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16 Minutes on the News: Mobile Malware, Drug PricingFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-28 16:41
with @martin_casado @jorgeconde @jayrughani and @smc90 This is episode #2 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way -- why they're in the news; why they matter from our vantage point in tech -- an...
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a16z Podcast: The Search for the Secret Metal that Powers All Our DevicesFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-23 22:24
with Kurt House (@kurtzhouse), John Thompson, Connie Chan (@conniechan) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) The exploration for and mining of certain metals has driven huge epochs of human civilization, from copper and iron to gold and diamonds. In t...
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16 Minutes on the News: Neuralink & Brain Interfaces, TikTok, FaceApp, iHeartRadioFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-21 16:20
with @vijaypande @conniechan @jpm25 and @smc90 Introducing our new podcast, 16 Minutes, a short news podcast where we cover the top headlines of the week, the a16z podcast way -- why are these topics in the news; what's real, what's hype from our va...
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a16z Podcast: How To Get The Most From Your BoardFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-19 15:30
In this final of a 3-part series (which originally aired as YouTube videos) on working with venture investors, a16z Managing Partner Scott Kupor shares best practices for working with your board as it grows from just you, your co-founders and first i...
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a16z Podcast: How To Raise Money From A Venture InvestorFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-18 15:06
So you've decided raising venture capital is the best fundraising strategy for your startup. Now what? In this second of a 3-part series, a16z Managing Partner Scott Kupor shares actionable fundraising advice based on his experience of seeing thousa...
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a16z Podcast: How To Understand And Choose A Venture InvestorFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-17 15:43
Incentives matter. So understanding the incentives of venture capitalists will help you decide if raising money from a venture investor makes sense for your business. In this first of a 3-part series, which originally aired as YouTube videos, a16z M...
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a16z Podcast: Beyond Software, to Talent and CultureFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-04 21:25
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) Continuing our 10-year anniversary series since the founding of Andreessen Horowitz (aka "a16z"), we’re resurfacing some of our previous episodes featuring Andr...
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a16z Podcast: Beyond Zero Sum, AgainFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-04 21:24
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson) Continuing our 10-year anniversary series since the founding of Andreessen Horowitz (aka "a16z"), we’re resurfacing some of our previous episodes featuri...
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a16z Podcast: Beyond Software Eating the WorldFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-04 21:24
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), Scott Kupor (@skupor), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Continuing our 10-year anniversary series since the founding of Andreessen Horowitz (aka "a16z"), we’re resurfacing some of our previous ep...
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a16z Podcast: Beyond Disruption TheoryFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-07-04 21:23
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Michael Copeland Continuing our 10-year anniversary series since the founding of Andreessen Horowitz (aka "a16z"), we’re resurfacing some of our previous episodes featuring Andreessen Ho...
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a16z Podcast: Entrepreneurs, Then and NowFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-28 17:03
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) A lot in technology -- and venture -- happens in decades. New cycles of technology come and go, including some secular shifts; a new generation of founder...
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a16z Podcast: Damage-free Genome Editing -- Next in CRISPRFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-26 01:12
Two recent scientific journal papers show what's possible when CRISPR moves from cutting DNA tool to a full-fledged platform -- expanding its toolkit for medicine across R&D, therapeutics, and diagnostics: "Transposon-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems dire...
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a16z Podcast: Stories from the Frontlines of Synthetic FraudFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-25 15:59
Synthetic fraud—yes, it's a thing: a new evolution of consumer fraud that’s been emerging in financial services, to the tune of $1-$2B a year. In this episode of the a16z Podcast, Naftali Harris, co-founder and CEO of Sentilink, which builds techno...
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a16z Podcast: The History and Future of Machine LearningFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-19 04:50
How have we gotten to where were are with machine learning? Where are we going? a16z Operating Partner Frank Chen and Carnegie Mellon professor Tom Mitchell first stroll down memory lane, visiting the major landmarks: the symbolic approach of the 19...
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a16z Podcast: The Politics of TechnologyFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-15 19:58
with Tony Blair (@InstituteGC), Scott Kupor (@skupor), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) If the current pace of tech change is the 21st-century equivalent of the 19th-century Industrial Revolution — with its tremendous economic growth and lifestyle change ...
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a16z Podcast: AI and Your Doctor, Today and TomorrowFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-13 22:26
with Eric Topol (@EricTopol) and Vijay Pande (@vijaypande) Artificial intelligence is coming to the doctor’s office. In this episode, Dr. Eric Topol, cardiologist and chair of innovative medicine at Scripps Research, and a16z’s general partner on th...
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a16z Podcast: 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin KanFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-10 18:09
Want actionable advice from a founder who has built multiple tech companies and has invested the time to be open, introspective, and transparent about lessons learned? In this episode (which originally aired as a YouTube video), a16z General Partner...
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a16z Podcast: Deep Learning for the Life SciencesFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-06 22:47
with Vijay Pande (@vijaypande) and Bharath Ramsundar Deep learning has arrived in the life sciences: every week, it seems, a new published study comes out... with code on top. In this episode, a16z General Partner Vijay Pande and Bharath Ramsundar t...
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a16z Podcast: The Power of Restorative JusticeFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-06-03 17:02
with Van Jones (@VanJones68), Shaka Senghor (@ShakaSeghnor), and Chris Lyons (@clyons) True redemption can be hard to come by in our justice system today. And yet, we need it more than ever before. In this episode (based on an event hosted by Andree...
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a16z Podcast: The Economics of Expensive MedicinesFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-05-30 18:47
with Andrew Lo (@AndrewWLo) and Jorge Conde (@JorgeCondeBio) The advent of new gene and cell therapies are beginning to approach that holy grail of medicine—that of a possible cure. But they are also more expensive than any medicines ever sold befor...