a16z Podcast: Security's Painful Prominence and Why There is No Turning Back -- with Marc Andreessen
Cyber attacks are growing in number and impact, and the reason is simple: there's more of value (and more vectors to) steal in our increasingly virtual world. So how are we to continue to move forward...
31 Maalis 201534min
a16z Podcast: How to Lead, Not Manage Your Board
As the CEO of a startup your board is a critical tool in helping your company grow; the board is there to make you a better CEO. (Or at least it should be.) But how do you best leverage your board’s e...
26 Maalis 201548min
a16z Podcast: Public or Private? Finding the Right Board Seat
Getting a board seat isn't just about adding value, but also about what value you take from it for your career. But why do it? When? How? And should you focus on a public or private company? To answer...
25 Maalis 201529min
a16z Podcast: The Truth about Serving on Boards (with Diane Greene and Marc Andreessen)
Diane Greene -- who is on the boards of Google and Intuit -- has some golden rules when it comes to serving on boards. No 1: “You don’t want to tell them how to do strategy, whether it’s a big company...
20 Maalis 201550min
a16z Podcast: Building a Better Board
Of the 371 board seats that opened up last year (within Fortune 500 companies that is), 39% ended up going to first-time board members. So how did they pull it off? What are some strategies for landin...
16 Maalis 201531min
a16z Podcast: What the Apple Watch Is -- and Isn't
As technology outgrows the tech industry, it moves from selling utilitarian products to selling things that fulfill other desires or pleasures. The Apple Watch is a perfect example of this market shif...
11 Maalis 201514min
a16z Podcast: Embracing Sales
Companies founded by a group of engineers often have a deep-seated mistrust of sales -- or more precisely, salespeople. That was the case at GitHub, says CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath: It wasn't ...
5 Maalis 201523min
a16z Podcast: Getting Sales Right
It may seem like good apps or services sell themselves. That's what the whole viral thing is all about, right? Wrong, says Daniel Shapero, who helped build LinkedIn's enterprise sales team from a smal...
4 Maalis 201528min
