ABOUT THIS EPISODESam Altman is using technology to make the world betterSam Altman is the president of Y Combinator, the incubator behind hits like Dropbox and AirBnb. Under his watch, YC has become an incredible force for good. They’ve funded dozens of important non-profits, host a groundbreaking universal basic income research lab and run the… Continue reading Giving : Sam Altman is using technology to make the world better
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Why Raising A First Time Fund Is Like Raising A Seed Round, Why We Need New and Different Fund Models & Why Longevity Is The Most Rewarding Place To Invest with Laura Deming, Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund
ABOUT THIS EPISODELaura Deming is Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund, the first VC firm dedicated to funding high-potential longevity companies. To date, Laura has raised $26m across 2 Longevity funds and has backed the likes of Unity Biotechnology, Precision Biosciences, Metacrine, Navitor, and Alexo Therapeutics. Prior to Longevity, Laura was accepted to MIT at… Continue reading The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch : 20VC: Why Raising A First Time Fund Is Like Raising A Seed Round, Why We Need New and Different Fund Models & Why Longevity Is The Most Rewarding Place To Invest with Laura Deming, Founding Partner @ The Longevity Fund
Fortt Knox : 100 – Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO: Disrupting Money (Again)
ABOUT THIS EPISODE100 – Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO: Disrupting Money (Again)Max Levchin learned to write code out of necessity. His mother’s necessity, specifically. Levchin co-founded PayPal, reaped a windfall from its IPO and sale, and became one of the best-connected investor/entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. But before all that, he was a teenage… Continue reading Fortt Knox : 100 – Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and Affirm CEO: Disrupting Money (Again)
FTP Report : What’s a bitcoin?
ABOUT THIS EPISODE@avichal (Avichal Garg is co-founder of Electric Capital) a crypto-currency fund manager, veteran startup co-founder, who has also worked at Google and Facebook joins to explain Bitcoin 101 for us non-computer scientists. https://suryasays.com/podcast-download/1185/episode-2-whats-a-bitcoin.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: The Present and Future of Crypto with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn this special live episode of Venture Stories, Erik Torenberg interviews two special guests about the present and future of crypto: Naval Ravikant (@naval), CEO and co-founder of AngelList, and Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis), CTO of Coinbase. They start with an overview of the history of organizing societies and the role of centralized decision-makers… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: The Present and Future of Crypto with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan
Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: Eric Schmidt and Tyler Cowen on The Future of Technology and Society
ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis is a special episode of Venture Stories recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco, featuring Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen), professor of economics at George Mason University and Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidt), former executive chairman and CEO at Google/Alphabet. Cowen talks to Schmidt about a wide range of topics, from Schmidt’s college… Continue reading Village Global’s Venture Stories : Live Episode: Eric Schmidt and Tyler Cowen on The Future of Technology and Society
Y Combinator : #100 – Sam Altman
ABOUT THIS EPISODE 100 – Sam Altman Sam Altman expands on ideas that have come up in several of his essays. Specifically: choosing projects, creating value, and finding purpose. Sam’s the president of YC Group and co-chairman of OpenAI. You can find him on Twitter @sama. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon. Topics… Continue reading Y Combinator : #100 – Sam Altman
Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: Elon Musk
ABOUT THIS EPISODETesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about Tesla’s turbulent 2018, when SpaceX will send its first rocket to Mars, why he fights with journalists on Twitter and much more. In this episode: (01:49) Using Twitter without a filter; (04:50) Picking fights with the press; (07:59) The “excruciating” year… Continue reading Decoder with Nilay Patel : Recode Decode: Elon Musk
Tech Stories from HackerNoon : E08 – Ending The Crypto Winter with Garry Tan and Brett Gibson of Initialized Capital
ABOUT THIS EPISODEE08 – Ending The Crypto Winter with Garry Tan and Brett Gibson of Initialized CapitalEpisode 8: In this episode we sit down with Garry Tan and Brett Gibson of Initialized Capital and discuss emerging technologies such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, and what sets them apart from other venture capital firms. “People are conditioned for… Continue reading Tech Stories from HackerNoon : E08 – Ending The Crypto Winter with Garry Tan and Brett Gibson of Initialized Capital
Bitcoin Audible : CryptoQuikRead_173 – Reimagining Trusted Intermediaries [Avichal Garg]
ABOUT THIS EPISODEWe are in the midst of a global collapse in trusted institutions. #Bitcoin and blockchain tech enable networks & economies that mitigate dependence on these intermediaries in the world’s largest market for trust: Money. In today’s episode, hear @avichal’s great piece detailing the trends and cultural shifts that have primed the world for… Continue reading Bitcoin Audible : CryptoQuikRead_173 – Reimagining Trusted Intermediaries [Avichal Garg]