ABOUT THIS EPISODEAs part of a new series where we will share select a16z partner appearances on other podcasts with our audience here, this episode is cross-posted from the new show Starting Greatness — featuring interviews with startup builders before they were successful — hosted by Mike Maples junior. In the conversation, a16z co-founder Marc… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Journey from 0 to 1, from Mosaic to Netscape
Tag: Venture Capital
a16z Podcast : Shonda Rhimes on How to Create Stories (and Products) People Want
ABOUT THIS EPISODEHollywood and Silicon Valley seem so different, but are more alike than we think. What challenges do tech startup founders and other creative founders — like showrunners and executive producers — similarly face? Both have to deeply understand and respect their audiences; learn how to scale themselves beyond one person; and even figure… Continue reading a16z Podcast : Shonda Rhimes on How to Create Stories (and Products) People Want
a16z Podcast : The Stories and Code of Culture Change
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Stories and Code of Culture ChangeThere are some common tropes that can kill your company culture — whether it’s that corporate values can be weaponized; “fake it til you make it”; the “reality distortion fields” of visionaries vs. liars; and so on. All of this just reveals the confusing, sometimes blurry line… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Stories and Code of Culture Change
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified : Investor Stories 127: Lessons Learned (Wortmann, Horowitz, Banister)
ABOUT THIS EPISODEOn this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Craig WortmannDavid HorowitzCyan BanisterEach investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it’s changed their approach. To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and… Continue reading The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified : Investor Stories 127: Lessons Learned (Wortmann, Horowitz, Banister)
Village Global’s Venture Stories : Keith Rabois on How He Invests, Forming a Founding Team, and Funding “Ridiculous” Ideas
ABOUT THIS EPISODEKeith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded live at an On Deck Fellowship event in San Francisco. They discuss: The kinds of companies and founders he looks to fund, including why he wants half of his VC friends to laugh at how ambitious and ridiculous… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Keith Rabois on How He Invests, Forming a Founding Team, and Funding “Ridiculous” Ideas
Masters of Scale : 2. Raise more money than you need, w/Minted’s Mariam Naficy
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThink you’ve raised enough money for your startup? Think again. You have to run through a minefield of unexpected expenses as an entrepreneur. And you never know where the big opportunity will come from — or if you’ll need to make an unexpected, expensive pivot to stay afloat. So always, always raise more… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 2. Raise more money than you need, w/Minted’s Mariam Naficy
a16z Podcast : Come for the Games, Stay for the Party
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe games industry is in the midst of a tectonic shift. Powered by platform convergence, games-as-a-service, and user-generated content, modern video games—what we call next-generation games—are unlike anything we’ve seen before. In the past decade, gaming has grown from a niche hobby into a global, culture-defining phenomenon. Not only are the games themselves… Continue reading a16z Podcast : Come for the Games, Stay for the Party
The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: a16z’s Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust with Founders, How and Why Creating Shocking Rules Is So Impactful To Culture & What The Samurai, Shaka Senghor and Toussaint Teach Us About Company Culture Building
ABOUT THIS EPISODEBen Horowitz is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the leading and most prestigious venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Facebook, Github, Slack, Lyft, Coinbase and many more incredible companies. Ben is also the author of the New York Times bestseller, The… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: a16z’s Ben Horowitz on How To Create An Environment of Trust with Founders, How and Why Creating Shocking Rules Is So Impactful To Culture & What The Samurai, Shaka Senghor and Toussaint Teach Us About Company Culture Building
This Week in Startups : E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Ben Ling (Bling), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Help Scout VP of Sales Tim Thyne
ABOUT THIS EPISODE0:48 Jason intros Rahul Vohra3:21 Rahul gives a talk on building a “Product-Market Fit Engine”29:42 Rahul takes questions from the LAUNCH Scale audience37:28 Jason intros the “Future of Angel Investing” panelists: Ben Ling (Bling Capital), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund) & Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital)38:54 Has Silicon Valley reached peak entitlement?41:44 Is “too… Continue reading This Week in Startups : E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Ben Ling (Bling), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Help Scout VP of Sales Tim Thyne
a16z Podcast : The Environment, Capitalism, Technology
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe Environment, Capitalism, TechnologyIt used to be that the only way for humanity to grow — and progress — was through destroying the environment. Sure, the Industrial Revolution brought about the growth of our economies, our population, our prosperity; but it also led to our extracting more resources from the planet, more pollution,… Continue reading a16z Podcast : The Environment, Capitalism, Technology