All Episodes
Tech Deciphered — 84 episodes
81 – The VC-to-English Dictionary: The Meaning to What VCs Do and Say
80 – The Gate Swings: Government, Frontier Models, and the Open-Weight Counterstrike
79 – The Cognitive Age
78 – Dead On Arrival
77 – The Great Talent Redistribution
76 – The Great Private Capital Reset
75 – The SaaS Apocalypse: Why AI Broke the Software Business Model
74 – The Prediction Episode
73 – Infrastructure… The Rebirth
72 – Our Children’s Future
71 – Is AI All Hype, No Substance?
70 – AI as a co-founder
69 – Travel Hacks & Preferences
68 – “Winning the AI Race”… America’s AI Action Plan
67 – Tech that Changed our Lives and Tech that Disappointed
66 – The Global Tech Labor Reset
65 – Retro Tech, Minimal Tech and Digital Detox
64 – Robotics… are our new overlords coming?
63 – Fundraising… everything you need to know
62 – Space & Aeronautics, Defense and Homeland Security – Space, Defense and from dirty… to the new “cool”
61 – What happened in 2024? What’s hot/not hot for 2025?
60 – Europe competitiveness
59 – The case for not starting yet a new AI platform… and not investing in one
58 – US Election and What it Means for Tech
57 – Are we in a Generative AI Bubble?
56 – AI everywhere – dangerous trends in AI integration?
55 – What is Open vs Closed? Is all “Open” really Open?
54 – Can you handle the Truth: The Future of News
53 – Is Technology intrinsically good or bad?
52 – Apple Vision Pro
51 – Too Big to Succeed
50 – Recap of 2023 and What to Look forward to in 2024
49 – The Exit(s) Episode
48 – Day Zero as a Founder – 2 of 2
47 – Day Zero as a Founder – 1 of 2
46 – Work-life Balance – high intensity jobs, how to get performance right vs the “other stuff”, including your own physical and mental health
45 – AR/VR/MR – Inflection point or Sci-fi?
44 – AI – 2 of 2
43 – AI – 1 of 2
42 – The Evolution of Venture Capital – 2 of 2
41 – The Evolution of Venture Capital – 1 of 2
40 – SVB & latest financial crisis
39 – How to manage, get the most of your Board and how to be a great board member – 2 of 2
38 – How to manage, get the most of your Board and how to be a great board member – 1 of 2
37 – When to talk and when to keep your mouth shut… we sort of predicted the FTX debacle. Really!
36 – My Company is in Trouble. What Should I Do? End of our 2 part episode
#35 – Start of Season 3 – My Company is in Trouble. What Should I Do?
#34 – Winter Has Arrived – Part 2 – End of Season 2 … the Burst of the Bubble and the Crisis Upon Us… What’s next?!
#33 – Winter Has Arrived – Part 1 – the Burst of the Bubble and the Crisis Upon Us
#32 – Leadership and Management – Part 2 – How to execute, values systems and our core beliefs
#31 – Leadership and Management – Part 1 – Often spoken about, rarely understood
#30 – The Metaverse Part 2 – Final Episode – Straight talk on the Key Players and what they are up to, and Implications for Entrepreneurs and Investors
#29 – The Metaverse Part 1 – What is it? When will we have it?
#28 – Strategic investors – a Mistake or real Value-Add?
#27 – Start-up and investment landscape in Europe – the good, the bad and … the reasons for optimism
#26 – The Bubble we are in and its implications – Part 2
#25 – The Bubble we are in and its implications – Part 1
# 24 – #Exodus or #NoExodus – our most contentious episode, yet
# 23 – The mythology (and reality) of Silicon Valley
# 22 – The (no BS) truth about Silicon Valley – Start of Season 2
#21 – Recap on 2020 and Outlook for 2021 – End of Season 1
#20 – Recruiting Primer – Part 3
#19 – Recruiting Primer – Part 2
#18 – Recruiting Primer – Part 1
#17 – SaaS Primer – Part 3
#16 – SaaS Primer – Part 2
#15 – SaaS Primer – Part 1
#14 – The wonderful world of productivity – our own habits, tools and hacks – and… how to best get in touch with us
#13 – The coming decade in tech, the 2020s, and its impact on the world we live in – Part 3
#12 – The coming decade in tech, the 2020s, and its impact on the world we live in – Part 2
#11 – The coming decade in tech, the 2020s, and its impact on the world we live in
#10B – A review of the past decade in tech, the 2010s, and its impact on the world we live in
#10A – A review of the past decade in tech, the 2010s, and its impact on the world we live in
#9B – Impact of COVID-19 in the World, Venture Capital and Start-ups
#9A – Impact of COVID-19 in the World, Venture Capital and Start-ups
#8 – Demystifying Venture Capital, Private Equity and Start-up success
#7 – The “Silicon Valley bubble” bursts, why that is good news, and the IPO landscape in hardware vs. software and enterprise vs. consumer
#6 – The value of an idea, how you should pitch VCs and the truth about product management
#5 – The Media war(s) are all around us, but how much content is too much content?
#4 – The fragile landscape of wearables, the future of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC 2.0) and the Google Squeeze (?)
#3 – (Almost) everything you need to know about Generation Z, including some actionable stuff as well
#2 – The future of direct-to-consumer, the vital importance of … chicken, and the future of food delivery
#1 – Lessons from the grandfather of Venture Capital, evolution of the VC landscape and how big is big (in markets)
#0 – The Origin Story