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Masters of Scale
On Masters of Scale, iconic business leaders share lessons and strategies that have helped them grow the world's most fascinating companies. Founders, CEOs, and dynamic innovators join candid conversations about their triumphs and challenges with a set of luminary hosts, including founding host Reid...
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Airbnb’s bet on an IRL future, with Brian Chesky
Amid dramatic disruption, what role should business play in building the future? Recorded live at the 2025 Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco, A...
Replay: How Daymond John built FUBU
How do you create authentic partnerships to build scale? In this archival episode, Reid Hoffman talks with the iconic entrepreneur and Shark Tank star...
OLIPOP’s gutsy play to dethrone Coke and Pepsi, with Ben Goodwin
In this encore episode of Rapid Response, we chart OLIPOP’s surging popularity. As Gen Z and millennials ditch sugary sodas, OLIPOP is leading the pre...
How to sell a billion dollars of snacks, with the founders of Chomps
Chomps co-founders Rashid Ali and Pete Maldonado had an unusual side hustle: selling meat sticks online. The co-founders join host Jeff Berman to reve...
Design dominance sparks a blockbuster IPO, with Figma’s Dylan Field
Figma burst into the public eye in 2022 after Adobe was blocked from buying the design startup for $20 billion. This chapter set the stage for an even...
Pioneers of AI: The power of storytelling in VCs, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang
In this episode of Pioneers of AI, Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang of the venture capital firm WndrCo share why storytelling is essential for build...
Build stronger trust on your teams, with Rachel Botsman
What happens when your team doesn’t trust each other? How can you repair damaged trust at work? How has technology changed the way we decide who to tr...
After devastating aid cuts, Mercy Corps keeps fighting, with Tjada D’Oyen McKenna
For an organization built around responding to crises around the globe, Mercy Corps now finds itself at the center of its own trauma. Following the Tr...
How to find your next mentor, with Janice Omadeke
A great mentor can supercharge your career. That’s why author and entrepreneur Janice Omadeke wanted to make it easier for people to connect with the...
Historic changes across high fashion, with WSJ. Magazine’s Sarah Ball
As the fashion world navigates an unprecedented wave of turnover from Chanel to Dior, WSJ. Magazine’s Editor in Chief, Sarah Ball joins Rapid Response...
Possible: Stephen Colbert isn’t so sure about AI (with Reid Hoffman)
On the latest episode of Reid Hoffman’s Possible podcast, he and Aria talk with comedian Stephen Colbert. They discuss how J.R.R. Tolkien helps The La...
How a near-death experience changed this founder’s approach to fear
Matthew Pohlson’s dreams of building a company were almost cut short by a near-death experience. The CEO and co-founder of Omaze reveals how it change...
Music biz at a crossroads: from Taylor Swift to AI, with Sowmya Krishnamurthy
Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards shone a light on some of the biggest storylines in the music business today – from the TikTokification of newly minted...
Betting on product to win in fantasy sports, with Underdog’s Jeremy Levine
As the NFL season kicks off this week, host Jeff Berman talks with a serial entrepreneur known for innovating in fantasy sports. Jeremy Levine is the...
Grab’s rise from rideshare to superapp in Asia, with Anthony Tan
Grab is a rideshare service-turned superapp, not available in the US but rapidly growing in Southeast Asia. It’s even outmaneuvered global players lik...
Reid Hoffman & Kickstarter’s Everette Taylor take your questions
For our latest Strategy Session, Reid Hoffman and Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor answer questions from entrepreneurs about how to build more resilien...
Hollywood’s hottest AI partner, with Runway’s Cristóbal Valenzuela
AI tools are disrupting all types of creative content, and Runway AI is a pioneer making major waves in Hollywood. It’s partnering with the likes of D...
How design drives successful companies, with Sarah Stein Greenberg
Whether you’re building a new product from scratch, growing your team, or trying to find product market fit, every part of scaling a business has one...
Dating is down. So why is Hinge thriving? with CEO Justin McLeod
As young people report feeling lonelier and less connected than ever, the dating app Hinge is driving its users into real life, human experiences. CEO...
The bromance that rebuilt Detroit: Dan Gilbert and Mayor Mike Duggan
As we gear up for our 2025 Masters of Scale Summit, we’re revisiting one of the stellar on-stage conversations that happened at the 2024 event. Hear R...
The insights that fuel SharkNinja’s biggest innovations
From humble beginnings selling vacuums on late night informercials, SharkNinja has grown to a 6 billion dollar a year business. CEO Mark Barrocas join...
Is it ‘economic Halloween’ in the US? with political economist Mark Blyth
Zoom out from continuing tariff turmoil and Trump’s recent attacks on the Fed and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and you’ll see a broader new economi...
Inside one of the world’s greatest fundraising operations
When Rick Shadyac Jr. took over as CEO of the fundraising organization responsible for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, it was bringing in about...
Employers adapt to ICE raids and a workforce on edge
As the Trump Administration ramps up mass deportations, the American Business Immigration Coalition is advocating for policy reform. Rebecca Shi leads...
The new art and science of marketing, with Known’s Ross Martin and Kern Schireson
When Ross Martin and Kern Schireson blended their companies in 2020 to form Known, they knew they wanted to throw out the old rule book about how to s...
Blocking AI crawlers to save the internet, with Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince
Cloudflare recently made headlines with breakthrough technology that stops AI companies from scraping online content with impunity. That’s major impac...
Strategy Session: Advice from Elan Lee and Sarah Robb O’Hagan
How do I learn to delegate? When is it time to expand? How can I find the right partners? Hear two iconic leaders – Sarah Robb O’Hagan and Elan Lee –...
How to create a ‘transcendent’ career, with author Suzy Welch
NYU Stern School of Business professor Suzy Welch has designed a framework – “Becoming You” – to help you figure out how to build a career that aligns...
From Colbert to Trump’s WSJ lawsuit, Axios’ Sara Fischer on media turmoil
It’s been one of the most consequential weeks ever in the media business, from CBS’ Stephen Colbert cancellation, and Trump's lawsuit against the Wall...
CATAN: Reid Hoffman’s favorite board game for business leaders
The board game CATAN has sold 45 million copies worldwide since Klaus Teuber invented it 30 years ago. It’s Reid Hoffman’s favorite board game for bus...
How Starbucks’ CEO is revamping the brand
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made waves this week by announcing a new Return-to-Office mandate for corporate workers. It’s the latest in a string of cha...
Trump’s chilling effect on big business, with Harvard Business Review’s Adi Ignatius
After 16 years as Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Business Review, Adi Ignatius is handing the role over to a new leader, and he joins Rapid Response for a...
How a summer job grew into an ice cream empire, with CEO Ben Van Leeuwen
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream is one of the fastest growing dessert brands in the country. It’s known for its seriously delicious classic flavors and its wack...
PBS fights for its future, with President & CEO Paula Kerger
PBS President & CEO Paula Kerger joins Rapid Response to take us inside the organization’s financial reality if federal funding is stripped, and how s...
How Baby2Baby stepped up as LA wildfires raged, with co-CEOs Norah Weinstein and Kelly Sawyer Patricof
Devastating wildfires tore through Los Angeles at the start of 2025. Nonprofit Baby2Baby was on the ground leveraging its deep knowledge of how to res...
Canva’s $35B design biz is quietly taking over the workplace, with co-founder & COO Cliff Obrecht
For over a decade, Canva has made design and publishing more accessible than ever. Now, the company is wrestling with how to harness AI while staying...
Building a $1.5B real estate empire, with Spencer Rascoff and Austin Allison
Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff and Dotloop founder Austin Allison both knew that owning a vacation home was a great privilege — and an expensive ha...
Empowering frontline leaders amid Trump’s massive global aid cuts, with War Child’s Dr. Samantha Nutt
Even after the fighting stops, the impact of war is felt for generations. Dr. Samantha Nutt, President of War Child USA and Canada, joins Rapid Respon...
How to raise $172M for the underinvested, with Stacy Brown-Philpot
After wildly successful stints at Google, as CEO of Taskrabbit, and on prominent boards, Stacy Brown-Philpot decided it was time to start her own vent...
Reid Hoffman on Trump vs Musk, Zuckerberg’s “superintelligence,” and the next wave of AI
Amid global conflict, domestic unrest, and AI’s surging impact in all corners of business, it’s getting harder than ever to decipher noise from substa...