ABOUT THIS EPISODEStanding Out in an Era with Overabundance of Capital: Ann Miura-Ko & Elad Gil | Upfront Summit 2022Floodgate co-founder and partner Ann Miura-Ko and serial entrepreneur, advisor and investor Elad Gil discuss with Upfront Partner Aditi Maliwal about their current investing process, how startups are winning in recruiting, identifying markets ahead of the… Continue reading Upfront Ventures : Standing Out in an Era with Overabundance of Capital: Ann Miura-Ko & Elad Gil | Upfront Summit 2022
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Upfront Ventures : Andrew Chen on What Startups Need to Know About the Cold Start Problem | Upfront Summit 2022
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAndrew Chen on What Startups Need to Know About the Cold Start Problem | Upfront Summit 2022a16z General Partner Andrew Chen speak with Bloomberg’s Katie Roof about what the cold start problem is, the sectors he’s most excited about as an investor, and what drew him to Substack and Clubhouse. https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1236405211-upfrontvc-andrew-chen-interviewed-by-katie-roof-upfront-summit-2022.mp3Podcast: Play in… Continue reading Upfront Ventures : Andrew Chen on What Startups Need to Know About the Cold Start Problem | Upfront Summit 2022
a16z Podcast : How the Internet Happened
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet — from college kids in a basement and the dot-com boom, to the applications built on top of it and the entrepreneurs behind them. General partner Chris Dixon chats with McCullough about How the Internet Happened — and… Continue reading a16z Podcast : How the Internet Happened
Masters of Scale : 100. Lessons that matter most: What we’ve learned from 100 episodes of Masters of Scale
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat’s harder about entrepreneurship than most people realize? How do you overcome your own doubts? Can you really trust your team? In this special episode, Reid Hoffman and Masters of Scale executive producer June Cohen gather five of their favorite guests – Brian Chesky, Tyra Banks, Angela Ahrendts, Sallie Krawcheck, and Franklin Leonard… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 100. Lessons that matter most: What we’ve learned from 100 episodes of Masters of Scale
Village Global’s Venture Stories : How To Solve The Cold Start Problem with Andrew Chen
ABOUT THIS EPISODEAndrew Chen (@andrewchen), partner at Andreessen Horowitz and author of The Cold Start Problem, joins Erik Torenberg and Lucas Bagno on this episode to discuss: Why the secret to why Bay Area tech companies have been so successful is their ability to connect people in different ways. Stories of how different tech companies… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : How To Solve The Cold Start Problem with Andrew Chen
a16z Podcast : Kickstarting Network Effects
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat are network effects? [1:32]How do you cold start and get your first users? [2:33]Atomic networks and why minimum viable community is more important than minimum viable product [6:36]How do you curate your network and set norms? [8:42]Faking users: good idea, bad idea? [13:13]What is flintstoning? [14:26]How does the relationship to creators change… Continue reading a16z Podcast : Kickstarting Network Effects
a16z Podcast : Cloud Wars and Company Wars: Play Nice But Win
ABOUT THIS EPISODECloud Wars and Company Wars: Play Nice But WinThere are lots of challenges in being public while trying to innovate, and limits to being a private company as well; but it’s rare to see a company go public then private then back to public again. As is the case with Dell Technologies, one… Continue reading a16z Podcast : Cloud Wars and Company Wars: Play Nice But Win
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: The Opendoor Memo: Keith Rabois on The Origins of Opendoor from a Conversation with Peter Thiel, Why Cash is Not a Competitive Moat for Startups Today and What People Misunderstand About Black Swan Events in Real Estate and How it Impacts Opendoor
ABOUT THIS EPISODE20VC: The Opendoor Memo: Keith Rabois on The Origins of Opendoor from a Conversation with Peter Thiel, Why Cash is Not a Competitive Moat for Startups Today and What People Misunderstand About Black Swan Events in Real Estate and How it Impacts OpendoorKeith Rabois is a General Partner @ Founders Fund, one of… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: The Opendoor Memo: Keith Rabois on The Origins of Opendoor from a Conversation with Peter Thiel, Why Cash is Not a Competitive Moat for Startups Today and What People Misunderstand About Black Swan Events in Real Estate and How it Impacts Opendoor
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified : Investor Stories 205: Why I Passed (Warner, Torenberg, Garg, Grayson & Holt)
ABOUT THIS EPISODEInvestor Stories 205: Why I Passed (Warner, Torenberg, Garg, Grayson & Holt)On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Check WarnerDayna Grayson & Rachel HoltErik TorenbergAvichal GargEach investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. Did you miss… Continue reading The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified : Investor Stories 205: Why I Passed (Warner, Torenberg, Garg, Grayson & Holt)
Masters of Scale : 88. Asking the uncomfortable questions, w/ Michael Seibel, Y Combinator
ABOUT THIS EPISODEBarreling full-speed ahead isn’t always the key to scale. For Michael Seibel, managing director at Y Combinator and co-founder of Justin.tv and Socialcam, action sometimes needs to take a back seat to asking: “Is this working?” Michael learned early on that by stopping to ask the counterintuitive question, he gained the wisdom –… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 88. Asking the uncomfortable questions, w/ Michael Seibel, Y Combinator