The D.C. denizen reflects on his time in Jimmy Carter’s White House, remembers how he got into leveraged buyouts, and shares why he thinks you're not working hard enough if you never fail.
Jul 1
S9E6: Daniela Amodei Says Curiosity Is Underrated
Daniela Amodei and her brother Dario lead Anthropic, one of the world’s biggest and most influential AI companies. It wasn’t in her career plan. “I really think of myself as a generalist,” Amodei tells Gintare Zukauskaite, MBA ’26, in a conversation recorded live at Stanford Grad ... Show More
1 h
May 27
S9E5: Jane Fraser Says Think About the Skills, Not the Title
Citi is one of the most important financial institutions in the world, moving $5 trillion a day across more than 100 countries. Jane Fraser has run it since 2021, when she became the first woman to lead one of America’s “Big Four” banks. In a conversation with Sanil Rajput, MBA ‘ ... Show More
1h 7m
Nov 2024
Why Duolingo Worked (with Luis von Ahn, CEO)
Duolingo has fundamentally changed the landscape of self-guided education, starting with language learning. It is now a $9B publicly traded company in a space where everyone thought you could never build a large and exciting company. We’re joined by Duolingo founder and CEO, Luis ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2025
Sequoia's Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built
<p>(0:00) Introducing Roelof Botha</p> <p>(1:08) Sequoia's Scout program and its best-performing funds ever</p> <p>(3:38) State of Venture Capital: Why it's broken, too much capital, not enough great companies</p> <p>(9:01) Why Sequoia separated from its China business, how they ... Show More
27m 57s
Oct 2021
A masterclass in crowdsourcing, w/Duolingo's Luis von Ahn
Crowdsourcing is more than a group of people interested in the same cause, it’s a way to tap skills – and scale – that you don’t have. And when it works, it can be the rocket fuel that launches you to scale further than you could have ever imagined. No one knows this better than ... Show More
39m 13s
Sep 2024
How Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha is forging the future
Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha, one of Silicon Valley’s most highly respected investors, discusses his career, Sequoia’s unique culture and investment processes, and how he finds and builds enduring businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
59m 57s
Sep 2024
Ravi Gupta - Bring Joy - [Joys of Compounding, EP.21]
Today's teacher is Ravi Gupta, a partner at renowned venture firm Sequoia Capital. Ravi has had a fascinating and meandering career on his way to becoming a VC, from consulting at McKinsey to private equity at KKR to operations at Instacart as both CFO and COO. All along the way, ... Show More
1h 25m