Masters of Scale
By WaitWhat
On Masters of Scale, iconic business leaders share lessons and strategies that have helped them grow the world's most fascinating companies. Founders, CEOs, and dynamic innovators join candid conversations about their triumphs and challenges with a set of luminary hosts, including founding host Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner). From navigating early prototypes to expanding brands globally, Masters of Scale provides priceless insights to help anyone grow their dream enterprise.
Episodes (5)
Masters of Scale
The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin
The race to superintelligent AI isn't just a technological sprint—it's a self-destructive feedback loop driven by perverse incentives that prioritize speed over safety, human well-being, and collective survival. Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane
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Rapid Response: The Guardian’s secret weapon against media’s collapse, with CEO Anna Bateson
The Guardian’s rise from a struggling UK newspaper to the world’s fifth most-trafficked news site isn’t due to a single strategy—but to a rare alignment of structural advantage, emotional authenticity, and operational agility. CEO Anna Bateson reveals that the
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World Cup kickoff: Goals, greed, and geopolitics, with ESPN’s Sam Borden
The World Cup is not just a sporting event—it's a rare global moment where millions from vastly different lives converge on a shared dream: a goal, a win, a chance to believe. In this candid conversation, ESPN’s Sam Borden, a veteran of FIFA’s corruption expos
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The future of EVs, with Rivian’s RJ Scaringe
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe reveals how he built a car company that’s both a hardware powerhouse and a software innovator—by embracing chaos, decentralizing decisions, and designing systems that scale. At the heart of Rivian’s success is a radical approach to coord
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The U.S. at 250: The case for reckoning and rebuild, with Ian Bremmer
The United States stands at a pivotal crossroads as it approaches its 250th anniversary, not as a triumphant nation but as a system in need of radical reinvention. Ian Bremmer, political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, argues that America’s current c
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