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From Yext to Roam: Howard Lerman’s Second Act
Episode 268
The hardest company to build is the one you start after you’ve already succeeded.
After scaling Yext into a platform powering millions of businesses, Howard Lerman chose to start over with Roam, the “…
Published on 8 hours ago
Rebuilding Front for the AI Era | CEO Dan O’Connell
Episode 267
The hardest part of transformation is knowing what to let go of.
Dan O’Connell, now leading Front as CEO and formerly on the board at Dialpad, joins Joubin Mirzadegan to explore the delicate balance b…
Published on 1 week ago
ElevenLabs’ Vision for Voice Interfaces | CEO Mati Staniszewski
Episode 266
Before AI became a buzzword, a few true believers were already building.
Since early 2022, Mati Staniszewski and his team at ElevenLabs have been among them, working to create voices that “actually re…
Published on 2 weeks ago
95% Faster Video Production with Synthesia | Victor Riparbelli
Episode 265
What’s product-market fit like when you give people the power to do what they never thought was possible?
On this rerun of Grit from April 2024, Victor Riparbelli, co-founder and CEO of Synthesia, sha…
Published on 3 weeks ago
From Idea To Impact: How Gamma Is Redefining Presentations | Grant Lee
Episode 264
Make your product irresistible, and everything else will follow.
That’s the philosophy of Grant Lee, co-founder and CEO of Gamma, an AI design platform with an 'anti-PowerPoint approach', used by over…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Leadership Lessons From Snowflake’s Sales & Marketing Duo | Chris Degnan and Denise Persson
Episode 263
Scaling a business globally comes down to leaders who align teams and drive them forward together.
Snowflake serves over 12,000 customers, and early executives Chris Degnan and Denise Persson share ho…
Published on 1 month ago
The Man Who Builds for the Decade Ahead | Founder of Google X, Waymo, and Udacity
Episode 262
What does it take to reinvent entire industries, over and over again?
This week on Grit, Sebastian Thrun, the “godfather” of self-driving cars and massive open online courses, reflects on a career pus…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
How WordPress Became a Web Giant | Automattic Founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg
Episode 261
What kind of founder builds a billion-dollar company around something anyone can use for free?
Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, joins Joubin Mirzadegan to reflect on two…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Central Nervous System for Modern Business | Confluent CEO Jay Kreps
Episode 260
The apps and websites we use every day depend on systems most of us never see.
Jay Kreps joins Joubin Mirzadegan to share how Confluent became the ‘central nervous system’ for companies like Expedia a…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Airtable’s AI Reboot with CEO Howie Liu
Episode 259
Can a no-code giant reinvent itself in the AI-native era?
This week on Grit, Airtable CEO Howie Liu shares what it means to “refound” a company, how speed comes from tearing up old playbooks, and why …
Published on 2 months ago