In Depth
First Round
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…
Recent Episodes
What startups get wrong about enterprise | Lindsey Scrase (COO, Checkr)
Jul 30, 2026Lindsey Scrase, COO of Checkr, discusses the challenges startups face when transitioning from mid-market to enterprise sales. Drawing on her decade at Google Cloud and 4+ years at Checkr, she explores why enterprise expansion is harder than expected, including longer sales cycles, complex decision-making, brand awareness gaps, and the need for dedicated product investment. Scrase shares practical strategies for success: focusing on specific verticals, ensuring company-wide alignment, maintaining tight customer feedback loops, and building trust through events and human connection.
How Gamma pulled off their AI pivot | Jon Noronha (Co-founder and CPO of Gamma)
Jul 24, 2026Jon Noronha, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Gamma, discusses how the AI presentation platform pivoted from a struggling productivity tool to a $100M+ user product by solving the blank page problem through generative AI. Starting in 2020 with weak product-market fit, Gamma nearly ran out of runway before betting everything on an AI-powered onboarding experience in March 2023, which sparked explosive viral growth. Noronha unpacks the distinct phases of product-market fit, the tension between horizontal vs. vertical strategy, and the challenge of managing legacy product constraints as AI models become more capable.
Why Plaid’s COO cold-calls new hires | Eric Sager (COO of Plaid)
Jul 16, 2026How Supabase became the essential infrastructure for the AI era | Paul Copplestone (Co-founder, CEO)
Jun 25, 2026How to build a beloved tech brand | Sheila Joglekar Vashee (CMO, Figma)
Jun 4, 2026Why old-school sales work still wins in the AI era | Graham Moreno (Head of GTM, Parallel)
May 21, 2026Why founders should bet on first-time executives | Praveer Melwani (CFO, Figma)
May 14, 2026Why great product leaders should stop obsessing over the roadmap | Diya Jolly (CPO & CTO of Xero)
Apr 30, 2026Inside Artemis' "AI vs AI" war | Shachar Hirshberg & Dan Shiebler (Co-founders, Artemis)
Apr 21, 2026Scaling DoorDash to market dominance | Christopher Payne (Former COO, DoorDash)
Apr 17, 2026
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