Tag: Business

Bits & Pretzels Podcast : B&P #40: Eric Schmidt: “Hire for intelligence, not for experience!”

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe long-term Google CEO offers a rare glimpse into his playbook about how to build a culture of excellence to how to systematically harnessing world-changing ideas in your companyThis week’s podcast guest has shaped the legend of Google, served in the epicenter of Silicon Valley for almost 20 years and led Google’s expansion… Continue reading Bits & Pretzels Podcast : B&P #40: Eric Schmidt: “Hire for intelligence, not for experience!”

A-Players – Build teams of top performers. : Michael Seibel, CEO @ Y Combinator. How YC picks founders and how to hit Product Market Fit with your team.

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMichael Seibel, CEO @ Y Combinator. How YC picks founders and how to hit Product Market Fit with your team.Michael is the CEO at Y Combinator – the world’s most famous accelerator who launched over 2,000 startups. In this episode, Michael shares YC’s 5-step recipe to select the best founders and the main… Continue reading A-Players – Build teams of top performers. : Michael Seibel, CEO @ Y Combinator. How YC picks founders and how to hit Product Market Fit with your team.

Reimagine with Eric Schmidt : Reimagine with Eric Schmidt: Improving Education for Everyone

ABOUT THIS EPISODEHow can we make education more fair, efficient, and accessible for everyone? Founder and Chairman of Ashoka University, Ashish Dawan, discusses the evolving educational landscape in India and how technology is enabling more personalized learning. Then, economics professor, Dania Francis, dives into the American system and how we can start to address the… Continue reading Reimagine with Eric Schmidt : Reimagine with Eric Schmidt: Improving Education for Everyone

That Creative Life : Garry Tan – $40B in Startup Value (Initialized Capital)

ABOUT THIS EPISODEGarry Tan is co-founder of Initialized Capital – a venture firm with $40B in value and a focus on early stage startups. He got his start as a program manager at Microsoft and later co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was a partner at Y Combinator from 2011-2015. Garry also shares his startup wisdom… Continue reading That Creative Life : Garry Tan – $40B in Startup Value (Initialized Capital)

Means of Creation : #12 — Ankur Nagpal, founder & CEO of Teachable, on empowering everyone to build the internet

ABOUT THIS EPISODELi Jin and Nathan Baschez interview Ankur Nagpal. Ankur is the founder and CEO of Teachable – an online platform that enables anyone to sell courses online. Ankur started building Teachable in 2013 shortly after graduating US Berkeley. He had been instructing a course that he was publishing on another platform when he… Continue reading Means of Creation : #12 — Ankur Nagpal, founder & CEO of Teachable, on empowering everyone to build the internet

Life, Work, and Startups :Managing Your Emotions Is a Key To Success

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMichael Seibel and Jason Seibel on managing your emotions. Learn more at nugget.fm/seibel https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/0f9aa35c-33b2-4170-8bfa-f1e22ad355a2/episodes/2071cfa4-574e-47fc-baf3-d447e1a6f168/audio/51ad6a64-9d26-49c1-9e7c-02bc976ea01b/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=UofgbOYJPodcast: Play in new window | Download

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Rahul Vohra – Using Emotion to Design Great Products – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.1]

ABOUT THIS EPISODERahul Vohra – Using Emotion to Design Great Products – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.1]Today’s episode represents a new chapter for Invest Like the Best, so requires a longer introduction than normal. Starting today, I’ll be bringing you two episodes per week on the same feed. On Tuesday’s, I’ll focus on investors, and on… Continue reading Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Rahul Vohra – Using Emotion to Design Great Products – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.1]