Rapid Response: Surviving a close shave, with Harry's co-CEO Andy Katz-Mayfield
Harry's took a one-two punch in 2020 – right on the chin. First, the federal government blocked a $1.37 billion acquisition of the shaving and consumer products company; then Covid-19 lockdowns hit. R...
6 Touko 202124min
The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday's Aneel Bhusri
Your first hires are your cultural cofounders. And it’s worth your time to get every one right. That's why Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri personally interviewed his first 500 employees. Today, with 12,500 e...
4 Touko 202140min
Rapid Response: "A crucible moment for Instacart," with founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta
Five years of growth in five weeks. That's how Covid-19 lockdowns accelerated Instacart's business last spring. Now, a year later, the company faces another "crucible moment," says Instacart CEO Apoor...
29 Huhti 202122min
A Strategy Session w/A-Rod + Reid: Build a team of mentors
To win at scale, you need more than great players – you need a team of great coaches. This Strategy Session episode is full of great advice and tactics for building that deep bench of mentors, each wi...
27 Huhti 202129min
Rapid Response: A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron's Linda Findley Kozlowski
With the pandemic, cooking at home got a renewed boost, and meal kit outfits saw a rise in demand. But a year in, the trend toward at-home dining now faces a new inflection point. We're talking with L...
22 Huhti 202125min
Frustration is your friend, w/Houzz founder Adi Tatarko
Frustration is an important signal: it indicates an opportunity, a problem to be solved. And if your solution also builds a community, you've unlocked a path to scale. Adi Tatarko founded the online h...
20 Huhti 202133min
Rapid Response: Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? with Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
"It's 12 months of no meaningful revenue," says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor. "And then last weekend was phenomenal." Taylor returns to the podcast to explain why the hip, culture-forward movie ...
15 Huhti 202123min
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: GameStop, SPACs, gov't stimulus, and vaccines
"The future is sooner and stranger than you think," Reid Hoffman tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian in a frank, unfiltered conversation about the lessons of 2021 so far. "The rulebook will be changi...
13 Huhti 202134min
