ABOUT THIS EPISODEKeith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, and Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), senior advisor at Stanford Cyber, adjunct fellow at CSIS, and formerly of Google, join Erik on this episode. They discuss: Why the US is indeed in a cold war with China. The roles of DC and Silicon Valley in this new cold… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Keith Rabois and Jacob Helberg on The US-China Cold War, The Election, and Silicon Valley
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a16z Podcast : The Biology of Aging: Introducing Bio Eats World (ep 1)
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWelcome to the first episode of Bio Eats World, a brand new podcast all about how biology is technology. Bio is breaking out of the lab and clinic and into our daily lives — on the verge of revolutionizing our world in ways we are only just beginning to imagine. In this episode,… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Biology of Aging: Introducing Bio Eats World (ep 1)
Masters of Scale : Rapid Response: Nothing matters but this. w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
ABOUT THIS EPISODE“Until this problem gets fixed, all the other things that I care about, that you care about, are on hold.” In this must-hear interview, Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO (and now co-founder of Schmidt Futures) shares why he’s 100% focused on addressing the challenges of Covid-19. From vaccines and testing protocols to best… Continue reading Masters of Scale : Rapid Response: Nothing matters but this. w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
a16z Podcast : The Question of Education
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Question of EducationMonopoly, oligopoly, cartel. All three of those words can describe the (not so) modern education system today, given the cost structures, economics, and accreditation capture — in everything from who can and can’t start a new university (when was the last time a significant change happened there anyway?!) to where… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Question of Education
a16z Podcast : Turning Open Source Developers Into Superfans
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this episode, we continue our community series with a recent discussion that applies to many kinds of community building. Today’s topic: How do you create a platform that people not only use, but tell their friends about? One that goes beyond just being useful and actually connects deeply with the user? In… Continue reading a16z Podcast : Turning Open Source Developers Into Superfans
This Week in Startups : E1093: Keith Rabois on China’s grand plan, TikTok, Taiwan, Big Tech & more
ABOUT THIS EPISODEFollow Keith: https://twitter.com/rabois Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Thanks to our partners…Gusto – 3 months free at https://gusto.com/twistDell for Entrepreneurs – Save up to 48% at https://dell.com/twistLinkedIn Jobs – Get $50 off your first job post at https://www.linkedin.com/twist https://anchor.fm/s/7c624c84/podcast/play/45691873/https:%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-0-4%2F240722543-32000-2-c12ee89480157c71.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Masters of Scale : 10. Let fires burn w/Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, Gixo)
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIt’s the opposite of what you were taught. The best entrepreneurs — they let fires burn. Knowing which problems NOT to solve is as critical as knowing how to solve them. We’re revisiting this episode with serial entrepreneur Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, TicketMaster, Gixo) to underscore the one thing every entrepreneur needs to… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 10. Let fires burn w/Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, Gixo)
Masters of Scale : 62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
ABOUT THIS EPISODETo survive a crisis, you have to double down on who you already are as a company. This is something Ellen Kullman knows, having led DuPont through the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and taken the CEO role at 3D-printing unicorn Carbon only weeks before Covid hit. Through her years as a leader, Ellen has… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital : Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech
ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday on the show we have Garry Tan, the managing partner of Initialized Capital, a venture firm based in San Francisco he started with the Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Garry is a designer/engineer turned early-stage investor. He was a partner at Y Combinator for nearly five years where he advised and funded over… Continue reading Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital : Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech
a16z Podcast : What We Can’t Reveal We Can’t Heal
ABOUT THIS EPISODEGiven recent events around George Floyd and far beyond, this special episode of the a16z Podcast features Shaka Senghor, a leading advocate for criminal justice reform (and bestselling author), and Terry Brown, a former police officer in East Palo Alto (who has since run his own security firms) — who, incidentally, both grew… Continue reading a16z Podcast : What We Can’t Reveal We Can’t Heal