Good Work with Barrett Brooks
Good Work is a show about what it really takes to make impact at scale. These are long-form interviews with founders, scientists, authors, adventurers, and other talented people using their careers to build a more beautiful future.
Recent Episodes
Oct. 15, 2024
Creating Companies with Purpose: Kevin Lavelle on Innovation, Family, and Leadership
This week, I talk with my friend Kevin Lavelle, founder of Mizzen+Main, a company that revolutionized the dress shirt industry. We talk about how Kevin built Mizzen+Main into a successful brand, and why he ultimately decided…
Oct. 8, 2024
Brie Wolfson: Building Great Company Culture, Finding Your Creativity, and Carving Your Own Path
This week, I talk with Brie Wolfson, someone whose reputation precedes her. She’s the kind of person people rave about getting to work with. Brie was instrumental in bringing Stripe Press to life, partnering with John Collis…
Oct. 1, 2024
Creating Change: Nat West on Entrepreneurship, Community, and Public Service
This week, I sit down with Nat West, founder and former CEO of Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, a pioneering craft cider company in Portland, Oregon. Over 12 years, Nat helped shape the city’s thriving cider scene before making th…
Sept. 24, 2024
The Long Game: Clea Kolster's Mission to Solve Climate Change
This week, I talk with Clea Kolster, Head of Science and Partner at Lowercarbon Capital, a venture capital fund dedicated to solving climate change, or, as they put it, un-f***ing the planet. Lowercarbon is one of my favorit…
Sept. 17, 2024
Steph Smith: The Curator of the Internet
This week, I talk with Steph Smith, someone I consider a true curator of the internet. Steph is a writer, podcaster, and currently the host of the A16Z Podcast for the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. She’s built an…
Sept. 10, 2024
Path to Green: How Laura Behrens Wu Turned Shippo into a Billion-Dollar Unicorn
This week, I talk with Laura Behrens Wu, co-founder and CEO of Shippo, a company that’s transforming the way e-commerce businesses handle shipping logistics. If you’re not in the e-commerce world, you may not have heard of S…
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