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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.Kleiner Perkins Economía
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  • Building High-Impact Sales Teams | Dan Lee and Nooks
    Aug 18 2025

    Even with AI, sales still comes down to human connection.

    This week on Grit, Dan Lee shares how Nooks automates busywork like research and dialing for thousands of sales teams, letting reps focus on the conversations that close deals.

    He also shares his “do more with less” approach, why cold calls still convert, and how to maximize human impact alongside AI.

    Guests: Dan Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Nooks and Leigh Marie Braswell, Partner at Kleiner Perkins

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    59 m
  • Shishir Mehrotra on Building Tools Creators Love
    Aug 11 2025

    What if your tools shared context like your team does?

    This week on Grit, Shishir Mehrotra shares how the Coda and Grammarly collaboration unlocks context as a “superpower,” reflects on his early days at Google and YouTube, and hints at a future where tools anticipate intent and amplify how we work.

    He also shares how this paves the way for agent-based workflows and AI-native communication, beginning with Superhuman’s email experience.

    Guest: Shishir Mehrotra, co-founder of Coda and CEO of Grammarly

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    Chapters:
    00:00 Trailer
    01:24 Introduction
    02:09 Zoo vs safari
    12:02 A TV ahead of its time
    21:25 Product decisions
    31:25 The data behind the algorithm
    37:26 The AI native productivity suite
    48:06 Agents are digital humans
    57:55 Pressure trade-off
    1:12:50 Insulated from judgment
    1:25:19 Who Grammarly is hiring
    1:25:51 What “grit” means to Shishir
    1:29:30 Outro

    Mentioned in this episode:
    YouTube, Ray William Johnson, Spotify, Twitch, MTV, Chris Cox, Facebook, TikTok, Google TV, Centrata, Google Chrome, Android, Gmail, Microsoft, Super Bowl, Mosaic, Panasonic, Sony, Susan Wojcicki, Rishi Chandra, Apple TV, Amazon Firestick, Comcast, LoudCloud (Opsware), Quest Communications, AT&T Southwestern Bell, Salar Kamangar, Patrick Pichette, Eric Schmidt, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Platforms, Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Hamilton, Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Tesla, Waymo, Airtable, Notion, Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, Superhuman, Duolingo, Luis von Ahn, Khan Academy, MrBeast, Facebook Messenger, Snap (Snapchat), WhatsApp, Google+, Meta LLaMa, Satya Nadella, Tim Cook, Daniel Gross


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    1 h y 30 m
  • How Notion Reimagined Productivity Tools | Ivan Zhao
    Aug 4 2025

    Ivan Zhao joins Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit to break down how the company’s minimalist design became a strategic edge in a world overwhelmed by bloated software.


    He shares why the AI agent still hasn’t arrived, and how Notion’s modular approach might be the closest thing to making it real.


    Guest: Ivan Zhao, co-founder and CEO of Notion


    Mentioned in this episode: Fuzzy Khosrowshahi, Airbnb, Sequoia Capital, Linear, Figma, Apple, Things, Microsoft, BMW, Lumiere, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Rippling, Matt MacInnis, Inkling, Steve Jobs, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, Bill Gates, OpenAI ChatGPT, Y Combinator, Andrej Karpathy, Toby Schachman, Simon Last, Spotify, Slack


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    1 h y 29 m
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