ABOUT THIS EPISODELaura Deming is Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund, the first VC firm dedicated to funding high-potential longevity companies. To date, Laura has raised $26m across 2 Longevity funds and has backed the likes of Unity Biotechnology, Precision Biosciences, Metacrine, Navitor, and Alexo Therapeutics. Prior to Longevity, Laura was accepted to MIT at… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Why Raising A First Time Fund Is Like Raising A Seed Round, Why We Need New and Different Fund Models & Why Longevity Is The Most Rewarding Place To Invest with Laura Deming, Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund
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Fortt Knox : 100 – Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO: Disrupting Money (Again)
ABOUT THIS EPISODE100 – Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO: Disrupting Money (Again)Max Levchin learned to write code out of necessity. His mother’s necessity, specifically. Levchin co-founded PayPal, reaped a windfall from its IPO and sale, and became one of the best-connected investor/entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. But before all that, he was a teenage… Continue reading Fortt Knox : 100 – Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO: Disrupting Money (Again)
Ask Rezzz : A175 – How to ask?
ABOUT THIS EPISODEDuring a coaching session I was asked how to properly ask someone for a phone conversation. The context of this question was that this person wanted to reach out to specific people in larger organizations in order to simply have a phone conversation with them, not necessarily to sell to them, but for… Continue reading Ask Rezzz : A175 – How to ask?
The Tim Ferriss Show : #334: Drew Houston — The Billionaire Founder of Dropbox
ABOUT THIS EPISODE“Write an interesting story, not a perfect story.” — Drew Houston Drew Houston (@DrewHouston) is co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. Since founding the company in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, Drew has led the company’s growth from a simple idea to a service used by 500 million people around the world. Drew received his… Continue reading The Tim Ferriss Show : #334: Drew Houston — The Billionaire Founder of Dropbox
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: The 2 Core Areas Value Will Accrue In Crypto, Why Crypto Will Drive The Re-Centralisation of Talent Back Into Silicon Valley & Why Regulation Is The Opposite of What We Should Be Concerned By in Crypto with Avichal Managing Partner @ Electric Capita
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAvichal Garg is the Managing Partner @ Electric Capital, one of the leading crypto asset management firms today investing in both liquid and illiquid tokens that are emerging stores of value and rooted in novel technology. Prior to Electric they personally invested in Coinbase, Bitwise, Basecoin and more. As for Avichal as well… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: The 2 Core Areas Value Will Accrue In Crypto, Why Crypto Will Drive The Re-Centralisation of Talent Back Into Silicon Valley & Why Regulation Is The Opposite of What We Should Be Concerned By in Crypto with Avichal Managing Partner @ Electric Capita
Office Hours with Spencer Rascoff : Stewart Butterfield, Co-founder and CEO of Slack
ABOUT THIS EPISODEStewart Butterfield is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Slack, a collaboration hub beloved by more than eight million daily active users. In this episode, Spencer joins Stewart at Slack’s San Francisco headquarters to discuss their recent partnership with Atlassian, Slack’s unique origin story, managing through growth and adversity, and how Slack… Continue reading Office Hours with Spencer Rascoff : Stewart Butterfield, Co-founder and CEO of Slack
How I Built This with Guy Raz : Slack & Flickr: Stewart Butterfield
ABOUT THIS EPISODESlack & Flickr: Stewart ButterfieldIn the early 2000s, Stewart Butterfield tried to build a weird, massively multiplayer online game, but the venture failed. Instead, he and his co-founders used the technology they developed to create the photo-sharing site Flickr. After Flickr was acquired by Yahoo in 2005, Butterfield went back to the online… Continue reading How I Built This with Guy Raz : Slack & Flickr: Stewart Butterfield
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Elad Gil’s High Growth Handbook on The Commonalities of The Truly Great CEOs, How To Hire The Very Best Execs, Why Cash is A Defensible Moat Today & The Pros and Cons of M&A and IPOs
ABOUT THIS EPISODEElad Gil is the Founder @ Color, the startup that shows you your genes can help you make better health decisions. They have raised over $112m in funding from the likes of General Catalyst, CRV, 8VC, Aaron Levie and more incredible names. Elad is also an incredible angel, counting the likes of Airbnb,… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Elad Gil’s High Growth Handbook on The Commonalities of The Truly Great CEOs, How To Hire The Very Best Execs, Why Cash is A Defensible Moat Today & The Pros and Cons of M&A and IPOs
Trendsetters with Jesse Kay : Ep. 42 – Inside Twitter: Interview with CEO/Founder Jack Dorsey & CMO/Head Of People Leslie Berland
ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday I have an incredible, double stuffed episode for you: The first half is a conversation with Jack Dorsey, CEO & Founder of Twitter, and the second half features Leslie Berland, CMO & Head of People at Twitter. Jack shares the story behind starting Twitter, how he’s helping people make the sale with… Continue reading Trendsetters with Jesse Kay : Ep. 42 – Inside Twitter: Interview with CEO/Founder Jack Dorsey & CMO/Head Of People Leslie Berland
When to Jump : Y Combinator president Sam Altman
ABOUT THIS EPISODEY Combinator president Sam AltmanStartup incubator Y Combinator has helped tons of people make jumps, so its president Sam Altman is uniquely positioned to know what goes into one. It turns out, his advice for making a big change in your career comes down to something very simple. Purchase the When To Jump… Continue reading When to Jump : Y Combinator president Sam Altman