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Inside a Pitch Meeting w/ Michael Blakey & Aleks Farseev | PitchMeNot Ep.3
Understanding VC - April 28, 2024 03:34 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of PitchMeNot, host Rahul, alongside guest VC Michael Blakey, delve into the pioneering world of SoMin, an AI-powered SaaS marketing platform founded by Alex Farseev. SoMin distinguishes itself by optimizing digital advertising and competitor monitoring through advanced data anal...
Inside a Pitch Meeting w/ Michael Blakey & Aleks Farseev | PitchMeNot Ep.3
Understanding VC - April 28, 2024 03:34 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode of PitchMeNot, host Rahul, alongside guest VC Michael Blakey, delve into the pioneering world of SoMin, an AI-powered SaaS marketing platform founded by Alex Farseev. SoMin distinguishes itself by optimizing digital advertising and competitor monitoring through advanced data anal...
Trump’s Fed Power Grab? 04/26/24
Squawk Pod - April 26, 2024 16:04 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsFormer President Donald Trump's political allies are crafting a plan to increase his influence over the Federal Reserve, potentially even making him an "acting" member of the central bank’s board, according to The Wall Street Journal. Nick Timiraos, the Journal's Chief Economics Correspondent, d...
Robert Kraft Confronts Campus Hate & Lina Khan on Banning Noncompetes 04/25/24
Squawk Pod - April 25, 2024 17:02 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsThe Federal Trade Commission voted for a nationwide ban against noncompete agreements, which companies use to prevent employees from taking jobs with competitors in the same industry. FTC Chair Lina Khan addresses the agency's decision for the ban, as well as the potential impacts on businesses ...
Google’s Sit-In Pushback & Debating Student Debt Relief 04/24/24
Squawk Pod - April 24, 2024 16:42 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsGoogle has fired 50 employees over sit-in protests at the office. Yale Lecturer Joanne Lipman and The Verge’s Alex Heath discuss activism in the office, and tech’s inflection point with its employees. Jason Furman, a Democrat economist, is making his case against President Biden’s student debt r...
College Campuses Boil Over & Nobel Prize-Winner Joseph Stiglitz 04/23/24
Squawk Pod - April 23, 2024 17:17 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsElite university campuses are fraught with tension as students clash with each other and college administrations over the Israel-Hamas War. Over 100 students have been arrested from pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Yale, NYU, and Columbia campuses, videos of brazen antisemitism have gone viral,...
Kaushik Subramanian - Learnings from building products at Meta and Stripe, Extreme focus on the user problem, User first mentality, Choosing your design partners
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital - April 23, 2024 09:26 - 34 minutesOur guest today is Kaushik Subramanian, partner at EQT Ventures, investing primarily in product-led technology businesses. From offices in Stockholm, London, Berlin, Paris and New York, EQT invests in and supports entrepreneurs building the next-generation of global winners from a 1.1B Euro fun...
Verizon CEO, Gen Z on Capitalism, & DC’s Weekend Progress 04/22/24
Squawk Pod - April 22, 2024 16:02 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsAt Columbia in New York, protests and antisemitism on campus have prompted a day of remote learning for student safety, as well as commentary from Mayor Eric Adams. In DC, the House has passed a series of bills securing aid funding for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, as well as the divest-or-ban Ti...
Microsoft
Acquired - April 22, 2024 00:54 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsMicrosoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes, we are finally ready to tackle the most valuable company ever created. The company that put a computer on every desk and in every home. The company that invented the software business model. The company that so thoroughly and comple...
A Retaliatory Strike, DC’s TikTok Clock, & The Property Brothers 04/19/24
Squawk Pod - April 19, 2024 16:17 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsAfter Israel’s retaliatory strike at Iran, NBC’s Raf Sanchez is on the ground in Tel Aviv, reporting that both countries are downplaying an escalation. Stateside, CNBC’s Emily Wilkins discusses the TikTok divest-or-ban bill’s road through Congress, including its vote this weekend. Former White H...
WNBA Salaries, Amazon’s ‘Big River,’ & Russia’s Interference 04/18/24
Squawk Pod - April 18, 2024 16:16 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsCaitlin Clark will make under $77,000 a year as the WNBA’s top pick, while her counterpart in the NBA will make $10.5m. CNBC’s Jon Fortt explains the gender gap in sports salaries and in revenues. Microsoft has found that Russia’s election interference is already underway; the company’s former c...
Building a Modern Database: Nikita Shamgunov on Postgres and Beyond
Founded & Funded - April 18, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this episode of Founded & Funded, Madrona Investor Paul Goel and Neon Co-founder & CEO Nikita Shamgunov dive into the database market and the importance of creating a killer developer experience while balancing that experience with performance and reliability. Nikita also shares just how bull...
3 Olympians, 100 Days from Paris, & 1 Big Pay Package at Tesla 04/17/24
Squawk Pod - April 17, 2024 16:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsMonths after a Delaware judge voided Elon Musk’s pay package from Tesla, Tesla is asking shareholders to vote again on Musk’s $56B compensation deal. In a proxy statement, the company is also asking shareholders to approve moving Tesla’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas. Tulane Law professor...
DC Aid Packages, Bitcoin’s Volatility, & Trump Media’s Slide 04/16/24
Squawk Pod - April 16, 2024 15:50 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsDays after bitcoin’s weekend plunge and days before the bitcoin halving, Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz discusses the trajectory of crypto assets amid geopolitical and monetary policy uncertainty. Shares of Trump Media are down 60% from the company’s high in March, after its debut. Semafor...
Iran’s Attack: Weighing Israel’s Response & Market Impacts 04/15/24
Squawk Pod - April 15, 2024 15:43 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsIn a first-ever direct attack, Iran launched 300 drones and missiles at military targets inside Israel. The New York Times National Security Correspondent David Sanger explains the geopolitics at play in the Middle East and beyond, including the roles of China and Russia in a conflict between Ir...
Amazon’s High, Food Inflation, & Antisemitism Report Cards 4/12/24
Squawk Pod - April 12, 2024 16:52 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsThe Anti-Defamation League has released its Antisemitism Report Cards, grading U.S. universities on rates of antisemitism and administration responses to discrimination against Jewish students. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt explains why institutions like MIT, Harvard, and Princeton got failing gra...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy 4/11/24
Squawk Pod - April 11, 2024 16:46 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsAmazon CEO Andy Jassy sits down with Andrew Ross Sorkin at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, the morning Jassy published his annual letter to shareholders. In an extended, wide-ranging conversation with Andrew, Andy Jassy discusses AI-enabled transformations (like delivery drones!), building out t...
Julius Bachmann - Coaching entrepreneurs, The ups and downs of entrepreneurship and the importance of finding a support system
Venture Europe: Entrepreneurship | Technology | Venture Capital - April 11, 2024 14:37 - 38 minutesJulius is a certified coach and has coached over 150 entrepreneurs backed by Atomico, a16z and Creandum among others, has trained over 100 venture investors and just recently released his first single on Spotify. During this episode we discuss about the moment he decided to become a coach, the ...
Hot Inflation Data & a Boeing Whistleblower 4/10/24
Squawk Pod - April 10, 2024 17:58 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsThe Consumer Price Index came in hotter than expected, rising 3.5% from a year ago and 0.4% on the month. CNBC’s Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman break down the report and its implications for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy with former Labor Department Chief Economist Betsey Stevenson. A B...
Rise of the India-US SaaS Corridor | Chanchal Bhoorani from WestBridge Capital
Understanding VC - April 10, 2024 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode you will learn: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:31 - The US-India Saas Corridor 00:04:13 - Advantage of building Software in India 00:08:57 - Early GTM strategies for Companies 00:11:46 - How can Indian SaaS Companies compete in the US? 00:14:49 - Will the cost advantage of building...
Rise of the India-US SaaS Corridor | Chanchal Bhoorani from WestBridge Capital
Understanding VC - April 10, 2024 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode you will learn: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:31 - The US-India Saas Corridor 00:04:13 - Advantage of building Software in India 00:08:57 - Early GTM strategies for Companies 00:11:46 - How can Indian SaaS Companies compete in the US? 00:14:49 - Will the cost advantage of building...
Trade Talks & Trick Shots: Rahm Emanuel & YouTubers Dude Perfect 4/9/24
Squawk Pod - April 09, 2024 17:27 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsPresident Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the first White House visit from Japan’s PM since 2015. U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel discusses geopolitics in Asia and managing a “frenemy” relationship with China. YouTuber group Dude Perfect has secured over $100m from...
SC’s Win with WNBA Head & Total Eclipse with Fmr. NASA Astronaut 04/08/24
Squawk Pod - April 08, 2024 16:31 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsFormer NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is watching the eclipse from Arkansas, square in the path of totality. He explains how to safely view the event, either with special glasses or with a pinhole camera. South Carolina women’s basketball defeated Caitlin Clark’s Iowa team in the NCAA championshi...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore: A Cataclysmic Impact on the U.S. Economy 04/05/24
Squawk Pod - April 05, 2024 16:51 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsAfter the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, Baltimore is hoping to clear debris in the port and rebuild. Ahead of President Biden’s visit to the city, Maryland Governor discusses Baltimore’s importance to the entire U.S. economy, and delivers a message to lawmakers in Washington reluctant to ap...
Kevin Wagstaff: Relentlessly Stay In Front of Your Customers
My Biggest Lesson - April 04, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis week Adam speaks with Kevin Wagstaff, co-founder and President at Spectora, a top rated home inspection software. Kevin, alongside his brother, bootstrapped Spectora to an impressive 8,000 current customers on the platform! Previously he held positions at Charles Schwab, HomeAdviso...
Barry Diller on Disney’s Win & Social Media’s Toll on Teens 04/04/24
Squawk Pod - April 04, 2024 16:52 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsDisney’s Bob Iger has won his boardroom proxy battle against Nelson Peltz. Media mogul and IAC Chairman Barry Diller weighs in on the evolution of entertainment, including the path forward for Disney, for Paramount Global, and for streamers competing with Netflix. As founder of Fox Broadcasting ...
Point72’s Steve Cohen: Owning the Mets & Betting on AI 04/03/24
Squawk Pod - April 03, 2024 16:32 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsBillionaire hedge funder and Point72 CEO and Chairman Steve Cohen discusses his $2.4B purchase of the New York Mets, his investment in golf via the PGA and Tomorrow Golf League, and his bet on sports business. Cohen shares his view on AI equities and on the Federal Reserve’s goal of a 2% inflati...
Odyssey Energy Solutions Co-Founder and CEO Emily McAteer
Watt It Takes - April 03, 2024 13:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 96 ratingsAccording to the World Economic Forum, if we want to reach a carbon-neutral future, the world will depend on emerging markets to build energy systems that rely on clean energy instead of fossil fuels. However, only one fifth of global clean energy investments are being channeled into emerging ma...
EP 90 - Fueling fast-growth companies with Karel Dörner
The Most Awesome Founder Podcast - April 03, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsEpisode 90 of the Most Awesome Founder podcast and we are pleased to welcome Karel Dörner! Karel is one of the earliest role models of the WHU entrepreneurship spirit; from the dorm rooms of WHU to co-founding eBay competitor Alando, it took him only a few months. Moreover, leaving McKinsey to...
The Four-Day Week Experiment & Steve Eisman: The Economy is Fine 04/02/24
Squawk Pod - April 02, 2024 15:54 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 450 ratingsNeuberger Berman senior portfolio manager Steve Eisman weighs in on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate debate; Eisman says, the economy is fine, and the Fed has no reason to cut rates this year. Former Flywheel CEO Sarah Robb O’Hagan explains her experiment with a four-day-workweek at her new c...
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