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Rocketship.FM brings you the latest and most important stories shaping the world of technology. From groundbreaking innovations to high-stakes corporate battles, we break down the news that matters—giving you the insights you need to stay informed in an ever-evolving tech landscape. Whether it's AI, big tech power plays, or the future of digital policy, we make sense of the headlines so you don’t have to.Rocketship.fm, produced in partnership with Evergreen Podcasts, has been featured in Forbes, Huffington Post, Inc, Entrepreneur, and many more business publications as a top business podcast year after year.
Latest episodes

Jan 5, 2023 • 30min
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time Amazon executives―with lessons and techniques you can apply to your own company, and career, right now. Today we chat with the authors' Bill Carr & Colin Bryar about their time working directly with Jeff Bezos on some of Amazon's biggest product innovations.This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Dec 29, 2022 • 27min
John Madden: The legend of Madden Football's product leader
Today, we’re going to bring you an episode on the incredible product journey of Madden Football - in part, to honor the recent passing of American football legendary coach, broadcaster, and, in a way, product person - today, in this special bonus episode of Rocketship.FM.This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipGigantic: Learn more about Gigantic's Product Leadership course, AI for Marketing course, Product Management course, Executive Leadership course & Web3 for Marketing course at Gigantic.isRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Dec 22, 2022 • 35min
Why TikTok, Instagram & Snapchat can't stop copying each other
TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat are some of the most popular social media platforms today, with millions of users around the world. Despite their different approaches to social media, these platforms have one thing in common: they are constantly copying each other's features. From Instagram's adoption of Tiktoks video format to Tiktoks inclusion of Instagram’s social features, these platforms are always looking to stay ahead of the game by copying their competitors. In this article, we explore the reasons why these platforms can't stop copying each other, and how it ultimately benefits their users.This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Dec 15, 2022 • 34min
Rocketship.fm interviews ChatGPT
Chat GPT is a new language processing technology that's set to revolutionize the way we interact with computers and machines. It's the latest development in the field of artificial intelligence, and it's got a lot of people talking. It’s a product of OpenAI and was opened up in a public beta on November 30th – and it’s already surpassed 1 million users. Today we interview ChatGPT itself in what is a first for us here on Rocketship.fm - our first interview with an AI. This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Dec 8, 2022 • 37min
Ticketing Terror
Ticketing. Where just these past couple of weeks, we’ve heard about major stories like the Taylor Swift on-sale fiasco and major issues at the at the biggest sporting event in the world.This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Dec 1, 2022 • 26min
The real history behind Black Friday and the ever-expanding universe of Cyber days.
We’re going to explore the history of black friday and try to figure out why Cyber Week is quickly turning into Cyber Month. This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Nov 24, 2022 • 28min
Who is Ramnik Arora? The fixer behind Sam Bankman-Fried’s & FTX’s $2 billion raised
Sam Bankman-Fried met with 100-some investment firms successfully raising $2 billion in venture capital funding, but he didn’t do it alone. Today we explore the continuing saga of the FTX collapse and learn more about Ramnik Arora, the fixer behind the scenes. This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Nov 17, 2022 • 38min
The Wide World of Fantasy Sports
Fantasy sports has become a big business, and today, we're diving into the industry's origins, its implications on big tech, and the criticism it's faced as a potential form of gambling. To get the full scoop, we also hear from Eric Balkman, who runs the Fantasy Football Players Championship, and Matt Kalish, who co-founded DraftKings.This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Nov 10, 2022 • 44min
Never ending tech layoffs, winners and losers of the week & CNBC's Senior Media & Tech Reporter Julia Boorstin on When Women Lead
The tech layoffs continue as Stripe slashed 1,000 jobs, or 14% of its workforce, and Lyft and Affirm joined the fray. Twitter recently made big cuts as Elon Musk cut the Twitter workforce in half, and now Meta is getting ready to announce significant cuts later this week. Leaders dramatically overestimated tech’s pandemic-fueled boom. Or, they thought they had more to do with the boom than they actually did. Even as Covid-19 shut down much of the economy, the digital realm continued to thrive as everyone was stuck at home using their devices. This meant more time absorbing ads and buying things online. But as we know, that trend didn’t last as the physical world has opened up for people in the last year or so.We'll discuss the Binance & FTX fire sale in what might be the savviest business move of the year by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. Elizabeth Holmes heads to sentencing and possibly jail time for her role in defrauding investors at Theranos, and Tiger Global Management loses 54% on the year.Finally, we'll talk with Julia Boorstin, the CNBC Senior Media & Tech Reporter, on her new book "When Women Lead," who’s here to tell us stories of women who’ve defied the odds and transformed business and the data revealing how they did it.Links:Buy When Women Lead by Julia Boorstin on Amazon.This podcast is brought to you by:Accelevents: Sign up for a free trial of Accelevents today.Zapier: Try Zapier for free today at zapier.com/RocketshipShopify: Start selling on Shopify today. Go to Shopify.com/Rocketship now.Felix Gray: To get the best blue light glasses on the market, go to Felixgrayglasses.com/RocketshipProdux Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Drata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipRocketship is brought to you by The Podglomerate.***Previous Guests include Seth Goden, Christian Idioti, Ash Maurya, Dan Shapiro of Glowforge, Lolita Taub, Amy Hood of Hoodzpah, Amanda Goetz, Helen Tran, Ben Parr, Mac Conwell, Charli Marie Prangley of ConvertKit, Kandis O'Brian, Laura Roeder, Brenna Loury of Doist, Lopa van der Mersch of Rasa, Ken Norton, Randy Silver, Sanjiv Kalevar of OpenView Venture Partners, Dan Olsen, Jay Clouse, Melissa Perri, Dheerja Kaur of Robinhood, Rahul Vohra of Superhuman, Rich Mironov, Ben Foster, Ron Weiner of Earth Class Mail.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

Nov 3, 2022 • 39min
AI's rapid advancements, AI Steve Jobs & an interview with David Cancel
Artificial Intelligence is moving incredibly fast and is going to touch every part of the product world sooner or later. Today we'll look into some of these ways, including how AI is trained to create art, how AI is able to create music without human help, and a future where AI can create believable recreations of peoples' voices. Then we hear from David Cancel, who Mike talked to at Industry, about customers' changing expectations, what product people should aim to learn from spending time with customers, and how to do more with fewer resources as product managers.