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
a16z Podcast: The Marketplace Rules
Online marketplaces are growing much faster than e-commerce overall. Why is that? And what new kinds of marketplaces powered by the internet and mobile are we now seeing? a16z's Jeff Jordan and Anu Ha...
18 Helmi 201526min
a16z Podcast: Tools for How We Work Today
You've heard the story: Slack began as a game. But almost exactly 1 year ago today, the internal tool the team built for its own use became a team communication app that anyone (and especially enterpr...
11 Helmi 201538min
a16z Podcast: Searching for Mobile's Third OS
Consumers seem content with the mobile duopoly we currently have. So what can be gained from a third mobile operating system? If it's an open computing platform, argues Cyanogen CEO and co-founder Kir...
7 Helmi 201522min
