What does it take to grow a company from zero to over $10 billion of value in just five years? In the case of Nikil Viswanathan's Alchemy, the answer comes down to speed and hustle. Nikil and his cofounder are both Stanford-educated serial entrepreneurs who set out to build a company that would change the world. They see web3 as a major paradigm shift and bu ... Show More
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Kevin Ryan, the Godfather of NYC Tech, on AI in the Decade Ahead
Kevin Ryan is known as the godfather of New York City tech. Over three decades, he's founded or backed companies worth more than $40 billion combined, including DoubleClick (acquired by Google), MongoDB (now valued at $30 billion), Business Insider (sold for $450 million), and Gi ... Show More
48m 56s
Sep 2020
E12: Sky Kurtz on spearheading technology, sustainability & food security with Pure Harvest
In an increasingly digital world, you have to appreciate people who work with their hands—artists, tailors, buildings, designers, cooks. I’m joined on this episode by Sky Kurtz, co-founder & CEO of Pure Harvest, a new breed of tech startups that has raised $50 million to build hi ... Show More
48m 51s
Sep 2023
20VC: Why Small Funds Outperform Large Funds & AUM is a Vanity Metric | Why 99% of Investments in AI Startups Will Go To Zero | Being a "Traction First" VC & Investing Lessons from Investing in Canva and Missing Figma with Nikhil Basu-Trivedi
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Nikhil Basu Trivedi is Co-Founder & General Partner at <a href="https://www.footwork.vc/">Footwork</a>, an early-stage focused venture firm investing its first fund. In his venture career, he has invested in the early rounds of several companies th ... Show More
1 h
Mar 2021
Ready for Take-Off: Why Moonbeam Believes it’s The Next Big Media Platform with Founder, Paul English
<p>They say one of the biggest attributes any entrepreneur needs to have is the ability to problem solve. To be able to identify challenges large and small and effectively produce a solution for them. It seems simple, but it’s not. A vast number of start-ups fail, and the reason ... Show More
43m 52s
Feb 2021
Y Combinator's Michael Seibel & Dalton Caldwell - Lessons from 5000 Entrepreneurs
Miguel Armaza is joined by Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell, Managing Directors and Group Partners at Y Combinator (YC).
YC is one of the most successful startup accelerators and venture capital funds, and since March 2005 has helped over 5,000 startup founders build and launch ... Show More
39m 1s
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href= "https://twitter.com/jeremyj">Jeremy Johnson</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href="https://andela.com/">Andela</a>, the startup that aims to bring a scientific approach to building engineering teams. They have backing from some of the best inve ... Show More
