
Welcome to In Depth, a podcast from The 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
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 171 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ManagementBusinessEntrepreneurship | |||

Keller Cliffton is the co-founder and CEO of Zipline, the world's largest commercial autonomous delivery system, which today serves 5,000 hospitals across multiple countries and saves an estimated 17,000 lives per year. In this episode, Keller breaks... more
Chris Degnan was the first sales hire at Snowflake and spent 11 years scaling the company from zero to $3.5 billion in revenue as its CRO, working alongside four different CEOs and learning from each one. In this episode, Chris breaks down what it ac... more
Stevie Case is the CRO of Vanta, the trust management platform serving everyone from founders to Fortune 100 CISOs. A former pro-video gamer who stumbled into sales through a mentor's bet, Stevie has built one of the most unconventional paths to the ... more
In the second Executive Function episode, Brett sits down with Ryan Lucas, VP of Design at Rippling. Before Rippling, Ryan led design at Retool and co-founded multiple startups, bringing a rare founder's perspective to design leadership. A trained in... more
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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.
Encouraging, inspiring, and engaging! In Depth gives incredibly tangible advice for founders and startup leaders. I can’t believe this content is free!
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
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.
Love this podcast - wonderful to listen to and a lot of takeaways!
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In Depth showcases tactical, practitioner-focused conversations with founders and startup leaders who are scaling teams, GTM engines, and products. Episodes commonly explore go-to-market evolution (from outbound to account-based approaches), leadership and compensation design, product leadership, design, and organizational systems that scale with growth. Notable throughlines include practical lessons from scale, the tension between frontline execution and building scalable processes, and how customer-centricity and disciplined methodologies drive long-term success across software, AI, and enterprise markets. The show tends to feature seasoned operators who share concrete playbooks, candid anecdotes, and lessons learned from high-stakes deci... more
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Recent guests on In Depth include:
1. Keller Cliffton
2. Chris Degnan
3. Stevie Case
4. Ryan Lucas
5. Jyoti Bansal
6. Kiren Sekar
7. Sam Chaudhary
8. Qasar Younis
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