Asking the uncomfortable questions, w/ Michael Seibel, Y Combinator
Barreling full-speed ahead isn't always the key to scale. For Michael Seibel, managing director at Y Combinator and co-founder of Justin.tv and Socialcam, action sometimes needs to take a back seat to...
29 Jun 202134min
Rapid Response: Fighting through headwinds at Marriott, w/President Stephanie Linnartz
With Marriott's business already reeling due to Covid, beloved CEO Arne Sorenson was lost to cancer earlier this year. Stephanie Linnartz, president of Marriott International, shares how she and new C...
24 Jun 202127min
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Crypto craziness, ransomware attacks, "smart risks" & more
"Will some people lose their shirts with crypto? Absolutely. Will new great industries be built upon this? Absolutely," Reid Hoffman tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian, in a new, unfiltered conversa...
22 Jun 202132min
Rapid Response: Why business must be a force for good, w/former American Express CEO Ken Chenault
"Corporations can be a force for good – and they can also be very successful," says Ken Chenault, chair of investment firm General Catalyst and former longtime CEO of American Express. During the past...
17 Jun 202126min
J.J. Abrams: Make room for magic
You can’t predict your next a-ha moment. but you can create favorable circumstances for serendipity to happen – for you, and for your team. No one knows this better than J.J. Abrams, director, produce...
15 Jun 202137min
The Complete Interviews from Masters of Scale
The never-before-released, original and uncut conversations between host Reid Hoffman and Masters of Scale guests. Each intimate, unedited conversation includes 60 minutes or more of content, includin...
14 Jun 20212min
Rapid Response: Fashioning a greener closet, w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Fashion became secondary amid Covid lockdowns. Sweatpants-only life pressed apparel-subscription service Rent the Runway into layoffs and furloughs. But as co-founder and CEO Jenn Hyman explains, the ...
10 Jun 202131min
Build the right flywheel, w/Teach for America / Teach for All's Wendy Kopp
Not every platform turns into a flywheel for scale. Wendy Kopp founded two networks that each became flywheels for change: Teach for America and Teach for All, where she's currently CEO. Yet the shape...
8 Jun 202140min
