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Building Mind-Controlled Bionic Arms with Tyler Hayes Oct 06, 2020

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Tyler Hayes (@thetylerhayes), CEO of Atom Limbs, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- His mission to create mind-controlled bionic arms at Atom Limbs.
- How the company came to be.
- What enables this technology at this point in time.
- How the tech transfer process works from university to commercial application.
- Lessons learned on commercializing something like this.
- The bottlenecks to innovation in the area.
- Why he is intent on curing death.
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The Untold History of the Internet with Chris Castiglione Oct 04, 2020

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Chris Castiglione (@castig), co-founder of One Month, adjunct professor at Columbia, and author of a new book on decentralization called The Untold History of the Internet.
- Why the launch of the Sputnik satellite spurred the creation of the internet.
- The early days of the internet as a publicly funded program.
- Why innovation has moved from government to private industry over the decades.
- How decentralization became part of the ethos of the internet and why that has changed over time.
- How data network effects led to the oligopolies seen among internet companies and whether this could have been different.
- Recommendation engines and their effects on how we find truth.
- How he would reform the regulation of the internet.
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Investing During the Global Crisis with Alfred Chuang and Chris McCann of Race Capital Oct 01, 2020

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Alfred Chuang and Chris McCann (@mccannatron) of Race Capital joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- Where they were investing during COVID and how to find opportunities in a crisis.
- Where they’re excited in the crypto space in 2020.
- Thoughts on valuations and why they have remained high.
- IPOs, SPACs, and the Long-Term Stock Exchange.
- Why they’re not concerned about a bubble.
- How the enterprise space has evolved over time.
- Their take on remote and how COVID will change how companies operate.
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Elad Gil and Kevin Hartz on Angel Investing, SPACs, and The Evolution of Venture Sep 29, 2020

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Elad Gil (@eladgil), entrepreneur and investor, and Kevin Hartz (@kevinhartz), investor and co-founder of Eventbrite, join Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- What they think is special about each other’s investing abilities.
- How certain people are able to stay relevant in every investing cycle.
- Kevin’s latest venture and the path he took to start it.
- SPACs and their advantages.
- How to find your own angel investing style.
- How venture will change in the next ten years.
- Elad’s COVID investment thesis.
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Keith Rabois and Jacob Helberg on The US-China Cold War, The Election, and Silicon Valley Sep 27, 2020

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Keith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, and Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), senior advisor at Stanford Cyber, adjunct fellow at CSIS, and formerly of Google, join Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- Why the US is indeed in a cold war with China.
- The roles of DC and Silicon Valley in this new cold war.
- The reasons for the foreign policy establishment’s dovishness on China.
- How economic foreign policy became decoupled from national foreign policy.
- TikTok, and how tech and geopolitics will intersect in the future.
- How the election might play out.
- SPACs and how going public will change in the next 12-24 months.
- The impact of COVID on valuations in public and private markets.
- How COVID impacts remote work and Silicon Valley.
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Building and Investing in Social Entertainment Products For Gen Z with Sacha Lazimi and François Meteyer Sep 24, 2020

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Sacha Lazimi (@SachaLaz), co-founder and CEO of Yubo, and François Meteyer (@FrancoisMeteyer), partner at Alven, join Erik on this episode to discuss:
- The founding of Yubo and the philosophy behind the app.
- What differentiates Gen Z from other generations.
- The future of social networks.
- Lessons for founders building in this space for this audience.
- The future of entertainment, media, and gaming, and where the investment opportunities are.
- The future of Yubo.
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Investing in SaaS and Digital Marketplaces with Point Nine Capital Sep 22, 2020

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Erik is joined on this episode by Ricardo Sequerra (@ric0seq), Pawel Chudzinski (@pawell), Christoph Janz (@chrija), and Louis Coppey (@louicop), partners at Point Nine Capital.
They discuss:
- The background of the fund and how it got started.
- Their journeys in venture so far.
- Why they have an equal partnership and how to think about when that arrangement works for a firm.
- How SaaS has evolved over the last several years.
- Which large companies might be disrupted by SaaS startups.
- Opportunities in vertical SaaS.
- How machine learning changes the landscape.
- How their thesis on digital marketplaces has evolved and why B2B SaaS is a large market.
- Other spaces they are interested in.
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Silicon Valley, Libertarianism, and Lessons From Uber with Flo Crivello Sep 20, 2020

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Flo Crivello (@altimor), former product manager and engineer at Uber, and now starting his next thing, joins Erik to discuss:
- Lessons he learned at Uber, and what he might have done differently if he were in charge of strategy.
- How transportation is evolving and who the winners in the space might be.
- Why the decentralized model works at Uber.
- What people misunderstand about the history of tech and Silicon Valley.
- Whether egalitarianism is eating the world.
- Libertarianism, government, and progress.
- His thoughts on Twitter and thinking in public.
- His book reviews and explanations of why several books in particular are powerful.
- The differences between France and the USA and why they have persisted.
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Lessons From Building Shyp and Airhouse with Kevin Gibbon Sep 17, 2020

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Kevin Gibbon (@kevingibbon), co-founder of Airhouse and formerly co-founder of Shyp, joins Erik on this episode. Airhouse provides modern, all-in-one ecommerce operations for direct-to-consumer companies.
They discuss:
- Kevin’s entrepreneurial journey and how he came to start Airhouse.
- Lessons learned from founding Shyp.
- Why entrepreneurs need to be clear about whether they are building a business that is truly VC-backable.
- COVID’s implications for ecommerce and which changes endure post-COVID.
- Which subspaces in DTC are more likely to be successful than others.
- How to start a DTC brand and how Airhouse helps.
- Why it’s so difficult to start a DTC brand these days.
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How To Start and Grow a Podcast with David Perrell, Jeff Umbro, and Sachit Gupta Sep 15, 2020

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Erik is joined on this episode by:
- David Perrell (@david_perell), of North Star Podcast
- Jeff Umbro (@jeffumbro), of Podglomerate
- Sachit Gupta (@sachitgupta), of Conscious Creators
They discuss:
- Why you should start a podcast.
- How to get a podcast off the ground.
- Why having one gives you access to people you wouldn’t otherwise have access to.
- Monetization models and the merits of each of them.
- How to ask better questions and the art of good conversation.
- How to grow your podcast over time.
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