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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Founder interviews
Podcast
How J.J. Abrams builds conditions for creative breakthroughs
Masters of Scale
June 15, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Culture building
8
Business operating systems
6
Structure doesn't kill magic — it gives magic somewhere to land.
Lost was greenlit and fully shot in 12 weeks; don't recreate this.
Diverse, cross-functional voices — not lone auteurs — make great work.
How Rent the Runway survived COVID and emerged stronger
Masters of Scale
June 10, 2021
Case studies
9
Communication
8
Pivoting
7
Sustainability jumped from #15 to the #2 reason customers sign up
Pandemic downtime let them quadruple logistics capacity without expanding headcount
Organic signups in new cities prove consumer values shifted permanently
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Wendy Kopp built two education networks across 59 countries
Masters of Scale
June 8, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Business models
6
Sharing questions across a network beats distributing answers from the centre
Teach for India outperformed Teach for America by shifting to mindset-first training
74% of global alumni stay in education, becoming the network's self-reinforcing flywheel
Five essential moves for post-pandemic success
Masters of Scale
May 29, 2021
Vision & mission
8
Management
7
Resilience & grit
6
Shift from survival mindset to growth thinking before crisis fully ends.
Tighten mission focus to rally teams and drive alignment decisions.
Double down on pre-crisis strengths, not temporary crisis-driven opportunities.
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Alex Rodriguez built a lifelong system of mentors
Masters of Scale
May 25, 2021
Founder interviews
9
Management
6
Never ask someone to be your mentor — ask one specific question.
The mentor–mentee gap is false: the best mentors are still learning.
A year-long suspension turned a gladiator into a long-term relationship builder.
Business operating systems
Podcast
Obama on keeping mission constant while tactics evolve at scale
Masters of Scale
May 18, 2021
Business operating systems
9
Management
8
Case study
7
Transitioning from campaign to presidency is a startup reverse-takeover of General Motors.
The ACA was designed as a minimum viable product — a starter home, built to iterate.
Healthcare.gov failed due to procurement rules, not incompetence — and fixed it fast.
How Google's chief health officer ran a global public health platform during COVID
Masters of Scale
May 13, 2021
Case studies
9
Processes & SOPs
7
Management
6
Google's search defaults and doodles are de facto public health interventions
Tech's edge over public health: forecasting forward, not just tracking backward
Why herd immunity — not individual vaccination — is the population-level goal
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Obama built the team and mindset to seize a historic moment
Masters of Scale
May 11, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Delegation
8
Long-term planning
7
Moments choose you — position yourself before the window opens.
Horizontal teams with real authority scale faster than top-down ones.
Listening to community stories before acting is the highest-leverage move.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Instacart's COVID crucible: scaling, strategy, and the post-pandemic bet
Masters of Scale
April 29, 2021
Founder interviews
9
Business models
8
Pivoting
7
Demand jumped from 10% weekly to 10% daily — overnight
Empowering retailers beats owning the supply chain like Amazon
COVID permanently shifted online grocery adoption, not temporarily
How to build a team of mentors, with Alex Rodriguez and Reid Hoffman
Masters of Scale
April 27, 2021
Management
8
Resilience & grit
6
You are the composite of the mentors you build around you.
A-Rod's 10-touch rule: reach out ten times before asking for anything.
Four deep mentor relationships beat eight shallow ones every time.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Blue Apron's CEO on why a pandemic is not a business model
Masters of Scale
April 22, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Long-term planning
7
Culture building
6
Why chasing pandemic demand can undermine long-term business health
Meal kits cut carbon emissions 25% versus grocery shopping
Employee-led voting drives and how Blue Apron closed on election day
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Houzz turned home renovation frustration into a global platform
Masters of Scale
April 20, 2021
Founder interviews
10
Business models
8
Community building
6
Frustration is the earliest signal that a real, unsolved problem exists.
Houzz fused two-sided frustration — homeowners and professionals — into one flywheel.
Reversing every personal declaration unlocked capital, scale, and global expansion.
How Alamo Drafthouse used Chapter 11 bankruptcy to survive the pandemic
Masters of Scale
April 15, 2021
Case studies
9
Cash flow management
7
Business structure
5
Chapter 11 is restructuring, not closure — the stigma is a misunderstanding
Bankruptcy hits like divorce: the emotional toll blindsides most leaders
Private full-theater rentals went from survival tactic to 50% of revenue
Delta CEO Ed Bastian on leading an airline through pandemic recovery
Masters of Scale
April 8, 2021
Management
9
Long-term planning
7
Retention & loyalty
6
Blocking middle seats cost nothing — customers paid a premium anyway
No furloughs, no pay cuts, yet ranked 7th best US employer mid-pandemic
Sustainable aviation fuel covers only one day of Delta's annual needs
Customer discovery
Podcast
How to teach your customer what they need to learn
Masters of Scale
April 5, 2021
Customer discovery
9
Branding
7
Pivoting
6
Launch the product customers will trust, not the one they think they want first.
Where you place your product signals everything—meat case beats alternative aisle.
Listen to customer objections even when the science proves them wrong.