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Sequoia Capital · 21 episodes with transcripts

The CEO rulebook is getting rewritten. Brian Halligan, Sequoia partner and co-founder and longtime CEO of HubSpot, sits down with some of the CEOs who are defining the new one—from hypergrowth AI-native startups to 150-year-old behemoths.

Spoken has transcripts of 21 Long Strange Trip: CEO to CEO with Brian Halligan episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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Latest Long Strange Trip: CEO to CEO with Brian Halligan transcripts

Luca Ferrari: The Operating System Behind Bending Spoons

October 8, 2026

Luca Ferrari (0:00)

I think people will be surprised by how poorly graduating from Harvard or Stanford predicts performance. Like people think, oh, you must be a genius. No, actually, yeah, you're probably a little bit stronger than people graduating in other universities, but not so much stronger.

And often we find that people tend to lose some of that potential raw talent edge by being a bit more entitled and thinking too highly of themselves.

Brian Halligan (0:44)

Okay, today we have Luca Ferrari on. I wanted him to have him on for a long time because he runs Bending Spoons, which is this fascinating company. It's like a little bit of a private equity roll up company, but it's really a tech platform company and it's unique. I can't find any other company that sort of rhymes…

Okay, Luca, welcome to Long Strange Trip. Thanks for coming on.

Luca Ferrari (1:12)

Thank you for having me. My pleasure.

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