This episode covers a destructive mental trap founders can fall into — and how to avoid it. We also explore why crypto went multichain, how it is competing with legacy financial systems, and an important lesson from Elon Musk.
Dec 23
What, How & Why We're Reading
with @smc90 @rhackett @stephbzinn @Tim_OrgIn a now-annual tradition, the a16z crypto editorial team discuss themes (and picks) from a16z crypto's latest reading lists, as well as books we keep re-reading, childhood favorites, classics, adaptations on adaptations — in book and mov ... Show More
1h 19m
Apr 2022
Experiential Marketing and Making Crypto Events More Memorable
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, VP of Marketing at Ava Labs, discusses how his team disrupted the traditional event experience with their recent Avalanche Summit in Barcelona, along with some of the risks they took that really paid off. He also shares the big ... Show More
35m 10s
May 2024
E316 | EUVC | Natasha Lytton, Vincent Touati-Tomas and Jeroen van Dornik on marketing in venture capital
Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC podcast. Today, we are discussing all things marketing in venture capital, such as:
narrative developmentthesis developmentmeasuring marketing activitiescontent creation for a VC firmpositioning and its role in fund strategyAI impact on ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 1
How to Bootstrap to $1Million ARR [REVEALED]
In this episode of Startup Strategies, Juliana sits down with Ish Jindal, the engineer-turned-entrepreneur who spent four years not knowing what MRR meant while bootstrapping TARS to $1M ARR. After discovering the internet in his second year of college, Ish went from building edu ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2023
#274: Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-Founder of Mysten Labs, on The Role of Blockchain for Digital Economies, and Building Libra/Diem
<p>Adeniyi is a product leader with experience spanning from financial services to crypto. Adeniyi has led engineering and product teams across Big Tech companies including Oracle, VMware and Facebook. Prior to founding Mysten Labs, Adeniyi led many of Meta’s R&D initiatives ... Show More
37m 38s
Aug 2025
Practical Entrepreneurship for Marketers
In this episode of the DMI podcast, host Will Francis speaks with Faisal Laljee, entrepreneur and growth strategist, about the intersection of entrepreneurship and marketing. Faisal shares his insights on risk-taking, growth hacking, customer acquisition, and building brands that ... Show More
45m 27s
<p>My Interview with Haider Rafique, CMO, OKX at <span spellcheck= "false">#token2049</span></p> <ul> <li>Why the crypto industry must call out bad behaviour to move from the wild wild West to the middle mile West</li> <li>OKX's pivot from centralised exchange to Web3 wallet and ... Show More