Rapid Response: "A crucible moment for Instacart," with founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta
Five years of growth in five weeks. That's how Covid-19 lockdowns accelerated Instacart's business last spring. Now, a year later, the company faces another "crucible moment," says Instacart CEO Apoor...
29 Apr 202122min
A Strategy Session w/A-Rod + Reid: Build a team of mentors
To win at scale, you need more than great players – you need a team of great coaches. This Strategy Session episode is full of great advice and tactics for building that deep bench of mentors, each wi...
27 Apr 202129min
Rapid Response: A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron's Linda Findley Kozlowski
With the pandemic, cooking at home got a renewed boost, and meal kit outfits saw a rise in demand. But a year in, the trend toward at-home dining now faces a new inflection point. We're talking with L...
22 Apr 202125min
Frustration is your friend, w/Houzz founder Adi Tatarko
Frustration is an important signal: it indicates an opportunity, a problem to be solved. And if your solution also builds a community, you've unlocked a path to scale. Adi Tatarko founded the online h...
20 Apr 202133min
Rapid Response: Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? with Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
"It's 12 months of no meaningful revenue," says Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor. "And then last weekend was phenomenal." Taylor returns to the podcast to explain why the hip, culture-forward movie ...
15 Apr 202123min
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: GameStop, SPACs, gov't stimulus, and vaccines
"The future is sooner and stranger than you think," Reid Hoffman tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian in a frank, unfiltered conversation about the lessons of 2021 so far. "The rulebook will be changi...
13 Apr 202134min
Rapid Response: Delta CEO Ed Bastian: Turbulence, recovery, and risk
With 75% of U.S. customers saying they'll soon be vaccinated, Delta is embracing a new phase, opening up middle seats as of May 1. CEO Ed Bastian bet at the start of the pandemic that focusing on cons...
8 Apr 202135min
Beyond Meat's Ethan Brown: How to teach your customer
As the founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown has spent years navigating misconceptions about plant-based foods. But smart entrepreneurs listen instead of arguing. Only by obsessing over what cus...
5 Apr 202143min
