Masters of Scale is an original podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, Co-founder of LinkedIn and Investor at Greylock. The series shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion. In each episode, Reid tests his theories with legendary leaders from companies like Facebook, Google, Starbucks, NetFlix and more.

"Shellye Archambeau knows: If you try to avoid risk, you actually risk total failure. Or worse: mediocrity. Shellye led the most stunning Silicon Valley turnaround you’ve never heard of. She accepted the role of CEO for a failing tech company months from bankruptcy and grew it into MetricStream, which now boasts 1200 employees and a valuation in the hundreds of millions. How? Clear goals and big risks...

Shellye Archambeau is the former CEO of MetricStream, a...

Masters of Scale is an original podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, Co-founder of LinkedIn and Investor at Greylock. The series shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion. In each episode, Reid tests his theories with legendary leaders from companies like Facebook, Google, Starbucks, NetFlix and more.

"Shellye Archambeau knows: If you try to avoid risk, you actually risk total failure. Or worse: mediocrity. Shellye led the most stunning Silicon Valley turnaround you’ve never heard of. She accepted the role of CEO for a failing tech company months from bankruptcy and grew it into MetricStream, which now boasts 1200 employees and a valuation in the hundreds of millions. How? Clear goals and big risks...

Shellye Archambeau is the former CEO of MetricStream, a company she led through a dramatic and little-known turnaround. She first joined the troubled company Zaplet, when it was months from bankruptcy and led it through a business pivot, a merger with MetricStream, and its ultimate rise to a company which now boasts 1200 employees and a valuation in the hundreds of millions. She previously spent 15 years at IBM, ultimately leading IBM’s Asia-Pacific business for the public sector. Shellye’s the Board Director of Verizon, Nordstrom and several other public companies.