Episode 293 | Debo Olaosebikan - Serving Billions

Guest:

Debo Olaosebikan

@dolaoseb

Debo Olaosebikan talks with Dave Rael about shooting for the stars, lessons from physics, learning from mistakes, thinking positively, and delivering solutions

Debo Olaosebikan is the CTO and co-founder of Gigster. He worked formerly at IBM where he worked on theoretical/computational frameworks for analyzing experimentally observed transitions in spin transfer devices in collaboration with Yaroslaw Bazaliy and Barbara Jones He has a Ph.D. and Masters from Cornell where he worked on building world's first electrically activated silicon laser. Hme went from Nigerian rapper to co-founder of high flying Silicon Valley startup in just three short years and was a part of the Y-combinator class of 2015.

Chapters: 2:01 - Dave introduces the show and Debo Olaosebikan4:56 - Sources of Debo's lofty goals9:22 - Physics in Nigeria and Debo's scientific origin12:57 - Debo, the poet and musician19:03 - The intent and implementation of Gigster23:12 - Gigster and dealing with uncertainty and innovative ways of using data to manage risk28:15 - Debo's role as Gigster28:53 - The impact of building technology31:39 - Roles in creation and the importance of authenticity34:44 - Debo's story of failure - going too general in building a network39:51 - Debo's book recommendation42:17 - How Debo stays current with what he needs to know43:45 - Debo's top 3 tips for delivering more value47:47 - Keeping up with Debo

Resources: Gigster Gigster on Twitter Gigster on Facebook Newton's Law's Relativity Richard Feynman Lev Landau The Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 Volume Set) - Richard Phillips Feynman The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics - Leonard Susskind Roger Dickey - Gigster co-founder with Debo TaskRabbit Grand Unified Theory The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - Stephen R. Covey

Debo's book recommendation: The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation - Jon Gertner The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. - Daniel Coyle Mastery - Robert Greene The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable - Patrick Lencioni

Debo's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Have an attitude of anything is possible and start from a positive lens Think before you build Work backward from the impact you want to make