Podcast Episodes

Jeff Lawson – How to Build a Platform

Episode 158

My guest this week is Jeff Lawson, the Founder, and CEO of Twilio. Twilio is a 15-billion-dollar company offering a cloud communications platform to …

6 years, 6 months ago

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Niko Canner – Become a Perfect Instrument

Episode 157

Niko Canner is the founder of Incandescent where he and his team help the leaders of large companies in the areas of strategy and innovation. He was …

6 years, 6 months ago

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[REPLAY] What You Learn About Business Deals After: 12,000 Deals Reviewed, 1,500 Deep Dives, 125 Site Visits, and 7 Portfolio Companies with Brent Beshore

For the 100th episode, I’ve brought back my good friend Brent Beshore. Brent was the 10th guest on the podcast, after we met because of a mutual inte…

6 years, 6 months ago

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Chetan Puttagunta – Go Slow to Go Fast: Software Building and Investing

Episode 156

My guest this week is a good friend and a business mentor of mine. Chetan Puttagunta is a general partner at Benchmark Capital and has a remarkable t…

6 years, 7 months ago

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Rebecca Kaden – Thesis Driven Investing

Episode 155

My guest today is Rebecca Kaden, a partner at famed venture firm union square ventures. USV is known for thesis-driven investing, which is the topic …

6 years, 7 months ago

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Matt Clifford – Investing Pre-Company

Episode 154

My guest today is Matt Clifford. He’s the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the world’s leading talent investor. They invest “pre-company” by helping…

6 years, 7 months ago

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Peter Buffett – Finding Your Note

Episode 153

My guest today is Peter Buffett. Peter is a musician, composer, author, and philanthropist. Peter is an Emmy Award winner, New York Times best-sellin…

6 years, 7 months ago

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Ben Savage – All Things Fintech Investing

Episode 152

My guest today is Ben Savage, a partner at Clocktower ventures. Ben is focused on financial technology, fintech, investing which is the topic of our …

6 years, 8 months ago

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Jeff Ma – Making Decisions with Data

Episode 151

My guest this week is Jeff Ma. Jeff was on the famous MIT Blackjack team from the book Bringing Down the House but has spent his career in an around …

6 years, 8 months ago

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Vaughn Tan – Quality and Innovation

Episode 150

My guest today is Vaughn Tan, who studies quality, innovation, and organizational behavior. His resume is bonkers. He’s a PhD from Harvard, Was an in…

6 years, 9 months ago

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