Grit

The Grittiest Conversations of 2025: AI, Business & Beyond

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this recap episode, we highlight the best moments from our 2025 interviews and reflect on the ideas that defined the year.Featuring:David Rubenstei...

How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when AI becomes your most influential referrer?As consumers turn to ChatGPT for answers, James Cadwallader and his team at Profound help ...

How Evan Spiegel Is Building the Future of Computing

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Turning down a $3B offer from Facebook is a bold move for any young CEO.Evan Spiegel shares how Snap’s early dream was to stay independent and give ...

The Pull to Build: Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit and Starting Roadrunner

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hardest systems attract the most serious builders.Joubin Mirzadegan shares how a career defined by ‘hardcore discipline’ and impatience with b...

Building Cloudflare for the Next 50 Years | Co-founder Cloudfare Michelle Zatlyn

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fifteen years in, it can still feel like “we’re just getting started.”Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, returns to Grit with Joubin Mir...

She Sold Her Startup for $500 Million, Here’s Her Next Idea

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Screens have pulled families apart. Brynn Putnam set out to bring them back together with Board, the world’s ‘first face-to-face game console.’O...

Synthetic Data and the Future of AI | Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do companies like Salesforce and Dell scale intelligence across every cloud?Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Cohere, explains how they’re buil...

From Yext to Roam: Howard Lerman’s Second Act

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hardest company to build is the one you start after you’ve already succeeded.After scaling Yext into a platform powering millions of businesses,...

Rebuilding Front for the AI Era | CEO Dan O’Connell

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The hardest part of transformation is knowing what to let go of.Dan O’Connell, now leading Front as CEO and formerly on the board at Dialpad, joins ...

ElevenLabs’ Vision for Voice Interfaces | CEO Mati Staniszewski

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before AI became a buzzword, a few true believers were already building.Since early 2022, Mati Staniszewski and his team at ElevenLabs have been among...

95% Faster Video Production with Synthesia | Victor Riparbelli

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What’s product-market fit like when you give people the power to do what they never thought was possible?On this rerun of Grit from April 2024, Vict...

From Idea To Impact: How Gamma Is Redefining Presentations | Grant Lee

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Make your product irresistible, and everything else will follow.That’s the philosophy of Grant Lee, co-founder and CEO of Gamma, an AI design platfo...

Leadership Lessons From Snowflake’s Sales & Marketing Duo | Chris Degnan and Denise Persson

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scaling a business globally comes down to leaders who align teams and drive them forward together.Snowflake serves over 12,000 customers, and early ex...

The Man Who Builds for the Decade Ahead | Founder of Google X, Waymo, and Udacity

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to reinvent entire industries, over and over again?This week on Grit, Sebastian Thrun, the “godfather” of self-driving cars and ...

How WordPress Became a Web Giant | Automattic Founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What kind of founder builds a billion-dollar company around something anyone can use for free? Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Auto...

The Central Nervous System for Modern Business | Confluent CEO Jay Kreps

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The apps and websites we use every day depend on systems most of us never see.Jay Kreps joins Joubin Mirzadegan to share how Confluent became the ‘c...

Airtable’s AI Reboot with CEO Howie Liu

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Can a no-code giant reinvent itself in the AI-native era?This week on Grit, Airtable CEO Howie Liu shares what it means to “refound” a company, ho...

Inside the Mind of the World’s Most Optimistic CEO

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For Bill McDermott, work has never been just a job.On this Labor Day rerun of Grit, first published Jan 9, 2023, the ServiceNow CEO reflects on what h...

How Dropbox Beat Big Tech in the Cloud Wars

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you win when your competitors are the biggest companies in the world?This week on Grit, Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston retraces the pa...

Building High-Impact Sales Teams | Dan Lee and Nooks

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even with AI, sales still comes down to human connection. This week on Grit, Dan Lee shares how Nooks automates busywork like research and dialing for...

Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What if your tools shared context like your team does?This week on Grit, Shishir Mehrotra shares how the Coda and Grammarly collaboration unlocks cont...

How Notion Reimagined Productivity Tools | Ivan Zhao

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ivan Zhao joins Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit to break down how the company’s minimalist design became a strategic edge in a world overwhelmed by bloate...

The Travel Giant Built on Billions of Reviews | Steve Kaufer on TripAdvisor

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How did Tripadvisor become every traveler’s starting point?Steve Kaufer joins Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit to break down how Tripadvisor became the int...

The Expert Network Behind Handshake AI’s Model Training w/ Garrett Lord & Mamoon Hamid

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guests: Garrett Lord, co-founder and CEO of Handshake; and Mamoon Hamid, partner at Kleiner Perkins.Handshake set out to democratize career opportunit...

How Plaid Turned a Failed $5.3B Deal with Visa into Momentum | Zach Perret (Plaid)

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Perret saw a fintech explosion coming—and built the rails before it arrived.On this week’s Grit, the Plaid co-founder and CEO retraces his pa...

Episode 250: AI Special Featuring Sierra, Harvey, Windsurf & More

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Six leaders from across tech — from SaaS and semis to law and logistics — come together for our 250th episode milestone in this very special AI re...

How Imprint Is Reinventing Credit Cards for Modern Brands | Daragh Murphy

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Daragh Murphy is giving brands their own credit-card platform—no legacy bank required.On this week’s Grit, the Imprint co-founder and CEO traces t...

GitLab’s CEO on Why the Next Great Developer Might Not Write Code | Bill Staples

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Staples has spent 30 years redefining how the world writes, ships, and secures code.On this week’s Grit, the GitLab CEO shares what it takes to...

Stord’s Plan to Take on Amazon’s Logistics Advantage | Sean Henry

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to build the logistics backbone for the next generation of commerce?Sean Henry, founder and CEO of Stord, joins Kleiner Perkins part...

Family, Focus, and 350M Users: Inside Zoom with Eric Yuan

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Yuan turned a simple belief into Zoom, the platform that kept the world moving through a once-in-a-century shutdown and redefined modern work. O...

Bret Taylor’s Journey Leading Salesforce, Sierra & OpenAI

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past two decades, Bret Taylor has quietly helped shape the arc of Silicon Valley.From co-creating Google Maps to steering Facebook, Salesforc...

Inside Aurora’s Push to Make Autonomous Trucking Real | Chris Urmson

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Urmson has spent the last 20 years pushing the limits of autonomous driving—first at Carnegie Mellon’s DARPA Grand Challenge team, then as c...

From Scaling Cisco to Seeding AI: John T. Chambers on Speed, Strategy, and Reinvention

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John Chambers led Cisco through the rise of the internet—transforming it into the world’s most valuable company at its peak.On this week’s Grit,...

How Matt Murphy Made Marvell Essential to AI and Cloud

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Murphy transformed Marvell from a broad-based chip supplier into a $100B data infrastructure leader—powering the rise of AI, cloud, 5G, and cus...

HubSpot CEO on the Future of SaaS, AI, & Leading Through Change

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From a 350-square-foot home in South India to leading HubSpot, a $30B CRM powerhouse, Yamini Rangan’s journey is nothing short of remarkable. In thi...

From White House to Wall Street: David Rubenstein

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Rubenstein helped pioneer modern private equity—building The Carlyle Group into a $400B global investment firm from a modest D.C. office and a...

No Reset Button: Reinventing Amplitude in a Post-AI World (Spenser Skates)

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amplitude helped define the modern analytics stack, powering digital products with deep behavioral insights. But in a world shifting toward agentic in...

Flexport’s Third Act: Winning in a Broken Global Trade System

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Flexport was a breakout success—reimagining global trade with tech at its core. But when the freight market cooled and efficiency overtook service, ...

Brex 3.0: Inside the Radical Turnaround with Pedro Franceschi

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Pedro FranceschiPedro Franceschi is the co-founder and CEO of Brex, a fintech company reshaping how businesses manage their finances.Originally...

From India to Silicon Valley: The Jay Chaudhry & Zscaler Story

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before Zscaler was a $32B cloud security giant, it was just 10 engineers—half in Bangalore, half in a borrowed U.S. office.As founder and CEO of Zsc...

The Unlikely Path to Building a Billion-Dollar Gov Tech Company | Zac Bookman

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Zac Bookman, CEO and Co-Founder of OpenGovThirteen years after co-founding the government transparency startup OpenGov, Zac Bookman is still fi...

Bootstrapped to $12B: Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on Life After the Exit

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Ben Chestnut, Former CEO and Co-Founder of MailchimpIf you find yourself selling your startup, then Mailchimp co-founder Ben Chestnut has some ...

Meet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake Scholl

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO of Boom Supersonic“Passion and drive trumps knowledge and experience,” says Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Schol...

#232 CEO NetApp, George Kurian: New Chapters

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: George Kurian, CEO of NetAppFor almost 10 years, George Kurian has been CEO of the data infrastructure firm NetApp, overseeing its pivot to clo...

#231 CEO & Co-Founder Harvey, Winston Weinberg w/ Ilya Fushman: Worthy Sacrifices

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guests: Winston Weinberg, CEO & co-founder of Harvey; and Ilya Fushman, partner at Kleiner Perkins“If you think about pretty much any job out th...

#230 Co-founder & CEO, Wolt & Head of DoorDash International, Miki Kuusi: The Next Mountain

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Miki Kuusi, head of international at Doordash + CEO & co-founder of Wolt + co-founder of Slush tech conferenceBefore Miki Kuusi launched th...

#229 Former CEO Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick w/ Bing Gordon: Change the Game

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Bobby Kotick, former CEO of Activision Blizzard; and Bing Gordon, Advisor at Kleiner PerkinsIn 2020, when President Trump signed the executive ...

#228 Co-Founder Alinea & Tock: Selling Experience

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Nick Kokonas, co-founder of the Alinea Group and former CEO of TockAs of October 1, 2024, Nick Kokonas is no longer an owner of the Alinea rest...

#227: CEO & Founder Axon, Rick Smith: Push Risk

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Rick Smith, CEO & Founder of Axon (formerly TASER)Being a founder-CEO is a “unique superpower,” says Axon’s Rick Smith: People like h...

#226 President & COO Coinbase, Emilie Choi: Through the Storm

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Emilie Choi, president & COO of CoinbaseAfter the collapse of FTX in 2022, “the whole industry was tarnished,” recalls Coinbase COO Emi...

#225 CEO Lattice, Sarah Franklin: Trailblazer

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Sarah Franklin, CEO of LatticeAs the CEO of a growing company, Lattice’s Sarah Franklin has learned that one of her most important contributi...

#224 CTO & Co-Owner 37signals, David Heinemeier Hansson: Perfect Flow

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: David Heinemeier Hansson, CTO & co-owner of 37signals and creator of Ruby on Rails 37signals CTO David Heinemeier Hansson has organized hi...

#223 Great Stories and Gritty Advice for 2025

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this special episode of Grit, we look back at some of the coolest stories and best advice our guests have shared in 2024. Chapters:(00:49) - David ...

#222 CEO San Francisco Giants, Larry Baer: Winning Plays

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Larry Baer, CEO of the San Francisco GiantsIn 1992, Larry Baer was part of the ownership group that bought the San Francisco Giants and success...

#221 CEO & Chairman Sony Pictures, Tony Vinciquerra: Into the Fire

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Tony Vinciquerra, outgoing CEO of Sony PicturesTony Vinciquerra never planned to get into the entertainment business, let alone to become one o...

#220 Former CEO Amazon Worldwide Consumer, Jeff Wilke: Exponential

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Jeff Wilke, former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer and chairman of Re:Build ManufacturingJeff Wilke worked more than 20 years at Amazon, overs...

#219 CEO Tanium, Dan Streetman: Critical Responsibility

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Dan Streetman, CEO of TaniumA graduate of West Point who served in Iraq combat operations, Tanium CEO Dan Streetman can’t help but compare hi...

#218 CEO Etsy, Josh Silverman: Second Acts

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Josh Silverman, CEO of EtsyWhen Josh Silverman joined the board of Etsy, he had one condition: “Don’t ask me to the be the CEO.” And tech...

#217 CEO & Co-Founder Codeium, Varun Mohan w/ Leigh Marie Braswell: Limitless

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guests: Varun Mohan, CEO & Co-Founder of Codeium; and Leigh Marie Braswell, partner at Kleiner Perkins“A lot of people are really bad at knowing...

#216 Founder Khan Academy, Sal Khan: Dangerously Curious

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Sal Khan, founder of Khan AcademyAI is poised to change nearly every business, but few are changing as quickly as education. And Sal Khan, who ...

#215 COO Rippling Matt MacInnis: Learn the Engine

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Matt MacInnis, COO of RipplingOne of the most important things a non-founder can do, says Rippling COO Matt MacInnis, is to learn how to operat...

#214 Former CEO Hulu & WarnerMedia Jason Kilar: No Labels

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Jason Kilar, former CEO & co-founder of Hulu and former CEO of WarnerMediaWhen Jason Kilar was a child, he was obsessed with Walt Disney —...

#213 CEO & Co-Founder Loom Joe Thomas w/ Ilya Fushman: After the Exit

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guests: Joe Thomas, CEO and co-founder of Loom; and Ilya Fushman, partner at Kleiner PerkinsLoom CEO Joe Thomas had a lot of things to think about bef...

#212 Founder Magic Leap & SynthBee Rony Abovitz: Underdog

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Rony Abovitz, founder & CEO of SynthBeeSynthBee CEO Rony Abovitz grew up “really believing” in Star Wars and the idea that there could ...

#211 CEO & Co-Founder Klarna, Sebastian Siemiatkowski: Country Cousin

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and co-founder of KlarnaLiving and working in Stockholm, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski thinks a lot about how...

#210 CEO & Co-Founder Huntress Kyle Hanslovan w/ Ev Randle: Deep Roots

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Kyle Hanslovan, CEO & co-founder of Huntress; and Ev Randle, partner at Kleiner PerkinsTalk is cheap, says Huntress CEO Kyle Hanslovan: “...

#209 Former President & CEO Ford, Mark Fields: All Cylinders

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Mark Fields, former president & CEO of Ford Motor Company and chairperson at PlanviewIn 2005, Mark Fields was asked to run the Americas for...

#208 CEO & Co-Founder Patreon, Jack Conte: Crowd Surfer

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Jack Conte, CEO & co-founder of PatreonFor many YouTube video creators, getting millions of views on your videos may seem like the goal. Bu...

#207 Co-Founder & Chairman Zynga, Mark Pincus: Speed of Play

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Mark Pincus, founder & chairman of Zynga, and managing member & co-founder of Reinvent CapitalBefore Zynga and Facebook made social gam...

#206 CEO & Founder Rivian, RJ Scaringe: Electrified

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: RJ Scaringe, CEO and Founder of Rivian“I’m very comfortable with things not being in their end state,” says Rivian CEO and founder RJ Sca...

#205 CEO Snowflake, Sridhar Ramaswamy: Visibility

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake“People underestimate what it is to go through a complete reset,” says Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy. ...

#204 Founder & Former CEO Blue Bottle, James Freeman: After the Exit

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: James Freeman, Founder and Former CEO of Blue Bottle CoffeeIn the six or so years since he sold his last shares of Blue Bottle Coffee to Nestlé...

#203 CEO Niantic, John Hanke: Buried Ships

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: John Hanke, CEO of NianticWhen Pokémon Go launched, Niantic CEO John Hanke was enjoying a tranquil walk through a bamboo forest near Kyoto wit...

#202 Chairman of Qualcomm, Mark McLaughlin: The Right Pitch

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Mark McLaughlin, chairman of the board at Qualcomm When he was 24, Mark McLaughlin thought his career was over. Since childhood, he had dreame...

#201 CEO Lyft, David Risher: The Ride

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: David Risher, CEO of LyftDavid Risher can measure his career in phone calls, from the one that introduced him to Jeff Bezos in 1995, to the cal...

#200 CEO & Co-Founder Together AI, Vipul Ved Prakash w/ Bucky Moore: Super Cycle

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guests: Vipul Ved Prakash, CEO and co-founder of Together AI; and Bucky Moore, partner at Kleiner PerkinsNo one knows for sure whether the future of A...

#199 CEO & Co-Founder Klaviyo, Andrew Bialecki: High Slope

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Andrew Bialecki, CEO of KlaviyoWhenever the marketing platform Klaviyo is hiring, says CEO Andrew Bialecki, “we sort of don't care so much wh...

#198 CEO & Co-Founder Wayfair, Niraj Shah: Homeward

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder of WayfairWayfair CEO Niraj Shah caught the entrepreneurship bug in his mid-20s, when he and his longtime co-fou...

#197 CEO, Chairman & Founder Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry: No Attachment

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Jay Chaudhry, CEO, chairman, and founder of ZscalerMuch of the media coverage of Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry is quick to identify him as the wealt...

#196 CEO & Co-Founder Braze, Bill Magnuson: Principles of Change

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Bill Magnuson, CEO and co-founder of BrazeThe deployment of smartphones around the world was more impactful than any other technology to date, ...

#195 CEO Salesforce AI, Clara Shih: Above the Clouds

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AIIn 2020, Clara Shih quit Hearsay, the company she founded and ran for 11 years; in hindsight, she says “I pro...

#194 CEO & Founder Sunshine, Marissa Mayer: Innovative Instincts

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Marissa Mayer, CEO and Founder of Sunshine and former CEO of YahooWhen Marissa Mayer was first hired as the CEO of Yahoo, the company had lost ...

#193 Former CEO Nextdoor, Sarah Friar: Four Circles

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Sarah Friar, former CEO of NextdoorSarah Friar has worked with some of the top leaders in Silicon Valley, including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff...

#192 CTO & Co-Founder Discord, Stanislav Vishnevskiy: Ship It

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Stanislav Vishnevskiy, CTO and co-founder of DiscordFor many years, the conventional wisdom was the gaming was not social because it was someth...

#191 CEO & Co-Founder Intercom, Eoghan McCabe: Second Beginning

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Eoghan McCabe, CEO, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Intercom“We are not ready for the degree to which our world is going to change,” says Inter...

#190 Co-Founder Cost Plus Drugs, Mark Cuban: Mavs to Meds

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs and costar, Shark Tank“I just love to compete,” says Mark Cuban. “And the day I stop is the day...

#189 Co-Founder Watershed, Taylor Francis: Worthy Missions

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Taylor Francis, co-founder of WatershedOne day when he was 13, Taylor Francis walked out of the movie theater, and he was pissed off. He had ju...

#188 CEO & Co-Founder Synthesia, Victor Riparbelli w/ Josh Coyne: Gorilla in the Room

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guests: Victor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia; and Josh Coyne, partner at Kleiner PerkinsWhen Victor Riparbelli wants to learn something,...

#187 President & COO of AG1, Kat Cole: Wings to Supplements

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Kat Cole, COO of Athletic GreensYou can’t make smart decisions if you don’t know the truth — the “true truth,” as Athletic Greens COO...

#186 COO Asana, Anne Raimondi: Recovering Perfectionist

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Anne Raimondi, COO and Head of Business at AsanaAsana COO Anne Raimondi feels pressure to perform in her job “every day, all the time.” But...

#185 CEO & Founder Netskope, Sanjay Beri: The Trenches

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Sanjay Beri, CEO and Founder of Netskope“You can be waiting your whole life to do something, and then your life’s over,” says Sanjay Beri...

#184 Former CEO & Co-Founder Sun, Scott McNealy: In the Piñata

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Scott McNealy, former CEO and co-founder of Sun Microsystems & co-founder of CurrikiScott McNealy never wanted to be CEO of Sun, and in his...

#183 CEO & Co-Founder Harness, Jyoti Bansal: Three-Layered Cake

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Jyoti Bansal, CEO and co-founder of HarnessCisco bought Jyoti Bansal’s first company AppDynamics for $3.7 billion, making him a very wealthy ...

#182 CEO & Co-Founder Cribl, Clint Sharp: Finding Traction

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Clint Sharp, CEO and co-founder of CriblNew employees are joining the remote data platform Cribl every week, and as the staff grows, CEO Clint ...

#181 CEO Transcarent, Glen Tullman: Problem Solving

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Glen Tullman, CEO of TranscarentBefore he was CEO of Transcarent, Glen Tullman presided over the biggest digital health merger of all time: His...

#180 CEO & Co-Founder Verkada, Filip Kaliszan: Outlier

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Filip Kaliszan, CEO and co-founder of VerkadaGreat founders try to grow personally at least as fast as their companies do — but sometimes, sa...

#179 CEO & Co-Founder Zapier, Wade Foster: Missouri’s Connector

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Wade Foster, CEO and co-founder of ZapierWhen Wade Foster and his co-founders launched Zapier, he was 24, and doubted himself constantly. He co...

#178 Author of “Radical Candor,” Kim Scott: Uncommon Sense

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity and Radical Respect: How To Work Together BetterAfter her f...

#177 President & Co-Founder Anthropic, Daniela Amodei: AI Hurricane

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Daniela Amodei, President and co-founder of AnthropicWith a reported valuation of as much as $18 billion, Anthropic has the resources to be one...

#176 CEO MongoDB, Dev Ittycheria: Edge

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guest: Dev Ittycheria, CEO and President of MongoDBWhen you think about who you were and the decisions you made two, or four, or eight years ago ... h...