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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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  • 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
  • The Travel Giant Built on Billions of Reviews | Steve Kaufer on TripAdvisor
    Jul 28 2025

    How did Tripadvisor become every traveler’s starting point?

    Steve Kaufer joins Joubin Mirzadegan on Grit to break down how Tripadvisor became the internet’s trusted travel companion, built on over a billion reviews and decades of trust. He also shares why early personalization fell short and how AI is finally doing what travel agents once did by understanding the traveler, but faster, smarter, and at scale.


    Guest: Steve Kaufer, co-founder of TripAdvisor

    Chapters:

    (00:00) Trailer
    (00:45) Introduction
    (01:32) Early days of Tripadvisor
    (08:14) Catching the startup bug
    (18:42) Luck and timing
    (26:54) $200M: a combo of money and risk
    (37:37) I love creating stuff
    (40:45) Hardest part of being a public CEO
    (46:21) Never let a good crisis go to waste
    (51:54) An average traveler
    (55:49) Social proof vs artificial intelligence
    (1:02:59) Back in the saddle
    (1:09:54) Not for the faint of heart
    (1:12:16) What “grit” means to Steve
    (1:12:31) Outro

    Mentioned in this episode: Google, Expedia Group, Barry Diller, Interactive Corporation (IAC), Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, OpenAI ChatGPT, IMDb, CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction), Amazon, Google Chrome, Give Freely, Honey, Rakuten, Macy’s, American Cancer Society, Google Gemini


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    1 h y 13 m
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