Discover how the co-founders of Sweetgreen scaled the business — in alignment with its core values — to a public company valued at $2.5 billion.

Maëlle Gavet shares lessons drawn from her vast experience, including the transformation of Russia’s Ozon, leadership roles at Priceline and Compass, and the advice she gives founders as the CEO of Techstars.

Co-founder of Whole Foods Market, John Mackey shares how tapping into passion can align an entrepreneur with larger waves of change.

A range of scale leaders share their strategies for weathering the chorus of no’s.

Scott Farquhar shares insights about work flexibility, productivity, and the unexpected power of sporadic, but intentional gatherings.

In this special episode guest-hosted by master hype-ologist will.i.am, Austin Rusell offers a masterclass in understatement, and shares how to keep the hype from drowning out your product.

As we settle into 2024, the Masters of Scale team reflect on their favorite moments from the past year.

Reshma Saujani reveals how she’s built inclusive networks of collaborators to tackle intractable problems from unexpected angles and unlock massive opportunities.

Simplicity is notoriously difficult, but it’s key to iterating successfully – and staying relevant. Today’s episode shares lessons from the timeless clothing brand, and its namesake creator, Eileen Fisher.

In part 2 of this episode with veteran founders and investors Mitch Kapor & Dr. Freada Kapor Klein, we get into the data of building human-centered cultures. In part one, we heard how Mitch and Freada went all-in on investing their values, committing 100% of new investments in “gap-closing” companies that aim to improve society, even as they aim for scale and liquidity as well. Now, Mitch and Freada can share how that’s played out in practice, with both positive examples … and some negative ones as well. (Yes, they were early investors in Uber!)

How do you balance saving capital versus taking advantage of current opportunities? How do investors and founders evaluate risk differently? And how do you embrace disruptive new technology without sending the message that you’re replacing humans with robots? Reid Hoffman and Bob Safian answer these questions and more, all posed in a special live Strategy Session by entrepreneurs across many industries and stages of scale. Plus Reid shares how playing games can revolutionize the way you strategize as a leader.

The carbon-capture industry notched a breakthrough in early 2023, when Climeworks became the first company to be third-party certified for taking carbon out of the air and mineralizing it underground. Climeworks co-founder and co-CEO Christoph Gebald is now racing to scale this new potential, from Iceland to Oman to the United States, by convincing investors, corporate partners, and governments to support a new pillar in the quest for net-zero goals. Christoph points to both serendipity and learning from mistakes as key in helping Climeworks navigate the steep path required in addressing climate-crisis.