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Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast — 201 episodes
Uncork Capital's Andy McLoughlin: Silicon Valley's British Invasion and Building a Great Seed-Stage Venture Firm
Will a "Billionaires Tax" Destroy California?
HotelTonight Founder: How Sam Shank Built & Sold a $400M Travel App (And What He's Building Next)
Lee Edwards of Root VC: "Let's get Technical!" -- An Engineer Becomes a VC
1517 Fund: The Maverick VC Betting on Teens to Outbuild Ivy Leaguers
Frank Rotman: The Midas List Veteran on Building Fintech Empires at Capital One and QED Investors
Eric Ries: The Lean Startup Revolution in an AI-Driven World
Kobie Fuller: Upfront Ventures Partner's High-Speed Sprint from Track Star to Venture Capital Powerhouse
David Anderman: Space (Investing) is Big. Really Big. From Lucasfilm's Star Wars to SpaceX to…The Final Frontier
Cyan Banister: The Future is Cool Again / Falling in Love with Technology / A Brush with Star Wars
Roger Ehrenberg: From IA Ventures to Eberg Capital – A Top Silicon Valley Investor Turns to Sports
Mark Scianna: From Palantir Engineer to Venture Capitalist / Inside Palantir's Early Days / VC Discovers Defense Tech
Winter Mead: How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund (and more!), From Coolwater Capital's Founder
Max Altman and Ben Braverman: Returning to Tradition with Saga Ventures
Alexis Gay: Silicon Valley's Favorite Comedian Makes her "Unprofessional" Debut
Adeyemi Ajao: A Founder Turned VC on Building Base10 Partners, and the Abundance Mindset
Ignition Partners' Nick Sturiale: Reflections on a Life in Venture
Founder Collective's Eric Paley on Empathy and Execution in Venture Capital
Homebrew's Hunter Walk and Satya Patel: The Power of a Partnership
Atari's founder Nolan Bushnell and Dr. Leah Hanes Have a (Better) Plan for Educating America
Richard Socher: Exploring AI with the Visionary AI Scientist, Entrepreneur and Investor
Hadley Harris: Building Eniac Ventures with 3 Friends / Investing in AI
Samir Kaji: Building Allocate; The State of the Venture Market; Banking Meltdown (SVB/FRB) Post-mortem
Darian Shirazi, General Partner at Gradient Ventures (Google's AI Fund): Unleashing AI's Investment Potential
Anthony Soohoo: Bringing the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Walmart
Nnamdi Okike on Building 645 Ventures, Bias in Fundraising, and Being a Boston Sports Fan in New York
Coindesk's David Z. Morris: The Wild Story of FTX and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried
Elad Gil: "A Startup is An Act of Desperation" and Other Wisdom from one of Silicon Valley's Best Investors
Adrian Fenty: From Mayor of Washington DC to…Venture Capitalist
Michelle Tandler: An Entrepreneur's "Growth Path", and "What's the Matter with San Francisco?"
Max Chafkin on Peter Thiel: "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power"
Howard Morgan: From RenTec to First Round Capital, and Beyond
Jenny Lefcourt: Freestyle Capital Partner's Path from Entrepreneur to VC
Joe Hudson: The Man Behind Silicon Valley's Unicorn CEOs
Eliot Brown on the Crazy Life and Wild Times of We Work Founder Adam Neumann
Brad Feld: "Friedrich Nietzsche is the Patron Philosopher of Today's Entrepreneurs"
165 Auren Hoffman -- Silicon Valley's Hyper-connected Founder, CEO and Investor Shares his Wisdom
164 Nicole Taylor: Silicon Valley Community Foundation's CEO On Giving in Silicon Valley; Responding to Black Lives Matter
163 Avi Loeb -- Extraterrestrials in our Solar System: What Happened in October of 2017?
162 Jamie Ducharme on her Book "Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul"
161 Ryan Nece of Next Play Capital: From the NFL to Venture Capitalist
160 Ali Tamaseb – "Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion Dollar Startups"
159 Suneel Gupta on The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance
158 David Bohnett -- GeoCities Founder Turned Philanthropist and Social Activist
157 Kara Nortman: Upfront Venture's co-Managing Partner on Becoming a Leader of a Major VC Firm, and Co-owner of Angel City FC
156: Is "Working Backwards" the Most Important Business Book Ever? Lessons from Amazon
155 Amy Nauiokas: The CEO of Anthemis Group's Journey from the Peace Corps to Managing Nearly $1 Billion
154 Vern Howard: Hallo's CEO is NOT Your Deliveryman
153 -- 2020 Thank You-cast Extravaganza!
152 Stacey Bishop of Scale Venture Partners On Ascending the Venture Ladder and the Rise of "All Raise"
151 Fortune's Jeff John Roberts on "Kings of Crypto" and the Rise of Coinbase
150 Hooman Radfar: The Rise of the 'Business-of-One'
149 Fabrice Grinda: 4 Incredible Stories from the OLX and FJ Labs Co-Founder
148 Jaclyn Hester: Foundry Group's New Partner!
147 Sarah Leary: Nextdoor's Co-founder Becomes a VC
146 Trae Vassallo: Defying Gravity in Silicon Valley
145 William Davidow: "Civilization is Going Through Its Third Phase Change"
144 Rob Chesnut: Airbnb's Former Chief Ethics Officer on Intentional Integrity
143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey, The Post-COVID Future
143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey, The Post-COVID Future
142 Wag's CEO Garrett Smallwood on Pets in the Time of COVID-19
141 Domm Holland: The Fast CEO on Guiding a Rocket Ship Through a Pandemic
140 Brad Feld: Thoughts on Startup Communities in a Post-COVID-19 World
139 Parker Conrad: Rippling's CEO on His Entrepreneurial Journey
138 Scott Simpson: From Amazon to Apple to Comedy -- A Comedian's Take on the Future of Comedy
137 Promise Phelon: A Growth Warrior's Trajectory from BEA to CEO to Venture Capitalist
136 Codepath's Michael Ellison: How Black CS Students View Silicon Valley / The Daily Reality For a Black Man in San Francisco
135 VC Monique Woodard is NOT "Doing Fine"
134 IVP's Somesh Dash: In Divisive Times, Is Silicon Valley Doing Enough?
132 Lyft's Raj Kapoor: World Without Covid
131 Covid-19, China and Silicon Valley with Kaiser Kuo
130 Joe Garofoli of the San Francisco Chronicle: COVID Hits Politics, California and Silicon Valley
129 Mike Stutz: COVID Hits Hollywood
128: Matt Hulett: Rosetta Stone's President Connects the World Through Language Learning
127 Paul-Henri Ferrand: Brex's COO on Why Immigrants Build Great Companies and How Brex is Transforming Finance
126 Brianne Kimmel: A Venture Capitalist Makes Work More Human
125 Jeff Macpherson: Tiki Bar TV's Dr. Tiki Explains Why We Stream Video But Download Podcasts
124 REPLAY Keller Fitzsimmons -- Startuplandia author on Mental Health in Silicon Valley
123 Marco Zappacosta: Thumbtack's CEO on Building a Billion Dollar Company and Helping People "Get the Job Done"
122 Chris Douvos: Ahoy Capital's Founder is One-of-a-Kind
121 Mike Maples:, Jr: A Master Seed Investor Shares his Wisdom
#120 David Hornik: "The Lobby" Creator and Ringmaster
#119 Joe Garofoli: San Francisco Chronicle Senior Political Writer Takes Us Inside Politics
#118 Ryan Petersen: How Flexport is Transforming Shipping to Create a Better World
#117 Josh Felser: A Freestylin' Conversation with Josh
#116 Dan Scheinman: Zoom's First Investor on Finding Outliers, Ageism and More
#115 Ba Minuzzi: First Latina to Starta a Silicon Valley Venture Fund
#114 Jerry Colonna: Break your Heart and Keep it Open
#113 Maha Ibrahim: Canaan Partner, The RealReal Investor, All Raise Member
#112 Esther Wojcicki: How to Raise Successful People
#111 REPLAY: Silicon Valley goes to Burning Man
#110 Alison McCauley: Falling down the Blockchain Rabbit Hole (and why you should too)
#124 REPLAY E. Keller Fitzsimmons: The Darkness in Silicon Valley – Anxiety, Depression and Suicide in Startuplandia
#108: Adriana Gascoigne: Tech Lady Boss - How to Startup Disrupt and Thrive as a Female Founder
#107 Anne Dwane: From Startup to Public Company To VC -- Her Journey
#106 Chris Michel's Extraordinary Path and Wise Life Advice
#105 Julian Guthrie: Taking on Silicon Valley's Male Culture with Alpha Girls
#104 Charles Hudson – Charles Builds a Venture Fund
#103: Michael Tchong on 8 Ubertrends Crashing into our Future
#102: Scott Kupor: Secrets of Sand Hill Road
#101 Ellen Pao: Ellen Changes the Game
#100: Pete Alcorn -- Democratizing Publishing
#99 Eric Lagier: The Nordic Unicorn Factory
#98 Jay Adelson: Jay Builds the Internet
#97 Po Bronson -- The Future According to Po
#96 Monique Woodard, Venture Capitalist
#95 Alan Eagle on Bill Campbell, "Trillion Dollar Coach"
#94: James Currier -- The Soul of Silicon Valley
#93 Miyoko Schinner's Entrepreneurial Journey
#92 Carter Cohen -- Gen Z Up Close
#91 Ryan Bethencourt -- Wild Earth Founder on Meatless Dog Food and More
#90 Codepath's Michael Ellison -- Racism, poverty and Silicon Valley
#89 -- Silicon Valley Goes to Burning Man
#88 Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures 2 of 2
#87 Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures 1 of 2
#86 The Future of Transport with Nick Heyman
#85 SF Chronicle's Joe Garofoli
#84 Jim Scheinman of Maven FULL Episode
#83 Jim Scheinman of Maven 2 of 2
#82 Jim Scheinman of Maven Ventures 1 of 2
#81 Sexual Harassment In Silicon Valley -- 2017 Lookback
#80 Neil Cohen talks Tech Bubbles 2 of 2
#79 Neil Cohen -- Tech Bubbles 1 of 2
#78 Mike Stutz Hacking the Media/Useful Idiots P. 2
#77: Mike Stutz: Hacking the Media w/Useful Idiots
#76 Jonathan Abrams Talks Startup Friendster p. 2
#75 Jonathan Abrams talks Startup Friendster
#74 Startup Mexico's Marcus Dantus
#73 Sharon Goldstein -- Women in Silicon Valley
#72 Victor Echevarria: From Sharing Economy To Healthcare
#71 Carter Cohen: Generation Z
#70 Neil Cohen 2017 Marketing Trends 2 of 2
#69 Canadian VC and Startups w/Lylan Masterman
#68 Neil Cohen on 2017 Marketing Trends
#67 Antonio Garcia Martinez 2 of 2
#66 Antonio Garcia Martinez talks Silicon Valley Politics 1 of 2
#65 Mike Stutz (un)Reality TV 2 of 2
#64 Mike Stutz talks Reality TV and Politics
#63 Sarah Marie CEO of Spec.fm 2 of 2
#62 Joe Garofoli of the SF Chronicle Election Special
#61 Sarah Marie of Spec Network (1 of 2) -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
#60 Chaos Monkeys' Antonio Garcia-Martinez 2 of 2
#59 Chaos Monkeys Author Antonio Garcia-Martinez 1/2
#58 -- Sexism in Silicon Valley with Rachel Fairbanks
#57 Microsoft Bought his Company!
#56 Microsoft Acquires AI tool Genee
#55 Burning Man with Michael White Replay
#54 Peter Berger 2 of 2
#53 -- Peter Berger Part 1 of 2 -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
#52 Racism, Jackie Robinson and the Number 42
#51 Jonathan Abrams Part 2 of 2
#50 Jonathan Abrams talks Silicon Valley
#49 Michael White -- Why Silicon Valley will rule Sports 2 of 2
#48 Silicon Valley Sports with Michael White
#47 Shaun Tai of Oakland Digital -- Full Episode
#46 Shaun Tai of Oakland Digital part 2 of 2
#45 Oakland Digital -- Shaun Tai
#44 -- Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley -- Full Episode
#43 2/2 Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley
#42 Allison White - Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley 1 of 2
#41 Ian McFarland Part 2 of 2
#40 Ian McFarland 1 of 2
#39 Ben Cheung -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
#38 "2015 Pridecast"
#37 Daniel Carucci -- "Global Health"
#36 Neil Cohen - "Get a Job" Part 2 of 2
#35 Neil Cohen -- "Get a Job"
#34 Charlie Recksieck 2 of 2-- Tech and Music
#33 Charlie Recksieck -- Music and Tech 1 of 2
#32 Preet Anand -- The Entrepreneur's Battle 2 of 2
#31 Preet Anand -- The Entrepreneur's Battle
#30 Neil Cohen talks Marketing in Silicon Valley
#29 Neil Cohen Talks Mexico Entrepreneurship
#28 Holiday Replay Vincent Robinson on Being Gay in Silicon Valley
#27 Peter Shanley Talks Lean Startups in the Enterprise
#26 Jim Egbert 25th Epi-versary Part 2
#25 Jim Egbert 25th Epi-versary
#24 Peter Shanley 1 of 2 -- Housing and Social Issues in San Francisco
#23 Jim Egbert 2 of 2 Globalization of Engineering Talent
#22 Jim Egbert -- 1 of 2: Tech Talent Abroad
#21 Michael White -- Silicon Valley goes to Burning Man
#20 Tim Rosenblatt -- The Internet is a Series of Tubes
#19 Linda Kelly -- Grateful Dead and Astrology.com
#18: Mike Stutz Part 2/2 Reality of Reality TV
#17 Mike Stutz -- Part 1/2: Reality of Reality TV
#16 Gay Issues in Silicon Valley
#15 Sexism in Silicon Valley, Part 2
#14 Sexism in Silicon Valley, Part 1
#13 Libraries in the Age of Google
#12 Rachel Fairbanks -- Software Exec Talks Culture and Hipsters in SF
#11 Mike Stutz --- Silicon Valley goes to Hollywood
#10 Me
#9 Vincent Robinson talks about African-Americans in Silicon Valley
#8 Eric Hall of Dolby discusses Corporate Life in The Valley
#7 Michael White and Kent Talk TV -- The HBO Show Silicon Valley
#6 Nick Heyman -- Facebook's First Ops Guy
#5 Michael White and Kent Talk Sexism in Silicon Valley
#4 Michael White, Silicon Valley Attorney, Talks Control
#3 Eric Hall of Dolby Talks Sound
#2 Kristallnacht and Google Buses
#1 Why