
Masters of Scale
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman's interviews with founders and CEOs about scaling companies from zero to giant.
Why we picked this
We picked Masters of Scale for the rigor of its storytelling. Host Reid Hoffman presses founders and executives not on what they built but on how they built it—the specific decisions, counter-moves, and inflection points that turned an idea into a working business. The show trades motivational platitudes for operational details: how a founder identified a customer base by posing as a reporter, or why a de-extinction startup spun out computational biology platforms before earning a dollar in revenue. The result is a feed where each conversation functions as a case study in organizational momentum.
Recent episodes

Always be the challenger
Aug 6, 202628 min

The new rules of brand building, with Wieden+Kennedy CEO
Aug 4, 202630 min

How to beef up your business, with ButcherBox CEO Mike Salguero
Jul 30, 202635 min

Serena Williams on winning in business
Jul 28, 202625 min

Possible: Satya Nadella on making human and token capital compound
Jul 25, 20261h

Author Jim Collins on unlocking your potential
Jul 23, 202632 min

Delta's Ed Bastian on spiking fuel, summer travel, and a blunt reality check on AI
Jul 21, 202628 min

Build better relationships at work
Jul 16, 202633 min

The quiet reinvention of a $42b business, with Canva’s Cameron Adams
Jul 14, 202623 min

Pioneers of AI: John Deere's AI vision for future farms
Jul 11, 202636 min

Chef Marcus Samuelsson on the ingredients for success
Jul 9, 202635 min

Relevance is a sport: Gap’s Richard Dickson on swinging, missing, and winning
Jul 7, 202626 min
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