No joke, this is one of my favorite episodes we've ever done. Eugene Wei was an early employee at Hulu, so we get some details on that company for the first time, and he also worked at Flipboard and Oculus, so we get some important context especially on the future of VR and the like. But the most fascinating stories you'll hear will be about Amazon…

They're paid a fortune — but for what, exactly? What makes a good C.E.O. — and how can you even tell? Is "leadership science" a real thing — or just airport-bookstore mumbo jumbo? We put these questions to Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, Indra Nooyi, Satya Nadella, Jack Welch, Ray Dalio, Carol Bartz, David Rubenstein, and Ellen Pao. (Part 1 of a …

Stephen Dubner's conversation with the former longtime C.E.O. of General Electric, recorded for the Freakonomics Radio series “The Secret Life of a C.E.O.”Door Best Of Tech & Startups

A trip to Italy gave Dan Sullivan and his mother time to talk about life. In one conversation, she surprised him with why she had married his dad. As surprised as he was by her reason, he was equally struck by her intelligence, her thought process, and how strategic she had been. This conversation provided him with a worthwhile lesson he shares wit…

Most of you know Chamath Palihapitiya as one of the most prominent and progressive venture capitalists working today. But before forming Social Capital, Chamath was an early employee at a startup we've already covered, WinAmp; was the head of AOL's Instant Messenger product; and of course, was an early employee at Facebook.…

Yuval Noah Harari’s first book, “Sapiens,” was an international sensation. The Israeli historian’s mind-bending tour through the trump of Homo sapiens is a favorite of, among others, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Barack Obama. His new book, Homo Deus, is about what comes next for humanity — and the threat our own intelligence and creative capaci…

Before he turned 40, Nolan Bushnell founded two brands that permanently shaped the way Americans amuse themselves: the iconic video game system Atari, and the frenetic family restaurant Chuck E. Cheese's.Door Best Of Tech & Startups

Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, spell out an overlooked career path: buying a business and running it as CEO. Purchasing a small company lets you become your own boss and reap financial rewards without the risks of founding a start-up. Still, there are things you need to know. Ruback and Yudkoff are the a…

This must be my year because I've said this a few times but this definitely one of my strongest keynotes to-date. Not only is it a massive talk but it's followed by a super strong Q&A. In this episode, I discuss the beauty of entrepreneurship, the dangers of down-playing social media, my biggest failures to-date, and why a real practitioner isn’t a…

I did this interview because I wanted to know happens when one of the most successful venture capitalists becomes a startup founder.Andy Rachleff is the founder of Benchmark Capital, whose investments include Uber, Snap, eBay, and Juniper Networks.More recently, he founded Wealthfront, the automated investment firm. It invests your money with minim…

Kevin Rose talks with Elon Musk about his comics, favorite books, starting a company, and more. This is a "best of" broadcast from Kevin's Foundation series.Door Best Of Tech & Startups

Imagine, for a moment, an alternative universe: One where Netflix got disrupted by some other streaming-content company that made its DVD rental business irrelevant. But that's just a counterfactual. What happened instead is that Netflix cannibalized (or rather, "hybridized") its own core business to make room for a more strategic one given where t…

Technology companies have become a powerful way to build the future. Our goal with this series is to share advice about how you can do it, too.Door Best Of Tech & Startups

As an angel investor, as a founder, and as host of 700+ episodes of TWiST, Jason constantly receives questions from founders and superfans. Today, he answers 15 -- from how to passively support viable startups if you have a day job to best fundraising advice, from how much confidentiality founders should expect, to tips for female entrepreneurs to …

Ben and James discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto, the problem with regulation, and why Facebook needs exactly that.Door Best Of Tech & Startups

Peter Diamandis is the founder of the XPRIZE Foundation and co-author of Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World and Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You ThinkThe Cheat Sheet: What does the future hold for human longevity, space colonization, artificial intelligence, and beyond? How can we adapt -- individually and as a society …

The hardest thing about pivots (major shifts in company/product direction) isn't just the actual pivot. It's the courage to make the decision... and being honest with yourself as a CEO. Especially since, no matter how great the team or board or even customers may be, it's lonely: You're the only one in the position to synthesize the knowledge; nobo…

Bloomberg Tech journalist Brad Stone talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his latest book, "The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World." Stone argues that the stories of Uber and Airbnb are intertwined tales of competition, disruption and regulatory drama, and that both companies have…

Adam Robinson has made a lifelong study of outflanking and outsmarting the competition. He is a rated chess master who was awarded a Life Title by the United States Chess Federation. As a teenager, he was personally mentored by Bobby Fischer in the 18 months leading up to his winning the world championship.Then, in his first career, he developed a …

Filmed at the Upfront Summit 2017, Jason sits down with legendary entrepreneur-turned-investor, Vinod Khosla. In 1980, Vinod co-founded Daisy Systems, the first significant computer-aided design system for electrical engineers. In 1982, he made his early fortune as one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems, and in 1987, he switched gears to join t…

Thanks to freeways, cities became something to get through instead of something to get to. Now, as the next transportation revolution -- from rivers to trains to cars to autonomous cars -- promises to change the face of our cities, what happens to car culture, infrastructure, and more?Who owns what, who pays? And what about the design -- and produc…

This Week In Startups: Sam Harris, “Waking Up” host, on dawn of A.I. & Trump’s lies – PART 1 by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Would it surprise you to learn that 1800Flowers was not only one of the first ecommerce pioneers but quite possibly, the first to be profitable in a meaningful way? You wouldn't be surprised if you knew the story of 1800Flowers and its founder, Jim McCann. Today we speak with Jim to hear that story, to learn about a company that was fearless in try…

"Punch above your weight" -- If there's one thing public relations (PR) should help startups and founders do, it's that. Unfortunately, some companies are actually punching below their weight when there's a strong company, founder, product ... yet nobody knows about let alone talks about you. Or worse, someone else defines you first. Or you just be…

In this episode of Noah Kagan Presents I break down my formula for creating new business ideas. By simply recognizing the things you want, you’re guaranteed to always have at least one customer and that’s you.I also break down and debunk 3 common myths of “The Wantrepreneur” and give you a better way to start.…

In 2008, it was nearly impossible to buy a fashionable, affordable pair of glasses online. That simple frustration inspired the idea behind Warby Parker – and disrupted the eyewear industry.Door Best Of Tech & Startups

This was a blast of an interview I did when I was out in London for my book tour. In these 20 minutes we cover a lot, including media agencies, my thoughts on rebates, and even English "football" :) But in all seriousness, we discuss VaynerMedia's expansion plans, our move into London, media rebate investigations, and a bunch more.…

Recode Decode - Social media makes us miserable (Tim Ferriss, author, "Tools of Titans") by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

As a kid, Cathy Hughes practiced her DJ routine while her siblings banged on the bathroom door. As an adult, she founded Radio One, the country's largest African-American owned broadcasting company.Door Best Of Tech & Startups

For this episode of Secrets for Scaling, we spoke with Larry Kim, Founder & CEO of Wordstream, the leading industry provider of search marketing management software and services. Wordstream sees a compound yearly revenue growth rate and has more than doubled revenue every year on average since 2011. They earned $30 million in revenue in 2016 alone!…

How quickly will robots disrupt global industries and what will the implications be? We explore with economist Andrew McAfee at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Also, neuroscientists often compare the human brain to a computer chip, so what happened when the idea was put into practice?Door Best Of Tech & Startups

The Tim Ferris Show - Arnold Schwarzenegger Part 2! Bodybuilding, Investing, And Online Battles by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

The Startup Chat - Founders Dilemma: How to Make Decisions When All Options Suck by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

The Ezra Klein Show: You Ask, Ezra Answers by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Debrief by Bloomberg: Obama wants to start a business after office? by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Recode Decode: Doctors should think like mechanics (Othman Laraki, CEO, Color) by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

A16z Podcast: How To Be Original And Make Big Ideas Happen by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Exponent: Fate Has a Sense of Irony by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Freakonomics Radio: How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast) by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

How I Built This: David Gilboa & Neil Blumenthal, Warby Parker by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Growth Everywhere - How Canva Grew From 1K To 10M Users Without Paid Advertising by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

The Top Entrepreneurs: B2B SaaS DiscoverOrg Passes $70M ARR with CEO Henry Schuck by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

The Twenty Minute VC: Parker Thompson, Partner @ AngelList by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Recode Replay: Jim VandeHei, founder, Axios (Code Media 2016) by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Startup Podcast: Dov Charney - Anger (Season 4, Episode 9) by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

App Guy Podcast : Dmitry Dragilev - How To Get Free Press for Your App Startup by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

Tim Ferriss: Testing The "Impossible"- 17 Questions That Changed My Life by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

VB Engage: Alexis Ohanian, Reddit's influence, and predicting the future by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

The Ezra Klein Show: Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rationalism, and the enlightenment by Best Of Tech & StartupsDoor Best Of Tech & Startups

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