Crucible Moments
Hosted by Roelof Botha · Sequoia Capital
4.9from 291 ratings
- 28
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 291
- Ratings
- 2023
- First episode
About Crucible Moments
A podcast about the inflection points that shaped some of the most significant companies of our time. Crucible moments are pivotal decisions that determine your trajectory. In Season 2, hear from founders and leaders like Steve Chen of YouTube, Drew Houston of Dropbox, Frank Slootman of ServiceNow and Tony Xu of DoorDash, Steve Huffman of Reddit and more about how they navigated the challenges and opportunities that defined their stories. Hosted by Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital. The content of this podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to provide investment advisory services or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund.
- Publisher
- Sequoia Capital
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Aug 2023
- Latest episode
- 4 Dec 2025
Latest episodes
20 of 28 episodes have a transcript.
4 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Palo Alto Networks ft Nir Zuk & Nikesh Arora - The Grudge That Transformed Cybersecurity
20 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
Bolt ft. Markus Villig - From Bootstrapping in Estonia to a Global Leader in Mobility
6 Nov 2025
Supercell ft Ilkka Paananen - How an Early Pivot Led to ‘Clash of Clans’ and ‘Brawl Stars’
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Palo Alto Networks ft Nir Zuk & Nikesh Arora - The Grudge That Transformed Cybersecurity
Published 4 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We used to equate it to painting the Golden Gate Bridge where when they finish painting the bridge, they have to go back and start painting it again because the paint is already corroded. One of the things that we decided to do at Palo Alto Networks is to do more and more in the cloud. […]
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- Nir Zuk
- Nikesh Arora
- Markus Villig
- Ilkka Paananen
- Keller Cliffton
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 98 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 193 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100
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- Quality
- 17
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Crucible Moments?
Roelof Botha host the show. Published by Sequoia Capital.
Does Crucible Moments take guests?
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