The 3 Best Rocketship.fm Podcast Episodes
1) Interview: Andy Rachleff of Wealthfront on finding product market fit
Rachleff co-founded Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm, in 1995. The firm invested in companies including eBay, OpenTable, Snapchat, Twitter and Uber. Rachleff personally led investments in Blu...Show More
2) The rise and fall of Netscape
In 1995, Netscape made a splash with a huge IPO. But later that year, Windows 95 threatened to make Netscape irrelevant. Today, we'll take a look at how Netscape rose to prominence, and eventually cam...Show More
3) Mental Models for Product Managers
A mental model is any concept that helps explain, analyze, or navigate the world. As product managers, our mental models drive our decision-making, the way we communicate and collaborate with others, ...Show More
4) The Final Episode of Rocketship.FM (for now)
After more than a decade of stories, insights, and interviews from the world of tech, this is the final episode of Rocketship.FM… at least for now. In part one, host Mike Belsito opens up about the d...Show More
5) John Madden: The Unexpected Product Mind Behind a $4 Billion Franchise -- Looking Back
You know the name. You’ve probably heard the iconic 16-bit theme. But what you might not know is that legendary football coach and broadcaster John Madden was more than just the face of a video game —...Show More
6) Swing and a Miss: The Curious Case of the Mickey Mantle NFT -- Looking Back
In early 2022, the hype around NFTs was at its peak, and Mike Belsito found himself caught up in the frenzy—so much so that he and a lifelong friend decided to go all-in on a historic digital collecti...Show More
7) The Psychology of Failure: Why It Haunts Us & How to Move Forward -- Looking Back
Failure isn’t just a headline—it’s deeply personal. In this special re-release of one of our most powerful episodes, we explore the emotional toll of failure and how product leaders, entrepreneurs, an...Show More
8) Meta’s ‘Low Performer’ Purge: Pink Slips, Receipts, and the Stack-Ranking Revival
In early February 2025, Meta slashed 5% of its workforce—about 3,600 people—calling it a purge of “low performers” to sharpen up for an “intense” year ahead. Mark Zuckerberg says it’s about raising th...Show More
9) Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman: The AI Rivalry Shaping the Future
Elon Musk and Sam Altman—once allies in the quest for AI advancement—are now at the center of one of the biggest tech rivalries of our time. From co-founding OpenAI together in 2015 to Musk’s eventual...Show More
10) AI’s Sputnik Moment? How DeepSeek is Shaking Up the AI Race
January 25, 2025, may go down as a pivotal moment in the AI race. Chinese AI company DeepSeek launched its latest model—one that rivals OpenAI and Anthropic but at a fraction of the cost. Investors pa...Show More