Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Screens have pulled families apart.

Brynn Putnam set out to bring them back together with Board, the world’s ‘first face-to-face game console.’

On Grit, she tells Joubin Mirzadegan how every venture she’s built, including Mirror, started as a personal need, and how her true edge is the ability to strip an idea down to what actually matters.

Guest: Brynn Putnam, founder and CEO of Board

Connect with Brynn Putnam
X: https://x.com/BrynnPutnam
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brynnputnam

Connect with Joubin
X: https://x.com/Joubinmir
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joubin-mirzadegan-66186854
Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com

​Learn more about Kleiner Perkins: kleinerperkins.com

(00:00) Intro
(01:40) Overtly intense
(03:13) Fitness empire
(13:57) Challenges and courage
(25:37) The right quest
(38:35) Merging companies
(47:24) Board
(54:45) Finding the fun
(1:10:36) Who Board is hiring
(1:11:42) What “grit” means to Brynn
(1:12:07) Outro