ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Case for Decentralization — Chris Dixon (General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz)Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s spent the past five years as an active seed and previously worked at eBay. He is also a venture-stage investor.… Continue reading Startup Grind : The Case for Decentralization — Chris Dixon (General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz)
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a16z Podcast : New Business Models for Gaming, Collaboration, Creativity
ABOUT THIS EPISODENew Business Models for Gaming, Collaboration, CreativityThe combination of cloud, social, and mobile took gaming beyond a small base of just console- and PC-gamers to a massive player base. But the underlying business model — the concept of “free-to-play”, built on top of games-as-a-service — may have been the real innovation that led… Continue reading a16z Podcast : New Business Models for Gaming, Collaboration, Creativity
a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Seven Trends in Blockchain Computing
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn a followup to one of our most popular podcast episodes which originally aired in April 2017 (https://a16z.com/2017/04/03/cryptocurrencies-protocols-appcoins/), a16z Crypto Fund General Partner Chris Dixon returns to talk with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain Capital in a free-wheeling conversation about the seven major trends they see happening in blockchain computing now as we shift… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Seven Trends in Blockchain Computing
a16z Podcast :a16z Podcast: How the Internet Happened
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet — from college kids in a basement and the dot-com boom, to the applications built on top of it and the entrepreneurs behind them. General partner Chris Dixon chats with McCullough about How the Internet Happened — and… Continue reading a16z Podcast :a16z Podcast: How the Internet Happened
a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Building Crypto, from Vision to Reality
ABOUT THIS EPISODEa16z Podcast: Building Crypto, from Vision to Realitywith Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Where are we, really, right now — in terms of what we can/ can’t do with crypto today? And what will it take to get from vision to mainstream reality? This episode of the a16z… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Building Crypto, from Vision to Reality
The Boost VC Podcast : Ep. 79: {Rebroadcast}: Returning the Power of the Internet to Its Users—Via Cryptocurrency with a16z VC Chris Dixon
ABOUT THIS EPISODEEp. 79: {Rebroadcast}: Returning the Power of the Internet to Its Users—Via Cryptocurrency with a16z VC Chris Dixon‘Who has the power of the internet? Does the power lie in the hands of a few centralized companies? Or does it lie in the hands of users and communities?’We all know the answer here. Though… Continue reading The Boost VC Podcast : Ep. 79: {Rebroadcast}: Returning the Power of the Internet to Its Users—Via Cryptocurrency with a16z VC Chris Dixon
a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet ‘Disruption’
ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There’s all sorts of interesting tech trends happening right now, including AI, VR/AR, self-driving cars and drones (as well as interesting stuff happening in verticals like healthcare and finance) — and there’s a lot also happening in seemingly more “mature” tech revolutions, such as mobile… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet ‘Disruption’
a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Seeing into the Future — Making Decisions, Telling Stories
ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) There’s a lot of research and writing out there on “thinking fast” — the short-term, gut, instinctual decisions we make, biases we have, and heuristics we use — but what about for “thinking slow” — the long-term decisions we make that both… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Seeing into the Future — Making Decisions, Telling Stories
a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Decentralization — Building Blocks
ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel) “Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcomes.” At the end of the day, observes a16z crypto general partner Chris Dixon, Satoshi’s whitepaper [the original bitcoin paper outlining a peer-to-peer decentralized network and blockchain sans centralized third parties] is nine… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Decentralization — Building Blocks
a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: High Growth in Companies (and Tech)
ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Elad Gil (@eladgil) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There’s a lot of knowledge out there — and networks of talent (especially in Silicon Valley) — on what to do in the early stages of a company, going from 0 to 1, and even in going from 1 to 100… but what about beyond… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: High Growth in Companies (and Tech)