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Evan Goldberg: Executive Vice President of Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit | Finding Your North Star as an Entrepreneur

Aug 4, 2021

Evan Goldberg is the Executive Vice President of Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. He is responsible for product strategy and development at Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. Before Oracle acquired NetSuite, Goldberg was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 1998, Goldberg spent eight years at Oracle Corporation, serving as a vice president. He was involved in various projects; all focused on making powerful database technology more accessible to users. When he left Oracle, he started mBED Software and built groundbreaking website technology.

 

Today on the Wow Factor, Evan joins me to discuss how he came to the conclusion that the software of entrepreneurs was woefully lacking and how he set out to solve the problem with NetSuite. He describes how entrepreneurs can maintain focus on their north star and why navigating change is an essential part of growing a company. Evan also shares why he started the BRCA Foundation to support research on inherited cancer syndromes.

 

"When I talk to entrepreneurs, today, I really encourage them to the largest degree possible to try to stay true to their North Star.” - Evan Goldberg

 

“It is true that the natural growth of a company is both sort of horizontal and vertical.” - Evan Goldberg

 

“For very few companies, is it the Field of Dreams where you build it, and they will come ... there's a lot of work to build a customer base.” - Evan Goldberg

 

 

This Week on The Wow Factor:

  • How Evan became fascinated by computers in high school
  • How after graduating from Harvard University, Evan moved to Oracle
  • Evan’s relationship with Steve Jobs and Mac
  • The importance of having a mentor and how they can support you through career changes and challenges
  • How Evan took NetSuite from four employees to 100, to thousands.
  • How Oracle enables companies and entrepreneurs to succeed and take their business to the next level
  • How Oracle is making a transition to the next generation of business user experience

 

Evan Goldberg’s Words of Wisdom:

The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. Fighting inertia is one of the hardest things that you have to do when you're running a company but sometimes you have to go all-in and commit to making that first move along the path and build up some momentum.

 

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