Airtable’s AI Reboot with CEO Howie Liu
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, how speed comes from tearing up old playbooks, and why c...
8 Sep 20251h 7min
Inside the Mind of the World’s Most Optimistic CEO
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 he learned from his earliest jobs and how he carrie...
1 Sep 20251h 9min
How Dropbox Beat Big Tech in the Cloud Wars
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 path from a bus-stop prototype to competing head-on ...
25 Aug 20251h 32min
Building High-Impact Sales Teams | Dan Lee and Nooks
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 thousands of sales teams, letting reps focus on t...
18 Aug 202558min
Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love
What if your tools shared context like your team does?This week on Grit, Shishir Mehrotra shares how the Coda and Grammarly collaboration unlocks context as a “superpower,” reflects on his early days ...
11 Aug 20251h 29min
How Notion Reimagined Productivity Tools | Ivan Zhao
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 bloated software. He shares why the AI agent still hasn’t ...
4 Aug 20251h 28min
The Travel Giant Built on Billions of Reviews | Steve Kaufer on TripAdvisor
How did Tripadvisor become every traveler’s starting point?Steve Kaufer joins Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit to break down how Tripadvisor became the internet’s trusted travel companion, built on over a bi...
28 Jul 20251h 12min
The Expert Network Behind Handshake AI’s Model Training w/ Garrett Lord & Mamoon Hamid
Guests: Garrett Lord, co-founder and CEO of Handshake; and Mamoon Hamid, partner at Kleiner Perkins.Handshake set out to democratize career opportunity. In the process, it unlocked something more: a h...
21 Jul 20251h 2min
