Leadership
24 pieces on Leadership
- 01
Give Them More Than the Room: A Conversation with Maggie Arai
Maggie Arai, founder of Happier Social Club, on the loneliness epidemic, why AI companionship is a double-edged sword, why brand events should focus on the why not the what, and how to turn an online audience into a community that actually connects.
·11 min read·Content / Leadership - 02
Nobody Cares About Your Tech: A Conversation with Tom Hill
Zyntrix CEO Tom Hill on why retailers don't care about your tech, why the resistance to change lives in the boardroom not the frontline, what makes a loyalty program actually work, and why open banking is finally ready.
·7 min read·Leadership / GTM - 03
Stop Asking for Permission: A Conversation with Helena Fogarty
Helena Fogarty, co-founder of Backable, on how founders earn an investor's attention, why running a tight two-week process changes everything, what the power law means for the companies that aren't winning, and why the money is never in the bank until it's in the bank.
·11 min read·Fundraising / Leadership - 04
Be Interested, Not Interesting: A Conversation with Atul Sood
Atul Sood, fractional Chief Business Officer, on why relationships beat strategy, how to read a company in 30 minutes, why leaders should lead with the truth instead of the shine, and the no-strings friendship that quietly changed his whole career.
·13 min read·Leadership / GTM - 05
Overhyped Today, Underhyped Tomorrow: A Conversation with Teo Borschberg
Augment AI founder Teo Borschberg on deploying AI agents safely, why approval fatigue defeats human-in-the-loop, hoping customers kill your idea, and the 11 times he wanted to quit the company he eventually exited.
·8 min read·AI / Leadership - 06
Leading From the Shadows: A Conversation with Clara Ma
Clara Ma, founder of Ask a Chief of Staff and former first chief of staff at Hugging Face, on the zone of genius, influence without authority, operational debt, and why AI makes the chief of staff role more important, not less.
·12 min read·Leadership / AI