The Logan Bartlett Show
by Redpoint Ventures
Startups grow faster and avoid costly mistakes when they learn from those who came before them. In each episode, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.
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11 snips
Oct 20, 2023 • 1h 7min
EP 84: Dev Ittycheria’s (CEO, MongoDB) Leadership Lessons From Scaling MongoDB to $25B
The podcast discusses Dev Ittycheria's experiences as the CEO of MongoDB, including implementing change and addressing performance challenges, rebuilding a company, monetizing open source, and the importance of self-awareness and building a strong company culture. It also covers topics such as recruiting the best team, finding passion for sales, dealing with adversity, competing with Opsware, and the impact of AI on the industry.
105 snips
Oct 13, 2023 • 1h 54min
EP 83: Silicon Valley Legend Claire Hughes Johnson (Advisor, Stripe) Unveils Her Best Operating Advice
Silicon Valley Legend Claire Hughes Johnson shares her best operating advice on topics including attracting and convincing talent, understanding the player vs victim mindset, the power of diversity and inclusion, management vs leadership, the nature of adaptive leadership and the role of disappointment, change management analogy, and the special qualities and intelligence of two remarkable individuals.
18 snips
Oct 6, 2023 • 1h 49min
EP 82: Dario Amodei’s (CEO, Anthropic) AI Predictions Through 2030
In this podcast, Dario Amodei discusses various aspects of AI, including its future, safety concerns, and responsible scaling. They also touch on topics such as the memification of a CEO, AI bias, and the misuse of AI. The speakers express optimism about the potential of AI in fields like finance and medicine, while emphasizing the importance of interpretability in AI models.
33 snips
Sep 29, 2023 • 1h 50min
EP 81: Matthew Prince (CEO, Cloudflare): Untold Stories Behind the $20B Business That Runs the Internet
The podcast discusses the early days of the internet, Cloudflare's mission to improve security and privacy, the importance of diverse founding teams, Lee Holloway's struggle with early onset dementia, hiring and company culture, the role of storytelling in leadership, fascination with fireworks and explosions, and the relationship between Google's IPO and search engines.
82 snips
Sep 22, 2023 • 1h 33min
EP 80: Jack Altman (CEO, Lattice) on Founding Lattice ($3B), Motivating Employees and Growing up with Sam
Jack Altman, Founding Lattice ($3B), talks about creating company culture, advantages of startups over big companies, hiring and firing strategies, building relationships with VCs, thoughts on AI, and leadership. They also discuss the annoyance of having the last name Altman, growing up in St. Louis, and the challenges and rewards of podcasting.
23 snips
Sep 15, 2023 • 1h 42min
EP 79: Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann (Co-authors, Founder VS Investor) debate startup experiences
Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann, Co-authors, Founder VS Investor, discuss topics such as managing board meetings, the importance of investing in founders, navigating investor relationships, CEO transitions, investor experiences with unfulfilled promises, investment criteria and the role of capital in scaling, and the impact of raising money on a business.
Sep 8, 2023 • 2h 20min
EP 78: Vlad Magdalin (Co-Founder and CEO, Webflow): Finding Gratitude Amidst Business Chaos
Vlad Magdalin, Co-Founder and CEO of Webflow, discusses essentialism, leadership vs. managerial ability, the Freedman Doctrine, fairness in compensation and remote work policies, early iterations of Webflow, lessons from failed entrepreneurship attempts, dealing with an IP lawsuit and obtaining a trademark, starting their own company, building a valuable and supported product, constraints and growth, immigrating to Sacramento and embracing entrepreneurship, interview questions, and gratitude journals.
8 snips
Sep 1, 2023 • 1h 45min
EP 77: Ryan Smith (Utah Jazz Owner, Qualtrics Co-Founder): HS Dropout Turned Tech Founder Bought His Hometown NBA Team
Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Jazz and co-founder of Qualtrics, discusses buying the Jazz, applying tech lessons to basketball, getting rid of the RSN deal, starting a non-profit, views on productivity, becoming a CEO, dropping out of high school, Qualtrics journey, and creating the experience management category.
15 snips
Aug 25, 2023 • 1h 31min
EP 76: John McMahon (5x CRO and Enterprise Sales Expert) on The Startup Sales Playbook Every Founder Needs
John McMahon, 5x CRO and Enterprise Sales Expert, talks about building an efficient sales org, the difference between a champion and a coach, best interview questions when hiring, the hardest part of transitioning to sales management, and the most common misconception about sales.
14 snips
Aug 18, 2023 • 1h 34min
Palmer Luckey (Founder, Oculus and Anduril): How He Got Fired For Making a $9,000 Donation in Support of Trump
Palmer Luckey discusses being misrepresented by the media, his controversial donation to a pro-Trump group, founding Oculus and Anduril, and the ethical use of technology in war.
