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a16z Podcast: The Business of CybercrimeFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-01-17 23:32
with Joel de la Garza, Jonathan Lusthaus, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) The idea of the cybercriminal as lone wolf or hobby hacker is no longer much of a reality. Instead, the business of cybercrime looks a lot more just like that -- a large, g...
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a16z Podcast: Pulse Check on Consumer Tech Trends 2019, CES and BeyondFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-01-17 02:34
with Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) puts the latest and greatest developments in consumer technology on display in Vegas. But beyond the excitement and the hype, what's ...
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a16z Podcast: Dark Data in HealthcareFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-01-16 03:38
with Susannah Fox (@susannahfox), Anil Sethi (@anilsethiusa / @ciitizencorp), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) The problem of "dark data" in healthcare isn't just a feel-good empowerment thing, but a structural issue that leads...
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a16z Podcast: The Science and Business of Innovative MedicinesFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-01-14 04:57
with Vas Narasimhan (@vasnarasimhan), Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) On average, only 1 out of 20 medicines works when we actually bring them into the human body, and these rates of success haven'...
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a16z Podcast: All About Synthetic BiologyFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-01-11 20:42
with James J. Collins, Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) The idea of 'designing biology' -- once science fiction -- has over the last 20 years become just... science. In this episode, a16z bio general partner Vijay Pande ...
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a16z Podcast: What’s Next for Marketplace Startups (Hint: Services)From 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2019-01-09 05:40
The past and future of marketplace startups -- where are we? Ever since eBay popularized an internet meeting place for buyers and sellers of, well, just about everything, we’ve been waiting for 100 other at-scale marketplaces for everything else, inc...
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a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler CowenFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-12-29 19:00
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) This episode of the a16z Podcast features the rare combination of a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz in conversation, together, with economist Ty...
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a16z Podcast: How the Internet HappenedFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-12-24 20:09
In his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet -- from college kids in a basement and the dot-com boom, to the applications built on top of it and the entrepreneurs behind them. General partner Chris...
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a16z Podcast: All About StablecoinsFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-12-21 05:51
with Andy Milenius (@realzandy), Jesse Walden (@jessewldn), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) The history, evolution, and use of money revolves around the important concept of debt: It’s what allows us to “time travel” and build toward the future — growing...
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a16z Podcast: The Infrastructure of Total HealthFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-12-21 00:07
with Bernard J. Tyson (@bernardjtyson) and Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) Bernard J. Tyson is the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, a $73 billion non-profit health organization that provides healthcare and coverage with more than 22,000 physicians c...
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a16z Podcast: Building Crypto, from Vision to RealityFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-12-18 02:37
with Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Where are we, really, right now -- in terms of what we can/ can't do with crypto today? And what will it take to get from vision to mainstream reality? This e...
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a16z Podcast: On Marrying Entertainment and TechnologyFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-12-05 02:11
with Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman (@MegWhitman), and Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) In this episode of the a16z Podcast, based on a discussion that took place at our annual a16z Summit, Marc Andreessen interviews Jeffrey Katzenberg -- formerly CEO and...
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a16z Podcast: The IQ and EQ of RobotsFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-11-21 15:40
with Boris Sofman (@bsofman), Dave Touretzky (@DaveTouretzky), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) We're just now beginning to truly see the the first 'real' robots in the home, from Roombas to toys to companions to... well, much more. How are humans...
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a16z Podcast: Ancient Dreams of Technology, Gods & RobotsFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-11-19 18:44
with Adrienne Mayor (@amayor) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Is it possible that ancient Greeks and Romans dreamed of technological innovations like robots and artificial intelligence millennia before those technologies became realities? In this...
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a16z Podcast: M&A and Innovation, Inside OutFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-11-17 01:42
with Stephanie Cohen and Martin Casado (@martin_casado) As chief strategy officer of Goldman Sachs (and former global head of financial sponsors M&A), Stephanie Cohen has seen it all when it comes to the ins and outs of M&A. And what it means to in...
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a16z Podcast: Automation + Work, Human + MachineFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-11-05 16:25
with Prasad Akella, Paul Daughtery (@pauldaugh) and Frank Chen (@withfries2) What is different on that factory floor from Henry Ford to today? In this conversation, Prasad Akella, Founder and CEO of Drishti; Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology and Inno...
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a16z Podcast: Eyeballs on the GameFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-10-19 03:53
with Jeff Jordan (@Jeff_Jordan), Yogi Roth (@YogiRoth), Zack Weiner and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) For decades, the increasing value of sports teams, rights, licenses and more have been fueled by sports media. But dollars follow eyeballs, and ey...
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a16z Podcast: From Research to Startup, There and Back AgainFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-10-08 06:21
The period from 2000-2016 was one of the best of times and worst of times for tech and the Valley (dotcom, financial crisis, Google IPO, Facebook founded, unprecedented growth, and so on), and John Hennessy -- current chairman of Alphabet, also on th...
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a16z Podcast: How to Manage a PR AgencyFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-09-27 04:36
with Shannon (Stubo) Brayton (@sstubo), Margit Wennmachers (@wennmachers), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) One of the company building topics that’s surprisingly mystifying is PR -- and only surprising since so much of the strategy and tactics behind pub...
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a16z Podcast: New Upstarts in an Old IndustryFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2018-09-25 20:12
with Michael Ovitz (@michaelovitz), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) When Michael Ovitz co-founded the Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), he turned a number of the entertainment industry's well-entren...