Month: February 2020

Socrates in the City : Peter Thiel: Zero to One

ABOUT THIS EPISODEEric Metaxas interviews entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel on his bestselling book ZERO TO ONE. Using Apollo 11 and Woodstock as reference points, Thiel and Metaxas explore the idea that we live in an age of technological stagnation, and cover a range of topics — globalization, Greta Thunberg, academia, the worst of the… Continue reading Socrates in the City : Peter Thiel: Zero to One

Founder Coffee – Intimate SaaS Chats : 037 Rahul Vohra – Superhuman

ABOUT THIS EPISODE037 Rahul Vohra – SuperhumanFor this thirty-seventh episode, I talked to Rahul Vohra, co-founder of Superhuman, the company behind the self-proclaimed fastest email client ever made.After Rahul sold his previous company Rapportive to LinkedIn and spent a while there as a product manager, he decided to take on the challenge to rethink one… Continue reading Founder Coffee – Intimate SaaS Chats : 037 Rahul Vohra – Superhuman

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Vinod Khosla on What Venture Assistance Really Means, Why Many VCs Are Not Qualified To Advise Founders & Why Startups Can Innovate So Much Faster Than Incumbents

ABOUT THIS EPISODEVinod Khosla is the Founder @ Khosla Ventures, one of the valley’s most renowned firms of the last decade with a portfolio including Square, Affirm, DoorDash, Impossible Foods and OpenDoor just to name a few. As for Vinod, he started his career as a Founder, founding Daisy Systems, a company that went on… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Vinod Khosla on What Venture Assistance Really Means, Why Many VCs Are Not Qualified To Advise Founders & Why Startups Can Innovate So Much Faster Than Incumbents

Square One: Conversations with the Best in Business : 44: Rahul Vohra, Founder and CEO of Superhuman

ABOUT THIS EPISODE44: Rahul Vohra, Founder and CEO of SuperhumanWorkplace communication predictions over the last 5 years has been dominated by the rise of chat apps like Slack and email ostensibly becoming eliminated. Yet email lives and thrives today – according to Radicati, nearly 300 billion emails are sent and received every day. The conversation… Continue reading Square One: Conversations with the Best in Business : 44: Rahul Vohra, Founder and CEO of Superhuman

a16z Podcast :Metrics and Mindsets for Retention & Engagement

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMetrics and Mindsets for Retention & EngagementIt’s “Marketplaces Week” for us at a16z, thanks to our consumer team releasing a new index of the next industry-defining marketplaces, the Marketplace 100. But what happens as such marketplaces and other platforms evolve over time, as do their users? This episode is a rerun of a… Continue reading a16z Podcast :Metrics and Mindsets for Retention & Engagement

Business Dad : Garry Tan

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOur Sponsor: This episode of Business Dad is brought to you by Empower. Our Guest: Garry Tan is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, who also happens to be Alexis’ co-founder at Initialized Capital. Ranked #21 on Forbes’ Midas List of top global venture capitalists, Garry, alongside Alexis, manages a team of eight investing… Continue reading Business Dad : Garry Tan

The CouRage and Nadeshot Show : #17 – Twitter Co-Creator Jack Dorsey on K-pop Craze & Favorite Twitter Account

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOn this episode of The CouRage and Nadeshot Show presented by Cash App, CouRage and Nadeshot welcome on CEO of Twitter & Square Jack Dorsey. They talk about the excitement surrounding cryptocurrency, Jack Dorsey’s favorite Twitter Account, a meditation accident with a spider, and more. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thecourageandnadeshotshow/CN2020_Jack_Dorsey_EP01_ROUGH_02122020_TH_V2.mp3?dest-id=1303940Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Big Ideas : Donald Hoffman on The Illusion of Reality

ABOUT THIS EPISODEDon Hoffman (@donalddhoffman) joins Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) and Laura Deming (@laurademing) to discuss the Illusion of Reality, Religion, and Morality. https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/22678524/don_hoffman_001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Big Ideas : Geoffrey West on Scale & Exponential Growth

ABOUT THIS EPISODEGeoffrey West joins Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) and Laura Deming (@laurademing) to discuss scale, exponential growth, and cross pollination in scientific research. https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/22679950/geoffrey_west.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download