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156 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago -Each week, StrictlyVC Editor-in Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC, and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech.
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Silicon Valley Operator Jason Lemkin Dishes on VCs Missing Board Meetings
August 27, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBConnie & Alex go over some of the week's top tech stories, and then Connie talks to Jason Lemkin, a VC, entrepreneur, and author, about the decline of board meetings in the post-Covid era. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin M...
Talking with the Anti-Adam Neumann, Landing Founder Bill Smith
August 20, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBConnie & Alex go over this week's tech news and then talk to Bill Smith, a serial entrepreneur with over $500 million in exit proceeds whose new flexible lease apartment startup (Landing) looks to be his biggest venture yet. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-d...
Talking with the Anti-Adam Neumann, Landing Founder Bill Smith
August 20, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBConnie & Alex go over this week's tech news and then talk to Bill Smith, a serial entrepreneur with over $500 million in exit proceeds whose new flexible lease apartment startup (Landing) looks to be his biggest venture yet. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-d...
Story Potpourri
August 13, 2022 05:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBConnie & Alex go over this week in tech news, including a hot new entrepreneur and crazy times in Atherton. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea) 5. "EDM Detection Mo...
Index Ventures Co-Founder Danny Rimer Doesn't Buy Web3
July 23, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBConnie interviews Danny Rimer, co-founder of Index Ventures, about how megafunds still seem to be raising money in these troubled times and why he doesn't feel comfortable with many Web3 investments. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea...
Sequoia’s Jess Lee Has a Plan to Help You Build Your Startup
July 16, 2022 01:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBConnie & Alex go over this week in tech news and then talk to Jess Lee, a partner at Sequoia, about Arc, a new program organized by Sequoia to invest $1 million in promising startups and help them sharpen their mission via an intensive, seven-week program. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incom...
Sequoia’s Jess Lee Has a Plan to Help You Sell Your Startup
July 16, 2022 01:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBConnie & Alex go over this week in tech news and then talk to Jess Lee, a partner at Sequoia, about Arc, a new program organized by Sequoia to invest $1 million in promising startups and help them sharpen their mission via an intensive, seven-week program. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incom...
Why French Venture Capitalist Frederic Court Doesn't Fear U.S. VCs
June 25, 2022 01:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBThis week, Alex talks to Silicon Valley polymath Touraj Parang about his new book, EXIT PATH: How to Win the Startup End Game, and then Connie interviews Frederic Court of Felix Capital about the European VC scene. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catch...
Why French Venture Capitalist Frederic Court Doesn't Fear U.S. VCs
June 25, 2022 01:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBThis week, Alex talks to Silicon Valley polymath Touraj Parang about his new book, EXIT PATH: How to Win the Startup End Game, and then Connie interviews Frederic Court of Felix Capital about the European VC scene. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catch...
Talking Startup Boards in a Downturn with Brad Feld
June 11, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBConnie & Alex go over this week in tech news, and then Connie talks to venture capitalist Brad Feld of Foundry Group about his new book, Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, and why startup boards are especially important when times are tough. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Cat...
Lots of Sellers, Fewer Buyers, in Markets for Startup Shares
June 04, 2022 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBConnie & Alex dig deep into the private market for startup shares through conversations with two experts: Justin Fishner-Wolfson of 137 Ventures, which provides customized liquidity solutions to founders, investors, and early employees of high-growth private technology companies; and Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge Global, which has built a marketplace that enables private company shareholders to trade private company shares with accredited investors. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (...
Assessing the Market Meltdown with VC Ed Sim
May 28, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBConnie & Alex go over some of this week's top tech stories and then chat with Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures about how the current turmoil in the public markets is affecting the startup world. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kev...
Crypto VC Sam Rosenblum Offers a Peek into Haun Ventures
May 21, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBConnie & Alex skim over the week's tech news and then talk to Sam Rosenblum of Haun Ventures, one of the hottest crypto funds out there, about Haun's new $1.5 billion fund and whether we are now entering another crypto winter. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-...
Bonobos Co-Founder Andy Dunn on His Battle with Bipolar Disorder
May 14, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie chats with Andy Dunn, co-founder and former CEO of Bonobos, about his new book, Burn Rate, which chronicles his struggle with bipolar disorder. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin...
Hopin's Meltdown, Musk's Machinations, and Gurley's Valuation Advice
April 30, 2022 07:00 - 13 minutes - 9.59 MBOn this Arbor Day, Connie & Alex run through this week in tech news, including words of warning from Benchmark's Bill Gurley about a seismic shift in valuations. Special thanks to our sponsor, Seed Invest. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "P...
Benchmark's Sarah Tavel Says Web3 Is Not Crypto
April 23, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBConnie & Alex go over a couple of top tech stories for the week, and then Connie talks to Sarah Tavel, one of Benchmark's Capital's five general partners, about how Web3 differs from crypto. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevi...
Venrock's Bryan Roberts Is Betting that the Central Nervous System Is the Next Big Healthcare Opportunity
April 16, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBConnie & Alex muse about Musk and dwindling VC distributions before speaking with Bryan Roberts, a partner at Venrock, about hot areas for healthcare and biotech investing in 2022. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod ...
Jim Breyer Senses Quantum Will Be Big
March 26, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBConnie and Alex go over this week's technology news and then talk to Jim Breyer, the Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA, and Austin, TX. Breyer is perhaps best known as the lead investor in Facebook's Series A round, but he has also established a reputation for backing winners in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, quantum mechanics, and blockchain. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-in...
Kirsten Green on the Rise of Solopreneurs
March 12, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBAlex digs into two news stories before Connie interviews Kirsten Green, founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, one of the venture world's leading e-commerce firms. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (ht...
Fifth Wall's Brendan Wallace Two Years and a Pandemic Later
February 19, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBConnie & Alex reconnect with Brendan Wallace, co-founder of Fifth Wall, a venture firm focused on real estate technology aka "Proptech," and ask him what it's like like to invest in technology for offices when nobody seems to be going to the office any more. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://in...
ACME's Founders on SPACs, SPVs, and Space
February 05, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBConnie & Alex peruse the week's top tech news and then talk to Hany Nada and Scott Stanford of ACME Capital, a VC firm based in Los Angeles and Menlo Park that invests in "pioneering founders." Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Ke...
Crossover Investor Mitchell Green Sees Opportunity in This Week's Market Turmoil
January 29, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBConnie & Alex skim over this week's tech news stories and then chat with Mitchell Green, founder of Lead Edge Capital, a bi-coastal venture capital firm with $3 billion under management that has used eight investment principles to make big bets in companies like Alibaba, Spotify, and Duo Security. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Drea...
A Peek into Web3 Power Player Animoca Brands
January 08, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBConnie & Alex chat with Yat Siu, founder and CEO of Animoca Brands, a gaming company and Web3 holding company that was an early investor in such breakthrough crypto companies as OpenSea and Dapper Labs. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamga...
Andrew Chen on Cold Starts, Substack and What’s Next for Clubhouse
December 11, 2021 02:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBConnie & Alex pick their favorite tech story of the week and then talk to Andrew Chen, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, about his new book, The Cold Start Problem, which tries to unlock how some of the most prominent startups in Silicon Valley have used network effects to scale. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher...
VCs (and Celebrities) Find Religion with Glorify
December 04, 2021 01:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with 22-year-old Ed Beccle, co-founder and co-CEO of Glorify, a two-year-old, 60-person, subscription-based “well-being” app that offers users guided meditation, along with audio bible passages and Christian music.
Brit & Dave Morin's New Venture Fund Plus the Inside Story of Vollebak
November 20, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBThis week, it's a double feature! Connie & Alex first talk to Brit & Dave Morin, co-founders of Offline Ventures, a $100 million early-stage VC fund focused on areas such as mental health and Web3. Next, your intrepid reporters chat with Steve Tidball, co-founder of Vollebak, a materials science clothing company with marketing that is truly out of this world. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (ht...
A Student Loan Startup's "Watershed Moment"
November 06, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie interviews, Greg Poulin, CEO and co-founder of Goodly, a San Francisco startup that helps employers offer a student-loan repayment benefit to their employees. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pam...
Serial Entrepreneur Kevin Chou Dives Deeper into Web3
October 30, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBConnie & Alex review some of the week's top news stories, and then Connie talks to Kevin Chou, founder of Super Layer, a new Web3 platform that aims to provide the foundation for software built on blockchain protocols. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-...
Rippling CEO Parker Conrad Rides Employee Data to $6.5 Billion Valuation
October 23, 2021 05:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBConnie & Alex talk about tech news stories you might have missed, and then Connie interviews serial entrepreneur Parker Conrad, co-founder and CEO of Rippling, an employee data startup that recently closed a round led by Sequoia at a $6.5 billion valuation. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://in...
Author Jacob Helberg Says U.S.-China Relations Are Even Worse than You Think
October 16, 2021 05:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBConnie & Alex review the week's tech news and then talk to Jacob Helberg, author of The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power, a damning indictment of what Helberg views as the West's passivity in the face of aggressive tactics by the Chinese to control vital backend technologies. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. ...
Tusk Ventures Approaches the Final VC Frontier: Incubating Companies
October 08, 2021 01:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBConnie & Alex go over the week in tech and then talk to Bradley Tusk, founder of Tusk Ventures, a VC firm that uses its political smarts to help portfolio companies like Uber succeed, about his plans to start companies in-house. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/465...
Renowned Investor Kevin Ryan Thinks the Big Money Is in Healthcare
October 02, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with Kevin Ryan - the serial entrepreneur and investor behind such startup successes as Gilt Groupe, Business Insider, and MongoDB - on why healthcare investing is the place to be. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dre...
Max Chafkin on the Inexorable Rise of Peter Thiel
September 25, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBConnie & Alex interview Max Chafkin, a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek and the author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power, a captivating new biography of Peter Thiel, the legendary Silicon Valley dealmaker turned right-wing political operator. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Ke...
VC Peter Relan on Writing Discord's First Check
September 18, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBConnie interviews Peter Relan, founder of the incubator YouWeb, about writing the first check for Discord and managing all of the VCs that were competing to get into the deal. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (htt...
What's Really Going on in China & Other Stories
September 11, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes - 9.75 MBConnie & Alex work their way through this week's news, including excerpts from Connie's interview with Bain Capital chairman Steve Paliuca; Carlyle cofounder David Rubenstein; Jean Salata, the CEO and founding partner of Baring Private Equity Asia; and Sheila Patel, the former chair of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and today the vice chairman of B Capital. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (http...
Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on Investing in a Fast Forward Market
September 04, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBConnie & Alex skim through some of the week's most interesting tech stories and then talk to Mark Suster, a General Partner at Upfront Ventures, a seed- and early growth-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4...
Why the Tech Elite Turned on Gavin Newsom, According to Stanford Professor Neil Malhotra
August 28, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then quiz Neil Malhotra, a professor of political economics at Stanford's business school, on why Governor Newsom's recall election could have a big impact on tech for years to come. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-tra...
A Sequoia-Backed Predictions Market & Talking Crypto Gaming with a16z's Arianna Simpson
August 20, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBConnie & Alex interview the founders of Kalshi, a new Sequoia-backed startup that aims to let people wager on future events ranging from economics to the weather to public health, and then Connie talks to new Andreessen Horowitz GP Arianna Simpson about crypto gaming. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (h...
Talking Shop with NY Times Tech Reporter Sheera Frenkel and Early-Stage VC Jeff Clavier
August 14, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBConnie & Alex interview New York Times tech reporter Sheera Frenkel, co-author of An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination; and then Connie chats with early-stage VC Jeff Clavier about all of the big money from groups like Tiger that is driving up startup valuations. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Ke...
TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington Is All-In on Crypto - Here's Why
July 17, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then dive into it with TechCrunch founder and crypto investor Michael Arrington of Arrington Capital. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pam...
Renegade Partners on Why the World Needs Another VC Fund
July 10, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBConnie & Alex pick their top two tech stories of the week and then chat with Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek of Renegade Partners, a new fund that has just raised its first fund of $100 million to help startups navigate the "supercritical stage." Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech...
LA-Based Startup Mighty Aims to Build a "Shopify for Kids"
July 03, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with led by Ben Goldhirsh and Dana Mauriello, founders of Mighty, a seed-stage startup that is trying to help young entrepreneurs escape the kids' table. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4. "Pamgaea" by...
Startup Mighty Aims to Build a "Shopify for Kids"
July 03, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with led by Ben Goldhirsh and Dana Mauriello, founders of Mighty, a seed-stage startup that is trying to help young entrepreneurs escape the kids' table. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4. "Pamgaea" by...
Former Uber Data Science Head Kevin Novak on His Leap into VC
June 26, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBConnie & Alex review this week's top tech stories and then talk to Kevin Novak, Uber’s first Head of Data Science and the inventor of its surge pricing product, about his new $15 million fund, Rackhouse Ventures. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance...
FlyHomes' Giant Round and a Small Growth Fund Among Giants
June 12, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBConnie and Alex talk tech news and chat with two VCs - Mike Ghaffary of Canvas Ventures and Sean O'Sullivan of SOSV. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea) 5. "EDM Det...
Intelligence Expert & Serial Entrepreneur Christopher Ahlberg on How Ransomware Gangs Really Work
June 05, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then speak to Christopher Ahlberg, CEO and founder of Recorded Future, a threat intelligence firm backed by Insight Partners that is working with not only the Defense Department but over 1,000 corporate clients. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmm...
Why Founders Are Making Room for Jamison Hill's New Growth-Stage Fund
May 29, 2021 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBConnie & Alex review this week's top startup stories and then chat with Jamison Hill of Base 10 Ventures about The Advancement Initiative, a new fund to help Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) invest in growth-stage startups. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmu...
Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Need for Speed
May 22, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 15.8 MBConnie & Alex review this wee's top tech stories and then talk to Anatoly Yakovenko, founder of Solana, a blockchain platform followed by top crypto investors that Yakovenko claims is bounded only by the speed of light. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-...
Two Different Founders with Novel Ideas and Fresh Seed Funding to Chase Them
May 08, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBConnie & Alex talk to two seed-stage founders - Charity Dean of Public Health Company and Javier Avalos of Caplight Technologies - about their plans to change two different industries. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4. "Bleeping Demo" by Kevin...
Bison Trails Co-Founder Joe Lallouz on Coinbase and Big Changes in the Blockchain Market
May 01, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBConnie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with Joe Lallouz, co-founder of Bison Trails, a blockchain infrastructure that was snapped up by Coinbase before its mega-public offering earlier this month. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4. "Pamgaea...