The Logan Bartlett Show
Startups grow faster and avoid costly mistakes when they learn from those who came before them. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today's most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they've learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.
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Joe Hudson - The Leadership Coach Sam Altman and Top AI Teams Trust
Joe Hudson is the founder of The Art of Accomplishment and has worked with many top leaders in Silicon Valley, including Sam Altman and executives from Apple, Google, the NBA, and more. He coaches the research and compute teams at OpenAI and works with all the major AI companies. With a background in international stock lending and venture capital, and now a reknowned executive coach, Joe brings a unique perspective on business and the world. In this conversation, he shares many of the principl...
Bipul Sinha (CEO, Rubrik) on The New Rules of Silicon Valley
Logan sits down with Bipul Sinha, CEO and co-founder of Rubrik and former VC at Lightspeed and Blumberg Capital. Bipul shares what he learned transitioning from investor to founder, why intuition beats expertise, and how he built Rubrik into a category-defining business by betting on uncool ideas. They talk product-market fit in the AI era, what most VCs get wrong today, and why the enterprise IT market is still just getting started. It’s a conversation packed with hard-earned wisdom and bold ta...
Yotam Segev (CEO, Cyera) on Growing One of the Fastest Security Startups on the Planet
Yotam Segev is the co-founder and CEO of Cyera, one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups in the world. In this episode, he joins Logan to talk about scaling Cyera from 100 to 550 employees in under two years, what it takes to operate at that speed, and why going slow can actually be riskier. They cover lessons from a tough go-to-market year, the emotional conviction behind choosing data security, and how Yotam thinks about platform expansion, hiring, and staying close to customers. It’s...
Aaron Levie (CEO, Box) on Enterprise AI Trends No One is Talking About Yet
Box CEO Aaron Levie joined the show to share his perspective on how AI is reshaping the enterprise landscape. He shared what his customers are actually thinking about when it comes to AI, the shift from closed to open-source models, and why the biggest opportunities might not be in flashy consumer tools but in workflow automation and data-rich enterprise applications. Aaron also shares his take on the changing business model dynamics in B2B, including the rise of usage-based pricing, and what i...
Eric Yuan (CEO, Zoom): What Zoom's AI Strategy Can Teach Every Operator
After unveiling 45 new product announcements this week, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan joined the show to share how he’s thinking about the future of work. He shared how he prioritizes which features to build, his approach to rebuilding company culture, what he’d do differently if he were starting Zoom today, and much more.(00:00) Intro(01:14) Eric Yuan on Zoom's Recent Innovations(02:02) AI Companion and Its Capabilities(03:23) Zoom's Open Platform and AI Features(04:36) Customer-Centric AI Development(06:...
Drew Houston (CEO, Dropbox): Reflections on the 17+ Year Battle Against Big Tech
Drew Houston has now been CEO of Dropbox for over 17 years. In my latest conversation, he opens up about the pivotal leadership lessons he's learned, the mistakes that shaped the company, and the true challenges of going head-to-head with big tech. We also dive into the highs and lows of fundraising, how valuations can make or break a company trajectory, and discuss the opportunities AI presents for the future of work. [0:00] Intro[0:44] AI Opportunities for Dropbox[5:57] Dropbox's AI Principles...