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The Space Economy with Delian Asparouhov Mar 29, 2022

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Delian Asparouhov (@zebulgar), co-founder of Varda Space Industries and principal at Founders Fund, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnammon) on this episode to discuss:
- Why he says that VCs have a moral obligation to fund companies that help keep America a step ahead of its adversaries.
- Why space matters for him personally and why expanding the economic bounds of humankind is the best way to achieve all of humanity’s other goals.
- The current state of the space economy and the space supply chain, and how he sees them evolving in the future.
- Why the US is in a new space race with Russia and China.
- His advice on building a space company for aspiring founders.
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Tech, Federalism, Procurement, & Starlink with Katherine Boyle, a16z Mar 22, 2022

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Katherine Boyle (@KTmBoyle), GP at a16z, joins Anne Dwane (@adwane) and Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) on this episode to discuss:
- What needs to change inside the federal government for more contracts to go to startups.
- How startups should think about working with state and local governments.
- How trust has declined in public institutions over the last several decades and how companies can credibly step into that void by building in public and telling their own story.
- How Starlink will change where people live and how they live their offline life.
- Why, if people are laughing at you, you’re probably taking yourself seriously enough.
- What tech misunderstands about government and vice versa, including how Silicon Valley came to have a positive sum mindset and Washington ended up with a zero sum mindset.
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Lessons From Top Execs: Cristina Cordova (ex-Head of Platform & Partnerships at Notion) Mar 17, 2022

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Cristina Cordova was the 28th employee at Stripe and grew their partnerships arm from the ground up. Most recently, she led platform & partnerships at Notion, which included starting the Growth Product Team.
In this episode, we discuss how to build a partnerships team, what to look for in BD hires, and the ins and outs of successful deal-making.
Cristina is an active angel and advisor. You can hear more from her by following @cjc on Twitter.
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Hosted by: @eriktorenberg  
Produced by: @jacksonsteger

Why Defense Matters with Trae Stephens Mar 15, 2022

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Trae Stephens (@traestephens), co-founder at Anduril and partner at Founders Fund joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnamon (@iancinnamon) to discuss:
- What keeps him up at night when he looks at the US today.
- What he would change about the US government if he could wave a magic wand.
- Common mistakes made by people selling to government.
- How they think about acquisitions at Anduril.
- Advice for people looking to build in the defense space.
- What gives him hope when he thinks about the future of the US.
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Lessons From Top Execs: Richard Ni (Head of People at Scale AI, ex-Head of Recruiting at Cruise) Mar 11, 2022

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Richard Ni is the current Head of People at Scale AI after being the first recruiting hire at Cruise Automation, where he helped bring the team from 10 to 700 in three years.
Prior to leading people teams, Richard was a Software Engineer at Venmo and a Computer Science major at MIT. We discuss the unique perspective that his technical background gives him in recruiting, how to solicit genuine feedback from employees, and build a leveling system.
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Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Produced by: @jacksonsteger

How Tech Can Help Defend The US with Josh Wolfe Mar 08, 2022

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Village Global's Solarpunk is a new podcast series about technology, space, and defense. We discuss how western society will use technology to adapt to the changing global landscape. We’re inspired by the theme of solarpunk — the mindset of what the planet will look like when humanity succeeds in solving major contemporary challenges through technology.
Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh), co-founder and managing partner at Lux Capital, joins Lucas Bagno (@lucasbagnocv) and Ian Cinnamon (@IanCinnamon), investors at Village Global, to discuss:
- The problems that some of the leading companies working with the US government have been trying to solve.
- The threats that America faces today and how technology has been used by its adversaries against it.
- New domains where America is in conflict with other countries, including cyber, financial warfare, and space.
- The reinvigoration of space that has been led by SpaceX.
- Josh’s thoughts on polarization and tribalism in the US.
- What people who want to get involved in improving society should do to make a difference.
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Fundraising and The State of Seed Investing with Semil Shah Mar 03, 2022

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Semil Shah (@semil), investor at Haystack and venture partner at Lightspeed, joins Lucas Bagno to discuss:
- The trends Semil sees in the entrepreneurial landscape today: the ease of getting started as a founder, the fight for ownership among funds, and renewed attention to dilution from founders.
- How he raised his most recent fund at Haystack and how he determined what size of fund to raise.
- The lessons he’s learned about deploying funds.
- What the downturn means for fund managers.
- The state of seed investing.
- The impact of the changes to YC’s standard offer.
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Lessons From Top Execs: Michal Cieplinski (CBO Pipe, ex-General Counsel at Fundbox) Mar 02, 2022

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Michal Cieplinski is the Chief Business Officer at Pipe. He has also spent time as General Counsel and CCO at Fundbox as well as a Senior VP at Lending Club, among other roles.
He describes himself as a lawyer who has never really been a lawyer - meaning that “no” is a rare answer for him to give his fast-moving colleagues.
In this episode, we discussed the important role that a CBO plays at a high growth tech company. Michal shares tips on building legal teams, hiring speed for the rest of the org , and why you should hire for a plan, not a problem.
For anyone thinking deeply about their team’s legal function, this should be a great one.
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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale.
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Hosted by: @eriktorenberg
Guest: @m_cieplinski
Produced by: @jacksonsteger

Tokenization, Ownership, and Web3 with David Sneider and Stephen McKeon Feb 24, 2022

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David Sneider (@davidlsneider), of Lit Protocol, and Stephen McKeon (@sbmckeon), partner at Collab+Currency, join Anne Dwane to discuss:
- What Lit Protocol is, what it enables, and how it is being used today.
- The vision for a different architecture of the internet.
- How user-owned networks would work and their prospects for achieving scale.
- How tokenization allows all stakeholders to capture more of the network effects of a project.
- The biggest challenges present in Web3 and how they might be solved.
- Predictions for the progress of Web3 in the next decade.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
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Lessons From Top Execs: Olivia Chen (ex-Head of Supply, Product at Faire) Feb 24, 2022

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Olivia Chen was most recently Head of Product at Faire. She joined Faire as their first ops/business hire. By the time she left four years later, Faire had grown to over 750 employees and Olivia was managing a cross-functional team of more than 60 people.
In this episode, we discussed how to build successful referral programs, how to grow a product team, how to navigate hyper-growth as an early-stage employee, and much more.
Andrew Yu, Director of On Deck’s Product Management Fellowship, joined as a guest co-host. We hope you enjoy.
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Execs is a show for founders, operators, and pioneers who want to understand the playbooks, frameworks, and tactics that leading tech companies today have used to scale.
Share your thoughts with us on Twitter:
Hosted by: @eriktorenberg 
Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-chen-22b38960/
Guest co-host: @andrewcyu 
Produced by: @jacksonsteger
 Brought to you by: @beondeck

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