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TNW's Martin Bryant talks to Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg about the continuing life of Second Life and the company's move into VR.

The Incredible Life Of Second Life: Linden Lab's Ebbe Altberg

This week, Dave interviews Michael Yavonditte the founder and CEO of Yieldmo and an active angel investor in New York City.

If you’re a fan of The Studio, you can find more episodes at venturestudio.org or soundcloud.com/venture-studio.  Subscribe on iTunes and never miss an interview.  As always, you can find us on Twitter @VentureStudio.

Prior to founding Yieldmo, Mike worked at AltaVista, was CEO of Quigo (which he sold to AOL in 2007 for $360MM), founded Hashable and began angel investing.   In this episode, Michael and Dave discuss YieldMo, some thoughts on startup company boards, and how Mike spots entrepreneurs he wants to invest in.  You can find Mike on Twitter at @MikeYavo.

Ep 12 - Michael Yavonditte - Yieldmo CEO And Angel Investor

Michael Moritz speaks to Sam Altman about what Sequoia Capital has done to maintain excellence as a venture capital firm for more than 40 years.

Michael Moritz on How Sequoia Has Excelled for 40 Years

This is session 3 of Technology-enabled Blitzscaling, a Stanford University class taught by Reid Hoffman, John Lilly, Allen Blue, and Chris Yeh.  This class features a guest lecture by venture capitalist Michael Dearing, the Founder of Harrison Metal, who is then interviewed by Reid Hoffman. 

Michael Dearing on Capitalism, Creativity, and Creative Destruction | Blitzscaling 03

This is session 1 of Technology-enabled Blitzscaling, a Stanford University class taught by Reid Hoffman, John Lilly, Allen Blue, and Chris Yeh. This lecture lays out an overview of the course and provides a summary of the five stages of Blitzscaling.

Overview of the Five Stages of Blitzscaling | Blitzscaling 01

The hallmark of many great technical founder/CEOs is that they envision a better way of doing things, and that's why they're building a company that delivers on that better way, often disrupting the way things have always been done before. But this very mindset can backfire when it comes to sales. Why shouldn't they reinvent the sales process??

On this episode of the a16z Podcast -- with a16z's Mark Cranney (head of our sales and market development team), Lars Dalgaard, and Ben Horowitz -- we cover the why, how, and when of sales: why do we even need sales when "a really good product sells itself"; how to organize the sales function depending on what you're building (especially when what you're selling is continually changing); and when to bring on that first sales hire.

Finally, how do we wrap our heads around sales culture, competition, and commissions in startups? It doesn't help when everyone in the company -- not just sales reps -- are the ones building the very thing you're selling ... so why the special rewards for sales? It isn't fair! Or is it? All this and more in this episode of the pod.

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a16z Podcast: The Why, How, and When of Sales

Originally published on Backchannel.com, this is an audio recording of me narrating the story. This post explores the FUTURE...

Original Medium Post: [insert link]
Music by David Cutter: https://soundcloud.com/dcuttermusic


"What If The Future Of Technology Was In Your Ear" - A Medium post, as narrated by Jon Li

Russ Fradin, CEO and founder of Dynamic Signal, talks to Venrock partner Brian Ascher about his long history as an entrepreneur and&nbsp;how that experience has impacted&nbsp;the way he approaches running a business today.&nbsp;They discuss lessons learned from Dynamic Signal’s early pivot,&nbsp;as well as Russ'&nbsp;contrarian view on fundraising, why he’s always open to blind emails and why it’s stupid to be stealth in the enterprise world.&nbsp; Russ is a digital media industry veteran with nearly 20 years of experience at companies such as Adify, comScore and Flycast. Dynamic Signal’s&nbsp;employee advocacy and engagement platform changes how companies communicate, turning employees into experts, advocates and contributors.&nbsp;

Good Businesses Pivot Constantly

This week’s guest really needs no introduction.  Naval Ravikant is the founder and CEO of AngelList (angel.co).  AngelList is the go-to platform for startups to raise money online, recruit employees, and apply for funding.  Naval and AngelList are on a mission to democratize the fundraising process.  This interview was a big one, so we’re breaking it into a two-parter - make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss part 2.

Remember - all of our shows are venturestudio.org and on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play.  If you like this episode, you’ll love our interviews with Ming Yeh of CSC Upshot and Dustin Dolginow of Maiden Lane.  Make sure to subscribe on iTunes and follow us on twitter @venturestudio.

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Ep 30 - Naval Ravikant - AngelList (1 of 2)

Welcome back to Venture Studio, and welcome back to our fantastic two-part interview with Naval Ravikant of AngelList.  If you missed part one, go check it out at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Google Play.  

In part 1 of this interview, Dave and Naval talked about AngelList, syndicates and startup funding.  In part 2, things got quite a bit more philosophical.  In this interview, Naval and Dave cover power dynamics and haters in venture, the American political system - Trump, Bernie and Hilary - the disruption of the wealthy elite and, of course, South Park.

In this episode, Dave revers to this post by Naval called The American Spring: https://medium.com/the-mission/american-spring-d6a8320bf712#.k4ppdt9pd

Ep 31 - Naval Ravikant - AngelList (2 of 2)

Audio track of interview between Elon Musk and Sam Altman of Y Combinator for the How to Build the Future series.

Elon Musk Interview - How to Build the Future

On Feb. 23, 2017, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joined a group of more than 100 female engineers  to discuss the explosive allegations of sexual harassment and sexism recently leveled against the ride-hailing company.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick/Lady Eng meeting

Rodney Urquhart grew up in a North Philly neighborhood ridden with gang violence and effects of the crack epidemic. After seeing people around him get involved with gangs and crime, he realized that staying in high school would result in getting arrested or shot. 

At 16, Rodney dropped out of high school and moved in with his grand mother. Being a high school dropout and having no college degree, Rodney had his fair share of companies casting doubt on his ability. But his willingness to learn and work well with others was what got him to create an impressive company portfolio including Comcast, Microsoft’s Yammer, and ThoughtWorks. He didn’t just want to survive, he wanted to thrive. 

Rodney currently heads the test infrastructure team at Slack. He is also part of a program called /dev/color, a non-profit organization that aims to maximize the impact of Black software engineers in the tech space.

#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack

Ron Heifetz MC/MPA 1983, King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership and founder of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, gave a sold-out lecture during the Closing Brunch at Reunion 2017.

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