You defied some of the laws of physics to make that happen!
Get the dog out for a walk, hop on the train or car to work or to school, put your gym gear on and tune in to find out who's the next guest in the Republic of Insead podcast. A few of my favorite snippets are below.
20 YEARS IN PERSPECTIVE:
A number of crazy things happened related to the busines ... Show More
Mar 22
Hey Jeff…. Or in other words: "100 subject to 100!"
Here are partial lyrics of Hey Jude by The Beatles. You figure out whether there are any parallels out there with our “Hey Jeff”Hey Jude, don't make it bad.Take a sad song and make it better.Remember to let her into your heart,Then you can start to make it better.Hey Jude, don't ... Show More
26m 30s
Jan 2019
a16z Podcast: The Science and Business of Innovative Medicines
<p>with Vas Narasimhan (@vasnarasimhan), Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)</p><p>On average, only 1 out of 20 medicines works when we actually bring them into the human body, and these rates of success haven't moved much in the ph ... Show More
59m 2s
Mar 2022
TIP427: The History of Bubbles, Mania & Fraud w/ Jamie Catherwood
Trey Lockerbie chats with Jamie Catherwood. Jamie is a financial market historian, founder of the wildly popular site Investor Amnesia, and an associate at O’Shaughnessy Asset Management which manages $5.3 Billion. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 07:20 - Historical examples of mar ... Show More
59m 47s
Sep 2021
Uncontrolled Spread: Science, Policy, Institutions, Infrastructure
<p>There's no question technology played a huge role in the recent/current pandemic, including especially in the <a href="https://a16z.com/2020/08/14/vaccines-vaccinology-renaissance-covid-pandemic-beyond/" target="_blank">plug-and-play</a> engineering and incredibly fast develop ... Show More
56m 17s
Jun 2019
You Are A Superorganism: Ara Katz & Raja Dhir On The Power Of Microbes
“We are, by definition, an ecosystem. The microbiome reveals a more connected biology, radically transforming our approach to medicine, hygiene, diet, and living.”Ara Katz & Raja Dhir
Our bodies are comprised of about ten trillion cells. But our microbiome — all the bacteria, vir ... Show More
2h 25m
Mar 2023
Antibiotics: How to fix a broken market
Antibiotics stopped providing big gains for pharmaceutical companies decades ago, but as bacteria become more resistant to drugs, the world needs new classes of antibiotics to be discovered if we want to prevent the next global health crisis.Dr Tina Joshi, Associate Professor of ... Show More
18m 23s
<p>Welcome to <a href="https://a16z.com/2020/09/22/biology-aging/" target="_blank">the first episode of Bio Eats World</a>, a brand <a href="https://a16z.com/bio-eats-world-podcast/" target="_blank">new podcast</a> all about how biology <i>is</i> technology. Bio is breaking out o ... Show More