David Senra on X: "Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) describes how @MichaelOvitz and CAA took over Hollywood:

"One of the practices was at every agency, they would have their staff meeting at 9AM. The staff meeting would go from 9AM to 10AM. Then at 10AM, they would start calling their clients.

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Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) describes how @MichaelOvitz and CAA took over Hollywood:

"One of the practices was at every agency, they would have their staff meeting at 9AM. The staff meeting would go from 9AM to 10AM. Then at 10AM, they would start calling their clients.

So of course Michael's like, alright. We'll have our staff meeting at 7AM. We'll be done at 8. Between 8 and 9, we'll call the clients. And by the way, we won't just call our clients. We'll call their clients.

Imagine you're Paul Newman. Your agent calls you at 11 — I've got this great role. And you say, the guy at CAA called me about that three hours ago. Your agent is like, they don't represent you. Paul is like, yeah, isn't it great? Isn't that fantastic?

You rinse and repeat that a thousand times.

The people running competitive agencies were managers. Not founders. Not the same thing.

The thing a manager never does unless they're under duress is reconsider fundamental assumptions. They hate that. The whole point of running something big is you don't have to do that. You get to run the big thing at scale.

This is what our founders do every day. Industry after industry after industry."

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@davidsenra

13h

New episode with Ovitz is out now. A lot of great stories in this one:

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@davidsenra

Aug 9

My second conversation with @MichaelOvitz, co-founder of CAA.

0:00 Why Michael Ovitz Is Busier Than Ever<br>4:27 Why This Era Is More Exciting Than Hollywood's Golden Age<br>8:45 The Fundamentals of Building Enduring Businesses<br>12:06 How Ovitz Chooses What Deserves His Time<br>14:28 Why Show more

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@ADectis

14h

Does Marc really talk that fast?

His clock rate might be over clocked.

Impressive, if not speeded up.

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