Best Ramesh Srinivasan Podcasts (2025)

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Astra Taylor 1:43:42

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Astra Taylor is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and political organizer. Her works include the documentary What is Democracy? and the books The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart and The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, which won an American Book Award in 2015. She is also the co-founder of …

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How to Build Artificial Superintelligence | Jonathan Siddharth, Founder & CEO of Turing 1:02:16

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My guest today is Jonathan Siddharth, co-founder and CEO of Turing. Jonathan incubated Turing in Foundation Capital’s Palo Alto office in 2018. Since then, it has grown into a multi-billion dollar company that powers nearly every frontier AI lab: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others. If you’ve seen a breakthrough in how AI reasons…

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Cory Doctorow 1:29:38

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Cory Doctorow is an activist, journalist, and bestselling science fiction author. His books include The Lost Cause, Red Team Blues, The Internet Con, and Picks and Shovels. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. This conversation occurred on May 8, 2025, as part of a live event sponsored by UCLA DataX, …

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Sayash Kapoor 1:19:44

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Sayash Kapoor is a computer scientist and co-author of AI Snake Oil. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy. His work focuses on the societal impacts of AI. In 2023, he was named to Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in AI.” This conversation was recorded on February 27, 2025. …

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Venerable Dr. Pooja Dabral 1:50:35

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Venerable Dr. Pooja Dabral is a Buddhist monk and an assistant professor at Nalanda University in Rajgir, India, a university which originally dates back to more than 1500 years. Her research focuses on Buddhist 'middle path' philosophy and psychology and Buddhist Psychology. This conversation was recorded on January 28, 2025. Learn more about Ven.…

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How to Turn Research Into Real Companies | Ion Stoica, Co-founder and Executive Chairman, Databricks 1:03:11

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My guest today is Ion Stoica, professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and the co-founder of Conviva, Databricks, and Anyscale. Over the last two decades, Ion’s research labs - the AMP Lab, the RISE Lab, and now the Sky Computing Lab - have seeded a generation of category-defining companies. Ion has the unique ability to turn non-consensus idea…

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How to Lead with Empathy and Resilience (Ramesh Srinivasan, Senior Partner, McKinsey) 37:00

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My guest today is Ramesh Srinivasan, a senior partner at McKinsey and trusted advisor to some of the world’s top CEOs. Over his career, Ramesh has worked with leaders at companies like Cognizant, Moderna, Nissan, and Delta, helping them navigate tough challenges and scale high-performing teams. Ramesh just published a new book, The Journey of Leade…

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Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul 1:50:39

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Venerable Geshe Dorji Damdul is the director of the Tibet House, the Cultural Center of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, India. He previously served as the English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This conversation was recorded on September 18, 2024. Learn more about Ven. Damdul and Ramesh. Questions or comments? Email podcastuto…

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Sandeep Vaheesan 1:21:00

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Sandeep Vaheesan is the legal director at the Open Markets Institute and a former adviser to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is a staunch advocate for antitrust regulation and consumer protection. He is the author of Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United States. This conversation was recorded in October 2023 an…

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Yanis Varoufakis 1:34:34

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Yanis Varoufakis is a renowned Greek economist and bestselling author. He served as the Minister of Finance in Greece and co-founded the political party Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). His books include Another Now and Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. This conversation was recorded in November 2024. Learn more about Yanis and Ra…

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How to Solve AI-Powered Search (Arvind Jain, founder and CEO of Glean) 42:41

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My guest today is Arvind Jain, the founder and CEO of Glean. Before Glean, Arvind spent over a decade building Google's search infrastructure. He then co-founded Rubrik, which recently passed $1B ARR. With Glean, Arvind is tackling the longstanding challenge of enterprise search. Yet his vision goes beyond this. He believes every employee should ha…

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Shane Boris and Sara Dosa 1:22:50

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Sara Dosa is an award-winning documentary director and producer, and Shane Boris is an award-winning documentary writer and producer. Their most recent collaboration, Fire of Love, was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards. This conversation was recorded in the spring of 2023. More about Sara. More about Shane. More…

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Nathan Schneider 1:32:44

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Nathan Schneider explores the intersection of democracy and technology as a professor of media studies and the director of the Media Economies Design Lab at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a founder of the platform cooperativism movement and Occupy Wall Street. This conversation was recorded in January 2024. More about Nathan: https://nat…

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How to Rewrite the Rules of 'Founder Mode' (Frank Slootman, Chairman, Board of Directors, Snowflake) 51:22

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Frank Slootman turns the 'founder mode vs. manager mode’ debate on its head. Frank’s track record in B2B land is iconic: He took Data Domain from pre-revenues to a $2.5B acquisition by EMC. He led the IPO at ServiceNow, and when he left the company, it was worth $34B. Frank then took Snowflake public, and the company was worth over $70B when he ret…

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Elaine McMillion Sheldon 1:08:46

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Elaine McMillion Sheldon is an Academy Award-nominated and Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Much of her film work, including her most recent film King Coal, is rooted in the culture and environment of her home region of Appalachia. This conversation was recorded in October 2023. More about Elaine: https://www.elainemcmillionshe…

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How to Adapt and Win in Enterprise Software (Aaron Levie, Co-Founder & CEO of Box) 42:40

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Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box, has guided the cloud content management platform from a dorm room project into a publicly traded company with over $1B in annual revenue. In his second appearance on B2BaCEO, Aaron reflects on his founder journey, sharing how Box capitalized on cloud computing and their recent push to integrate generative AI.…

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Nipun Mehta 1:21:34

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Nipun Mehta is a designer of large-scale social movements that are rooted in small acts of service. He is the founder of ServiceSpace, a global community working at the intersection of technology, volunteerism and gift culture. Mehta was honored as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by the Dalai Lama and appointed by President Barack Obama to a council a…

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Maurice Mitchell 1:37:16

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Maurice Mitchell has been the National Director of the Working Families Party since 2018, aiming to create a multi-racial working class movement across the United States. More generally, Mitchell is a nationally recognized social movement strategist and a prominent leader in the Movement for Black Lives. This interview was recorded in January 2024.…

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Maz Jobrani 1:17:43

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Maz Jobrani is a comedian, actor, producer, and LA Times best-selling author of "I'm not a terrorist, but I've played one on TV." Jobrani also co-wrote, co-produced, and starred as the main character of indie film "Jimmy Vestwood: Amerikan Hero." His newest standup special, which is on YouTube, is called "The Birds and the Bees." Jobrani's other st…

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How to Build a Company Around Cutting-Edge AI (Srinath Sridhar, Founder of Regie.ai) 32:44

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In this episode, I talk with Srinath Sridhar, CEO & Cofounder of Regie.ai, who has always been ahead of the AI curve. Sri and his co-founder Matt Millen started Regie.ai in 2019 with the idea that GPT-3 would transform how all of us write emails. Today, Regie uses AI to automate sales prospecting for the enterprise. The company's Auto-Pilot automat…

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Maja Göpel 1:22:39

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Dr. Maja Göpel is a political economist, transformation researcher, speaker, and best-selling author. In April she released her newest book, “We Can Do Better: A Departure Into the World of Tomorrow." This interview was recorded in October 2023. Maja's website: https://www.maja-goepel.de/ We Can Do Better book: https://scribepublications.com.au/boo…

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How to Build a Multi-Billion-Dollar Software Business (Mohit Aron, Founder of Cohesity) 1:07:59

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In this episode, I'm excited to welcome Mohit Aron back to B2BaCEO for the second time. As the founder of Cohesity and co-founder of Nutanix, Mohit is a titan in the world of enterprise GTM and infrastructure software. With two wildly successful companies under his belt, he's a true expert when it comes to building enterprise software businesses fr…

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Kevin Roose 1:21:44

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Kevin Roose is a technology columnist for the New York Time where he is the co-host of “hard fork” an NYT podcast about technology and the future. He is also an author of three bestselling books: Future Proof, Young Money, and the Unlikely Disciple. Recorded January 2024. For questions or comments email [email protected] Hard Fork: https://p…

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Kathleen Hanna 1:16:31

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Kathleen Hanna is a musician, activist, zine writer, and punk legend who pioneered the feminist punk movement "riot grrrl" in the '90s. She was the lead singer of feminist punk band Bikini Kill from the early-to-mid '90s, and then founded the electronic band Le Tigre. She currently performs and releases music as the lead singer in the Julie Ruin. O…

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Jacques Servin 1:28:01

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Jacques Servin is a media artist and co-founder of the “Yes Men”, originally an activist duo that aims to expose wrong-doings of massive corporations through producing fake spectacles, disrupting events, and destroying brands. Since then, the initiative has transformed into a non-profit which partners with other activist organizations and schools. …

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How to Grow from Ph.D. to Two-Time Startup CEO (Sanjit Biswas, Co-Founder & CEO of Samsara) 58:56

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My guest today is Sanjit Biswas, the co-founder and CEO of Samsara, a platform that helps companies digitize their physical operations. In 2023, Samsara reached $1 billion in ARR, making it one of the fastest startups in history to hit this milestone. But this wasn't Sanjit's first major success. Before starting Samsara, Sanjit left his Ph.D at MIT…

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Roshi Joan Halifax 1:19:26

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Roshi Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, social activist, and author. She is the Founder, Abbot and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This episode was recorded in July 2023. For questions or comments email [email protected] Learn more about Roshi Joan Halifax: https://www.joanhalifax.org/ Learn more about Upaya Zen C…

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Jordan Uhl 1:08:52

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Jordan Uhl is a progressive activist, political commentator, writer, podcaster, and host of "Deep Dive with Jordan Uhl" on The Young Turks. He also runs Substack "I Hate It Here and Never Want to Leave" and co-hosts "The Insurgents " with Rob Rousseau. This episode was recorded April 5th, 2024. For questions or comments email [email protected]…

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Ana Kasparian 1:25:28

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Ana Kasparian is the main host and producer of “The Young Turks,” the largest online news and politics show with over 6 billion views. As a commentator and journalist, Kasparian is best known for her honest and unfiltered reporting, and was on Forbes Magazine’s 2016 30 Under 30 list. She has won multiple awards for her web personality and show, inc…

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How to Win Your First Enterprise Customer (Doug Winter, Founder and CEO at Seismic) 51:13

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My guest today is Doug Winter, the founder and CEO of Seismic, a leading enterprise sales enablement platform. Today, Seismic has a team of 1,500 people and nearly $400 million in recurring revenue.We start the conversation with Doug explaining what sales enablement actually means. From there, we turn to the early days of Seismic and unpack Doug’s …

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Representative Ro Khanna 40:59

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Representative Ro Khanna is a leading progressive voice in the House working to restore American manufacturing and technology leadership, improve the lives of working people, and advance U.S. leadership on climate, human rights, and diplomacy around the world. Khanna represents California's 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silic…

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Andrew Yang 1:03:42

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Andrew Yang an American entrepreneur, lawyer, book author and philanthropist, as well as a former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and 2021 New York City mayoral candidate. He is the founder of the Forward Party and Humanity Forward, an organization that lobbies for anti-poverty measures in Washington DC. Humanity Forward: https://humanityfor…

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Dr. Cornel West 1:11:15

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Join Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan and Dr. Cornel West on the first episode of the Utopias Podcast. Dr. West teaches courses on the Philosophy of Religion, African American Critical Thought, classics, politics, cultural theory, literature, and music. He is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary and the author of over 20 books, includin…

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Introduction - The Utopias Podcast With Ramesh Srinivasan 2:10

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What is Utopias all about? Listen to learn more.By Phoebe Brous

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How to Shape the Future of AI (Naveen Rao, VP of Generative AI at Databricks) 1:03:17

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My guest this month is Naveen Rao, the co-founder of MosaicML and current head of Generative AI at Databricks.Naveen's journey is unique, as it echoes the evolution of AI itself. He’s best known for founding and selling two successful companies. The first, Nervana, an AI-focused chip company, was acquired by Intel for $400 million in 2016. The seco…

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How to Power the AI Boom (Robert Nishihara, Co-Founder & CEO of Anyscale) 45:36

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In this episode of B2BaCEO, I speak with Robert Nishihara, co-founder and CEO of Anyscale. Anyscale’s aspiration is to build the fastest, most cost-efficient infrastructure for running LLMs and AI workloads. When it is successful, Anyscale will be to the AI era what Microsoft was for the PC era: the underlying operating system on which all AI appli…

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How to Build, Scale, and Sell a Startup (Tracy Young, Co-Founder of TigerEye & PlanGrid) 48:18

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My guest this month is Tracy Young, the co-founder and former CEO of PlanGrid, a productivity tool for construction companies. From going through YC and losing a co-founder to cancer, to being acquired by Autodesk for $875 million, Tracy has picked up many valuable lessons that other founders and CEOs can learn from.Our conversation unpacks these l…

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How to Deploy AI in Your Company (Matei Zaharia, CTO & Co-Founder of Databricks) 39:47

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If you’re not hardcore about AI, then stop the podcast now — because this episode for real technology nerds. Ashu’s guest is Matei Zaharia, CTO and cofounder of Databricks, and a professor of computer science at Stanford University. Ashu and Matei cover a lot of ground — most of it technical, all of it very relevant for anyone who’s serious about b…

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How to Capture the AI Moment (Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft) 47:11

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As everyone listening to this podcast knows, the release of ChatGPT last November ushered in a new age of AI and catalyzed a wave of AI startups. For this episode of B2BaCEO, Ashu goes deep on AI with Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, former serial entrepreneur and investor, and current Chief Strategy Officer at Microsoft. Ashu picks Bobby’s brain on what sect…

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How to Grow in a Bear Market (Beerud Sheth, Co-Founder & CEO of Gupshup) 27:18

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Beerud Sheth is the Co-Founder and CEO of Gupshup, a leading platform for cloud messaging. Prior to that he was the cofounder of what is now Upwork, a pioneer of online freelancing and remote work. Beerud took the slow and steady pace to winning the race, building two unicorns over 25 years. On the show, he and Ashu draw from Beerud’s depth of expe…

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How to Build a Hundred Billion Dollar Company (Jonathan Siddharth, Co-Founder & CEO of Turing) 42:00

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Jonathan Siddharth is cofounder and CEO of Turing, the platform that helps companies source, vet, match, and manage the world's best software developers remotely. Jonathan started Turing in Foundation Capital’s offices four years ago and he’s since grown it into a $4B company. On this episode of B2BaCEO, Ashu gets him to talk about how he did it: f…

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How to Build an Organization (Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder & CEO of Deel) 29:14

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Alex Bouaziz is the guest for this edition of the show. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Deel, a global payroll solution that helps businesses hire anyone, anywhere. Founded in 2019, Alex and his team have grown the company into a unicorn with almost a thousand employees in just three short years!In this conversation, he opens up about the thrills a…

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How to Be a SaaS Wunderkind (Christian Owens, Founder & CEO of Paddle) 1:06:22

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On this episode, Ashu is coming to you from London, where he’s spending the summer. His guest is Christian Owens, founder and CEO of Paddle, a B2B payments infrastructure platform. Christian is a fascinating fellow. He dropped out of high school at 16 to run his first software company, which he scaled to $5 million in revenue — not a bad lemonade s…

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How to Hire People Better Than Yourself (Ashutosh Garg, Founder & CEO of Eightfold) 26:26

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On this episode, it’s Ashu Garg vs. Ashu Garg. Our guest is his good friend Ashu Garg, who also goes by Ashutosh. Ashutosh is the founder and CEO of Eightfold, an AI-powered talent-acquisition and -management platform, where our Ashu is a board member and early investor in the company. In this conversation, the two Ashus trace Eightfold’s not-alway…

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How to Sell Software (Yamini Rangan, CEO of HubSpot) 36:55

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On this episode, Ashu’s guest is Yamini Rangan, the CEO of HubSpot. The tagline of the B2BaCEO podcast is “from engineer to CEO,” and that’s exactly the path that Yamini took. She started out as an engineer, then moved to sales, and then eventually to running go-to-market operations as an executive. Less than a year ago, Yamini became the CEO of Hu…

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How to Be a One-Man C-Suite (Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks) 48:34

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Nikesh Arora began his career at Fidelity Technologies, where he served as VP Finance. He then went onto T-Mobile, where he was CMO and then in 2004 joined Google, initially running Europe and was ultimately the Chief Business Officer of the company before he left in 2014. He was then president and COO of Softbank Corp before becoming CEO of Palo A…

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How to Lead With Gusto (Josh Reeves, Co-Founder & CEO of Gusto) 48:24

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On this episode, Ashu interviews Josh Reeves, founder and CEO of Gusto, which is reimagining payroll, benefits, and HR for modern companies. Josh joins Ashu to celebrate Gusto’s 10th anniversary.Josh explains Gusto’s atypical focus on building for “durability and accountability,” as against the usual Silicon Valley dogma of grow fast or die. He wal…

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How to Build a Decacorn (Ali Ghodsi, Co-Founder & CEO of Databricks) 48:58

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DataBricks CEO and cofounder, Ali Ghodsi, is back on the podcast for a third time, making him the most frequent guest we’ve had on the show. On this episode, courtesy of our recent enterprise conference, FC BUILD 2021, Ali shares the founding story of Spark and DataBricks, and his own story of going from an academic to a CEO.Ali breaks down the evo…

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How to Amp It Up (Frank Slootman, Chairman & CEO, Snowflake) 34:47

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This episode’s guest is the one and only Frank Slootman. Frank is the chairman and CEO of Snowflake Computing, which he took public in a blockbuster IPO in 2020. Frank is also the author of the new book Amp It Up. Most leadership books written by high-profile CEOs are collections of feel-good abstractions and inspirational quotes. But Amp It Up dig…

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How to Win (Dan Springer, CEO of DocuSign) 30:04

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Dan Springer is a three-time Silicon Valley CEO. He’s currently the CEO of DocuSign, which he took public and subsequently scaled to more than $2 billion in run-rate revenue and $50+ billion in market cap. Any losers out there will want to stop listening now, because this episode is all about how to win: how to win as a CEO, how to win at go-to-mar…