Ed Catmull of Pixar speaks at Stanford's 2007 Entrepreneurship Conference on running a creative company. He argues for surfacing small problems early and building good teams, with stories like the Toy Story 2 crunch.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: Repeatedly called one of the most useful talks on building organizations and managing creative teams.

“one of the most useful talks of all time for building organizations is by Ed Catmull (of Pixar)”

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