Podcast · 44 episodes
David Senra
by Scicomm Media · English
Conversations with the greatest living founders.
Latest episodes
Bringing AI to the Real Economy | Alexander TaubmanLong Lake’s mission to “deploy AI into the real economy,” using a horizontal AI platform (Nexus) to improve operations and customer experiences in founder-owned service businesses.30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 2 min
Building the Streetwear Empire Kith | Ronnie FiegRonnie Fieg (Kith) explains how streetwear/sneaker empire Kith was built from childhood passion, early retail apprenticeship, and a “love + product-first” operating philosophy.27 Sep 2026 · 1 h 30 min
Building One of the Fastest Growing CPG Companies in History | Peter Rahal of David Protein, Medici Brands & RXBARPeter Rahal explains how he went from selling RXBAR (and investing) to founding David Protein and building a fast-growing CPG/food company, including his philosophy on investing vs operating,…20 Sep 2026 · 1 h 21 min
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Bringing AI to the Real Economy | Alexander TaubmanLong Lake’s mission to “deploy AI into the real economy,” using a horizontal AI platform (Nexus) to improve operations and customer experiences in founder-owned service businesses.30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 25 chapters
Building the Streetwear Empire Kith | Ronnie FiegRonnie Fieg (Kith) explains how streetwear/sneaker empire Kith was built from childhood passion, early retail apprenticeship, and a “love + product-first” operating philosophy.27 Sep 2026 · 1 h 30 min · 41 chapters
Building One of the Fastest Growing CPG Companies in History | Peter Rahal of David Protein, Medici Brands & RXBARPeter Rahal explains how he went from selling RXBAR (and investing) to founding David Protein and building a fast-growing CPG/food company, including his philosophy on investing vs operating,…20 Sep 2026 · 1 h 21 min · 31 chapters
Luca Ferrari on Building Bending Spoons: Extreme Ownership, Talent Science & Relentless SimplificationLuca Ferrari (Bending Spoons) explains how the company pursues “extreme ownership” and “relentless simplification” to build the best possible company, using first-principles experimentation, a…13 Sep 2026 · 2 h 1 min · 32 chapters
Mati Staniszewski on ElevenLabs, Voice AI & Building the Communication Layer for AIMati Staniszewski (cofounder of ElevenLabs) discusses building an “AI-native” company focused on audio: frontier speech/audio research plus a product platform for voice communication across…9 Sep 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 33 chapters
Zach Dell on Base Power, Energy Abundance & Building a Company for LifeBase Power’s mission to “fix the grid” by driving energy abundance—making megawatts affordable and reliable—especially for AI-driven electricity demand. They argue the U.S.6 Sep 2026 · 1 h 16 min · 32 chapters
Doug Leone on Sequoia, Fear, Great Founders & Starting Over at 69Doug Leone (Sequoia Capital) discusses why some people dominate for decades, arguing that long-term relevance is driven by fear of becoming irrelevant and by repeatedly “remaking yourself” through…30 Aug 2026 · 1 h 22 min · 38 chapters
Building Defense Technologies to Protect Democracies | Torsten Reil, HelsingThe episode argues that modern warfare is shifting away from tanks and long-range artillery toward drone-based detection and strike, and that democracies need scalable, AI-driven defense technologies…26 Aug 2026 · 1 h 24 min · 33 chapters
Sam Altman on Building OpenAI & Betting on the ImpossibleSam Altman discusses building OpenAI and why he believes AI will make many software businesses “up for grabs,” but that societal adoption will be slower due to human inertia.23 Aug 2026 · 1 h 18 min · 32 chapters
Travis Kalanick, Founder of Uber & AtomsTravis Kalanick discusses his post-Uber mission to build “physical AI” via specialized robotics that targets one industry at a time, emphasizing that imagination is limited by management capacity and…16 Aug 2026 · 1 h 49 min · 33 chapters
Lulu Cheng Meservey, Founder of RostraLulu Cheng Meservey explains how founders should build “movements” and why “traditional PR is dead,” arguing for narrative sovereignty and “going direct” to the specific people who matter.12 Aug 2026 · 1 h 18 min · 31 chapters
Michael Ovitz, Co-founder of CAAMichael Ovitz (CAA co-founder) discusses why he’s busier than ever, how AI accelerates learning and business creation, and what it takes to win in entertainment and technology.9 Aug 2026 · 1 h 7 min · 24 chapters
Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky MalkaMicky Malka (Ribbit Capital founder) discusses why he avoids labels, how writing shapes investment theses, and his “infinite game” approach to investing and company building.2 Aug 2026 · 1 h 16 min · 26 chapters
DHH: How to Build a Profitable Company Without Losing ControlDavid Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) discusses why 37signals builds “less” software: ruthless distillation, embracing constraints, resisting AI-driven feature bloat, and designing products that stay…26 Jul 2026 · 1 h 42 min · 29 chapters
The Restaurant Genius Behind Carbone, ZZ’s, Torrisi & More | Jeff ZalaznickJeff Zalaznick (Major Food Group co-founder) discusses restoring and rebranding New York’s historic Four Seasons restaurant space in the Seagram Building—especially the Pool Room and Grill Room—plus…19 Jul 2026 · 1 h 48 min · 39 chapters
Eric Glyman, Co-founder of RampRamp’s “smarter financial infrastructure” for businesses—zero-touch expense reporting, automated bill payments, and accounting automation—aimed at saving both dollars and hours.12 Jul 2026 · 59 min · 26 chapters
Jonathan Ross, Founder of GroqGroq’s fast LLM inference and how Groq’s GPU+LPU approach led to a rumored ~$20B NVIDIA partnership; leadership lessons from Groq and NVIDIA; founder strategy (asking questions, dominant games,…5 Jul 2026 · 1 h 12 min · 23 chapters
Scott Wu, CognitionScott Wu (Cognition) discusses his “salty” competitive mindset, his background in competitive math/programming and games, and Cognition’s Devin: an AI “software engineer” that works end-to-end with…28 Jun 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 17 chapters
Steve Stoute, UnitedMastersSteve Stoute (UnitedMasters) explains why he left the music industry for advertising/marketing, how cultural influence can be monetized, and why artists should own their customer relationships and IP.21 Jun 2026 · 1 h 35 min · 28 chapters
Ed Catmull, Co-founder of PixarHow Pixar (and Ed Catmull) used organizational “dynamics” to surface truth in creative work, and how Steve Jobs shaped Pixar’s governance and decision-making.14 Jun 2026 · 1 h 35 min · 32 chapters
Gustav Söderström, SpotifyHow Spotify’s leadership transition and operating model prepared for CEO succession, and how Spotify’s “time well spent” strategy shapes product decisions and AI direction.7 Jun 2026 · 1 h 14 min · 27 chapters
Ivanka Trump on Building an Authentic LifeIvanka Trump discusses building an “authentic life” by learning who she is, making value-aligned decisions, creating stillness, and narrowing commitments to “fewer, deeper” priorities.31 May 2026 · 1 h 24 min · 21 chapters
The Simple Genius of Rick RubinRick Rubin discusses “less is more” as a process that requires intense curation and editing, plus how he captures an artist’s “singular essence” by stripping away anything that hides personality.24 May 2026 · 1 h 24 min · 36 chapters
Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two InteractiveStrauss Zelnick recounts his path from “new media” (home entertainment) to video games, then to founding ZMC (technology-supercharged media investing), and finally how ZMC helped create Take-Two…17 May 2026 · 1 h 39 min · 52 chapters