Podcast Episodes
Back to Searcha16z Podcast: How Big Companies Can Get the Most From Silicon Valley
Episode 143
There is a stream of the world's largest companies coming to Silicon Valley looking for innovation. But how do they find it, and then, how do they br…
10 years, 6 months ago
a16z Podcast: Wall Street's Most Hated Man -- A Conversation With Overstock.com's Patrick Byrne
Episode 142
Mention Patrick Byrne, the founder and CEO of Overstock.com, and you’ll elicit a strong opinion. In 2004, one hedge fund manager labeled Byrne the mo…
10 years, 6 months ago
a16z Podcast: A Podcast about Podcasts
Episode 141
Podcasts and podcasting have been around a while, but seem to be going through a renaissance of sorts -- partly enabled by connected cars and other t…
10 years, 6 months ago
a16z Podcast: Money, Risk, and Software
Episode 140
Financial services are overdue for an overhaul. With a16z's newest general partner, Alex Rampell (who just officially started), this segment of the p…
10 years, 7 months ago
a16z Podcast: Advertising vs. Micropayments in the Age of Ad Blockers
Episode 139
Apple included support for ad blocking in its recent iOS 9 update, and for many that prompted discussions around an age-old question: Is traditional …
10 years, 7 months ago
a16z Podcast: Building the Right Technical Advisory Board
Episode 138
There is increasing interest among companies -- small and large -- in putting together technical advisory boards. It sounds pretty straightforward: g…
10 years, 7 months ago
a16z Podcast: Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation
Episode 137
The internet as it has evolved in the United States is perhaps the best example of “permissionless innovation” -- the idea that you can innovate with…
10 years, 7 months ago
a16z Podcast: The Best Way To Be Smart ... Is To Not Be Stupid
Episode 136
Legendary investor Charlie Munger (Warren Buffett's financial partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway) invokes a set of interdisciplinary "me…
10 years, 7 months ago
a16z Podcast: Apple Has Lock on Luxury Smartphones, But Not Business of TV
Episode 135
Apple has once again shown it absolutely dominates the high-end for smartphones, and no other company is likely to knock it from its perch in the nea…
10 years, 7 months ago
a16z Podcast: Code and Culture in South Central Los Angeles
Episode 134
South Central Los Angeles -- which includes Watts and Compton -- in many ways still hasn’t recovered from the Rodney King riots of 1992. In South Cen…
10 years, 7 months ago