Masters of Scale

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 Jan 29, 2019

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 Jan 22, 2019

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 Aug 26, 2018

Niki Vinogradoff
 Jul 24, 2018

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Award-winning business advice from Silicon Valley and beyond. Iconic CEOs, from Nike to Netflix, Starbucks to Slack, share the strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands — and to weather crisis when it strikes. 

Our two formats help tell the complete story of how a business grows, survives and thrives, and the mindsets of growth that keep leaders in the game.

On each episode of our classic format, host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, Greylock partner and legendary Silicon Valley investor — proves an unconventional theory about how businesses scale, asking his guests to share their stories of entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, management, fundraising. You’ll hear the human journey too — failures, setbacks, learnings. 

From our Rapid Response format, you can expect real-time wisdom from business leaders in fast-changing situations. Hosted by Bob Safian, past editor in chief of Fast Company, these episodes tackle crisis response, rebuilding, diversity & inclusion, leadership change and much more. 


Episode Date
137. Pixar’s Ed Catmull: Throw out your rules
Dec 05, 2023
Navigating a leadership crisis, w/Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher
Nov 30, 2023
Remix: Scott Harrison & charity: water, 5 years later
Nov 28, 2023
42. Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd: Small changes with big impact
Nov 21, 2023
17. Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need
Nov 20, 2023
GaryVee wants your attention, w/VaynerMedia’s Gary Vaynerchuk
Nov 16, 2023
136. Tap into collective genius, w/Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code & Moms First
Nov 14, 2023
Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean
Nov 09, 2023
Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics, w/WaitWhat CEO Jeff Berman
Nov 07, 2023
AI + You | 5 ways to ethically build — and use — AI
Oct 31, 2023
Gaza in crisis, w/Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin
Oct 26, 2023
Supporting Palestinian builders versus destroyers, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky
Oct 23, 2023
On the ground in Israel, w/Hello Heart's Maayan Cohen
Oct 18, 2023
AI + You | 4 ways to scale your personal growth
Oct 17, 2023
Under Armour’s pivot to growth, w/CEO Stephanie Linnartz
Oct 12, 2023
AI + You | 5 steps for impactful experimentation
Oct 10, 2023
How to revive collaboration at work, with WPP’s Mark Read
Oct 05, 2023
Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt
Sep 29, 2023
Mustafa Suleyman: Empathy in AI
Sep 27, 2023
4 strategies for tackling the toughest challenges
Sep 19, 2023
Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk
Sep 12, 2023
135. Eileen Fisher: Keep it simple to make it timeless
Sep 06, 2023
134. Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity
Aug 29, 2023
Think like an outsider, w/Shellye Archambeau, Ellevest’s Sallie Krawcheck, and Calendly’s Tope Awotona
Aug 22, 2023
133. Ron Howard: Evolve your vision
Aug 15, 2023
How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Eric Schmidt, Angela Ahrendts, & Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi
Aug 08, 2023
Leading in an age of burnout, w/Arianna Huffington & Padmasree Warrior
Aug 01, 2023
96. Focus on the scale that your customers can’t see, w/Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford
Jul 25, 2023
Prepare for where AI is headed next, w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Jul 18, 2023
Re-skill for AI, w/PwC’s Tim Ryan
Jul 13, 2023
132. Build your culture like a product, w/HubSpot's Dharmesh Shah
Jul 11, 2023
4 secrets to building your network
Jul 06, 2023
Prioritize principles in crisis, w/Upwork’s Hayden Brown and Merck’s Ken Frazier
Jun 29, 2023
131. Better metrics for better culture, part 2, with Kapor Capital’s Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein
Jun 27, 2023
How to inject AI into your core business, w/Smart Eye’s Rana el Kaliouby
Jun 22, 2023
130. Better metrics for better culture, part 1, with Kapor Capital’s Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein
Jun 20, 2023
To be first to the future, be stubbornly nimble
Jun 15, 2023
Tyler Perry and Netflix's Ted Sarandos: Amplify the untapped audience
Jun 13, 2023
Make AI your co-pilot, w/Microsoft VP of Design & AI, John Maeda
Jun 08, 2023
129. Jimmy Iovine: Harness fear to drive innovation, part 2
Jun 06, 2023
128. Jimmy Iovine: Harness fear to drive innovation, part 1
May 31, 2023
Using failure as a launchpad, w/MoviePass’s Stacy Spikes
May 23, 2023
How the word "no" inspires change, w/Princess Reema
May 16, 2023
How great leaders respond in a crisis, w/Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
May 09, 2023
Lessons from the demise of BuzzFeed News, w/CEO Jonah Peretti
May 04, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi — Bringing a culture back from the brink
May 02, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Taskrabbit’s Stacy Brown-Philpot — Keep humans in the equation
Apr 25, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Shark Tank and FUBU’s Daymond John — How to partner like a shark
Apr 18, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Google's Eric Schmidt — Innovation is managed chaos
Apr 11, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Burberry & Apple’s Angela Ahrendts — How to unite a team
Apr 04, 2023
ALL-STAR EP: Spotify’s Daniel Ek — How to build trust fast
Mar 28, 2023
Rapid Response: Live with urgency, w/Bozoma Saint John, former Netflix CMO
Mar 16, 2023
62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Mar 14, 2023
Rapid Response: Compassion in the face of crisis, w/Mercy Corps CEO Tjada McKenna
Mar 09, 2023
Rapid Response: Embrace tension, w/former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty
Mar 02, 2023
127. Dare to make unexpected moves, w/David Droga of Droga5 and Accenture Song
Feb 28, 2023
Rapid Response: Finding windows of opportunity, w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian
Feb 23, 2023
46. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
Feb 21, 2023
Rapid Response: Kickstart your users from passive to passionate, w/Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor
Feb 16, 2023
Need to Know: ChatGPT and AI’s inflection point, w/Reid & Bob
Feb 14, 2023
Rapid Response: Betting on the Super Bowl, w/FanDuel CEO Amy Howe
Feb 09, 2023
Strategy Session: How to balance innovation with your core business? How to help others tell the story of your product? How to sell an audacious vision to risk-averse stakeholders?
Feb 07, 2023
Rapid Response: Turning point for a climate-crisis solution, w/Climeworks' Christoph Gebald
Feb 03, 2023
126. When to seek advice and when to ignore it, w/LearnVest & Inspired Capital’s Alexa von Tobel
Jan 31, 2023
Rapid Response: Stay versatile, w/Lululemon Athletica CEO Calvin McDonald
Jan 26, 2023
6 leadership traps and how to avoid them
Jan 24, 2023
Rapid Response: Finding untapped value in multicultural consumers, w/Blavity CEO and AfroTech founder Morgan DeBaun
Jan 19, 2023
8. Netflix’s Reed Hastings: Why culture matters
Jan 18, 2023
87. J.J. Abrams: Make room for magic
Jan 17, 2023
Rapid Response: How to cultivate a new industry, w/Upside Foods CEO Uma Valeti, MD
Jan 12, 2023
125. Cisco's John Chambers: The essential playbooks — and when to use them
Jan 10, 2023
49. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Jan 05, 2023
5 ways to keep your brand relevant
Jan 03, 2023
Rapid Response: Loneliness at work, w/Noreena Hertz, author of The Lonely Century
Dec 29, 2022
10 unforgettable moments of 2022
Dec 27, 2022
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer on the wrenching decision to do layoffs
Dec 22, 2022
124. The co-founder effect, w/Rothy's Stephen Hawthornthwaite and Roth Martin
Dec 20, 2022
Rapid Response: The rise of the “wisdom worker,” w/Modern Elder Academy’s Chip Conley
Dec 15, 2022
Bonus: Stephen Colbert on DonorsChoose (The Complete Interview)
Dec 13, 2022
Rapid Response: How Main Street retailers are out-pivoting big-box giants, w/Faire’s Max Rhodes
Dec 08, 2022
123. Build the right incentives, w/VIPKid’s Cindy Mi
Dec 06, 2022
Rapid Response: Risking an iconic brand — and $40b — in a race to go all-electric, w/Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius
Dec 02, 2022
Need to Know: Elon Musk at Twitter, Bob Iger’s return to Disney, FTX’s bankruptcy, and more, w/Reid & Bob
Nov 30, 2022
79. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 2
Nov 26, 2022
77. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 1
Nov 23, 2022
How to unite a team around a shared mission: A story from Yo-Yo Ma on Spark & Fire
Nov 21, 2022
Rapid Response: Don’t be a unicorn, be a dragon, w/Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet
Nov 17, 2022
70. Nike’s Phil Knight: How to sell without selling
Nov 15, 2022
Rapid Response: Expand your definition of leadership, w/CNBC's Julia Boorstin
Nov 10, 2022
122. Brand while you build, w/Warby Parker’s Neil Blumenthal & Dave Gilboa
Nov 08, 2022
Rapid Response: Why design matters more than ever, w/PepsiCo Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini
Nov 03, 2022
121. Let waypoints guide you, w/Aurora's Chris Urmson
Nov 01, 2022
Rapid Response: Why we need to think again, w/Adam Grant
Oct 27, 2022
45. LIVE! Patience or speed? Both. w/Tory Burch
Oct 25, 2022
How great cultures are built and rebuilt, w/Angela Ahrendts, Uber’s Dara Khosrowshahi & Eric Schmidt
Oct 22, 2022
Rapid Response: The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks Reshma Shetty
Oct 20, 2022
21. How to do good and do good business, w/Starbucks' Howard Schultz
Oct 18, 2022
Rapid Response: Rally a team in turmoil, w/NFL Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan
Oct 13, 2022
120. Think like an intrapreneur, w/Mach49's Linda Yates
Oct 11, 2022
Rapid Response: Mastering the hybrid workplace, w/Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering
Oct 06, 2022
5 ways to build your tolerance for risk
Oct 04, 2022
Rapid Response: How Covid lessons get tested by inflation, w/Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer
Sep 29, 2022
119. Why mission matters more than products, w/Noom’s Saeju Jeong
Sep 27, 2022
Rapid Response: Flipping your strategy in a volatile market, w/Zillow's Susan Daimler
Sep 22, 2022
Strategy Session: How to stay inspired while remote? Why do you celebrate wins? Is there a co-founder advantage?
Sep 20, 2022
Rapid Response: Charging toward a clean energy future, w/EVgo's Cathy Zoi
Sep 15, 2022
91. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Why we need re-founders
Sep 13, 2022
Rapid Response: How we served 150 million meals in Ukraine, w/José Andrés of World Central Kitchen
Sep 08, 2022
118. The Wrongness Playbook, part 2, w/Patreon's Jack Conte
Sep 06, 2022
Rapid Response: Holding business accountable from Meta to McDonald’s, w/Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson
Sep 01, 2022
117. The Wrongness Playbook, part 1, w/Patreon's Jack Conte
Aug 30, 2022
Rapid Response: Amazon’s plan to be big, green, and beloved, w/AWS CEO Adam Selipsky
Aug 25, 2022
Strategy Session: How to build trust in a brand-new space? How do you balance limited cash and big ambitions?
Aug 23, 2022
Rapid Response: "You should be running toward AI," w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Aug 18, 2022
116. How to take creative leaps — and land them, w/Future Shape's Tony Fadell
Aug 16, 2022
Rapid Response: Playing offense in adversity, w/Target’s Brian Cornell
Aug 11, 2022
47. Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)
Aug 09, 2022
Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
Aug 04, 2022
Bonus: Five ways to burnout-proof your organization
Aug 02, 2022
Rapid Response: What the crypto crash teaches us all, w/Chainalysis’s Michael Gronager
Jul 28, 2022
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Business withdrawals from Russia, strife at Netflix, Musk vs Twitter, the business world’s role in democracy, Crypto’s future, & more
Jul 26, 2022
Rapid Response: Turning tears to action, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
Jul 21, 2022
115. Drive full-speed at opportunity, w/AKQA’s Ajaz Ahmed
Jul 19, 2022
Rapid Response: Waging a $1.4 trillion food fight, w/Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness
Jul 14, 2022
114. Harness the passion of internal factions, w/Padmasree Warrior of Fable, Cisco, Motorola
Jul 12, 2022
Rapid Response: Volunteer for impact, w/AmeriCorps’ Michael Smith, live at the Social Innovation Summit
Jul 07, 2022
17. Sam Altman: Customer love is all you need
Jul 05, 2022
Rapid Response: From ‘delusion’ to criminal justice revolution, w/Ameelio’s Zo Orchingwa
Jun 30, 2022
113. Michael Dell: Break it ’til you make it
Jun 28, 2022
Rapid Response: Solar energy’s time to shine, w/Sunrun’s Mary Powell
Jun 25, 2022
112. Improving human dignity is an engine of scale, w/Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Jun 21, 2022
Above all else, invest in friendship: Reid Hoffman’s 2022 commencement speech
Jun 18, 2022
Rapid Response: Redesigning work in a crisis, w/Upwork CEO Hayden Brown
Jun 16, 2022
Strategy Session Live!: How can a start-up beat a Goliath? What gets top talent to stay put? How do you keep multiple stakeholders happy?
Jun 14, 2022
Rapid Response: Don’t wait for the system, build it!, w/Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney
Jun 09, 2022
5. Lead, lead again, w/Meta's Sheryl Sandberg
Jun 07, 2022
Rapid Response: Why business must be a force for good, w/former American Express CEO Ken Chenault
Jun 02, 2022
111. Extraordinary leaps need solid foundations, part 2, w/Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
May 31, 2022
Rapid Response: A global benefit concert for Ukraine, w/World Unite for Ukraine’s Victoria Yampolsky
May 26, 2022
110. Extraordinary leaps need solid foundations, part 1, w/Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel
May 24, 2022
Rapid Response: Inside a $2.4 billion bet on talent, w/PwC's Tim Ryan
May 19, 2022
109. Ford’s Bill Ford: The Refounder Mindset, part 2
May 17, 2022
Rapid Response: Stay scrappy, deliver fast, w/Gopuff’s Yakir Gola
May 12, 2022
108. Ford’s Bill Ford: The Refounder Mindset, part 1
May 10, 2022
Rapid Response: Protecting against the next bio threat, w/The Public Health Company's Charity Dean
May 05, 2022
1. Airbnb's Brian Chesky: Do things that don’t scale
May 03, 2022
Rapid Response: Rebooting global crisis response, w/ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith
Apr 30, 2022
Rapid Response: How Chief became a phenomenon, w/CEO Carolyn Childers
Apr 21, 2022
78. Tyra Banks: Personal brand power
Apr 19, 2022
Rapid Response: Lessons from an entrepreneur in Ukraine, w/Alyona Mysko, CEO of Fuelfinance
Apr 14, 2022
Bonus: Five surprising ways to rethink your hiring
Apr 12, 2022
Rapid Response: Supporting Ukraine's tech workers, w/Emburse CEO Eric Friedrichsen
Apr 07, 2022
106. Chobani's secret to scale: Tap into community, w/founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya
Apr 05, 2022
Rapid Response: Inside "the most radical supply chain shift since World War II," w/Interos CEO Jennifer Bisceglie
Apr 02, 2022
Rapid Response: How Airbnb.org is housing Ukrainian refugees, w/Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia
Mar 31, 2022
73. The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins
Mar 29, 2022
Rapid Response: Putting an end to hustle culture, w/Reshma Saujani, author of Pay Up
Mar 24, 2022
105. Daymond John, Part 2: How to partner like a shark
Mar 22, 2022
Rapid Response: Transforming an idea into a movement overnight, w/Black Women For Black Lives co-founder Tokunbo Koiki
Mar 19, 2022
Rapid Response: The logistical challenge of supporting refugees, w/Susy Schöneberg, head of Flexport.org
Mar 17, 2022
104. Daymond John, Part 1: How to partner like a shark
Mar 15, 2022
Rapid Response: “We have an all-out cyber war right now,” w/Bipul Sinha, Rubrik CEO
Mar 14, 2022
Rapid Response: How global markets are reacting to Russia's war on Ukraine, w/Sara Menker, CEO of Gro Intelligence
Mar 12, 2022
Rapid Response: On the ground in Ukraine w/Mercy Corps’ Tjada D'Oyen McKenna
Mar 10, 2022
103. Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk
Mar 08, 2022
Rapid Response: Make mistakes to make progress, w/GM's Gerald Johnson
Mar 03, 2022
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Ukraine reverberations, inflation volatility, lessons from Peloton, Theranos, Meta, & more
Mar 01, 2022
Rapid Response: Invest in first principles, w/Sarah Levy, Betterment CEO
Feb 24, 2022
Announcing the Masters of Scale Summit
Feb 23, 2022
Rapid Response: "Be confident enough to show your vulnerability," w/Ken Frazier (Merck/General Catalyst)
Feb 17, 2022
Strategy Session: How to make the most of tough pivots? What are the right growth targets? How do you best prepare for entrepreneurship?
Feb 15, 2022
Rapid Response: Scaling when you’re already at scale, w/Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon
Feb 10, 2022
28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
Feb 08, 2022
Rapid Response: Tapping a new generation of consumers, w/The Drone Racing League's Rachel Jacobson
Feb 03, 2022
102. Don’t predict the future. Create it, w/Net-a-Porter's Natalie Massenet
Feb 01, 2022
Rapid Response: Be relentless – so your team can be fearless, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
Jan 27, 2022
66. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Jan 25, 2022
Rapid Response: Lessons of Omicron, w/Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust
Jan 20, 2022
101. Always be recruiting, w/Paul English, co-founder of Kayak
Jan 18, 2022
100. Lessons that matter most: What we’ve learned from 100 episodes of Masters of Scale
Jan 15, 2022
Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
Jan 13, 2022
99. Leap before you look, w/Marc Lore (Jet.com)
Jan 11, 2022
Marc Andreessen: The 6 secrets of great timing
Jan 04, 2022
83. President Barack Obama: When the moment chooses you, part 1
Dec 21, 2021
Rapid Response: How flexibility creates momentum, w/Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes
Dec 16, 2021
Strategy Session LIVE!: How to protect yourself from copycat businesses? When should you seek funding? How to entice funders to invest in a niche business?
Dec 14, 2021
Rapid Response: How GoFundMe has facilitated $15 billion in giving, w/CEO Tim Cadogan
Dec 09, 2021
98. How redefining boundaries drives performance, w/former Unilever CEO Paul Polman
Dec 07, 2021
Rapid Response: Re-founding Instacart, w/first-time CEO Fidji Simo
Dec 02, 2021
39. The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
Nov 30, 2021
Three tools for happy, healthy gatherings, by Meditative Story
Nov 24, 2021
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Metaverse mania, the great resignation, Facebook quandaries, and more
Nov 22, 2021
Rapid Response: How to turn intentions into action, w/Aurora James, founder of the 15 Percent Pledge
Nov 18, 2021
97. Build a better board, w/Mellody Hobson, Lisa Shalett, & Shishir Mehrotra
Nov 16, 2021
Rapid Response: "You should be running toward AI," w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Nov 11, 2021
96. Focus on the scale that your customers can’t see, w/Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford
Nov 09, 2021
Rapid Response: How Peloton keeps pushing through resistance, w/CEO John Foley
Nov 04, 2021
Rapid Response: The truth about what we watch, with Nielsen’s David Kenny
Oct 28, 2021
49. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Oct 26, 2021
Rapid Response: Launching a $500b startup, w/Jet.com's Marc Lore
Oct 21, 2021
62. A masterclass in crowdsourcing, w/Duolingo's Luis von Ahn
Oct 19, 2021
Rapid Response: Overcoming institutional hurdles, w/ U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland
Oct 14, 2021
95. The Honest Company’s Jessica Alba: Make your customer the star
Oct 12, 2021
Rapid Response: SolarWinds: Urgent lessons from a cyberattack, w/ CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna
Oct 07, 2021
94. No data, no scale, w/Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Oct 05, 2021
Rapid Response: How to scale tech responsibly, with former Google ad chief and Neeva founder Sridhar Ramaswamy
Sep 30, 2021
93. How to unlock your team’s creative potential w/ Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo
Sep 28, 2021
Rapid Response: How to lead for enduring impact w/ Spelman’s Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
Sep 23, 2021
Bonus: Five secrets to keeping your best employees
Sep 21, 2021
Rapid Response: In hard times, the show must go on, w/BroadwayHD’s Bonnie Comley
Sep 16, 2021
92. How setbacks create momentum w/ Robert Reffkin, Compass founder and CEO
Sep 14, 2021
Rapid Response: When to build the company before the product, with Aurora CEO Chris Urmson
Sep 09, 2021
Strategy Session: When to leave the trenches? Can you pivot without losing customers? Can co-founders stay aligned remotely?
Sep 07, 2021
Rapid Response: When you should require vaccinations w/ Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer
Sep 02, 2021
91. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Why we need re-founders
Aug 31, 2021
Rapid Response: How Electronic Arts grows a metaverse, with CEO Andrew Wilson
Aug 26, 2021
Coming soon on Masters of Scale Season 9
Aug 24, 2021
Rapid Response: How mission fuels risk-taking, with Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
Aug 19, 2021
Bonus: Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, w/Reid, Bob & Sir Richard Branson
Aug 17, 2021
46. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
Aug 10, 2021
Rapid Response: How Harley-Davidson set a foundation for the long term with CEO Jochen Zeitz
Jul 29, 2021
90. The beauty of emphasizing the obvious, w/Birchbox's Katia Beauchamp
Jul 27, 2021
Rapid Response: Inside J.Crew's purposeful pivot, with CEO Libby Wadle
Jul 22, 2021
Strategy Session: When should founders step aside? Where can you find investors? Were pandemic pivots harmful?
Jul 20, 2021
Rapid Response: Scaling a mission w/TAAF's Sonal Shah
Jul 15, 2021
22. How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
Jul 13, 2021
Rapid Response: How BuzzFeed bounced back, w/Jonah Peretti
Jul 08, 2021
89. How to accelerate expertise, with Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, chair of Starbucks
Jul 06, 2021
Rapid Response: Tapping into generosity (via Bitcoin), w/Charity: Water's Scott Harrison
Jul 01, 2021
88. Asking the uncomfortable questions, w/ Michael Seibel, Y Combinator
Jun 29, 2021
Rapid Response: Fighting through headwinds at Marriott, w/President Stephanie Linnartz
Jun 24, 2021
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Crypto craziness, ransomware attacks, "smart risks" & more
Jun 22, 2021
Rapid Response: Why business must be a force for good, w/former American Express CEO Ken Chenault
Jun 17, 2021
87. J.J. Abrams: Make room for magic
Jun 15, 2021
The Complete Interviews from Masters of Scale
Jun 14, 2021
Rapid Response: Fashioning a greener closet, w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Jun 10, 2021
86. Build the right flywheel, w/Teach for America / Teach for All's Wendy Kopp
Jun 08, 2021
Rapid Response: The promise and peril of engineering biology, w/Ginkgo Bioworks Reshma Shetty
Jun 03, 2021
5 essential moves for post-pandemic success, featuring Airbnb, Etsy, Sunrun, and more
May 29, 2021
Rapid Response: Upskilling and the war for talent, w/Guild Education CEO Rachel Carlson
May 27, 2021
85. Alex Rodriguez: How mentorship provides an edge
May 25, 2021
Rapid Response: Why real estate matters more than ever, with Compass founder & CEO Robert Reffkin
May 20, 2021
84. President Barack Obama, part 2: How to adapt to changing rules
May 18, 2021
Rapid Response: Inside Google’s Pandemic Safety Squad, w/Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo
May 13, 2021
83. President Barack Obama: When the moment chooses you, part 1
May 11, 2021
Rapid Response: Surviving a close shave, with Harry's co-CEO Andy Katz-Mayfield
May 06, 2021
30. The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday's Aneel Bhusri
May 04, 2021
Rapid Response: "A crucible moment for Instacart," with founder & CEO Apoorva Mehta
Apr 29, 2021
A Strategy Session w/A-Rod + Reid: Build a team of mentors
Apr 27, 2021
Rapid Response: A pandemic is not a business model, w/Blue Apron's Linda Findley Kozlowski
Apr 22, 2021
82. Frustration is your friend, w/Houzz founder Adi Tatarko
Apr 20, 2021
Rapid Response: Can bankruptcy save movie theaters? with Alamo Drafthouse CEO Shelli Taylor
Apr 15, 2021
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: GameStop, SPACs, gov't stimulus, and vaccines
Apr 13, 2021
Rapid Response: Delta CEO Ed Bastian: Turbulence, recovery, and risk
Apr 08, 2021
81. Beyond Meat's Ethan Brown: How to teach your customer
Apr 05, 2021
Rapid Response: The trampoline effect, w/ Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman
Apr 01, 2021
80. Mark Cuban: What investors really look for
Mar 30, 2021
Rapid Response: The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now's Daniella Ballou-Aares
Mar 25, 2021
79. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 2
Mar 23, 2021
Airbnb's Brian Chesky: "We died and were reborn." A special Rapid Response
Mar 16, 2021
78. Tyra Banks: Personal brand power
Mar 09, 2021
Rapid Response: A prescription for healthy growth, with FIGS Co-CEO Heather Hasson
Mar 04, 2021
77. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 1
Mar 02, 2021
Nike’s CEO John Donahoe on wartime leadership (Rapid Response)
Feb 25, 2021
76. Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson: The secret to big leaps
Feb 23, 2021
A taste of Masters of Scale Season 8
Feb 19, 2021
Rapid Response: Winning and losing, w/Vanderbilt University coach Jerry Stackhouse
Feb 18, 2021
Rapid Response: Public-private opportunities, with Defense Innovation Unit's Mike Brown
Feb 16, 2021
Rapid Response: Iterating under pressure, with Feeding America's Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
Feb 11, 2021
Strategy Session: 5 burning questions & their unexpected answers w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Feb 09, 2021
Rapid Response: Why we need to think again, w/Adam Grant
Feb 04, 2021
75. How to be the steward of your idea, w/Affectiva's Rana el Kaliouby
Feb 02, 2021
Rapid Response: Aggressive sustainability, w/Lynn Jurich, CEO of Sunrun
Jan 28, 2021
74. How to master your emotions, w/Sam Harris
Jan 26, 2021
Rapid Response: Ten months of pain and hope, w/restaurateur Danny Meyer
Jan 21, 2021
6. Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
Jan 19, 2021
Rapid Response: What the pandemic has cost women, w/Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck
Jan 14, 2021
54. What's the hidden business behind your business? w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Jan 12, 2021
8 reliable lessons for unreliable times
Jan 07, 2021
2020: The Year in Review w/Reid Hoffman & Bob Safian
Dec 22, 2020
Rapid Response: Why Salesforce bought Slack, w/Salesforce's Bret Taylor
Dec 17, 2020
55. Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
Dec 15, 2020
Rapid Response: Why take on a turnaround, w/Magic Leap’s Peggy Johnson
Dec 10, 2020
73. The secret power of onboarding, w/Canva's Melanie Perkins
Dec 08, 2020
Rapid Response: Loneliness at work, w/Noreena Hertz
Dec 03, 2020
72. Building bridges to scale, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky
Dec 01, 2020
Rapid Response: Balancing data with gut feeling, w/JetBlue's Joanna Geraghty
Nov 25, 2020
3. Learn from every “no,” w/Walker & Company’s Tristan Walker
Nov 24, 2020
Rapid Response: Why brands must take a stand, w/Wieden+Kennedy's Colleen DeCourcy
Nov 19, 2020
71. How to find hidden value that others miss, w/The Black List's Franklin Leonard
Nov 17, 2020
Rapid Response: A virtual-first workplace, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston
Nov 12, 2020
70. Nike’s Phil Knight: How to sell without selling
Nov 10, 2020
Rapid Response: Pandemic Planning, Phase Two, w/Dr. Bon Ku (Jefferson University Hospital)
Nov 05, 2020
Rapid Response: Small business – more stressed than ever, w/H&R Block's Jeff Jones
Nov 02, 2020
16. Build a more human internet, w/Caterina Fake
Oct 27, 2020
Rapid Response: When your business disappears overnight, w/Marriott’s Arne Sorenson
Oct 22, 2020
69. The Empathy Flywheel, w/Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar
Oct 20, 2020
Rapid Response: Movie-theater drama has come to every business, w/Shelli Taylor, CEO, Alamo Drafthouse
Oct 15, 2020
68. Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales: To scale, find the right values
Oct 13, 2020
Rapid Response: The Covid test facts every CEO needs, w/Rajiv Shah (Rockefeller Foundation)
Oct 08, 2020
67. YouTube's Susan Wojcicki: How to find – and keep – true north
Oct 06, 2020
Rapid Response: Your company is a citizen – it can act like one, w/Baratunde Thurston
Oct 01, 2020
66. How to build authentic connection at scale, w/Trevor McFedries & Lil Miquela
Sep 29, 2020
Rapid Response: Healthy offices and the myth of remote-work productivity, w/Diane Hoskins (Gensler)
Sep 22, 2020
Rapid Response: Nothing matters but this. w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Sep 15, 2020
Rapid Response: What you can learn from how schools are pivoting, w/ Success Academy's Eva Moskowitz
Sep 08, 2020
65. Peloton’s John Foley – How to turn skeptics into fans
Aug 25, 2020
64. Why your company needs new rituals w/Shishir Mehrotra (YouTube, Coda)
Aug 18, 2020
14. The infinite learner, w/Barry Diller (Part 1 of our interview)
Aug 11, 2020
19. How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass's Payal Kadakia
Aug 04, 2020
63. Be a painkiller AND a vitamin, w/Clara Shih (Hearsay Systems)
Jul 28, 2020
10. Let fires burn w/Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, Gixo)
Jul 21, 2020
Rapid Response: Building a bridge over troubled waters, with Spelman College president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
Jul 18, 2020
Strategy Session: How transparent should you be with your board? How do you boost morale in dark days? Is it time to blitzscale?
Jul 14, 2020
Rapid Response: Inside PayPal's $530M plan to close the racial wealth gap, with CEO Dan Schulman
Jul 11, 2020
Rapid Response: What it will take for tech and Hollywood to be anti-racist, w/Color Of Change's Rashad Robinson
Jul 09, 2020
62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Jul 07, 2020
Rapid Response: A new playbook for new times, w/Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
Jul 02, 2020
61. Stephen Colbert + DonorsChoose's Charles Best — The power of small goals
Jun 30, 2020
Rapid Response: Burning cash, accepting turbulence w/Delta CEO Ed Bastian
Jun 27, 2020
50. Liberating the human spirit, w/Robert F. Smith (Vista Equity, Morehouse Commencement), Recorded live at Summit LA 2019
Jun 23, 2020
Rapid Response: How business can engage against racism, w/Shellye Archambeau (MetricStream, Nordstrom, Verizon)
Jun 19, 2020
60. Build. Measure. Learn, w/Eric Ries of The Lean Startup and the LTSE
Jun 16, 2020
Rapid Response: GM's Mary Barra: "Going ventilator fast"
Jun 13, 2020
Strategy Session: The post-pandemic business, w/questions from Village Global and co-host Bob Safian, editor-at-large
Jun 09, 2020
Rapid Response: BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti: Record-high audience, record-low revenue
Jun 06, 2020
Bonus: Reid’s 2020 Commencement Speech: In a crisis, steer toward the emerging opportunities
Jun 03, 2020
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer, 10 weeks later: How to revive restaurants
May 30, 2020
Rapid Response: How "startup DNA" helped One Medical respond to Covid, with CEO Amir Rubin
May 28, 2020
59. A masterclass in crowdsourcing, w/Duolingo's Luis von Ahn
May 26, 2020
Rapid Response: How Warby Parker is making decisions in uncertainty, with CEO Neil Blumenthal
May 23, 2020
Rapid Response: Leading with your gut, w/Lifeway Foods CEO Julie Smolyansky
May 21, 2020
58. How to unite a team, Part 2 w/Angela Ahrendts of Burberry, Apple
May 19, 2020
Rapid Response: Future-proofing Verizon, with CEO Hans Vestberg
May 16, 2020
57. Apple's Angela Ahrendts: How to unite a team (Part 1)
May 12, 2020
Rapid Response: Operating in a fishbowl w/Philly 76ers & NJ Devils CEO Scott O’Neil
May 09, 2020
Rapid Response: Crisis lessons from inside the ER, with Dr. Bon Ku
May 07, 2020
Rapid Response: Food security in a pandemic, w/Sara Menker of Gro Intelligence
May 05, 2020
Rapid Response: On the frontlines of scale: Hospitals, w/Dr. David Skorton, AAMC
May 02, 2020
Rapid Response: Inside Panera’s pandemic pivot, with CEO Niren Chaudhary
Apr 30, 2020
Rapid Response: A crisis leadership session with General Stanley McChrystal
Apr 28, 2020
Rapid Response: Pet adoptions: Up. Delivery business: Up. What that means to Chewy’s Sumit Singh
Apr 25, 2020
Rapid Response: "Neighbors are the frontline of support," w/Nextdoor's Sarah Friar
Apr 24, 2020
Rapid Response: Build government back – better, w/Jen Pahlka (Code for America, USDR)
Apr 23, 2020
Rapid Response: Remote teams as an intentional choice, w/Wences Casares of Xapo
Apr 22, 2020
Rapid Response: Target’s Brian Cornell: “I want to see retail survive this”
Apr 20, 2020
Rapid Response: TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot: “A pandemic doesn’t see money.”
Apr 18, 2020
Rapid Response: Lyft’s John Zimmer: How to keep an essential business running
Apr 16, 2020
Rapid Response: A playbook for when "there’s no playbook," w/CEO Ellen Kullman (Carbon, DuPont)
Apr 14, 2020
Rapid Response: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky: "Crisis is pushing us back to our roots"
Apr 13, 2020
Rapid Response: Fast pivots for changing needs w/DonorsChoose Charles Best
Apr 07, 2020
Rapid Response: Relief funding & crowdfunding in a crisis w/Karen Cahn of IFundWomen
Apr 04, 2020
Rapid Response: Crisis data is the story of our times, says Crisis Text Line founder
Apr 02, 2020
Rapid Response: Hourly workers are a ‘hero class’ w/Cue Ball’s Tony Tjan
Mar 31, 2020
Rapid Response: First, be human – Thoughts on the crisis from Reid Hoffman
Mar 26, 2020
Rapid Response: Danny Meyer on the wrenching decision to do layoffs
Mar 24, 2020
Rapid Response: Remote teams, w/WordPress/Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
Mar 18, 2020
56. How to start a revolution, w/Bitcoin pioneer Wences Casares (Xapo)
Feb 27, 2020
Strategy Session: When to replace the founder, how to be a learn-it-all, when to take the "venture bet," w/questions from Endeavor Outliers and co-host Bob Safian, editor-at-large
Feb 20, 2020
55. Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
Feb 13, 2020
8. Netflix’s Reed Hastings: Why culture matters
Feb 06, 2020
54. When to zoom in, when to zoom out, w/Josh Silverman (Etsy/eBay/Skype/Evite)
Jan 23, 2020
Strategy Session: When not to blitzscale, how to persuade your board to let you slow down, and: Are you in a Glengarry Glen Ross market? w/questions from Endeavor and co-host Youngme Moon of HBS
Jan 17, 2020
Bonus: A Meditative Story from Reid Hoffman
Jan 13, 2020
53. What's the hidden business behind your business? w/Rent the Runway's Jenn Hyman
Jan 09, 2020
22. How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
Jan 03, 2020
52. Bill Gates: The biggest success story you haven't heard (Part 2)
Dec 20, 2019
51. How to solve an impossible challenge, w/Megan Smith (US CTO, Google, shift7)
Dec 13, 2019
50. LIVE! Find your Trojan horse, w/Robert F. Smith
Dec 05, 2019
49. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Nov 26, 2019
2. Raise more money than you need, w/Minted's Mariam Naficy
Nov 21, 2019
48. How to set the drumbeat, w/LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner
Nov 15, 2019
47. Bill Gates: How to accelerate history (Part 1)
Nov 07, 2019
46. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
Oct 31, 2019
45. LIVE! Patience or speed? Both. w/Tory Burch
Oct 17, 2019
23. Keep humans in the equation, w/TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot
Oct 10, 2019
Strategy Session: How do you gain your users' trust? How do you build a team and company culture at the same time? w/questions from Entrepreneur First and co-host Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur magazine
Sep 26, 2019
18. How to build your company to last, w/Fiat's John Elkann
Sep 12, 2019
44. Take on Goliath — and win, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston
Sep 05, 2019
Bonus: Recharge your brain with a Meditative Story by Arianna Huffington
Aug 06, 2019
43. 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki: Embrace the gatekeepers
Aug 01, 2019
13. The Big Pivot w/Slack's Stewart Butterfield
Jul 26, 2019
42. Small changes with big impact w/Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble
Jul 18, 2019
41. Entrepreneurship as a second act, w/Gwyneth Paltrow
Jul 02, 2019
Bonus: 10 New Rules for Big Career Changes (The Graduation Episode) w/Jordan Harbinger
Jun 21, 2019
40. Bringing a culture back from the brink, w/Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi
Jun 05, 2019
39. The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
May 21, 2019
38. Open or closed? The answer is both, w/Joi Ito
Apr 30, 2019
37. Take bigger risks, w/Shellye Archambeau
Mar 26, 2019
36. Check your blindspot, w/Sallie Krawcheck (Ellevest)
Mar 12, 2019
35. The Reid Hoffman Story (Part 2): Make everyone a hero
Feb 26, 2019
34. The Reid Hoffman Story (Part 1): Make everyone a hero
Jan 22, 2019
33. Let your customers be your scouts, w/Eventbrite's Julia Hartz
Jan 08, 2019
32. To scale, you must master the skill of storytelling, w/Charity: Water's Scott Harrison
Dec 18, 2018
31. The Millennial Episode, w/Brit + Co's Brit Morin
Nov 19, 2018
30. The elusive formula for great hiring, w/Workday's Aneel Bhusri
Nov 05, 2018
29. When to ignore conventional wisdom, w/Shake Shack's Danny Meyer
Oct 22, 2018
28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
Oct 03, 2018
27. How to build trust fast, w/Spotify's Daniel Ek
Sep 19, 2018
26. Instagram's Kevin Systrom: Keep it simple while scaling big
Sep 06, 2018
25. How to make the star employees you need, w/Marissa Mayer
Aug 08, 2018
24. How to kill your bad ideas, w/Zynga's Mark Pincus
Jul 25, 2018
23. Keep humans in the equation, w/TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot
Jul 11, 2018
22. How to find your big idea, w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
Mar 21, 2018
21. How to do good and do good business, w/Starbucks' Howard Schultz
Mar 07, 2018
Bonus: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success w/guest host Tim Ferriss
Feb 28, 2018
20. Never underestimate your first idea, w/Twitter/Medium's Ev Williams
Feb 21, 2018
19. How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass' Payal Kadakia
Feb 14, 2018
18. How to build your company to last, w/Fiat's John Elkann
Feb 07, 2018
16. Build a more human internet, w/Caterina Fake (Etsy, Kickstarter, Flickr, "Should This Exist?")
Jan 24, 2018
15. Learn to unlearn (Part 2) w/Barry Diller
Dec 13, 2017
14. The infinite learner, w/Barry Diller (Part 1 of our interview)
Dec 06, 2017
13. The Big Pivot, w/Slack's Stewart Butterfield
Nov 15, 2017
12. Look for the ideas that come at you sideways, w/Diane Greene of Google, VMware
Nov 10, 2017
11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal's Peter Thiel
Nov 08, 2017
Bonus: Seven lesser-known laws of leadership
Aug 26, 2017
10. Let fires burn, w/Selina Tobaccowala of Gixo
Jul 19, 2017
9. The next Silicon Valley is...? w/Endeavor's Linda Rottenberg
Jul 12, 2017
Bonus: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success w/guest host Tim Ferriss
Jul 05, 2017
8. Why culture matters, w/Netflix's Reed Hastings
Jun 28, 2017
7. Your plan B needs a plan B, w/Crisis Text Line founder Nancy Lublin
Jun 14, 2017
6. Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
Jun 07, 2017
5. Lead, lead again, w/Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg
May 31, 2017
4. Imperfect is perfect, w/Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
May 24, 2017
3. Learn from every "no," w/Walker & Company's Tristan Walker
May 17, 2017
2. Raise more money than you need, w/Minted's Mariam Naficy
May 10, 2017
1. Airbnb's Brian Chesky in Handcrafted
May 03, 2017
Coming Soon: Masters of Scale
Apr 18, 2017