The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond
Episodes
Episode 22: William Quigley of Tether (Part 1)
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
William Quigley, Tether co-founder and Crypto pioneer, returns to the podcast in the first of a two-part series about the present state and future of ...
Episode 21: Brian Garrett of Crosscut Ventures
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Garrett, co-founder of Crosscut Ventures, talks with Jim about the strategies he employed while building one of Southern California’s preemine...
Episode 20: Aubrie Pagano & Ryan Freedman of Alpaca VC
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aubrie Pagano and Ryan Freedman, partners at Alpaca VC, join Jim for a thoughtful discussion about the benefits of bringing diversity into the venture...
Episode 19: Richard Duncan of Macro Watch
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Jim sits down with Richard Duncan, economist and author of such books as The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures; The Cor...
Episode 18: Andre Gharakhanian and Gaurav Mathur of Silicon Legal Strategy
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Jim’s first *remote* episode, he sits down with Andre Gharakhanian and Gaurav Mathur, founders of Silicon Legal Strategy, a boutique law firm pro...
Episode 17: Donald Lee of LKP Global Law
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald S. Lee is a partner in the corporate transactional group at LKP Global Law. Don takes us through his experience moving from litigation to corp...
Episode 16: Polina Chebotarev and Filipp Chebotarev of Cambridge SPG
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Polina and Filipp Chebotarev, the brother-sister founding team of Cambridge SPG, share their journey starting in real estate and then transitioning i...
Episode 15: Dave Young of Cooley
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
E15: Dave Young, partner and co-founder of the Santa Monica office of the Cooley Law Firm, is one of the top VC lawyers in Los Angeles. Dave gives us...
Episode 14: Minnie Ingersoll of TenOneTen
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Minnie Ingersoll, VC and partner at TenOneTen Ventures, takes us on a journey through her long career in Tech, both as a VC and as a product manager. ...
Episode 13: David Waxman of TenOneTen
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Waxman, managing partner of TenOneTen, engages in a thought-provoking dialogue about the various applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in...
Episode 12: Eva Ho of Fika Ventures
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eva Ho, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, shares her incredible story starting with growing up in Mozambique and coming to the US as a refug...
Episode 11: Gil Elbaz of Factual
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gil Elbaz is an investor and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Applied Semantics (acquired by Google in 2003) and founding Factual. A pioneer of...
Episode 10: Rahul Sonnad from Tesloop
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rahul Sonnad, founder of Tesloop and serial entrepreneur, briefly discusses his early days as a software developer at Microsoft and Adobe, and his tra...
Episode 9: Matt Kozlov from Techstars
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Kozlov, managing director at Techstars, shares with us his journey from his early career at Yahoo and Sony Entertainment, later...
Episode 8: Michael Jones from Science, Inc.
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Jones, Co-Founder and CEO of Science, quickly walks us through his entrepreneurial beginnings starting and selling his own companies, later be...
Episode 7: Steven Dietz from Level 4 Fleet Services, Inc.
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Dietz, veteran VC and current CEO of Level 4 Fleet Services, has been one of the leading investors in the automotive industry for well over a d...
Episode 6: William Quigley from Opskins | WAX Token (Part 2)
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part II of William Quigley’s interview jumps into his explanation of decentralization through blockchain and the age of smart contracts, along with ...
Episode 5: William Quigley from Opskins | WAX Token (Part 1)
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
William Quigley, a leader in the blockchain and cryptocurrency uprising, breaks down in clear terms the value, strengths and weaknesses of bitcoin and...
Episode 4: Howard Ko from Morpheus Ventures
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Listen as Howard Ko, principal at Morpheus Ventures, enlightens us with his perspective of the LA ecosystem and discusses disruptive technologies such...
Episode 3: Rick Smith from CrossCut Ventures
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn from LA VC veteran, Rick Smith, as he reminisces about the trials and tribulations of starting a fund in the midst of the great recession, and t...
Episode 2: Mark Mullen from Double M Partners | Bonfire Ventures
05 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Mullen from Double M Partners and Bonfire Ventures imparts stories and lessons he learned while working for the father of cable, Bill Daniels, pr...
Episode 1: Jim Armstrong from March Capital Partners
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Armstrong from March Capital shares insightful stories about his path to becoming a venture capitalist. Armstrong takes us through his experience ...