Founders
Summary
Founders covering Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Corporate Culture, and Leadership. Notable guests include Scott Wu (Founder, Cognition), Steve Stoute (Founder & CEO, Translation), Ed Catmull (Co-founder and former President, Pixar), and Gustav Söderström (Co-CEO, Spotify). Episodes span from Jul 2024 to Jun 2026.
Cognition AI, founded by a team of competitive programmers, aims to build a generational 'hyperscaler' with its AI software engineer, Devin. The company's core strategy is to position AI as an auto...
Steve Stoute details his transition from the music industry to advertising, driven by the insight that the old record label model was unsustainable and advertising's demographic targeting was archa...
Pixar's success is rooted in a unique culture that prioritizes honest feedback and creative problem-solving, exemplified by its 'Brain Trust' and Steve Jobs's demand for dissent on his board. Steve...