a16z Podcast: Using Social Tools to Build Homes for Those Most in Need
Brett Hagler was on a trip to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake where he saw too many of those displaced by the natural disaster still living in tattered blue-tarp shelters. What struck Hagler was the n...
28 Nov 201525min
a16z Podcast: The Data Science of Food and Taste
The best cooks know cooking a meal is all about having a plan (and a back-up plan if things go south); get the cooking out of the way, and then you can enjoy your family and friends -- the most import...
25 Nov 201519min
a16z Podcast: Data Down on the Farm
Farmers are among the best hackers in the business. They can fix anything, and are endlessly tweaking their approach to a business that is up against the strongest force on the planet: nature. As adop...
24 Nov 201530min
a16z Podcast: The Future of Food
Rob Rhinehart, like most startup entrepreneurs, was strapped for cash and time as developed his ideas and ultimately a company. What stood out to Rhinehart in that all-consuming and ongoing process wa...
24 Nov 201532min
a16z Podcast: On Recent IPOs and Comparing Private vs. Public Valuations
It's hip to be Square right now. Or is it? How do we assess whether it -- and other recent IPOs -- went well, not just for investors but overall? In this episode of the a16z Podcast, Nicole Irvin and ...
21 Nov 201544min
a16z Podcast: London Calling for Tech Done in a Different Way
If the U.K. is to continue its economic march onward and upward, technology needs to play an increasing role, say Martha Lane Fox (that's Baroness of Soho Lane-Fox in more public settings) and Russell...
20 Nov 201541min
a16z Podcast: Defeating Aging with Aubrey de Grey
There are those who would say that Aubrey de Grey is out to cure death, but what this former artificial intelligence specialist turned gerontologist is really focused on is health -- and the side effe...
19 Nov 201527min
a16z Podcast: Fintech from the World's Financial Capital -- London
The title of world's financial capital bounces back and forth between London and New York. This year London has bragging rights, but does being the word's center of gravity for finance mean so-called ...
17 Nov 201541min
