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Take on Goliath — and win, w/Dropbox's Drew Houston
When Drew Houston founded Dropbox, he knew he faced some fierce competition (hello, Google, Apple and Microsoft). But he didn’t back down. Why? Becau…
6 years, 6 months ago
Bonus: Recharge your brain with a Meditative Story by Arianna Huffington
As an entrepreneur, you have to find a way to recharge. This new podcast, from the creators of Masters of Scale, is designed to create calm amid an a…
6 years, 7 months ago
23andMe's Anne Wojcicki: Embrace the gatekeepers
When Anne Wojcicki co-founded 23andMe, she carved out a brand-new space in personal health -- helping people become experts on their bodies right dow…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Big Pivot w/Slack's Stewart Butterfield
In your company’s darkest moment, remember: You CAN pivot from failure to success. But only if you slash and burn everything that isn’t working. Slac…
6 years, 7 months ago
Small changes with big impact w/Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble
Often a small tweak, a rethink of a feature, is what helps your product break out of the pack. Just ask the founder of the Bumble dating app, Whitney…
6 years, 7 months ago
Entrepreneurship as a second act, w/Gwyneth Paltrow
It’s never too late to join the entrepreneurial party. We've heard all the stories of young geniuses, but plenty of influential entrepreneurs founded…
6 years, 8 months ago
Bonus: 10 New Rules for Big Career Changes (The Graduation Episode) w/Jordan Harbinger
On Masters of Scale, we talk a lot about how businesses grow. But we also talk about how people grow: How key decisions (and happy accidents) can sha…
6 years, 8 months ago
Bringing a culture back from the brink, w/Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi
Early-stage startups are a lot like pirate ships – they need a buccaneering spirit to survive. But every startup needs to shed its pirate nature at s…
6 years, 9 months ago
The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
You can bootstrap your business to scale, but you'll have to make your own luck. Nobody knows this better than Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut. He used a DI…
6 years, 9 months ago
Open or closed? The answer is both, w/Joi Ito
No organization that’s entirely closed — or entirely open — can scale as successfully as an organization that combines both. Yes, it invites a bit of…
6 years, 10 months ago