Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchM&A, Before and After: What Founders Need to Know
Episode 645
Welcome to the a16z podcast. Today we’re talking about the mindsets and frameworks founders should know about when navigating the mergers and acquisi…
4 years, 3 months ago
How 'Hyperscalers' are Innovating — and Competing — in the Data Center
Episode 644
Innovation in the data center has been constrained by the traditional model of suppliers providing fixed-function chips that limit how much the bigge…
4 years, 4 months ago
Kickstarting Network Effects
Episode 643
What are network effects? [1:32]How do you cold start and get your first users? [2:33]Atomic networks and why minimum viable community is more import…
4 years, 4 months ago
NFTs, Explained
Episode 642
Given all the activity and interest recently around crypto and web3, as well as in upcoming holidays and art events, we’re re-running our episode all…
4 years, 5 months ago
Play-to-Earn Gaming and How Work is Evolving in Web3
Episode 641
In today's episode we’re talking about an emerging model of gaming called play to earn, in which players can make actual money based on how much time…
4 years, 5 months ago
On container ships, supply chains, and the physical world
Episode 640
"Beyond the Meme: Ever Given, Supply Chains, and the Physical World" -- by Ryan Petersen (June 2021). Bio + essay details/ originally appeared at: ht…
4 years, 6 months ago
Crypto Security and the New Web3 Mindsets for Users
Episode 639
Today’s episode is all about crypto security — that is, the new mindsets and the new strategies for storing crypto assets safely while also allowing …
4 years, 6 months ago
Cloud Wars and Company Wars: Play Nice But Win
Episode 638
There are lots of challenges in being public while trying to innovate, and limits to being a private company as well; but it's rare to see a company …
4 years, 7 months ago
Uncontrolled Spread: Science, Policy, Institutions, Infrastructure
Episode 637
There's no question technology played a huge role in the recent/current pandemic, including especially in the plug-and-play engineering and incredibl…
4 years, 7 months ago
Systems Leadership for Disruptors and Incumbents
Episode 636
There's been a false dichotomy in technology and management lore over the past decade, between "brain" and "brawn", digital and physical, independenc…
4 years, 9 months ago