Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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What does it take to go from advising founders to becoming one?

On this week’s special Reverse Grit episode, we flip the script and put our Grit podcast host Joubin Mirzadegan in the guest seat.

Joubin recently founded Roadrunner, where he is now co-founder & CEO. Roadrunner is building an AI‑native CPQ to modernize the quote‑to‑cash stack, drawing on years of conversations he’s had with enterprise revenue leaders.

Stepping into the host role, Mamoon Hamid joins Joubin to talk about his transition from sales leader to founder, how Roadrunner came together, and why it became our first incubation since Glean.

Roadrunner is hiring! Check them out: roadrunner.ai

Guest: Joubin Mirzadegan, Partner, Kleiner Perkins

Connect with Mamoon
X: https://x.com/mamoonha?lang=en
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mamoonha

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

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 The Host Becomes the Guest
00:02:42 Joubin’s First Steps
00:26:40 Success at Palo Alto Networks
00:31:17 Joining Kleiner Perkins
00:36:41 Grit Podcast
00:54:49 Founding Roadrunner
01:05:13 Final Thoughts