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
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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
Marketplace Tech : 01/05/2018: How does a tech accelerator work?
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn the world of startups, getting venture capital funding isn’t exactly easy. It’s sort of a business of who-knows-whom. And getting in front of investors can be key. Enter the accelerator. These are for-profit business incubators that invest in groups of startups, give them advice and mentoring, and connect them with other investors.… Continue reading Marketplace Tech : 01/05/2018: How does a tech accelerator work?
Y Combinator : #54 – Growth Office Hours: Round 2
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 54 – Growth Office Hours: Round 2 Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer are partners at YC. This episode is a follow-up to Anu’s Growth Guide and the first Growth Office Hours. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/6254477e-e032-11e7-990c-0e87db6004a4/54—growth-office-hours-round-2-with-with-anu-hariharan-and-gustaf-alstromer—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1514994507Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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
Y Combinator : #50 – Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 50 – Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer are Partners at YC. This episode is a follow-up to Anu’s Growth Guide. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/2044caca-d2d6-11e7-8d3f-0e064e54b810/50—growth-office-hours-with-anu-hariharan-and-gustaf-alstromer—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1514994887Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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
Y Combinator : #48 – The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 48 – The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan Yanqi Zhang is a cofounder and COO of Ofo. Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/19f03f84-c87b-11e7-878a-0e421d998c40/48—the-future-of-bike-sharing-with-ofo-cofounder-yanqi-zhang-and-anu-hariharan—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1510879832Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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