a16z Podcast : The Basics of Growth Marketing: Engagement & Retention

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAfter achieving product-market fit and starting to gain users, how do startups then avoid the “leaky bucket” problem of losing users as quickly as they gained them? By focusing on user engagement and retention, startups can not only keep their hard-won customers but also ensure that each new cohort of users gets more… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Basics of Growth Marketing: Engagement & Retention

a16z Podcast : The Basics of Growth Marketing: User Acquisition

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOnce known as “growth hacking”, the concept of Growth has now evolved into an entire discipline that spans marketing, product management, user experience, and more. Why? After achieving product-market fit, startups need to capitalize quickly on that initial traction to capture and retain more users and market share before the competition does, and… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Basics of Growth Marketing: User Acquisition

Bitcoin Magazine Podcast : Bitcoin Adoption Is Accelerating w/ Adam Back and Balaji Srinivasan

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAdam Back and Balaji Srinivasan join us in this episode. They are discussing global Bitcoin adoption and how it is currently accelerating. Bitcoin 2022 will be the biggest Bitcoin conference ever! Miami, FL from April 6–9, 2022 GET 10% OFF TICKETS WITH PROMOCODE: YTMAG https://b.tc/conference/ https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bitcoinmagazine/Adam_Back_Balaji_audio_Interview.mp3?dest-id=1210361Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Bankless : Does Decentralization Matter? | Kevin Owocki & Cooper Turley

ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat is most important in crypto? What wins out in the end? Today, we find out if user experience is more important than decentralization. As we progress through crypto’s cambrian explosion, we often observe the tradeoff between immediate product viability and a ‘no cutting corners’ approach. Taking the side of UX & a… Continue reading Bankless : Does Decentralization Matter? | Kevin Owocki & Cooper Turley

a16z Podcast : How the Internet Happened

ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet — from college kids in a basement and the dot-com boom, to the applications built on top of it and the entrepreneurs behind them. General partner Chris Dixon chats with McCullough about How the Internet Happened — and… Continue reading a16z Podcast : How the Internet Happened

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Garry Tan – Unwrapping the Gift – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 267]

ABOUT THIS EPISODEGarry Tan – Unwrapping the Gift – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 267]My guest today is Garry Tan, founder and managing partner of early-stage venture firm, Initialized Capital. Before starting Initialized, Garry was a partner at Y Combinator, employee number 10 at Palantir, and co-founder of YC backed blog platform Posterous. Our discussion… Continue reading Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Garry Tan – Unwrapping the Gift – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 267]

Bankless : Vitalik Buterin – Green Pill #1

ABOUT THIS EPISODEVitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum and a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation. As the visionary behind the network, Vitalik’s values are embodied within the ethos of Ethereum’s community-centric nature. Exploring quadratic funding, pluralism, and sybil resistance, we dive into why Vitalik cares about public goods and how we can utilize novel… Continue reading Bankless : Vitalik Buterin – Green Pill #1

Unchained : Will Every Piece of Media Enter the Internet as an NFT? Variant Fund Says Yes – Ep.317

ABOUT THIS EPISODEVariant Fund is a venture capital firm that describes itself as “a first-check crypto fund investing in the ownership economy.” Jesse Walden and Li Jin, co-founders and general partners at Variant, join Unchained to discuss the ownership economy, issues with web2 and web3, NFTs, the future of work, and more. Highlights: where Li… Continue reading Unchained : Will Every Piece of Media Enter the Internet as an NFT? Variant Fund Says Yes – Ep.317

What Bitcoin Did with Peter McCormack : The Breakdown of Trust with Balaji Srinivasan & Glenn Greenwald

ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Breakdown of Trust with Balaji Srinivasan & Glenn Greenwald“What I ultimately want to do with this Bitcoin discourse is try and bring as many people as possible to talk about it in a way that ceases to alienate particular ideological camps who for whatever reason have been trained quite effectively to be… Continue reading What Bitcoin Did with Peter McCormack : The Breakdown of Trust with Balaji Srinivasan & Glenn Greenwald

Bankless : 101 – The Ownership Economy | Li Jin

ABOUT THIS EPISODELi Jin is a co-founder and general partner at Variant, a crypto fund investing in Web3 and what Li calls the Ownership Economy. Li is full of massive ideas about the past, present, and future of digital economies. The core thesis? Next-generation networks grow faster and bigger. The phase we’re seeing emerge now… Continue reading Bankless : 101 – The Ownership Economy | Li Jin