Never underestimate your first idea, w/Twitter/Medium's Ev Williams
Never put a limit on your first idea. It could span your entire career. Ev Williams, co-founder of Twitter and Medium (and before that: Blogger), shares what he learned in every iteration of his grand...
21 Feb 201843min
How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass' Payal Kadakia
The price that bleeds your business could also save it. When you invent something innovative, you can’t know how to price it on day one. First, get people in the door — get a LOT of people in the door...
14 Feb 201840min
How to build your company to last, w/Fiat's John Elkann
Forget being a unicorn. Learn to be a phoenix. Your company can last 100+ years — but you'll need the resilience to rise and fall, and rise again. Fiat’s chair John Elkann shares the principles that h...
7 Feb 201845min
Build a more human internet, w/Caterina Fake (Etsy, Kickstarter, Flickr, "Should This Exist?")
Whatever you are when you're small gets amplified when you grow. So if you're starting any kind of online community (social media, ecommerce, crowdfunding), be careful what you cultivate. Caterina Fak...
24 Jan 201836min
Learn to unlearn (Part 2) w/Barry Diller
To move from one success to another, you have to learn to unlearn. Take everything that helped you win the first time, then discard it and learn a new way. That's how Barry Diller, a titan of "old med...
13 Des 201729min
The infinite learner, w/Barry Diller (Part 1 of our interview)
Tinder. Top Gun. Roots. The Simpsons. What do they have in common? Media icon Barry Diller. Barry is what we call an "infinite learner." He’s only interested in things he's never done before. And if t...
6 Des 201742min
The Big Pivot, w/Slack's Stewart Butterfield
In your company’s darkest moment, remember: You CAN pivot from failure to success. But only if you slash and burn everything that isn’t working. Slack’s co-founder and CEO, Stewart Butterfield, has tw...
15 Nov 201737min
Look for the ideas that come at you sideways, w/Diane Greene of Google, VMware
Business plan not entirely clear? Not sure how you’ll make enough money or find your users? That's OK. Really. The most scalable ideas often come at you sideways. You'll find yourself crabwalking from...
10 Nov 201735min
