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Award-winning business advice from Silicon Valley and beyond. Iconic CEOs, from Nike to Netflix, Starbucks to Slack, share the strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands — and to weather crisis when it strikes.
On each episode of our classic format, founding host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, Greylock partner and legendary Silicon Valley investor — and a stellar lineup of guest hosts prove unconventional theories about how businesses scale. Guests share their stories of entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, management, fundraising. You’ll hear the human journey, too — failures, setbacks, learnings.
From our Rapid Response format, you can expect real-time wisdom from business leaders in fast-changing situations. Hosted by Bob Safian, past editor-in-chief of Fast Company, these episodes tackle crisis response, rebuilding, diversity & inclusion, leadership change and much more.
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The streaming wars have reached a new inflection, as Netflix and Disney+ jostle for position, and in the process disrupt post-strike Hollywood. Paramount+ invested heavily in blockbuster veteran Alex Kurtzman to turn Star Trek into a distinguishing franchise. Now Kurtzman talks with Rapid Response host Bob Safian about the future of streaming, the end of TV’s golden age, and how courting Trekkies offers lessons for all customer engagement. Plus, Kurtzman shares behind the scenes stories of Star Trek’s past, present and future. Read a transcript of this episode: https://mastersofscale.com Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Previous episodes
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472 - How Star Trek prospers against Netflix and Disney+, w/Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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471 - How AI adds to human potential: (LIVE) with Scale AI’s Alex Wang and Intel’s Lama Nachman Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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470 - How optimism fuels the economy, w/U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark Thu, 11 Apr 2024
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469 - 144. The healthy, conscious capitalist, w/Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey Tue, 09 Apr 2024
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468 - 2024 is the most significant time in human history, w/PBS host & futurist Ari Wallach Thu, 04 Apr 2024
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467 - 143. Be an evangelist for authenticity, with tech veteran Guy Kawasaki Tue, 02 Apr 2024
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466 - Bracing for a possible TikTok ban, w/fitness entrepreneur Cassey Ho Thu, 28 Mar 2024
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465 - 142. How to score $200M: Angel City’s playbook for women’s soccer Tue, 26 Mar 2024
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464 - Riding the Ozempic wave, w/RO's CEO Zach Reitano Thu, 21 Mar 2024
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463 - 141. Leading across great divides: Ian Bassin, Protect Democracy Executive Director Tue, 19 Mar 2024
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462 - Who really won The Oscars, w/The Black List's Franklin Leonard Tue, 12 Mar 2024
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461 - Landing on the moon, with Steve Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines Thu, 07 Mar 2024
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460 - Reid Hoffman & Jeff Berman on why the future needs re-founders Tue, 05 Mar 2024
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459 - Reid Hoffman on OpenAI’s $7 trillion plan, Apple’s Vision Pro, and AI traps Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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458 - Battling cyber attacks and deepfakes with AI, w/Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson Thu, 22 Feb 2024
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457 - Reid Hoffman opens up, w/On Being's Krista Tippett Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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456 - Super Bowl ads: Lessons from Beyoncé, J. Lo and Taylor Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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455 - 5 leadership lessons from gaming with Reid Hoffman Tue, 06 Feb 2024
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454 - Learn from every "no" Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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453 - Inside Reid Hoffman’s meeting with President Biden Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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452 - What’s wrong with the remote vs. in-office debate? w/Atlassian co-CEO Scott Farquhar Thu, 18 Jan 2024
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451 - 140. Start with a story, cook up success, w/Chef Marcus Samuelsson Tue, 16 Jan 2024
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450 - 139. will.i.am & Austin Russell: Mute the hype, amplify the product Tue, 09 Jan 2024
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449 - Highlights to inspire your 2024 Tue, 02 Jan 2024
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448 - 28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington Tue, 26 Dec 2023
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447 - 5 memorable lessons from 2023 Tue, 19 Dec 2023
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446 - Inside Intel’s AI ambitions, w/CEO Pat Gelsinger Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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445 - 138. Find co-creators everywhere, w/Exploding Kittens' Elan Lee Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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444 - 137. Pixar’s Ed Catmull: Throw out your rules Tue, 05 Dec 2023
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443 - Navigating a leadership crisis, w/Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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442 - Remix: Scott Harrison & charity: water, 5 years later Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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441 - 42. Bumble’s Whitney Wolfe Herd: Small changes with big impact Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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440 - GaryVee wants your attention, w/VaynerMedia’s Gary Vaynerchuk Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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439 - 136. Tap into collective genius, w/Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code & Moms First Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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438 - Your pandemic business takeaways are wrong, with co-authors Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean Thu, 09 Nov 2023
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437 - Reid Hoffman confronts the AI critics, w/WaitWhat CEO Jeff Berman Tue, 07 Nov 2023
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436 - AI + You | 5 ways to ethically build — and use — AI Tue, 31 Oct 2023
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435 - Gaza in crisis, w/Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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434 - Supporting Palestinian builders versus destroyers, w/Kind’s Daniel Lubetzky Mon, 23 Oct 2023
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433 - On the ground in Israel, w/Hello Heart's Maayan Cohen Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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432 - AI + You | 4 ways to scale your personal growth Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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431 - Under Armour’s pivot to growth, w/CEO Stephanie Linnartz Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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430 - AI + You | 5 steps for impactful experimentation Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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429 - How to revive collaboration at work, with WPP’s Mark Read Thu, 05 Oct 2023
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428 - Confronting Elon Musk, w/ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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427 - Mustafa Suleyman: Empathy in AI Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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426 - 4 strategies for tackling the toughest challenges Tue, 19 Sep 2023
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425 - Stacey Abrams: How to harness risk Tue, 12 Sep 2023
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424 - 135. Eileen Fisher: Keep it simple to make it timeless Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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423 - 134. Brian Grazer: Scale your curiosity Tue, 29 Aug 2023