The {Closed} Session
By Tom Chavez -- super{set}
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Description
Building a company from scratch is soul-sucking and mind-numbingly hard - but it’s the best thing ever.
We know this because we’ve built a couple ourselves - and we’re building a lot more right now.
We’ve made a lot of money for our employees, our shareholders, ourselves - we’re proud of that - and that’s why we want to talk about how it’s done.
Join us - Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya - in The Closed Session, where we reveal all the joys and sorrows of company building. From the guttermost to the uttermost, we’re not going to hold back.
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How Culture Evolves as Companies Scale and Exit
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May 11, 2026 |
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How agentic personalization creates enterprise advantage
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May 04, 2026 |
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Why augmented intelligence (not automation) will define enterprise AI
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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How auction theory is reshaping finance and compute trading
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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How to systematically remove yourself as your business's biggest bottleneck
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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The Path to Funding Your Next Great AI Startup Idea
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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4 Part Framework to Secure Startup Funding
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Institutional CRM AI deployment strategies
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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How to craft messages people remember
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Building startups and wealth with purpose
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Building a Billion-Dollar AI Startup
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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How to build a global AI infrastructure company
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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How operator scars build defensible AI startups
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Behind Finix’s self‑serve payment platform
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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How AI accelerates enterprise software development
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How AI is rewriting startup growth playbooks
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Growth lessons from consumer tech operator‑investor
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Is AI in Investment Banking a Replacement or Revolution?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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How AI Transforms Different Corners of Earth
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Common threads through 25 years of VC investing
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Brothers Chavez In Conversation: Tom & Marty Chavez on AI, Investing, + More
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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super{set} Celebrates First Exit: LiveRamp Acquires Habu for $200M
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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super{set} Fund II: Intensifying Our Serial Focus on Data+AI Company Building
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Creating a People-First Performance Culture for Startups
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Rachel Gollub on Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Leading Healthcare AI
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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How OpenAI Can Build an Ethical and Effective Board
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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What Consumers Think of AI and Their Privacy
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Spotlight Series: Lindsey Meyl, Co-founder of RevAmp
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Ringside Tales from Serial Startup Champion Omar Tawakol
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Philosophy, Data, and AI Ethics with NYT Best-selling Author + Data Scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Spotlight Series: Andrew Marshak, Co-founder of Headlamp Health
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Marketing in the Age of AI with Rex Briggs
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Spotlight Series: Gal Vered, Co-founder of Checksum.ai
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Harvard Computer Scientist James Mickens on The Ethical Tech Project
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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AI Hot Takes: Deepfakes, The Big Stakes, and What to Make
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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AI Alignment with Brian Christian of 'The Alignment Problem'
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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The Future of Work and Talent in Tech
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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MIT Professor Rama Ramakrishnan on How ChatGPT Works
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Generative AI + Creative Work with Big Technology's Alex Kantrowitz
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Building the Creator Platform for Music Makers at Boombox.io
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May 25, 2023 |
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Privacy & Data Security Law with Alysa Hutnik, Chief Privacy and Data Security Architect @ Ketch
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May 08, 2023 |
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AI and Bias in Hiring with Frida Polli, CEO and co-founder of pymetrics
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Arthur Patterson on Company Building
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Arthur Patterson on Venture Investing
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Startup Boards 101
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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When and Why to Bring on VCs
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Calling BULLSHIT
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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The super{set} CEO
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Early Stage Customers
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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The Product Heist
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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People, First: Co-founding at super{set}
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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New Venture Ideation
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May 02, 2022 |
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The Studio Model
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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To SPAC or not to SPAC
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Back to the Office, Kinda Sorta
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Big Tech and Regulation
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Equity and Inclusion
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Quarantine Edition: Let the Rants Unfurl
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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To Sell or Not to Sell
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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And, we’re live at super{set}!
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Is Tech Stingy? The Case for Doing Well *and* Doing Good
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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How to Interview for a Startup
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Women in Tech
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Building a Kickass Product & Technology Engine
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Creating a Winning Culture: Must-Haves, Memes, and Tips
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Early Team Formation
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Early-Stage Funding Do’s and Dont’s
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May 03, 2019 |
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The Business Plan – Why, What, and How
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Starting From Scratch
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Introduction to The Closed Session
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Feb 01, 2019 |