Grit
Kleiner Perkins
Grit explores what it takes to create, build, and scale world-class organizations. It features weekly episodes highlighting the leaders who are pushing their companies to make a difference. This series is hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, go to market operating partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm investing in history-making founders.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Grit podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Punished by Rewards
Alfie Kohn
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Bullshit Jobs
A Theory
David Graeber
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Natalie Montoto
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Pleased, But Not Satisfied
David L. Sokol
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Modernist cuisine
The Art and Science of Cooking
Nathan Myhrvold
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Dare to lead
Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.
Brené Brown
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Amp It Up
Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity
Frank Slootman
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Crucibles of Leadership
How to Learn from Experience to Become a Great Leader
Robert J. Thomas
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Make It Snow
None
Chris Degnan
Denise Persson
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The outsider
Colin Wilson
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Life, on the line
Grant Achatz
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Guerrilla Marketing
Jay Conrad Levinson
