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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Inclusive leadership, the 15% pledge, and financial literacy
Masters of Scale
January 30, 2025
Culture building
8
Branding
6
Founder interviews
5
Why the 15% Pledge is a revenue play, not a sacrifice
B Corp certification turned skeptics into the company's most loyal innovators
DEI rollbacks misread the data — diversity measurably improves outcomes
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
Reid Hoffman on AI superagency and human control
Masters of Scale
January 28, 2025
AI strategy & adoption
9
Long-term planning
8
Motivation
7
AI distributed widely creates collective superpowers, not just individual ones
You're more likely to lose your job to an AI user than to AI itself
Biggest real risk: AI giving superpowers to rogue states and criminals
Vinod Khosla on scaling climate solutions and the AI abundance era
Masters of Scale
January 23, 2025
Business models
9
AI tools & automation
7
Case studies
6
One entrepreneur per sector is enough to solve the climate crisis
Eight of twelve carbon sectors already have scientifically sound solutions
AI will make nearly all human expertise near-free within decades
Founder interviews
Podcast
How great mentors are made and why grit alone is not enough
Masters of Scale
January 16, 2025
Founder interviews
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Grit alone nearly broke Angela Duckworth's marriage — mentorship saved it.
Mentors don't appear; you cultivate them with 10 touches before asking anything.
Mentorship flows both ways — peer, reverse, and cross-industry all count.
LA wildfire stories: small businesses, community, and crisis response
Masters of Scale
January 14, 2025
Processes & SOPs
8
Management
7
A French baker lost his home, bakery, and entire customer community overnight.
Surviving restaurants converted to supply stations the same day evacuation lifted.
World Central Kitchen's core playbook: adaptability, local partners, 72-hour sprint.
How Oura Ring scaled from one million to 2.5 million users in two years
Masters of Scale
January 9, 2025
Case studies
10
Business models
8
Product-market fit
7
A software CEO with zero hardware experience doubled Oura's sales
Women's health, retail presence, and HSA eligibility unlocked explosive growth
Continuous biometric data makes the subscription model defensible for life
AI strategy & adoption
Podcast
Five bold AI predictions for 2025
Masters of Scale
January 7, 2025
AI strategy & adoption
9
AI tools & automation
6
Business models
5
Agentic AI will move beyond chatbots to act on tasks you delegate to it daily.
One-person startups using AI teams will reach billion-dollar valuations this year.
AI health co-pilots powered by biometric sensors will personalize medicine and mental health.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Using behavioral science to make habits and resolutions actually stick
Masters of Scale
January 2, 2025
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Culture building
6
Fresh-start motivation fades fast — you need systems, not just resolve.
Temptation bundling turns dreaded chores into something you look forward to.
Peer conformity is the most underused lever for driving organizational change.
How Impossible Foods is rethinking plant-based meat marketing
Masters of Scale
December 31, 2024
Branding
8
Product-market fit
7
Leading with climate messaging cuts perceived taste in half
90% of Americans have never tried a plant-based option
The real market is $1.4 trillion in animal protein, not $8B plant-based
How Fawn Weaver built a billion-dollar bourbon brand from a history book
Masters of Scale
December 26, 2024
Case studies
10
Blue ocean strategy
8
Branding
7
Going national in all 50 states in under two years — with no VC
Earned media beat conglomerate ad budgets when the story was irreplaceable
Full scholarships for Nearest Green's descendants before the first bottle sold
Founder interviews
Podcast
How Barstool Sports' ex-CEO builds community and brand attention
Masters of Scale
December 24, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Communication
8
Content marketing
7
Viral content beats polished authority — personality drives community, not expertise.
Barstool sold for $550M then $1 in the same year — media's brutal volatility.
No is often a better answer than yes; fast decisiveness beats endless deliberation.
What Dungeons & Dragons teaches entrepreneurs about leadership and scale
Masters of Scale
December 19, 2024
Management
8
Deep work & focus
5
D&D's 'don't split the party' rule is the blueprint for startup execution.
How Hasbro turned a niche hobby into a 15x growth story in eight years.
AI is already reshaping D&D — and creator pay is the hardest problem.
Founder interviews
Podcast
Six lessons for navigating AI disruption and bold leadership in 2025
Masters of Scale
December 17, 2024
Founder interviews
9
Pivoting
9
Business models
7
AI is at its worst today — every delay to pivot costs compounding years
Airbnb's biggest strategic bet started as an IKEA joke, not a plan
Fundraising requires a billion-dollar story, not just solid margins
Long-term planning
Podcast
The technology supercycle: AI, sensors, and biotech converging
Masters of Scale
December 12, 2024
Long-term planning
9
AI strategy & adoption
7
Goal setting
5
AI, sensors, and biotech are converging — most organisations are missing it
Cultured meat, synthetic materials, weight-loss drugs: convergence already reshaping industries
Regulation can't keep pace; data trusts offer a credible alternative governance model
Bluesky's plan to build the open social web, not just an X alternative
Masters of Scale
December 10, 2024
Business models
9
Growth hacking
6
Community building
5
Open feeds and user-built algorithms replace the single black-box feed
20 employees, 24 million users — safety-first beat Threads' 100 million head start
No ads, no locked APIs — business model aligns with users, not advertisers