Grit
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 Joubi...
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- Karri Saarinen1 ep
- Kevin Mandia1 ep
- Emil Michael1 ep
Also: Bret Taylor, Marcin Kleczynski, Ping Wu, Jeremy Allaire, Arvind Jain, David Rubenstein, Yamini Rangan, Ben Chestnut, Winston Weinberg, Garrett Lord, Aidan Gomez, Michelle Zatlyn, Evan Spiegel, James Cadwallader, Peter Zaffino, Aman Narang, Trae Stephens
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- 🇭🇰HK · Business#19716K to 196K
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16K to 196K🎙 Weekly cadence·293 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
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32K to 392K🇺🇸71%🇭🇰29% - Active Followers
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 |  The 20-Year Bet to Make Fusion Energy Work | Jeff Lawson | “Don’t go public without understanding your go-to-market.”Jeff Lawson reflects on Twilio’s go-to-market mistakes, including how the company generated hundreds of millions in revenue with just 7 sales reps.He also shares how AI is changing the economics of software and why he’s betting on fusion energy instead of entering the AI startup race.Guest: Jeff Lawson, co-founder and former CEO of Twilio, and co-founder and CEO of InertiaConnect with Jeff Lawson:XLinkedInConnect with Joubin:XLinkedInEmail: [email protected] Grit on: LinkedInXLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 07m 10s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 |  How Vercel Is Rethinking Go-to-Market With AI | COO Jeanne Grosser | At Vercel, 91% of support volume is already resolved by an agent.After spending a decade at Google and another at Stripe, Jeanne Grosser shares how AI is changing the way Vercel goes to market.She also talks about the founder relationship as a “professional marriage,” what she looks for in a company she can stay at for a decade, and why she believes every pixel on the internet could eventually be built on Vercel.Guest: Jeanne Grosser, COO of VercelConnect with Jeanne Grosser: XLinkedInConnect with Joubin: XLinkedInEmail: [email protected] Grit on: LinkedInXLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 03m 47s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 |  Inside the AI Startup Making Customer Support 65% Cheaper | How do you keep up when you go from 50 to 500 employees in a year?Jesse Zhang shares how Decagon scaled that quickly, from hiring ahead of demand to keeping the company connected as the team grows.He also explains why the zero-to-one phase is so different from scaling, and how Decagon found its way out of the idea maze in just three weeks.Guest: Jesse Zhang, Co-founder and CEO, DecagonConnect with Jesse ZhangXLinkedIn Connect with Joubin:XLinkedInEmail: [email protected] Grit on LinkedInXLearn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 06m 10s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | AItechnology+3 | Anastasios Angelopoulos | ArenaKleiner Perkins | — | AIelectricity+3 | — | 1h 00m 24s | ||
| 8/24/26 | entrepreneurshipspace technology+3 | Baiju Bhatt | RobinhoodCowboy Space Corporation+1 | — | Baiju BhattRobinhood+5 | — | 1h 12m 54s | ||
| 8/10/26 | AItravel+3 | Glenn Fogel | Booking HoldingsKleiner Perkins | — | AIBooking.com+5 | — | 50m 50s | ||
| 7/27/26 | AItechnology+3 | Parag Agrawal | ParallelTwitter+1 | — | AIParag Agrawal+5 | — | 1h 01m 27s | ||
| 7/13/26 | sales frameworkfounder advice+3 | Mark Roberge | HubSpotStage 2 Capital | — | salesfounders+4 | — | 1h 22m 39s | ||
| 6/29/26 | fintechbusiness growth+3 | Jack Zhang | AirwallexKleiner Perkins+1 | — | AirwallexJack Zhang+5 | — | 1h 11m 52s | ||
| 6/15/26 | AIcompany building+3 | Ryan Smith | QualtricsSAP+1 | — | AIQualtrics+5 | — | 1h 12m 40s | ||
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| 6/1/26 | software developmentrestaurant management+3 | Aman Narang | ToastKleiner Perkins | — | softwarerestaurants+6 | — | 1h 17m 04s | ||
| 5/18/26 | founder qualitystartups+3 | Trae Stephens | AndurilFounders Fund+2 | — | foundersstartups+4 | — | 56m 17s | ||
| 5/4/26 | insuranceAI+3 | Peter Zaffino | AIGKleiner Perkins | — | AIGinsurance+5 | — | 56m 16s | ||
| 4/20/26 | product designsoftware development+3 | Karri Saarinen | AirbnbCoinbase+1 | — | LinearKarri Saarinen+5 | — | 1h 17m 18s | ||
| 4/6/26 | cybersecurityAI in security+3 | Kevin Mandia | ArmadinKleiner Perkins | — | cybersecurityAI+5 | — | 1h 02m 29s | ||
| 3/23/26 | defense technologySilicon Valley+4 | Emil Michael | UberPentagon+1 | — | Emil MichaelPentagon+5 | — | 40m 43s | ||
| 3/9/26 | AIcustomer experience+3 | Bret Taylor | SierraGoogle+2 | — | AI agentscustomer experience+5 | — | 1h 12m 38s | ||
| 2/23/26 | cybersecurityAI threats+3 | Marcin Kleczynski | MalwarebytesKleiner Perkins | — | cybercrimeAI+3 | — | 1h 03m 09s | ||
| 2/9/26 | customer supportautomation+5 | Ping Wu | CrestaUnited Airlines+2 | — | customer supportautomation+5 | — | 43m 24s | ||
| 1/26/26 | digital currencyfinance+5 | Jeremy Allaire | CircleKleiner Perkins | — | USDCdigital currency+5 | — | 1h 05m 32s | ||
| 1/12/26 | AIbusiness growth+3 | Arvind Jain | Glean | — | AIGlean+3 | — | 58m 37s | ||
| 12/29/25 | AIBusiness+4 | David RubensteinYamini Rangan+6 | CarlyleHubSpot+7 | — | AIbusiness+5 | — | 41m 01s | ||
| 12/22/25 | AIbrand visibility+3 | James Cadwallader | ProfoundEight Sleep+1 | — | AIbrand narrative+3 | — | 50m 25s | ||
| 12/15/25 |  How Snap Plans to Win the AR Race | Evan Spiegel on Spectacles | 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.Guest: Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. and Bing Gordon, Advisor at Kleiner PerkinsConnect with Evan SpiegelX:https://x.com/evanspiegel?lang=enLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-spiegel/Connect with Bing GordonX: https://x.com/bingfish LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binggordon/Connect with JoubinX: https://x.com/JoubinmirLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854/Email: [email protected]Learn more about Kleiner Perkins:https://www.kleinerperkins.com/ | 1h 11m 03s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 |  The Pull to Build: Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit and Starting Roadrunner | 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 on years of conversations he’s had with enterprise revenue leaders.Stepping into the host role, Mamoon Hamid joins Joubin to talk about his transition from sales leader to founder, how Roadrunner came together, and why it became our first incubation since Glean.Roadrunner is hiring! Check them out: https://www.roadrunner.ai/Guest: Joubin Mirzadegan, Partner, Kleiner PerkinsConnect with MamoonXLinkedInConnect with JoubinXLinkedInEmail: [email protected]Learn more about Kleiner Perkins | 1h 14m 05s | ||||||
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