Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Josh Wolfe & Chris Power - Factories of the Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP.281]

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guests today are Josh Wolfe and Chris Power. Josh will be a familiar voice to many of you and is the co-founder and General Partner of Lux Capital....

Martin Casado - The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Infrastructure - [Invest Like the Best, EP.280]

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Martin Casado. Martin is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he focuses on digital infrastructure. Before joining a16z, ...

Aswath Damodaran - Making Sense of the Market - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 279]

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Aswath Damodaran, a Professor of Finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Aswath is one of the clearest teachers of investing an...

Anduril: Building the Future of Defense - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 59]

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we are running a special episode of Business Breakdowns. With geopolitics playing an increasingly important role in society again, this episode...

Tobi Lütke - Embrace the Unexpected - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 278]

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Tobi Lütke, co-founder and CEO of Shopify. Having first spoken to Tobi at the beginning of the pandemic, just two months into it, t...

Tyler Cowen & Daniel Gross - Identifying Talent - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 277]

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guests today are Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross. Tyler is an economics professor and creator of one of the most popular economics blogs on the intern...

Jeff Jordan - Building & Investing in Marketplaces - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 276]

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jeff Jordan, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Jeff has one of the most interesting set of experiences of guests that I’ve h...

Eric Glyman - Reimagining Corporate Finance - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 275]

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Eric Glyman, co-founder and CEO of Ramp. Ramp is best known for its corporate cards but it has a range of software products to help ...

Dmitry Balyasny - Building a Better Model - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 274]

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Dmitry Balyasny. Dmitry is the Managing Partner and CIO of Balyasny Asset Management, otherwise known as BAM. BAM runs a multi-strat...

Henry Ward - Transforming Private Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 273]

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Henry Ward, co-founder and CEO of Carta. Started in 2012, Carta helps companies and investors manage their cap tables, equity plans,...

Alexandr Wang - A Primer on AI - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 272]

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Alexandr Wang, the CEO and founder of Scale AI. Alexandr founded Scale in 2016, having been inspired to accelerate the development o...

Antonio Gracias - Pro-Entropic Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 271]

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Antonio Gracias, founder, CIO, and CEO of Valor Equity Partners. Antonio is perhaps best known for his role at Tesla, as the earlies...

David Rubenstein - Life, Leadership, and LBOs - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 270]

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is David Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group - one of the largest private equity firms in the world. David has worked in the W...

Gaurav Kapadia - Everything Compounds - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 269]

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Gaurav Kapadia, founder of investment firm XN. Gaurav is a veteran of the investing arena. We cover his lessons while rising to part...

Marko Papic - A Multi-Polar World - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 268]

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Marko Papic, partner and chief strategist at Clocktower Group, where he leads the firm’s research on macroeconomics and markets. M...

Garry Tan - Unwrapping the Gift - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 267]

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Garry Tan, founder and managing partner of early-stage venture firm, Initialized Capital. Before starting Initialized, Garry was a ...

Eric Mandelblatt - Investing in the Industrial Economy - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 266]

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Eric Mandelblatt, founder and CIO of Soroban Capital, a $10 billion investment firm. While many of my conversations focus on technol...

Sebastian Kanovich - Powering Emerging Markets Payments - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 56]

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Sebastian Kanovich, CEO of payments company dLocal. Sebastian founded dLocal in 2016 to bridge the infrastructure gap between paymen...

Frank Slootman - Narrow the Focus, Increase the Quality - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 265]

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Frank Slootman, Chairman and CEO of cloud platform Snowflake. Frank has become one of the most revered CEOs in business. Over the pa...

Tim Flannery - Simplifying Fund Closing - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 55]

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Tim Flannery, co-founder of venture fund administrator Passthrough. Passthrough is removing friction from the manual, time-consuming...

Joey Levin - Building an Anti-Conglomerate - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 264]

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is IAC’s CEO, Joey Levin. IAC is a unique business in that it’s a holding company which builds world-class digital businesses. Sinc...

Peter Chernin - Betting on Passion - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 263]

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Peter Chernin, who’s had a Hall of Fame career in the entertainment business. Peter ran News Corp and Fox for fifteen years betwee...

John Pfeffer - Adapt and Evolve - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 262]

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is entrepreneur and investor, John Pfeffer. John was a partner at private equity firm KKR in the 2000s, Chairman of leading French IT c...

Geoffrey Moore - Building Gorilla Businesses - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 261]

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is the renowned tech author, consultant, and venture partner at Wildcat Ventures, Geoffrey Moore. Geoffrey has spent his career focused...

Gavin Baker - The Cyclone Under the Surface - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 260]

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is past guest Gavin Baker, managing partner and CIO of Atreides Management. Gavin’s focus is on consumer and tech growth investing, w...

Sam Englebardt and Richard Kim - Investing in Immersive Worlds - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 259]

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, my guests are Sam Englebardt and Richard Kim, general partners at venture fund, Galaxy Interactive. Having come from the media and finance sect...

Ricky Sandler - Building an Investment Compass - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 258]

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Ricky Sandler, founder of Eminence Capital. Ricky is a hedge fund veteran managing over $8bn of assets across Eminence's strategies....

Orlando Bravo - The Art of Software Buyouts - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 257]

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Orlando Bravo, co-founder and Managing Partner of leading private equity firm, Thoma Bravo. Thoma Bravo manages over $90bn of asset...

Nick Saltarelli - One Foot in Front of the Other - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 54]

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Nick Saltarelli, co-founder of the functional chocolate bar business, Mid-Day Squares. Nick started the company with his wife and br...

Jenny Johnson - Seven Decades of Investing Expertise - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 256]

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jenny Johnson, President and CEO of one of the world’s largest asset managers, Franklin Templeton. Jenny joined the business in 19...

Doug Colkitt - The Evolution of Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 255]

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Doug Colkitt. Doug has spent his career searching for and trading inefficient markets, first at Citadel’s high-frequency trading g...

Bill Gurley and Philip Rosedale - Back to the Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 254]

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guests today are Philip Rosedale and Bill Gurley. Philip created Second Life in the early 2000s and helped build it into the largest virtual 3D wor...

Francis Davidson - Design-led Hospitality - [Invest Like the Best, EP.253]

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Francis Davidson, founder and CEO of the hospitality brand Sonder. Francis launched Sonder in 2013 as an alternative to traditional ...

Niraj Shah - Developing Every Skill - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 252]

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Niraj Shah, the CEO and co-founder of Wayfair. Wayfair started life in 2002 as a collection of independent websites selling category...

Bored Ape Yacht Club -  [Web3 Breakdowns, EP. 1]

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I am excited to share our newest show, Web3 Breakdowns. Similar to our Business Breakdowns series, Web3 will have it's own dedicated feed so ma...

Will Marshall - Indexing the Earth - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 251]

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Will Marshall, the co-founder and CEO of Planet. Will founded Planet in 2010 with a small team of NASA scientists to build a constel...

Roelof Botha - Sequoia’s Crucible Moment - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 250]

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Roelof Botha, a partner at one of the world’s oldest and most successful venture firms, Sequoia Capital. A few days ago before I s...

Sarah Friar - Building the Local Graph - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 249]

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Sarah Friar, the CEO of Nextdoor, which connects people in local neighborhoods together. Sarah’s CV sparkles with impressive achie...

Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 32]

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we are running a special episode of Business Breakdowns on our Invest Like the Best feed. When we launched Breakdowns, we hoped to cover indust...

Alex Rampell - Investing in Operating Systems - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 248]

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Alex Rampell, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Alex has a long history in fintech, having co-founded six companies in his car...

Sam Bankman-Fried - Creating a Perfect Market - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 247]

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of leading cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. In a little over two years, FTX has registered 1.2 milli...

Nick Neuman - Becoming Your Own Bank - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 246]

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Nick Neuman, CEO and co-founder of Casa. Casa helps bitcoin investors and owners keep their digital assets safe from loss or theft b...

Devin Finzer - An Everything Store for Digital Assets - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 53]

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace. In a journey that started like many other founde...

Jenny Lefcourt - The Go-to-Market Motion - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 245]

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jenny Lefcourt, an equal General Partner at seed-stage venture firm Freestyle Capital, where she manages $450 million in seed invest...

Dave Girouard - Making Better Loans - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 52]

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Dave Girouard, co-founder and CEO of Upstart, a lending platform that leverages AI to make loans more accessible and affordable. Da...

Jay Hoag - Calibrating Market Adoption - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 244]

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jay Hoag, co-founder of TCV. If you look at Jay’s investment track record, it’s a “who’s who” of tech giants with Airbnb, ...

Gina Bianchini - Helping Creators Build Communities - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 51]

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Gina Bianchini, founder and CEO of Mighty Networks, which gives creators a platform to start, grow and own their social communities....

David Fialkow - Paint Outside the Lines - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 243]

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is David Fialkow, co-founder of General Catalyst. If you are looking for a dose of fun, charismatic energy from a very unique investor ...

Justin Waldron - The Future of Social Gaming - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 50]

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Justin Waldron, co-founder and President of Playco. Justin is a pioneer of the social gaming industry after he co-founded Zynga at a...

Daniel Ek - Enabling Creators Everywhere - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 242]

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today is a special episode because it marks five years since I released the first episode of Invest Like the Best. Over those years, I’ve learned so...

Gabby Dizon - Mapping the Metaverse Economy - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 49]

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games or YGG. In 2020, Gabby and his co-founders built YGG around the growing “play-to-earn...

Scott Malpass - Building a Great Endowment - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 241]

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Scott Malpass. Scott was the CIO of Notre Dame's endowment for 32 years and has always been a pioneer at the forefront of the endowm...

Mike Maples, Jr. - A Playbook for Startups - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 48]

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Mike Maples, co-founder and partner of Floodgate. As a child of the computer revolution, Mike was deconstructing calculators in gra...

Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek - Investing at the Supercritical Stage - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 240]

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guests today are Renata Quintini and Roseanne Wincek, co-founders and managing directors of Renegade Partners. Before launching Renegade, Renata an...

Max Simkoff - Redesigning the Home Buying Experience - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 47]

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Max Simkoff, Founder and CEO of Doma. Max founded Doma in 2016 after experiencing the pain and manual process associated with title ...

Suzanne Ciani - Exploring the Creative Process - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 239]

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The intro music you just heard is from my guest today, Suzanne Ciani, an early pioneer of electronic music dating back to the 1970s. As a 5-time Gramm...

Sameer Shariff - Breaking Language Barriers - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 46 ]

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Sameer Shariff, co-founder and CEO of Cambly. After starting his career at Google, Sameer founded Cambly in 2013 as an on-demand ser...

Sridhar Ramaswamy - The Past, Present, and Future of Search - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 238]

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Sridhar Ramaswamy, co-founder and CEO of Neeva and Venture Partner at Greylock. After a 15-year career building Google’s ad busine...

Ernie Garcia - Disrupting the Auto Buying Experience - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 45]

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Ernie Garcia, co-founder and CEO of online used car platform, Carvana. Ernie launched Carvana in 2012, and less than a decade later,...

Karen Karniol-Tambour - All Things Macro - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 237]

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Karen Karniol-Tambour, Partner and Co-CIO for Sustainability at Bridgewater Associates. You will quickly understand why Ray Dalio de...

Sebastian Mejia - Mastering On-Demand Convenience - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 44]

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Sebastian Mejia, co-founder and president of Rappi. Founded in Bogota, Colombia in 2015, Rappi set out to create an on-demand conven...

Carl Kawaja - Wisdom from Decades of Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 236]

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s conversation is one of my all-time favorites, with someone I’ve come to respect deeply in the field of investing. My guest is Carl Kawaja,...

Stewart Butterfield - We Don’t Sell Saddles Here - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 43]

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Stewart Butterfield, founder and CEO of Slack. Stewart’s 2014 essay “Why We Don’t Sell Saddles Here” had a massive impact on...

Steve Mandel - Investing Behind Change - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 235]

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Steve Mandel, founder of Lone Pine Capital, one of the most successful hedge fund and investment firms of this generation. In our co...

Spenser Skates - Challenging Big Ideas - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 42]

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Spenser Skates, CEO and co-founder of Amplitude Analytics. Spenser founded Amplitude in 2012 with a thesis that building the best pr...

David Sacks - How to Operate a SaaS Startup - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 234]

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is David Sacks, General Partner at Craft Ventures and founding COO of PayPal. During our conversation, we explore what differentiates ...

David Vélez - Building the Branchless Bank - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 41]

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is David Vélez, founder and CEO of Nubank, the world’s largest digital bank with over 40 million customers. In our conversation, Dav...

Balaji Srinivasan - Optimizing Your Inputs - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 233]

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Balaji Srinivasan, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Balaji is known to challenge conventional wisdom, and he lives up to h...

Michael Mayer - Business Boss Battles - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 40]

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today Michael Mayer, is the founder and CEO of Bottomless, a company that automatically replenishes your coffee supply where I am both an exc...

Marc Andreessen - Making the Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 232]

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Silicon Valley icon, Marc Andreessen. Before co-founding the legendary venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, Marc was an early...

Will Ahmed - Optimizing Human Performance – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 39]

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Will Ahmed, founder of fitness wearable company WHOOP. What started as a business plan in 2011 has evolved into the 24/7 health-tra...

Howard Marks - Embracing the Psychology of Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 231]

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Howard Marks, co-founder of Oaktree Capital, a leading investment manager, and one of the world’s largest distressed debt investor...

Christina Cacioppo - Building the New Standard in Security – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 38]

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Christina Cacioppo, founder of Vanta, a security and compliance software business founded in 2017. In our conversation, Christina br...

John Harris - Resilience and Imagination - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 230]

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is John Harris, Managing Partner of Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, where the flagship Sequoia Fund has an incredible 50-year track record r...

Florian Hagenbuch and Mate Pencz - Everything Will Be Bought Online – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 37]

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guests today are Florian Hagenbuch and Mate Pencz, co-founders of Loft. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Loft is a digital platform designed to bring La...

Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 229]

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest is Gabe Leydon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of MZ, also known as Machine Zone, the company behind huge games such as Mobile Strike a...

Assaf Wand - Innovation in Static Industries – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 36]

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Assaf Wand, CEO, and co-founder of Hippo, a homeowner insurance startup founded in 2015. In March 2021, Hippo announced a SPAC merge...

Dennis Lynch - Delivering Alpha in Adapting Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 228]

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Dennis Lynch, Head of Counterpoint Global, where he oversees over $100bn in AUM and boasts one of the strongest track records of any...

Henrique Dubugras - Building the Financial Center of Gravity – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 35]

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Henrique Dubugras, co-founder and CEO of Brex, an all-in-one finance account for businesses. Brex recently raised funding at a valua...

Justin Fishner-Wolfson - Secondary Investing in Private Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 227]

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Justin Fishner-Wolfson, founder of 137 Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on providing liquidity solutions to founders, invest...

Peter Reinhardt - Learning How to Sell – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 34]

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Peter Reinhardt, co-founder and CEO of Segment, the market-leading data customer data platform that was acquired by Twilio last year...

Brent Beshore - Learnings from a Year of Unexpected Events - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 226]

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Brent Beshore. For those that don’t know Brent from his frequent appearances on this podcast, he runs Permanent Equity Fund and ha...

Jeremy Cai - Manufacturer to Customer – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 33]

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jeremy Cai, founder, and CEO of Italic, a subscription marketplace for consumer goods that works directly with manufacturers. I was ...

Eli Dourado - Frontiers for Productivity - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 225]

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Eli Dourado, economist and senior research fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University. In our discussi...

James Reinhart – Lessons in Process Power – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 32]

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is James Reinhart, founder, and CEO of thredUP, an online thrift marketplace. thredUP’s online store is distinct in the way the compa...

Andrew Sugrue - Investing in Paradigm Shifts - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 224]

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Andrew Sugrue, co-founder, and partner at Avenir Growth Capital. Avenir is a growth equity firm focused on backing category-defining...

Alyssa Ravasio - Supply, Demand, and the Outdoors - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 31]

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Alyssa Ravasio, co-founder and CEO of Hipcamp, a platform to discover and book your next camping trip. I was excited for this conver...

Josh Buckley - Identifying Legendary Start-ups - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 223]

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Josh Buckley. Josh is the new CEO of Product Hunt and an investor in many breakout companies like Rippling, Lattice, Boom Supersonic...

Thomas Tull - New Physics of Business - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 30]

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Thomas Tull, the founder of Tulco LLC, an investment holding company that invests in businesses with high growth potential and helps...

Paul Enright - The Buy Side Primer - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 222]

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Paul Enright, managing partner at Krainos Capital, his family office. Before running his own family office, Paul worked on the buy-s...

Trevor McFedries - Building Web 3.0 - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 29]

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Trevor McFedries, the founder of technology startup Brud and the creator of virtual pop star Miquela, a Gen Z icon with millions of ...

Chris Dixon - The Potential of Blockchain Technology - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 221]

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Chris Dixon, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Chris is a prolific investor and thinker, having been an entrepreneur, angel ...

Shopify: The E-commerce On-Ramp - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 01]

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first episode of our newest show, Business Breakdowns, featuring deep-dive conversations on individual businesses. In each episode, we ...

Tony Xu - A Human and Math Problem - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 28]

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Tony Xu, co-founder, and CEO of DoorDash. Tony started DoorDash 7.5 years ago, and today it is one of the largest food delivery and ...

Mike Kerns and Jesse Jacobs - Content to Commerce - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 220]

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guests this week are Jesse Jacobs and Mike Kerns, co-founders and partners at The Chernin Group, TCG, a multi-stage investment firm dedicated to bu...

Business Breakdowns - Trailer

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Business Breakdowns, a new Colossus podcast featuring deep-dive conversations on individual businesses. In each episode, we will dissect a ...

Jesse Pujji - A Primer on Performance Marketing - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 27]

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jesse Pujji, the Founder & CEO of Gateway X, a holding company that builds, buys, and invests in companies that are driving the dire...

Kanyi Maqubela - Dawn of the 21st Century - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 219]

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Kanyi Maqubela, co-founder of seed-stage VC firm Kindred Ventures, which he started with his partner Steven Jang in 2019. Before fou...

Roxanne Petraeus - Modernizing Compliance - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.26]

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Roxanne Petraeus, co-founder and CEO of Ethena, a modern compliance platform for businesses. Roxanne’s background is pretty incred...

Jesse Walden - A Primer on NFTs - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 218]

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is Jesse Walden, the founder of Variant, an early-stage venture firm investing in crypto networks and platforms building the ownership ...