Go unreasonably deep on complex problems and build with naivety — Bowery Farming’s Irving Fain
26 May 2021
1h 7m
First Round · Business
In Depth
Welcome to In Depth, a podcast from The First Round Review that’s dedicated to surfacing the tactical advice founders and startup leaders need to grow their teams, their companies and themselves. Hosted by Brett Berson, a partner at First Round, In Depth will cover a lot of ground and a wide range of topics, from hiring executives and becoming a better manager, to the importance of storytelling inside of your organization. But every interview will hit the level of tactical depth where the very best advice is found. We hope you’ll join us. Subscribe to “In Depth” now and learn more at firstround.com
Episodes
The story behind Slack’s marketing and the leap from marketer to CEO — Abstract’s Kelly Watkins
20 May 2021
1h 2m
Ask why it won’t work — Rick Song’s lessons from Square and building from 0 to 1
13 May 2021
57m
Product Pitfalls From 0 Customers to the Messy Middle and IPO — Eric Berg on Okta, Intel & Fauna
06 May 2021
1h 2m
After leading product & growth teams at Instacart, Wealthfront & LinkedIn, Elliot Shmukler is tackling zero to one as founder & CEO of Anomalo
29 Apr 2021
1h 5m
A deep-dive into product-led growth & self-serve strategies — Notion’s & Dropbox’s Kate Taylor
22 Apr 2021
57m
AI processedThis podcast episode delves into the importance of customer experience and product-led growth at Notion. The speakers discuss topics such as product prioritization, pricing, customer onboarding, community building, and the challenges faced when implementing a self-serve, product-led approach. They emphasize the signifi...
Setting up the people function and training for empathy — Lambda School’s Mark Frein
15 Apr 2021
1h 7m
How Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta Parses Through Mountains of Advice as a First-Time Founder
08 Apr 2021
1h 7m
Building engineering orgs and new products at Segment, Dropbox & Facebook — Tido Carriero
01 Apr 2021
58m
Essentials to engaging employees & developing high-quality managers — Qualtrics’ Russ Laraway
18 Mar 2021
1h 11m
CEO Jeff Lawson Reflects on the Peaks and Valleys of Twilio’s Growth Story
11 Mar 2021
1h 4m
Treat Operational Debt like Tech Debt — Leah Sutton on Elastic’s Distributed Work Playbook
04 Mar 2021
57m
“My product is the company” — Kevin Fishner on how startups can build better systems
25 Feb 2021
1h 13m
Growing a consumer product from scratch to 1 billion users — Google Photos’ David Lieb
18 Feb 2021
1h 9m
An inside look at the system that will outlast Bezos—Bill Carr & Colin Bryar on lessons from Amazon
09 Feb 2021
1h 11m
From exec roles to board seats — Anne Raimondi’s leadership lessons for the startup C-Suite
04 Feb 2021
1h 18m
Plaid & Dropbox’s Jean-Denis Grèze’s playbook for building an engineering culture of ownership
14 Jan 2021
56m
Upstart just went public — CEO Dave Girouard shares why it isn’t a typical success story
22 Dec 2020
1h 3m
Unpacking all the non-consensus moves in Atlassian’s story — Jay Simons
17 Dec 2020
1h 16m
Partnerships lessons from Stripe & Notion — Cristina Cordova on creating win-win deals
10 Dec 2020
1h 19m
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