Grit

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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Every guest on Grit

274 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Mark Cuban

   #190 Co-Founder Cost Plus Drugs, Mark Cuban: Mavs to Meds · May 2024

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   Winston Weinberg

   #231 CEO & Co-Founder Harvey, Winston Weinberg w/ Ilya Fushman: Worthy Sacrifices · Feb 2025

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   Cristiano Amon

   #102 CEO Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon: We’re In a Hurry to Get to the Future · Sep 2022

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   Al Gore

   #130 Former Vice President Al Gore: Relentless · Mar 2023

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   Matt Murphy

   How Matt Murphy Made Marvell Essential to AI and Cloud · May 2025

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   Angela Duckworth

   #172 Professor at UPenn & Author, Angela Duckworth: Grit · Jan 2024

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   Chris Urmson

   Inside Aurora’s Push to Make Autonomous Trucking Real | Chris Urmson · May 2025

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   Marissa Mayer

   #194 CEO & Founder Sunshine, Marissa Mayer: Innovative Instincts · Jun 2024

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   Arianna Huffington

   #87 Founder & CEO Thrive, Arianna Huffington: Life Is About More Than Money and Power · May 2022

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    Ivan Zhao

    How Notion Reimagined Productivity Tools | Ivan Zhao · Aug 2025

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    Matt Mullenweg

    How WordPress Became a Web Giant | Automattic Founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg · Sep 2025

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    RJ Scaringe

    #206 CEO & Founder Rivian, RJ Scaringe: Electrified · Sep 2024

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    Rania Succar

    #127 CEO Intuit Mailchimp, Rania Succar: Consistent Inner Equilibrium · Feb 2023

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    Sal Khan

    #216 Founder Khan Academy, Sal Khan: Dangerously Curious · Nov 2024

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    Shishir Mehrotra

    Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love · Aug 2025

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    Thomas Dohmke

    #123 CEO GitHub, Thomas Dohmke: Open-Source Values · Jan 2023

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    Joe Thomas

    #213 CEO & Co-Founder Loom Joe Thomas w/ Ilya Fushman: After the Exit · 2 episodes

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    Aaron Levie

    #150 CEO Box, Aaron Levie w/ Mamoon Hamid: Open For Business · Aug 2023

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    Aidan Gomez

    Synthetic Data and the Future of AI | Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez · Nov 2025

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    Alex Smith

    #132 Former 49ers Quarterback Alex Smith and Former Warriors Guard Shaun Livingston: Hard Steps · Apr 2023

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    Ali Ghodsi

    #109 Co-founder & CEO, Databricks Ali Ghodsi: The Difference Between Truth and Data · Oct 2022

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    Aman Narang

    What It Takes to Build Software for 171,000+ Restaurants | Aman Narang · Jun 2026

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    Amit Bendov

    #119 Co-founder & CEO Gong, Amit Bendov: No Royalty · Jan 2023

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    Anastasios Angelopoulos

    The AI Race Has a Leaderboard | Arena CEO Anastasios Angelopoulos · Sep 2026

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    Andrew Bialecki

    #199 CEO & Co-Founder Klaviyo, Andrew Bialecki: High Slope · Jul 2024

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    Ariel Cohen

    #141 CEO Navan, Ariel Cohen: Be Naive! · Jun 2023

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    Arvind Jain

    Why We’re Only Using 1% of AI | Glean CEO Arvind Jain · 2 episodes

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    Baiju Bhatt

    Data Centers in Orbit by 2028: Baiju Bhatt on His Plans After Robinhood · Aug 2026

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    Ben Chestnut

    Bootstrapped to $12B: Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on Life After the Exit · Mar 2025

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    Bing Gordon
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    Blake Scholl

    Meet the Man Who’s Making Supersonic Flight Possible Again | Blake Scholl · Mar 2025

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    Brendon Cassidy

    CEO Cassidy Ventures, Brendon Cassidy: LinkedIn, Echosign + Talkdesk: Building Successful Startup Sales Teams · Apr 2021

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    Bret Taylor

    How Sierra Is Pulling Ahead in the AI Race | Co-founder Bret Taylor · 2 episodes

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    Bucky Moore
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    Carl Eschenbach

    #149 Co-CEO Workday, Carl Eschenbach: A Life of Significance · Jul 2023

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    Carlos Delatorre

    CRO TripActions, Carlos Delatorre: The Science of Sales · Jul 2020

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    Chris Degnan

    Leadership Lessons From Snowflake’s Sales & Marketing Duo | Chris Degnan and Denise Persson · 3 episodes

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    Claire Hughes Johnson

    #128 Former COO & Corporate Officer at Stripe, Claire Hughes Johnson: Scaling People · Mar 2023

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    David Heinemeier Hansson

    #224 CTO & Co-Owner 37signals, David Heinemeier Hansson: Perfect Flow · Jan 2025

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    David Rubenstein

    From White House to Wall Street: David Rubenstein · Apr 2025

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