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Kate Smaje of McKinsey explains how it's about more than being tech-savvy.

Jay Leno is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, voice actor, and television host. He was the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and currently hosts "Jay Leno's Garage" available on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/JayLenosGarage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

a16z’s Chris Dixon and Mike Hearn talked about all things bitcoin on the a16z Podcast a couple months ago, including an issue that has bitcoin developers on edge these days: the question of how best to scale the bitcoin blockchain before capacity run...

Bryan Callen is an actor and stand-up comedian, and together with Brendan Schaub he also hosts "The Fighter & The Kid" podcast available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can digital work fight poverty? Can companies be profitable and also do social good -- especially in a society where the proxy for value is capital and much of that value accrues to platforms? And finally, what's the difference between a mission-driv...

Ronda Rousey is a mixed martial artist, judoka and actress. She is the first and current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, as well as the last Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion. Edmond Tarverdyan is an MMA and boxing coach and is also Ronda's head trainer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Longtime New York Times technology and science writer John Markoff joins the a16z Podcast to discuss our changing relationship with technology and machines ... as well as the changing nature of Silicon Valley itself (where Markoff grew up). Jumping ...

Messaging app WeChat tells us a lot about mobile and business in China. In a recent deep-dive primer on the WeChat phenomenon, a16z partner Connie Chan analyzed WeChat and the notion of app-within-apps, payments as a gateway drug, platforms vs portal...

How PepsiCo is harnessing the power of design.

After the smartphone, what business has the global scale (in terms of people and profits) that make it attractive for tech companies to turn their attention and capital towards? The answer, argues a16z’s Benedict Evans, is the automotive industry. Su...

Abby Martin is an American journalist and former host of "Breaking the Set" for RT America. Check out her work at http://mediaroots.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Redban is a comedian and the founder of the Deathsquad podcast network. http://deathsquad.tv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin Wren is an American MMA fighter. He recently returned from one of his many trips helping the Pygmy people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On August 28th, Justin is fighting in Bellator 141 to help raise more awareness. Learn more here: http://FightFortheForgotten.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe is joined by Aubrey Marcus, Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen, Eddie Bravo, and Tait Fletcher to watch the fights on August 23, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The acclaimed writer describes how he develops his novels, what he expects from reviewers, and why business people should still read fiction.

Google, eBay, even the Web itself, in the beginning all of these things appeared as point products, interesting in their way, but small. Of course, they weren’t. “There is this swallow-the-red-pill moment that happens,” Marc Andreessen says, “Where ...

Jeff Ross is a comedian, writer, producer, and director also known as the "Roastmaster General" from his work on the Comedy Central Roasts. His latest special "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos County Jail" is available now on iTunes or http://www.cc.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you face down cancer? Get told you can’t get life-saving organ transplants, and go about getting them anyway? And in the middle of that mental and physical storm, how do you find the thing that you and only you were meant to do -- and start bu...

Jeff Novitzky is the VP of athlete health and performance for the UFC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As more and more of what we do for fun and work- happens online, establishing identity becomes ever more critical. Whether it’s for dating or sending money, you want to trust that not only are you interacting with the person you think you are, but th...