Latest Bob safian Podcast Episodes
Fighting media's reality distortion, w/Axios CEO Jim VandeHei
Masters of Scale - April 25, 2024 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsEvery day we’re inundated with news and opinion pieces about America’s hopeless division — but is this really true? Axios CEO Jim VandeHei joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to bust what he sees as myth, plus share his seemingly counterintuitive AI play. VandeHei also makes a case for...
Preserve start-up spirit at scale: Techstars’ Maëlle Gavet
Masters of Scale - April 23, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsMaëlle Gavet is the CEO of Techstars, a pre-seed investor focused on early-stage entrepreneurs. It boasts a market cap of $111.6 billion, and supports founders in programs that span from Tokyo to Lagos to Alabama. Maëlle champions hard work, gratitude, and a questioning nature, qualitie...
How Star Trek prospers against Netflix and Disney+, w/Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman
Masters of Scale - April 18, 2024 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe streaming wars have reached a new inflection, as Netflix and Disney+ jostle for position, and in the process disrupt post-strike Hollywood. Paramount+ invested heavily in blockbuster veteran Alex Kurtzman to turn Star Trek into a distinguishing franchise. Now Kurtzman talks with Rap...
How AI adds to human potential: (LIVE) with Scale AI’s Alex Wang and Intel’s Lama Nachman
Masters of Scale - April 16, 2024 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsGenerative AI is advancing at a breakneck pace, prompting questions on risk and opportunity, from content creation to personal data management. In a special live recording, we delve into the ways AI can augment human work and spur innovation, instead of simply using AI to cut costs or r...
How optimism fuels the economy, w/U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark
Masters of Scale - April 11, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsIs the state of the U.S. economy good or bad right now? Stock markets have soared, but consumers remain wary. Are CEOs and investors deluding themselves? Or do Main Street Americans expect too much? Suzanne Clark, CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce, has uncommon insight into this perplex...
144. The healthy, conscious capitalist, w/Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey
Masters of Scale - April 09, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsJohn Mackey, co-founder and former CEO of Whole Foods Market, started in the grocery business as a Texas undergraduate seeking the keys to a happy life. The self-described “hippie” opened one natural foods store in Austin and scaled beyond imagination from there. In his 44 years as CEO,...
2024 is the most significant time in human history, w/PBS host & futurist Ari Wallach
Masters of Scale - April 04, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWe are biologically wired to focus on the near-term, and that’s often a good thing. But in this moment — with global conflict, fast-evolving tech, and climate change dominating our present — we need to also prioritize long-term impacts. Futurist Ari Wallach joins Rapid Response host Bob...
143. Be an evangelist for authenticity, with tech veteran Guy Kawasaki
Masters of Scale - April 02, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWith his trademark wit and wisdom, Guy Kawasaki shares lessons from his trailblazing journeys in tech and investing. He was “software evangelist” at Apple when the company launched its revolutionary Macintosh line. He went on to lead his own wide-ranging ventures, and today has reprised...
Bracing for a possible TikTok ban, w/fitness entrepreneur Cassey Ho
Masters of Scale - March 28, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsIf the U.S. government bans TikTok, a generation of content creators and brands who have built businesses on the platform will be radically disrupted. With 17 million social followers — 3.5 million of which on TikTok — fitness and lifestyle entrepreneur Cassey Ho is in the heart of that...
Bracing for a possible TikTok ban, w/ fitness entrepreneur Cassey Ho
Masters of Scale - March 28, 2024 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsIf the U.S. government bans TikTok, a generation of content creators and brands who have built businesses on the platform will be radically disrupted. With 17 million social followers — 3.5 million of which on TikTok — fitness and lifestyle entrepreneur Cassey Ho is in the heart of that...
142. How to score $200M: Angel City’s playbook for women’s soccer
Masters of Scale - March 26, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe high-flying Angel City Football Club is rising to a historic valuation in professional women’s soccer, nearing $200 million. When the Los Angeles team started four years ago, franchises in its league went for as little as $2 million. Co-founders Kara Nortman and Julie Uhrman reveal ...
Riding the Ozempic wave, w/RO's CEO Zach Reitano
Masters of Scale - March 21, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsRabid demand for weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy is altering US society and transforming the healthcare industry. Rapid Response host Bob Safian guides us through the upheaval and lessons, talking with CEO Zach Reitano of Ro, a telehealth platform that has ridden the wave to a...
141. Leading across great divides: Ian Bassin, Protect Democracy Executive Director
Masters of Scale - March 19, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsJust like private companies, many not-for-profit organizations begin when a founder sees a gap in the market and makes something new to fill it. Ian Bassin is a lawyer, former White House counsel and not-for-profit leader who saw a need to better protect and preserve the building blocks...
Who really won The Oscars, w/The Black List's Franklin Leonard
Masters of Scale - March 12, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe Oscars aren’t just Hollywood’s biggest night. The ceremony and the scrutiny around it captures the trends and evolving values of American culture. Rapid Response host Bob Safian digs into the business implications of the Academy Awards with incisive Hollywood observer Franklin Leona...
Landing on the moon, with Steve Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines
Masters of Scale - March 07, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsIn tackling our own moonshots, few businesses can offer inspiration like Intuitive Machines. When the company’s Odysseus lander touched down on the moon on February 22, Intuitive Machines became the first private enterprise ever to reach the moon — and the first U.S. presence on the sur...
Reid Hoffman & Jeff Berman on why the future needs re-founders
Masters of Scale - March 05, 2024 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsReid Hoffman thinks visionary leaders should pursue a "re-founder" state of mind. In this episode he welcomes the newest host of Masters of Scale, Jeff Berman, for a dialogue that digs into a re-founder's mission: evolving an organization while staying true to core values. As the re-fou...
Reid Hoffman on OpenAI’s $7 trillion plan, Apple’s Vision Pro, and AI traps
Masters of Scale - February 27, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWill OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool Sora revolutionize content creation? In this episode of Masters of Scale, Reid Hoffman joins Bob Safian to discuss Sam Altman’s fundraising, Meta’s dramatic resurgence, and three catalysts driving the recent tech layoffs. In this rapidly evolving wor...
Battling cyber attacks and deepfakes with AI, w/Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson
Masters of Scale - February 22, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsCyber war is raging, and the culprit is AI. Poppy Gustafsson, CEO of cybersecurity firm Darktrace shares new, proprietary info about how cybercrime has become professionalized across the Dark Web, and why deepfakes could soon find their way into your Slack or Zoom calls. But AI is also ...
Reid Hoffman opens up, w/On Being's Krista Tippett
Masters of Scale - February 20, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsKrista Tippett and our friends at On Being welcomed Masters of Scale host Reid Hoffman for an inspiring conversation about all things philosophy, AI, and technology’s impact on the human condition. We loved the episode so we’re sharing it with our listeners too. Reid opens up about his ...
Super Bowl ads: Lessons from Beyoncé, J. Lo and Taylor
Masters of Scale - February 13, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe on-field Super Bowl went down to the wire, but the TV ads battle was a rout. That’s what one of the ad world’s most influential leaders, Autodesk chief marketing officer Dara Treseder, tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian, arguing that when brands spend $7 million for a 30-second sl...
5 leadership lessons from gaming with Reid Hoffman
Masters of Scale - February 06, 2024 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsSome of the most vital and overlooked entrepreneurial resources might just be stored away in your family games cupboard… It’s no secret that host Reid Hoffman is a lifelong game fanatic. But this admiration extends beyond just a hobby. Games are one of the biggest influences on Reid a...
Learn from every "no"
Masters of Scale - January 30, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsIn the entrepreneurial journey, facing rejection is not just a possibility, but a certainty. However, it's the ability to perceive these rejections not as setbacks, but as stepping stones, that sets apart the most successful entrepreneurs. Each 'no' offers a unique opportunity to refi...
Inside Reid Hoffman’s meeting with President Biden
Masters of Scale - January 23, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsPresident Biden is the first president to face the full force of the AI revolution. In this special episode, Reid Hoffman joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian for an exclusive inside look into the closed-door meeting between Reid and President Biden. From regulation and economic impact ...
What’s wrong with the remote vs. in-office debate? w/Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar
Masters of Scale - January 18, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe backlash against remote work is in full swing, with 90% of CEOs reportedly rewarding in-office workers with more promotions and raises. But to Scott Farquhar, co-CEO of Atlassian, that’s a big mistake — and in a just-released study, he’s got hard numbers to back him up. Scott talks ...
140. Start with a story, cook up success, w/Chef Marcus Samuelsson
Masters of Scale - January 16, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsTelling a clear story about your product is a basic entrepreneurial skill. But to build enduring impact, you need to help amplify other stories — those that surround you in your community and your customers. Marcus Samuelsson has done just this with beloved restaurants such as Hav & M...
139. will.i.am & Austin Russell: Mute the hype, amplify the product
Masters of Scale - January 09, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsOne of the biggest strikes against the tech industry is too much noise and not enough signal. But does it always pay to "show, not tell," — even about the most innovative of products? Austin Russell of Luminar Technologies believes so. At just 17 years old, Austin created revolutionary ...
Highlights to inspire your 2024
Masters of Scale - January 02, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsAs we settle into 2024, the Masters of Scale team reflect on their favorite moments from the past year during which host Reid Hoffman sat down with inspiring and iconic leaders across the business world. They explored numerous entrepreneurial lessons including how to make your networkin...
5 memorable lessons from 2023
Masters of Scale - December 19, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThere’s no better way to prepare for 2024 than to look back at the year that was. 2023 offered a slew of challenges and opportunities, from AI mania to inflation to Taylor Swift obsession. In this special episode, Rapid Response host Bob Safian shares the most impactful business lessons...
Inside Intel’s AI ambitions, w/CEO Pat Gelsinger
Masters of Scale - December 14, 2023 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsThe AI boom in 2023 left Intel chasing rival Nvidia, whose chips — and shares — have been in high demand. Like other laggards amid this year’s AI mania, Intel is now fighting back, announcing the first-ever AI PC. Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger sits down with Rapid Response host Bob Safian t...
138. Find co-creators everywhere, w/Exploding Kittens' Elan Lee
Masters of Scale - December 12, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWhat lessons can business leaders learn from the games industry? Elan Lee, co-founder of Exploding Kittens Inc., joins Reid Hoffman to discuss how Exploding Kittens became one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns of all time. Elan shares how creativity and diverse expertise were...
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