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Long Strange Trip: CEO to CEO with Brian Halligan

Sequoia Capital
Leadership
Harvey
Company Growth
CEO Leadership
Market Adaptation
Trust Building
Recruitment Strategies
David Solomon
Brian Chesky
Jensen Huang
Elon Musk
Opendoor
AI Technology
Voice AI
Decision Making
Gamestop
Decision Debt
Hubspot
Shopify
Rippling

The CEO rulebook is getting rewritten. Brian Halligan, Sequoia partner and co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot, sits down with some of the CEOs who are defining the new one—from hypergrowth AI-native startups to 150-year-old behemoths. Whether you’re an early-stage founder or a scale-up CEO, Brian will be digging for advice you can use on the long strange trip of your own CEO journey.

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Tom Hale didn't originally set out to be a CEO - then he put it on his bucket list to prove something to himself. Now he runs Oura, the Finnish health tech company behind the most talked-about wearable on the market - the Oura ring. In this conversat... more

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Kaz Nejatian reveals how he left Shopify to pull off a highly unusual feat: refounding a struggling public company in just 16 days. From first attempting to take the company private and then becoming CEO with an unwavering commitment to prioritizing ... more

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A16z’s Ben Horowitz joins me for a raw, unfiltered conversation on what actually breaks founder CEOs, and what separates the great ones from the rest.

We unpack founder mode, where it works and where people are taking it too far. Ben shares why over... more

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Bill Anderson runs Bayer, a 160-year-old pharmaceutical giant that had 100,000+ employees when Bill took the helm. In just two years after becoming CEO, he flattened 11 layers of management, expanded managers' direct reports from 6 to 90, and elimina... more

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Tom Hale
CEO of Oura Ring
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Episode: Oura’s Tom Hale: What People Don’t Tell You About Being CEO
Kaz Nejatian
New CEO of Opendoor, former CTO at Shopify
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Episode: The Most Founder Mode CEO Working Today Isn’t the Founder: Opendoor’s Kaz Nejatian
Ben Horowitz
Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, renowned investor
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Episode: Ben Horowitz On What Makes a Great Founder
Bill Anderson
CEO of Bayer, focusing on organizational transformation and agility.
Bayer
Episode: Bayer’s Bill Anderson: Turning a 168 Year-Old Tanker Like a Speedboat
Vlad Tenev
CEO of Robinhood, known for his unflappable leadership during crisis situations.
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Episode: The Wartime CEO: Vlad Tenev of Robinhood
Winston Weinberg
Co-founder and CEO of Harvey
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Episode: Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg: Why You Should Reinvent Yourself Every 4 Months
Nikesh Arora
CEO of Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks
Episode: Palo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora: Why Context Switching is a CEO’s Most Critical Superpower

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Brian Halligan
Host of Long Strange Trip: CEO to CEO with Brian Halligan; Co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot; Sequoia partner as guest on the show

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 35 ratings
  • I love it! (+ feedback)

    This is my favorite podcast! Obviously this is meant for CEOs/founders but as a VP level operator who reports up to a CEO at a high growth tech company (Sequoia backed!), I listen for insights into how CEOs make decisions so I can in turn be a more effective leader/direct report. I’m sure many other folks are doing the same. Would love more conversations around what CEOs need from their deputies so they can lead more effectively. Either way, I love this podcast and Go Sox!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    RoxWM
    United States23 days ago
  • Brian rules

    Great pod

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SteveFoxProp
    United Statesa month ago
  • More startup founders please

    Winning concept - guest calibre is excellent and it’s cool that Brian can relate things back to his personal experience. Lean into the founder access afforded by Sequoia and Brian’s network. Way more interesting to hear from the next generation of legendary founders than from super established companies. Winston episode was the best. Wish the Mati and Anton episodes were two separate episodes

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jack-Hannah
    United Statesa month ago
  • Great insights but flow could be better.

    I recently started listening to this podcast and ripped through all of the episodes because of the good content. I do enjoy it a lot and I hope it continues with many other guest speakers. Some feedback, I did feel at times that answers were cut short from the CEOs, and it would be nice to hear their full answer. As well, the questions could be a bit more structured; the free-flow conversation is nice at times, but other times, as a listener, I’d prefer to hear as much useful information as poss... more

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Jesse Docherty
    United States2 months ago
  • Good Questions

    I have really enjoyed listening. One thing Brian does good at is probing answers and really getting down to root cause or experience. However, Brian could improve by letting guests finish their thoughts before asking thoughtful follow up questions

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nakentnsooswnnrntif
    United States2 months ago

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Flow can feel a bit loose; more structured questions could help pull longer answers.
Guests feel respected and provide actionable leadership takeaways.
The host probes deeply and asks questions you'd want answered as a leader.

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Oura’s Tom Hale: What People Don’t Tell You About Being CEO
Q: What was harder than you thought about being a CEO, and how did you handle the opposition to subscription pricing?
He explains that the hardest part is the responsibility and stress, not the glamour, and details how the subscription shift faced initial customer backlash but ultimately proved effective through continued value delivery and careful management of the upgrade path for existing hardware customers.
Oura’s Tom Hale: What People Don’t Tell You About Being CEO
Q: Tell me a little bit about your first trip to Finland.
Hale describes Finland as non-hierarchical and introduces the sauna ritual as a test of cultural fit, then compares Finnish and American work cultures, emphasizing how distinct yet valuable two-country cultures can be when they co-exist and circulate ideas.
Bayer’s Bill Anderson: Turning a 168 Year-Old Tanker Like a Speedboat
Q: What advice do you give to new CEOs coming from the outside?
Get to know the company first and don't just try to maintain the status quo; consider making significant changes if needed.
Bayer’s Bill Anderson: Turning a 168 Year-Old Tanker Like a Speedboat
Q: What advice do you have for boards of directors about hiring CEOs?
Hire someone who's truly awesome, rather than just promoting from within or settling for a number two.
Bayer’s Bill Anderson: Turning a 168 Year-Old Tanker Like a Speedboat
Q: How do you avoid bureaucracy as a founder going from 100 to 1000 employees?
Don't hire professional managers too soon; focus on finding dynamic leaders who won't fall into bureaucratic habits.

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