a16z Podcast: The Future of Entertainment and What David Petraeus and the Olsen Twins Can Teach Us
If there’s one business on planet earth that makes Silicon Valley look sober and level-headed it’s Hollywood, says Marc Andreessen. Hollywood and Silicon Valley meet in this segment of the pod which f...
25 Touko 201519min
a16z Podcast: Finding and Hiring for (Expectations) Fit on Both Sides
"Fit" is this squishy idea that a person, role, and company are a perfect match. But how do you tease out expectations and motivations from both sides of the hiring equation -- candidates and founding...
22 Touko 201528min
a16z Podcast: Hiring is Hard -- Here’s How to Do it Right
LinkedIn may seem like a gift both for job seekers and hirers, but it's not enough. When (and how) should your company develop a process to attract -- and close -- the best people? In this segment of ...
21 Touko 201520min
a16z Podcast: Which Bitcoin Players Matter?
Users, entrepreneurs, and investors are harnessing bitcoin’s "workaday utility" in Argentina, a place where bitcoin is arguably more widespread among everyday people than anywhere else. What condition...
19 Touko 201521min
a16z Podcast: Why SaaS Revenue is Worth More Than Traditional Software Sales
Andreessen Horowitz Managing Partner Scott Kupor and NetSuite CFO Ron Gill get into the weeds on SaaS valuations, and how public and private SaaS companies think differently about the recurring revenu...
16 Touko 201526min
a16z Podcast: Verizon Plus AOL -- Why? -- The Short Answer is Mobile
The battle of the pipes has shifted to mobile. Verizon caught plenty of people by surprise when it announced it was buying AOL for $4.4 billion in cash (the cash part deserves a short moment to sink i...
12 Touko 201512min
a16z Podcast: Good Bubbles, Bad Bubbles -- and Where Unicorns Come from
Venture capital and investing in startups is the (modern) classic case of decision making under uncertainty. As new players and sources of capital enter the market, however, how do we hedge against th...
11 Touko 201535min
a16z Podcast: Making Security More Useable
The days of cramming security down employees’ throats or sending out best-practices advice emails are over. “You have to make security more useable,” says Pindrop CEO and co-founder Vijay Balasubraman...
8 Touko 201530min
