Grit explores what it takes to create, build, and scale world-class organizations. It features weekly episodes highlighting the leaders who are pushing their companies to make a difference. This series is hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, go to market operating partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm investing in history-making founders.
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One of the top startup coaches in the world, Alisa Cohn, talks to founders, creators, advisors, investors and builders of all kinds about their insights and experiences in growing from Start-up to Grown-up.
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Discover the keys to unlocking your full potential with the Elevate Podcast. Hosted by Robert Glazer, award-winning entrepreneur, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and creator of the Friday Forward, the Elevate Podcast features interviews with world-renowned business leaders, New York Times bestselling authors, and leading experts who share their insights, best practices, and advice on how to elevate your life, your leadership, and your business. Whether you're seeking to cultivate ...
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Elevate Classics: Why Kleiner Perkins VC Dave Whorton Threw Out The Silicon Valley Playbook
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Dave Whorton is an experienced tech investor and founder who spent 20 years of his career at the highest levels of Silicon Valley venture capital and tech startups. He worked directly at the top venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and co-founded four companies, including drugstore.com and Good Technology. He is also the founder of the Tugboat…
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Jim Murphy on AJ Brown and Finding Inner Excellence
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Jim Murphy is a performance coach, author, and speaker who helps elite athletes and high performers unlock what he calls “inner excellence”. Through his work with professional athletes in the PGA, MLB, and Olympic sports, Jim has helped competitors transcend fear and anxiety to perform at their highest level. His book, Inner Excellence, blends spir…
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How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
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What happens when AI becomes your most influential referrer? As consumers turn to ChatGPT for answers, James Cadwallader and his team at Profound help brands like Eight Sleep and MongoDB gain visibility and leverage inside AI models. On this episode of Grit, he explains why brand narrative has shifted away from content, and why Profound is scaling …
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Weekend Conversations: Leaders Must Tell The Best Version of the Truth
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On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss leadership communication, and particularly the sharing of bad news or negative developments. Robert and Mick discuss why, while transparency is crucial, it is vital to share the "best version of the truth" which frames the issue effe…
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Ilana Golan on Coaching Great Leaders, Building Leap Academy, and More
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Ilana Golan is a powerhouse trailblazer. She began her remarkable journey as the first woman commander and instructor for all F 16 flight simulators in the Israeli Air Force. From there, she transitioned into engineering, led startups to multimillion-dollar exits, became a tech investor and board director, and is now founder and CEO of Leap Academy…
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#107 Jonathan Wolf— Co-Founder and CEO of ZOE: The Growth of a Founder, the Most Important Leadership Skills, and How to Raise 7 Million Euros in 3 Weeks (Encore)
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Jonathan Wolf is the co-founder and CEO of ZOE, the science-based nutrition company using data to transform how people eat. In this candid conversation, he joins me to explore what it takes to build a mission-driven company, how to lead with more clarity and transparency, and why the way we eat is more broken and more fixable than most people think…
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How Snap Plans to Win the AR Race | Evan Spiegel on Spectacles
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Turning down a $3B offer from Facebook is a bold move for any young CEO. Evan Spiegel shares how Snap’s early dream was to stay independent and give its community an authentic voice, a bet that proved right. He also explains why they are now doubling down on AR glasses and why the anxiety around AI deserves far more attention from tech leaders. Gue…
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Weekend Conversations: Work Is Not The Enemy of Mental Health
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On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan dig the rise in frequency of employees taking time off due to mental health stress. Robert and Mick discuss why, though time off is important to stay in balance, simply withdrawing from work is not the solution to improving mental health. Re…
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Elevate Classics: Jerry Colonna on Building A Meaningful Leadership Legacy
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Jerry Colonna is the CEO and co-founder of the executive coaching firm Reboot.io. A highly sought-after coach and speaker, Jerry was previously a partner with JP Morgan and co-founded Flatiron Venture Partners with Fred Wilson. Jerry is also the NYT bestselling author of multiple books, including Reboot and Reunion which is now available wherever…
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Joe Hirsch On Giving World-Class Feedback
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Joe Hirsch is an award-winning educator, global keynote speaker, and bestselling author. As the creator of the FEEDFORWARD™ framework, Joe teaches organizations how to replace judgment with curiosity, shift from blame to partnership, and create fearless feedback cultures built on trust and growth. Joe has spoken to over 30,000 people across 25 coun…
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The Pull to Build: Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit and Starting Roadrunner
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What does it take to go from advising founders to becoming one? On this week’s special Reverse Grit episode, we flip the script and put our Grit podcast host Joubin Mirzadegan in the guest seat. Joubin recently founded Roadrunner, where he is now co-founder & CEO. Roadrunner is building an AI‑native CPQ to modernize the quote‑to‑cash stack, drawing…
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Weekend Conversations: The Feedback You Hear (and The Feedback You Don't)
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On a new episode of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan dig into the concept of feedback--why it matters, and why we are all the sum of the feedback we get and the feedback we are missing. Robert and Mick share great examples of feedback they have received and dig into the mechanics of how to giv…
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Zillah Byng-Thorne on Resurrecting A Billion Dollar Business
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Zillah Byng-Thorne is a world class leader. She was most recently the CEO of Future PLC, where she transformed the company from a struggling business to a thriving publishing giant with a market cap of over $1 billion. Before turning Future around, she was the CFO of Auto Trader. Zillah has established herself as a visionary leader in the publishin…
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Jeff Hancher On Telling People What They Need To Hear
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Jeff Hancher is a leadership advisor, keynote speaker, and host of The Champion Forum Podcast. After serving in the U.S. Army, Jeff entered a Fortune 500 organization as a blue-collar worker and was promoted ten times, ultimately leading at advanced levels before launching his own firm. Jeff also recently published a new book, Firm Feedback in a Fr…
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#106 Kass and Mike Lazerow— Serial Married Founders Sold their Company to Salesforce for $750M on Loving the Journey (Encore)
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Kass and Mike Lazerow who are serial entrepreneurs, seasoned investors, and co-authors of Shoveling Sh!t: A Love Story About the Entrepreneur’s Messy Path to Success joined me for one of the most honest conversations I’ve had about what it really takes to build companies and build a life. They share the unvarnished truth about their journey: surviv…
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Building Cloudflare for the Next 50 Years | Co-founder Cloudfare Michelle Zatlyn
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Fifteen years in, it can still feel like “we’re just getting started.” Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder of Cloudflare, returns to Grit with Joubin Mirzadegan to share how Cloudflare secures the internet for millions, with a vision built to last generations. She also shares why staying close to reality and to customers becomes harder as success compounds…
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Weekend Conversations: Getting Instantly Clear on What Matters to You
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On a new edition of Weekend Conversations, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss a remarkable story from Ric Elias, who survived the Miracle on The Hudson piloted by Sully Sullenberger in 2009. Robert and Mick discuss Ric's reflections on the crash and the lifechanging clarity it forced, and how we all can get clearer on what matters m…
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On a classic edition of Weekend Conversations, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss stories and lessons from five previous Friday Forwards written during past Thanksgiving weeks. Check out our conversation to hear heartwarming stories of gratitude, kindness, relationships and making time for the people who matter most. Thank you to th…
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Elevate Classics: How Greg McKeown Puts The Essential First
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Greg McKeown changed the way so many leaders think about life with his New York Times Bestselling book, Essentialism. He is the founder and CEO of McKeown Inc, an organization that helps leading companies like Apple, Google, Pixar and more reach the next level of growth. In addition to Essentialism, Greg is also New York Times bestselling autho…
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She Sold Her Startup for $500 Million, Here’s Her Next Idea
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Screens have pulled families apart. Brynn Putnam set out to bring them back together with Board, the world’s ‘first face-to-face game console.’ On Grit, she tells Joubin Mirzadegan how every venture she’s built, including Mirror, started as a personal need, and how her true edge is the ability to strip an idea down to what actually matters. Guest: …
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Weekend Conversations: Calling Out Core Values Problems
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On a new edition of Weekend Conversations on the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer and producer Mick Sloan discuss two key issues leaders face in their organizations: performance issues (what problems) and values issues (how problems). Robert and Mick dig into the distinction between these problems and how leaders should address each one. Read M…
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Elevate Classics: Dandapani on Learning To Focus and Avoid Distraction
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Dandapani has lived a unique and purpose-driven life. He is a Hindu priest and entrepreneur who spent his first 10 years after university studying as a monk at a monastery in Hawaii. He concluded his study and took his well-honed knowledge of discipline, focus and energy management to help others harness their energy and build a life of purpose and…
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