Masters of Scale

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 Jan 29, 2019

nicholas
 Jan 22, 2019

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 Aug 26, 2018

Niki Vinogradoff
 Jul 24, 2018

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Award-winning business advice from Silicon Valley and beyond. Iconic CEOs, from Nike to Netflix, Starbucks to Slack, share the strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands — and to weather crisis when it strikes. 

On each episode of our classic format, founding host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, Greylock partner and legendary Silicon Valley investor — and a stellar lineup of guest hosts prove unconventional theories about how businesses scale. Guests share their stories of entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, management, fundraising. You’ll hear the human journey, too — failures, setbacks, learnings. 

From our Rapid Response format, you can expect real-time wisdom from business leaders in fast-changing situations. Hosted by Bob Safian, past editor-in-chief of Fast Company, these episodes tackle crisis response, rebuilding, diversity & inclusion, leadership change and much more. 


Episode Date
Bracing for a possible TikTok ban, w/ fitness entrepreneur Cassey Ho
Mar 28, 2024
How to score $200M: Angel City’s playbook for women’s soccer
Mar 26, 2024
Riding the Ozempic wave, w/RO's CEO Zach Reitano
Mar 21, 2024
Leading across great divides: Ian Bassin, Protect Democracy Executive Director
Mar 19, 2024
Who really won The Oscars, w/The Black List's Franklin Leonard
Mar 12, 2024
Landing on the moon, with Steve Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines
Mar 07, 2024
Reid Hoffman & Jeff Berman on why the future needs re-founders
Mar 05, 2024
Reid Hoffman on OpenAI’s $7 trillion plan, Apple’s Vision Pro, and AI traps
Feb 27, 2024
Battling cyber attacks and deepfakes with AI, w/Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson
Feb 22, 2024
Reid Hoffman opens up, w/On Being's Krista Tippett
Feb 20, 2024
Super Bowl ads: Lessons from Beyoncé, J. Lo and Taylor
Feb 13, 2024
5 leadership lessons from gaming with Reid Hoffman
Feb 06, 2024
Learn from every "no"
Jan 30, 2024
Inside Reid Hoffman’s meeting with President Biden
Jan 23, 2024
What’s wrong with the remote vs. in-office debate? w/Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar
Jan 18, 2024
140. Start with a story, cook up success, w/Chef Marcus Samuelsson
Jan 16, 2024
139. will.i.am & Austin Russell: Mute the hype, amplify the product
Jan 09, 2024
Highlights to inspire your 2024
Jan 02, 2024
28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
Dec 26, 2023
5 memorable lessons from 2023
Dec 19, 2023
Inside Intel’s AI ambitions, w/CEO Pat Gelsinger
Dec 14, 2023
138. Find co-creators everywhere, w/Exploding Kittens' Elan Lee
Dec 12, 2023
137. Pixar’s Ed Catmull: Throw out your rules
Dec 05, 2023
Navigating a leadership crisis, w/Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher
Nov 30, 2023
Remix: Scott Harrison & charity: water, 5 years later
Nov 28, 2023
42. Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd: Small changes with big impact
Nov 21, 2023
17. Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need
Nov 20, 2023
GaryVee wants your attention, w/VaynerMedia’s Gary Vaynerchuk
Nov 16, 2023
136. Tap into collective genius, w/Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code & Moms First
Nov 14, 2023
Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean
Nov 09, 2023
Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics, w/WaitWhat CEO Jeff Berman
Nov 07, 2023
AI + You | 5 ways to ethically build — and use — AI
Oct 31, 2023
Gaza in crisis, w/Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin
Oct 26, 2023
Supporting Palestinian builders versus destroyers, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky
Oct 23, 2023
On the ground in Israel, w/Hello Heart's Maayan Cohen
Oct 18, 2023
AI + You | 4 ways to scale your personal growth
Oct 17, 2023
Under Armour’s pivot to growth, w/CEO Stephanie Linnartz
Oct 12, 2023
AI + You | 5 steps for impactful experimentation
Oct 10, 2023
How to revive collaboration at work, with WPP’s Mark Read
Oct 05, 2023
Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt
Sep 29, 2023
Mustafa Suleyman: Empathy in AI
Sep 27, 2023
4 strategies for tackling the toughest challenges
Sep 19, 2023
Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk
Sep 12, 2023
135. Eileen Fisher: Keep it simple to make it timeless
Sep 06, 2023
134. Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity
Aug 29, 2023
Think like an outsider, w/Shellye Archambeau, Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, and Calendly’s Tope Awotona
Aug 22, 2023
133. Ron Howard: Evolve your vision
Aug 15, 2023
How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Eric Schmidt, Angela Ahrendts, & Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi
Aug 08, 2023
Leading in an age of burnout, w/Arianna Huffington & Padmasree Warrior
Aug 01, 2023
96. Focus on the scale that your customers can’t see, w/Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford
Jul 25, 2023
Prepare for where AI is headed next, w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Jul 18, 2023
Re-skill for AI, w/PwC’s Tim Ryan
Jul 13, 2023
132. Build your culture like a product, w/HubSpot's Dharmesh Shah
Jul 11, 2023
4 secrets to building your network
Jul 06, 2023
Prioritize principles in crisis, w/Upwork’s Hayden Brown and Merck’s Ken Frazier
Jun 29, 2023
131. Better metrics for better culture, part 2, with Kapor Capital’s Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein
Jun 27, 2023
How to inject AI into your core business, w/Smart Eye’s Rana el Kaliouby
Jun 22, 2023
130. Better metrics for better culture, part 1, with Kapor Capital’s Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein
Jun 20, 2023
To be first to the future, be stubbornly nimble
Jun 15, 2023
Tyler Perry and Netflix's Ted Sarandos: Amplify the untapped audience
Jun 13, 2023
Make AI your co-pilot, w/Microsoft VP of Design & AI, John Maeda
Jun 08, 2023
129. Jimmy Iovine: Harness fear to drive innovation, part 2
Jun 06, 2023
128. Jimmy Iovine: Harness fear to drive innovation, part 1
May 31, 2023
Using failure as a launchpad, w/MoviePass’s Stacy Spikes
May 23, 2023
How the word "no" inspires change, w/Princess Reema
May 16, 2023
How great leaders respond in a crisis, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
May 09, 2023
Lessons from the demise of BuzzFeed News, w/CEO Jonah Peretti
May 04, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi — Bringing a culture back from the brink
May 02, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Taskrabbit’s Stacy Brown-Philpot — Keep humans in the equation
Apr 25, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Shark Tank and FUBU’s Daymond John — How to partner like a shark
Apr 18, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Google's Eric Schmidt — Innovation is managed chaos
Apr 11, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Burberry & Apple’s Angela Ahrendts — How to unite a team
Apr 04, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Spotify’s Daniel Ek — How to build trust fast
Mar 28, 2023
Rapid Response: Live with urgency, w/Bozoma Saint John, former Netflix CMO
Mar 16, 2023
62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Mar 14, 2023
Rapid Response: Compassion in the face of crisis, w/Mercy Corps CEO Tjada McKenna
Mar 09, 2023
Rapid Response: Embrace tension, w/former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty
Mar 02, 2023
127. Dare to make unexpected moves, w/David Droga of Droga5 and Accenture Song
Feb 28, 2023
Rapid Response: Finding windows of opportunity, w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian
Feb 23, 2023
46. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
Feb 21, 2023
Rapid Response: Kickstart your users from passive to passionate, w/Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor
Feb 16, 2023
Need to Know: ChatGPT and AI’s inflection point, w/Reid & Bob
Feb 14, 2023
Rapid Response: Betting on the Super Bowl, w/FanDuel CEO Amy Howe
Feb 09, 2023
Strategy Session: How to balance innovation with your core business? How to help others tell the story of your product? How to sell an audacious vision to risk-averse stakeholders?
Feb 07, 2023
Rapid Response: Turning point for a climate-crisis solution, w/Climeworks' Christoph Gebald
Feb 03, 2023
126. When to seek advice and when to ignore it, w/LearnVest & Inspired Capital’s Alexa von Tobel
Jan 31, 2023
Rapid Response: Stay versatile, w/Lululemon Athletica CEO Calvin McDonald
Jan 26, 2023
6 leadership traps and how to avoid them
Jan 24, 2023
Rapid Response: Finding untapped value in multicultural consumers, w/Blavity CEO and AfroTech founder Morgan DeBaun
Jan 19, 2023
8. Netflix’s Reed Hastings: Why culture matters
Jan 18, 2023
87. J.J. Abrams: Make room for magic
Jan 17, 2023
Rapid Response: How to cultivate a new industry, w/Upside Foods CEO Uma Valeti, MD
Jan 12, 2023
125. Cisco's John Chambers: The essential playbooks — and when to use them
Jan 10, 2023
49. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Jan 05, 2023
5 ways to keep your brand relevant
Jan 03, 2023
Rapid Response: Loneliness at work, w/Noreena Hertz, author of The Lonely Century
Dec 29, 2022
10 unforgettable moments of 2022
Dec 27, 2022
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer on the wrenching decision to do layoffs
Dec 22, 2022
124. The co-founder effect, w/Rothy's Stephen Hawthornthwaite and Roth Martin
Dec 20, 2022
Rapid Response: The rise of the “wisdom worker,” w/Modern Elder Academy’s Chip Conley
Dec 15, 2022
Bonus: Stephen Colbert on DonorsChoose (The Complete Interview)
Dec 13, 2022
Rapid Response: How Main Street retailers are out-pivoting big-box giants, w/Faire’s Max Rhodes
Dec 08, 2022
123. Build the right incentives, w/VIPKid’s Cindy Mi
Dec 06, 2022
Rapid Response: Risking an iconic brand — and $40b — in a race to go all-electric, w/Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius
Dec 02, 2022
Need to Know: Elon Musk at Twitter, Bob Iger’s return to Disney, FTX’s bankruptcy, and more, w/Reid & Bob
Nov 30, 2022
79. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 2
Nov 26, 2022
77. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 1
Nov 23, 2022
How to unite a team around a shared mission: A story from Yo-Yo Ma on Spark & Fire
Nov 21, 2022
Rapid Response: Don’t be a unicorn, be a dragon, w/Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet
Nov 17, 2022
70. Nike’s Phil Knight: How to sell without selling
Nov 15, 2022
Rapid Response: Expand your definition of leadership, w/CNBC's Julia Boorstin
Nov 10, 2022
122. Brand while you build, w/Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal & Dave Gilboa
Nov 08, 2022
Rapid Response: Why design matters more than ever, w/PepsiCo Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini
Nov 03, 2022
121. Let waypoints guide you, w/Aurora's Chris Urmson
Nov 01, 2022
Rapid Response: Why we need to think again, w/Adam Grant
Oct 27, 2022
45. LIVE! Patience or speed? Both. w/Tory Burch
Oct 25, 2022
How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Angela Ahrendts, Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi & Eric Schmidt
Oct 22, 2022
Rapid Response: The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks Reshma Shetty
Oct 20, 2022
21. How to do good and do good business, w/Starbucks' Howard Schultz
Oct 18, 2022
Rapid Response: Rally a team in turmoil, w/NFL Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan
Oct 13, 2022
120. Think like an intrapreneur, w/Mach49's Linda Yates
Oct 11, 2022
Rapid Response: Mastering the hybrid workplace, w/Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering
Oct 06, 2022
5 ways to build your tolerance for risk
Oct 04, 2022
Rapid Response: How Covid lessons get tested by inflation, w/Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer
Sep 29, 2022
119. Why mission matters more than products, w/Noom’s Saeju Jeong
Sep 27, 2022
Rapid Response: Flipping your strategy in a volatile market, w/Zillow's Susan Daimler
Sep 22, 2022
Strategy Session: How to stay inspired while remote? Why do you celebrate wins? Is there a co-founder advantage?
Sep 20, 2022
Rapid Response: Charging toward a clean energy future, w/EVgo's Cathy Zoi
Sep 15, 2022
91. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Why we need re-founders
Sep 13, 2022
Rapid Response: How we served 150 million meals in Ukraine, w/José Andrés of World Central Kitchen
Sep 08, 2022
118. The Wrongness Playbook, part 2, w/Patreon's Jack Conte
Sep 06, 2022
Rapid Response: Holding business accountable from Meta to McDonald’s, w/Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson
Sep 01, 2022
117. The Wrongness Playbook, part 1, w/Patreon's Jack Conte
Aug 30, 2022
Rapid Response: Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky
Aug 25, 2022
Strategy Session: How to build trust in a brand-new space? How do you balance limited cash and big ambitions?
Aug 23, 2022
Rapid Response: "You should be running toward AI," w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Aug 18, 2022
116. How to take creative leaps — and land them, w/Future Shape's Tony Fadell
Aug 16, 2022
Rapid Response: Playing offense in adversity, w/Target’s Brian Cornell
Aug 11, 2022
47. Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)
Aug 09, 2022
Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
Aug 04, 2022
Bonus: Five ways to burnout-proof your organization
Aug 02, 2022
Rapid Response: What the crypto crash teaches us all, w/Chainalysis’s Michael Gronager
Jul 28, 2022
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, the business world’s role in democracy, Crypto’s future, & more
Jul 26, 2022
Rapid Response: Turning tears to action, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
Jul 21, 2022
115. Drive full-speed at opportunity, w/AKQA’s Ajaz Ahmed
Jul 19, 2022
Rapid Response: Waging a $1.4 trillion food fight, w/Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness
Jul 14, 2022
114. Harness the passion of internal factions, w/Padmasree Warrior of Fable, Cisco, Motorola
Jul 12, 2022
Rapid Response: Volunteer for impact, w/AmeriCorps’ Michael Smith, live at the Social Innovation Summit
Jul 07, 2022
17. Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need
Jul 05, 2022
Rapid Response: From ‘delusion’ to criminal justice revolution, w/Ameelio’s Zo Orchingwa
Jun 30, 2022
113. Michael Dell: Break it ’til you make it
Jun 28, 2022
Rapid Response: Solar energy’s time to shine, w/Sunrun’s Mary Powell
Jun 25, 2022
112. Improving human dignity is an engine of scale, w/Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Jun 21, 2022
Above all else, invest in friendship: Reid Hoffman’s 2022 commencement speech
Jun 18, 2022
Rapid Response: Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown
Jun 16, 2022
Strategy Session Live!: How can a start-up beat a Goliath? What gets top talent to stay put? How do you keep multiple stakeholders happy?
Jun 14, 2022
Rapid Response: Don’t wait for the system, build it!, w/Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney
Jun 09, 2022
5. Lead, lead again, w/Meta's Sheryl Sandberg
Jun 07, 2022
Rapid Response: Why business must be a force for good, w/former American Express CEO Ken Chenault
Jun 02, 2022
111. Extraordinary leaps need solid foundations, part 2, w/Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
May 31, 2022
Rapid Response: A global benefit concert for Ukraine, w/World Unite for Ukraine’s Victoria Yampolsky
May 26, 2022
110. Extraordinary leaps need solid foundations, part 1, w/Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
May 24, 2022
Rapid Response: Inside a $2.4 billion bet on talent, w/PwC's Tim Ryan
May 19, 2022
109. Ford’s Bill Ford: The Refounder Mindset, part 2
May 17, 2022
Rapid Response: Stay scrappy, deliver fast, w/Gopuff’s Yakir Gola
May 12, 2022
108. Ford’s Bill Ford: The Refounder Mindset, part 1
May 10, 2022
Rapid Response: Protecting against the next bio threat, w/The Public Health Company's Charity Dean
May 05, 2022
1. Airbnb's Brian Chesky: Do things that don’t scale
May 03, 2022
Rapid Response: Rebooting global crisis response, w/ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith
Apr 30, 2022
Rapid Response: How Chief became a phenomenon, w/CEO Carolyn Childers
Apr 21, 2022
78. Tyra Banks: Personal brand power
Apr 19, 2022
Rapid Response: Lessons from an entrepreneur in Ukraine, w/Alyona Mysko, CEO of Fuelfinance
Apr 14, 2022
Bonus: Five surprising ways to rethink your hiring
Apr 12, 2022
Rapid Response: Supporting Ukraine's tech workers, w/Emburse CEO Eric Friedrichsen
Apr 07, 2022
106. Chobani's secret to scale: Tap into community, w/founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya
Apr 05, 2022
Rapid Response: Inside "the most radical supply chain shift since World War II," w/Interos CEO Jennifer Bisceglie
Apr 02, 2022
Rapid Response: How Airbnb.org is housing Ukrainian refugees, w/Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia
Mar 31, 2022
73. The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins
Mar 29, 2022
Rapid Response: Putting an end to hustle culture, w/Reshma Saujani, author of Pay Up
Mar 24, 2022
105. Daymond John, Part 2: How to partner like a shark
Mar 22, 2022
Rapid Response: Transforming an idea into a movement overnight, w/Black Women For Black Lives co-founder Tokunbo Koiki
Mar 19, 2022
Rapid Response: The logistical challenge of supporting refugees, w/Susy Schöneberg, head of Flexport.org
Mar 17, 2022
104. Daymond John, Part 1: How to partner like a shark
Mar 15, 2022
Rapid Response: “We have an all-out cyber war right now,” w/Bipul Sinha, Rubrik CEO
Mar 14, 2022
Rapid Response: How global markets are reacting to Russia's war on Ukraine, w/Sara Menker, CEO of Gro Intelligence
Mar 12, 2022
Rapid Response: On the ground in Ukraine w/Mercy Corps’ Tjada D'Oyen McKenna
Mar 10, 2022
103. Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk
Mar 08, 2022
Rapid Response: Make mistakes to make progress, w/GM's Gerald Johnson
Mar 03, 2022
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Ukraine reverberations, inflation volatility, lessons from Peloton, Theranos, Meta, & more
Mar 01, 2022
Rapid Response: Invest in first principles, w/Sarah Levy, Betterment CEO
Feb 24, 2022
Announcing the Masters of Scale Summit
Feb 23, 2022
Rapid Response: "Be confident enough to show your vulnerability," w/Ken Frazier (Merck/General Catalyst)
Feb 17, 2022
Strategy Session: How to make the most of tough pivots? What are the right growth targets? How do you best prepare for entrepreneurship?
Feb 15, 2022
Rapid Response: Scaling when you’re already at scale, w/Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon
Feb 10, 2022
28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
Feb 08, 2022
Rapid Response: Tapping a new generation of consumers, w/The Drone Racing League's Rachel Jacobson
Feb 03, 2022
102. Don’t predict the future. Create it, w/Net-a-Porter's Natalie Massenet
Feb 01, 2022
Rapid Response: Be relentless – so your team can be fearless, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
Jan 27, 2022
66. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Jan 25, 2022
Rapid Response: Lessons of Omicron, w/Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust
Jan 20, 2022
101. Always be recruiting, w/Paul English, co-founder of Kayak
Jan 18, 2022
100. Lessons that matter most: What we’ve learned from 100 episodes of Masters of Scale
Jan 15, 2022
Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
Jan 13, 2022
99. Leap before you look, w/Marc Lore (Jet.com)
Jan 11, 2022
Marc Andreessen: The 6 secrets of great timing
Jan 04, 2022
83. President Barack Obama: When the moment chooses you, part 1
Dec 21, 2021
Rapid Response: How flexibility creates momentum, w/Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes
Dec 16, 2021
Strategy Session LIVE!: How to protect yourself from copycat businesses? When should you seek funding? How to entice funders to invest in a niche business?
Dec 14, 2021
Rapid Response: How GoFundMe has facilitated $15 billion in giving, w/CEO Tim Cadogan
Dec 09, 2021
98. How redefining boundaries drives performance, w/former Unilever CEO Paul Polman
Dec 07, 2021
Rapid Response: Re-founding Instacart, w/first-time CEO Fidji Simo
Dec 02, 2021
39. The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
Nov 30, 2021
Three tools for happy, healthy gatherings, by Meditative Story
Nov 24, 2021
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Metaverse mania, the great resignation, Facebook quandaries, and more
Nov 22, 2021
Rapid Response: How to turn intentions into action, w/Aurora James, founder of the 15 Percent Pledge
Nov 18, 2021
97. Build a better board, w/Mellody Hobson, Lisa Shalett, & Shishir Mehrotra
Nov 16, 2021
Rapid Response: "You should be running toward AI," w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Nov 11, 2021
96. Focus on the scale that your customers can’t see, w/Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford
Nov 09, 2021
Rapid Response: How Peloton keeps pushing through resistance, w/CEO John Foley
Nov 04, 2021
Rapid Response: The truth about what we watch, with Nielsen’s David Kenny
Oct 28, 2021
49. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Oct 26, 2021
Rapid Response: Launching a $500b startup, w/Jet.com's Marc Lore
Oct 21, 2021
62. A masterclass in crowdsourcing, w/Duolingo's Luis von Ahn
Oct 19, 2021
Rapid Response: Overcoming institutional hurdles, w/ U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland
Oct 14, 2021
95. The Honest Company’s Jessica Alba: Make your customer the star
Oct 12, 2021
Rapid Response: SolarWinds: Urgent lessons from a cyberattack, w/ CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna
Oct 07, 2021
94. No data, no scale, w/Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Oct 05, 2021
Rapid Response: How to scale tech responsibly, with former Google ad chief and Neeva founder Sridhar Ramaswamy
Sep 30, 2021
93. How to unlock your team’s creative potential w/ Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo
Sep 28, 2021
Rapid Response: How to lead for enduring impact w/ Spelman’s Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
Sep 23, 2021
Bonus: Five secrets to keeping your best employees
Sep 21, 2021
Rapid Response: In hard times, the show must go on, w/BroadwayHD’s Bonnie Comley
Sep 16, 2021
92. How setbacks create momentum w/ Robert Reffkin, Compass founder and CEO
Sep 14, 2021
Rapid Response: When to build the company before the product, with Aurora CEO Chris Urmson
Sep 09, 2021
Strategy Session: When to leave the trenches? Can you pivot without losing customers? Can co-founders stay aligned remotely?
Sep 07, 2021
Rapid Response: When you should require vaccinations w/ Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer
Sep 02, 2021
91. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Why we need re-founders
Aug 31, 2021
Rapid Response: How Electronic Arts grows a metaverse, with CEO Andrew Wilson
Aug 26, 2021
Coming soon on Masters of Scale Season 9
Aug 24, 2021
Rapid Response: How mission fuels risk-taking, with Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
Aug 19, 2021
Bonus: Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, w/Reid, Bob & Sir Richard Branson
Aug 17, 2021
46. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
Aug 10, 2021
Rapid Response: How Harley-Davidson set a foundation for the long term with CEO Jochen Zeitz
Jul 29, 2021
90. The beauty of emphasizing the obvious, w/Birchbox's Katia Beauchamp
Jul 27, 2021
Rapid Response: Inside J.Crew's purposeful pivot, with CEO Libby Wadle
Jul 22, 2021
Strategy Session: When should founders step aside? Where can you find investors? Were pandemic pivots harmful?
Jul 20, 2021
Rapid Response: Scaling a mission w/TAAF's Sonal Shah
Jul 15, 2021
22. How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
Jul 13, 2021
Rapid Response: How BuzzFeed bounced back, w/Jonah Peretti
Jul 08, 2021
89. How to accelerate expertise, with Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, chair of Starbucks
Jul 06, 2021
Rapid Response: Tapping into generosity (via Bitcoin), w/Charity: Water's Scott Harrison
Jul 01, 2021
88. Asking the uncomfortable questions, w/ Michael Seibel, Y Combinator
Jun 29, 2021
Rapid Response: Fighting through headwinds at Marriott, w/President Stephanie Linnartz
Jun 24, 2021
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Crypto craziness, ransomware attacks, "smart risks" & more
Jun 22, 2021
Rapid Response: Why business must be a force for good, w/former American Express CEO Ken Chenault
Jun 17, 2021
87. J.J. Abrams: Make room for magic
Jun 15, 2021
The Complete Interviews from Masters of Scale
Jun 14, 2021
Rapid Response: Fashioning a greener closet, w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Jun 10, 2021
86. Build the right flywheel, w/Teach for America / Teach for All's Wendy Kopp
Jun 08, 2021
Rapid Response: The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks Reshma Shetty
Jun 03, 2021
5 essential moves for post-pandemic success, featuring Airbnb, Etsy, Sunrun, and more
May 29, 2021
Rapid Response: Upskilling and the war for talent, w/Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson
May 27, 2021
85. Alex Rodriguez: How mentorship provides an edge
May 25, 2021
Rapid Response: Why real estate matters more than ever, with Compass founder & CEO Robert Reffkin
May 20, 2021
84. President Barack Obama, part 2: How to adapt to changing rules
May 18, 2021
Rapid Response: Inside Google’s Pandemic Safety Squad, w/Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo
May 13, 2021
83. President Barack Obama: When the moment chooses you, part 1
May 11, 2021
Rapid Response: Surviving a close shave, with Harry's co-CEO Andy Katz-Mayfield
May 06, 2021
30. The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday's Aneel Bhusri
May 04, 2021
Rapid Response: "A crucible moment for Instacart," with founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta
Apr 29, 2021
A Strategy Session w/A-Rod + Reid: Build a team of mentors
Apr 27, 2021
Rapid Response: A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron's Linda Findley Kozlowski
Apr 22, 2021
82. Frustration is your friend, w/Houzz founder Adi Tatarko
Apr 20, 2021
Rapid Response: Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? with Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
Apr 15, 2021
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: GameStop, SPACs, gov't stimulus, and vaccines
Apr 13, 2021
Rapid Response: Delta CEO Ed Bastian: Turbulence, recovery, and risk
Apr 08, 2021
81. Beyond Meat's Ethan Brown: How to teach your customer
Apr 05, 2021
Rapid Response: The trampoline effect, w/ Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman
Apr 01, 2021
80. Mark Cuban: What investors really look for
Mar 30, 2021
Rapid Response: The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now's Daniella Ballou-Aares
Mar 25, 2021
79. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 2
Mar 23, 2021
Airbnb's Brian Chesky: "We died and were reborn." A special Rapid Response
Mar 16, 2021
78. Tyra Banks: Personal brand power
Mar 09, 2021
Rapid Response: A prescription for healthy growth, with FIGS Co-CEO Heather Hasson
Mar 04, 2021
77. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 1
Mar 02, 2021
Nike’s CEO John Donahoe on wartime leadership (Rapid Response)
Feb 25, 2021
76. Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson: The secret to big leaps
Feb 23, 2021
A taste of Masters of Scale Season 8
Feb 19, 2021
Rapid Response: Winning and losing, w/Vanderbilt University coach Jerry Stackhouse
Feb 18, 2021
Rapid Response: Public-private opportunities, with Defense Innovation Unit's Mike Brown
Feb 16, 2021
Rapid Response: Iterating under pressure, with Feeding America's Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
Feb 11, 2021
Strategy Session: 5 burning questions & their unexpected answers w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Feb 09, 2021
Rapid Response: Why we need to think again, w/Adam Grant
Feb 04, 2021
75. How to be the steward of your idea, w/Affectiva's Rana el Kaliouby
Feb 02, 2021
Rapid Response: Aggressive sustainability, w/Lynn Jurich, CEO of Sunrun
Jan 28, 2021
74. How to master your emotions, w/Sam Harris
Jan 26, 2021
Rapid Response: Ten months of pain and hope, w/restaurateur Danny Meyer
Jan 21, 2021
6. Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
Jan 19, 2021
Rapid Response: What the pandemic has cost women, w/Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck
Jan 14, 2021
54. What's the hidden business behind your business? w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Jan 12, 2021
8 reliable lessons for unreliable times
Jan 07, 2021
2020: The Year in Review w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Dec 22, 2020
Rapid Response: Why Salesforce bought Slack, w/Salesforce's Bret Taylor
Dec 17, 2020
55. Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
Dec 15, 2020
Rapid Response: Why take on a turnaround, w/Magic Leap’s Peggy Johnson
Dec 10, 2020
73. The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins
Dec 08, 2020
Rapid Response: Loneliness at work, w/Noreena Hertz
Dec 03, 2020
72. Building bridges to scale, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky
Dec 01, 2020
Rapid Response: Balancing data with gut feeling, w/JetBlue's Joanna Geraghty
Nov 25, 2020
3. Learn from every “no,” w/Walker & Company’s Tristan Walker
Nov 24, 2020
Rapid Response: Why brands must take a stand, w/Wieden+Kennedy's Colleen DeCourcy
Nov 19, 2020
71. How to find hidden value that others miss, w/The Black List's Franklin Leonard
Nov 17, 2020
Rapid Response: A virtual-first workplace, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston
Nov 12, 2020
70. Nike’s Phil Knight: How to sell without selling
Nov 10, 2020
Rapid Response: Pandemic Planning, Phase Two, w/Dr. Bon Ku (Jefferson University Hospital)
Nov 05, 2020
Rapid Response: Small business – more stressed than ever, w/H&R Block's Jeff Jones
Nov 02, 2020
16. Build a more human internet, w/Caterina Fake
Oct 27, 2020
Rapid Response: When your business disappears overnight, w/Marriott’s Arne Sorenson
Oct 22, 2020
69. The Empathy Flywheel, w/Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar
Oct 20, 2020
Rapid Response: Movie-theater drama has come to every business, w/Shelli Taylor, CEO, Alamo Drafthouse
Oct 15, 2020
68. Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: To scale, find the right values
Oct 13, 2020
Rapid Response: The Covid test facts every CEO needs, w/Rajiv Shah (Rockefeller Foundation)
Oct 08, 2020
67. YouTube's Susan Wojcicki: How to find – and keep – true north
Oct 06, 2020
Rapid Response: Your company is a citizen – it can act like one, w/Baratunde Thurston
Oct 01, 2020
66. How to build authentic connection at scale, w/Trevor McFedries & Lil Miquela
Sep 29, 2020
Rapid Response: Healthy offices and the myth of remote-work productivity, w/Diane Hoskins (Gensler)
Sep 22, 2020
Rapid Response: Nothing matters but this. w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Sep 15, 2020
Rapid Response: What you can learn from how schools are pivoting, w/ Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz
Sep 08, 2020
65. Peloton’s John Foley – How to turn skeptics into fans
Aug 25, 2020
64. Why your company needs new rituals w/Shishir Mehrotra (YouTube, Coda)
Aug 18, 2020
14. The infinite learner, w/Barry Diller (Part 1 of our interview)
Aug 11, 2020
19. How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass's Payal Kadakia
Aug 04, 2020
63. Be a painkiller AND a vitamin, w/Clara Shih (Hearsay Systems)
Jul 28, 2020
10. Let fires burn w/Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, Gixo)
Jul 21, 2020
Rapid Response: Building a bridge over troubled waters, with Spelman College president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
Jul 18, 2020
Strategy Session: How transparent should you be with your board? How do you boost morale in dark days? Is it time to blitzscale?
Jul 14, 2020
Rapid Response: Inside PayPal's $530M plan to close the racial wealth gap, with CEO Dan Schulman
Jul 11, 2020
Rapid Response: What it will take for tech and Hollywood to be anti-racist, w/Color Of Change's Rashad Robinson
Jul 09, 2020
62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Jul 07, 2020
Rapid Response: A new playbook for new times, w/Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
Jul 02, 2020
61. Stephen Colbert + DonorsChoose's Charles Best — The power of small goals
Jun 30, 2020
Rapid Response: Burning cash, accepting turbulence w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian
Jun 27, 2020
50. Liberating the human spirit, w/Robert F. Smith (Vista Equity, Morehouse Commencement), Recorded live at Summit LA 2019
Jun 23, 2020
Rapid Response: How business can engage against racism, w/Shellye Archambeau (MetricStream, Nordstrom, Verizon)
Jun 19, 2020
60. Build. Measure. Learn, w/Eric Ries of The Lean Startup and the LTSE
Jun 16, 2020
Rapid Response: GM's Mary Barra: "Going ventilator fast"
Jun 13, 2020
Strategy Session: The post-pandemic business, w/questions from Village Global and co-host Bob Safian, editor-at-large
Jun 09, 2020
Rapid Response: BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: Record-high audience, record-low revenue
Jun 06, 2020
Bonus: Reid’s 2020 Commencement Speech: In a crisis, steer toward the emerging opportunities
Jun 03, 2020
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer, 10 weeks later: How to revive restaurants
May 30, 2020
Rapid Response: How "startup DNA" helped One Medical respond to Covid, with CEO Amir Rubin
May 28, 2020
59. A masterclass in crowdsourcing, w/Duolingo's Luis von Ahn
May 26, 2020
Rapid Response: How Warby Parker is making decisions in uncertainty, with CEO Neil Blumenthal
May 23, 2020
Rapid Response: Leading with your gut, w/Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky
May 21, 2020
58. How to unite a team, Part 2 w/Angela Ahrendts of Burberry, Apple
May 19, 2020
Rapid Response: Future-proofing Verizon, with CEO Hans Vestberg
May 16, 2020
57. Apple's Angela Ahrendts: How to unite a team (Part 1)
May 12, 2020
Rapid Response: Operating in a fishbowl w/Philly 76ers & NJ Devils CEO Scott O’Neil
May 09, 2020
Rapid Response: Crisis lessons from inside the ER, with Dr. Bon Ku
May 07, 2020
Rapid Response: Food security in a pandemic, w/Sara Menker of Gro Intelligence
May 05, 2020
Rapid Response: On the frontlines of scale: Hospitals, w/Dr. David Skorton, AAMC
May 02, 2020
Rapid Response: Inside Panera’s pandemic pivot, with CEO Niren Chaudhary
Apr 30, 2020
Rapid Response: A crisis leadership session with General Stanley McChrystal
Apr 28, 2020
Rapid Response: Pet adoptions: Up. Delivery business: Up. What that means to Chewy’s Sumit Singh
Apr 25, 2020
Rapid Response: "Neighbors are the frontline of support," w/Nextdoor's Sarah Friar
Apr 24, 2020
Rapid Response: Build government back – better, w/Jen Pahlka (Code for America, USDR)
Apr 23, 2020
Rapid Response: Remote teams as an intentional choice, w/Wences Casares of Xapo
Apr 22, 2020
Rapid Response: Target’s Brian Cornell: “I want to see retail survive this”
Apr 20, 2020
Rapid Response: TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot: “A pandemic doesn’t see money.”
Apr 18, 2020
Rapid Response: Lyft’s John Zimmer: How to keep an essential business running
Apr 16, 2020
Rapid Response: A playbook for when "there’s no playbook," w/CEO Ellen Kullman (Carbon, DuPont)
Apr 14, 2020
Rapid Response: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: "Crisis is pushing us back to our roots"
Apr 13, 2020
Rapid Response: Fast pivots for changing needs w/DonorsChoose Charles Best
Apr 07, 2020
Rapid Response: Relief funding & crowdfunding in a crisis w/Karen Cahn of IFundWomen
Apr 04, 2020
Rapid Response: Crisis data is the story of our times, says Crisis Text Line founder
Apr 02, 2020
Rapid Response: Hourly workers are a ‘hero class’ w/Cue Ball’s Tony Tjan
Mar 31, 2020
Rapid Response: First, be human – Thoughts on the crisis from Reid Hoffman
Mar 26, 2020
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer on the wrenching decision to do layoffs
Mar 24, 2020
Rapid Response: Remote teams, w/WordPress/Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
Mar 18, 2020
56. How to start a revolution, w/Bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares (Xapo)
Feb 27, 2020
Strategy Session: When to replace the founder, how to be a learn-it-all, when to take the "venture bet," w/questions from Endeavor Outliers and co-host Bob Safian, editor-at-large
Feb 20, 2020
55. Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
Feb 13, 2020
8. Netflix’s Reed Hastings: Why culture matters
Feb 06, 2020
54. When to zoom in, when to zoom out, w/Josh Silverman (Etsy/eBay/Skype/Evite)
Jan 23, 2020
Strategy Session: When not to blitzscale, how to persuade your board to let you slow down, and: Are you in a Glengarry Glen Ross market? w/questions from Endeavor and co-host Youngme Moon of HBS
Jan 17, 2020
Bonus: A Meditative Story from Reid Hoffman
Jan 13, 2020
53. What's the hidden business behind your business? w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Jan 09, 2020
22. How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
Jan 03, 2020
52. Bill Gates: The biggest success story you haven't heard (Part 2)
Dec 20, 2019
51. How to solve an impossible challenge, w/Megan Smith (US CTO, Google, shift7)
Dec 13, 2019
50. LIVE! Find your Trojan horse, w/Robert F. Smith
Dec 05, 2019
49. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Nov 26, 2019
2. Raise more money than you need, w/Minted's Mariam Naficy
Nov 21, 2019
48. How to set the drumbeat, w/LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner
Nov 15, 2019
47. Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)
Nov 07, 2019
46. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
Oct 31, 2019
45. LIVE! Patience or speed? Both. w/Tory Burch
Oct 17, 2019
23. Keep humans in the equation, w/TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot
Oct 10, 2019
Strategy Session: How do you gain your users' trust? How do you build a team and company culture at the same time? w/questions from Entrepreneur First and co-host Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur magazine
Sep 26, 2019
18. How to build your company to last, w/Fiat's John Elkann
Sep 12, 2019
44. Take on Goliath — and win, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston
Sep 05, 2019
Bonus: Recharge your brain with a Meditative Story by Arianna Huffington
Aug 06, 2019
43. 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki: Embrace the gatekeepers
Aug 01, 2019
13. The Big Pivot w/Slack's Stewart Butterfield
Jul 26, 2019
42. Small changes with big impact w/Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble
Jul 18, 2019
41. Entrepreneurship as a second act, w/Gwyneth Paltrow
Jul 02, 2019
Bonus: 10 New Rules for Big Career Changes (The Graduation Episode) w/Jordan Harbinger
Jun 21, 2019
40. Bringing a culture back from the brink, w/Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi
Jun 05, 2019
39. The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
May 21, 2019
38. Open or closed? The answer is both, w/Joi Ito
Apr 30, 2019
37. Take bigger risks, w/Shellye Archambeau
Mar 26, 2019
36. Check your blindspot, w/Sallie Krawcheck (Ellevest)
Mar 12, 2019
35. The Reid Hoffman Story (Part 2): Make everyone a hero
Feb 26, 2019
34. The Reid Hoffman Story (Part 1): Make everyone a hero
Jan 22, 2019
33. Let your customers be your scouts, w/Eventbrite's Julia Hartz
Jan 08, 2019
32. To scale, you must master the skill of storytelling, w/Charity: Water's Scott Harrison
Dec 18, 2018
31. The Millennial Episode, w/Brit + Co's Brit Morin
Nov 19, 2018
30. The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday's Aneel Bhusri
Nov 05, 2018
29. When to ignore conventional wisdom, w/Shake Shack's Danny Meyer
Oct 22, 2018
28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
Oct 03, 2018
27. How to build trust fast, w/Spotify's Daniel Ek
Sep 19, 2018
26. Instagram's Kevin Systrom: Keep it simple while scaling big
Sep 06, 2018
25. How to make the star employees you need, w/Marissa Mayer
Aug 08, 2018
24. How to kill your bad ideas, w/Zynga's Mark Pincus
Jul 25, 2018
23. Keep humans in the equation, w/TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot
Jul 11, 2018
22. How to find your big idea, w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
Mar 21, 2018
21. How to do good and do good business, w/Starbucks' Howard Schultz
Mar 07, 2018
Bonus: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success w/guest host Tim Ferriss
Feb 28, 2018
20. Never underestimate your first idea, w/Twitter/Medium's Ev Williams
Feb 21, 2018
19. How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass' Payal Kadakia
Feb 14, 2018
18. How to build your company to last, w/Fiat's John Elkann
Feb 07, 2018
16. Build a more human internet, w/Caterina Fake (Etsy, Kickstarter, Flickr, "Should This Exist?")
Jan 24, 2018
15. Learn to unlearn (Part 2) w/Barry Diller
Dec 13, 2017
14. The infinite learner, w/Barry Diller (Part 1 of our interview)
Dec 06, 2017
13. The Big Pivot, w/Slack's Stewart Butterfield
Nov 15, 2017
12. Look for the ideas that come at you sideways, w/Diane Greene of Google, VMware
Nov 10, 2017
11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal's Peter Thiel
Nov 08, 2017
Bonus: Seven lesser-known laws of leadership
Aug 26, 2017
10. Let fires burn, w/Selina Tobaccowala of Gixo
Jul 19, 2017
9. The next Silicon Valley is...? w/Endeavor's Linda Rottenberg
Jul 12, 2017
Bonus: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success w/guest host Tim Ferriss
Jul 05, 2017
8. Why culture matters, w/Netflix's Reed Hastings
Jun 28, 2017
7. Your plan B needs a plan B, w/Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin
Jun 14, 2017
6. Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
Jun 07, 2017
5. Lead, lead again, w/Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg
May 31, 2017
4. Imperfect is perfect, w/Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
May 24, 2017
3. Learn from every "no," w/Walker & Company's Tristan Walker
May 17, 2017
2. Raise more money than you need, w/Minted's Mariam Naficy
May 10, 2017
1. Airbnb's Brian Chesky in Handcrafted
May 03, 2017
Coming Soon: Masters of Scale
Apr 18, 2017