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- "Our mission is to make it easier for everybody to experience the world."
From the dot-com crash to AI, Glenn Fogel has spent nearly three decades helping Booking Holdings evolve through every major technology shift while staying true to that mission.
He also shares with Joubin Mirzadegan why "you're always selling," and how Booking is using AI to amplify what every employee can accomplish.
Guest: Glenn Fogel, CEO of Booking Holdings
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Learn more about Kleiner Perkins - "The answer to every problem is a model."
Parag Agrawal shares the ideas behind Parallel: products that continuously learn, and teams designed around versatile problem solvers.
He also shares why he built an AI agent for himself, and why AI's biggest opportunity is expanding what people can achieve.
Guest: Parag Agrawal, founder and CEO of Parallel, and former CEO of Twitter
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Learn more about Kleiner Perkins - "There's 20 fires going on at every moment in the office and you have enough water to put out four."
Mark Roberge shares what it takes to build and scale a company, from finding product-market fit to knowing when it's time to grow.
He also shares the framework behind his new book, The Science of Selling, and why founders should scale based on their own data, not another company's success.
Guest: Mark Roberge, Founding CRO of HubSpot, HBS Professor, and Co-Founder at Stage 2 Capital
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Learn more about Kleiner Perkins - In 2020, Airwallex lost nearly half its revenue overnight. Today it's worth $11 billion.
Jack Zhang reflects on the decisions that kept the company alive, raising capital during uncertainty, and leading through its toughest chapter.
This episode is a candid look at why Jack chose to keep building, even when a $1.2 billion acquisition was on the table.
Guest: Jack Zhang, founder and CEO, Airwallex
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Learn more about Kleiner Perkins - AI may change software overnight, but company building still takes time.
Ryan Smith explains why, despite the pace of AI, “the race is going to be way longer than anyone thinks.”
He reflects on Qualtrics surviving multiple market cycles and ultimately being acquired by SAP for $8 billion days before going public.
Guest: Ryan Smith, co-founder Qualtrics
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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.
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