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In Depth

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Welcome to In Depth, a new podcast from First Round Review that’s dedicated to surfacing the tactical advice founders and startup leaders need to grow their teams, their companies and themselves. Hosted by Brett Berson, a partner at First Round, In Depth will cover a lot of ground and a wide range of topics, from hiring executives and becoming a better manager, to the importance of storytelling in... more

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Kiren Sekar is the CPO of Samsara, a company that brings real-time visibility, analytics, and AI to physical operations. Before Samsara, Kiren was an early leader at Meraki, which was acquired by Cisco for $1.2B.

In this episode, he walks us through... more

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Sam Chaudhary is the co-founder and CEO of ClassDojo, a multi-product education platform used in 95% of U.S. schools and over 180 countries globally to connect teachers, students, and families. In this episode, Sam shares the full arc of building Cla... more

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Abhinav Asthana is the co-founder and CEO of Postman, the world's leading API collaboration platform used by millions of developers and thousands of companies. What began as a personal itch, a simple Chrome extension Abhinav built to make his own API... more

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Cameron Adams is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Canva, the design platform valued at $42B as of July 2025, used by over 230 million people every month.

Before starting Canva, Cameron was a designer and engineer at Google and co-founded ... more

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Recent Guests

Kiren Sekar
Chief Product Officer at Samsara
Samsara
Episode: Saying yes to everything: How customer obsession built Samsara | Kiren Sekar (CPO)
Sam Chaudhary
Co-founder and CEO of ClassDojo, a classroom management tool
ClassDojo
Episode: Starting an education giant in a “bad market” | ClassDojo’s story | Sam Chaudhary (Co-founder and CEO)
Qasar Younis
Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition
Episode: Inside the ex-YC partner’s $15B self driving car company | Qasar Younis
Ankur Goyal
Founder and CEO of Braintrust
Braintrust
Episode: What Braintrust got right about product-market fit | Ankur Goyal (Founder and CEO)
Wes Kao
Executive coach, co-founder of Maven
Maven
Episode: How Wes Kao coaches founders to influence, lead, and get what they want | Wes Kao (Executive coach, co-founder of Maven)
Adam Guild
Co-founder and CEO of Owner, an all-in-one platform for restaurant owners
Owner
Episode: Scrappy tactics and a huge post-COVID pivot | Owner’s unconventional journey to product-market fit | Adam Guild (Co-founder and CEO of Owner)
Eeke de Milliano
Global Head of Product at Stripe
Stripe
Episode: What makes (or breaks) executive hires | A deep dive with Eeke de Milliano (Head of Global Product at Stripe)
Kevin Busque
Co-founder and CEO of Guideline
Guideline
Episode: Inside Guideline's mission to modernize 401(k)s | Building from first principles, finding strategic edges, and rewiring retirement | Kevin Busque (Co-founder and CEO)
Varun Anand
Co-founder and Head of Operations at Clay
Clay
Episode: Inside Clay's unconventional path to $1.25B: Rethinking GTM, pricing, and enterprise sales | Varun Anand (Co-founder and Head of Operations)

Host

Brett Berson
Host of In Depth, Brett Berson is a partner at First Round, with a focus on providing tactical advice and insights to founders and startup leaders to foster growth in their companies and personal development.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 180 ratings
  • Actually Useful Advice and Lessons Learned

    I have notifications on for every episode while I navigate my own startup through the ambiguity of finding product-market fit.

    Compared to this podcast, everything else seems to be more garbage than not. This is the highest caliber startup content you can find. It’s genuinely true when they say they skip the talking points to get to the heart of actually how to do this stuff.

    I wish there were 1,000 episodes because I would binge that rather than sleep.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    GoDjMike
    United States3 years ago
  • Love this show!

    Encouraging, inspiring, and engaging! In Depth gives incredibly tangible advice for founders and startup leaders. I can’t believe this content is free!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dan1777999877
    United States3 years ago
  • Always insightful

    Brett gets below the surface and uncovers true insights from each guest. I always walk away with new tactics to try, or a new appreciation for functions that i don’t work with as often. It’s a must listen in my rotation

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    emannstan
    United States3 years ago
  • Fantastic Insights

    As someone who has worked in startups for years, I appreciate the insights and tactics In Depth provides. I love hearing from their guests and Brett always asks great questions.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ryan-990
    United States3 years ago
  • Insightful and practical

    Love this podcast - wonderful to listen to and a lot of takeaways!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Rivers aaaaa
    United States4 years ago

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Incredibly valuable startup content, providing actionable advice for entrepreneurs.
Guests are seasoned experts, offering insights that resonate with the core challenges faced by startup leaders.
Strong emphasis on practical tactics, often going deep beyond surface-level discussions.

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Starting an education giant in a “bad market” | ClassDojo’s story | Sam Chaudhary (Co-founder and CEO)
Q: What did you apply to Imagine K12 with?
Initially, they applied with a group making app but quickly pivoted based on their findings about teacher and student needs.
Starting an education giant in a “bad market” | ClassDojo’s story | Sam Chaudhary (Co-founder and CEO)
Q: What comes to mind for you as to why the company has worked in this negative category?
Chaudhary attributes the success to a unique focus on serving users directly—students and families—rather than schools, thus creating a transformative consumer company.
Ignoring Silicon Valley advice to build a $3B fintech unicorn | Immad Akhund (Co-founder and CEO of Mercury)
Q: What have you learned from starting multiple companies?
Every year you have to learn new things, especially if you're progressing.
Inside the ex-YC partner’s $15B self driving car company | Qasar Younis
Q: What did you decide to build and sell to them and why?
We built them their engineering tools that they would use to build and develop their autonomous systems.
Inside the ex-YC partner’s $15B self driving car company | Qasar Younis
Q: Can you point to something when you were reading about the Roman Empire or Standard Oil that translated to the way that you think about building a company?
The important thing is consuming high-quality content. Because if you consume low-quality content, you kind of get low-quality ideas.

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A resourceful podcast focusing on providing practical insights and advice tailored for founders and startup leaders, exploring a broad array of topics crucial to building and managing successful teams and businesses. The discussions delve into various aspects of entrepreneurship, including hiring best practices, effective management techniques, product development strategies, and the significance of community engagement and customer feedback. Each episode features seasoned entrepreneurs and thought leaders, sharing invaluable wisdom gleaned from their own journeys, presenting listeners with actionable advice that can be applied immediately in their own ventures. The podcast emphasizes a conversational approach, aiming to foster authentic co... more

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1. Kiren Sekar
2. Sam Chaudhary
3. Qasar Younis
4. Ankur Goyal
5. Wes Kao
6. Adam Guild
7. Eeke de Milliano
8. Kevin Busque

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