a16z Podcast: Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation
The internet as it has evolved in the United States is perhaps the best example of “permissionless innovation” -- the idea that you can innovate without first waiting for permission or clearance. And ...
17 Syys 201522min
a16z Podcast: The Best Way To Be Smart ... Is To Not Be Stupid
Legendary investor Charlie Munger (Warren Buffett's financial partner and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway) invokes a set of interdisciplinary "mental models" involving economics, business, psychol...
11 Syys 201532min
a16z Podcast: Apple Has Lock on Luxury Smartphones, But Not Business of TV
Apple has once again shown it absolutely dominates the high-end for smartphones, and no other company is likely to knock it from its perch in the near term, says a16z's Benedict Evans. But does it con...
10 Syys 201526min
a16z Podcast: Code and Culture in South Central Los Angeles
South Central Los Angeles -- which includes Watts and Compton -- in many ways still hasn’t recovered from the Rodney King riots of 1992. In South Central L.A. there isn’t the same opportunity found el...
7 Syys 20157min
a16z Podcast: Crypto, Security, CS, Quantum Computing, and More with Our New Professor-in-Residence
Many of the most successful companies have their foundations in university labs -- from data science to the web browser itself. Yet the process of moving from research project to successful startup is...
5 Syys 201547min
a16z Podcast: Hard Forks, Hard Choices for Bitcoin
a16z’s Chris Dixon and Mike Hearn talked about all things bitcoin on the a16z Podcast a couple months ago, including an issue that has bitcoin developers on edge these days: the question of how best t...
2 Syys 201527min
a16z Podcast: Connecting People with Digital Work, the Gig Economy, and More
Can digital work fight poverty? Can companies be profitable and also do social good -- especially in a society where the proxy for value is capital and much of that value accrues to platforms? And fin...
31 Elo 201537min
a16z Podcast: Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff
Longtime New York Times technology and science writer John Markoff joins the a16z Podcast to discuss our changing relationship with technology and machines ... as well as the changing nature of Silico...
28 Elo 201540min
