The Logan Bartlett Show

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Technology #164

Startups grow faster and avoid costly mistakes when they learn from those who came before them. In each episode, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.

Recent Episodes
  • EP 140: Blake Scholl (Founder and CEO, Boom Supersonic) on Why Supersonic Flight Failed & How Boom is Bringing it Back
    Apr 25, 2025 – 1:35:15
  • EP 139: Matt Brown (NCAA Expert) on Athlete Pay Drama, Realignment of Power, and Transfer Portal Chaos
    Apr 18, 2025 – 1:49:43
  • EP 138: Derek Thompson (Writer, The Atlantic) and Zach Weinberg (Co-founder & CEO, Curie.Bio) Discuss the Tariff Withdrawal and America’s Future
    Apr 11, 2025 – 1:15:48
  • EP 137: Keith Rabois and Zach Weinberg Debate: Are Tariffs a Smart Economic Weapon?
    Apr 9, 2025 – 52:18
  • EP 136: Zach Weinberg (Co-Founder & CEO, Curie.Bio) on The Tariff Trap, Self-Inflicted Recession Risk, and Open AI’s Fundraise
    Apr 2, 2025 – 1:14:03
  • EP 135: Aaron Levie (CEO, Box) on Enterprise AI Trends No One is Talking About Yet
    Mar 28, 2025 –
  • EP 134: Eric Yuan (CEO, Zoom): What Zoom’s AI Strategy Can Teach Every Operator
    Mar 21, 2025 –
  • Ep 133: Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen Breaks Down the Global Impact of Trump’s New Tariffs
    Mar 13, 2025 – 01:18:37
  • EP 132: Yamini Rangan (CEO, Hubspot) On Sales and Marketing Frameworks That Win in the Age of AI
    Feb 21, 2025 – 01:15:00
  • EP 131: Andy Price (Artisanal): Executive Hiring Advice from the Founder of Tech’s Top Recruiting Firm
    Feb 14, 2025 – 01:30:48
  • EP 130: Matt Mullenweg (Co-Founder WordPress): WordPress Controversy, Future of Open Source AI, and Navigating Backlash
    Feb 7, 2025 – 01:04:52
  • EP 129: Tom Hale (CEO, Oura) Shares Health Habits That Will Make You a Better Leader
    Jan 24, 2025 – 01:24:49
  • EP 128: Jay Chaudhry (CEO, Zscaler) On Picking The Best Markets, Risking Everything, & Scaling to $30B
    Jan 17, 2025 – 01:02:21
  • EP 127: Marc Benioff (CEO, Salesforce): the Future of Digital Labor & the Agentic Era
    Jan 10, 2025 – 00:40:59
  • EP 126: Eran Zinman (Co-Founder, monday.com) on The Efficiency Hacks That Drove monday.com to $14B
    Dec 13, 2024 – 01:12:29
  • EP 125: Glenn Fogel (CEO, Booking Holdings) Building a $170B Travel Empire: On AI, Acquisitions, and Shaping Travel’s Future
    Dec 6, 2024 – 01:17:33
  • EP 124: Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi Breaks Down the AI Hype-Cycle
    Nov 22, 2024 – 01:14:03
  • EP 123: Intercom CEO on Endorsing Trump, Reinventing The Company, and the Future of AI in Software
    Nov 15, 2024 – 01:35:59
  • EP 122: Okta CEO Todd McKinnon on Scaling to $13B, High-Stakes Decisions, and Market Dynamics
    Nov 8, 2024 – 01:21:28
  • EP 121: Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on the Future of AI and Data
    Nov 1, 2024 – 00:50:31
  • EP 120: Evan Goldberg (Founder and EVP, Oracle NetSuite) on 26 Years of Operating Lessons Running NetSuite
    Oct 25, 2024 – 01:17:14
  • EP 119: Drew Houston (CEO, Dropbox): Reflections on the 17+ Year Battle Against Big Tech
    Oct 18, 2024 – 01:34:53
  • EP 118: Will Gaybrick (President of Product and Business, Stripe) on Capital Allocation, Org Design, AI, and Global Growth
    Sep 20, 2024 – 01:42:18
  • EP 117: Parker Conrad (CEO, Rippling) His Opinion on Founder Mode, Fundraising, and VC Advice
    Sep 13, 2024 – 01:42:29
  • EP 116: John Fieldly (CEO, Celsius) How He Saved Celsius From Near Bankruptcy to a $10B Company
    Aug 30, 2024 – 01:06:53
  • EP 115: Josh Wolfe (Co-Founder, Lux Capital) On Uncovering Hidden Opportunities
    Aug 23, 2024 – 01:54:27
  • EP 114: Emery Wells (CEO, Frame.io) on Selling to Adobe for $1.3B, Working with SNL and High Pain Tolerance
    Aug 16, 2024 – 01:41:57
  • EP 113: Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO, Uber) Lays Out the Path to Autonomous Vehicles
    Aug 9, 2024 – 01:09:15
  • EP 112: Mike Maples (Founding Partner, Floodgate): What Makes Startups Win & The Future of Venture Capital
    Aug 2, 2024 – 02:03:48
  • EP 111: How Josh Reeves (CEO, Gusto) Built a $10B Company Serving Small Businesses
    Jul 26, 2024 – 01:34:05
  • EP 110: How Eric Glyman (CEO, Ramp) Runs One of The Fastest Growing Startups
    Jul 12, 2024 – 01:33:52
  • EP 109: Sebastian Siemiatkowski (CEO, Klarna) on the Future of Klarna, Valuation Changes and AI in Finance
    Jun 28, 2024 – 02:05:57
  • EP 108: Olivier Pomel (CEO, Datadog) Shares Every Lesson From Scaling to $40B
    Jun 14, 2024 – 01:32:04
  • EP 107: Steve Kaufer (Co-Founder, Tripadvisor) - Why He Left & What He’s Building Now
    Jun 7, 2024 – 01:39:55
  • EP 106: How Bill Shufelt (CEO, Athletic Brewing) Built Athletic Brewing - Every Plot Twist Along The Way
    May 31, 2024 – 01:15:20
  • EP 105: Vlad Tenev (CEO, Robinhood): The Meme Stock Crisis, The Future of Crypto, and AI Opportunities in Finance
    May 24, 2024 – 01:47:23
  • EP 104: Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI) talks GPT-4o and Predicts the Future of AI
    May 14, 2024 – 00:46:30
  • EP 103: The Untold Story of Marcus Ryu (Co-Founder Guidewire & Partner at Battery Ventures) Scaling to $10B and Diving into VC
    May 10, 2024 – 01:50:28
  • EP 102: Armon Dadgar (Co-Founder, HashiCorp) Reflects 48-Hours After Selling to IBM
    May 3, 2024 – 01:54:42
  • EP 101: Andrew Bialecki (CEO, Klaviyo) on Building a $6B Software Company - Klaviyo’s Uncharted Path
    Apr 26, 2024 – 01:52:44
  • EP 100: Jeremy Levine (Partner, Bessemer) Reflects on His Best and Worst Investments
    Apr 19, 2024 – 02:44:43
  • EP 99: Garret Langley (CEO, Flock Safety) - The $4B Tech Startup Solving Crime with AI
    Apr 12, 2024 – 01:47:45
  • EP 98: Sanjit Biswas (CEO, Samsara) on Building to $20B: The CEO Behind One of The Fastest Growing Startups Ever
    Apr 5, 2024 – 01:24:20
  • EP 97: How Aravind Srinivas (CEO, Perplexity) is Disrupting Google Search with AI
    Mar 29, 2024 – 01:38:14
  • EP 96: Tracy Young (CEO, TigerEye) Emerges from Stealth and Shares Every Mistake She Made As A First-Time CEO
    Mar 22, 2024 – 01:35:35
  • Industry Episode with Zach Weinberg: Market Trends, Avoiding Hiring Bulls***ers, and Who Will Win In AI
    Mar 15, 2024 – 01:16:10
  • EP 95: Tooey Courtemanche (CEO, Procore) Everything This Veteran CEO Would Tell Founders After Building To $11B
    Mar 8, 2024 – 01:39:36
  • EP 94: Niraj Shah (CEO, Wayfair) Building To $10B in Home Decor Revenue
    Feb 23, 2024 – 01:13:52
  • Parker Conrad (CEO, Rippling): The Zenefits Redemption Story That Led to Rippling ($11B)
    Feb 16, 2024 – 01:15:52
  • EP 93: Filip Kaliszan (CEO, Verkada) AI Security Cameras to $3.5B Company
    Feb 2, 2024 – 01:57:37
Recent Reviews
  • Sara Plat
    Great interviews
    I always learn something interesting from listening to this show. Logan is a great host, asking follow up questions and pushing back on guests while still giving them the platform to share their thoughts.
  • ashlawc
    One of my favorites!
    Great range of topics and guests, done in a very digestible and informative way. You can always count on a good laugh, while learning a thing or two. Randomly love the intro song as well!
  • Mmmmmmieieiejduhuunurnuf
    Great questions
    Listened to the episode with the Stability AI founder. Insightful questions were asked and the episode had a nice flow to it. Keep it up!
  • SludaChris
    Great interviews
    Great tech convos, always learn something.
  • Max is NOW!
    Recent episodes haven’t been a good.
    I listened to many of the episodes and generally enjoyed the balanced and insightful conversation. The recent episodes and guests have been much less interesting. Palmer Luckey, in particular, was actually pretty cringey. I didn’t know anything about him and think talking about politics and tech/gaming could be interesting - but he sounded like a Reddit post from /r/iamverybadass. I guess you can be really good at something, brilliant even, but still just totally disconnected in your own way. Other recent guests have been ok. Zach W crypto hot-takes have been fun to consider - but his foray into public policy is meh.
  • Swagtitties
    Much better with Zach Weinberg
    Podcast is so much better with Weinberg than the 2 old hosts. Old hosts were very timid, making awkward jokes giggling like nerds. It was not funny enough to be a comedy podcast, not interesting enough to be a tech podcast. Like the inverse all in. Weinberg is the man. Beyond the crypto segments, I find his perspective thought provoking and interesting. Resubscribed
  • Timboslice727
    Great Podcast!
    While I don’t work in the VC/startup world, I personally find the space quite interesting (plus it’s hard to ignore the massive + loud personalities if you’re active on twitter). To be honest, the industry appears to be filled with egotistical psychopaths who seem to have conflated a generational bull market with a personal expertise on literally everything - politics, public equities, Russia/Ukraine, covid, etc. The guys on this podcast are such a breath of fresh air. Humble, inquisitive, and dam funny. They’re all clearly intelligent, but not in your face about it. I could listen to Zach dismantle crypto/web3 hype-artists all day long. A must listen!
  • cosmin.nicolaescu
    All-In wannabes
    Cheap imitation to mostly promote their own investments
  • ASobering
    🔥🔥🔥
    Cartoon Avatars has quickly become a favorite in my feed! Logan’s industry takes are not to be missed, and his witty sense of humor had me hooked from the very first listen. It’s obvious he puts extraordinary effort in covering salient topics and finding guests that are authentic and truly care about being a positive force in this world - the insights they bring to bear are still mind-blowing every. single. time. Cannot recommend this show enough!
  • applearcade9
    Highly recommend
    Enjoyed every second
  • haslesen
    A must listen!
    As someone that knows nothing about VC and was just curious to learn, this was the PERFECT podcast. Super informational and the hosts are funny and make the content digestible. Really really enjoy this podcast!
  • Spacepupz
    Definitely worth
    You get the social and contextual scoops behind what you might’ve seen in the news. Aka the interesting stuff. You’ll be bummed it’s over.
  • Ginny Hogan
    Highly recommend
    This is exactly the show you need to understand the tech industry. And it’s funny!! Highly recommend to everyone
  • keenan allen
    Awesome
    Great show - smart hosts, interesting topics, funny commentary. This pod now at the top of my rotation and excited for more episodes.
  • atiorh
    The (not yet) All-In Podcast
    which makes it resonate better with the younger techies
  • Jaschke12345
    Snarky, Smart, Satisfying
    Tech story coverage disguised as witty banter among friends.
  • Bitcoiner69
    5/5
    Why is this so much better than the All-in podcast?
  • CW201088
    Tech keeps giving
    The tech world keeps giving week to week. Nice to hear friendly, intelligent banter from a smart, funny, satirical, and informed group on weekly happenings. Laughed and learned at the same time
  • TSmith321
    WSJ + Three Cartoon Avatars
    Wall Street Journal, email and Three Cartoon Avatars are all I need from my iPhone…
  • tgtGoBlue
    5 stars for Three Cartoon Avatars!
    How often to you get to laugh until you cry while learning a ton of great stuff?? Well, this is certainly that chance to do so! Thanks for doing such a great podcast!
  • Nikita ^ 2
    Heavily disappointed that Nikita won’t talk about his app.
    This show is the #1 source for current event news.
  • atlit
    VC news
    Like having someone who just whispers in your ear about everything going on in the VC/startup world. And it's even funny
  • Jmachiz
    Hilarious and Informative
    3 Cartoon Avatars brings together three of the best voices in tech: Logan, Zak and Nikita and they break down what happened on the internet this week. I feel like so often I am left feeling like I somehow missed out on the inside jokes happening on Twitter and now on this pod they clue me in, all while making it funny and digestible, so I don’t have to assemble the Internet jigsaw puzzle myself.
  • Ljrbsjc
    Hilarious and insightful
    Highly recommend this podcast. If you’re like me and hate social media, this will keep you informed about what’s going on while also entertaining!!
  • amazinggrace128
    Entertaining tech podcast
    A funny and self-deprecating take on all things tech. Looking forward to the next episode!
  • codyfbaby
    Fire Fire Dank Dank 🔥
    Excellent pod with a balanced dynamic via tech “insiders”/investors and a founders perspective, and a refreshing comedic flare. Added to the exclusive weekly queue!
  • CRS UT
    Fun takes on trending news in tech
    A fun listen on the latest inside baseball in SV.
  • rahulsidoku
    I laughed the whole time, almost died
    The moment these guys said hello, I started laughing uncontrollably. It took about 3 minutes of constant laughter until it actually started hurting. 6-7 minutes of constant laughter, and I began to feel the effects of carbon dioxide poisoning. I knew I had a couple minutes left before hypoxia would kick in and I wouldn’t have the wherewithal to save my own life. I called 911 (still laughing) but they immediately hung up on me. Was this it for me? Was this how I was going to die? I got into a deeper meditative state and I was able to bring my laughter to a chuckle. This allowed me to catch my breath a bit. But then someone called Nikita a VC and I erupted into uncontrollable laughter spasms. My body began convulsing and I started to pass out. I woke up in a hospital. Fortunately, my neighbor had heard the commotion and was able to call 911. The only problem is, he went home and decided to give the episode a try. He didn’t make it. RIP William
  • Smile160
    Funny and Insightful
    Funny and insightful pod into the “drama” of the tech world. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
  • lockeroomguy
    More than hot vc takes
    Love the format. These guys go deeper than their hot takes from Twitter to give a credible inside perspective from the VC world. It’s funny too.
  • akudhsjiwihah
    great insights and humor
    easy fun way of keeping up with the latest going on in tech and venture, love it!
  • JH FROM CONE
    The only podcast worth listening to
    Smart and funny in a sea of many boring podcasts on the industry. A must listen.
  • Montipi
    A MUST
    funny, relevant and informative
  • Steve bomar
    Thoroughly enjoyed
    Insider look at the tech industry with self awareness and sense of humor. Will definitely continue to listen
  • DisappointedLeagueManager
    Logan Bartlett deserves 5 stars because he has put up with Tennessee sadness for too long
    Loyalty be rewarded
  • pacific_dreams
    refreshing perspective
    a lot can be learned from this trio, they have a humorous yet insightful approach to tech
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