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"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing — 87 episodes
E86: Inside Mischief VC's Evolution with Zach Perret and Lauren Farleigh
a16z's Voice AI Investment Strategy
E84: How Accel Captures Companies Outside Traditional VC Reach with Andrew Braccia
E83: Chad Byers on Why Susa is a Purpose-Built Seed Specialist [Classic Interview]
E82: Fundraising in Bear Markets: How Nichole Wischoff Closed $50M [How I Invest]
E81: Inside Seven Seven Six with Alexis Ohanian [Classic Interview]
E80: Logan Bartlett on How Great VC Firms Truly Operate
E79: Now at $2B Valuation: Mercor CEO On How They Started
E78: Why Benchmark is Different Than Other Firms with Sarah Tavel & Eric Vishria
E77: IVP's Somesh Dash on Growth Stage Investing and Strategic Discipline
E76: Thrive Capital's Bold Bets on Category-Defining Companies with Kareem Zaki
E75: Greg Castle (Anorak VC) on the Biggest AR/VR and Spatial Computing Opportunities
E74: General Catalyst CEO on Running VC Like an Enduring Company
E73: Aydin Senkut on Building Felicis Ventures
E72: Keith Rabois: On Identifying Talent [Classic Interview]
E71: How to Scale Talent | Andy Price, Artisanal Ventures [Cross Post]
E70: Martin Casado of a16z on AI Innovation and AGI
E69: Lost Tapes: Elad Gil on the Eve of the AI Boom
E68: How Theory Ventures Differentiates in a Crowded VC Market
E67: Defense Tech’s Rise with 8VC’s Alex Kolicich
E66: Why Inception Investing Beats Traditional Seed with Ed Sim of Boldstart
From The a16z Podcast: “Marc Andreessen on Building Netscape & the Birth of the Browser”
E64: Chris Paik on the End of Software and the Future of AI Infrastructure
E63: How Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman Continued Kleiner Perkins’ Legacy
E62: Wing's Chris Zeoli on AI Infrastructure Opportunities
E61: Rabois, Bartlett, Ryan, and Weinberg on AI, Gambling, and Healthcare
E60: How Lightspeed Invests in AI and Beyond with Arif Janmohamed
E59: Mike Maples Jr. on Disruptive Investing
E58: Roger Ehrenberg on Mastering Seed Investing
E57: a16z's Anish Acharya on Consumer AI
E56: Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on Fund Management and the Exit Landscape
E55: Keith Rabois, Logan Bartlett, Kevin Ryan, and Zach Weinberg Dissect the Current Funding Climate
E54: Trae Stephens on Founders Fund
E53: Tomasz Tunguz on the Evolution of the Data Ecosystem
E52: Charting the Course of Biotech with Laura Deming, GP of Longevity Fund, and Will Eden of Sylvan Consulting
E51: Seth Bannon on Deep Tech, Biotech, and VC Strategies
E50: The Future of Crypto with Diogo Mónica of Haun Ventures
E49: Long Journey's Strategy for Chasing "Magically Weird" Companies
E48: Building Notable Capital (fka GGV Capital): Insights from Glenn Solomon
E47: Index Ventures' Mike Volpi on AI, Open Source, and Evolution of VC
E46: Vinny Pujji on Leveraging 3rd Order Analysis to Pick Winners for Left Lane Capital
E45: Sequoia Capital's Roelof Botha and Jacob Helberg on AI and National Security
E44: How Benchmark Invests in AI with Eric Vishria and Quilter Founder Sergiy Nesterenko
E43: Benedict Evans on Automation Crypto, VR, and Predicting the Future of Tech
E42: Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan on Why History Points to Crypto
E41: Do VCs Add Value? With Parker Conrad and Parker Thompson
E40: Venture, AI, and the Defense Industry with Joe Lonsdale of 8VC, Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital, and Matt Steckman of Anduril
E39: Navigating the AI Supercycle with Will Summerlin of Autopilot
E38: Turpentine Fund Brainstorm with Alex Edelson of Slipstream
E37: The Vinod Khosla Interview
E36: Joe Lonsdale on His Plan to Revitalize America's Declining Sectors
E35: How Jason Lemkin Built SaaStr
E34: Marc Andreessen on His Intellectual Journey
E33: Consumer Social, Marketplaces, and Becoming a Better Investor with James Currier
E32: Scott Belsky’s Angel Investing Lessons and Requests For Startups
E31: Slow's Will Quist on VC's Job to Fund the Creation of New Data Sets
E30: How Kirsten Green Built Forerunner Ventures
E29: Mike Maples on Building Successful Startups and Venture Funds
E28: Andreessen Horowitz GP Chris Dixon on Crypto, AI, and Web3
E27: Compound’s Michael Dempsey on Thesis-Driven vs Founder-Driven Investing
E26: Insights from IVP: Inside One of Silicon Valley’s Best Growth Firms
E25: Frank Rotman of QED on Navigating FinTech and Crypto Investments
E24: Building a Multi-Billion-Dollar Asset Management Firm with CoVenture's Ali Hamed
E23: Tomasz Tunguz on the Theory Behind Theory Ventures
E22: Phin Barnes on Unbundling VC
E21: Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian on Reinventing Venture with Seven Seven Six
E20: Katherine Boyle on Building a16z’s American Dynamism Practice
E19: Union Square Venture’s Rebecca Kaden on How the Firm Develops Their Theses
E18: Sam Lessin on What's Going to Happen to VC in 2024
E17: Elad Gil on AI, Crypto, and What’s Next
E16: Lessons From Co-Founding First Round, Idea Lab, and B Capital with Howard Morgan
E15: Redpoint's Logan Bartlett on Carving Out a Spot in Venture
E14: A Deep Dive into Thrive Capital's Investment Strategy
E13: How Benchmark Thinks About Venture in 2023
E12: An Inside Look Into Sequoia's Strategy & Operations, with Alfred Lin
E11: Ann Miura-Ko Breaks Down How to Build A Venture Firm in 2023
E10: No Process, High Conviction — The Iconoclastic Founders Fund DNA
E9: Sam Lessin and Seth Rosenberg Debate: Will AI Favor Incumbents or Start-Ups?
E8: How Roger Ehrenberg Nets 10x Fund Returns
E7: How Floodgate Differentiated Again From Thousands of Seed Firms
E6: Chad Byers on Why Susa is Returning to Concentrated, Company-Building Seed Investing
E5: General Catalyst CEO on the Case for Operational Rigor in VC, with Hemant Taneja
E4: Sam Lessin on Why the Seed & “Factory System” Era of Venture is Dead
E3: Aydin Senkut on Why the Generalist Approach to VC Generates More Hits
E2: Kleiner Perkins Makes the Case for Craftsman VC, with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman
E1: Ben Horowitz on What Traditional VC Gets Wrong
Introducing: Turpentine VC