Vibe Coding and The Rise of AI Agents with Amjad Masad and Yohei Nakajima
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amjad Masad (@amasad), founder and CEO of Replit, and Yohei Nakajima (@yoheinakajima), Managing Part...
Executing as a Best-In-Class Firm: Operational Excellence From The Inside of Over 50 VC Firms with Kristen Ostro of Strut Consulting
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, welcomes Kristen Ostro, founder and CEO of Strut ...
The Secret to Startup M&A: How To Set Your Companies Up for Big Outcomes with Ezra Roizen of Advsr
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Mullins, Venture Partner at Village Global, sits down with Ezra Roizen, General Manager of Ad...
Abhay Parasnis on Creating Moats, AI Strategy, and Selling to Enterprise
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abhay Parasnis is founder and CEO of Typeface, is former CTO/CPO at Adobe, and sits on the board of ...
Fundraising in AI with Aaron Harris
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Harris was a partner at YC for 7.5 years where he funded Deel, OpenSea, Scale AI, Rappi, Latti...
Hiring Technical Talent with Kathy Copic and Lindsay Pettingill
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Copic is founder of Fieldwork Partners, where she works closely with early stage companies on ...
Eynat Guez of Papaya Global on Mastering Enterprise Sales and Building Long-Term Partnerships
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eynat Guez, founder and CEO of Papaya Global, was interviewed by Ben Casnocha, co-founder and partne...
Auren Hoffman and Ben Casnocha on Career Strategy, Undiscovered Talent, Networks, and more
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph and GP of Flex Capital, interviewed Ben Casnocha, Village Global co-...
Howie Liu on Airtable's Early Days, Scaling, and AI
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Howie Liu, founder and CEO of Airtable, was interviewed by Village Global co-founder and partner Ben...
Guillermo Rauch on AI, Scaling Vercel, and The Future of Web Apps
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guillermo Rauch is founder and CEO of Vercel, a company that provides the developer tools and cloud ...
Encore: Secrets of Public Speaking and Oral Communication from Renowned Speaking Coach
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Balaoing, founder of Candlelion, joins Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha on...
Encore: Brad Feld on What Nietzsche Can Teach Entrepreneurs
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Feld (@bfeld), VC at Foundry Group and co-author with Dave Jilk of The Entrepreneur’s Weekly ...
How to Nail Product-Market Fit and Scale a B2B Company with Thejo Kote of Airbase
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thejo Kote (@thejo) talks to Village partner Ben Casnocha. Thejo is a two-time founder and CEO. His ...
Encore: Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn’s Advice on Hiring, Fundraising, Scaling, and more
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn), co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, joined Village Global co-fo...
Lessons from the Early Days at Uber and Advice for Founders with Kevin Novak
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're excited to launch a new EIR program for data science founders in partnership with Rackhouse Ve...
Encore Episode: John Donahoe’s Lessons on Leadership and Being a Better CEO
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This encore episode is a recording of a special masterclass roundtable session for our founders with...
Identifying 275M Unreported Genetic Variations To Improve Healthcare with NIH All of Us Program CTO Chris Lunt
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Lunt is a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience building web services and...
Building Hardware Companies and Choosing Co-Founders with Michael Hochberg
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Hochberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hochberg/) is a physicist and a founder of four succes...
Secondaries with Matt Pellini of Hamilton Lane
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Pellini, Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, joins Olga Serhiyevich on this episode. Highlights...
Lessons Learned From Running CalSTRS with Chris Ailman
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Ailman (@CJAtheCIO), Chief Investment Officer at CalSTRS, joins Olga Serhiyevich on this...
Encore: Mark Pincus on Product Management, Raising Capital, and Building Zynga
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This encore episode is a recording of a special event where Mark Pincus (@markpinc) was interviewed ...
Encore: Bill Gates on Advice For Founders, Mistakes, and Philanthropy
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This encore episode is a recording of a special event where Bill Gates was interviewed in San Franci...
Encore: Jerry Yang on Yahoo!, Early-Stage Investing, and China
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jerry originally joined us on the podcast in 2019. He is co-founder of Yahoo! and founding partner o...
How Superplastic Built a Social Media-Native Character Universe
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Budnitz, founder of Superplastic, and Jennifer van Dijk, CEO of Superplastic, join Christina De...
Reference Checking and Personality Assessments with Investor Graham Duncan
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Duncan (@GrahamDuncanNYC) is a longtime investor and author of a legendary essay on reference...
Insights on Capital Power Brokers from Hedge Funds to Venture Capital with Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Power Law
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Mallaby (@scmallaby) is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at t...
LatAm Digital Transformation Report from Atlantico
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julio Vasconcellos (@JulioV), managing partner at Atlantico, and Ana Martins (@martinsg_ana), partne...
Opportunities in Public Health Investing with Gurdane Bhutani and Zeshan Muhammedi
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gurdane Bhutani and Zeshan Muhammedi are co-founders and GPs at MBX, a VC firm investing in early-st...
The Future of Retail with Lee Hnetinka
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lee Hnetinka, founder and CEO of Future and Darkstore, joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Rela...
CIO Series: Wealth Management Platforms, Private Investment Strategies, and the Current (non-Twitter) Macro Outlook with Cameron Dawson
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer at NewEdge Wealth, joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor...
Opportunities at the intersection of software and hardware in national development projects with Prescott Watson
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prescott Watson (@prescottwatson) joins Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi), head of investor relations at...
Mark Cuban on Disrupting Healthcare, Trends in AI, and Randomness
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Cuban (@mcuban) joins Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi), head of investor relations at Village Glob...
Disrupting VC Benchmarking and Closing The LP-GP Information Gap with Eric Woo and Spencer Tyson
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Woo (@ericjwoo), co-founder and CEO of Revere, and Spencer Tyson (@SpencerGTyson), Head of Inve...
Investing Across Cycles, Tech Transformation, and Partnering Effectively with Entrepreneurs with Jon Korngold
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Korngold joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Relations, on this episode. Jon is the Global ...
Tokenizing Film Finance with Marc Iserlis
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Iserlis is a film/TV producer and documentary filmmaker joins Village Global's Head of Investor...
The Startup of You: Navigating Status Dynamics, Name Dropping, and Lessons on Hustle
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Casnocha (@bencasnocha) and Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) are co-authors of The Startup of You: Ad...
The Startup of You: How To Reference Check, Taking Smart Risks, and Lessons from Airbnb
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Casnocha (@bencasnocha) and Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) are co-authors of The Startup of You: Ad...
The Intersection of Technology and Media with Louise Story
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Story (@louisestory) most recently was the Chief News Strategist and Chief Product & Tech...
Creating a Talent Marketplace with David Boehmer
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Boehmer (@DavBoehmer) speaks to Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi) about the talent intermediation ...
Talent Identification, Hierarchies, and Clustering with Rohit Krishnan
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rohit Krishnan (@krishnanrohit), venture capitalist and author of the blog Strange Loop Cannon, join...
Thematic investing in fertility and semiconductor sectors at Recharge, technonationalism, and lessons from David Swensen with Lorin Gu
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lorin Gu, founding partner of Recharge Capital, joins Olga Serhiyevich, Head of Investor Relations a...
Alex Chalunkal on Structured Equity and The Current Investing Environment
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Chalunkal is Chief Investment Officer at a family office where he manages a $1B+ portfolio focu...
Ian Bremmer on The Intersection of Geopolitics and Technology
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bremmer (@ianbremmer), president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media joins Olga Serhiye...
The Future of the Space Economy with Mo Islam
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mo Islam (@itsmoislam), co-founder of Payload Space, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this epis...
Dual Use Tech with Ari Schuler and Andrea Garrity
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ari Schuler, CEO of goTenna, and Andrea Garrity, Chief Growth Officer of goTenna, join Lucas Bagno a...
Unbundling K-12 Education with Joe Connor of Odyssey
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Connor (@josephjconnor), founder of Odyssey (@WithOdyssey_), joins Anne Dwane and Lucas Bagno on...
Spacecraft Manufacturing with Apex’s Ian Cinnamon and Max Benassi
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnamon), co-founder and CEO of Apex Space, and Max Benassi (@mxbenassi), co-foun...
A Deep Dive on SBIRs with Ben Van Roo
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Van Roo (@DavidNorthStar), co-founder and CEO of Yurts AI, joins Lucas Bagno on this episode of ...
Deep Nishar’s Lessons From Building Products at Google and LinkedIn
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Deep Nishar (@deepnishar), Managing Director at General Catalyst and formerly of LinkedIn and Google...
Reimagining The Kill Chain with Christian Brose
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Brose (@cdbrose), Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril and author of The Kill Chain, joins Lu...
Restoring Dynamism in a Decadent Society with Ross Douthat
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT), New York Times columnist and author of The Decadent Society, joins Lucas...
Data-Driven Insights on Venture Capital with Steve Kim
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Kim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenrkim/), Partner and head of Investment Strategy at Verd...
Innovating in National Security with Raj Shah
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Raj Shah, Managing Partner at Shield Capital, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode. Ta...
The State of Digital Transformation in Latin America in 2022
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Julio Vasconcellos and Ana Martins, partners at Atlantico, join Anne Dwane and Lucas Bagno on this e...
Mike Brown on How To Ensure The US Leads Defense Innovation
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Brown, former director of the Defense Innovation Unit, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on th...
Investing in Defense with Alex Moore
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Moore (@AustinGiraffe), investor at 8VC and board member at Palantir, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian...
Web 3 Series: Bringing Smart Contracts to Bitcoin with Muneeb Ali
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Muneeb Ali (@muneeb), co-founder of Stacks, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Muneeb says that...
Web 3 Series: Building a Decentralized Social Network with Dan Romero of Farcaster
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Romero (@dwr) of Farcaster joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Dan says that his first love ...
The Rare Earths Threat with Nathan Picarsic
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Picarsic, co-founder of Horizon Advisory, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode ...
Web 3 Series: The Transformative Power of Smart Contracts with Joel Monegro
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Monegro (@jmonegro), partner at Placeholder, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Every fina...
Steve Blank on Rebuilding the Department of Defense
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Blank (@sgblank), creator of Hacking For Defense and author of 4 Steps To The Epiphany, joins ...
Antonio Garcia-Martinez on Why Ads are an Inevitable Part of Web 3
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Antonio Garcia-Martinez (@antoniogm), author of The Pull Request, joins Erik Torenberg and Ian Cinna...
Web 3 Series: The Trillion Dollar Opportunity to Reshape Money with Avichal Garg
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Avichal Garg (@avichal), founder of Electric Capital, joins Erik on this episode. Takeaways:- Downtu...
Web3 Series: The Next Chapter for DAOs, Gaming, and Crypto Communities with Jeff Morris Jr.
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Morris Jr. (@jmj), investor at Chapter One, joins Erik Torenberg and co-host Ian Cinnamon. Take...
Our Hypersonic Future with Hermeus’ AJ Piplica
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AJ Piplica (@AJ_Piplica), founder and CEO of Hermeus, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this epi...
Building a World-Changing Labor Marketplace with Mike Shebat of Traba
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Shebat (@mike_sheb), co-founder and CEO of Traba, joins Erik Torenberg and Lucas Bagno on this ...
SBIRs, PORs, and Lobbyists with Peter Newell
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Newell (@PeterANewell), CEO of BMNT, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this episode of Sol...
Web3 Series: JD Ross and 3LAU on How Royal is Transforming The Artist-Fan Relationship
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
JD Ross (@justindross) and Justin Blau (@3LAU), co-founders of Royal, join Erik Torenberg and co-hos...
Erik Torenberg on How Startups Can Help Save The World
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg), co-founder and general partner at Village Global and co-founder and...
Web3 Series: The State of Crypto in 2022 with Tushar Jain
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tushar Jain (@TusharJain_), co-founder and managing partner of Multicoin Capital, joins Erik on this...
The Future Industrial Network with Hondo Geurts
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James “Hondo” Geurts, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acqui...
Web3 Series: Haseeb Qureshi on Navigating The Bear Market and The Next Chapter for Crypto
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Haseeb Qureshi (@hosseeb), managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, joins Erik for an episode of our W...
Noah Smith's Deep Dive on the Chinese Economy
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
- The narrative that China can do no wrong and why Noah says it is out of date at this point.- The l...
Jacob Helberg on China’s Global Influence
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), foreign policy expert and author of The Wires of War, joins Lucas Bag...
Tyler Cowen on Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) is an economist, professor, and best-selling author. His latest book, Tale...
Back to the Basics: Building in a Downturn with Geoff Lewis
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Geoff Lewis (@GeoffLewisOrg), founder at Bedrock, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Hi...
Bilal Zuberi on Unifying America
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bilal Zuberi (@bznotes), partner at Lux Capital, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:- Bil...
Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst on Responsible Innovation, Un-scaling & Thriving in regulated industries
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hemant Taneja (@htaneja), managing partner at General Catalyst and author of Intended Consequences, ...
Laura Crabtree on Space Software
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Crabtree (@llcrabbie), founder and CEO of Epsilon3, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon on this...
The PayPal Story: What can we learn from the journey of Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, David Sacks, and others?
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Soni (@jimmyasoni), author of The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shap...
Joshua Steinman on Unrestricted Warfare
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joshua Steinman (@JoshuaSteinman), founder and CEO of Galvanick, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon ...
Alex Iskold of 2048 Ventures and 1kproject.org to support Ukrainians
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Iskold, co-founder and managing partner at 2048 Ventures and creator of 1kproject.org, joins An...
Martin Gurri on Authority’s Reaction to The Revolt of the Public
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Gurri (@mgurri), author of The Revolt of the Public, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to di...
Manufacturing The American Dream with Chris Power of Hadrian
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Power (@2112Power), founder and CEO of Hadrian, joins Lucas Bagno and Ian Cinnamon to discuss:...
Reinventing American Manufacturing: Katherine Boyle (a16z), Josh Wolfe (Lux), Chris Power (Hadrian)
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Power (@2112Power), founder and CEO of Hadrian, Katherine Boyle (@KTmBoyle), partner at a16z, ...
America Next with Mike Maples
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Maples (@m2jr), founding partner at Floodgate, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnam...
Why Healthtech Today is Like Fintech 5 Years Ago with Ayo Omojola
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ayo Omojola (https://www.linkedin.com/in/omojola/), SVP of Product at Carbon Health, joins Anne Dwan...
The Space Economy with Delian Asparouhov
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar), co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, ...
Tech, Federalism, Procurement, & Starlink with Katherine Boyle, a16z
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine Boyle (@KTmBoyle), GP at a16z, joins Anne Dwane (@adwane) and Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) ...
Lessons From Top Execs: Cristina Cordova (ex-Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion)
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cristina Cordova was the 28th employee at Stripe and grew their partnerships arm from the ground up....
Why Defense Matters with Trae Stephens
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trae Stephens (@traestephens), co-founder at Anduril and partner at Founders Fund joins Lucas Bagno ...
Lessons From Top Execs: Richard Ni (Head of People at Scale AI, ex-Head of Recruiting at Cruise)
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Ni is the current Head of People at Scale AI after being the first recruiting hire at Cruise...
How Tech Can Help Defend The US with Josh Wolfe
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Village Global's Solarpunk is a new podcast series about technology, space, and defense. We discuss ...
Fundraising and The State of Seed Investing with Semil Shah
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Semil Shah (@semil), investor at Haystack and venture partner at Lightspeed, joins Lucas Bagno to di...
Lessons From Top Execs: Michal Cieplinski (CBO Pipe, ex-General Counsel at Fundbox)
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michal Cieplinski is the Chief Business Officer at Pipe. He has also spent time as General Counsel a...
Tokenization, Ownership, and Web3 with David Sneider and Stephen McKeon
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Sneider (@davidlsneider), of Lit Protocol, and Stephen McKeon (@sbmckeon), partner at Collab+C...
Lessons From Top Execs: Olivia Chen (ex-Head of Supply, Product at Faire)
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia Chen was most recently Head of Product at Faire. She joined Faire as their first ops/business...
Lessons From Top Execs: Sarah Smith (Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, ex-VP at Quora, ex-Director at Facebook)
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Smith is currently a partner at Bain Capital Ventures after an early career of building elite ...
The State of Fintech in 2022 with Sheel Mohnot
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi), founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) of V...
Lessons From Top Execs: Anne Dwane (co-founder Village Global, ex-CBO at Chegg)
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Dwane is co-founder and partner at Village Global. She was previously CEO at Zinch, a network c...