The holy grail of company building is finding product-market fit. But what most people don’t tell you is that once you’ve found it, product-market fit brings its own set of challenges, particularly when it comes to scaling rapidly and hiring the right executives at the right time.
Drawing from their extensive experiences, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Dat ... Show More
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Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition has spent the past decade building the software that powers intelligent machines, from passenger vehicles and trucks to defense systems, mining equipment, and industrial robots. In this conversation, Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg sit down with Applied Intui ... Show More
1h 20m
Apr 28
John and Patrick Collison on Stripe's Growth, Agent Commerce, and the Future of Software
This interview with Stripe cofounders John and Patrick Collison originally aired on TBPN. They discuss Stripe's 34% growth and new employee tender offer, how agent commerce and stablecoins may require high-throughput blockchains built for millions of transactions per second, and ... Show More
20m 2s
Apr 6
Peter Yang on Small Teams, Coding Agents, and Why Human Ambition Has No Ceiling
Anish Acharya speaks with Peter Yang, creator and product lead at Roblox, about how personal AI agents are replacing the apps we open every day, why coding agents feel like slot machines, and what happens when the cost of building software drops to near zero. They discuss why fut ... Show More
28m 37s
Sep 2023
AI Revolution: Food Fights in the Enterprise with Databricks' Ali Ghodsi
Ali Ghodsi, CEO and cofounder of Databricks, and Ben Horowitz, cofounder of a16z, explain the data wars happening inside and outside enterprises and how they could impact the evolution of LLMs. [0:59] Why is it so hard for enterprises to adopt AI?[3:29] Data wars[4:49] Big vs. sm ... Show More
25 m
Mar 2025
How Did This CPO Pull Off 350% Growth in Two Years?! (with Benjamin Berry)
<p>Every career path comes with its own set of challenges—you just have to choose your hard. Leading product at a startup, finding product-market fit, and scaling a company is tough, but so is staying stuck in a feature factory. In this episode, host Hannah Clark sits down with B ... Show More
27m 52s
Dec 2023
Why Looking for the Right Founder Is Important | Ep 625
“It takes years, not months.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) discusses the importance of finding the right founder for a company. He emphasizes the qualities and traits they look for in founders when considering investment opportunities. Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by ... Show More
12m 46s
Nov 2025
How To Recruit The Best Engineers And Sales Reps
Most founders think hiring is about interviewing. But it's actually about selling.For Startup School, Juicebox co-founder & CEO David Paffenholz joins YC's Harj Taggar to share how early-stage founders can find, pitch, and close top engineering and sales talent— from crafting bet ... Show More
43m 20s
Apr 2021
The One Problem Every Entrepreneur Has... | Ep 292
Every entrepreneur has one problem... a people problem. Attracting, hiring, and keeping the right team members can make or break your business. Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) talks about the single problem that entrepreneurs are facing when it comes to company growth: the talent they ... Show More
12m 14s
Aug 2023
The One Problem Every Entrepreneur Has… | Ep 578
"Every entrepreneur has one problem... a people problem. Attracting, hiring, and keeping the right team members can make or break your business." Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) talks about the single problem that entrepreneurs are facing when it comes to company growth: the talent th ... Show More
12m 3s
Jul 2025
Recruiting, Ops, and Churn: Real Business Fixes in Real Time | Ep 884
In Q&A, Alex (@AlexHormozi) breaks down the real bottlenecks inside 8-10 companies, from e-comm hatmakers and mobility coaches to high-ticket consultants and medical practices. Whether you're stuck at $2M trying to get to $10M or trying to fix churn, CAC, or hiring, this episode ... Show More
43m 32s
May 2021
Boss Talk #15: Copycats, Inventors vs. Operators. Hiring SDRs, and more
Fab 5 Freddy on New York in the 70s, Warhol, Blondie, Basquiat, and Yo! MTV Raps [1:40]Contrarian strategy and challenging assumptions [5:12]Boring AI and solving meaningful problems [8:42]Drop-in audio copycats [14:39]How is copying software different from remixing hip hop? [21: ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2025
$46B of hard truths from Ben Horowitz: Why founders fail and why you need to run toward fear (a16z co-founder)
Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Silicon Valley’s largest and most influential venture capital firm, with over $46B in committed capital across multiple funds. He took Loudcloud public with just $2 million in revenue (dubbed “the IPO from hell”), sold it for ... Show More
1h 37m