Hi, it's Bob Safian. You've been hearing me as the host of rapid response in this feed for a few years now,

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.

We'll be putting out shows twice a week, focusing on the urgent issues that business leaders are dealing with in real time.

So search for rapid response in your podcast player and subscribe to make sure you get all our episodes.

I'll see you on the other side.

Previously, on Masters of Scale.

I'm about to change roles.

For this two-part episode, all answer the questions,

and my good friend June Cohen will ask them.

What did you learn about human motivation

playing Dungeons and Dragons?

I did learn that people wanted to be the hero of their own story,

that that was a fundamental kind of human drive across almost everybody.

Reed felt ready to launch his first startup, Social Net.

The theory of human nature

is that we're social animals.

What gives people the most fabric and meaning

and joy and kind of presence in life is other people.

When Social Net Folded, Reed already had the idea that would become LinkedIn.

Reed took his fledgling idea to Peter Teal.

He was like, no, you shouldn't start another company.

Yeah.

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