU, Coke, Fanta, AT&T and more.Data PortabilityDeveloping, participating in and inventing open standards and protocols for interoperability between independent services and tools. UnbundlingThe breaking down of companies, apps, services into more discrete component parts for hyper-personaThe Podcast's 7th SeasonWelcome to In the Game, a podcast where we aim to touch, move and inspire you to what's possible in life. My name is Sarah Maxwell and I am a self-proclaimed relationship engineer. Ever since I was a little girl, I was curious about how people work and how they interact with one another. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball, retiring from sport into mindset and purpose coaching, I now spend my days running Chatta-box Media, where we aim to story-tell for brands through the medium of podcasting, all while raising an eight-year-old daughter with my partner of 24 years. We are now in season seven of this podcast, featuring a special series on women called who Knew that Was Work aimed at young women who want to broaden their horizon when it comes to career choosing. Go deeper into the pod and discover incredible stories of changemakers who manifest their dream lives. Gain tangible tools to apply to your own life by scrolling back to that initial season where we were more workbook focused. Have a laugh when we initially were coined the Nat and Sarah show, when my five-time Olympian partner, natalie Cook, and I bantered and had loads of fun interviewing and discovering our common passion individuals who rise to the occasion in life. Okay, now it's time to dive on in to this episode. Ge...