In Depth

A podcast by First Round

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124 Episodes

  1. An org-design masterclass from a Square GM | Saumil Mehta

    Published: 8/31/2023
  2. How to supercharge your engineering org | Kellan Elliott-McCrea (Adobe, Dropbox)

    Published: 8/17/2023
  3. The zero to one B2B marketing playbook | Alex Kracov (Lattice, Dock)

    Published: 8/10/2023
  4. Lessons from Loom on product strategy, organizational leadership, and cross-functional performance | Anique Drumright (COO at Loom)

    Published: 8/3/2023
  5. Lessons from Slack on decision making, product-led growth, and taking big swings — Noah Desai Weiss

    Published: 7/13/2023
  6. Lessons in leadership | Scaling an org, developing yourself, and tactical management advice | Jack Altman (Lattice)

    Published: 7/6/2023
  7. Lessons from Stripe on adding new products - Assessing ideas, structuring teams, and tactics for product reviews | Tara Seshan (Watershed, Stripe)

    Published: 6/22/2023
  8. How to design a high-impact growth org for a PLG startup — Webflow & Dropbox’s Melissa Tan

    Published: 6/8/2023
  9. Why is the transition from IC Engineer to Manager so tricky (and how to get it right)? — Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma

    Published: 5/25/2023
  10. How to pull off the ‘zoom-in pivot,’ and other lessons in early-stage building with Luminai’s Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran

    Published: 5/18/2023
  11. The go-to-market guide for open-source companies — Douglas Hanna, COO Grafana Labs

    Published: 5/11/2023
  12. What this 3-time founding team did differently to find product-market fit faster — Jessica McKellar, CTO of Pilot

    Published: 5/4/2023
  13. How to measure product-market fit with the REV model — Artem Kroupenev

    Published: 4/27/2023
  14. The early user research playbook for founders — Jeanette Mellinger’s expert advice for validating your idea with high-quality interviews

    Published: 4/20/2023
  15. Claire Hughes Johnson on being a “learning organism” during Stripe’s growth, and more scaling advice for leaders

    Published: 4/13/2023
  16. Notion’s Head of Marketing on building a growth marketing engine at a PLG company — Rachel Hepworth

    Published: 4/6/2023
  17. What makes someone a truly remarkable talent evaluator — Nadia Singer, Figma’s Chief People Officer

    Published: 3/30/2023
  18. How Vanta’s founder bet big on startup security and found product-market fit — Christina Cacioppo

    Published: 3/23/2023
  19. Lessons from Notion on building a thriving decentralized community — Ben Lang

    Published: 3/16/2023
  20. From a narrow ICP to a wide-open market – Lessons from Webflow’s Bryant Chou on using customer empathy to get product-market fit

    Published: 3/9/2023

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Welcome to In Depth, a new podcast from First Round Review that’s dedicated to surfacing the tactical advice founders and startup leaders need to grow their teams, their companies and themselves. Hosted by Brett Berson, a partner at First Round, In Depth will cover a lot of ground and a wide range of topics, from hiring executives and becoming a better manager, to the importance of storytelling inside of your organization. But every interview will hit the level of tactical depth where the very best advice is found. We hope you’ll join us. Subscribe to “In Depth” now and learn more at firstround.com