Episodes
The leaders shaping our world.
Video Techstars Managing Director Amos Schwartzfarb: Bridge the gap between tactics and vision
A rule about ego, a rule about data, and the one question he wished he had kept asking.
Video Envoy CEO Larry Gadea: Transforming the mundane workplace
The Envoy founder and CEO on hybrid work, the SPAC hangover, and why hedging is the worst answer a company can give.
Video Soundtrack CEO Ola Sars: Finding growth opportunities in music
The Soundtrack founder co-founded Beats Music, spun off a company from Spotify, and now buys competitors who still mail compact discs.
Video The Ecsell Institute CEO Bill Eckstrom: Coaching for leaders
The founder of Ecsell Institute on why companies track everything except the behavior of the people who run their teams.
Video Treasure Data CEO Kaz Ohta: How great companies are built in difficult times
The Treasure Data co-founder on the meeting he could not follow, the professor he spent three years recruiting, and why most of his better-credentialed competitors are gone.
Video Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes on defining success before pursuing it
The comedian behind Ugly Baby on the free class, the viral video she did not post, and the night she decided this was a career.
Video Carlos Salaff and Pete Bitar, co-founders of LEO Flight
LEO Flight's co-founders hold the patents, have the DARPA award, and employ seven people.
Video Wing VC founding partner Gaurav Garg
The Wing founding partner on Sequoia's golden era, the mercenaries crowding into venture, and why a downturn is good news for real founders.
Video Traeger CEO Jeremy Andrus: Building community around experience
The Traeger CEO on building a company around a table with food on it, and what happens when nobody is buying
Video DCVC Partner Ali Tamaseb: What makes billion-dollar startups successful
DCVC's Ali Tamaseb on why co-founders don't matter, competition helps, and the origin story is written after the fact.
Video Asma Paigeer on escaping the Taliban
She lost her family in the crowd, then talked a Marine captain into negotiating with the Taliban.
Video ROC Investments CEO Dan Cooper: Allocating capital on the basis of character
Dan Cooper explains how his firm, ROC Investments, allocates capital based on measurable character traits like integrity, responsibility, forgiveness, and compassion — and shares data suggesting high-character CEOs significantly outperform their peers.