ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you’re Steve Jobs, you can wait for your product to be perfect. For the rest of us, If you’re not embarrassed by your first product release, you’ve released it too late. Imperfect is perfect. Why? Because your assumptions about what people want are never exactly right. Most entrepreneurs create great products through… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 4. Imperfect is perfect, w/Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Khosla’s Keith Rabois on How To Create Sustainability Behind Growth, How To Assess The Potential Of Individuals & Teams & The Biggest Takeaways from LinkedIn, Paypal & Square
ABOUT THIS EPISODEKeith Rabois is an investment partner at Khosla Ventures where he has led investments in Stripe, Thoughtspot, HealthTap and Teespring among many others. He also started OpenDoor, which aims to transform the process of selling a home through technology. Keith’s unparalleled operational track record does not stop there as he has forged several… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Khosla’s Keith Rabois on How To Create Sustainability Behind Growth, How To Assess The Potential Of Individuals & Teams & The Biggest Takeaways from LinkedIn, Paypal & Square
Y Combinator : #2 – Network Effects with Anu Hariharan
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 2 – Network Effects with Anu Hariharan Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC Continuity (https://www.ycombinator.com/continuity) which is an investment fund dedicated to supporting founders as they scale their companies. Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/anu-hariharan-on-network-effects/). https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/9e25da58-35cc-11e7-9615-0e5a35214948/2_network_effects_with_anu_hariharan_ycombinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1514999652Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Y Combinator : #4 – Elon Musk on How to Build the Future
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 4 – Elon Musk on How to Build the Future Sam Altman interviews Elon Musk for a series called How To Build The Future, which you can watch on YC’s YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/ycombinator). Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/elon-musk-on-how-to-build-the-future/). https://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/pr/8fe83f3a-35db-11e7-b945-0e5a35214948/4_elon_musk_on_how_to_build_the_future_ycombinator.mp3?s=1&sd=1&u=1514999512Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Mosaic Ventures : Mosaic Ventures In Conversation With Y Combinator President Sam Altman
ABOUT THIS EPISODEMosaic Ventures In Conversation With Y Combinator President Sam AltmanMosaic Ventures In Conversation With Y Combinator President Sam Altman by Mosaic Ventures https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/320946905-mosaic-ventures-mosaic-ventures-in-conversation-with-y-combinator-president-sam-altman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Masters of Scale : 1. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky in Handcrafted
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you want your company to truly scale, you first have to do things that don’t scale. Handcraft the core experience. Get your hands dirty. Serve your customers one-by-one. And don’t stop until you know exactly what they want. That’s what Brian Chesky did. As CEO of Airbnb, Brian’s early work was more… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 1. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky in Handcrafted
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: AngelList’s Naval Ravikant on The Secrets To Success At Seed, Why Micro VC Is The Return of Traditional Series A & Why We Will See The Unbundling Of Traditional VC Brands
ABOUT THIS EPISODENaval Ravikant is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList, where the world meets startups either to find great jobs, invest in startups or raise funding. Before AngelList, he co-founded Epinions, which went public as part of Shopping.com, and Vast.com. He is an active angel investor and has invested in more than 100… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: AngelList’s Naval Ravikant on The Secrets To Success At Seed, Why Micro VC Is The Return of Traditional Series A & Why We Will See The Unbundling Of Traditional VC Brands
StarTalk Radio : Extended Classic: The Future of Humanity, with Elon Musk
ABOUT THIS EPISODEExtended Classic: The Future of Humanity, with Elon MuskNeil Tyson explores the future of humanity with one of the men forging it: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. With Chuck Nice and Bill Nye. JUST ADDED: Neil and Bill in the Cosmic Crib, sipping Merlot and musing on optimism and space… Continue reading StarTalk Radio : Extended Classic: The Future of Humanity, with Elon Musk
Marketplace Tech : 03/13/17: A lot of Googling about World War II
ABOUT THIS EPISODEY Combinator’s Sam Altman oversees an accelerator that launches promising startups into the world, but now he’s turned part of his attention to politics. He joined us to talk about his experience interacting with Trump supporters across the country. Afterwards, we’ll chat with Annalee Newitz of Ars Technica about why there’s been an… Continue reading Marketplace Tech : 03/13/17: A lot of Googling about World War II
The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network : 171 – Vitalik Buterin: DAO Lessons, Casper and Blockchain Interoperability
ABOUT THIS EPISODESupport the show, consider donating: 15yyqx1JhiNqFJ8WFSKF2oA9tKBV9Jycqc (http://bit.ly/2lypYwU) Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin joined us once again to discuss the state of Ethereum and the efforts to innovate the protocol. We covered the takeaways from the DAO fork, switching to the proof-of-stake system Casper and how to think about blockchain interoperability. Topics discussed in this… Continue reading The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network : 171 – Vitalik Buterin: DAO Lessons, Casper and Blockchain Interoperability