a16z Podcast: We Gotta Talk Pokémon Go
Seemingly overnight, a single game -- Pokémon Go -- has taken people by storm. But it's a game that was technically years in the making, building on a legacy of creative intellectual property and tech...
22 Jul 201635min
a16z Podcast: Getting Network Effects
One of the biggest misconceptions around network effects (which are one of the key dynamics behind many successful and highly defensible software companies) is confusing growth with engagement. So how...
15 Jul 201648min
a16z Podcast: On Government as Software Builder, Not Just Buyer
We already know that the government is one of the largest IT buyers, but in many ways it is also an IT builder. Especially for areas where the government is doing something that no one else is doing, ...
14 Jul 201623min
a16z Podcast: Software Programs the World
"All of a sudden you can program the world" -- it's the continuation of the software eating the world thesis we put out over five years ago, and of the trajectory of past and current technology shifts...
11 Jul 201640min
a16z Podcast: Beyond One Size Fits All for Startup Employee Options
Do we need a new pay system for the way startup employees are compensated? While many people agree that the current 90-day exercise practice — an outdated relic of when companies used to go public/get...
1 Jul 201632min
a16z Podcast: When Humanity Meets A.I.
with Fei-Fei Li (@drfeifei), Frank Chen (@withfries2), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) Who has the advantage in artificial intelligence — big companies, startups, or academia? Perhaps all three, especially...
28 Jun 201638min
a16z Podcast: Fintech Revolution or Evolution?
How far along are we towards the vision of a "cashless, cardless, walletless, frictionless future" for fintech? We're not quite there yet, argued BuzzFeed News technology reporter Charlie Warzel in a ...
22 Jun 201645min
a16z Podcast: An Economics Take on the Sharing Economy
Love the term or hate it, the concept and reality of the "sharing economy" (or "gig economy" and so on) is here to stay. And in fact, argues NYU Stern professor and researcher Arun Sundararajan, it ma...
16 Jun 201628min
