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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?
This special rendition of Strategy Session stars small business owners who Masters of Scale fans might recognize. That’s because a number of them hav…
4 years, 8 months ago
Rapid Response: How GoFundMe has facilitated $15 billion in giving, w/CEO Tim Cadogan
From the start of the pandemic, GoFundMe has served as a consistent global outlet for help. Since its inception, the for-profit crowdsourcing platfor…
4 years, 8 months ago
How redefining boundaries drives performance, w/former Unilever CEO Paul Polman
When Paul Polman joined Unilever as CEO in 2009, the consumer goods company – home to 400-plus brands including Dove soap, Ben & Jerry’s, and Vaselin…
4 years, 8 months ago
Rapid Response: Re-founding Instacart, w/first-time CEO Fidji Simo
This past summer, Fidji Simo departed from Facebook – where she stood among the highest-ranking female executives, serving as the head of their app –…
4 years, 8 months ago
The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
This week, we’re returning to an episode of Masters of Scale featuring Ben Chestnut, the co-founder and CEO of Mailchimp. The email marketing platfor…
4 years, 8 months ago
Three tools for happy, healthy gatherings, by Meditative Story
Many of us attempt to shift gears during the holidays, spend quality time with people we love, and refresh. But too often, we end up glued to our dev…
4 years, 9 months ago
Need to Know, w/Reid & Bob: Metaverse mania, the great resignation, Facebook quandaries, and more
Reid Hoffman and Rapid Response host Bob Safian break down what you need to know right now about the most important issues and opportunities impactin…
4 years, 9 months ago
Rapid Response: How to turn intentions into action, w/Aurora James, founder of the 15 Percent Pledge
In May 2020, as companies began making promises about how they’d help Black-owned businesses in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Aurora James laun…
4 years, 9 months ago
Build a better board, w/Mellody Hobson, Lisa Shalett, & Shishir Mehrotra
Your board of directors can make or break you. In fact, Reid believes, the wrong board member can break your company faster than the right board memb…
4 years, 9 months ago
Rapid Response: "You should be running toward AI," w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, breaks down his deep insights around artificial intelligence on Rapid Response. Schmidt, co-author of the new boo…
4 years, 9 months ago