Podcast

How to Grow a Decacorn

Find out what it's like to work at Kraken without having to do any work.

Podcast Overview

Experts suspect that 2019 may be the year of decacorn IPOs from companies like Lyft, Airbnb, Slack and SpaceX. How did they get there? What challenges did they face? What lessons did they learn? Find out by tuning in weekly to “How to Grow a Decacorn” which follows Kraken, one of the most popular bitcoin or crypto companies in the world - currently valued at $4,000,000,000. We're giving you an inside peek into how we're beating the odds to grow 10 horns and take our place among this exclusive pack of companies. Witness the madness now...

EP 6: Working at Kraken

How nice would it be to know what it’s like to work at a company before actually working there? Get ready because Jesse and Christina are here to spill the tea. Hear the good, bad and ugly of what it’s like to work at Kraken. Will you want to be one of the people hired this year?

EP 5: Killing a Brand in 2 Weeks

It can take years to build a brand and yet only 2 weeks to kill it. Join Christina and Jesse as they analyze and discuss a recent story in the headlines. It turns out that when privacy, security and civil liberties are violated people get really angry, start global movements and delete their accounts.

EP 4: Solving the Conspiracy

Now that you’ve heard the major clues revealed in EP 3, join Jesse and Christina in their totally unprofessional and subjective analysis of the conspiracy. They break down who they think stole the $190 million US dollars and where they think it is now. They may be completely wrong, but there’s only one way to find out. Listen or watch them solve the mystery now.

EP 3: Chasing the Conspiracy

If a CEO dies without a new leader in place, what underlying troubles could there be? Oh, you know, just psychological manipulation, concealed criminal pasts, romance, greed, revenge, betrayal, and murder. It turns out having a succession plan in place is pretty important for every business. Jesse and Christina share with you the major clues surrounding a real-time cautionary tale.

EP 2: Bringing Home the Bacon

Christina & Jesse work at a company that just bought its fifth crypto company, this time in a nine-figure deal. To explain why the deal matters, they're going to need to talk about pork belly. Is your mouth watering, too?

EP 1: Selling Up, Not Out

We've all been there. One company buys another and then everyone is miserable. Christina and Jesse share M&A lessons learned, including the one secret to success that few companies know how to achieve.