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
How Plaid Turned a Failed $5.3B Deal with Visa into Momentum | Zach Perret (Plaid)
Zach Perret saw a fintech explosion coming—and built the rails before it arrived.On this week’s Grit, the Plaid co-founder and CEO retraces his path from building tools for developers to linking the w...
14 Jul 20251h 4min
Episode 250: AI Special Featuring Sierra, Harvey, Windsurf & More
Six leaders from across tech — from SaaS and semis to law and logistics — come together for our 250th episode milestone in this very special AI recap, where we unpack how new advances are transforming...
7 Jul 202554min
