Coming soon on Masters of Scale Season 9
Coming August 31st: An all-new season of Masters of Scale, with iconic leaders and rising stars of scale companies. This season, Reid Hoffman trades theories with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Robe...
24 Elo 20213min
Rapid Response: How mission fuels risk-taking, with Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
Facing off with the FTC isn't for the timid. But when your mission and your business model are aligned, the hard decisions – about risk, about investment, about priorities – become clearer. Francis de...
19 Elo 202128min
Bonus: Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, w/Reid, Bob & Sir Richard Branson
Reid’s personal advice on the most important success factor for any scale leader: your mindset. Talking with editor-at-large Bob Safian, Reid shares how he approaches every challenge with a learning m...
17 Elo 202125min
Make it epic, w/will.i.am
What can entrepreneurs learn from a genre-crossing, multi-platinum musician? How to take a big opportunity — and leverage it into something epic. From his earliest days as a founding member of the Bla...
10 Elo 202143min
Rapid Response: How Harley-Davidson set a foundation for the long term with CEO Jochen Zeitz
Even an 118-year-old company needs an entrepreneurial jolt. When Jochen Zeitz took over as CEO of motorcycle maker Harley Davidson in early 2020, he moved quickly to restructure the business – even in...
29 Heinä 202123min
The beauty of emphasizing the obvious, w/Birchbox's Katia Beauchamp
Unconventional ideas define entrepreneurship: They fuel dreams but also spur naysayers and obstacles. Katia Beauchamp, co-founder and CEO of Birchbox, has repeatedly found ways to recast the unconvent...
27 Heinä 202132min
Rapid Response: Inside J.Crew's purposeful pivot, with CEO Libby Wadle
"We have to reignite the energy and the fire and the love," says CEO Libby Wadle of J.Crew Group, which launched Madewell Forever this week, a dynamic bet on sustainability. The resale platform, in pa...
22 Heinä 202123min
Strategy Session: When should founders step aside? Where can you find investors? Were pandemic pivots harmful?
When should you hire your replacement as CEO? Is blitzscaling still the best strategy, in today's context of uncertainty? What are the best fundraising options if you can't access a major VC firm? How...
20 Heinä 202126min
