145 Episodes

  1. Go unreasonably deep on complex problems and build with naivety — Bowery Farming’s Irving Fain

    Published: 5/26/2021

  2. The story behind Slack’s marketing and the leap from marketer to CEO — Abstract’s Kelly Watkins 

    Published: 5/20/2021

  3. Ask why it won’t work — Rick Song’s lessons from Square and building from 0 to 1

    Published: 5/13/2021

  4. Product Pitfalls From 0 Customers to the Messy Middle and IPO — Eric Berg on Okta, Intel & Fauna

    Published: 5/6/2021

  5. After leading product & growth teams at Instacart, Wealthfront & LinkedIn, Elliot Shmukler is tackling zero to one as founder & CEO of Anomalo

    Published: 4/29/2021

  6. A deep-dive into product-led growth & self-serve strategies — Notion’s & Dropbox’s Kate Taylor

    Published: 4/22/2021

  7. Setting up the people function and training for empathy — Lambda School’s Mark Frein

    Published: 4/15/2021

  8. How Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta Parses Through Mountains of Advice as a First-Time Founder

    Published: 4/8/2021

  9. Building engineering orgs and new products at Segment, Dropbox & Facebook — Tido Carriero

    Published: 4/1/2021

  10. Essentials to engaging employees & developing high-quality managers — Qualtrics’ Russ Laraway

    Published: 3/18/2021

  11. CEO Jeff Lawson Reflects on the Peaks and Valleys of Twilio’s Growth Story

    Published: 3/11/2021

  12. Treat Operational Debt like Tech Debt — Leah Sutton on Elastic’s Distributed Work Playbook

    Published: 3/4/2021

  13. “My product is the company” — Kevin Fishner on how startups can build better systems

    Published: 2/25/2021

  14. Growing a consumer product from scratch to 1 billion users — Google Photos’ David Lieb

    Published: 2/18/2021

  15. An inside look at the system that will outlast Bezos—Bill Carr & Colin Bryar on lessons from Amazon

    Published: 2/9/2021

  16. From exec roles to board seats — Anne Raimondi’s leadership lessons for the startup C-Suite

    Published: 2/4/2021

  17. Plaid & Dropbox’s Jean-Denis Grèze’s playbook for building an engineering culture of ownership

    Published: 1/14/2021

  18. Upstart just went public — CEO Dave Girouard shares why it isn’t a typical success story

    Published: 12/22/2020

  19. Unpacking all the non-consensus moves in Atlassian’s story — Jay Simons

    Published: 12/17/2020

  20. Partnerships lessons from Stripe & Notion — Cristina Cordova on creating win-win deals

    Published: 12/10/2020

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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