Vern Howard reflects on the difficulty Black entrepreneurs face with venture capital.
Jun 23, 2021•15 min•Ep. 56
The co-creator of Friendster and Founders Den tries his hand at venture capital.
Jun 16, 2021•22 min•Ep. 55
The managing partner at West on branding, her first pitch meeting and a midnight hack.
Jun 08, 2021•24 min•Ep. 54
Jambu Palaniappan finds candidates like CNBC's Christina Farr to become new investors at OMERS Ventures.
Feb 23, 2021•12 min•Ep. 53
Former naval officer Gary Griffiths discusses leadership, carried interest and Alec Guinness.
Feb 11, 2021•19 min•Ep. 52
Saper - never far from his guitar - talks with Scott about leadership and AI
Feb 03, 2021•31 min•Ep. 51
Klein, a partner Revolution Growth, ponders the future of media.
Jan 27, 2021•23 min•Ep. 50
What is a SPAC and why are so many companies choosing that route to go public? Chargepoint CEO Pasquale Romano and National Venture Capital Association’s Justin Field explain.
Jan 19, 2021•9 min•Ep. 49
Jeff Housenbold, managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisors, looks to future investments while defending the fund’s unusual past.
Jan 12, 2021•29 min•Ep. 48
Managing partner Thomas d'Halluin talks about investments in space, electric airplanes and travel tips.
Oct 29, 2020•25 min•Ep. 47
The CEO of Appify lands an extension to the company's Series A from Mayfield Fund.
Sep 29, 2020•30 min•Ep. 46
CapitalG is making big investments in security, including CrowdStrike.
Sep 22, 2020•23 min•Ep. 45
Selling a startup for a fortune was only the start of John Roa's problems.
Sep 15, 2020•30 min•Ep. 44
As companies look to diversify, the question becomes: Should we actively bias our hiring process? And what would that look like?
Sep 03, 2020•8 min•Ep. 43
The co-founder of Unusual Ventures discusses his serial successes and his latest startup, Traceable.
Aug 11, 2020•19 min•Ep. 42
Adam made his first fortune selling Long Island iced teas. And his second on hyper-converged infrastructure.
Aug 05, 2020•24 min•Ep. 41
Carolan was an early investor in all kinds of household names including Uber and Roku.
Jul 07, 2020•29 min•Ep. 40
Hear from both sides of a Series B deal as entrepreneur Peter Colis lands new funding from Accel for his startup Ethos.
Jun 30, 2020•11 min•Ep. 39
CRV partner and healthcare investor Kristin Baker Spohn explains how a good business model can create lifesaving innovation.
Jun 16, 2020•19 min•Ep. 38
Bemont, who rocketed up the ranks at SAP Concur, becomes CEO of Talend just weeks before the pandemic shut the world down.
Jun 09, 2020•23 min•Ep. 37
Longtime commencement speaker and entrepreneur Steve Blank, creator of the lean startup movement, works with Scott McGrew on an honest speech to the class of 2020.
Jun 02, 2020•14 min•Ep. 36
Lo Toney sits down with Scott McGrew for a frank discussion about race and maximizing profits while investing in diverse communities.
May 26, 2020•25 min•Ep. 35
The legendary 84-year-old venture capitalist tries to imagine what work and value will look like in an age of AI.
Mar 10, 2020•16 min•Ep. 34
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker on pandemics, rate cuts, and the Volcker Rule.
Mar 03, 2020•19 min•Ep. 33
Greg Yap of Menlo Ventures on the special challenges of funding medical startups.
Feb 25, 2020•24 min•Ep. 32
Roberts’ Venrock funded IPO blockbusters Cloudflare and 10x Genomics.
Feb 18, 2020•19 min•Ep. 31
Venture capital pioneer Heidi Roizen of Threshold Ventures on gender balance, networking and personal culture.
Feb 11, 2020•28 min•Ep. 30
Hatch shares highlights of her journey — from childhood dreams of space exploration to investments in drones, autonomous vehicles and commercial space,
Dec 23, 2019•17 min•Ep. 29
The SignalFire founder says his intelligent database is the future of venture capital.
Dec 10, 2019•26 min•Ep. 28
Daniel Gulati: Entrepreneurs who are new to an industry are often the ones who disrupt it.
Nov 27, 2019•19 min•Ep. 27
