Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
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68 min
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2 min
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Leadership
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What It Covers
Nirav Tolia's journey building Nextdoor from neighborhood message board concept to 350,000 communities worldwide, including early failures, stepping down as CEO, and returning to relaunch the platform.
Notable Moment
Jerry Yang told Tolia at his Yahoo farewell party that he was less intelligent than expected for leaving to start his own company, warning him about the difficulty of building something like Yahoo.
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