a16z Podcast: Finally a Tablet that Replaces Your Laptop
When the iPad first came out in 2010 there was chatter that went in two directions: It’s just a big iPhone I’ll never carry a laptop again Both were wrong. The big iPhone comment was quickly dispell...
28 Apr 201627min
a16z Podcast: Connectivity and the Internet as Supply Chain
Our first instinct as technologists or users of technology is to think of 'connectivity' as digital connectivity -- the internet, our smartphone. But the internet is just the latest in a long line of ...
22 Apr 201632min
a16z Podcast: Bots and Beyond
So... about those bots. Bots bots bots. Bots! In this episode of the botcast, a16z partners Benedict Evans and Connie Chan -- along with Chris Messina, longtime advocate of the open web and more -- pu...
19 Apr 201648min
a16z Podcast: Selling to Developers & Open Source Business Models
Developers are more than just influencers inside the enterprise -- they're now buyers, too. That's a huge shift from before, when only IT and other departments had that kind of purchasing power. (It's...
14 Apr 201625min
a16z Podcast: The Why, How, and When of Sales
The hallmark of many great technical founder/CEOs is that they envision a better way of doing things, and that's why they're building a company that delivers on that better way, often disrupting the w...
8 Apr 201640min
a16z Podcast: Teams, Trust, and Object Lessons
Some of the best management books are actually military books, argues Ben Horowitz. There's just a certain mental toughness and focus that that experience gives you, adds Dick Costolo based on his obs...
2 Apr 201627min
a16z Podcast: Investing in (Business and Career) Change
Most investors try to invest in things that don't change and last forever -- Warren Buffett for example loves Heinz ketchup! But VC is about investing in things that do change... a lot. How does this ...
25 Mar 201628min
a16z Podcast: Scaling Companies and Culture
In this episode of the a16z Podcast sharing more founder stories, Ben Horowitz interviews a16z partner Lars Dalgaard about SuccessFactors, one of the earlier software-as-a-service companies. (It was f...
17 Mar 201626min
