a16z Podcast: Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent
In many ways, managing startups is about managing uncertainty: in product, market, and... people. So what happens when changes in the business require changes -- and sometimes reductions -- in the wor...
26 Touko 201629min
a16z Podcast: Automation, Jobs, & the Future of Work (and Income)
There's no question automation is taking over more and more aspects of work and some jobs altogether. But we're now entering a "third era" of automation, one which went from taking over dangerous work...
23 Touko 201626min
a16z Podcast: Innovation vs. Invention at Google I/O
Innovation or invention? Platform or app? Vertical or horizontal? Strategy or tactic? Does the smartphone eat VR? And (not to get all existential about it or anything but), what is an app, really? a16...
20 Touko 201626min
a16z Podcast: Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform
One of the most important lessons of the internet age is what happens when we give people -- including companies, developers, engineers, hobbyists, and yes, even a few bad (or dumb) actors -- a new pl...
18 Touko 201640min
a16z Podcast: The Cloud and The Public Sector
It almost seems like gospel -- or at least a given -- today for startups to embrace the cloud. Services like AWS have powered an entire generation of startups that can now spin up new applications, ne...
17 Touko 201629min
a16z Podcast: The Art of the Regulatory Hack
If the next 20 years of startup-led tech innovation are going to be about addressing massive problems -- like health, energy, transportation, cities, education, and more -- it will mean more directly ...
17 Touko 201634min
a16z Podcast: On Productivity, Immigration, Trump, and Media
Sometimes, our career paths are accidental not intentional... but then it all fits together and makes perfect sense in hindsight. This was especially true for Ezra Klein, who went from writing for his...
12 Touko 201640min
a16z Podcast: On Corporate Venturing & Setting Up 'Innovation Outposts'
Every big technological shift (per Carlota Perez) brings with a structural shift too — an “institutional adjustment” in how companies innovated and build new products, according to Steve Blank and Eva...
11 Touko 201631min
