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Tomorrow, built today by Lightspeed Ventures : 5: Max Levchin

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

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

Marketplace Tech : 11/10/2017: How to get venture capital into the hands of minority startups

ABOUT THIS EPISODEIt’s no secret that the tech industry has a diversity problem. According to data from the Project Diane data initiative, less than 1 percent of venture funding goes to companies founded by African-American women, for example. Marketplace’s Amy Scott talks with Michael Seibel, the first African-American to become a partner at the tech… Continue reading Marketplace Tech : 11/10/2017: How to get venture capital into the hands of minority startups

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Y Combinator’s Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige

ABOUT THIS EPISODEPaul Buchheit is a Partner @ Y Combinator, the world’s most successful accelerator with portfolio companies including the likes of AirBnB, Dropbox, Stripe, Zenefits, Twitch, the list goes on. Before YC and starting from the beginning, Paul was the 23rd employee at Google where he created Gmail, developed the original prototype for Google… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Y Combinator’s Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige

Marketplace Tech : 10/02/2017: One startup’s alternative to credit card debt

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAlmost 40 percent of American households have some kind of credit card debt. A startup called Affirm wants to provide an alternative. It partners with stores to offer loans for when you make a big purchase, like a mattress or a bike. Affirm was started by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. Marketplace Tech host… Continue reading Marketplace Tech : 10/02/2017: One startup’s alternative to credit card debt

Danny In The Valley : Marc Andreessen: “Darwin has kicked in”

ABOUT THIS EPISODEMarc Andreessen: “Darwin has kicked in”The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Marc Andreessen, founder of Internet pioneer Netscape and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, to talk about the early days of the Internet (2:45), the “absurd” power of the web giants (7:30), delivery robots (10:45), the ease of starting an… Continue reading Danny In The Valley : Marc Andreessen: “Darwin has kicked in”

The eForum : Dropbox Founder Drew Houston on The War for Talent

ABOUT THIS EPISODEOne reason Dropbox is so successful is that the company attracts and holds great people. While no company ever “wins” the war for talent — the war never actually ends — successful young companies do in fact know how to win the key battles. Learn how Dropbox does it — in this interview… Continue reading The eForum : Dropbox Founder Drew Houston on The War for Talent

The TechCrunch Podcast 2.0 : Augmented reality’s promise

ABOUT THIS EPISODEAugmented reality’s promiseThis episode, Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister and Super Ventures managing partner Matt Miesnieks joined TechCrunch editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino to talk the past, present and future of augmented reality. The main question, of course, is why now? Why are we seeing the likes of Facebook, Apple and other similar big cos… Continue reading The TechCrunch Podcast 2.0 : Augmented reality’s promise

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong on The Rise & Short Term Correction in ICOs, The Regulatory Framework Required For Blockchain To Succeed & How The Rise of Blockchain Disrupts The VC Industry

ABOUT THIS EPISODEBrian Armstrong is the Founder & CEO @ Coinbase, the startup that provides the world’s most popular way to buy and sell bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin. They have backing from some of the biggest and best in VC having raised over $100m from the likes of Andreesen Horowitz, USV, DFJ and many more… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong on The Rise & Short Term Correction in ICOs, The Regulatory Framework Required For Blockchain To Succeed & How The Rise of Blockchain Disrupts The VC Industry