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 Modern Animal is fixing veterinary care for vets and pet owners
Masters of Scale
April 17, 2025
Case studies
10
Business models
8
Processes & SOPs
6
Removing exam fees doubled member visit frequency and improved early diagnosis
Private equity roll-ups extracted value without fixing the broken system
Owning every clinic keeps culture, technology, and change mechanisms unified
GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik on leading through tariffs and energy transition
Masters of Scale
April 15, 2025
Management
8
Long-term planning
7
Outsourcing & delegation
5
Why tariff disruption is a competitive weapon, not a threat
Nuclear's tipping point: SMRs under construction, spend still early
US electricity demand growth comparable in scale to post-WWII era
Founder interviews
Podcast
How WellHub grew from a gym-pass idea to a $2.4B global wellness platform
Masters of Scale
April 10, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Business models
8
B2B sales
6
One customer call revealed the B2B model that tripled users overnight.
Wellness now ranks equal to salary for the youngest workforce cohort.
Follow your best client into new markets — the concentric circle growth playbook.
Reid Hoffman's AI-driven drug discovery company targeting cancer
Masters of Scale
April 3, 2025
Business models
9
AI strategy & adoption
8
Fundraising & VC
6
Only pursue AI stages where improvement is at least 10X over traditional methods.
Raising too much capital early makes success less likely, not more.
AI hallucinations can still accelerate research when paired with human verification.
Climate change code-switching: how Planet FWD sells sustainability without saying it
Masters of Scale
March 27, 2025
Copywriting
8
Pivoting
7
Founder interviews
6
Reframe decarbonization as cost savings and supply chain resilience — not environmentalism.
AI platform cut one food company's emissions 30% through supply chain swaps alone.
Raised $500M, hit $2.25B valuation, still failed — don't measure yourself by it.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Mike and Kass Lazerow: lessons from building and selling Buddy Media
Masters of Scale
March 20, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Pivoting
8
Culture building
6
Survived acquirer bankruptcy with zero cash, restarted immediately
Turned down $100M more from Google to sell to Salesforce
Culture rituals — bobbleheads, jump scares — became a recruiting edge
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Vanta's Christina Cacioppo built a $2.5B compliance unicorn
Masters of Scale
March 13, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Business models
8
Market research
7
Stop building until strangers independently name the same problem.
Painful, necessary tasks earn outsized customer loyalty even for rough products.
Start your leadership team at 20 people, not 50.
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
How Adobe leads through AI transformation
Masters of Scale
February 27, 2025
AI strategy & adoption
9
Management
7
Business models
6
Shifting from voice-wins to data-driven product decisions after cloud subscription migration.
CEO leadership means narrowing focus to one or two high-impact areas per year.
AI expands creative expression for billions; treat models like operating systems, not moats.
How Vital Farms stays stable while the egg market breaks down
Masters of Scale
February 25, 2025
Business models
8
Branding
7
Pricing strategy
6
Pasture-based small farms lost under 0.5% of birds vs. 12% nationally.
Vital Farms decouples pricing from commodity spot markets — and held prices for a year.
Purpose and profit aren't a trade-off; compromising values destroys long-term value fastest.
Founder interviews
Podcast
A more compassionate capitalism, with Cotopaxi's Davis Smith
Masters of Scale
February 20, 2025
Founder interviews
10
Business models
6
Culture building
5
Scaling outdoor brand to $150M while donating 1% revenue to poverty alleviation
Why conscious capitalism attracts talent, cuts costs, and drives higher profitability
Stepping away from CEO role to lead three-year mission aligned with deepest values
Founder interviews
Podcast
Rivian's path through EV market turbulence with CEO RJ Scaringe
Masters of Scale
February 18, 2025
Founder interviews
9
Business models
7
AI strategy & adoption
5
Why Rivian wants more EV competitors, not fewer
Owning the software stack is the real competitive moat
R2 at $45K is the volume inflection Rivian's business needs
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Ryan Williams built Cadre and a network of mentors
Masters of Scale
February 13, 2025
Founder interviews
10
B2B sales
6
Exit strategy
5
Goldman Sachs as your first customer creates trust no ad spend can buy
Treat advisors as partners — reciprocity compounds into warm introductions
Why Williams sold Cadre rather than raise more capital to diversify
Super Bowl 2025 ads reviewed: Nike wins, brands play it safe
Masters of Scale
February 11, 2025
Nike was the only brand that made a real statement — and won.
Celebrity casting fails when audiences can't see why they're there.
Purpose-led beats cause-led: stand for what's core to your business.
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
Reid Hoffman on DeepSeek, AI investment, and political risk
Masters of Scale
February 7, 2025
AI strategy & adoption
9
Long-term planning
7
Fundraising & VC
5
DeepSeek's cheap-model claim almost certainly relied on large-scale compute
RFK confirmation will cost thousands of American lives, Reid predicts
AI agents will naturally trend toward kindness, boosting mental health
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Madison Reed disrupted the hair color industry from scratch
Masters of Scale
February 6, 2025
Founder interviews
9
Culture building
7
Fundraising & VC
6
A $200M business born from passing on Dollar Shave Club
Why 10 Italian suppliers laughed before one said yes
Paying colorists $80K instead of $35K is the real mission