a16z Podcast: Boards and the Power of Networks
It's easy to argue for "choosing possibility" when it comes to addressing diversity and inclusion in tech when certain people have access to networks and others don't. BoardList -- more of a talent ma...
29 Okt 201522min
a16z Podcast: Holy Non Sequiturs, Batman: What Disruption Theory Is ... and Isn't
Disruption is such an overused buzzword. But the word itself does have meaning: As defined by the Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries, it is a "disturbance...that interrupts an event, activity, or...
24 Okt 201536min
a16z Podcast: What Comes After the Smartphone
Technology is a progression of new ideas and new platforms gobbling up the one that came before. In the world of computers we went from mainframes to mini computers to PCs. And then came the mobile ph...
22 Okt 201522min
a16z Podcast: Belief -- An Interview with Oprah Winfrey
This special episode of the a16z Podcast is based on a Q&A from an early screening we hosted of OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network)'s "Belief", which just premiered and airs over seven consecutive nights. Thi...
16 Okt 201528min
a16z Podcast: Dell + EMC -- Why the Python Just Ate the Cow
We just witnessed the largest acquisition in tech history, and before Dell made it happen, it would have been hard to imagine. Not so much that the two companies would come together, but that the much...
16 Okt 201536min
a16z Podcast: AMPLab, the Power of Open Source, and the Future of Systems Software
The place where Apache Spark was born, UC Berkeley’s AMPLab has not just created a major open source software platform, it’s spun out more than its share of ground-breaking companies (full disclosure:...
14 Okt 201542min
a16z Podcast: The Role of Academia in the Startup World
Getting denied another round of NSF funding in the early days of Mosaic turned out to be a huge catalyst to start a company around the fledgling web browser, says Marc Andreessen. That company was Net...
13 Okt 201546min
a16z Podcast: How Big Companies Can Get the Most From Silicon Valley
There is a stream of the world's largest companies coming to Silicon Valley looking for innovation. But how do they find it, and then, how do they bring it back home? a16z's Elizabeth Weil joins this ...
9 Okt 201516min
