Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: The Present and Future of Crypto with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan

ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this special live episode of Venture Stories, Erik Torenberg interviews two special guests about the present and future of crypto: Naval Ravikant (@naval), CEO and co-founder of AngelList, and Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis), CTO of Coinbase. They start with an overview of the history of organizing societies and the role of centralized decision-makers… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: The Present and Future of Crypto with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan

Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: Eric Schmidt and Tyler Cowen on The Future of Technology and Society

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis is a special episode of Venture Stories recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, featuring Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen), professor of economics at George Mason University and Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidt), former executive chairman and CEO at Google/Alphabet. Cowen talks to Schmidt about a wide range of topics, from Schmidt’s college… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: Eric Schmidt and Tyler Cowen on The Future of Technology and Society

Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: Elon Musk

ABOUT THIS EPISODETesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about Tesla’s turbulent 2018, when SpaceX will send its first rocket to Mars, why he fights with journalists on Twitter and much more. In this episode: (01:49) Using Twitter without a filter; (04:50) Picking fights with the press; (07:59) The “excruciating” year… Continue reading Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: Elon Musk

Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: Keith Rabois on Career Strategy, Identifying Talent and Evaluating Markets

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis episode of Venture Stories was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco in October 2018. Keith was interviewed by Village Global partner and co-founder, Erik Torenberg. In the episode they cover a number of topics, and Keith (as usual) is very insightful. Keith breaks down some of the successes… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: Keith Rabois on Career Strategy, Identifying Talent and Evaluating Markets

a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: From Research to Startup, There and Back Again

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe period from 2000-2016 was one of the best of times and worst of times for tech and the Valley (dotcom, financial crisis, Google IPO, Facebook founded, unprecedented growth, and so on), and John Hennessy — current chairman of Alphabet, also on the boards of Cisco and other organizations — was the president… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: From Research to Startup, There and Back Again

Product Hunt Radio : The evolution of Y Combinator and counterintuitive advice for founders

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe evolution of Y Combinator and counterintuitive advice for foundersIn this episode of Product Hunt Radio, I’m visiting Y Combinator’s San Francisco headquarters to talk to two of the people who are integral to Y Combinator — Kat Manalac and Michael Seibel. Kat is a Partner at Y Combinator and one of the… Continue reading Product Hunt Radio : The evolution of Y Combinator and counterintuitive advice for founders

Product Hunt Radio : Finding the world’s ‘lost Einsteins’ and the end of aging

ABOUT THIS EPISODEFinding the world’s ‘lost Einsteins’ and the end of agingIn this episode of Product Hunt Radio I’m joined by two incredible people, Laura Deming and Daniel Gross, who have accomplished more before the age of 30 than most people have realized in a lifetime. Laura grew up in New Zealand and came to… Continue reading Product Hunt Radio : Finding the world’s ‘lost Einsteins’ and the end of aging

a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: New Upstarts in an Old Industry

ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Michael Ovitz (@michaelovitz), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) When Michael Ovitz co-founded the Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), he turned a number of the entertainment industry’s well-entrenched traditions on their head. The origin story of a16z (not coincidentally!) is not that dissimilar. So in this episode of the… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: New Upstarts in an Old Industry

a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet ‘Disruption’

ABOUT THIS EPISODEwith Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There’s all sorts of interesting tech trends happening right now, including AI, VR/AR, self-driving cars and drones (as well as interesting stuff happening in verticals like healthcare and finance) — and there’s a lot also happening in seemingly more “mature” tech revolutions, such as mobile… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet ‘Disruption’

Recode Media : Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

ABOUT THIS EPISODETwitter CEO Jack DorseyIn this special bonus episode of Recode Media, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey talks with NYU professor Jay Rosen about how Twitter is thinking about its responsibilities to society at large. In this episode:01:08 – Technological change02:42 – Dorsey’s outreach to conservatives09:43 – How Twitter employees think about news14:33 – Fluid… Continue reading Recode Media : Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey