ABOUT THIS EPISODE 46 – Tencent’s Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming David Wallerstein is Tencent’s Chief eXploration Officer. Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/bebafa26-c3ef-11e7-9e9f-0e31eee783ba/46—tencents-chief-exploration-officer-david-wallerstein-on-wechat-qq-and-gaming—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1510272428Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Masters of Scale : 11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal’s Peter Thiel
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you want to grow your business, your goal isn’t to beat the competition — it’s to escape the competition altogether. No one knows this better than PayPal founder Peter Thiel. His theory? “Competition is for losers.” Thiel is a former colleague, frequent co-investor and longtime intellectual sparring partner with host Reid Hoffman.… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal’s Peter Thiel
Y Combinator : #45 – Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 45 – Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman Greg Brockman is the CTO and cofounder of OpenAI. Szymon Sidor is a Research Scientist at OpenAI. Sam Altman is the President of Y Combinator and Co-Chairman of OpenAI. Watch their bot compete at The… Continue reading Y Combinator : #45 – Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros – OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
Y Combinator : #44 – Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World’s Largest English Learning Platform for Children
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 44 – Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World’s Largest English Learning Platform for Children Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China learn english from North American teachers. Anu Hariharan is a Partner here at YC. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/f384ef28-ad06-11e7-97c2-0e1a21565276/44—chinese-entrepreneur-cindy-mi-on-building-the-worlds-largest-english-learning-platform-for-children—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1514995416Podcast: Play in new… Continue reading Y Combinator : #44 – Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World’s Largest English Learning Platform for Children
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
Angel | hosted by Jason Calacanis : Premiere: Cyan Banister, angel investor now Founders Fund VC, shares portfolio hits/misses, deal flow strategies, finding founder-product fit & backing startups that change human behavior | Angel S1 E1
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWelcome to the first episode of the “Angel” podcast. In this series, Jason interviews angels about their investment strategies and pulls back the curtain on how early-stage startups get funded. In E1, Cyan Banister, former angel investor (Uber, Thumbtack) now Founders Fund Partner, shares with Jason her portfolio successes & brutal losses, her… Continue reading Angel | hosted by Jason Calacanis : Premiere: Cyan Banister, angel investor now Founders Fund VC, shares portfolio hits/misses, deal flow strategies, finding founder-product fit & backing startups that change human behavior | Angel S1 E1
Y Combinator : #32 – Hosain Rahman on The “Defibrillator Experiences” of Jawbone
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 32 – Hosain Rahman on The “Defibrillator Experiences” of Jawbone Hosain Rahman is the CEO and Founder of Jawbone. Jessica Livingston is a cofounder of YC. Jessica interviewed Hosain during our 2014 Startup School and this is the recording of their conversation. If you’d like to check out our 2016 Startup School… Continue reading Y Combinator : #32 – Hosain Rahman on The “Defibrillator Experiences” of Jawbone
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”
Y Combinator : #29 – Jack Dorsey On The Books That Helped Him Succeed
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 29 – Jack Dorsey On The Books That Helped Him Succeed Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter and Square. This is his talk from Startup School 2013. Read the transcript here. https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/2391efa4-86ba-11e7-a29d-0e98b1f8e214/29—jack-dorsey-on-the-books-that-helped-him-succeed—y-combinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1514997176Podcast: Play in new window | Download