Yesterday
When AI agents do your shopping, everything changes, with Shopify’s Jess Hertz
For decades, e-commerce rewarded the biggest brands who could buy their way to the top of search results. AI is changing that. Shopify COO Jess Hertz joins Rapid Response to share what Shopify's data reveals about the agentic shopping revolution in real time, and how the company ... Show More
29m 52s
Aug 29
Pioneers of AI: Designing AI for people and the planet, with Aza Raskin
AI is rapidly changing what it means to be human, but is AI development truly human-centered? According to Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, the answer is largely “no.” The man who invented the “infinite scroll” is now working to understand why the most ... Show More
44m 34s
Aug 27
Chicago Fed President on inflation, recession, and Trump’s attacks
The economy is strong, prices are still too high, and the job market is sending mixed signals. The Federal Reserve is navigating all of it while fending off the most overt political pressure in its modern history. Austan Goolsbee, President of the Chicago Fed, joins Rapid Respons ... Show More
35m 42s
Jun 2020
Kevin Systrom (Instagram) - How Instagram Scaled
<p>Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram, first spoke at ETL in 2011, just seven months after Instagram launched. Here, he returns to ETL nine years later to draw some new insights about the startup's rocket-like growth. In an interview with Stanford professor of the practice an ... Show More
47m 4s
Sep 2025
Instagram Isn't Hard, You Just Don't Get It (Yet) - 849
In this episode, Brock Johnson breaks down why Instagram isn't hard—it's just that most people are approaching it the wrong way. He covers common mistakes that slow growth, including overthinking trends, relying on hacks, and focusing too much on the algorithm instead of your aud ... Show More
44m 38s
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 trends, built on larger social networks, and dodged the complexities that would have slowed them down. The result? 30M users in 18 months. And a $1B sale of a 1 ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/kevinweil">Kevin Weil</a> is President of Product and Business @ <a href= "https://www.planet.com/">Planet</a> and Operator in Residence @ <a href="https://www.scribble.vc/">Scribble Ventures</a>. In the past, Kevin has ... Show More
<p>Do you need a better Instagram marketing plan? Wondering how to use Reels, Carousels, and photo posts to convert more followers? To learn how to create a sustainable Instagram strategy, I interview Lucas O'Keeffe.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest</strong>:<strong> </s ... Show More
