Topline
Hosted by Sam Jacobs and AJ Bruno and Asad Zaman · Pavilion
4.8from 115 ratings
- 284
- Episodes
- 110
- Transcribed
- 115
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 89K
- YouTube views
About Topline
The #1 podcast for founders, operators, and investors in B2B tech. Tune in every week to hear Sam Jacobs, AJ Bruno and Asad Zaman discuss and debate the trends, news, and developments impacting the B2B tech world. Enjoy the hot takes, strong opinions, and dry humor.
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Category
- business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
110 of 284 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SPOTLIGHT: How Rick Smolen Built Confidence Leading Outside of Sales | Rick Smolen, CRO @ ShipHero
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI Revenue Is Real. But Will It Last? | Amy Konary, Founder & Chair, Subscribed Institute @ Zuora
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SPOTLIGHT: How CEO Sam Jacobs Is Redefining Pavilion's Identity | Sam Jacobs, Founder & CEO @ Pavilion
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SPOTLIGHT: How Rick Smolen Built Confidence Leading Outside of Sales | Rick Smolen, CRO @ ShipHero
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, all right. So I'll just say broadly, the thing that I think emerging leaders are the least prepared for is letting go. Like one of the reasons that they've become a leader is because they are really good at doing the things. And now they've been advanced in their career and they have to hire other people to do the things. And so the support for folks on your team is the first thing. Like how do you empower them to actually do it and avoid them being reliant upon you? But then additionally, a lot of the top people in an organization that get promoted are also good at getting things done. And so the easier thing for them to do is just do it themselves. […]
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- Rick Smolen
- Amy Konary
- Manny Medina
- Ramin Heydari
- Keith Peiris
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 88,983
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 56 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 59 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts Topline?
Sam Jacobs and AJ Bruno and Asad Zaman host the show. Published by Pavilion.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Topline take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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