In Depth Podcast
After publishing 500+ profiles and attracting millions of readers on the First Round Review since 2013, we've learned a lot about what makes for compelling conversations and standout company-building advice. Whether it's an interview with a big-name CEO or a VP you likely haven’t heard of, there's been a common thread across our most popular stories — a willingness to go deeper and an eagerness to share not just what to do, but how to do it. Our podcast, In Depth, takes the very same signature style we've cultivated over the years and gives you a chance to listen in on these deeper conversations firsthand. We cover a lot of ground and a wide range of topics — from hiring executives and becoming a better manager, to finding your first customers, to function-specific playbooks — but every interview will hit the level of tactical depth that dives far below the surface.
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Lessons from Sentry on scaling DevTools and finding product market fit (again) | Milin Desai (Sentry, VMware, Riverbed)
Milin Desai is the CEO at Sentry, an application monitoring tool for developers. Sentry has recently passed two key milestones: 100K customers and over $100M in ARR. Before Sentry, Milin was a GM at VMware and scaled their cloud networking into a billion-dollar business. Prior to stepping into leadership roles, Milin was a PM at Riverbed and a software engineer at Veritas.
A product-market-fit masterclass | Kareem Amin (Clay)
Kareem Amin is the co-founder of Clay, a lead-generation software that uses AI to scrape 50+ databases and help companies scale their outbound campaigns. Before Clay, Kareem was the VP of Product at The Wall Street Journal. Kareem also co-founded Frame (useframe.com) which was acquired by Sailthru in 2012.
How Vercel found extreme product-market fit by focusing on simplification | Guillermo Rauch (CEO)
Guillermo Rauch is the CEO of Vercel, a frontend-as-a-service product that was valued at $2.5b in 2021. Vercel serves customers like Uber, Notion and Zapier, and their React framework - Next.js - is used by over 500,000 developers and designers worldwide. Guillermo started his first company at age 11 in Buenos Aires and moved to San Francisco at age 18. In 2013, he sold his company Cloudup to Automattic (the company behind WordPress), and in 2015 he founded Vercel.
How young outsiders changed the shipping industry | Laura Behrens Wu (Shippo)
Laura Behrens Wu is the Founder & CEO at Shippo, a company that has raised $100m+ and was last valued at $1b in 2021. Shippo provides an API and dashboard that makes shipping easy for e-commerce businesses, marketplaces, and platforms. Prior to starting Shippo, Laura graduated from Harvard University, and was heavily influenced by a short internship at LendUp, which exposed her to Silicon Valley and startup culture.