a16z Live : One on One with A and Z #9: The Big Questions around Remote Work

ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat was the biggest surprise from the past 15 months of remote work? [5:24]How do you handle conflict and build trust? [10:09]What’s the role of offsites? [15:45]Should you adjust compensation for different geographies? [24:02]How do you measure productivity? [34:10]What is the impact of remote work on retention and turnover? [49:17]How do startups built… Continue reading a16z Live : One on One with A and Z #9: The Big Questions around Remote Work

The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 2) | Network States, Building Cities, the Digital Frontier, and Wokeness

ABOUT THIS EPISODEBalaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 2) | Network States, Building Cities, the Digital Frontier, and WokenessYou are listening to Part 2 of the episode. The full uncut conversation is available on The Quest Youtube Channel. Join the conversation there and drop a comment on what you’ve learned! Picking up where we left off… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 2) | Network States, Building Cities, the Digital Frontier, and Wokeness

The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 1) | Crypto, China, Capitalism, and a Decentralized Creator Economy

ABOUT THIS EPISODEBalaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 1) | Crypto, China, Capitalism, and a Decentralized Creator EconomyYou are listening to Part 1 of the episode. The full, uncut conversation is available on The Quest YouTube Channel. Help us get to 50 comments on YouTube and we will make Part II available everywhere next week! It’s… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 1) | Crypto, China, Capitalism, and a Decentralized Creator Economy

The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : The Quest University #3: The Story of Atrium | Justin Kan’s Storytime

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Quest University #3: The Story of Atrium | Justin Kan’s StorytimeMy first company, Twitch, sold for almost a billion dollars. My second one lost $75 million in 36 months. People love talking about success, but today I want to talk about failure. Early last year, I announced the closure of my company… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : The Quest University #3: The Story of Atrium | Justin Kan’s Storytime

Starting Greatness : Vinod Khosla: Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed

ABOUT THIS EPISODEVinod Khosla is a Silicon Valley legend, having achieved greatness as a founder with Sun Microsystems and as one of the best venture capitalists of all time. In this episode, Mike Maples, Jr of Floodgate talks to Vinod about why it’s wrong for breakthrough builders to play it safe and how to turn… Continue reading Starting Greatness : Vinod Khosla: Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed

Anatomy of an Artist : Cooper Turley

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis week VÉRITÉ sits down with Cooper Turley. He is leading the crypto community at Audius; a new streaming platform that is utilizing blockchain technology and is providing new and innovative ways for artists to build their communities and interact with their fans. He shares ways how emerging technologies can help artists solve… Continue reading Anatomy of an Artist : Cooper Turley

a16z Live : Boss Talk #15: Copycats, Inventors vs. Operators. Hiring SDRs, and more

ABOUT THIS EPISODEFab 5 Freddy on New York in the 70s, Warhol, Blondie, Basquiat, and Yo! MTV Raps [1:40]Contrarian strategy and challenging assumptions [5:12]Boring AI and solving meaningful problems [8:42]Drop-in audio copycats [14:39]How is copying software different from remixing hip hop? [21:07]Do you want a CEO as an inventor or an operator? [24:12]Recruiting sales development… Continue reading a16z Live : Boss Talk #15: Copycats, Inventors vs. Operators. Hiring SDRs, and more

The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Laura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and Biotech

ABOUT THIS EPISODELaura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and BiotechLaura Deming is not your typical VC. She is the founder and partner of The Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm focused on the study of aging and life extension in humans. Home-schooled in New Zealand, she moved to the U.S with… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Laura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and Biotech

The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Laura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and Biotech

ABOUT THIS EPISODELaura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and BiotechLaura Deming is not your typical VC. She is the founder and partner of The Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm focused on the study of aging and life extension in humans. Home-schooled in New Zealand, she moved to the U.S with… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Laura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and Biotech

Super U Podcast : Marc Andreessen

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMarc Andreessen American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer gives us insight on successful start ups, the importance of courage and genius, and why you should combine your skills. 5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He… Continue reading Super U Podcast : Marc Andreessen