a16z Podcast: How One Startup Went from Being Banned by Regulators to Being Open for Business
When (now) two-year-old startup Zenefits was banned in Utah because it offered its HR management software for free, CEO and co-founder Parker Conrad felt upset, anxious, and scared. Especially because...
24 Apr 201517min
a16z Podcast: The Five Stages of Bitcoin -- Disdain, Dismissal, Curiosity, Oh F**k!, and Acceptance
Bitcoin has not been easy for Wall Street and other traditional financial centers to wrap their collective heads around, let alone take seriously. But that has changed recently, argue authors Michael ...
23 Apr 201522min
a16z Podcast: How Hacks Happen (Let’s Just Say Mistakes Have Been Made)
It seems like we hear about corporate (not to mention consumer) hacks in the news every week. Is this something new, or just a continuation of old patterns and we just happen to be hearing about it mo...
18 Apr 201528min
a16z Podcast: Tackling Senior Care with Help from Technology
It is something we all face -- the prospect of taking care of a parent (or two) when they can't quite take care of themselves. For Seth Sternberg, part of the founding team of messaging service Meebo ...
10 Apr 201521min
a16z Podcast: Messaging is the Medium
The potential to turn messaging into a platform is driving much of the excitement in mobile, says a16z’s Benedict Evans. It's a platform through which other apps flow (and where all the users get aggr...
3 Apr 201525min
a16z Podcast: Security's Painful Prominence and Why There is No Turning Back -- with Marc Andreessen
Cyber attacks are growing in number and impact, and the reason is simple: there's more of value (and more vectors to) steal in our increasingly virtual world. So how are we to continue to move forward...
31 Mar 201534min
a16z Podcast: How to Lead, Not Manage Your Board
As the CEO of a startup your board is a critical tool in helping your company grow; the board is there to make you a better CEO. (Or at least it should be.) But how do you best leverage your board’s e...
26 Mar 201548min
a16z Podcast: Public or Private? Finding the Right Board Seat
Getting a board seat isn't just about adding value, but also about what value you take from it for your career. But why do it? When? How? And should you focus on a public or private company? To answer...
25 Mar 201529min
