Lessons that matter most: What we’ve learned from 100 episodes of Masters of Scale

Masters of Scale

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Reid Hoffman, Mindset, Diversity & Inclusion, Jeff Berman, Bob Safian, Startups

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What’s harder about entrepreneurship than most people realize? How do you overcome your own doubts? Can you really trust your team? In this special episode, Reid Hoffman and Masters of Scale executive producer June Cohen gather five of their favorite guests – Brian Chesky, Tyra Banks, Angela Ahrendts, Sallie Krawcheck, and Franklin Leonard — for a raw, honest, open dialogue filled with nonstop insights on those questions and many more. Sharing personal confessions and in-the-trenches stories, Reid’s guests provide unforgettable lessons from their leadership journeys. In commemoration of Reid’s 100th episode.

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,
0:07.8	with short newsy interviews alongside the deeper dives of Masters of Scale. Well, I'm excited to share that rapid response is expanding into its own feed.
0:17.0	We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.
0:24.7	So search for rapid response in your podcast player and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.
0:31.2	I'll see you on the other side. I just have this kind of simple model of
0:37.0	entrepreneurship. All a business is is that you have to just make something that people love enough to tell other people about it.
0:48.6	That's Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. To scale a business you have to make something that people love
0:56.1	enough to tell other people about it. That is one of the jewels shared in today's
1:01.1	hundredth episode of Masters of Scale, where you'll
1:05.0	hear a roundtable discussion with five of our all-time favorite guests,
1:09.0	including Brian. But we're not just looking back.
1:15.0	We're looking forward.
1:20.0	Each of our guests today share what they've learned,
1:22.0	what they'd say differently, and what has changed in their
1:24.5	scale journey. We'll hear from Tyra Banks. Because if they don't think it's cool, Big Papa
1:31.5	is not going to be calling.
1:33.0	They're only calling now because we're new.
1:36.0	Sally Krotchek.
1:39.0	I'll be a little sparky and a little controversial.
1:42.0	Franklin Leonard.
1:44.0	That which is great that moves an audience emotionally
1:48.0	is the thing that they will talk to a friend about.
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