CEO Loom, Joe Thomas: Communication, the Mother of All Skills
When Rippling CEO Parker Conrad was raising a massive $250 million round last year, he didn’t start by presenting his deck to venture capitalists in person. Instead, he sent a 39-minute demo of his pr...
14 Feb 20221h 15min
President at Databricks, Andy Kofoid: Reinvention at Any Stage
When Andy Kofoid was growing up in the working-class town of Joliet, Illinois, he dreamed of getting to college and — like a lot of his relatives — worked in construction. Today, Andy is laying digita...
7 Feb 20221h 13min
Former CEO Splunk, Doug Merritt: Creating 360° Order in Chaos
Doug Merritt joins this episode on the tail end of his impressive run as Splunk’s CEO. With decades of leadership in what can be described as an “exploratory career,” Doug breaks down his professional...
31 Jan 20221h 22min
CEO Stord, Sean Henry: Supply Chains... Are Fun?
Stord, a Kleiner portfolio company, and its co-founder/CEO, Sean Henry, are defying a multitude of limits. While Sean is ranked as the youngest unicorn founder, he refuses to let his age define him. D...
24 Jan 20221h
Former President at NetApp, Tom Mendoza: Sustaining Urgency and Injecting Tension
Tom Mendoza, former President at NetApp, knows that there is a way to do business while bringing out the good in it. Tom has embedded this throughout his career and continues to make it a philosophica...
17 Jan 20221h 20min
President, Global Strategic Customers at Salesforce, Jim Steele: Measuring Your Facetime
Jim Steele, President of Global Strategic Customers at Salesforce, is the man, the myth, and the legend who helped increase Salesforce’s revenue from $22 million to over $5 billion. Working since he w...
10 Jan 20221h 19min
CMO Attentive, Sara Varni: Cold Beer and Cheeseburgers
B2B marketing powerhouse, Sara Varni joins this episode on her final day at Twilio to discuss her journey and what lies ahead as she steps into her new role as Chief Marketing Officer at Attentive. Sa...
3 Jan 20221h 8min
CRO Nextdoor, Heidi Andersen: Nurturing an Elastic Mind
Many people run from uncomfortable situations. Heidi Andersen, CRO at Nextdoor, isn’t like most, as she embraces new challenges and makes mental toughness a centrality to her approach. From the very b...
27 Dec 20211h 13min
