ABOUT THIS EPISODEIt’s the opposite of what you were taught. The best entrepreneurs — they let fires burn. Knowing which problems NOT to solve is as critical as knowing how to solve them. We’re revisiting this episode with serial entrepreneur Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, TicketMaster, Gixo) to underscore the one thing every entrepreneur needs to… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 10. Let fires burn w/Selina Tobaccowala (Evite, SurveyMonkey, Gixo)
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The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 353: Unicorns and Decacorns in 2020: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t with Keith Rabois, General Partner at Founders Fund and Jason Lemkin, CEO, and Founder of SaaStr
ABOUT THIS EPISODESaaStr 353: Unicorns and Decacorns in 2020: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t with Keith Rabois, General Partner at Founders Fund and Jason Lemkin, CEO, and Founder of SaaStrKeith Rabois (Paypal, Linkedin, Square) and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin talk about the landscape of SaaS & Cloud fundraising and valuation in 2020. This episode is… Continue reading The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors : SaaStr 353: Unicorns and Decacorns in 2020: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t with Keith Rabois, General Partner at Founders Fund and Jason Lemkin, CEO, and Founder of SaaStr
The AWS Startup Podcast : Inside Angel Investing: Teach Me Everything You Know About Virality. Lesson No. 1 — There is No Such Thing as True Virality
ABOUT THIS EPISODERahul Vohra already knew there was a startup CEO + productivity love connection at his first startup, Rapportive. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have built the contact management email extension. What he didn’t know was how much that affinity would create a customer acquisition flywheel for Rapportive, and how, given the right product and target… Continue reading The AWS Startup Podcast : Inside Angel Investing: Teach Me Everything You Know About Virality. Lesson No. 1 — There is No Such Thing as True Virality
Next Creators : How to Think About Product Strategy
ABOUT THIS EPISODEHow to Think About Product StrategyAvichal Garg is a Managing Partner at Electric Capital. In this episode, he talks with Sasha about: •Why Avichal pursued PM work in Google post college and his entrepreneurial adventures afterwards •How he and Curtis got into crypto for the first time •What they’re looking for in entrepreneurs… Continue reading Next Creators : How to Think About Product Strategy
Masters of Scale : 62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
ABOUT THIS EPISODETo survive a crisis, you have to double down on who you already are as a company. This is something Ellen Kullman knows, having led DuPont through the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and taken the CEO role at 3D-printing unicorn Carbon only weeks before Covid hit. Through her years as a leader, Ellen has… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 62. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
The NFX Podcast : Keith Rabois on how Contrarians Think: The Early Days of Square, Yelp, & PayPal
ABOUT THIS EPISODEKeith Rabois on how Contrarians Think: The Early Days of Square, Yelp, & PayPalIn this episode of the NFX Podcast, Keith Rabois and James Currier examine the rule deviation behind some of technology’s greatest startup feats — PayPal, Square, Yelp, and even Apple, Tesla, and SpaceX. They discuss: The 5 People You Spend… Continue reading The NFX Podcast : Keith Rabois on how Contrarians Think: The Early Days of Square, Yelp, & PayPal
Anatomy of Next : ASYLUM #2 — Legalize Housing
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe housing crisis is the root of almost every serious challenge San Francisco faces. From property to construction to regulation, when it’s possible to build at all it’s too expensive to meaningfully increase supply. Because it’s too expensive to build here, most people can’t afford to live here. So let’s get into it:… Continue reading Anatomy of Next : ASYLUM #2 — Legalize Housing
Tech Tent : Apple ditches Intel chips
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThe tech giant tells developers future Macs will use Apple-designed chips as found in the iPad and iPhone. Plus, as shops reopen after lockdowns, how can tech make physical shopping safer and more pleasant? And CEO of Slack, Stewart Butterfield, talks to us about communication between businesses, and how President Trump’s ban on… Continue reading Tech Tent : Apple ditches Intel chips
Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital : Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech
ABOUT THIS EPISODEToday on the show we have Garry Tan, the managing partner of Initialized Capital, a venture firm based in San Francisco he started with the Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Garry is a designer/engineer turned early-stage investor. He was a partner at Y Combinator for nearly five years where he advised and funded over… Continue reading Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital : Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech
Inside the ICE House : Episode 181: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada & Box CEO Aaron Levie on the Future of Work
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThree leading tech CEO’s convened to discuss “The Future of Work,” a conversation recorded live as part of the NYSE’s inaugural Digital Leaders Series. Stewart Butterfield, Jennifer Tejada, and Aaron Levie shared with Betty Liu how their companies are navigating the new normal of the coronavirus pandemic. The NYSE-listed companies — Box, PagerDuty,… Continue reading Inside the ICE House : Episode 181: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada & Box CEO Aaron Levie on the Future of Work