ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat did Substack think about the NYTimes article “Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack” [1:01]What is Substack? [4:40]The issues with social media content models and how Substack is different [5:54]What about the echo chamber? [8:54]Turning cultural principles (e.g., freedom of the press) into actual culture [12:00]Will Substack replace traditional media? [14:01]Would Donald Trump… Continue reading a16z Live : Boss Talk #14: New Media Models with Substack
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a16z Live : NFT Virtual Summit (full audio)
ABOUT THIS EPISODENFT Virtual Summit (full audio)For videos of the NFT Virtual Summit, visit a16z.com. Session 1: The Future of the Digital Ownership Economy with Dan Boneh (Stanford University) and Chris Dixon (a16z) What is an NFT? [3:01]Why are NFTs so big right now? [7:04]The most exciting programmable ownership structures [11:36]NFTs and composability: what can… Continue reading a16z Live : NFT Virtual Summit (full audio)
The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Mathilde Collin: Radical Transparency | Front App, Mental Health, Empathy, and Leadership with Discipline
ABOUT THIS EPISODEMathilde Collin: Radical Transparency | Front App, Mental Health, Empathy, and Leadership with DisciplineWellbeing in the workplace starts with transparency, vulnerability, and empathy. Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and CEO of Front App, where her mission is to help people everywhere find meaning and happiness with their work. I met Mathilde when she… Continue reading The Quest Pod with Justin Kan : Mathilde Collin: Radical Transparency | Front App, Mental Health, Empathy, and Leadership with Discipline
a16z Live : Boss Talk #13: Book Club for Bosses
ABOUT THIS EPISODENote: the recording of this episode starts a minute or two into the show. Ali recommends: The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz [0:18]Ben recommends: High Output Management by Andy Grove [4:36]Marc recommends: Who Really Matters: The Core Group Theory of Power, Privilege, and Success by Art Kleiner [10:48]Best read for… Continue reading a16z Live : Boss Talk #13: Book Club for Bosses
a16z Live : Boss Talk #13: Book Club for Bosses
ABOUT THIS EPISODENote: the recording of this episode starts a minute or two into the show. Ali recommends: The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz [0:18]Ben recommends: High Output Management by Andy Grove [4:36]Marc recommends: Who Really Matters: The Core Group Theory of Power, Privilege, and Success by Art Kleiner [10:48]Best read for… Continue reading a16z Live : Boss Talk #13: Book Club for Bosses
Bankless : 64 – Legitimacy | Vitalik Buterin
ABOUT THIS EPISODEVitalik is back on Bankless to discuss his recent blog post: The Most Important Scarce Resource is Legitimacy. —— 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ 🎖 CLAIM YOUR BADGE: https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/-guide-2-using-the-bankless-badge 🎧 Get this Episode’s Debrief: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/exclusive-debrief-legitimacy-with —— BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 💰 GEMINI | FIAT & CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/go-gemini 🦊… Continue reading Bankless : 64 – Legitimacy | Vitalik Buterin
a16z Live : Boss Talk #12: The AI Edition
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat is AI? [2:27]AI is statistics, not consciousness [7:05]Why then so much talk about the singularity? [12:12]AI breakthroughs and FAANGs [17:21]Building the AI toolchain [26:07]AI applications in bio and medicine [30:19]Ali’s favorite AI use cases [34:35]What will AI do to jobs? [39:27]AI in 10 years [46:09]Snowflake, Databricks, data Lake, data warehouse, and how… Continue reading a16z Live : Boss Talk #12: The AI Edition
a16z Live : Boss Talk #11: Second Time Founder with Sanjit Biswas (Samsara)
ABOUT THIS EPISODEBoss Talk is the Clubhouse show where a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Ali Ghodsi, the Founder/CEO of Databricks, discuss CEO stuff, leadership stuff, management stuff… boss stuff. Live every Tuesday 5-6pm on Clubhouse. https://chtbl.com/track/85G57/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/62c6d266-e92e-4dc7-a180-9f3aa623e441/episodes/1dd9a350-eb3a-4197-90be-4b2a68a9ab37/audio/5a108882-613e-4825-a839-a9ea7e2fb086/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=AuWJKpnaPodcast: Play in new window | Download
Starting Greatness : Anu Hariharan: How to think about network effects for your startup, from the beginning
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAnu Hariharan from YCombinator’s Continuity fund is one of Silicon Valley’s top experts on network effects and how they can be applied to all types of different businesses. In this interview, Mike Maples of Floodgate talks to Anu about how a raw startup can design network effects into its business as a core… Continue reading Starting Greatness : Anu Hariharan: How to think about network effects for your startup, from the beginning
The Mindset Mentor : Dr. David Sinclair on How to Reverse Aging & Live to 150!
ABOUT THIS EPISODEOn this week’s episode of Mindset Mentor, Expert Series! Dr. David Sinclair, biologist, professor of genetics, and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School, drops by to discuss the wonders of the body and his pivotal studies on the human aging process. See omnystudio.com/listener… Continue reading The Mindset Mentor : Dr. David Sinclair on How to Reverse Aging & Live to 150!