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Opinion
Berman: The Bay Area is the best place to launch an AI startup
“If you're going to launch an AI company, you know, there is no better place literally in, in the known universe than the Bay Area to do it.”
Jeff Berman Sep 3, 2026 ▶ 9:08 Grit is not enough: Angela Duckworth on how to change your situation
Opinion
Berman: Global leadership is currently being lionized for its cruelty
“We're in a moment where, not just nationally, globally, the leadership that is being lauded is Doesn't just lack empathy and lack love and it doesn't even really have accountability. It's lionized for its cruelty.”
Jeff Berman Sep 3, 2026 ▶ 24:40 Grit is not enough: Angela Duckworth on how to change your situation
Opinion
Berman: Liquid Death has no invention, succeeding solely on branding and packaging
“I mean, liquid death is a great example of this, right? It's water. It's water. There's no invention in this. It is entirely in the packaging and the marketing and the branding”
Jeff Berman Jun 6, 2024 ▶ 13:24 James Dyson: How to invent breakthrough products | Masters of Scale
Opinion
Berman: VCs dismissing introspection ignore thousands of years of philosophical history
“We live in a world where at least one prominent VC believes that introspection is worthless and an indulgent product of the 1910 rather than timeless, going back to Socrates, to Plato, and even Jesus Christ himself.”
Jeff Berman Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 38:36 Harvard Professor Arthur Brooks on the simulation we're living in | Masters of Scale
Opinion
Host Jeff Berman: Apple, Nike, and the NFL are the hardest dealmakers
“The three hardest companies I've ever done deals with are Apple, Nike, and the National Football League. And I worked at the National Football League.”
Jeff Berman Feb 20, 2026 ▶ 16:51 Bringing the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star game & World Cup to the Bay | Masters of Scale
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