Rapid Response: Hourly workers are a ‘hero class’ w/Cue Ball’s Tony Tjan
Hourly workers are the 'hero class,' says VC Tony Tjan. And the pandemic is wreaking havoc on their financial stability. At Boston’s Cue Ball Group, Tony’s portfolio includes companies that employ hun...
31 Maalis 202038min
Rapid Response: First, be human – Thoughts on the crisis from Reid Hoffman
Can you blitzscale when the world grinds to a halt? How do you do right by your team AND your investors? What will the entrepreneurial world look like on the other side of this? In this special episod...
26 Maalis 202033min
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer on the wrenching decision to do layoffs
Last week, Danny Meyer laid off 2,000 people – that's 80 percent of staff at Union Square Hospitality Group, representing 20+ restaurants across the country. It was a heartbreaking decision made with ...
24 Maalis 202034min
Rapid Response: Remote teams, w/WordPress/Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
The first in a series of special episodes with tools you need RIGHT NOW | Suddenly, many of us are remote workers. As companies radically reimagine their day-to-day in response to the pandemic, we all...
18 Maalis 202017min
How to start a revolution, w/Bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares (Xapo)
What if your idea is so radical that people have trouble grasping what it is — or even believing it won't harm them? Every founder believes their product is revolutionary – and the more revolutionary ...
27 Helmi 202036min
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
Growth vs. innovation, scale vs. stability, founders vs, CEOs? Entrepreneurs want to know! In this month's Strategy Session, high-performing scale-ups from around the world ask Reid their most urgent ...
20 Helmi 202050min
Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
The secret to massive scale? Be a platform. Build a virtuous cycle where everyone wins, and you’ll emerge the biggest winner of all. This is what Tobi Lütke did when he built Shopify – and then opened...
13 Helmi 202032min
Netflix’s Reed Hastings: Why culture matters
Classic episode: You need a strong culture to build a company that will scale beyond the early days of start up. And strong company cultures only emerge when every employee feels they own the culture ...
6 Helmi 202036min
