ABOUT THIS EPISODE5: Max LevchinNicole sits down with Affirm CEO Max Levchin for a wide ranging discussion. They cover Affirm’s use of technology as a means of inclusion, the number one characteristic he looks for when hiring, and his work on women’s health and fractionalizing home ownership. Show notes: Introductions [:08] Underlying problems with our… Continue reading Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures : 5: Max Levchin
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This Is Success : Max Levchin: How I cofounded and built PayPal into a payments monster after 6 pivots
ABOUT THIS EPISODEMax Levchin cofounded PayPal with Peter Thiel and built it into a Silicon Valley success with the help of Reid Hoffman and Elon Musk. They took it public and sold to eBay in 2002, then all four left the company. But Levchin couldn’t let go. He’d still show up at the office. On… Continue reading This Is Success : Max Levchin: How I cofounded and built PayPal into a payments monster after 6 pivots
Y Combinator : #50 – Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer
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Unchained : Naval Ravikant On How Crypto Is Squeezing VCs, Hindering Regulators And Bringing Users Choice
ABOUT THIS EPISODELove Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: https://survey.libsyn.com/unchained The executive chairman of AngelList and partner at crypto hedge fund MetaStable explains how blockchains are changing the entrepreneurship model, his philosophy for crypto investing, and what kind of threat crypto could someday pose to governments. We also… Continue reading Unchained : Naval Ravikant On How Crypto Is Squeezing VCs, Hindering Regulators And Bringing Users Choice
Moonshots Podcast: Learning Out Loud : Jack Dorsey – Twitter, Square
ABOUT THIS EPISODEJack Dorsey – Twitter, SquareThe Moonshots Podcast studies another serial entrepreneur. We go to the heart of Silicon Valley to learn from Jack Dorsey. The CEO of Twitter and Square is one of the sharpest minds there. Let listen and learn.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ https://chrt.fm/track/3854AE/media.transistor.fm/54373fb7/e41d0258.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |… Continue reading Moonshots Podcast: Learning Out Loud : Jack Dorsey – Twitter, Square
Y Combinator : #48 – The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan
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Y Combinator : #46 – Tencent’s Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 46 – Tencent’s Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming David Wallerstein is Tencent’s Chief eXploration Officer. Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/bebafa26-c3ef-11e7-9e9f-0e31eee783ba/46—tencents-chief-exploration-officer-david-wallerstein-on-wechat-qq-and-gaming—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1510272428Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Masters of Scale : 11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal’s Peter Thiel
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you want to grow your business, your goal isn’t to beat the competition — it’s to escape the competition altogether. No one knows this better than PayPal founder Peter Thiel. His theory? “Competition is for losers.” Thiel is a former colleague, frequent co-investor and longtime intellectual sparring partner with host Reid Hoffman.… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal’s Peter Thiel
Y Combinator : #45 – Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 45 – Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman Greg Brockman is the CTO and cofounder of OpenAI. Szymon Sidor is a Research Scientist at OpenAI. Sam Altman is the President of Y Combinator and Co-Chairman of OpenAI. Watch their bot compete at The… Continue reading Y Combinator : #45 – Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
Inside the Rope with David Clark : Ep 5: Cathie Wood – Investing in Disruption
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