Finding People Was Never the Hard Part. Jeff Shapiro on 30 years of Executive Search, What AI Eats, and What it Can't

In this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with Jeff Shapiro, a thirty-year executive recruiter now at Altira Search, former Partner at Viola Group, and one of Alex'...

Cool People Have Cool Hobbies - How to Become an Expert in Anything with Tim Lim

In this episode of Very True, Alex sits down with his college friend Tim Lim, FP&A exec, whiskey connoisseur and Executive Director at Edgewood Companies, for a conver...

Is Software in Its Final Form? Innovation, Commoditization, and Why Alex De Simone Left AWS

Alex sits down with Alex De Simone, a friend since their Stanford days and a fellow mechanical engineer, for a conversation that starts with a VCR turned into a Hot Wh...

Why Good Video Looks Effortless (and Isn't)

In this conversation, Alex reconnects with his friend Itai Joseph, filmmaker and founder of Fondu, to explore what actually goes into making video content that feels e...

Growth, GTM, Marketing, Sales and Business Models that Work with Nick Greenfield

Alex and Nick Greenfield close out their three-part conversation with the episode that's most useful to anyone running or funding a company. Nick walks through the yea...