Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Live at Code 2018)

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Dan Frommer at the 2018 Code Conference. Chesky talks about Airbnb’s expansion into “the experience economy,” encouraging local hosts to help visitors find fun activities in their area. He also discusses how the company thinks about expanding internationally and how it’s dealing with… Continue reading Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (Live at Code 2018)

Inside Intercom : Lessons in growth with Andrew Chen, Gina Gotthilf, Casey Winters and more

ABOUT THIS EPISODELessons in growth with Andrew Chen, Gina Gotthilf, Casey Winters and moreMeaningful growth is about connecting more people to the value of your product, so they become loyal, long-term, paying customers, who share it with others. Pulled from some of our favorite growth-focused conversations to date, Andrew Chen, Shaun Clowes, Casey Winters, Gina… Continue reading Inside Intercom : Lessons in growth with Andrew Chen, Gina Gotthilf, Casey Winters and more

Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: How Silicon Valley is responding to the immigration crisis

ABOUT THIS EPISODECharlotte and Dave Willner, creators of the hugely successful Facebook fundraising campaign called “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child,” talk with Recode’s Kara Swisher about how they raised more than $20 million in one week for RAICES, a legal services nonprofit in Texas. Although the Willners originally set out to raise only… Continue reading Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: How Silicon Valley is responding to the immigration crisis

a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Network Effects, Origin Stories, and the Evolution of Tech

ABOUT THIS EPISODE“The rules of the game are different in tech,” argues — and has long argued, despite his views not being accepted at first — W. Brian Arthur, technologist-turned-economist who first truly described the phenomenon of “positive feedbacks” in the economy or “increasing returns” (vs. diminishing returns) in the new world of business… a.k.a.… Continue reading a16z Podcast : a16z Podcast: Network Effects, Origin Stories, and the Evolution of Tech

Inside Intercom : Andrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAndrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzWhat do Dropbox, Uber, AngelList, Front, Gusto and Boba Guys have in common? All have benefited from the sage advice of growth expert Andrew Chen. Now a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Andrew shares his latest thinking on viral growth, user acquisition, “The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs”… Continue reading Inside Intercom : Andrew Chen, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Dorm Room Tycoon – Business, Design & Technology Interviews : Why Building a Startup is Hard with Keith Rabois, Khosla Ventures

ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this interview, Keith Rabois explains the importance of hard work and turning your startup into a smooth machine. We discuss management styles, the downfall of remote working and how to go about hiring talented people. https://drt-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/audio/keith-rabois.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Why, How and When To Think About Growth Teams, The Right Way To Think About Network Effects & Scaling from Phase 1 To Phase 2 of Startup Life with Anu Hariharan, Partner @ YC Continuity Fund

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAnu Hariharan is a Partner @ Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund, the growth stage investing arm of Y Combinator that has made investments in the likes of Segment, Lob (coming on Friday), Convoy, where Anu is a board member and RazorPay. Prior to YC, Anu was an investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where she… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Why, How and When To Think About Growth Teams, The Right Way To Think About Network Effects & Scaling from Phase 1 To Phase 2 of Startup Life with Anu Hariharan, Partner @ YC Continuity Fund

Masters of Scale : Bonus: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success w/guest host Tim Ferriss

ABOUT THIS EPISODEGuest host Tim Ferriss shares advice you’ll want to etch into stone: the Ten Commandments of Startup Success. We teamed up with Tim’s own podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, to bring you this special remix of actionable lessons from Masters of Scale Season One, including previously unaired insights from Airbnb’s Brian Chesky, Facebook’s… Continue reading Masters of Scale : Bonus: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success w/guest host Tim Ferriss

Masters of Scale : 19. How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass’ Payal Kadakia

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe price that bleeds your business could also save it. When you invent something innovative, you can’t know how to price it on day one. First, get people in the door — get a LOT of people in the door — even if you have to price your product fatally low at first.… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 19. How to price your product to scale, w/ClassPass’ Payal Kadakia

Greymatter : Getting Smart About Growth with Casey Winters & Uber’s Andrew Chen | Greymatter

ABOUT THIS EPISODEGetting Smart About Growth with Casey Winters & Uber’s Andrew Chen | GreymatterAre B2C companies starting to see a decline in viral growth responsiveness? That’s what Greylock’s Growth Advisor Casey Winters and Head of Rider Growth at Uber, Andrew Chen believe. Andrew coined the term The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs to describe the… Continue reading Greymatter : Getting Smart About Growth with Casey Winters & Uber’s Andrew Chen | Greymatter