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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.

30episodes
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12topics covered
30 episodes
Building The World's First AI Software Engineer | Cognition’s Scott Wu
Jun 28, 2026 · WITH Scott Wu

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...

AI AgentsSoftware Engineering AutomationCognition AIDevin+11 more
Lessons from Working with Nas, Jay-Z, Kobe, LeBron, Steve Jobs & More | Steve Stoute
Jun 21, 2026 · WITH Steve Stoute

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...

Steve StouteUnited MastersMusic IndustryRecord Labels+16 more
Building Pixar, Working With Steve Jobs, and Cultivating Creativity | Ed Catmull
Jun 14, 2026 · WITH Ed Catmull

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...

PixarSteve JobsEd CatmullDisney+17 more
How Spotify Competes With Apple, Google & Amazon — And Wins | Spotify Co-CEO Gustav Söderström
Jun 7, 2026
Ivanka Trump on Building an Authentic Life
May 31, 2026
The Simple Genius of Rick Rubin
May 24, 2026
The Man Behind Grand Theft Auto 6: Strauss Zelnick
May 17, 2026
Dana White: Building the UFC & A Combat Sports Empire
May 10, 2026
Building a $150 Billion Company With Just 400 People | Adam Foroughi of AppLovin
May 3, 2026
Roblox’s David Baszucki Built the Biggest Playground on Earth
Apr 26, 2026
How Arnold Schwarzenegger Won
Apr 19, 2026
Evan Spiegel: Turning Down a Billion Dollars
Apr 12, 2026
The Relentless Missionary Creating AGI: Demis Hassabis
Apr 1, 2026
Tony Xu of DoorDash: Surviving 1,000 Days of Startup Hell
Mar 29, 2026
How Elon Thinks
Mar 24, 2026
Marc Andreessen: The World Is More Malleable Than You Think
Mar 15, 2026
Brian Armstrong: Iron in His Veins
Mar 1, 2026
Jason Fried: Your Only Competition Is Your Costs
Feb 15, 2026
Building Interscope Records & Beats by Dre | Jimmy Iovine
Feb 1, 2026
Tobi Lütke: 21 Years of Building Shopify
Jan 18, 2026
John Mackey: 44 Years of Building Whole Foods
Jan 4, 2026
My Conversation With Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Founder of Colossus & Positive Sum | David Senra
Dec 21, 2025
James Dyson: 5,127 Prototypes
Dec 7, 2025
CAA Co-founder Michael Ovitz: Failure Is Not an Option
Nov 23, 2025
How Rockefeller Worked
Nov 17, 2025
Todd Graves, Raising Cane’s | David Senra
Nov 9, 2025
Brad Jacobs, QXO, XPO, United Rentals & United Waste | David Senra
Oct 26, 2025
Michael Dell, Dell Technologies | David Senra
Oct 12, 2025
Daniel Ek, Spotify | David Senra
Sep 28, 2025
The Inside Story of America's Richest Man: Sam Walton
Jul 11, 2024

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