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Yesterday
Figma is not the source of truth | Ryan Lucas (VP of Design, Rippling)
In the second Executive Function episode, Brett sits down with Ryan Lucas, VP of Design at Rippling. Before Rippling, Ryan led design at Retool and co-founded multiple startups, bringing a rare founder's perspective to design leadership. A trained industrial designer, Ryan traces ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 5
Executive Function: Building systems that can make decisions without you | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel)
In the first Executive Function episode, Brett sits down with Jeanne De Witt Grosser, Chief Operating Officer at Vercel. Before Vercel, Jeanne spent nearly a decade at Stripe, where she built and scaled global revenue teams and led product partnerships. In this conversation, she ... Show More
1h 15m
Dec 10
Building Meter for decades, not an exit | Anil Varanasi (Co-founder and CEO)
Anil Varanasi is the co-founder and CEO of Meter, which provides full-stack networking infrastructure as a service for businesses. Since founding Meter with his brother Sunil in 2015, Anil has been playing a distinctly long game in one of the most entrenched markets in technology ... Show More
1h 14m
Mar 2023
Competing with giants: An inside look at how The Browser Company builds product | Josh Miller (CEO)
1h 28m
Feb 2024
Building a world-class sales org | Jason Lemkin (SaaStr)
<p><strong>Jason Lemkin</strong> created and runs SaaStr, the world’s largest community for B2B/SaaS founders, and is the managing director of SaaStr Fund, a $90 million venture capital firm specializing in early-stage enterprise investments. He is also the mastermind behind two ... Show More
2h 1m
Aug 2023
The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework)
1h 9m
Apr 2023
How to achieve hypergrowth in your business and career | Carilu Dietrich (Atlassian, Miro, Segment, 1Password)
1h 7m
Dec 2022
How Notion leveraged community to build a $10B business | Camille Ricketts (Notion, First Round Capital)
<p>Camille Ricketts began her career in journalism, at the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, in 2006. In 2010 she joined Tesla, where she worked in communications alongside Elon Musk. She transitioned into marketing and became the Head of Content and Marketing at First Round Capital ... Show More
1h 7m
Jun 2023
40: How he sold his company at 22, in under 18 months - Kieran O'Brien
Kieran O'Brien (Founder, MediaKits & ShopGenie) talks about his journey in the auto repair industry, successful approaches to fundraising, and invaluable lessons learned from his experiences in selling his companies. He started his first company at 16 and has since sold MediaKits ... Show More
53m 9s
Apr 2024
Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more | Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator, Managing Director)
<p><strong>Dalton Caldwell</strong> is Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator. Prior to YC, he was the co-founder and CEO of imeem (acquired by MySpace in 2009) and the co-founder and CEO of <a target="_blank" href="http://app.net/">App.net</a>. During his time at YC ... Show More
1h 20m
Aug 2023
GTM 57: The Real/Raw Version of Selling a Start-Up with Eli Rubel
Eli Rubel is the CEO of MatterMade and NoBoringDesign, and has served as a Marketing advisor for companies like Dropbox, Loom, Productboard, Calm, and many others. Prior to MatterMade & NoBoringDesign, Eli was the founding CEO of Glider.com which he led through a successful acqui ... Show More
42m 29s
Feb 2023
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
1h 13m
Oliver Jay is a sales and expansion specialist. Oliver was Chief Revenue Officer at Asana and led the company’s global expansion. He grew the team from 20 to 450 people and increased international income to 40% of Asana’s total revenue. Prior to this, Oliver built the first business sales team at Dropbox, and led the company’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific ... Show More
<p>Brought to you by <strong>Writer</strong>—Generative AI for the enterprise | <strong>Dovetail</strong>—Bring your customer into every decision | <strong>Linear</strong>—The new standard for modern software development</p><p>—</p><p><strong>Josh Miller</strong> is the CEO and c ... Show More
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<p>Brought to you by <strong>Rows</strong>—The spreadsheet where data comes to life | <strong>Braintrust</strong>—For when you needed talent, yesterday | <strong>Coda</strong>—Meet the evolution of docs</p><p>—</p><p><strong>Carilu Dietrich</strong> is a former CMO, most notably ... Show More
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