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Jan 23
AI CEOs transformed Davos into a tech conference
The World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos felt different this year, and not just because Meta and Salesforce took over storefronts on the main promenade. AI dominated the conversation in a way that overshadowed traditional topics like climate change and global poverty, a ... Show More
30m 35s
Jan 21
Build Mode: Capital is a commodity (but your investor relationships aren’t)
Today on Equity, we're teaming up with our newest podcast, Build Mode. In this interview, Build Mode host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Ross Fubini of XYZ Ventures and Leslie Feinzaig of Graham & Walker Ventures to pull back the curtain on how VCs build their own go-to-mark ... Show More
44m 54s
Jan 16
OpenAI and Anthropic are making their play for healthcare, and we're not surprised
AI companies are clustering around healthcare and fast. In just the past week, OpenAI bought health startup Torch, Anthropic launched Claude for Health, and Sam Altman-backed MergeLabs closed a $250 million seed round at an $850 million valuation. The money and products are pouri ... Show More
32m 35s
Jan 2024
Startups Are Shutting Down!
Send us a textBig startups are shutting down. More than 3000 private venture backed startups failed in the last year. Of the startups raising money, 19% were funded at a lower valuation than in prior funding rounds. 38% of VCs disappeared from dealmaking last year and more than a ... Show More
18m 47s
Feb 2024
Reddit’s IPO, Consumer vs. Enterprise AI, and Sam Altman’s New Fund and more! | E1903
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1h 12m
Sep 2017
330: Gurbaksh Chahal - Gravity4 Launches Lydian, its BlockChain Marketing Cloud Token
Gurbaksh Chahal is a die hard entrepreneur with a passion for innovation & building amazing companies. He is the founder of ClickAgents, BlueLithium, RadiumOne, Gravity4 & The Chahal Foundation. Back in 2008, Oprah Winfrey introduced Gurbaksh to her audience by saying “My next gu ... Show More
32m 47s
Feb 2024
Berkshire's Operating Units Holding Up Well
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Bloomberg Intelligence Property & Casualty Insurance Senior Analyst Matthew Palazola discusses why Berkshire Hathaway earnings power should remain intact given its diverse units that can offset pockets of weak ... Show More
38m 52s
Jun 2020
Tue. 06/02 – Everything is Postponed
Facebook finally lets you clean out your old crap from your basement (I mean, past). AT&T won’t count HBO Max against your mobile data cap. Every tech event is postponed again. A whole bunch of OS update news, and a time capsule from another era.
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16m 43s
Feb 2024
U.S. Senators Grilled Social Media CEOs. Will Anything Change?
Was it political progress, or just political theater? The recent Senate hearing with social media CEOs led to astonishing moments — including Mark Zuckerberg’s public apology to families who lost children following social media abuse. Our panel of experts, including Facebook whis ... Show More
25m 6s
Feb 2024
The Deal Room: The sobering of SPACs and the IPO market heats up
34m 41s
Feb 2024
Ultra-Niche Positioning: How to Find Success By Going SUPER Narrow
58m 5s
Feb 2024
Google says Microsoft pitched Bing sale to Apple
Google (GOOGL) (GOOG): Microsoft (MSFT) offered to sell Bing to Apple (AAPL) when pitching default deal. (00:23) Walt Disney (DIS), Reliance sign pact to merge Indian media operations - report. (01:27) Ford (F) halts shipments of electric F-150 truck due to quality issue. (02:36) ... Show More
6m 52s
This is our Friday show, and we’re talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news. Here's what Mary Ann, Alex and Kirsten Korosec got into:
Nvidia blew the doors off with its earnings report. We talked through some of the high-level numbers and marveled at the company's growth. TechCrunch has more on the matter here.
Ramp raises $300M: In this ma ... Show More
<p>In this week's episode, we unpack the following four stories in the world of corporate finance.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Will new SEC rules mean that SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) can be more than a bubble-market phenomenon?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>The IPO mar ... Show More
<p></p><p><strong>I've just launched a </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNXaHHVnVntg5gpveB-5_Q"><strong>new YouTube channel</strong></a><strong>!! The concept? </strong>I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lea ... Show More
