ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn Episode 49 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Vitalik Buterin and Vlad Zamfir about the future roadmap for Ethereum. If contracts are the foundation of modern civilization, then our record systems are the infrastructure that keep this foundation from falling apart. These features allow our society to establish and verify identities;… Continue reading Hidden Forces : Vitalik Buterin and Vlad Zamfir | The Ethereum Roadmap and Solving the Blockchain Scalability Problem
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LendIt Rewind : Max Levchin of Affirm on The Future of Credit: Reimagining the Financing Ecosystem
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAs the retail industry has evolved, credit has remained an equally dynamic financing instrument, moving from early store layaway to today’s digital payments. But retail experiences are continuing to evolve beyond the capabilities of traditional credit and lending. Entrepreneur Max Levchin will share his thoughts on why we need to reimagine the financing… Continue reading LendIt Rewind : Max Levchin of Affirm on The Future of Credit: Reimagining the Financing Ecosystem
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 Bitcoin Podcast : Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future #37
ABOUT THIS EPISODECreating a Humanist Blockchain Future #37In this episode of Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future Rhys interviews Kim-Mai Cutler and Garry Tan, partners at Initialized Capital, the first seed investor in Coinbase. We chat about techno-utopianism vs. skepticism, venture capital as a system, why people are leaving SF, and #BUIDL as a powerful meme.… Continue reading The Bitcoin Podcast : Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future #37
The Boost VC Podcast : Ep. 54: Returning the Power of the Internet to Its Users—Via Cryptocurrency with a16z VC Chris Dixon
ABOUT THIS EPISODEEp. 54: Returning the Power of the Internet to Its Users—Via Cryptocurrency with a16z VC Chris Dixon‘Who has the power of the internet? Does the power lie in the hands of a few centralized companies? Or does it lie in the hands of users and communities?’ We all know the answer here. Though… Continue reading The Boost VC Podcast : Ep. 54: Returning the Power of the Internet to Its Users—Via Cryptocurrency with a16z VC Chris Dixon
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
Village Global’s Venture Stories : Episode #14: How To Recruit, Assess, and Retain The Best People For Your Startup With Keith Rabois and Jack Altman
ABOUT THIS EPISODEErik talks to Keith Rabois (@rabois), Managing Director at Khosla Ventures and Jack Altman (@jaltma), CEO and co-founder of Lattice. Keith and Jack draw on their experience working at high-growth start-ups to explain how to attract the best people to your startup. They discuss how and when to hire and fire when you’re… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Episode #14: How To Recruit, Assess, and Retain The Best People For Your Startup With Keith Rabois and Jack Altman
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Sam Altman, Y Combinator President on What Makes Truly Great Leaders, Why We Will See A Compression of Seed Funding & The Future Scaling of YC
ABOUT THIS EPISODESam Altman is the president of Y Combinator, the world’s most successful accelerator with alumni that includes the likes of Airbnb, Dropbox, Reddit, Flexport and many more incredible companies. Sam is also the co-chair of OpenAI, thenon-profit AI research company, discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence. Prior to YC,… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Sam Altman, Y Combinator President on What Makes Truly Great Leaders, Why We Will See A Compression of Seed Funding & The Future Scaling of YC
Unchained : Vitalik Buterin, Creator Of Ethereum, On The Big Guy Vs. The Little Guy
ABOUT THIS EPISODELove Unchained? Please take this extremely brief survey to help us obtain more sponsors: https://survey.libsyn.com/unchained The 23-year-old whiz dives into who blockchains will someday help, how we transition from Ethereum for digital cats to higher social impact, and why even big companies like JPMorgan, Microsoft and BP are using Ethereum. He also walks… Continue reading Unchained : Vitalik Buterin, Creator Of Ethereum, On The Big Guy Vs. The Little Guy
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Chris Dixon – The Future of Tech – [Invest Like the Best, EP.69]
ABOUT THIS EPISODEChris Dixon – The Future of Tech – [Invest Like the Best, EP.69]My guest this week is Chris Dixon, who has written some of my favorite essays on technology and venture investing. Chris is a prolific investor and thinker, having been an entrepreneur, angel investor, and now partner at the well-known venture capital… Continue reading Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Chris Dixon – The Future of Tech – [Invest Like the Best, EP.69]