Best Go Faster Stripe Podcasts (2023)

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP Book Club 54 - Ben Macintyre 41:56

5h ago41:56

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RHLSTP Book Club 54 - Colditz. Richard talks to acclaimed historian Ben Macintyre about his fabulous book about the true story of Colditz - beyond the Boy’s Own stuff we grew up and incorporating boredom, propaganda spreading wasps and homosexuality. It’s Richard’s favourite book of 2022 (now out in paperback) telling the story of some of the more …

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Why is the transition from IC Engineer to Manager so tricky (and how to get it right)? — Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma 1:00:06

27m ago1:00:06

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Our guest today is Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma and former VP of Engineering at Slack. In today’s conversation, he unpacks why most startups get it wrong when they uplevel someone from IC engineer to eng manager and unfurls what stellar engineering management looks like at high-growth companies, including: Setting appropriate e…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP 442 - Rhys James 1:05:53

30m ago1:05:53

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#442 Hungover Mastermind - Richard is basking in the possibly short-lived approval of one of his kids and is trying to make money off the ideas of the other one. His guest is Mock the Week favourite, Rhys James. They discuss the tallest building in Swindon, the worst place in Hertfordshire, writing right wing and left wing material on the same subj…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP Book Club 53 - Jon Ronson 49:09

8d ago49:09

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RHLSTP Book Club 53 - The Debutante. It’s a transatlantic podcast this week as Richard chats to fantastic author and journalist Jon Ronson, in a typically unlikely location in New York. They are chatting about his new Audible audiobook/podcast Debutante, a deep dive into the extraordinary life of Carol Howe, the former debutante who became a Neo-Na…

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How to pull off the ‘zoom-in pivot,’ and other lessons in early-stage building with Luminai’s Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran 58:37

6d ago58:37

58:37

Todd Jackson is back on the mic to guest host another product-focused episode. This time, he chats with Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran, co-founder and CEO of Luminai, a B2B software tool that helps automate any manual process down to just one click. Dinakaran’s personal and professional story is one that you do not want to miss. A former Rubik’s Cube cham…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP 441 - Suggs 51:03

11m ago51:03

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#441 Back of the Head With a Plastic Cup - Richard has been having weird dreams, but don’t try and interpret anything from them. His guest is singer, actor, presenter and legend Graham “Suggs” McPherson. They chat about how Madness might just be the defining band of the 80s, how their songs can make you travel in time, the brilliant social document…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP Emergency Questions 3 39:43

8m ago39:43

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Have You Ever Seen A Ghost? - It’s another compilation of some of our favourite answers to emergency questions and this time it’s possibly the most enduring and definitely spookiest question of all. Including genuine and pretend horrors from the League of Gentlemen, Richard’s theory on which guests will have seen ghosts and loads of ghosts that he,…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP Book Club 52 - David Baddiel 49:45

1h ago49:45

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RHLSTP Book Club 52 - The God Desire. Richard talks to David Baddiel about his thought-provoking and shamefully sometimes funny book, The God Desire and why the author believes that the fact he so much wants there to be a god means that there can’t be one. Also why he moved away from writing novels, an illuminating car ride with Frank Skinner, why …

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The go-to-market guide for open-source companies — Douglas Hanna, COO Grafana Labs 1:05:14

35m ago1:05:14

1:05:14

Our guest today is Douglas Hanna, Chief Operating Officer at Grafana Labs. Grafana Labs is an observability stack built around Grafana, a leading open-source technology for dashboards and visualization. Douglas is a seasoned revenue leader, previously leading operations and GTM strategy at Zendesk. At Grafana Labs, Douglas has been instrumental in …

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP 440 - Jordan Gray 59:05

24m ago59:05

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#440 Embracing Your Delicious Fate - Richard comes bearing great news for those who seek seduction via pizza. His guest is the hottest new act in comedy right now, the incredible Jordan Gray. They talk about the smell of elephant dung, why she wasn’t allowed to set herself on fire on TV, a visit from Magneto, a double-teaming Bros, the erudition of…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP Book Club 51 - David Quantick 39:51

5d ago39:51

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RHLSTP Book Club 51 - Ricky’s Hand. Richard talks to music critic, sitcom and movie writer and novelist David Quantick about his fun sci-fi novel about a man who wakes up with someone else’s hand, Ricky’s Hand. They chat about David’s career and his tentative steps towards becoming a novelist and how people expect you to stay in your lane. Plus the…

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What this 3-time founding team did differently to find product-market fit faster — Jessica McKellar, CTO of Pilot 55:43

6d ago55:43

55:43

Today’s conversation is with Jessica McKellar, co-founder and CTO of Pilot, which is the largest accounting firm for startups. She’s been working on Pilot for the last 6 years with her two co-founders, Waseem Daher and Jeff Arnold. But what makes this founding trio super unique is that they’ve stuck together in not just one, but three different sta…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP 439 - Mark Gatiss 55:49

7d ago55:49

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#439 Cucumber Coward - Richard is hoping to replace himself with an AI host and has left the emergency questions and some of the stand up to the robots. His guest, returning after a hiatus of just 400 episodes is the wonderful Mark Gatiss. They discuss the unfair tale of Jacob Marley, the influence of Robin Askwith, playing to camera 3 as Larry Gra…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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Can I Have My Ball Back? Episode 3 36:37

12d ago36:37

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#3 Dancing Megasperm - This huge investigation into a load of bollocks - incorporating Richard Herring’s journey to streamline his own - continues. This time. Richard pretends he’s in Total Recall as he gets a full body scan and visits the garden of national hero and jockey, Bob Champion, who gives a hair-raising account of what testicular cancer t…

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How to measure product-market fit with the REV model — Artem Kroupenev 55:14

29d ago55:14

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP 438 - Catherine Bohart 1:03:38

14d ago1:03:38

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#438 Naked Beach - Richard reveals whether Great Yarmouth has given him a multi-million pound honour or not. His guest was having a bad time last time they were on, let’s see if they’re doing any better now, it’s the brilliant Catherine Bohart. The pair talk about their respective visits to Iceland and whether Rich’s depleted genitals might end up …

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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Retro RHLSTP 55 - James Acaster 1:12:58

16d ago1:12:58

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RETRO RHLSTP #55 Sir William Strawberry - Richard reveals the terrible secret that he was harbouring throughout the David Morrissey podcast before introducing the man who arrogantly claims to have invented the hypothetical question, James Acaster. They discuss teenage bands, how you find out if you are on Taskmaster, favourite meals, the hidden dar…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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Can I Have My Ball Back? Episode 2 32:13

20d ago32:13

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#2 The Bagging Area with Dr Sara Kayat - Richard continues the story of his testicular cancer diagnosis and this week reveals how you maintain your dignity whilst having your balls scanned. He also talks to Dr Sara Kayat about why men are so reluctant to talk to their GP and the myriad of things that go wrong in a scrotum. If you have a ball story …

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The early user research playbook for founders — Jeanette Mellinger’s expert advice for validating your idea with high-quality interviews 1:11:25

1M ago1:11:25

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Our guest today is Jeanette Mellinger, Head of UX Research at BetterUp and our User Research Expert in Residence at First Round. In today’s conversation, Jeanette unspools her tested playbook for high-quality customer interviews, with particular advice for founders in the very early days of validating an idea, including: The three-step framework fo…

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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RHLSTP 437 - Kiell Smith-Bynoe 1:11:58

22d ago1:11:58

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#437 Adelaide Clowns - Richard has had a wonderful Saturday night without his wife doing what most men can only dream of. His guest is ubiquitous comedy actor and extremely good guy, Kiell Smith-Bynoe. They talk about the best acting job in the world, appearing on Death in Paradise, with some insights into what goes on off camera, getting intimate …

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RHLSTP with Richard Herring

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Can I Have My Ball Back? Episode 1 39:01

26d ago39:01

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#1 Shelling Peas with Charley Boorman - A brand new podcast series that’s happy to admit that it’s a load of bollocks. Uniballer Richard Herring tells the story of how he came to lose one of his Chuckle Brothers, talks to other monoballs and teste experts (testperts) about these remarkable and vulnerable organs. In episode one Richard recounts what…

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RHLSTP Book Club 54 - Ben Macintyre 41:56

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Why is the transition from IC Engineer to Manager so tricky (and how to get it right)? — Marcel Weekes, VP of Product Engineering at Figma 1:00:06

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RHLSTP 442 - Rhys James 1:05:53

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RHLSTP Book Club 53 - Jon Ronson 49:09

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How to pull off the ‘zoom-in pivot,’ and other lessons in early-stage building with Luminai’s Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran 58:37

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RHLSTP 441 - Suggs 51:03

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RHLSTP Emergency Questions 3 39:43

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RHLSTP Book Club 52 - David Baddiel 49:45

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The go-to-market guide for open-source companies — Douglas Hanna, COO Grafana Labs 1:05:14

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RHLSTP 440 - Jordan Gray 59:05

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RHLSTP Book Club 51 - David Quantick 39:51

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What this 3-time founding team did differently to find product-market fit faster — Jessica McKellar, CTO of Pilot 55:43

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RHLSTP 439 - Mark Gatiss 55:49

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Can I Have My Ball Back? Episode 3 36:37

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How to measure product-market fit with the REV model — Artem Kroupenev 55:14

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RHLSTP 438 - Catherine Bohart 1:03:38

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Retro RHLSTP 55 - James Acaster 1:12:58

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Can I Have My Ball Back? Episode 2 32:13

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The early user research playbook for founders — Jeanette Mellinger’s expert advice for validating your idea with high-quality interviews 1:11:25

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RHLSTP 437 - Kiell Smith-Bynoe 1:11:58

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Can I Have My Ball Back? Episode 1 39:01

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