Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast

By Kent Lindstrom

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Episodes: 195

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Startup insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond. Topics include technology trends, startups, Silicon Valley politics, women in silicon valley and more. Learn the histories of each guest and be enlightened by their area of expertise. New episode released each Tuesday at Noon, Pacific Time.

Episode Date
Kobie Fuller: Upfront Ventures Partner’s High-Speed Sprint from Track Star to Venture Capital Powerhouse
May 07, 2025
David Anderman: Space (Investing) is Big. Really Big. From Lucasfilm’s Star Wars to SpaceX to…The Final Frontier
Mar 28, 2025
Cyan Banister: The Future is Cool Again / Falling in Love with Technology / A Brush with Star Wars
Feb 20, 2025
Roger Ehrenberg: From IA Ventures to Eberg Capital – A Top Silicon Valley Investor Turns to Sports
Jan 26, 2025
Mark Scianna: From Palantir Engineer to Venture Capitalist / Inside Palantir’s Early Days / VC Discovers Defense Tech
Jan 08, 2025
Winter Mead: How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund (and more!), From Coolwater Capital’s Founder
Nov 08, 2024
Max Altman and Ben Braverman: Returning to Tradition with Saga Ventures
Oct 14, 2024
Alexis Gay: Silicon Valley’s Favorite Comedian Makes her “Unprofessional” Debut
Oct 02, 2024
Adeyemi Ajao: A Founder Turned VC on Building Base10 Partners, and the Abundance Mindset
Sep 17, 2024
Ignition Partners' Nick Sturiale: Reflections on a Life in Venture
Aug 09, 2024
Founder Collective's Eric Paley on Empathy and Execution in Venture Capital
Jul 15, 2024
Homebrew’s Hunter Walk and Satya Patel: The Power of a Partnership
Mar 15, 2024
Atari’s founder Nolan Bushnell and Dr. Leah Hanes Have a (Better) Plan for Educating America
Dec 23, 2023
Richard Socher: Exploring AI with the Visionary AI Scientist, Entrepreneur and Investor
Oct 10, 2023
Hadley Harris: Building Eniac Ventures with 3 Friends / Investing in AI
Sep 15, 2023
Samir Kaji: Building Allocate; The State of the Venture Market; Banking Meltdown (SVB/FRB) Post-mortem
Sep 06, 2023
Darian Shirazi, General Partner at Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund): Unleashing AI's Investment Potential
Aug 21, 2023
Anthony Soohoo:  Bringing the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Walmart
Jul 24, 2023
Nnamdi Okike on Building 645 Ventures, Bias in Fundraising, and Being a Boston Sports Fan in New York
Jun 07, 2023
Coindesk’s David Z. Morris: The Wild Story of FTX and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried
Jan 06, 2023
Elad Gil: “A Startup is An Act of Desperation” and Other Wisdom from one of Silicon Valley's Best Investors
Dec 14, 2022
Adrian Fenty: From Mayor of Washington DC to…Venture Capitalist
Oct 26, 2022
Michelle Tandler: An Entrepreneur’s “Growth Path”, and “What’s the Matter with San Francisco?”
Aug 11, 2022
Max Chafkin on Peter Thiel: “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power”
Jun 17, 2022
Howard Morgan: From RenTec to First Round Capital, and Beyond
Apr 15, 2022
Jenny Lefcourt: Freestyle Capital Partner’s Path from Entrepreneur to VC
Mar 21, 2022
Joe Hudson: The Man Behind Silicon Valley’s Unicorn CEOs
Jan 17, 2022
Eliot Brown on the Crazy Life and Wild Times of We Work Founder Adam Neumann
Oct 27, 2021
Brad Feld: “Friedrich Nietzsche is the Patron Philosopher of Today’s Entrepreneurs”
Sep 15, 2021
165 Auren Hoffman -- Silicon Valley's Hyper-connected Founder, CEO and Investor Shares his Wisdom
Aug 18, 2021
164 Nicole Taylor: Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s CEO On Giving in Silicon Valley; Responding to Black Lives Matter
Jul 30, 2021
163 Avi Loeb -- Extraterrestrials in our Solar System: What Happened in October of 2017?
Jun 25, 2021
162 Jamie Ducharme on her Book “Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul”
Jun 18, 2021
161 Ryan Nece of Next Play Capital: From the NFL to Venture Capitalist
Jun 03, 2021
160 Ali Tamaseb – “Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion Dollar Startups”
May 18, 2021
159 Suneel Gupta on The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance
May 05, 2021
158 David Bohnett -- GeoCities Founder Turned Philanthropist and Social Activist
Apr 13, 2021
157 Kara Nortman: Upfront Venture’s co-Managing Partner on Becoming a Leader of a Major VC Firm, and Co-owner of Angel City FC
Mar 16, 2021
156: Is “Working Backwards” the Most Important Business Book Ever? Lessons from Amazon
Feb 19, 2021
155 Amy Nauiokas: The CEO of Anthemis Group’s Journey from the Peace Corps to Managing Nearly $1 Billion
Jan 29, 2021
154 Vern Howard: Hallo's CEO is NOT Your Deliveryman
Jan 11, 2021
153 -- 2020 Thank You-cast Extravaganza!
Dec 30, 2020
152 Stacey Bishop of Scale Venture Partners On Ascending the Venture Ladder and the Rise of "All Raise"
Dec 10, 2020
151 Fortune’s Jeff John Roberts on “Kings of Crypto” and the Rise of Coinbase
Nov 18, 2020
150 Hooman Radfar: The Rise of the ‘Business-of-One’
Nov 05, 2020
149 Fabrice Grinda: 4 Incredible Stories from the OLX and FJ Labs Co-Founder
Oct 29, 2020
148 Jaclyn Hester: Foundry Group’s New Partner!
Oct 07, 2020
147 Sarah Leary: Nextdoor’s Co-founder Becomes a VC
Sep 29, 2020
146     Trae Vassallo:  Defying Gravity in Silicon Valley
Sep 18, 2020
145 William Davidow: “Civilization is Going Through Its Third Phase Change”
Sep 10, 2020
144 Rob Chesnut: Airbnb’s Former Chief Ethics Officer on Intentional Integrity
Sep 03, 2020
143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey, The Post-COVID Future
Aug 26, 2020
143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey, The Post-COVID Future
Aug 26, 2020
142 Wag's CEO Garrett Smallwood on Pets in the Time of COVID-19
Aug 18, 2020
141 Domm Holland:  The Fast CEO on Guiding a Rocket Ship Through a Pandemic
Aug 11, 2020
140 Brad Feld: Thoughts on Startup Communities in a Post-COVID-19 World
Aug 06, 2020
139 Parker Conrad: Rippling's CEO on His Entrepreneurial Journey
Jul 28, 2020
138 Scott Simpson: From Amazon to Apple to Comedy -- A Comedian’s Take on the Future of Comedy
Jul 08, 2020
137 Promise Phelon: A Growth Warrior’s Trajectory from BEA to CEO to Venture Capitalist
Jun 24, 2020
136 Codepath’s Michael Ellison: How Black CS Students View Silicon Valley / The Daily Reality For a Black Man in San Francisco
Jun 18, 2020
135 VC Monique Woodard is NOT "Doing Fine"
Jun 11, 2020
134 IVP’s Somesh Dash: In Divisive Times, Is Silicon Valley Doing Enough?
Jun 01, 2020
133 Eric Tarczynski of Contrary Capital: College – The Definitive Episode on Investing in Startup Founders in College
May 27, 2020
132 Lyft's Raj Kapoor: World Without Covid
Apr 16, 2020
131 Covid-19, China and Silicon Valley with Kaiser Kuo
Apr 14, 2020
130 Joe Garofoli of the San Francisco Chronicle: COVID Hits Politics, California and Silicon Valley
Apr 09, 2020
129 Mike Stutz: COVID Hits Hollywood
Mar 28, 2020
128: Matt Hulett: Rosetta Stone’s President Connects the World Through Language Learning
Mar 24, 2020
127 Paul-Henri Ferrand: Brex’s COO on Why Immigrants Build Great Companies and How Brex is Transforming Finance
Mar 09, 2020
126 Brianne Kimmel: A Venture Capitalist Makes Work More Human
Mar 04, 2020
125 Jeff Macpherson: Tiki Bar TV's Dr. Tiki Explains Why We Stream Video But Download Podcasts
Feb 24, 2020
124 REPLAY Keller Fitzsimmons -- Startuplandia author on Mental Health in Silicon Valley
Feb 12, 2020
123 Marco Zappacosta: Thumbtack’s CEO on Building a Billion Dollar Company and Helping People “Get the Job Done”
Feb 05, 2020
122 Chris Douvos: Ahoy Capital’s Founder is One-of-a-Kind
Dec 19, 2019
121 Mike Maples:, Jr: A Master Seed Investor Shares his Wisdom
Dec 10, 2019
#120 David Hornik: "The Lobby" Creator and Ringmaster
Dec 03, 2019
#119 Joe Garofoli: San Francisco Chronicle Senior Political Writer Takes Us Inside Politics
Nov 26, 2019
#118 Ryan Petersen: How Flexport is Transforming Shipping to Create a Better World
Nov 19, 2019
#117 Josh Felser: A Freestylin' Conversation with Josh
Nov 12, 2019
#116 Dan Scheinman: Zoom’s First Investor on Finding Outliers, Ageism and More
Nov 05, 2019
#115 Ba Minuzzi: First Latina to Starta a Silicon Valley Venture Fund
Oct 28, 2019
#114 Jerry Colonna: Break your Heart and Keep it Open
Oct 07, 2019
#113 Maha Ibrahim: Canaan Partner, The RealReal Investor, All Raise Member
Sep 24, 2019
#112 Esther Wojcicki: How to Raise Successful People
Sep 17, 2019
#111 REPLAY: Silicon Valley goes to Burning Man
Sep 05, 2019
#110 Alison McCauley: Falling down the Blockchain Rabbit Hole (and why you should too)
Aug 26, 2019
#124 REPLAY E. Keller Fitzsimmons: The Darkness in Silicon Valley – Anxiety, Depression and Suicide in Startuplandia
Aug 20, 2019
#108: Adriana Gascoigne: Tech Lady Boss - How to Startup Disrupt and Thrive as a Female Founder
Aug 12, 2019
#107 Anne Dwane: From Startup to Public Company To VC -- Her Journey
Jul 31, 2019
#106 Chris Michel’s Extraordinary Path and Wise Life Advice
Jul 22, 2019
#105 Julian Guthrie: Taking on Silicon Valley’s Male Culture with Alpha Girls
Jul 15, 2019
#104 Charles Hudson – Charles Builds a Venture Fund
Jul 08, 2019
#103: Michael Tchong on 8 Ubertrends Crashing into our Future
Jun 18, 2019
#102: Scott Kupor: Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Jun 04, 2019
#101 Ellen Pao: Ellen Changes the Game
May 28, 2019
#100: Pete Alcorn -- Democratizing Publishing
May 20, 2019
#99 Eric Lagier: The Nordic Unicorn Factory
May 13, 2019
#98 Jay Adelson: Jay Builds the Internet
May 06, 2019
#97 Po Bronson -- The Future According to Po
Apr 30, 2019
#96 Monique Woodard, Venture Capitalist
Apr 23, 2019
#95 Alan Eagle on Bill Campbell, "Trillion Dollar Coach"
Apr 15, 2019
#94: James Currier -- The Soul of Silicon Valley
Apr 11, 2019
#93 Miyoko Schinner's Entrepreneurial Journey
Feb 26, 2019
#92 Carter Cohen -- Gen Z Up Close
Feb 07, 2019
#91 Ryan Bethencourt -- Wild Earth Founder on Meatless Dog Food and More
Nov 27, 2018
#90 Codepath's Michael Ellison -- Racism, poverty and Silicon Valley
Oct 09, 2018
#89 -- Silicon Valley Goes to Burning Man
Aug 22, 2018
#88 Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures 2 of 2
Aug 14, 2018
#87 Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures 1 of 2
Aug 07, 2018
#86 The Future of Transport with Nick Heyman
Jul 17, 2018
#85 SF Chronicle's Joe Garofoli
Jun 26, 2018
#84 Jim Scheinman of Maven FULL Episode
Jun 05, 2018
#83 Jim Scheinman of Maven 2 of 2
May 23, 2018
#82 Jim Scheinman of Maven Ventures 1 of 2
May 15, 2018
#81 Sexual Harassment In Silicon Valley -- 2017 Lookback
Apr 24, 2018
#80 Neil Cohen talks Tech Bubbles 2 of 2
Mar 20, 2018
#79 Neil Cohen -- Tech Bubbles 1 of 2
Feb 10, 2018
#78 Mike Stutz Hacking the Media/Useful Idiots P. 2
Jul 25, 2017
#77: Mike Stutz: Hacking the Media w/Useful Idiots
Jul 18, 2017
#76 Jonathan Abrams Talks Startup Friendster p. 2
Jun 20, 2017
#75 Jonathan Abrams talks Startup Friendster
May 23, 2017
#74 Startup Mexico's Marcus Dantus
May 10, 2017
#73 Sharon Goldstein -- Women in Silicon Valley
Apr 11, 2017
#72 Victor Echevarria: From Sharing Economy To Healthcare
Mar 28, 2017
#71 Carter Cohen: Generation Z
Mar 07, 2017
#70 Neil Cohen 2017 Marketing Trends 2 of 2
Feb 21, 2017
#69 Canadian VC and Startups w/Lylan Masterman
Feb 15, 2017
#68 Neil Cohen on 2017 Marketing Trends
Feb 07, 2017
#67 Antonio Garcia Martinez 2 of 2
Jan 31, 2017
#66 Antonio Garcia Martinez talks Silicon Valley Politics 1 of 2
Jan 24, 2017
#65 Mike Stutz (un)Reality TV 2 of 2
Jan 17, 2017
#64 Mike Stutz talks Reality TV and Politics
Jan 10, 2017
#63 Sarah Marie CEO of Spec.fm 2 of 2
Nov 15, 2016
#62 Joe Garofoli of the SF Chronicle Election Special
Nov 07, 2016
#61 Sarah Marie of Spec Network (1 of 2) -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
Nov 01, 2016
#60 Chaos Monkeys' Antonio Garcia-Martinez 2 of 2
Oct 25, 2016
#59 Chaos Monkeys Author Antonio Garcia-Martinez 1/2
Oct 18, 2016
#58 -- Sexism in Silicon Valley with Rachel Fairbanks
Oct 12, 2016
#57 Microsoft Bought his Company!
Oct 04, 2016
#56 Microsoft Acquires AI tool Genee
Sep 06, 2016
#55 Burning Man with Michael White Replay
Aug 31, 2016
#54 Peter Berger 2 of 2
May 17, 2016
#53 -- Peter Berger Part 1 of 2 -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
Apr 26, 2016
#52 Racism, Jackie Robinson and the Number 42
Apr 12, 2016
#51 Jonathan Abrams Part 2 of 2
Apr 05, 2016
#50 Jonathan Abrams talks Silicon Valley
Mar 29, 2016
#49 Michael White -- Why Silicon Valley will rule Sports 2 of 2
Mar 22, 2016
#48 Silicon Valley Sports with Michael White
Mar 15, 2016
#47 Shaun Tai of Oakland Digital -- Full Episode
Dec 15, 2015
#46 Shaun Tai of Oakland Digital part 2 of 2
Dec 08, 2015
#45 Oakland Digital -- Shaun Tai
Dec 01, 2015
#44 -- Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley -- Full Episode
Nov 17, 2015
#43 2/2 Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley
Nov 10, 2015
#42 Allison White - Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley 1 of 2
Oct 27, 2015
#41 Ian McFarland Part 2 of 2
Sep 08, 2015
#40 Ian McFarland 1 of 2
Aug 11, 2015
#39 Ben Cheung -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
Jul 15, 2015
#38 "2015 Pridecast"
Jul 07, 2015
#37 Daniel Carucci -- "Global Health"
May 12, 2015
#36 Neil Cohen - "Get a Job" Part 2 of 2
May 05, 2015
#35 Neil Cohen -- "Get a Job"
Apr 28, 2015
#34 Charlie Recksieck 2 of 2-- Tech and Music
Mar 18, 2015
#33 Charlie Recksieck -- Music and Tech 1 of 2
Mar 10, 2015
#32 Preet Anand -- The Entrepreneur's Battle 2 of 2
Feb 17, 2015
#31 Preet Anand -- The Entrepreneur's Battle
Feb 10, 2015
#30 Neil Cohen talks Marketing in Silicon Valley
Jan 14, 2015
#29 Neil Cohen Talks Mexico Entrepreneurship
Jan 06, 2015
#28 Holiday Replay Vincent Robinson on Being Gay in Silicon Valley
Dec 30, 2014
#27 Peter Shanley Talks Lean Startups in the Enterprise
Dec 16, 2014
#26 Jim Egbert 25th Epi-versary Part 2
Dec 09, 2014
#25 Jim Egbert 25th Epi-versary
Dec 02, 2014
#24 Peter Shanley 1 of 2 -- Housing and Social Issues in San Francisco
Oct 08, 2014
#23 Jim Egbert 2 of 2 Globalization of Engineering Talent
Sep 30, 2014
#22 Jim Egbert -- 1 of 2: Tech Talent Abroad
Sep 24, 2014
#21 Michael White -- Silicon Valley goes to Burning Man
Sep 09, 2014
#20 Tim Rosenblatt -- The Internet is a Series of Tubes
Aug 19, 2014
#19 Linda Kelly -- Grateful Dead and Astrology.com
Aug 12, 2014
#18: Mike Stutz Part 2/2 Reality of Reality TV
Aug 05, 2014
#17 Mike Stutz -- Part 1/2: Reality of Reality TV
Jul 29, 2014
#16 Gay Issues in Silicon Valley
Jul 22, 2014
#15 Sexism in Silicon Valley, Part 2
Jul 15, 2014
#14 Sexism in Silicon Valley, Part 1
Jul 08, 2014
#13 Libraries in the Age of Google
Jul 01, 2014
#12 Rachel Fairbanks -- Software Exec Talks Culture and Hipsters in SF
Jun 24, 2014
#11 Mike Stutz --- Silicon Valley goes to Hollywood
Jun 17, 2014
#10 Me
Jun 10, 2014
#9 Vincent Robinson talks about African-Americans in Silicon Valley
Jun 03, 2014
#8 Eric Hall of Dolby discusses Corporate Life in The Valley
May 27, 2014
#7 Michael White and Kent Talk TV -- The HBO Show Silicon Valley
May 20, 2014
#6 Nick Heyman -- Facebook's First Ops Guy
May 13, 2014
#5 Michael White and Kent Talk Sexism in Silicon Valley
May 06, 2014
#4 Michael White, Silicon Valley Attorney, Talks Control
Apr 29, 2014
#3 Eric Hall of Dolby Talks Sound
Apr 22, 2014
#2 Kristallnacht and Google Buses
Apr 15, 2014
#1 Why
Apr 12, 2014