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How To Create a Successful Online Course with Andrew Barry Feb 02, 2021

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Andrew Barry (@Bazzaruto), program director for On Deck Course Creators, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- The history of online courses and why they’ve exploded in the past few years.
- What the On Deck Course Creators program is and what people can expect to get out of it.
- The two key things you need to get right when creating an online course.
- Common misconceptions that people have about what it takes to build one.
- How to think about monetization.
- The future of the ODCC program.
*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.
Learn more and apply at www.villageglobal.vc/accelerator!
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Investing in New Asset Classes and The Future of Venture with Ali Hamed and Brian Harwitt Jan 31, 2021

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Ali Hamed (@AliBHamed) and Brian Harwitt (@bharwitt) of CoVenture join Erik on this episode to discuss:
- Their new fund, Crossbeam Venture Partners, and what they’re investing in.
- The types of new asset classes they’re looking at and why these are often “a better version of something old school.”
- Their thoughts on investing in creators.
- The merits of equity vs. other forms of capital from a founder’s perspective.
- Why they’re excited about roll-ups.
- How venture is evolving and their thoughts on valuations.
- The future of ISAs.
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Online Communities, Hardware, and Investing Frameworks with Nabeel Hyatt Jan 28, 2021

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Nabeel Hyatt (@nabeel), investor at Spark Capital, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded as part of an On Deck Angels event. They discuss:
- His path to becoming an investor.
- Why he likens being a VC to being a middle manager at a large conglomerate company.
- How he thinks about frameworks for investing.
- How to quickly get up to speed on spaces that are new to you as an investor.
- Why there are so few hardware companies at scale and why he’s investing in the space.
- Why he’s long on online communities.
- Why gaming pioneers so many new business models.
- Thoughts on his anti-portfolio.
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How To Become a Great Speaker and Storyteller with Robbie Crabtree Jan 26, 2021

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Robbie Crabtree (@robbiecrab), founder of On Deck Performative Speaking, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- The importance of conveying emotion to an audience.
- Communicating in a Zoom world.
- How he uses pop culture as inspiration.
- Common misconceptions people have about being a great speaker.
- The ingredients of a great story.
- What people can expect to learn during the On Deck Performative Speaking Fellowship.
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Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn’s Advice on Hiring, Fundraising, Scaling, and more Jan 24, 2021

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Michelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn), co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha for a masterclass with our founders in late 2020.
They discussed:
- The origin story of Cloudflare, including how the co-founders met, and how Michelle realized that she too could start a company.
- Her advice on fundraising after raising more than $300M for Cloudflare, including why you should keep the rest of the VC partnership in mind, and how to show rather than tell in your pitch.
- How they found the best talent, including why their blog brought them plenty of inbound interest, and why searching far and wide around the globe for engineers helped them build their team quickly.
- Why they don’t use recruiters at Cloudflare.
- How to turn a weakness into a strength.
- How to process feedback and when it makes sense to ignore it.
- Stories of extreme frugality in the early days of the company, including building their own Ikea desks.
- How an emotional response by customers helped them know they had product-market fit.
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The Psychology of Money with Morgan Housel Jan 21, 2021

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Morgan Housel (@morganhousel), partner at Collaborative Fund, and author of the book The Psychology of Money, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- Why it’s not realistic to be rational and an investor should aim to be merely reasonable instead.
- What people don’t understand about compounding.
- The difference between getting wealthy and staying wealthy.
- Bets on what is going to change vs. what is not going to change.
- Why people overestimate the benefit that money brings to them.
- The value of owning your time.
- What we can learn from the partnership of Buffett and Munger.
- His advice on resisting the allure of pessimism.
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Marc Andreessen and Erik Torenberg on How To Fix Higher Education Jan 19, 2021

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Marc Andreessen of a16z (@pmarca) and Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) joined Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk) and Aarthi Ramamurthy (@aarthir) on their Good Time show on Clubhouse.
Topics discussed:
- Why college is broken.
- The reasons for the lack of innovation.
- Why it’s so hard for colleges to be disrupted.
- How college could be unbundled.
- New approaches that are being tried in the space.
- How On Deck is creating a new type of education experience.
To listen to Marc speak more fully on the topic of education, please go to a16z.com/educationquestion.
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Calm.com CEO on How He Built the World's #1 Meditation App Jan 16, 2021

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Michael Acton Smith, co-founder and co-CEO of Calm, joined Ben Casnocha, co-founder and partner of Village Global, at a special virtual masterclass for Village Global founders, Network Leaders, and friends of the firm. They discussed:
- How Michael got into meditation, his personal practice, and meditating together as a company.
- The story of the early days of Calm, including their fundraising journey and how they acquired their first users.
- How to maintain confidence when everyone thinks what you’re doing is crazy, and how a great co-founder can help you.
- Why business is like surfing and how to balance the tension of pursuing a huge market with remaining focused on a specific use case.
- How to build a mentally healthy team.
- What he would have done differently if he was doing everything over again.
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How To Supercharge Your Career in Design with Mindaugas Petrutis and Jeff Anders Jan 12, 2021

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Mindaugas Petrutis, head of the On Deck Design Fellowship, and Jeff Anders (Hilnbrand) (@jeffand_), Co-Founder of Ambrook, join Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The On Deck Design Fellowship.
- The five I’s of design.
- How to think about the forks in the road you’ll face as a designer.
- Whether to move into management or continue as an individual contributor.
- What you will get out of the ODD Fellowship.
- How to think about transitioning to a specific vertical as a designer.
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The Future of Online Advertising with Hikari Senju of Omneky Jan 11, 2021

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Hikari Senju (@hisenju), founder of Omneky, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The state of online advertising today.
- Why Hikari started Omneky, how it works, and how it’s helping small businesses.
- Advances in AI and computer vision and how they’re impacting advertising.
- What it means when he says the cost of attention is getting to be higher than the cost of content.
- How antitrust is changing the marketplace for online ads.
- Opportunities for investors in the space.
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