Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRory O'Driscoll, Partner at Scale Venture Partners, discusses success modes for AI companies and three essential strategies for startups
Rory O'Driscoll has been investing in startups since founding Scale Venture Partners 27 years ago. He and his team have invested in transcendent companies like Box, DocuSign, Omniture, Bill.com, HubS…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Wendy Pfeiffer, Nutanix CIO, discusses the future of enterprise technology, girls in STEM careers, and leading remote teams
This week, Wendy Pfeiffer, Nutanix CIO and former CIO at GoPro, shares her journey to becoming a public company exec and how she has grown as a technologist and leader. Hear about Wendy's proudest ac…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Rak Garg, investor at OpenView, discusses how enterprise software startups can disrupt incumbents like Splunk and Atlassian
Season 2 Episode 9
Rak Garg recently shifted from Product Management at companies like Atlassian and Redfin to investing at OpenView Venture Partners, the iconic firm behind companies like Datadog, ExactTarget, Instruc…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Glenn Solomon, GGV Capital Managing Partner, discusses the people behind amazing companies like Airbnb, HashiCorp, and Opendoor
Season 2 Episode 7
Glenn Solomon has discovered and invested in many iconic companies like Slack, Zendesk, and Square. In this episode, he shares his investing philosophy and how he became great at what he does. This o…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Elaine Zelby, investor at SignalFire, discusses unsexy markets and the SaaS startup bundle
Season 2 Episode 6
Elaine Zelby is an investor at SignalFire, a blogger, podcaster, and former Product Marketer at Capriza and Slack. She shares her perspective on the proliferation of SaaS tools, what's sexy about uns…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Evangelos Simoudis, best-selling author and Managing Director at Synapse Partners, discusses the present and future of autonomous vehicles
Season 2 Episode 4
The future of cities, work, and transit all rely on technological advances in the field of autonomous vehicles. On this week's episode, Evangelos Simoudis, acclaimed author, futurist, and investor, d…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Ashu Garg, General Partner at Foundation Capital, discusses finding and investing in the future of AI
Season 2 Episode 2
Ashu Garg is a General Partner at Foundation Capital, one of the most iconic venture firms in Silicon Valley. Ashu was first an entrepreneur before becoming an investor and discovering amazing compan…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Haixun Wang, VP and AI Distinguished Scientist at Instacart, shares insights from 20 years of innovating at IBM, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon
Season 2 Episode 1
Great episode to kick off 2021. Dr. Haixun Wang has been at the forefront of introducing AI-based innovation to the world's leading technology companies including IBM, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, an…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago
Darius Goldman, CEO and Founder of Meratas, discusses the future of education and how income share agreements work
Season 1 Episode 47
Darius Goldman, CEO and Founder of Meratas, discusses the future of education and how income share agreements (ISAs) are making college and trade school more accessible. Meratas partners with educati…
Published on 5 years ago
Michael Shepherd, Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies, discusses the future of AI, ethics, and what happens when machines are smarter than us
On this week’s podcast, Michael Shepherd, Distinguished Engineer at Dell Technologies focused on AI, describes the present and future of intelligent software. Fascinating discussion about using AI fo…
Published on 5 years ago