Rapid Response: Ten months of pain and hope, w/restaurateur Danny Meyer
It's been an epic journey for iconic New York City restaurateur and Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer. Forced by the pandemic into closures and layoffs last spring, as he poignantly shared in two previo...
21 Jan 202129min
Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
Google has succeeded by innovating again and again. Their secret? They don’t tell their employees how to innovate; they manage the chaos. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google since 2001 and now chair of pa...
19 Jan 202130min
Rapid Response: What the pandemic has cost women, w/Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck
Amidst the devastating effects of the pandemic, one in five women has left the workforce, and the gender pay gap and wealth gap are expanding. There's a long-term cost to that inequity, says Sallie Kr...
14 Jan 202131min
What's the hidden business behind your business? w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Rent the Runway co-founder Jenn Hyman knows: Behind every successful business is another business backstage, one you might not expect. Rent the Runway is known for creating a glamorous "closet in the ...
12 Jan 202140min
8 reliable lessons for unreliable times
If 2021 is even half as unpredictable as 2020 was, you'll need to dig deep into your resilience and wisdom to get through. We've pulled together this special episode of Masters of Scale to serve as a ...
7 Jan 202154min
2020: The Year in Review w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Our host, Reid Hoffman, and our editor at large, Bob Safian, in conversation about a pandemic-disrupted year filled with unexpected twists and lessons. From the rise (and risks) of remote work to acce...
22 Des 202048min
Rapid Response: Why Salesforce bought Slack, w/Salesforce's Bret Taylor
Salesforce's much-buzzed-about deal to acquire Slack for $28 billion goes back a decade, when Friendfeed founder Bret Taylor met Flickr founder Stewart Butterfield. Now Taylor is Salesforce's presiden...
17 Des 202031min
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...
15 Des 202032min
