This Week In Startups : E1067: Garry Tan, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Initialized Capital, on dealing with downstream investors as a Seed-stage firm, software companies acting as governments, possibility of building IPO-level companies while fully-distributed & much more!

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The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 338: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on Taking Care of Your Team and Your Customers

ABOUT THIS EPISODESaaStr 338: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on Taking Care of Your Team and Your CustomersThese are unique times. In some ways, we can use our playbooks, make adjustments, and in other ways, things are very different. What isn’t likely to be very different is that recurring revenue … recurs. This is the bedrock… Continue reading The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 338: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield on Taking Care of Your Team and Your Customers

Squawk Pod : Mark Zuckerberg & the Arbiters of Truth

ABOUT THIS EPISODE“I don’t think that Facebook or internet platforms in general should be arbiters of truth.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg considers social media’s obligation to censor–and not censor–information available on their platforms. In an extended interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, Zuckerberg discusses his company’s role in politics, truth, and the future of work. Plus,… Continue reading Squawk Pod : Mark Zuckerberg & the Arbiters of Truth

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan :305: Dropbox’s Drew Houston on Continuous Learning, Decision Making, and Fixing the Way We Work

ABOUT THIS EPISODEBy now, the story is legend. When Drew Houston boarded a bus from Boston to New York and discovered that he had—yet again—forgotten to bring his thumb drive, he was frustrated. So frustrated that he sat down and began writing the first lines of code of what would eventually become Dropbox. After over… Continue reading The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan :305: Dropbox’s Drew Houston on Continuous Learning, Decision Making, and Fixing the Way We Work

a16z Podcast :Growth in Turbulent Times

ABOUT THIS EPISODEGrowth in Turbulent TimesIn normal times, every company operates against some hypothetical growth model—a data-driven framework that describes how your product grows and how you acquire new users. These, of course, are not normal times. In the fallout from the pandemic, most founders and CEOs are in the process of completely revamping their… Continue reading a16z Podcast :Growth in Turbulent Times

Squawk Pod : Eric Schmidt, Google’s Former CEO; A Potential “She-Cession” Looms

ABOUT THIS EPISODEEric Schmidt, Google’s former CEO and Executive Chairman, has teamed up with New York Governor Cuomo. Schmidt explains technology’s role in the Covid-19 pandemic, from surviving it to ending it, and through whatever comes afterward. In a conversation exclusive to Squawk Pod, Andrew Ross Sorkin shares context on the man who built Google… Continue reading Squawk Pod : Eric Schmidt, Google’s Former CEO; A Potential “She-Cession” Looms

This Week in Startups : E1057: Founders Fund General Partner Keith Rabois on stock market bounce back, domain expertise being overrated, US/China issues, 2020 election, recipe for startups success, chaos making way for a new generation of entrepreneurs & much more!

ABOUT THIS EPISODE0:56 Jason intros Keith Rabois and checks in on his quarantine, Zoom’s heightened exhaustion factor & more5:46 What will the lasting impact of COVID be on Silicon Valley & the startup funding landscape?8:18 How the early 2000’s dot-com bust paved way for a generation of new founders & why the PayPal mafia of… Continue reading This Week in Startups : E1057: Founders Fund General Partner Keith Rabois on stock market bounce back, domain expertise being overrated, US/China issues, 2020 election, recipe for startups success, chaos making way for a new generation of entrepreneurs & much more!

a16z Podcast : What’s Next in Gaming

ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat’s Next in GamingVideo game technology has evolved into a global phenomenon that extends far beyond entertainment. In this episode, John Riccitiello, CEO of the game software development company Unity Technologies, is interviewed by a16z general partner Andrew Chen on the rise of esports and streaming, the potential of cloud gaming, and far-reaching… Continue reading a16z Podcast : What’s Next in Gaming

The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 332: Initialized Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Garry Tan on The New Normal

ABOUT THIS EPISODEPrepare for the worst, hope for the best. Hear from Garry Tan, co-founder and managing partner at Initialized Capital, about how to protect your business during a crisis. He’ll cover remote work, team management, sales, marketing, product development and more. This podcast is an excerpt from Garry’s session at SaaStr Summit. You can… Continue reading The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 332: Initialized Capital Co-Founder and Managing Partner Garry Tan on The New Normal

a16z Podcast : IT’S TIME TO BUILD

ABOUT THIS EPISODEIT’S TIME TO BUILD“It’s Time to Build” by Marc Andreessen. You can also find and share this essay at a16z.com/build https://pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/85G57/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/3f86df/3f86df7b-51c6-4101-88a2-550dba782de8/4583ce7b-c6cc-4e7d-803c-31dd7d88da1a/2020-04-20-marc-time-to-build-v4-sm_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=JGE3yC0VPodcast: Play in new window | Download