ABOUT THIS EPISODEAvichal is a co-founder and partner on the investment team at Electric Capital, an early stage venture firm focused on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, fintech, and marketplaces. Before starting Electric Capital, Avichal was a serial entrepreneur with executive experience at Google and Facebook. He also served as a part-time partner at YCombinator and has been… Continue reading POD OF JAKE : #89 – AVICHAL GARG
Inside Intercom : Andrew Chen on how tech’s giants drive growth with network effects
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAndrew Chen on how tech’s giants drive growth with network effectsSoftware may be eating the world, but building and scaling products is still quite a challenge. So how do you get past the awkward “cold start problem” of zero users and build the networks that make your product thrive? Andrew Chen, partner at… Continue reading Inside Intercom : Andrew Chen on how tech’s giants drive growth with network effects
TechCheck : Is the Crash Already Here?, Sony Pictures CEO Ahead of New Spider-Man Release & Founders Fund’s Keith Rabois on the Future of Fintech
ABOUT THIS EPISODEOur anchors start off the morning with shares of Adobe plummeting on weak guidance. Then, we are joined by Craft Ventures Co-Founder David Sacks, who says the crash is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed. Sacks, who was an early investor in Reddit, also shares his thoughts on the social… Continue reading TechCheck : Is the Crash Already Here?, Sony Pictures CEO Ahead of New Spider-Man Release & Founders Fund’s Keith Rabois on the Future of Fintech
Source Code : Async, not avatars: Slack’s Stewart Butterfield on the future of work
ABOUT THIS EPISODEStewart Butterfield has a lot of thoughts about how work should work. Which is not exactly surprising, given that he’s the CEO of Slack, and now works for Salesforce, two companies that are at the center of the digital workplace for businesses around the world. He’s seen what the shift to remote-first work… Continue reading Source Code : Async, not avatars: Slack’s Stewart Butterfield on the future of work
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : How @Sriram Krishnan Broke Into Silicon Valley’s Top 1%
ABOUT THIS EPISODESriram Krishnan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He’s also the popular host of the Good Time Show, a late-night Clubhouse event that has featured guests such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Calvin Harris and more. Before getting into venture capital, Sriram spent more than a decade across Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : How @Sriram Krishnan Broke Into Silicon Valley’s Top 1%
Means of Creation : Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace
ABOUT THIS EPISODEA recurring theme on this show has been creator and user empowerment—more specifically, how founders can build scalable businesses that don’t just extract value from their users, but instead, allow them to directly benefit from the value they help create. In the past, web2 gig economy marketplaces have had to be extractive—imposing higher… Continue reading Means of Creation : Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace
The Travel Diaries : Brian Chesky, Airbnb Co-Founder & CEO
ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday’s guest is the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, an interview that has been years in the making, and a real honour. For billions of us, including myself, Airbnb has completely changed the way we travel. It opened up people’s homes, creating an army of Superhosts in the process, bringing tourists… Continue reading The Travel Diaries : Brian Chesky, Airbnb Co-Founder & CEO
Uncommon Knowledge : Make Ticker Tape Parades Great Again: A Conversation With Peter Thiel
ABOUT THIS EPISODEPeter Thiel is a Silicon Valley founder and investor, and quite a successful one at that: he co-founded PayPal, was an early investor in Facebook, and started and serves as the chair of Palantir. Lately, Thiel has become more active in politics. He supported President Trump in the 2016 election and has been… Continue reading Uncommon Knowledge : Make Ticker Tape Parades Great Again: A Conversation With Peter Thiel
Fixing Healthcare Podcast : FHC #40: How venture-backed tech is transforming U.S. healthcare
ABOUT THIS EPISODEMedical professionals and budding entrepreneurs love to talk about the technologies that will someday revolutionize patient care. Our guest on Fixing Healthcare is already funding and fashioning those technologies to meet the needs of today’s patients. Our guest, Vinod Khosla, is an entrepreneur, investor, technologist and founder of Khosla Ventures, a firm with… Continue reading Fixing Healthcare Podcast : FHC #40: How venture-backed tech is transforming U.S. healthcare
The Skift Travel Podcast : A New Age of Mobility with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky acknowledged that enough affordable housing is a major challenge but argued that the new flexible nature of work wrought by the pandemic will see people migrating to city corridors and other less-dense locales where residences can be less expensive. In a fireside chat Tuesday with Skift founder and CEO… Continue reading The Skift Travel Podcast : A New Age of Mobility with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky