#94: James Currier -- The Soul of Silicon Valley
Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast
English - April 11, 2019 19:33 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsTechnology News Tech News incomedisparity siliconvalley siliconvalleycelebrities siliconvalleypolitics siliconvalleywealth startups technologycelebrities technologypeople womenintechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
James Currier is a partner at NFX a venture firm he co-founded with partners Gigi Levy-Weiss and Pete Flint, and advisor Stan Chudnovsky. As an investor, he has funded companies before or alongside firms like Sequoia, Greylock, CRV, A16z, First Round, Mayfield, Shasta, and GGV. He's also a four-time serial entrepreneur with unique expertise in network effects businesses (his firm has identified 13 different network effects models https://www.nfx.com/post/network-effects-manual )
James is also deeply understands the ebbs and flows of Silicon Valley: Its technology, its trends, its tribes. In this episode James and Kent cover myriad topics – including James’ perspectives on why Silicon Valley works, who should (and shouldn’t) come to Silicon Valley, and whether or not Silicon Valley has lost its soul.
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In the Something Ventured Podcast (https://somethingventured.us) Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the people changing the way we view the world online…and beyond.