Let your customers be your scouts, w/Eventbrite's Julia Hartz
That constant roar of customer feedback? Be thankful for it. It holds all the secrets to your success, if you learn how to read the signs. Listen to what users say, sure. But also watch what they do a...
8 Jan 201934min
To scale, you must master the skill of storytelling, w/Charity: Water's Scott Harrison
You need a great story to build a great company. And great stories are unwaveringly true. No one embodies this principle more fully than Scott Harrison, founder of Charity: Water. A master storyteller...
18 Dec 201847min
The Millennial Episode, w/Brit + Co's Brit Morin
You can marshal the power of millennials to grow your company, but you have to redefine your concept of loyalty. To keep millennials as users (and employees), you’ll need to keep evolving — and help t...
19 Nov 201837min
The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday's Aneel Bhusri
Your first hires are your cultural cofounders. And it’s worth your time to get every one right. That's why Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri personally interviewed his first 500 employees. Today, with 8,000+ e...
5 Nov 201840min
When to ignore conventional wisdom, w/Shake Shack's Danny Meyer
To revolutionize an industry, you have to cast off received wisdom. Shake Shack’s Danny Meyer knows this well. When he opened his first high-end restaurant in New York, Union Square Cafe, received wis...
22 Okt 201838min
What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. Knowing when to turn the lights out may be the only way to keep the lights on. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who...
3 Okt 201839min
How to build trust fast, w/Spotify's Daniel Ek
Normally, trust = consistency + time. But when you're scaling fast, you have to find shortcuts to trust, with your partners and your users. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek knows a thing or two about this. When ...
19 Sep 201837min
Instagram's Kevin Systrom: Keep it simple while scaling big
You can scale big with a simple idea (and a tiny team!) — but only if you catch the prevailing winds. That's what Kevin Systrom did when he co-founded Instagram: The simple photo app tapped the right ...
6 Sep 201835min
