CEO Summits

Vinod takes an optimistic look back from the future at our CEO Summit.

Scott Belsky, Chief Strategy Officer at Adobe, shares unique insights on becoming a successful product leader.

Morgan Chu, Partner at Irell & Manella LLP, shares some anecdotes highlighting the importance of intellectual property. 

Virgílio Bento, Founder and CEO of Sword Health, sits down with Vinod Khosla to chat about building a company as an outsider and lessons learned…

Sam Harris, author, neuroscientist and philosopher, joins Vinod Khosla to discuss morality, consciousness and rethinking the good life.

Matt Mochary, CEO of Mochary Method, discusses the many benefits of CEO coaching and how to be successful when working with one. 

Matt Kaeberlein, Chief Science Officer of Optispan, explores the science behind aging and the potential strategies to enhance healthspan.

Avichal Garg, Managing Partner at Electric Capital, explores the importance of crypto in today’s society.

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and Chief Scientist at OpenAI, sits down with Sven Strohband to discuss AGI, LLMs and more.

Mark Leslie gives a presentation on building a successful company by creating a virtuous cycle and consistently hitting your numbers. 

Zack Schildhorn, Founder of Series Z, gives advice on developing a successful pitch for investors.

Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, shares some of the principles around AI development that were used when building Replit.

Margaret Heffernan, author and business leader, sits down with Samir Kaul to discuss this phenomenon of avoiding uncomfortable truths and how to address them.

Dave Girouard, Founder and CEO of Upstart, sits down with David Weiden to share insights while riding the startup roller coaster to success.  

Keith Rabois sits down with Samir Kaul to share some of the most valuable lessons he has learned from five bosses: Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman,…

A short clip of Safi Bahcall, author of Loonshots, on innovation, experimentation and more. 

Jerry Weissman, founder and president of Suasive, on presenting to win.

Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, in conversation with David Weiden on creating culture at work and where we sometimes go wrong.

Shernaz Daver leads a discussion on women in tech with Celine Halioua, founder and CEO of Loyal, Nikki Pechet, co-founder and CEO of Homebound and…

Kim Scott, Co-Founder of Radical Candor & Just Work, shares insights on company culture and how to avoid biases in recruiting, hiring and mentoring.

Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Power Law, sits down with Vinod Khosla to discuss venture capital and the outsized role it plays in todays society.

Eric Topol, MD EVP and Professor, Scripps Research Institute, gives a view into where we are with Covid-19 and where we are headed next.

Bob Mumgaard, CEO of Commonwealth Fusion, sits down with Vinod Khosla to discuss fusion – both where we are today and the progress he expects…

David Sacks, Co-Founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures, shares timely advice on how to survive a downturn.

Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor, shares some insights from her CEO “playbook” on how to be a successful leader at a time where expectations are…

Vinod Khosla gives a whirlwind tour of the many companies in our portfolio that are inventing the future and getting to the impossible.

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Professor at Northeastern University, on food and how it impacts diseases and our health.

Vinod Khosla sits down with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, to discuss the company’s ambitions in building an intelligence that is smarter and more capable…

John Hamm, leadership coach for Khosla Ventures, reviews what leadership level success really means and how to get there. From leveraging your strengths and covering…

Marty Neumeier, Director of CEO Branding for Liquid Agency and expert in brand, design, innovation, and creativity, speaks to the power and value of brand…

Jack Altman, CEO and Co-Founder of Lattice, interviews his brother Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and former President of Y Combinator, on his proudest moments,…

Hear how Captain Louis Rudd MBE, record-breaking polar adventurer, expedition leader, former Royal Marine Commando and SAS soldier, traversed Antarctica twice using human power alone.…

Mark Suster, Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures, discusses how entrepreneurs can manage their boards. Among other things, he addresses their role in big picture decisions,…

Samir Kaul interviews Emily Drabant Conley, Vice President of Business Development at 23andMe, on OKRs and how to use them to gain alignment, focus and…

Sid Sijbrandij, CEO and Co-founder of GitLab, discusses the power of distributed teams and remote work. To work more asynchronously without losing effectiveness, Sid addresses…

Matthew Walker, PhD at UC Berkeley and professor of neuroscience and psychology, talks about why we sleep and the critical role sleep plays in key…

David Weiden sits down with Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock Partners to discuss blitzscaling, the notion of prioritizing speed over efficiency…

Jesse Derris, CEO of brand consultancy Derris, discusses how brands are changing the way people think about marketing. Through telling compelling brand stories across channels…

David Weiden speaks with Todd McKinnon, Co-founder and CEO of Okta, on building a successful, public enterprise company. Todd discusses hiring, who you should have…

From reinventing health insurance and creating human organs to making space accessible and using AI to evaluate a person’s ability, Vinod Khosla provides an overview…

Vinod Khosla shares the investor perspective and provides advice to entrepreneurs on how to best present to them.

Former KV Operating Partner Dan Levin hosts a workshop on how to build a team of successful, highly functional executive staff.

Evan Moore sits with his brother Graham Moore, New York Times bestselling novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, to discuss his book Last Days of Night,…

Claire Hughes Johnson, Stripe COO, on how to improve staff meetings by addressing three factors: unclear decisions, insufficient conflict and lack of listening.

David Lieb, Product Lead at Google Photos, discusses how cognitive simplicity is the key to building better products.

D. Scott Phoenix, CEO and Founder of Vicarious, gives an in-depth talk about AI, including its current strengths and weaknesses, how to factor it into…

Communications leader Nancy Duarte, Author and CEO of Duarte shares how to share stories that will motivate, inspire, and move people to action.

Steve Stoute, CEO of Translation, discusses how brands harness the power of culture to solve their biggest challenges.

Kim Scott, Author of Radical Candor, shares with leaders how to hit the sweet spot between obnoxiously aggressive or ruinously empathetic feedback.

Samir Kaul sits with Jeff Weiner, CEO of Linkedin, to share leadership lessons and the importance of shared objectives and trust amongst teammates.

Peter Thiel of Founders Fund in a wide ranging discussion on what he’s learned about venture capital, including building a long term business, hiring extraordinary…

Irene Au sits with Dheeraj Pandey, CEO of Nutanix to discuss investing in design, putting principles into practice, and evolving company culture to focus on…

New York Times best-selling author Dan Gardner on the power of psychology, decision-making, and forecasting.

Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator sits with Keith Rabois to discuss his entrepreneurial path from dropping out of Stanford and joining Y Combinator to…

Josh Tetrick, CEO and Founder of JUST (formerly Hampton Creek) on his entrepreneurial journey from an aspiring football player to founding and leading one of…

Carl Bass, President and CEO of Autodesk on the future of digital manufacturing and 3D printing.

Patti Sanchez, Author and Chief Strategy Officer of Duarte, discusses how to inspire others through the power of storytelling.

Stratospheric observer Alan Eustace on his record-setting free fall from the stratosphere, where he fell faster than the speed of sound and broke the world’s…

Mark Barden, Author and Partner of global strategic brand consultancy eatbigfish, on building challenger brands and taking on the establishment.

Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on her unique career path from the Uganda Cancer Institute to Genentech to the Gates…

Stripe CEO, Patrick Collison, talks with Keith Rabois about culture and recruiting. Hear why Stripe tries to hire people who are intrinsically happy, why they’re…

In this talk, Alex Schultz, vice president of growth at Facebook explains the basics of how to gain sustainable traction. Hear stories from Facebook’s early…

What is bitcoin and why is it so important? Hear from Balaji Srinivasan, co-founder of bitcoin startup 21, as he walks us through the fundamentals…

Debbie Millman, the president and CMO of Sterling Brands, breaks down the basics of branding and why it’s so important.

In this talk, hear from Google SVP, Sundar Pichai, as he discusses the evolution of new technology and how patterns of usage have shifted with…

Hear from MIT Media Lab’s Sandy Pentland as he explains social physics and the way human social networks spread ideas and transform those ideas into…

Why do we use certain products every day? What draws us back to them so frequently? In this video, bestselling author Nir Eyal shows us…

Yelp COO Geoff Donaker, explains how a startup CEO should approach the tricky decision of whether or not to hire a COO and when. Geoff…

In this talk, Erik Brynjolsson, author of The Second Machine Age, discusses how technology will force economic disruption and hypothesizes what the future may look…

In this video, hear directly from Zenefits founder/CEO, Parker Conrad, as he talks about the company’s hyper growth, the culture that enables urgency and action…

Larry Page and Sergey Brin sit down with Vinod Khosla to discuss a wide range of topics including the acquisition that never was, why computers…

Margaret Heffernan author of “Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at our Peril,” discusses why it’s critical for leaders and organizations to cultivate a…

Zappos founder and former CEO Tony Hsieh shares one of his core tenants – a great brand is a story that never stops unfolding –…

Carmine Gallo, communication coach and author of several bestselling books, discusses why the ability to communicate ideas and tell persuasive stories is the single greatest…

Khosla Ventures’ operating partner for design, Irene Au, shares her thoughts on design, why it’s important, and how to make it central to your business.…

In this video, hear from Debra Chrapaty, CEO of Nirvanix and Amit Soman, COO of EcoMotors as they discuss how the culture of a company…

In this video, hear from author, entrepreneur and professor at Stanford University, Steve Blank, as he talks about heuristics and lessons learned from his 21…

Hear from entrepreneur Mark Leslie, as he discusses what he’s learned about leadership as he guided Veritas from a startup to a Fortune 1000 company.

Aaron Levie, founder/CEO of Box, sits down with Keith Rabois to discuss building a new kind of enterprise company with a disruptive model.

In this video, hear Eric Topol, MD, chief academic officer of Scripps Health, talk about the creative destruction of medicine and how it could profoundly change…

In this video, hear from Jay Kimmelman, the co-founder and CEO of Bridge International Academies as he discusses how to disrupt the status quo in…

Hear from David Sacks, the founder and CEO of Yammer, as he answers all of your questions in under 20 minutes including what it takes…

Entrepreneur Mark Leslie, discusses the virtuous cycle that can be created within a business that drives success (and revenue).

In this video, hear from Vinod Khosla as he discusses the lessons he’s learned from years of screwing up, and why failure is an invaluable…

In this video, hear from author and expert on experts, Dan Gardner on why you should be wary of “expert” forecasts and predictions.

In this video, hear from Matt Devost, the CEO of FusionX, as he discusses the fundamental risks associated with cybersecurity.

“Google’s greatest strength may be the luxury of failure” – WSJ, 5/17/2013 In this talk, listen to Vinod talk about how to use failure as a…

Vinod Khosla and Bill Gates sit down for a wide ranging discussion on everything from the possibilities of science-driven innovation, how the US can maintain…

Robert Burton, neuroscientist and Author of “On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not” on how confidence, and overconfidence, impact the daily…

In this video, hear from entrepreneur and author, Eric Ries, as he discusses lean startup principles. Also, find out why his favorite business movie is Ghost…

Bing Gordon, partner at Kleiner Perkins and founder of Electronic Arts, on the customer management funnel and its similarities to the dating funnel, and the…

In this video, hear from game designer and author, Jane McGonigal, as she discusses everything from the current state of gaming to whether or not gamers have…

In this video, hear from Will Roach, CEO of Calera, Steve Crane, founder and CEO of LightSail Energy and Jagdeep Singh, CEO of Quantumscape as…

In this video, hear from Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and co-founder and CEO of Square, as he discusses what he’s learned from building both…

In this video, hear from Vinod Khosla as he provides his perspective on entrepreneurial ventures, both as a founder and investor.

In this video, hear from Tim Brown, the CEO and President of IDEO, as he discusses how one might apply design thinking more broadly to a…

Scott Cook, founder and chairman of the executive committee at Intuit, discusses leadership and what he’s learned over the course of his career, including savoring…

“What is said is less important than what is heard.” In this video, hear from Jerry Weissman, founder of Power Presentations, as he discusses the…

In this video, hear from John Hennessy, the President of Stanford University, as he discusses the innovation ecosystem – what is key to making it…

In this video, hear from Arun Majumdar, director of ARPA-E, about what kinds of innovation ARPA-E has seen and what is missing.

In this video, hear from author and leadership coach John Hamm as he discusses what makes a great leader, hiring and developing healthy organizations.

In this video, hear from Marissa Mayer as she discusses the big click problem – what it is, and how to avoid it – by…

In this video, hear from Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, as he discusses the secrets to building a successful company, including mission and culture,…

In this video, hear from Babu Mandava, the CEO of Beceem Communications — a 4G semiconductor company that builds mobile broadband chips (65% market share…

In this video, hear from Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Square, and Jagdeep Singh, CEO of QuantumScape as they tell stories of entrepreneurship.

In this video, hear from Bill Campbell, a board director of Intuit and Apple discuss leadership, management and other insights gleaned over the course of…

In this video, hear from Nick Morgan, president of Public Words, as he discusses how to find clarity in ideas and deliver them with panache.

In this video, hear from Vinod Khosla as he provides an anecdotal retrospective of his work.

In this video, hear from KR Sridar, founder and CEO of Bloom Energy, as he discusses risk management: how to face and / or mitigate risk,…

In this video, hear from Vinod Khosla as he discusses risk management, including the trade-offs and understanding different kinds of risks.