# Grit

> Grit is Kleiner Perkins’ business interview podcast, created and hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan. Launched in 2020 as Go To Market Grit, it gives founders, sales leaders and operators public access to long conversations about building teams, finding markets and scaling companies, through audio episodes, YouTube interviews and social clips.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Menlo Park, United States (publisher Kleiner Perkins; not a separately verified Grit office)
- **Founders:** Joubin Mirzadegan (Creator and host)
- **Products:** Grit audio podcast, Grit video interviews, Grit social clips
- **Notable:** Launched in 2020 with Slack’s Robert Frati as inaugural guest., Reached numbered episode 295 with Vercel COO Jeanne Grosser in October 2026., Kleiner Perkins describes Grit as a top 1% podcast worldwide; the claim is publisher-reported and its methodology is not stated.

## Products & services

- **Grit audio podcast** — Publicly available long-form interviews with founders, CEOs and go-to-market leaders.
- **Grit video interviews** — Full interviews distributed through Kleiner Perkins’ YouTube channel.
- **Grit social clips** — Interview excerpts and episode announcements on LinkedIn and X.

## Achievements

- Launched in 2020 with Slack’s Robert Frati as inaugural guest.
- Reached numbered episode 295 with Vercel COO Jeanne Grosser in October 2026.
- Kleiner Perkins describes Grit as a top 1% podcast worldwide; the claim is publisher-reported and its methodology is not stated.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Jeanne Grosser discusses Vercel’s go-to-market strategy and reports that agents resolve 91% of support volume.
- **2026-09** — Jesse Zhang discusses Decagon’s growth and the shift from generalists to specialists.
- **2026-09** — Arena CEO Anastasios Angelopoulos discusses model rankings and competition in the AI API market.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kleinerperkins.com/category/media/grit/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kpgrit
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/KPGrit
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KleinerPerkinsVideos

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Last updated: 2026-10-09