Masters of Scale
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Masters of Scale is an entrepreneurship podcast about scaling companies, navigating leadership, and learning from experienced founders and executives.
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Iteration & feedback loops
Podcast
How small product tweaks create massive social change
Masters of Scale
November 21, 2023
Iteration & feedback loops
9
Customer discovery
7
Founder interviews
6
One rule — women message first — cut harassment and rewrote dating norms.
Users hijacked Bumble for friendship and networking, spawning two new products.
Ship the tweak, then watch: Bumble's 24-hour asymmetry bug was caught and fixed fast.
Gary Vaynerchuk on day trading attention and winning the content game
Masters of Scale
November 16, 2023
Social media
9
Culture building
6
Motivation
5
Why posting the same video on every platform guarantees mediocrity
An asphalt business doubled revenue to $2.5M with a few TikToks
V-Friends: building Sesame Street meets Pokemon to scale empathy at scale
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
Five ways to ethically build and use AI
Masters of Scale
October 31, 2023
AI strategy & adoption
9
Cybersecurity basics
6
Culture building
5
Keep humans at center—recruit diverse voices into AI development, not just tech leaders.
Embed user safety into culture; when buyer isn't user, system serves conflicting interests.
Test AI skeptically yourself before deploying; models hallucinate and inherit training bias.
Crisis management on the ground: Mercy Corps in Gaza
Masters of Scale
October 26, 2023
Management
9
Processes & SOPs
8
Long-term planning
6
Why operational neutrality is the hardest — and most essential — discipline in crisis.
Managing 70 trapped staff when you can't get aid in or people out.
Staying neutral costs you the argument but preserves your ability to deliver.
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
Four ways AI can accelerate your personal scale as a leader
Masters of Scale
October 17, 2023
AI strategy & adoption
9
Communication
6
Deep work & focus
5
AlphaGo's move no human would attempt advanced Go expertise worldwide
Human plus AI is still the strongest combination, not a replacement
AI frees time from admin to deepen real human relationships
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
AI + You: 5 steps for impactful experimentation
Masters of Scale
October 10, 2023
AI strategy & adoption
9
Management
5
Start small with specific pain points, not company-wide AI overhauls
Illustrate AI's value through live examples and metrics, not slogans
Build human feedback loops so AI improves for you individually
Reviving workplace collaboration in the age of AI and remote work
Masters of Scale
October 5, 2023
Management
8
AI strategy & adoption
7
Long-term planning
6
US office attendance at 15–25% is crippling long-term culture and learning.
AI can execute a brief brilliantly but cannot question whether it's the right brief.
Brand purpose now carries symmetric risk — any stance can backfire badly.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on fighting hate and engaging adversaries
Masters of Scale
September 29, 2023
Communication
9
Case study
8
Vision & mission
6
Why Musk amplifying hate is harmful even without antisemitic intent
Adidas partnership shows cancel culture loses to council culture
US antisemitic incidents up 500% — and most DEI programs ignore it
Founder interviews
Podcast
Mustafa Suleyman on building empathetic AI and governing its future
Masters of Scale
September 27, 2023
Founder interviews
10
AI strategy & adoption
7
Vision & mission
6
Conversation, not search, is the new interface for all AI.
Personal AI should save time and route it back to people.
Near-term misinformation risks matter more than robot overlords.
Four strategies for tackling the toughest challenges
Masters of Scale
September 19, 2023
Motivation
8
Case studies
7
Goal setting
5
Design methodology can unlock systemic solutions at planetary scale.
True allyship requires action and accountability, not words alone.
Small sustained contributions compound into outsized generational impact.
How Eileen Fisher built a timeless brand by protecting simplicity
Masters of Scale
September 6, 2023
Origin stories
9
Branding
7
Business models
6
Doubling the product line nearly destroyed the brand's core appeal
An 80-20 rule keeps 40-year-old designs feeling fresh, not stale
Rejecting an IPO let Eileen protect employee ownership and sustainability
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Brian Grazer built a curiosity-driven network that scales
Masters of Scale
August 29, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Communication
7
Vision & mission
5
One post-college conversation taught Grazer more than four years of classes
Contrarian ideas get made: Splash was 'the dumbest idea in Hollywood'
Curiosity about hip hop led from ODB to Eight Mile to a Jay-Z documentary
Building and rebuilding company culture: lessons from Schmidt, Ahrendts, and Khosrowshahi
Masters of Scale
August 8, 2023
Culture building
10
Business operating systems
6
Communication
5
You have six to nine months to change culture before you're stuck
Crowdsourcing culture produces average opinions, not sharp identity
Authentic imperfection from leaders unlocks candour across the whole org
How to lead for well-being without sacrificing performance
Masters of Scale
August 1, 2023
Culture building
10
Management
7
Work-life balance
5
Burnout comes from toxic culture, not long hours or hard work.
Micro steps — not overhauls — are what actually shift workplace habits.
Leaders set cultural permission; your own behaviour is the policy.
How Land O'Lakes scales what customers can't see
Masters of Scale
July 25, 2023
Business models
9
Supply chain
7
Long-term planning
6
A butter brand secretly runs a $7B agricultural data business
Farmer-owned cooperatives create ballast competitors can't copy
Broadband access is the hidden bottleneck for precision farming