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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Five secrets to keeping your best employees
Masters of Scale
September 21, 2021
Culture building
9
Management
7
Lead with authentic vulnerability to build trust across your team
Distribute decision-making power to junior employees as you scale
Celebrate wins visibly and invest in wellness as business necessities
How Broadway survived shutdown and rebuilt its audience with streaming
Masters of Scale
September 16, 2021
Case studies
9
Business models
8
Growth hacking
7
Streaming theater converts new fans into live ticket buyers, not replacements.
Only 4 in 10 Broadway shows recoup investment — yet it drives $16B in economic impact.
Broadway's core audience is narrow; the pandemic forced a reckoning on who makes theater.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Robert Reffkin built Compass by turning setbacks into momentum
Masters of Scale
September 14, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Pivoting
6
Management
5
Why losing everything in the dot-com crash made Reffkin a better founder
Vague mission statements silently destroy team momentum and alignment
Public ambitious targets inspire far more than careful internal goals
Satya Nadella on refounding Microsoft: culture, mission, and growth mindset
Masters of Scale
August 31, 2021
Culture building
9
Vision & mission
7
Resilience & grit
5
Why any insider — not just a new CEO — can refounder a company
Killing stack ranking: the concrete move that reset Microsoft's culture
Earning the right to operate means symmetry between profit and planet
Founder interviews
Podcast
EA CEO Andrew Wilson on gaming, the metaverse, and workplace culture
Masters of Scale
August 26, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Business models
7
Pivoting
6
Social connection, not escapism, is why gaming growth will stick
Games are already mini-metaverses — EA is expanding outward from there
EA chose openness over moats: partner with everyone, platform everywhere
How mission clarity drives risk-taking at Illumina
Masters of Scale
August 19, 2021
Case studies
9
Business models
8
AI tools & automation
5
A prenatal blood test accidentally revealed cancer signals in mothers
Illumina earns 10x more from competitors' sequencer sales than its own tests
The pandemic accelerated genomics by five-plus years, per deSouza
Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset with Reid, Bob and Sir Richard Branson
Masters of Scale
August 17, 2021
Motivation
9
Business models
6
Resilience & grit
5
Entrepreneurial mindsets are cultivated behaviors, not innate traits, and apply across all business scales.
Continuous learning through action cycles and networks beats pure theory-first learning.
Bias to action—asking 'what if' and moving immediately—separates founders who ship from those who plan forever.
How Will.i.am turns big opportunities into compounding leverage
Masters of Scale
August 10, 2021
Niche selection
9
Case studies
8
Fundraising & VC
6
One Super Bowl halftime show served three brands simultaneously
Chord progressions are the foundational leverage behind mainstream hits
Why owning the hardware beats licensing your music to sell it
How Harley-Davidson used a crisis to rewire its business for the long term
Masters of Scale
July 29, 2021
Case studies
10
Business models
8
Long-term planning
7
A crisis is the best time to cut complexity you'd otherwise protect
Factory workers got equity grants — because Harley's customers are them
LiveWire is a separate brand because electric and touring serve different riders
J.Crew's pivot to purpose: sustainability, resale, and reigniting brand passion
Masters of Scale
July 22, 2021
Business models
9
Branding
7
Community building
5
Why J.Crew's biggest problem is customer neutrality, not awareness
Madewell's resale platform grew from a million recycled jeans
COVID flipped stores into experience channels, online into convenience
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Sara Blakely found the idea that became Spanx
Masters of Scale
July 13, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Goal setting
7
Customer discovery
6
A decade of deliberate searching preceded Spanx's accidental-looking origin moment.
Keeping an idea secret from loved ones shields it from well-meaning sabotage.
No fashion background, no investors, $5,000 — ignorance can be a competitive asset.
How BuzzFeed turned a pandemic crisis into record profitability
Masters of Scale
July 8, 2021
Pivoting
10
Case studies
8
Fundraising & VC
6
From near-bankruptcy to $30M profit in one year
Media creates value; Google and Expedia capture it
Patience and a profitable flywheel unlocked the SPAC and acquisitions
How Mellody Hobson accelerated expertise from intern to co-CEO
Masters of Scale
July 6, 2021
Case studies
9
Delegation
6
Vision & mission
5
Deliberate practice explains only ~1% of entrepreneurial performance variance.
Shadowing the right mentor beats years of solo repetition.
Capital without customers can't scale minority businesses to close the wealth gap.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Asking the uncomfortable questions with Michael Seibel
Masters of Scale
June 29, 2021
Founder interviews
9
Pivoting
7
Product-market fit
6
The right questions at critical moments reveal what strategies and investors cannot.
Founders often fear scaling late, but scaling early is the true killer.
Personal problems and irrational ties create lasting motivation through hard times.
Crisis leadership
Podcast
How Marriott stayed on offense during the worst crisis in travel history
Masters of Scale
June 24, 2021
Crisis leadership
8
Long-term planning
7
Retention & loyalty
6
COVID dropped Marriott occupancy to single digits — dwarfing 9/11 and 2008
Marriott scaled home rentals from 2,000 to 30,000 properties mid-pandemic
Losing CEO Arnie Sorensen mid-crisis: how leadership held and moved forward