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Delivering against a hard deadline (Paris 2024 Olympics)

30 min
Feb 4, 2025 3:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

Learn the principles of backwards planning

Tried-and-true strategies for any large-scale project such as "Start at the End"

How David planned for a successful Paris 2024 Olympics

High stakes with 47 markets, 19 languages, 215M viewers, 54 concurrent live streams

How Ethan came back from an Amazon deadline failure

Lessons from taking a "hard date" for the wrong reasons

Why this topic matters

While the stakes might not always be as high as an Olympic launch, the principles of backwards planning, building in slack, beta testing, and risk management apply to every serious launch.

You'll learn from

Ethan Evans

Ethan Evans

Retired Amazon Vice President; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

David Markley

David Markley

VP of Technology (WB, Amazon); launched 100+ tech products; led 300+ tech teams

Tech Executive experience at

Amazon
Warner Bros.
Discovery
sweetgreen
AOL
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