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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How the Ukraine war exposed hidden supply chain risk
Masters of Scale
April 2, 2022
Supply chain
9
Long-term planning
5
300,000+ companies are exposed — most don't know it yet
Software and IT are among the highest-risk sectors tied to Russia
Supply chain health is now a board-level brand reputation issue
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Airbnb.org mobilised hosts and community to house Ukrainian refugees
Masters of Scale
March 31, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Vision & mission
7
Culture building
5
Hosts booked Ukrainian listings they'd never use, sending $15M directly to locals.
Find the Venn diagram of your company's strength and the world's greatest need.
A Rwanda refugee camp visit convinced Gebbia that safe sleep is a basic human right.
Daymond John on building authentic, aligned partnerships
Masters of Scale
March 22, 2022
Business models
8
Delegation
6
Pitching investors
5
Why misreading your own strengths destroys partnerships and brands
Turning down Shark Tank to mentor the Kardashians — and winning both
Transactional deals collapse; mission-aligned partnerships compound
Daymond John: how FUBU scaled through authentic partnerships
Masters of Scale
March 15, 2022
Case studies
9
Branding
7
Bootstrapping
6
How 10 shirts and bodyguards created the illusion of a massive brand
LL Cool J snuck FUBU into a Gap ad — for weeks undetected
Samsung's textile division saved FUBU after 27 banks said no
Founder interviews
Podcast
GM's Gerald Johnson on moving big fast and building an inclusive EV future
Masters of Scale
March 3, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Culture building
8
Long-term planning
6
A 9,000-lb vehicle hits zero-to-60 in three seconds — so can GM
Discomfort is not failure; it is the condition where learning happens
Equitable EV access means no urban community gets left behind
Founder interviews
Podcast
Ukraine, inflation, and lessons from Peloton, Theranos, and Meta
Masters of Scale
March 1, 2022
Founder interviews
9
Pivoting
7
Management
6
Peloton mistook a pandemic spike for a permanent new normal.
Leaders who can't truth-tell about risk eventually blow themselves up.
Rule of law isn't partisan — it's the foundation business runs on.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Betterment CEO Sarah Levy on crypto, first principles, and scaling fintech
Masters of Scale
February 24, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Business models
7
Pricing strategy
6
Why Betterment finally bought a crypto platform — and how diversification decides it
Passive investing paired with shareholder activism: no longer a contradiction
From product-led to brand-led: what changes when a founder hands over the keys
Founder interviews
Podcast
Ken Frazier on vulnerability, confidence, and racial equity in business
Masters of Scale
February 17, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Management
8
Resilience & grit
6
Confidence and vulnerability are the same thing, not opposites.
75% of Black Americans under 26 lack a four-year degree — skills beat credentials.
Business is the last place Americans can't choose who they associate with.
How Natalie Massenet built Net-A-Porter by seeing five minutes into the future
Masters of Scale
February 1, 2022
Origin stories
9
Business models
6
Contracts & agreements
5
Fashion magazines showed things consumers could never actually buy
A bad investor contract cost Natalie control of her own company
Seeing the future means nothing without the team to deliver it
Leading through crisis: lessons from Planned Parenthood's Alexis McGill Johnson
Masters of Scale
January 27, 2022
Culture building
9
Management
7
Case studies
6
Stop waiting for permission — drive transformation before it's sanctioned
Model fearlessness daily so your team can afford to be fearless
Corporate citizenship means acting on staff realities, not poll-testing positions
Pandemic leadership lessons from Sir Jeremy Farrar of Wellcome Trust
Masters of Scale
January 20, 2022
Communication
8
Long-term planning
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
Plan five or six scenarios — stop being perpetually reactive
Third-generation pan-coronavirus vaccines are the real goal
Mental health is now among the world's biggest unmet medical needs
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
Always be recruiting: Paul English on building world-class teams
Masters of Scale
January 18, 2022
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
6
Customer experience
5
First 10 hires become cultural co-founders who shape the next hundred and thousand employees.
Move fast on recruiting—make offers within seven days through process-driven, specific questioning.
Hire for your weaknesses and stay close to customers to refine your product.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Masters of Scale at 100: Founders on what actually matters
Masters of Scale
January 15, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Resilience & grit
7
Management
6
Build for 100 people who love it before chasing a million.
Loneliness and self-doubt compound with success, not against it.
Vulnerability in storytelling is what audiences actually remember.
Long-term planning
Podcast
How to decarbonize your business: John Doerr's speed and scale plan
Masters of Scale
January 13, 2022
Long-term planning
9
Pricing strategy
6
The climate transition is the greatest economic opportunity of the next century.
Six measurable sectors can cut 59 gigatons of emissions to net zero.
Move others to act — personal virtue alone won't reach the gigatons needed.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Marc Lore built Diapers.com and Jet.com by making others leap with him
Masters of Scale
January 11, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Business models
8
Prospecting & outreach
6
Selling before the product exists — and collecting checks anyway
Why losing money on diapers was the right long-term bet
Bad unit economics can be the correct call to change a narrative