Entrepreneurship as a second act, w/Gwyneth Paltrow
It’s never too late to join the entrepreneurial party. We've heard all the stories of young geniuses, but plenty of influential entrepreneurs founded companies in their 30s, 40s, 50s. There’s value to...
2 Jul 201941min
Bonus: 10 New Rules for Big Career Changes (The Graduation Episode) w/Jordan Harbinger
On Masters of Scale, we talk a lot about how businesses grow. But we also talk about how people grow: How key decisions (and happy accidents) can shape your future, and how your setbacks can actually ...
21 Jun 20191h 14min
Bringing a culture back from the brink, w/Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi
Early-stage startups are a lot like pirate ships – they need a buccaneering spirit to survive. But every startup needs to shed its pirate nature at some point, and evolve into something more akin to a...
5 Jun 201943min
The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
You can bootstrap your business to scale, but you'll have to make your own luck. Nobody knows this better than Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut. He used a DIY ethos to grow a $600M company without ever raisin...
21 Mai 201944min
Open or closed? The answer is both, w/Joi Ito
No organization that’s entirely closed — or entirely open — can scale as successfully as an organization that combines both. Yes, it invites a bit of chaos – but chaos breeds innovation. Joi Ito has s...
30 Apr 201935min
Take bigger risks, w/Shellye Archambeau
If you try to avoid risk, you actually risk total failure. Or worse: mediocrity. Take it from Shellye Archambeau. She led the most stunning Silicon Valley turnaround you’ve never heard of. She took th...
26 Mar 201938min
Check your blindspot, w/Sallie Krawcheck (Ellevest)
If your company's dominated by one type of person, you run the risk of tunnel vision. You might move fast — but you'll often drive straight into traps. Truly scalable companies need a diverse portfoli...
12 Mar 201944min
The Reid Hoffman Story (Part 2): Make everyone a hero
We’re back with Part 2 of our special turn-the-tables episode with Reid Hoffman. In this episode, we follow Reid through PayPal, LinkedIn, the Microsoft acquisition, his angel investments, Greylock, a...
26 Feb 201955min
