Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast
By Kent Lindstrom
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Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established venture capital and founder veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond.
Conversations include prominent venture capitalists and famous startup founders. Current hot topics: The state of the venture capital industry, AI startups, artificial general intelligence, venture capital investing in AI, and the societal risks of AI adoption and the emergence of AGI. Explore how venture capital is fueling the AI revolution, through inside conversations with insights from top VCs & founders.
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Uncork Capital's Andy McLoughlin: Silicon Valley's British Invasion and Building a Great Seed-Stage Venture Firm
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May 11, 2026 |
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Will a "Billionaires Tax" Destroy California?
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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HotelTonight Founder: How Sam Shank Built & Sold a $400M Travel App (And What He's Building Next)
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Lee Edwards of Root VC: "Let's get Technical!" -- An Engineer Becomes a VC
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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1517 Fund: The Maverick VC Betting on Teens to Outbuild Ivy Leaguers
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Frank Rotman: The Midas List Veteran on Building Fintech Empires at Capital One and QED Investors
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Eric Ries: The Lean Startup Revolution in an AI-Driven World
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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Kobie Fuller: Upfront Ventures Partner's High-Speed Sprint from Track Star to Venture Capital Powerhouse
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May 07, 2025 |
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David Anderman: Space (Investing) is Big. Really Big. From Lucasfilm's Star Wars to SpaceX to…The Final Frontier
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Cyan Banister: The Future is Cool Again / Falling in Love with Technology / A Brush with Star Wars
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Roger Ehrenberg: From IA Ventures to Eberg Capital – A Top Silicon Valley Investor Turns to Sports
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Mark Scianna: From Palantir Engineer to Venture Capitalist / Inside Palantir's Early Days / VC Discovers Defense Tech
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Winter Mead: How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund (and more!), From Coolwater Capital's Founder
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Max Altman and Ben Braverman: Returning to Tradition with Saga Ventures
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Alexis Gay: Silicon Valley's Favorite Comedian Makes her "Unprofessional" Debut
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Adeyemi Ajao: A Founder Turned VC on Building Base10 Partners, and the Abundance Mindset
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ignition Partners' Nick Sturiale: Reflections on a Life in Venture
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Founder Collective's Eric Paley on Empathy and Execution in Venture Capital
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Homebrew's Hunter Walk and Satya Patel: The Power of a Partnership
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Atari's founder Nolan Bushnell and Dr. Leah Hanes Have a (Better) Plan for Educating America
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Richard Socher: Exploring AI with the Visionary AI Scientist, Entrepreneur and Investor
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Hadley Harris: Building Eniac Ventures with 3 Friends / Investing in AI
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Samir Kaji: Building Allocate; The State of the Venture Market; Banking Meltdown (SVB/FRB) Post-mortem
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Darian Shirazi, General Partner at Gradient Ventures (Google's AI Fund): Unleashing AI's Investment Potential
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Anthony Soohoo: Bringing the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Walmart
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Nnamdi Okike on Building 645 Ventures, Bias in Fundraising, and Being a Boston Sports Fan in New York
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Coindesk's David Z. Morris: The Wild Story of FTX and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Elad Gil: "A Startup is An Act of Desperation" and Other Wisdom from one of Silicon Valley's Best Investors
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Adrian Fenty: From Mayor of Washington DC to…Venture Capitalist
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Michelle Tandler: An Entrepreneur's "Growth Path", and "What's the Matter with San Francisco?"
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Max Chafkin on Peter Thiel: "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power"
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Howard Morgan: From RenTec to First Round Capital, and Beyond
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Jenny Lefcourt: Freestyle Capital Partner's Path from Entrepreneur to VC
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Joe Hudson: The Man Behind Silicon Valley's Unicorn CEOs
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Eliot Brown on the Crazy Life and Wild Times of We Work Founder Adam Neumann
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Brad Feld: "Friedrich Nietzsche is the Patron Philosopher of Today's Entrepreneurs"
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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165 Auren Hoffman -- Silicon Valley's Hyper-connected Founder, CEO and Investor Shares his Wisdom
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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164 Nicole Taylor: Silicon Valley Community Foundation's CEO On Giving in Silicon Valley; Responding to Black Lives Matter
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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163 Avi Loeb -- Extraterrestrials in our Solar System: What Happened in October of 2017?
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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162 Jamie Ducharme on her Book "Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul"
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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161 Ryan Nece of Next Play Capital: From the NFL to Venture Capitalist
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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160 Ali Tamaseb – "Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion Dollar Startups"
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May 18, 2021 |
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159 Suneel Gupta on The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance
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May 05, 2021 |
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158 David Bohnett -- GeoCities Founder Turned Philanthropist and Social Activist
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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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
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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156: Is "Working Backwards" the Most Important Business Book Ever? Lessons from Amazon
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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155 Amy Nauiokas: The CEO of Anthemis Group's Journey from the Peace Corps to Managing Nearly $1 Billion
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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154 Vern Howard: Hallo's CEO is NOT Your Deliveryman
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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153 -- 2020 Thank You-cast Extravaganza!
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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152 Stacey Bishop of Scale Venture Partners On Ascending the Venture Ladder and the Rise of "All Raise"
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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151 Fortune's Jeff John Roberts on "Kings of Crypto" and the Rise of Coinbase
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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150 Hooman Radfar: The Rise of the 'Business-of-One'
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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149 Fabrice Grinda: 4 Incredible Stories from the OLX and FJ Labs Co-Founder
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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148 Jaclyn Hester: Foundry Group's New Partner!
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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147 Sarah Leary: Nextdoor's Co-founder Becomes a VC
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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146 Trae Vassallo: Defying Gravity in Silicon Valley
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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145 William Davidow: "Civilization is Going Through Its Third Phase Change"
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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144 Rob Chesnut: Airbnb's Former Chief Ethics Officer on Intentional Integrity
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey, The Post-COVID Future
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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143 Deena Shakir of Lux Capital on her Amazing Journey, The Post-COVID Future
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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142 Wag's CEO Garrett Smallwood on Pets in the Time of COVID-19
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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141 Domm Holland: The Fast CEO on Guiding a Rocket Ship Through a Pandemic
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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140 Brad Feld: Thoughts on Startup Communities in a Post-COVID-19 World
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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139 Parker Conrad: Rippling's CEO on His Entrepreneurial Journey
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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138 Scott Simpson: From Amazon to Apple to Comedy -- A Comedian's Take on the Future of Comedy
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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137 Promise Phelon: A Growth Warrior's Trajectory from BEA to CEO to Venture Capitalist
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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136 Codepath's Michael Ellison: How Black CS Students View Silicon Valley / The Daily Reality For a Black Man in San Francisco
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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135 VC Monique Woodard is NOT "Doing Fine"
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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134 IVP's Somesh Dash: In Divisive Times, Is Silicon Valley Doing Enough?
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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132 Lyft's Raj Kapoor: World Without Covid
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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131 Covid-19, China and Silicon Valley with Kaiser Kuo
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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130 Joe Garofoli of the San Francisco Chronicle: COVID Hits Politics, California and Silicon Valley
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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129 Mike Stutz: COVID Hits Hollywood
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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128: Matt Hulett: Rosetta Stone's President Connects the World Through Language Learning
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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127 Paul-Henri Ferrand: Brex's COO on Why Immigrants Build Great Companies and How Brex is Transforming Finance
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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126 Brianne Kimmel: A Venture Capitalist Makes Work More Human
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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125 Jeff Macpherson: Tiki Bar TV's Dr. Tiki Explains Why We Stream Video But Download Podcasts
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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124 REPLAY Keller Fitzsimmons -- Startuplandia author on Mental Health in Silicon Valley
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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123 Marco Zappacosta: Thumbtack's CEO on Building a Billion Dollar Company and Helping People "Get the Job Done"
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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122 Chris Douvos: Ahoy Capital's Founder is One-of-a-Kind
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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121 Mike Maples:, Jr: A Master Seed Investor Shares his Wisdom
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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#120 David Hornik: "The Lobby" Creator and Ringmaster
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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#119 Joe Garofoli: San Francisco Chronicle Senior Political Writer Takes Us Inside Politics
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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#118 Ryan Petersen: How Flexport is Transforming Shipping to Create a Better World
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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#117 Josh Felser: A Freestylin' Conversation with Josh
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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#116 Dan Scheinman: Zoom's First Investor on Finding Outliers, Ageism and More
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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#115 Ba Minuzzi: First Latina to Starta a Silicon Valley Venture Fund
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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#114 Jerry Colonna: Break your Heart and Keep it Open
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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#113 Maha Ibrahim: Canaan Partner, The RealReal Investor, All Raise Member
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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#112 Esther Wojcicki: How to Raise Successful People
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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#111 REPLAY: Silicon Valley goes to Burning Man
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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#110 Alison McCauley: Falling down the Blockchain Rabbit Hole (and why you should too)
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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#124 REPLAY E. Keller Fitzsimmons: The Darkness in Silicon Valley – Anxiety, Depression and Suicide in Startuplandia
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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#108: Adriana Gascoigne: Tech Lady Boss - How to Startup Disrupt and Thrive as a Female Founder
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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#107 Anne Dwane: From Startup to Public Company To VC -- Her Journey
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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#106 Chris Michel's Extraordinary Path and Wise Life Advice
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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#105 Julian Guthrie: Taking on Silicon Valley's Male Culture with Alpha Girls
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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#104 Charles Hudson – Charles Builds a Venture Fund
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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#103: Michael Tchong on 8 Ubertrends Crashing into our Future
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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#102: Scott Kupor: Secrets of Sand Hill Road
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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#101 Ellen Pao: Ellen Changes the Game
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May 28, 2019 |
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#100: Pete Alcorn -- Democratizing Publishing
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May 20, 2019 |
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#99 Eric Lagier: The Nordic Unicorn Factory
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May 13, 2019 |
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#98 Jay Adelson: Jay Builds the Internet
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May 06, 2019 |
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#97 Po Bronson -- The Future According to Po
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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#96 Monique Woodard, Venture Capitalist
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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#95 Alan Eagle on Bill Campbell, "Trillion Dollar Coach"
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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#94: James Currier -- The Soul of Silicon Valley
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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#93 Miyoko Schinner's Entrepreneurial Journey
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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#92 Carter Cohen -- Gen Z Up Close
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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#91 Ryan Bethencourt -- Wild Earth Founder on Meatless Dog Food and More
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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#90 Codepath's Michael Ellison -- Racism, poverty and Silicon Valley
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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#89 -- Silicon Valley Goes to Burning Man
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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#88 Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures 2 of 2
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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#87 Rick Marini of Protocol Ventures 1 of 2
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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#86 The Future of Transport with Nick Heyman
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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#85 SF Chronicle's Joe Garofoli
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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#84 Jim Scheinman of Maven FULL Episode
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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#83 Jim Scheinman of Maven 2 of 2
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May 23, 2018 |
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#82 Jim Scheinman of Maven Ventures 1 of 2
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May 15, 2018 |
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#81 Sexual Harassment In Silicon Valley -- 2017 Lookback
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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#80 Neil Cohen talks Tech Bubbles 2 of 2
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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#79 Neil Cohen -- Tech Bubbles 1 of 2
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Feb 10, 2018 |
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#78 Mike Stutz Hacking the Media/Useful Idiots P. 2
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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#77: Mike Stutz: Hacking the Media w/Useful Idiots
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Jul 18, 2017 |
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#76 Jonathan Abrams Talks Startup Friendster p. 2
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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#75 Jonathan Abrams talks Startup Friendster
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May 23, 2017 |
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#74 Startup Mexico's Marcus Dantus
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May 10, 2017 |
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#73 Sharon Goldstein -- Women in Silicon Valley
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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#72 Victor Echevarria: From Sharing Economy To Healthcare
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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#71 Carter Cohen: Generation Z
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Mar 07, 2017 |
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#70 Neil Cohen 2017 Marketing Trends 2 of 2
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Feb 21, 2017 |
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#69 Canadian VC and Startups w/Lylan Masterman
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Feb 15, 2017 |
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#68 Neil Cohen on 2017 Marketing Trends
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Feb 07, 2017 |
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#67 Antonio Garcia Martinez 2 of 2
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Jan 31, 2017 |
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#66 Antonio Garcia Martinez talks Silicon Valley Politics 1 of 2
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Jan 24, 2017 |
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#65 Mike Stutz (un)Reality TV 2 of 2
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Jan 17, 2017 |
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#64 Mike Stutz talks Reality TV and Politics
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Jan 10, 2017 |
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#63 Sarah Marie CEO of Spec.fm 2 of 2
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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#62 Joe Garofoli of the SF Chronicle Election Special
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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#61 Sarah Marie of Spec Network (1 of 2) -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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#60 Chaos Monkeys' Antonio Garcia-Martinez 2 of 2
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Oct 25, 2016 |
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#59 Chaos Monkeys Author Antonio Garcia-Martinez 1/2
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Oct 18, 2016 |
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#58 -- Sexism in Silicon Valley with Rachel Fairbanks
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Oct 12, 2016 |
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#57 Microsoft Bought his Company!
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Oct 04, 2016 |
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#56 Microsoft Acquires AI tool Genee
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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#55 Burning Man with Michael White Replay
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Aug 31, 2016 |
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#54 Peter Berger 2 of 2
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May 17, 2016 |
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#53 -- Peter Berger Part 1 of 2 -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
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Apr 26, 2016 |
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#52 Racism, Jackie Robinson and the Number 42
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Apr 12, 2016 |
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#51 Jonathan Abrams Part 2 of 2
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Apr 05, 2016 |
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#50 Jonathan Abrams talks Silicon Valley
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Mar 29, 2016 |
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#49 Michael White -- Why Silicon Valley will rule Sports 2 of 2
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Mar 22, 2016 |
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#48 Silicon Valley Sports with Michael White
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Mar 15, 2016 |
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#47 Shaun Tai of Oakland Digital -- Full Episode
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Dec 15, 2015 |
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#46 Shaun Tai of Oakland Digital part 2 of 2
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Dec 08, 2015 |
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#45 Oakland Digital -- Shaun Tai
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Dec 01, 2015 |
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#44 -- Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley -- Full Episode
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Nov 17, 2015 |
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#43 2/2 Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley
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Nov 10, 2015 |
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#42 Allison White - Transgender Kids in Silicon Valley 1 of 2
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Oct 27, 2015 |
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#41 Ian McFarland Part 2 of 2
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Sep 08, 2015 |
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#40 Ian McFarland 1 of 2
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Aug 11, 2015 |
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#39 Ben Cheung -- The Entrepreneur's Journey
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Jul 15, 2015 |
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#38 "2015 Pridecast"
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Jul 07, 2015 |
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#37 Daniel Carucci -- "Global Health"
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May 12, 2015 |
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#36 Neil Cohen - "Get a Job" Part 2 of 2
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May 05, 2015 |
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#35 Neil Cohen -- "Get a Job"
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Apr 28, 2015 |
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#34 Charlie Recksieck 2 of 2-- Tech and Music
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Mar 18, 2015 |
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#33 Charlie Recksieck -- Music and Tech 1 of 2
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Mar 10, 2015 |
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#32 Preet Anand -- The Entrepreneur's Battle 2 of 2
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Feb 17, 2015 |
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#31 Preet Anand -- The Entrepreneur's Battle
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Feb 10, 2015 |
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#30 Neil Cohen talks Marketing in Silicon Valley
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Jan 14, 2015 |
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#29 Neil Cohen Talks Mexico Entrepreneurship
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Jan 06, 2015 |
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#28 Holiday Replay Vincent Robinson on Being Gay in Silicon Valley
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Dec 30, 2014 |
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#27 Peter Shanley Talks Lean Startups in the Enterprise
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Dec 16, 2014 |
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#26 Jim Egbert 25th Epi-versary Part 2
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Dec 09, 2014 |
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#25 Jim Egbert 25th Epi-versary
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Dec 02, 2014 |
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#24 Peter Shanley 1 of 2 -- Housing and Social Issues in San Francisco
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Oct 08, 2014 |
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#23 Jim Egbert 2 of 2 Globalization of Engineering Talent
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Sep 30, 2014 |
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#22 Jim Egbert -- 1 of 2: Tech Talent Abroad
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Sep 24, 2014 |
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#21 Michael White -- Silicon Valley goes to Burning Man
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Sep 09, 2014 |
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#20 Tim Rosenblatt -- The Internet is a Series of Tubes
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Aug 19, 2014 |
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#19 Linda Kelly -- Grateful Dead and Astrology.com
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Aug 12, 2014 |
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#18: Mike Stutz Part 2/2 Reality of Reality TV
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Aug 05, 2014 |
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#17 Mike Stutz -- Part 1/2: Reality of Reality TV
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Jul 29, 2014 |
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#16 Gay Issues in Silicon Valley
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Jul 22, 2014 |
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#15 Sexism in Silicon Valley, Part 2
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Jul 15, 2014 |
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#14 Sexism in Silicon Valley, Part 1
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Jul 08, 2014 |
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#13 Libraries in the Age of Google
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Jul 01, 2014 |
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#12 Rachel Fairbanks -- Software Exec Talks Culture and Hipsters in SF
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Jun 24, 2014 |
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#11 Mike Stutz --- Silicon Valley goes to Hollywood
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Jun 17, 2014 |
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#10 Me
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Jun 10, 2014 |
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#9 Vincent Robinson talks about African-Americans in Silicon Valley
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Jun 03, 2014 |
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#8 Eric Hall of Dolby discusses Corporate Life in The Valley
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May 27, 2014 |
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#7 Michael White and Kent Talk TV -- The HBO Show Silicon Valley
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May 20, 2014 |
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#6 Nick Heyman -- Facebook's First Ops Guy
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May 13, 2014 |
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#5 Michael White and Kent Talk Sexism in Silicon Valley
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May 06, 2014 |
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#4 Michael White, Silicon Valley Attorney, Talks Control
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Apr 29, 2014 |
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#3 Eric Hall of Dolby Talks Sound
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Apr 22, 2014 |
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#2 Kristallnacht and Google Buses
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Apr 15, 2014 |
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#1 Why
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Apr 12, 2014 |