16 Minutes on the News #7: Apple Card, BEC Scams Federal Indictment
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @illscience and @smc90 This is episode #7 of our news show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover ...
a16z Podcast: Software has eaten the world...and healthcare is next
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Back in 2011, a16z cofounder Marc Andreessen first made the bold claim that software would eat the w...
16 Minutes on the News #6: Health Claims, Corporate Breaches
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @julesyoo @smc90 This is episode #6 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent ...
16 Minutes on the News #5: Fed Real-time Payments, Death of Retail
11 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @astrange @jeff_jordan and @smc90 This is episode #5 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quic...
16 Minutes on the News: The Opioid Crisis
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @jorgecondebio @vijaypande and @smc90 This is episode #4 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we ...
16 Minutes on the News: Fortnite, Esports, Gaming, and Entertainment
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @andrewchen @dcoolican and @smc90 This is episode #3 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quic...
16 Minutes on the News: Mobile Malware, Drug Pricing
28 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @martin_casado @jorgeconde @jayrughani and @smc90 This is episode #2 of our new show, 16 Minute...
a16z Podcast: The Search for the Secret Metal that Powers All Our Devices
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Kurt House (@kurtzhouse), John Thompson, Connie Chan (@conniechan) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorou...
16 Minutes on the News: Neuralink & Brain Interfaces, TikTok, FaceApp, iHeartRadio
21 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @vijaypande @conniechan @jpm25 and @smc90 Introducing our new podcast, 16 Minutes, a short news...
a16z Podcast: How To Get The Most From Your Board
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this final of a 3-part series (which originally aired as YouTube videos) on working with venture ...
a16z Podcast: How To Raise Money From A Venture Investor
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So you've decided raising venture capital is the best fundraising strategy for your startup. Now wha...
a16z Podcast: How To Understand And Choose A Venture Investor
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Incentives matter. So understanding the incentives of venture capitalists will help you decide if ra...
a16z Podcast: Beyond Software, to Talent and Culture
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) Continuing ...
a16z Podcast: Beyond Zero Sum, Again
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson) Cont...
a16z Podcast: Beyond Software Eating the World
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), Scott Kupor (@skupor), and Sonal Chokshi ...
a16z Podcast: Beyond Disruption Theory
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Michael Copeland Continuing our 10-ye...
a16z Podcast: Entrepreneurs, Then and Now
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Stewart Butterfield (@stewart) A lot ...
a16z Podcast: Damage-free Genome Editing -- Next in CRISPR
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two recent scientific journal papers show what's possible when CRISPR moves from cutting DNA tool to...
a16z Podcast: Stories from the Frontlines of Synthetic Fraud
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Synthetic fraud—yes, it's a thing: a new evolution of consumer fraud that’s been emerging in fin...
a16z Podcast: The History and Future of Machine Learning
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How have we gotten to where were are with machine learning? Where are we going? a16z Operating Partn...
a16z Podcast: The Politics of Technology
15 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Tony Blair (@InstituteGC), Scott Kupor (@skupor), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) If the current p...
a16z Podcast: AI and Your Doctor, Today and Tomorrow
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Eric Topol (@EricTopol) and Vijay Pande (@vijaypande) Artificial intelligence is coming to the ...
a16z Podcast: 10+1 Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Kan
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Want actionable advice from a founder who has built multiple tech companies and has invested the tim...
a16z Podcast: Deep Learning for the Life Sciences
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Vijay Pande (@vijaypande) and Bharath Ramsundar Deep learning has arrived in the life sciences:...
a16z Podcast: The Power of Restorative Justice
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Van Jones (@VanJones68), Shaka Senghor (@ShakaSeghnor), and Chris Lyons (@clyons) True redempti...
a16z Podcast: The Economics of Expensive Medicines
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Andrew Lo (@AndrewWLo) and Jorge Conde (@JorgeCondeBio) The advent of new gene and cell therapi...
a16z Podcast: Collectively Driving Change
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Laurene Powell Jobs (@LaurenePowell) and Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) Laurene Powell Jobs is, amon...
a16z Podcast: What Time Is It? From Technical to Product to Sales CEO
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with David Ulevitch (@davidu) and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Since the startup (and founder) journey doe...
a16z Podcast: Five Open Problems Toward Building a Blockchain Computer
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes wish you had been born in a different decade so you could have worked on the fundam...
a16z Podcast: A Guide to Making Data-Based Decisions in Health, Parenting... and Life
11 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Emily Oster (@ProfEmilyOster) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Are chia seeds actually that g...
a16z Podcast: Innovating in Bets
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with @annieduke, @pmarca, and @smc90 Every organization, whether small or big, early or late stage -...
a16z Podcast: Seven Trends in Blockchain Computing
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a followup to one of our most popular podcast episodes which originally aired in April 2017 (http...
a16z Podcast: The Future Of Decision-Making—3 Startup Opportunities
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As companies digitize, they change the way they make decisions: decisions are made lower in the orga...
a16z Podcast: So You Wanna Build a Software Company in Healthcare?
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Jorge Conde (@JorgeCondeBio), Julie Yoo (@julesyoo), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Buildin...
a16z Podcast: Inside Apple Software Design
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join longtime Apple software engineer Ken Kocienda in conversation with a16z Deal and Research opera...
a16z Podcast: Fintech for Startups and Incumbents
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the a16z Podcast -- which originally aired as a video on YouTube -- general partn...
a16z Podcast: A Podcast About Podcasting
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Nick Quah (@nwquah), Connie Chan (@conniechan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) It's a podcast about...
a16z Podcast: How Many Taps in the Apple (Plus) Tree?
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) What does Apple's recent event —...
a16z Podcast: Incenting Innovation Inside, Loonshots to Moonshots
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Safi Bahcall (@safibahcall), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) A "moon...
a16z Podcast: For the Billions of Creatives Out There
16 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman), Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) The wr...
a16z Podcast: Lessons Learned from Chinese Education Startups
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When people talk about trends in education technology, they often focus on how to disrupt higher edu...
a16z Podcast: What's in the Water at the George Church Lab?
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with George Church (@geochurch) and Jorge Conde (@JorgeCondeBio) Renowned scientist George Church is...
a16z Podcast: Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Peter Ludwig, Qasar Younis (@qasar), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) When people talk about autonomo...
a16z Podcast: Gaming Goes Mainstream
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Kotick is the CEO of Activision Blizzard (a merger he engineered); it's one of only two video ...
a16z Podcast: Who's Down with CPG, DTC? (And Micro-Brands Too?)
16 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Ryan Caldbeck (@ryan_caldbeck), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) It's cle...
a16z Podcast: To All the Robots I've Loved Before
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Kate Darling (@grok_) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) We already know that we have an innate...
a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks as Emerging Economies (Done Right?)
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Chris Burniske (@cburniske), Joel Monegro (@jmonegro), Denis Nazarov (@Iiterature), and Jesse W...
a16z Podcast: Voting, Security, and Governance in Blockchains and Cryptonetworks
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Phil Daian (@phildaian) and Ali Yahya (@ali01) Whether in corporations, boardrooms, or politica...
a16z Podcast: Product-Market SALES Fit (What Comes First?)
03 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Jyoti Bansal (@jyotibansalsf), Peter Levine, Satish Talluri (@satishtalluri), and Sonal Chokshi...
a16z Podcast: Stories and Lessons in Enterprise Sales
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Mark Leslie (@mleslie45) and Peter Levine What does it actually take to win at enterprise sales...
a16z Podcast: Finding Go-to-Market Fit in the Enterprise
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Peter Levine, Bob Tinker, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) For consumer companies, often when...
a16z Podcast: Connecting Hearts, Bodies, and Networks to Cure Cancer
26 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Veterinary oncology can inform human oncology, and vice versa -- providing a better model for lookin...
a16z Podcast: The Business of Cybercrime
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Joel de la Garza, Jonathan Lusthaus, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) The idea of the cybercr...
a16z Podcast: Pulse Check on Consumer Tech Trends 2019, CES and Beyond
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) and Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) Every year, the Consumer Electro...
a16z Podcast: Dark Data in Healthcare
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Susannah Fox (@susannahfox), Anil Sethi (@anilsethiusa / @ciitizencorp), Vijay Pande (@vijaypan...
a16z Podcast: The Science and Business of Innovative Medicines
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with Vas Narasimhan (@vasnarasimhan), Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and S...
a16z Podcast: All About Synthetic Biology
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
with James J. Collins, Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) The idea of 'de...
a16z Podcast: What’s Next for Marketplace Startups (Hint: Services)
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The past and future of marketplace startups -- where are we? Ever since eBay popularized an internet...
a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler Cowen
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) This episod...
a16z Podcast: How the Internet Happened
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In his book (and podcast), Brian McCullough chronicles the history and evolution of the internet -- ...
a16z Podcast: All About Stablecoins
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Andy Milenius (@realzandy), Jesse Walden (@jessewldn), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) The history, ...
a16z Podcast: The Infrastructure of Total Health
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Bernard J. Tyson (@bernardjtyson) and Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) Bernard J. Tyson is the chairma...
a16z Podcast: Building Crypto, from Vision to Reality
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Where are...
a16z Podcast: On Marrying Entertainment and Technology
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman (@MegWhitman), and Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) In this episode of...
a16z Podcast: The IQ and EQ of Robots
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Boris Sofman (@bsofman), Dave Touretzky (@DaveTouretzky), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) We...
a16z Podcast: Ancient Dreams of Technology, Gods & Robots
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Adrienne Mayor (@amayor) and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Is it possible that ancient Greeks ...
a16z Podcast: M&A and Innovation, Inside Out
17 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Stephanie Cohen and Martin Casado (@martin_casado) As chief strategy officer of Goldman Sachs (...
a16z Podcast: Automation + Work, Human + Machine
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Prasad Akella, Paul Daughtery (@pauldaugh) and Frank Chen (@withfries2) What is different on th...
a16z Podcast: Eyeballs on the Game
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Jeff Jordan (@Jeff_Jordan), Yogi Roth (@YogiRoth), Zack Weiner and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousrea...
a16z Podcast: From Research to Startup, There and Back Again
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The period from 2000-2016 was one of the best of times and worst of times for tech and the Valley (d...
a16z Podcast: How to Manage a PR Agency
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Shannon (Stubo) Brayton (@sstubo), Margit Wennmachers (@wennmachers), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90...
a16z Podcast: New Upstarts in an Old Industry
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Michael Ovitz (@michaelovitz), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Wh...
a16z Podcast: Technological Trends, Capital, and Internet 'Disruption'
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There's all sorts of interesting tech trend...
a16z Podcast: Tesla and the Nature of Disruption
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) and Steven Sinofsky (@SteveSi) In another of our hallway conver...
a16z Podcast: What's at the Core of the Latest Apple Announcement?
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) and Steven Sinofksy (@StevenSi) In this hallway-style conversat...
a16z Podcast: Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson), Chris Dixon (@cdixon), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) There's a l...
a16z Podcast: The Case Study of Dollar General and Surviving (Thriving!) Retail
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Jeff Jordan (@Jeff_Jordan), Cal Turner Jr., and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) The "death ...
a16z Podcast: When Organic Growth Goes Enterprise
25 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Martin Casado (@martin_casado), Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Russ Heddleston (@rheddleston), and ...
a16z Podcast: Crypto and the Evolution of Open Source
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel), Denis Nazarov (@iiterature), and Jesse Walden (@jessewldn) The ...
a16z Podcast: The Basics of Growth 2 -- Engagement & Retention
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Once you have...
a16z Podcast: The Basics of Growth 1 -- User Acquisition
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Andrew Chen (@andrewchen), Jeff Jordan (@jeff_jordan), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Growth is one...
a16z Podcast: Earned Secrets
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) and Sharon Chang (@sychang) What does it really take to start a start...
a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Cities -- Analogies
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Denis Nazarov (@iiterature), Jesse Walden (@jessewldn), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@...
a16z Podcast: Cryptonetworks and Decentralization -- Building Blocks
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Ali Yahya (@ali01), and Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel) “Show me the incen...
a16z Podcast: High Growth in Companies (and Tech)
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Elad Gil (@eladgil) and Chris Dixon (@cdixon) There's a lot of knowledge out there -- and netwo...
a16z Podcast: The Regulatory Landscape for Crypto
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Katie Haun (@katie_haun), Robin Weisnman (@robinweisman), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) What’s g...
a16z Podcast: Building Companies in Crypto, from People to Code
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Tina Bhatnagar (@tinab), Preethi Kasireddy (@iam_preethi), Lily Liu (@calilyliu), and Kim Milos...
a16z Podcast: Decentralization and Crypto, the Big Picture
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Elizabeth Stark (@starkness), and Jessica Verrilli (@jess) Why does dece...
a16z Podcast: The Scientific Revolution of Ancient DNA
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), David Reich, and Hanne Tidnam (@omnivorousread) Trying to reconst...
a16z Podcast: On Mentors and Mentees
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Ken Coleman, Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Michel Feaster (@michelfeaster) Everyone talks abou...
a16z Podcast: Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking in the Game of Tech... and Life
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson) The ...
a16z Podcast: All Things Compensation
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Compensation is a topic near and dear to everyone’s heart… but what does “compensation” full...
a16z Podcast: Construction Under Tech -- The Build
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Martin Fischer (@fischermartin), Saurabh Ladha (@ladhasaurabh), Chris Rippingham, and Hanne Tid...
a16z Podcast: Construction Under Tech -- Info Flows
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Greg Lynn (@greglynnform), Gina Neff (@ginasue), Tracy Young (@Tracy_Young), and Hanne Tidnam (...
a16z Podcast: The End (and Beginning) of Programming
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are over 20 million programmers out there -- and double that, if you count everyone else codin...
a16z Podcast: The Hard Things about Security
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the hard thing about security: the more authentication factors you have, the more secure thin...
a16z Podcast: Autonomy in Service
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
with Gregory Allen (@Gregory_C_Allen), Gayle Lemmon (@gaylelemmon), Ryan Tseng, and Hanne Tidnam (@o...
a16z Podcast: When Journalism Goes Global
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is the organization responsible for the co...
a16z Podcast: B2B2C
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to B2B2C business models -- which combine both business to business (B2B) and business...
a16z Podcast: Network Effects, Origin Stories, and the Evolution of Tech
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
“The rules of the game are different in tech,” argues — and has long argued, despite his views...