Connie & Alex go over this week in tech news, and then Connie talks to venture capitalist Brad Feld of Foundry Group about his new book, Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors , and why startup boards are especially important when times are tough. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catc...
Jun 11, 2022•36 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Connie & Alex dig deep into the private market for startup shares through conversations with two experts: Justin Fishner-Wolfson of 137 Ventures, which provides customized liquidity solutions to founders, investors, and early employees of high-growth private technology companies; and Kelly Rodriques , CEO of Forge Global, which has built a marketplace that enables private company shareholders to trade private company shares with accredited investors. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (ht...
Jun 04, 2022•27 min
Connie & Alex go over some of this week's top tech stories and then chat with Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures about how the current turmoil in the public markets is affecting the startup world. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin M...
May 28, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Connie & Alex skim over the week's tech news and then talk to Sam Rosenblum of Haun Ventures , one of the hottest crypto funds out there, about Haun's new $1.5 billion fund and whether we are now entering another crypto winter. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-d...
May 21, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 92
Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie chats with Andy Dunn, co-founder and former CEO of Bonobos, about his new book, Burn Rate , which chronicles his struggle with bipolar disorder. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin M...
May 14, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 91
On this Arbor Day, Connie & Alex run through this week in tech news, including words of warning from Benchmark's Bill Gurley about a seismic shift in valuations. Special thanks to our sponsor, Seed Invest . Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pam...
Apr 30, 2022•14 min•Season 3Ep. 90
Connie & Alex go over a couple of top tech stories for the week, and then Connie talks to Sarah Tavel , one of Benchmark's Capital's five general partners, about how Web3 differs from crypto. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin ...
Apr 23, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Connie & Alex muse about Musk and dwindling VC distributions before speaking with Bryan Roberts , a partner at Venrock, about hot areas for healthcare and biotech investing in 2022. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (h...
Apr 16, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Connie and Alex go over this week's technology news and then talk to Jim Breyer, the Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA, and Austin, TX. Breyer is perhaps best known as the lead investor in Facebook's Series A round, but he has also established a reputation for backing winners in areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, quantum mechanics, and blockchain. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) ...
Mar 26, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Alex digs into two news stories before Connie interviews Kirsten Green , founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, one of the venture world's leading e-commerce firms. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://...
Mar 12, 2022•38 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Connie & Alex reconnect with Brendan Wallace , co-founder of Fifth Wall, a venture firm focused on real estate technology aka "Proptech," and ask him what it's like like to invest in technology for offices when nobody seems to be going to the office any more. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://inco...
Feb 19, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Connie & Alex peruse the week's top tech news and then talk to Hany Nada and Scott Stanford of ACME Capital, a VC firm based in Los Angeles and Menlo Park that invests in "pioneering founders." Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevi...
Feb 05, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Connie & Alex skim over this week's tech news stories and then chat with Mitchell Green, founder of Lead Edge Capital , a bi-coastal venture capital firm with $3 billion under management that has used eight investment principles to make big bets in companies like Alibaba, Spotify, and Duo Security. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream...
Jan 29, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 83
Connie & Alex chat with Yat Siu, founder and CEO of Animoca Brands , a gaming company and Web3 holding company that was an early investor in such breakthrough crypto companies as OpenSea and Dapper Labs. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgae...
Jan 08, 2022•52 min•Season 3Ep. 82
Connie & Alex pick their favorite tech story of the week and then talk to Andrew Chen , a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, about his new book, The Cold Start Problem , which tries to unlock how some of the most prominent startups in Silicon Valley have used network effects to scale. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher"...
Dec 11, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Connie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with 22-year-old Ed Beccle, co-founder and co-CEO of Glorify , a two-year-old, 60-person, subscription-based “well-being” app that offers users guided meditation, along with audio bible passages and Christian music.
Dec 04, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 80
This week, it's a double feature! Connie & Alex first talk to Brit & Dave Morin, co-founders of Offline Ventures , a $100 million early-stage VC fund focused on areas such as mental health and Web3. Next, your intrepid reporters chat with Steve Tidball, co-founder of Vollebak , a materials science clothing company with marketing that is truly out of this world. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod ...
Nov 20, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie interviews, Greg Poulin, CEO and co-founder of Goodly , a San Francisco startup that helps employers offer a student-loan repayment benefit to their employees. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamg...
Nov 06, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Connie & Alex review some of the week's top news stories, and then Connie talks to Kevin Chou , founder of Super Layer, a new Web3 platform that aims to provide the foundation for software built on blockchain protocols. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-cat...
Oct 30, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Connie & Alex talk about tech news stories you might have missed, and then Connie interviews serial entrepreneur Parker Conrad , co-founder and CEO of Rippling , an employee data startup that recently closed a round led by Sequoia at a $6.5 billion valuation. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://inco...
Oct 23, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Connie & Alex review the week's tech news and then talk to Jacob Helberg , author of The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power , a damning indictment of what Helberg views as the West's passivity in the face of aggressive tactics by the Chinese to control vital backend technologies. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "...
Oct 16, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Connie & Alex go over the week in tech and then talk to Bradley Tusk , founder of Tusk Ventures, a VC firm that uses its political smarts to help portfolio companies like Uber succeed, about his plans to start companies in-house. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650...
Oct 08, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Connie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with Kevin Ryan - the serial entrepreneur and investor behind such startup successes as Gilt Groupe, Business Insider, and MongoDB - on why healthcare investing is the place to be. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream...
Oct 02, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Connie & Alex interview Max Chafkin, a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek and the author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power , a captivating new biography of Peter Thiel, the legendary Silicon Valley dealmaker turned right-wing political operator. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevi...
Sep 25, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Connie interviews Peter Relan , founder of the incubator YouWeb , about writing the first check for Discord and managing all of the VCs that were competing to get into the deal. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 4. "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://i...
Sep 18, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Connie & Alex work their way through this week's news, including excerpts from Connie's interview with Bain Capital chairman Steve Paliuca; Carlyle cofounder David Rubenstein; Jean Salata, the CEO and founding partner of Baring Private Equity Asia; and Sheila Patel, the former chair of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and today the vice chairman of B Capital. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https:/...
Sep 11, 2021•14 min•Season 2Ep. 70
Connie & Alex skim through some of the week's most interesting tech stories and then talk to Mark Suster , a General Partner at Upfront Ventures, a seed- and early growth-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 4....
Sep 04, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Connie & Alex talk tech news and then quiz Neil Malhotra , a professor of political economics at Stanford's business school, on why Governor Newsom's recall election could have a big impact on tech for years to come. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-tranc...
Aug 28, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Connie & Alex interview the founders of Kalshi , a new Sequoia-backed startup that aims to let people wager on future events ranging from economics to the weather to public health, and then Connie talks to new Andreessen Horowitz GP Arianna Simpson about crypto gaming. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (ht...
Aug 20, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Connie & Alex interview New York Times tech reporter Sheera Frenkel, co-author of An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination; and then Connie chats with early-stage VC Jeff Clavier about all of the big money from groups like Tiger that is driving up startup valuations. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4650-dream-catcher) 3. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin...
Aug 14, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 66
