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<p>Gia Scinto, ex-A16Z, YC Talent Leader and Partner at The Cole Group, flips the table to the candidate's side. In her second conversation with Ashish, she lays out how a senior leader should run their own search, from...
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StepOne
Hosted by The Front Lines · business · EN
About this Podcast:
StepOne is a shortform podcast for tech founders who don't have time for hour-long interviews. We interview the world's most successful founders, builders, and investors. Every episode is 10-15 minutes and covers one thing: the critical first move they made that actually moved the needle. Not their entire playbook — the foundational thing they did early (or wish they'd done) that unlocked everything else. Maybe it's how they found the right problem to solve, or the first cultural decision that set the tone, or the early board practice that built trust.
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What is StepOne about?
StepOne is a shortform podcast for tech founders who don't have time for hour-long interviews. We interview the world's most successful founders, builders, and investors. Every episode is 10-15 minutes and covers one thing: the critical first move they made that actually moved the needle.
Who hosts StepOne?
StepOne is hosted by The Front Lines. The show has published 11 episodes to date.
What has StepOne covered recently?
Recent episodes include "How Top Executives Land Their Next Role | Gia Scinto, ex-A16Z, YC Talent Leader" (9 September 2026, 23 minutes), "How to Hire Your First Executive Team | Gia Scinto, ex-A16Z, YC Talent Leader" (2 September 2026, 25 minutes), and "How to Hire Your First Executive Team | Gia Scinto, ex-A16Z, YC Talent Leader" (2 September 2026, 25 minutes).
How often does StepOne publish?
StepOne publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 20 minutes across 11 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on StepOne?
Booking probability for StepOne is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. StepOne requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. StepOne's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch StepOne?
The strongest fits for StepOne are Investing & Wealth Management and Business & Management Consulting. StepOne has a business audience.
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The Front Lines hosts StepOne, a business podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Sep 2, 202625 minS0<p>Gia Scinto, ex-A16Z, YC Talent Leader and Partner at The Cole Group, has placed sales and marketing leaders at companies like OpenAI, Stripe, and Figma. In her first conversation with Ashish, she breaks down how...
- Sep 2, 202625 min
Gia Scinto , ex-A16Z, YC Talent Leader and Partner at The Cole Group , has placed sales and marketing leaders at companies like OpenAI, Stripe, and Figma. In her first conversation with Ashish, she breaks down how...
Aug 10, 202613 minS0<p>AJ Tennant, Founder of Tenacity Capital and ex-CRO at Glean, spent three years scaling the company to $100M+ ARR. The hardest problems were rarely in the sales org. They lived in the CEO relationship, the board room...
- Aug 10, 202613 min
AJ Tennant , Founder of Tenacity Capital and ex-CRO at Glean, spent three years scaling the company to $100M+ ARR. The hardest problems were rarely in the sales org. They lived in the CEO relationship, the board room...
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Aug 10, 202618 minS0<p>AJ Tennant, Founder of Tenacity Capital and ex-CRO at Glean, pioneered enterprise AI selling as the leader who scaled the company to $100M+ ARR. Selling an AI transformation is closer to selling business consulting...
- Aug 10, 202618 min
AJ Tennant , Founder of Tenacity Capital and ex-CRO at Glean, pioneered enterprise AI selling as the leader who scaled the company to $100M+ ARR. Selling an AI transformation is closer to selling business consulting...
Aug 10, 202624 minS0<p>AJ Tennant, Founder of Tenacity Capital and ex-CRO at Glean, scaled the company to $100M+ ARR. The engine was a repeatable hiring system. Pair an experienced AE with an up and comer, add one aggressively vetted SE...
- Aug 10, 202624 min
AJ Tennant , Founder of Tenacity Capital and ex-CRO at Glean, scaled the company to $100M+ ARR. The engine was a repeatable hiring system. Pair an experienced AE with an up and comer, add one aggressively vetted SE...
Apr 21, 202617 minS0<p>Mohit Aron has spent nearly 20 years watching technology shifts play out, and his read on AI moats is blunt: the fundamentals of competitive advantage haven't changed, the tools just have. Most founders are asking...
Apr 21, 202617 minS0<p>Most CTOs talk about AI productivity gains in the abstract. Mohit Aron, Founder of Cohesity and Nutanix, has a concrete system — one he built by taking his pre-AI coding methodology and mapping AI directly onto every...
Apr 21, 202627 minS0<p>Mohit Aron has built two companies past $10B+ valuations and is now on his third. In this episode, he walks through the exact go-to-market playbook he has run each time, starting with why the founder has to be the...
Feb 25, 202617 minS0<p>Most founders delay culture work until later. Marcus Ryu made it foundational at Guidewire when they had no customers—because no one would talk to them about a non-existent product. That decision became their...
Feb 12, 202620 minS0<p>Most founders approach board meetings like performance reviews: exhausting themselves trying to look good while board members gradually encroach into operational decisions. Marcus Ryu reveals this is a failure mode...
Jan 28, 202618 minS0<p>Marcus Ryu built a $20 billion insurance software company by answering a question most founders never ask: why has this problem persisted unsolved? In this episode, Markus walks through his framework for strategic...
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