# In Depth

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Official site: https://firstround.com/
Author: First Round
Episodes: 178

## Resource

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 inside of your organization. But every interview will hit the level of tactical depth where the very best advice is found. We hope you’ll join us. Subscribe to “In Depth” now and learn more at firstround.com

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## Episodes
- [Why founders should bet on first-time executives | Praveer Melwani (CFO, Figma)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/why-founders-should-bet-on-first-time-executives-praveer-melwani-cfo-figma) — 2026-05-14T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why great product leaders should stop obsessing over the roadmap | Diya Jolly (CPO & CTO of Xero)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/why-great-product-leaders-should-stop-obsessing-over-the-roadmap-diya-jolly-cpo-cto-of-xero) — 2026-04-30T11:00:00+00:00
- [Inside Artemis' "AI vs AI" war | Shachar Hirshberg & Dan Shiebler (Co-founders, Artemis)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/inside-artemis-ai-vs-ai-war-shachar-hirshberg-dan-shiebler-co-founders-artemis) — 2026-04-21T11:00:00+00:00
- [Scaling DoorDash to market dominance | Christopher Payne (Former COO, DoorDash)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/scaling-doordash-to-market-dominance-christopher-payne-former-coo-doordash) — 2026-04-17T11:00:00+00:00
- [The most politically dangerous role in the C-suite | Katie Burke (COO, Harvey)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/the-most-politically-dangerous-role-in-the-c-suite-katie-burke-coo-harvey) — 2026-04-10T11:00:00+00:00
- [What nobody tells engineers about becoming a CEO | Jay Kreps (Co-founder and CEO, Confluent)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/what-nobody-tells-engineers-about-becoming-a-ceo-jay-kreps-co-founder-and-ceo-confluent) — 2026-03-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [The product wisdom every CPO should ignore | Jeremy Epling (CPO, Vanta)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/the-product-wisdom-every-cpo-should-ignore-jeremy-epling-cpo-vanta) — 2026-03-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [Building Zipline: From launch disaster to drone-delivery giant | Keller Cliffton (Co-founder, CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/building-zipline-from-launch-disaster-to-drone-delivery-giant-keller-cliffton-co-founder-ceo) — 2026-03-12T16:16:00+00:00
- [Snowflake’s first sales hire on scaling from $0 to $3.5B | Chris Degnan (Former CRO, Snowflake)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/snowflake-s-first-sales-hire-on-scaling-from-0-to-3-5b-chris-degnan-former-cro-snowflake) — 2026-02-26T12:00:00+00:00
- [Why 90% of CROs will fall behind in the next 2 years | Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/why-90-of-cros-will-fall-behind-in-the-next-2-years-stevie-case-cro-vanta) — 2026-02-19T12:00:00+00:00
- [Figma is not the source of truth | Ryan Lucas (VP of Design, Rippling)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/figma-is-not-the-source-of-truth-ryan-lucas-vp-of-design-rippling) — 2026-02-12T12:00:00+00:00
- [Executive Function: Building systems that can make decisions without you | Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/executive-function-building-systems-that-can-make-decisions-without-you-jeanne-dewitt-grosser-coo-vercel) — 2026-02-05T14:47:00+00:00
- [Building Meter for decades, not an exit | Anil Varanasi (Co-founder and CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/building-meter-for-decades-not-an-exit-anil-varanasi-co-founder-and-ceo) — 2025-12-10T12:00:00+00:00
- [How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal (Co-founder and CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/how-harness-runs-16-startups-within-a-startup-at-scale-jyoti-bansal-co-founder-and-ceo) — 2025-11-19T12:00:00+00:00
- [How to build a company you’ll run forever | Zack Kanter (Founder and CEO of Stedi)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/how-to-build-a-company-you-ll-run-forever-zack-kanter-founder-and-ceo-of-stedi) — 2025-11-06T12:00:00+00:00
- [Go hard early: How lessons from Verkada shaped Serval's AI agents for IT teams | Jake Stauch (Founder and CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/go-hard-early-how-lessons-from-verkada-shaped-serval-s-ai-agents-for-it-teams-jake-stauch-founder-and-ceo) — 2025-10-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [The pivot that paid off: How fal found explosive growth in generative media | Gorkem Yurtseven (Co-founder and CTO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/the-pivot-that-paid-off-how-fal-found-explosive-growth-in-generative-media-gorkem-yurtseven-co-founder-and-cto) — 2025-10-22T14:29:00+00:00
- [From dorm room to life-saving AI | Prepared’s story | Michael Chime (Co-founder & CEO of Prepared)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/from-dorm-room-to-life-saving-ai-prepared-s-story-michael-chime-co-founder-ceo-of-prepared) — 2025-10-01T16:24:00+00:00
- [Saying yes to everything: How customer obsession built Samsara | Kiren Sekar (CPO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/saying-yes-to-everything-how-customer-obsession-built-samsara-kiren-sekar-cpo) — 2025-09-11T11:00:00+00:00
- [Starting an education giant in a “bad market” | ClassDojo’s story | Sam Chaudhary (Co-founder and CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/starting-an-education-giant-in-a-bad-market-classdojo-s-story-sam-chaudhary-co-founder-and-ceo) — 2025-09-03T16:37:00+00:00
- [From Chrome extension to $5B platform | Postman’s journey | Abhinav Asthana (Co-founder & CEO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/from-chrome-extension-to-5b-platform-postman-s-journey-abhinav-asthana-co-founder-ceo) — 2025-08-28T11:00:00+00:00
- [How Canva leveraged unconventional growth levers to grow to $42B | Cameron Adams (Co-founder & CPO)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/how-canva-leveraged-unconventional-growth-levers-to-grow-to-42b-cameron-adams-co-founder-cpo) — 2025-08-20T15:10:00+00:00
- [Twitter's former CEO on rebuilding the web for AI | Parag Agrawal (Co-founder and CEO of Parallel)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/twitter-s-former-ceo-on-rebuilding-the-web-for-ai-parag-agrawal-co-founder-and-ceo-of-parallel) — 2025-08-14T14:15:00+00:00
- [Ignoring Silicon Valley advice to build a $3B fintech unicorn | Immad Akhund (Co-founder and CEO of Mercury)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/ignoring-silicon-valley-advice-to-build-a-3b-fintech-unicorn-immad-akhund-co-founder-and-ceo-of-mercury) — 2025-08-06T13:56:00+00:00
- [Inside the ex-YC partner’s $15B self driving car company | Qasar Younis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-1318680/inside-the-ex-yc-partner-s-15b-self-driving-car-company-qasar-younis) — 2025-08-01T16:19:00+00:00

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