Grit

#116 Grit Recap: 9 Intersections of Personal and Professional

#115 Executive Board Member at SAP, Scott Russell: Chief Optimist Officer

#114 CMO GE, Linda Boff: Play ‘Til the Whistle

#113 CEO PagerDuty, Jennifer Tejada: The Re-Finder

#112 Former President at Tesla / CEO of DVx Ventures, Jon McNeill: First-Principles

#111 Founder and CEO Whoop, Will Ahmed: Unlocking Optimal Human Performance

#110 Former CRO / Advisor at Notion, Olivia Nottebohm: Grow Fast or Die Slow

#109 Co-founder & CEO, Databricks Ali Ghodsi: The Difference Between Truth and Data

Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, explores the challenges of scaling a high-growth company while maintaining a culture of truth-seeking. He reflects on his journey from fleeing Iran to Sweden and eventually building a multi-billion dollar enterprise in Silicon Valley, emphasizing how early experiences with instability sha...

#108 COO Zscaler, Dali Rajic: If You’re Not Always Learning, You’ll Get Wiped Out

#107 Founding CRO at Flexport, Ben Braverman: The Power of Genuine Curiosity

#106 Co-founder & CEO Sweetgreen, Jonathan Neman: The Restaurant Company of the Future

#105 AOL Founder & CEO Revolution, Steve Case: The Rise of the Rest

#104 Co-founder of Intuit, Scott Cook: The Power of Paradigms

#103 Founder & CEO Productboard, Hubert Palan w/ Ilya Fushman: Chasing Perfection

#102 CEO Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon: We’re In a Hurry to Get to the Future

#101 CEO Google Cloud, Thomas Kurian: Competitor-Aware and Customer-Obsessed

#100 Chairman of Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr: Getting Into Trouble with Disruptors

Venture capitalist John Doerr reflects on a career defined by identifying technological "tsunamis," from the rise of microprocessors and the internet to the current emergence of artificial intelligence. Success in venture capital stems from a commitment to servant leadership, rigorous goal setting through Objectives an...

CEO Touch the Top, Erik Weihenmayer: Climbing Everest Blind

Co-founder and CEO G2, Godard Abel: Finding Opportunity in Challenging Times

Founding CRO @HubSpot / Prof @HBS / CoFounder @Stage 2 Capital Mark Roberge: The Science and Psychology of Scaling