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a16z Podcast: The Basics of Growth 2 -- Engagement & RetentionFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-08-09 15:03
with Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Once you have users, how do you keep them engaged, retain them, and even "resurrect" or re-engage them? That's the focus of this episode of the a16z Podcast, whic...
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a16z Podcast: The Basics of Growth 1 -- User AcquisitionFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-08-09 05:23
with Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Growth is one of the most top of mind questions for entrepreneurs building startups of all kinds (and especially consumer ones) -- but how does one go beyond a mi...
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a16z Podcast: Earned SecretsFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-08-03 21:37
with Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) and Sharon Chang (@sychang) What does it really take to start a startup (or work at one)? In this episode of the a16z Podcast -- based on a Q&A with Ben Horowitz as part of an event hosted by a16z's Technical Talent a...
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a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Cities -- AnalogiesFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-08-01 02:36
with Denis Nazarov (@iiterature), Jesse Walden (@jessewldn), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel) Cryptonetworks are often compared to firms, people, or even coral reefs -- but, observes a16z crypto partner Ali Yahya, they might be mu...
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a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Decentralization -- Building BlocksFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-08-01 02:35
with Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel) “Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcomes.” At the end of the day, observes a16z crypto general partner Chris Dixon, Satoshi's whitepaper [the original bitc...
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a16z Podcast: High Growth in Companies (and Tech)From 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-20 06:12
with Elad Gil (@eladgil) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There's a lot of knowledge out there -- and networks of talent (especially in Silicon Valley) -- on what to do in the early stages of a company, going from 0 to 1, and even in going from 1 to 100......
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a16z Podcast: The Regulatory Landscape for CryptoFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-17 00:27
with Katie Haun (@katie_haun), Robin Weisnman (@robinweisman), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) What’s going on, regulation-wise, in crypto? How should people who want to join a company or build something new in the space think about the regulatory enviro...
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a16z Podcast: Building Companies in Crypto, from People to CodeFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-17 00:27
with Tina Bhatnagar (@tinab), Preethi Kasireddy (@iam_preethi), Lily Liu (@calilyliu), and Kim Milosevich (@kimbatronic) Whether it’s sharing the decision-making behind joining a crypto company to the perspectives of a passionate early adopter (or r...
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a16z Podcast: Decentralization and Crypto, the Big PictureFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-16 21:26
with Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Elizabeth Stark (@starkness), and Jessica Verrilli (@jess) Why does decentralization matter? This episode of the a16z Podcast -- based on a discussion that first took as part of an “Intro to Crypto” event that Andreessen ...
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a16z Podcast: The Scientific Revolution of Ancient DNAFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-13 11:53
with Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), David Reich, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Trying to reconstruct the deep past of ancient humans out of present-day people has until now been like trying to reconstruct a bomb explosion in a room from bits of ...
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a16z Podcast: On Mentors and MenteesFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-12 03:46
with Ken Coleman, Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Michel Feaster (@michelfeaster) Everyone talks about the importance of mentorship in our professional development, whether it's networking to broaden career opportunities or learning from someone mor...
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a16z Podcast: Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking in the Game of Tech... and LifeFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-07-06 23:56
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson) The rise of zero-sum thinking -- which has come snapping back recently -- slows and even halts progress, observes Marc Andreessen. Because you're then di...
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a16z Podcast: All Things CompensationFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-06-21 22:32
Compensation is a topic near and dear to everyone’s heart… but what does “compensation” fully mean — and what does it include, what doesn’t it include? How do entrepreneurs compete for talent in an intensely competitive environment, while balancing t...
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a16z Podcast: Construction Under Tech -- The BuildFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-06-14 18:18
with Martin Fischer (@fischermartin), Saurabh Ladha (@ladhasaurabh), Chris Rippingham, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Continuing our series on how tech is changing construction -- one of the industries most resistant to change (and facing declin...
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a16z Podcast: Construction Under Tech -- Info FlowsFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-06-13 22:39
with Greg Lynn (@greglynnform), Gina Neff (@ginasue), Tracy Young (@Tracy_Young), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Construction has been one of the industries most resistant to innovation and change over the last decades -- productivity has actual...
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a16z Podcast: The End (and Beginning) of ProgrammingFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-06-08 23:14
There are over 20 million programmers out there -- and double that, if you count everyone else coding in other ways -- but where are the next 100 million developers? How do we get to a billion developers? The answer, observes a16z general partner Pet...
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a16z Podcast: The Hard Things about SecurityFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-06-06 23:01
Here's the hard thing about security: the more authentication factors you have, the more secure things are... but in practice, people won't use too many factors, because they want ease of use. There's clearly a tension between security and usability,...
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a16z Podcast: Autonomy in ServiceFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-05-25 18:50
with Gregory Allen (@Gregory_C_Allen), Gayle Lemmon (@gaylelemmon), Ryan Tseng, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) We now live in a world where connecting the dots between intel and modeling threats has become infinitely more complex: not only is th...
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a16z Podcast: When Journalism Goes GlobalFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-05-23 18:42
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is the organization responsible for the compilation and release of the first the Panama Papers, a series of 11.5 million documents that detailed the offshore dealings of governments and indivi...
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a16z Podcast: B2B2CFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-05-18 23:06
When it comes to B2B2C business models -- which combine both business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) -- who really "owns" the customer? That question might not matter as much in more symbiotic, mutually beneficial marketplaces and o...