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- Nissan Calls Off Merger with Honda - Toyota Expects Net Profit Drop - Unboxed Assembly for China? Lexus Builds a New Plant There - Toyota's U.S. Battery Plant Ready to Start Production - German Morale Down in The Dumps - Bentley Opens Luxury Apartments in Miami - DS Announces Pricing for Number 8 EV - GM Axes 1,000 Cruise Employees - Tesla EU Sales Plummet, Mostly Because of Elon - Watch the Super Bowl, Win A Kia

- Nissan Calls Off Merger with Honda - Toyota Expects Net Profit Drop - Unboxed Assembly for China? Lexus Builds a New Plant There - Toyota's U.S. Battery Plant Ready to Start Production - German Morale Down in The Dumps - Bentley Opens Luxury Apartments in Miami - DS Announces Pricing for Number 8 EV - GM Axes 1,000 Cruise Employees - Tesla EU Sales Plummet, Mostly Because of Elon - Watch the Super Bowl, Win A Kia

Episode Topic: In this episode of Pay Pod, host Kevin Rosenquist sits down with Vignan Velivela, CEO and co-founder of A to B, a company transforming the trucking and transportation industry through modern payment solutions. They discuss how outdated financial systems in trucking—dating back to the 1980s—have created inefficiencies that impact drivers, fleet operators, and ultimately, the consumer. A to B's mission is to enable immediate payments, fuel rewards, and fraud prevention solutions for drivers and delivery companies. Vignan shares insights into the trucking sector's challenges and its heavy reliance on outdated financial systems. By modernizing payments and providing same-day options, A to B aims to streamline operations in the logistics industry, making it more efficient and cost-effective. Tune in to learn how innovations in fleet technology are driving positive change in a vital sector of the economy.     Lessons You'll Learn Listeners will discover how modernizing financial systems in trucking can benefit everyone involved, from truck drivers to fleet operators. Vignan dives into the core issues, including delayed payments and the significant cost of fuel, and how A to B's technology addresses these challenges. He explains how introducing same-day payments can save trucking companies money and eliminate inefficiencies. Vignan also discusses fraud prevention and how A to B uses advanced technologies to ensure that fuel purchases are secure and aligned with business needs. The episode provides valuable insights for anyone interested in fintech, logistics, or the future of payments in the transportation industry.     About Our Guest Vignan Velivela is the CEO and co-founder of A to B, a fintech company dedicated to transforming the financial landscape for trucking and transportation. With a background in electronic engineering and economics from India, Vignan moved to the U.S. to further his studies in autonomous vehicles at Carnegie Mellon University. He gained experience at Cruise Automation, working on self-driving car technology, before launching A to B in 2019. His vision for A to B focuses on improving the trucking industry by providing faster payment solutions and fraud prevention tools. Vignan's expertise spans payment systems, fuel optimization, and logistics. He is passionate about creating innovative financial services that help small businesses in the transportation sector thrive.     Topics Covered In this episode, Kevin and Vignan explore a variety of topics, including the challenges of modernizing trucking payments, the importance of fuel efficiency, and how A to B prevents fraud in fuel transactions. Vignan shares his journey from launching a fintech company in India to working on NASA's lunar rover project at Carnegie Mellon, illustrating his deep commitment to solving complex technological problems. Listeners will also hear about the logistics industry's future, with insights into autonomous trucking, electric vehicles, and the potential for fleet electrification. With Vignan's expertise in payments and fleet management, this episode provides a comprehensive look at how technology is reshaping the trucking and transportation industry.  

Ian Rust, founder and CEO of Revoy, discusses their innovative approach to hybridizing the propulsion system of commercial vehicles. Revoy's solution involves adding a third electric vehicle to the traditional tractor-trailer setup, allowing for significant cost savings and decarbonization. Links Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/ianrust Edison Manufacturing Exchange: https://brandonbartneck.substack.com/publish/home https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-rust-85a41b43/ https://www.revoy.com/ Takeaways: Revoy's innovative approach to hybridizing the propulsion system of commercial vehicles involves adding a third electric vehicle to the traditional tractor-trailer setup. The main challenge in electrifying the commercial vehicle space is the high cost and limited lifespan of current electric vehicle technology. Revoy addresses this challenge by using lithium iron phosphate batteries, which have a longer cycle life and can go over 10,000 cycles. Revoy also offers a battery swapping technology that integrates with the existing trailer-to-truck interface, allowing for quick and efficient swaps during long-haul trips. The hybrid solution provided by Revoy improves efficiency, performance, and safety for commercial vehicles. Revoi coordinates the electric powertrain with the pedal to make the transition to electric trucks seamless for drivers. The commercial model charges based on the unit of energy, similar to diesel, and there is no need for modifications to fill up the tank with a pre-charged battery pack. Chapters Hybrid Vehicles and Propulsion Systems Electrifying Commercial Vehicles: The Modular Approach Operational Considerations and Safety in Electric Vehicle Deployment Strategic Viability and Cost Competitiveness Building a Strong Team: Trust, Empowerment, and Passion Cultural Focus: Safety, Minimum Viable Product, and What Not to Do Early Adoption of Electrification in Fleets Rethinking the Tractor-Trailer Setup Advancements in Technology Conclusion Ian Rust Bio: Ian Rust is an innovator, founder and roboticist with over 14 years of experience of automation and robotics in the clean transportation and the sustainability industry, with the goal of moving trucking into a more sustainable future. Ian has been passionate about technology and how it is impacted by and impacts people and historical trends.Ian founded Revoy (formerly SixWheel), a company backed by Y Combinator, in 2021, creating an autonomous vehicle technology to address climate change. Prior to founding Revoy, Ian led robotics projects at Amazon Lab126 and Google X, later moving into starting notable robotics companies as the founding engineer of Cruise Automation and serving on the early team at Covariant and Petra. Rust holds a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he focused on robotics. About Revoy: Revoy, a simple and truly viable alternative solution to decarbonize the trucking industry, is democratizing electric trucking and providing a clear pathway for existing trucking fleets to completely eliminate emissions. Revoy's charging infrastructure and innovative Revoy swapping network aims to be the backbone of the future of electric road freight, allowing fleets to lower carbon emissions and costs, while increasing MPG by over 150%. This technology is made in the USA, FMVSS compliant and compliant with all length and weight (bridge and GVW) regulations. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, effective, and accessible mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. Edison Manufacturing and Engineering: Edison is your low volume contract manufacturing partner, focused on assembly of complex mobility and energy products that don't neatly fit within traditional high-volume production methods. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/

Today we catch up with Kyle Vogt, whose self-driving car company, Cruise, was funded by Y Combinator in 2014 and acquired by GM in 2016. Before that he was a co-founder of Twitch and its predecessor, Justin.tv. Learn how his love of building hard things started at a young age, and why he's nowhere near done building yet.

Zach Coelius is the founder and Managing Partner at Coelius Capital. Zach runs a VC fund, an angel syndicate & a rolling fund at the same time. Some of his popular investments include Cruise Automation, Branch, BounceX, Angellist, Booksy, HelloSign, Apprente, Mercury and 50-plus other startups. Timeline: 00:00 - Coming up.. 00:45 - Episode intro 01:51 - Sponsored by Podcast10x.com - End-to-end podcasting agency for VCs 03:32 - Zach's story & starting with a 100% success rate in startup investments 06:34 - Story of how Zach raised $33 Million fund from 60 LPs in 3 weeks over Zoom calls in 2021 09:04 - Coelius Capital 09:48 - How has Zach's investment thesis evolved over time? 14:51 - Fund positioning for LPs 17:16 - No explicit reserve strategy 18:39 - Do returns get muted in VC funds due to LP guardrails on investment thesis? 20:12 - Funding weird ideas 24:37 - What's a harder job, founder or VC? 26:49 - Syndicate vs VC fund vs Rolling fund - managing all 3 simultaneously 29:14 - Why syndicate is a superpower? 31:14 - Common thread in successful companies 33:00 - VC bull run vs now 39:03 - Biggest learning as a VC 39:52 - Rapid fire round Links- ⭐Sponsor: Podcast10x - podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.com Coelius Capital website - https://coelius.vc/ Follow Zach on X - https://x.com/zachcoelius Follow Zach on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachcoelius

Gaurav Jain is the Co-founder of Afore Capital, one of the top venture funds ($300M AUM) dedicated to pre-seed investments. Some of the investments Gaurav and/or Afore have been involved in include Modern Health (leading mental health platform), Hightouch (leader in data infra), Cruise Automation (acq by GM for $1B+) and Firebase (acq by Google). You can find Gaurav at https://twitter.com/gjain You can learn more about:  How to identify talents in the early stage  How to build a top pre-seed VC fund  How to add value to top founders  ===================== YouTube: @GraceGongCEO Newsletter: @SmartVenture LinkedIn: @GraceGong TikTok: @GraceGongCEO IG: @GraceGongCEO Twitter: @GraceGongGG =====================   Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, superstar founders, as well as well-known tech executives in silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Wine: 2014 Chardonnay, Herencia del Valle Elisabeth Rosario is an outsourced communications strategist that works with startups of all sizes and venture capital firms. As an independent contractor since 2016, her clients have included venture firms such as: Lux Capital, Renegade Ventures, Spero Ventures (sole LP is Pierre Omidyar), Equal Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Innovation Endeavours (founding partner Eric Shmidt). Startup clients have included: Sonoro, Koinz, Pattern Brands, Pitch, ServiceTitan, Own It (a book) by Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck, Emi Couple, Token, Flutterwave, Morty, Looking Glass Factory, Eight Sleep, Dipsea, Loft Orbital, and more. Previously, Elisabeth was the Director of Communications at Spark Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that has backed companies like Twitter, Oculus VR, Slack, Warby Parker and Cruise Automation (acquired by GM). As the firm's first in-house communications hire, she helped startup founders and the firm's investment team to develop and share their points of view with the world. She also helped to lead platform initiatives with the firm's community of entrepreneurs: building infrastructure, resources and programming to empower and connect over 100 portfolio companies. Before that, Elisabeth was a key part of the growth of various PR agencies where she led media relations campaigns for over 100 disruptive entrepreneurs and startups including Rakuten's Buy.com, Trello, ClassPass, HowAboutWe, HelloFresh, Squarespace, Zola and Academy award-winning sci-fi film Ex Machina. In 2015, Adweek named Elisabeth on its 30 Under 30 in the PR Industry list. In 2018, Bustle named her on their list of Must-Follow Latinx. She's a graduate of Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business. Instagram TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BIO Elisabeth Rosario is an outsourced communications strategist that works with startups of all sizes and venture capital firms. As an independent contractor since 2016, her clients have included venture firms such as: Lux Capital, Renegade Ventures, Spero Ventures (sole LP is Pierre Omidyar), Equal Ventures, RRE Ventures, and Innovation Endeavours (founding partner Eric Shmidt). Startup clients have included: Sonoro, Koinz, Pattern Brands, Pitch, ServiceTitan, Own It (a book) by Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck, Emi Couple, Token, Flutterwave, Morty, Looking Glass Factory, Eight Sleep, Dipsea, Loft Orbital, and more. Previously, Elisabeth was the Director of Communications at Spark Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that has backed companies like Twitter, Oculus VR, Slack, Warby Parker and Cruise Automation (acquired by GM). As the firm's first in-house communications hire, she helped startup founders and the firm's investment team to develop and share their points of view with the world. She also helped to lead platform initiatives with the firm's community of entrepreneurs: building infrastructure, resources and programming to empower and connect over 100 portfolio companies. Before that, Elisabeth was a key part of the growth of various PR agencies where she led media relations campaigns for over 100 disruptive entrepreneurs and startups including Rakuten's Buy.com, Trello, ClassPass, HowAboutWe, HelloFresh, Squarespace, Zola and Academy award-winning sci-fi film Ex Machina. In 2015, Adweek named Elisabeth on its 30 Under 30 in the PR Industry list. In 2018, Bustle named her on their list of Must-Follow Latinx.  She's a graduate of Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business. Instagram TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Kan is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Cruise, a leading self-driving car company sold to General Motors for over $1 Billion 2 years after its founding. Before building Cruise, Daniel co-founded EXEC with his brother Justin Kan, the founder of Justin.tv (which later became Twitch). After founding the company in 2011, EXEC was sold to Handy in 2014.    You can learn more about:  How to have the confidence and knowledge it takes to start a technology company without being technical  How to navigate the startup phases you need to go through, from having few people on the founding team to selling it over $1 Billion Lessons from early on in life shaped how you think as an entrepreneur  ===================== YouTube: @GraceGongCEO Newsletter: @SmartVenture LinkedIn: @GraceGong TikTok: @GraceGongCEO IG: @GraceGongCEO Twitter: @GraceGongGG =====================

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Warren Lebovics, Co-Founder & CEO of Pequity, an employee compensation platform that has raised $19 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Journey to Entrepreneurship: Warren's transition from product and design roles at LinkedIn and other tech companies to co-founding Pequity with his wife Caitlin. Identifying the Problem: How Caitlin's experience as a compensation manager at Cruise Automation revealed the inefficiencies in current compensation processes and inspired the creation of Pequity. Core Offerings: Pequity's three main products—Ranges, Offers, and Comp Cycle Management—designed to streamline and improve compensation workflows with a focus on user experience and proactive pay equity. Market Needs and Triggers: Addressing the growing demand for flexible and scalable compensation solutions, especially in light of new pay transparency laws and the limitations of legacy systems and spreadsheets. Competitive Edge: Pequity's commitment to building a superior product with a user experience akin to B2C applications, setting it apart from competitors and attracting loyal customers. Future Vision: Aiming for widespread adoption of Pequity's compensation tech in mid-market and enterprise companies to ensure fair pay and compliance with pay transparency regulations.

Over $160 Billion has been spent in recent years to get autonomous cars onto the roadways and into the mainstream for consumers.  Save for a lone bright spot in the over-the-road trucking industry, it seems that self-driving cars are a bust.  We discuss. 

Tu and Lei begin the podcast with a discussion on the complete turnaround by the Chinese govt. on COVID policy, how it's completely changed everything on the ground, how long it might take for COVID to spread throughout the country and if it'll have any damaging effects on business. Lei reflects briefly on Jiang Zemin's death and the impact he had on China's modern automotive sector. Tu and Lei quickly move over to a broad discussion on November sales and what caught their attention including a deeper analysis on China's Big 4: Li Auto, XPeng, NIO, and BYD. The podcast ends with Tu and Lei talking about the latest developments in the global autonomous vehicle space starting with Cruise Automation's 100 robotaxis recently being deployed in San Francisco and contrasting that with the strategies for Baidu and other China AV Inc. 

The pod begins with Lei having just returned from LA while Tu was still  there after they'd spent the last few days doing a NorCal & SoCal trip.Tu and Lei begin with a detailed discussion about their (two) rides in the GM - Cruise Automation's driverless robotaxis in San Francisco.  They went from Japantown to Sunset at ~10pm in the evening.Tu and Lei move onto congratulating Henrik Fisker and team for getting the Fisker Ocean to Job #1 in Austria (with a lot of help from Magna) and then Lei highlights some of the people that he & Tu caught up with at the LA Auto show events. They then have a broader discussion on the LA Auto show and some of the breakout rooms and events they attended during that week including the Motor Trend documentary 'Coding the Car' and Tu shares his 'review' of the documentary.

Our future has a lot to do with how we accept crypto, Bitcoin, smart contracts, and the decentralized world, says legendary VC Tim Draper. An early investor in internet companies like Hotmail, Tesla, and SpaceX, Tim was also an early proponent of Bitcoin. To learn more about Tim's predictions and ideas, listen to this full interview with BlockSolid podcast host Yael Tamar. About Tim Draper: Tim Draper is an American venture capital investor. In 1985, he founded the company that would become Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He also founded Draper Associates and Draper University. Tim Draper helps entrepreneurs achieve their visions through funding, education, media, and advising on government reform. Tim has made hundreds of VC investments in companies including Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC, and 15 other unicorns at the seed stage; and has also invested in over 50 crypto companies such as Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. ______________ Explore our real estate projects: http://marketplace.solidblock.co Become a tokenization expert: https://www.solidblock.co/course Stay connected: https://solidblock.co https://www.linkedin.com/company/solidblock/ https://twitter.com/SolidBlockCo https://www.facebook.com/solidblock.co/ https://www.instagram.com/solidblockco/

Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. He funded Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC, and 15 other unicorns at the seed stage.He is a supporter and global thought leader for entrepreneurs everywhere and is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies, having won the Bitcoin US Marshall's auction in 2014, invested in over 50 crypto companies, and led investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others.He created viral marketing, a marketing method for exponentially spreading an electronic service from customer to customer, instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and Skype and other applications, particularly effective for mail and communications applications. Arguably, social media, crowdsourcing and growth hacking are all outgrowths of viral marketing.He is regularly featured on all major networks as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets, and Bitcoin, and has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum's “Entrepreneur of the World,” and is listed as one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by CryptoWeekly, #1 most networked VC by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. Global Guru listed Tim as one of the top 30 Startup Gurus in the world.Listen to the full story on the MBIT Podcast.Twitter of Host: @mbitpodcastTwitter of Guest: @TimDraperGet "The Startup Hero" Here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Startup-Hero-Textbook-Entrepreneurs/dp/1973585340/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Excellent interview by Jamil with legendary investor and bitcoin advocate Tim Draper A World Filled with Heroes Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. Funded Coinbase, Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC and 15 other unicorns from early/first rounds. He is a supporter and global thoughtleader for entrepreneurs everywhere, and is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin and decentralization, having won the Bitcoin US Marshall's auction in 2014, invested in over 50 crypto companies, and led investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. He is regularly featured on all major networks as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets and Bitcoin, and has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum's “Entrepreneur of the World,” and is listed as one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by CryptoWeekly, #1 most networked VC by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, member of the Global Guru 30 Startup Gurus in the world, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

Tim Draper Tim Draper is a venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) (https://www.dfj.com/),Draper University (https://www.draperuniversity.com/), Draper Venture Network (https://drapernetwork.com/), Draper Associates (https://www.draper.vc/) and Draper Goren Holm (https://drapergorenholm.com/). He has been awarded and received numerous awards such as Forbes Midas List, Top 100 Most Influential Harvard Alumni, Independent Institute's Tocqueville Liverty Award and a lot more. He is a proponent of Bitcoins and decentralization. His most prominent investments include Skype, Tesla SpaceX, Hotmail, AngelList and more. Connect with Tim LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothydraper/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/timdraper) Twitter (https://twitter.com/TimDraper) Connect with Sam: LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharris48/) ReasonFM (https://reason.fm/user/Sam) Sam's newsletter on creativity and entrepreneurship - Explosive Thinking (https://explosivethinking.substack.com/) Sam's podcast on books - Wiser than Yesterday (https://www.wiserpod.com) Support the Show - Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/growthmindset) Subscribe! If you enjoyed the podcast please subscribe and rate it. And of course, share with your friends! Special Guest: Tim Draper.

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. ---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 Produced by: @jacksonsteger

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. Quick note: This episode was recorded in December 2021 - keep that in mind as you're listening to Richard's thoughts on the state of the market.---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.  To engage further: Check out the On Deck job board Share your thoughts with us on Twitter: Hosted by: @eriktorenberg Produced by: @jacksonsteger Brought to you by: @beondeck 

Daniel is the Founder and CEO of Pioneer. He previously created a search engine called Cue which was acquired by Apple where he went on to lead various AI and search projects. Daniel was the youngest founder to be accepted into Y-Combinator in his late teens and later returned as a Partner and started YC's AI program. He has been an early investor in companies including Uber, Instacart, Coinbase, GitHub, SpaceX, Opendoor, Airtable, Figma, Gusto, Notion, Cruise Automation, and dozens of others. Follow Daniel on Twitter @danielgross. [2:18] - How Daniel's early interest in computer programming kickstarted his journey into entrepreneurship [10:11] - Replacing people with software in the venture capital process and how to measure success [16:56] - The impacts of venture capital and startup culture expanding beyond Silicon Valley [24:33] - Living a balanced life in health and productivity [32:58] - Daniel's perspective on longevity [39:57] - Self-improvement and the third-person mindset [46:07] - Optimizing for flow in designing one's days --- Support the show by checking out my sponsors: Join Levels and get personalized insights to learn about your metabolic health. Go to https://levels.link/jake. --- https://homeofjake.com

Justin Kan is an entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of Twitch. In 2006, Kan launched the live video service Justin.tv, a company that started when he strapped a camera to his head and streamed his life to the internet 24/7. Over the next 8 years, he and his co-founders turned the business into Twitch, which ultimately sold to Amazon in 2014 for $970 million. Kan has also founded half a dozen other companies, raising more than $500 million in venture capital, and invested in numerous startups, including Reddit, Cruise Automation, Bird, and Rippling. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Kan discusses the highs and lows of his life in startups, and explores what both success and failure have taught him about building entrepreneurial resilience and finding satisfaction.

Justin Kan is an entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of Twitch. In 2006, Kan launched the live video service Justin.tv, a company that started when he strapped a camera to his head and streamed his life to the internet 24/7. Over the next 8 years, he and his co-founders turned the business into Twitch, which ultimately sold to Amazon in 2014 for $970 million. Kan has also founded half a dozen other companies, raising more than $500 million in venture capital, and invested in numerous startups, including Reddit, Cruise Automation, Bird, and Rippling. In this conversation with Stanford adjunct lecturer Ravi Belani, Kan discusses the highs and lows of his life in startups, and explores what both success and failure have taught him about building entrepreneurial resilience and finding satisfaction.

Dan Kan - A serial entrepreneur, shares some of his incredible lessons learned starting several business, culminating in Cruise Automation which was sold to GM for $1 Billion.    

Ep #022 - Show Up For Those You Care About. Send thoughtful, timely messages and micro-gifts.   On this episode, we are joined by the Founders of KOYA, Caryn and Jon Werner, as well as renowned Venture Capitalist, Tim Draper.   The KOYA app uses geolocation to let you surprise friends and loved ones with location-specific messages and gifts. It's FREE to download and use. Easily schedule personal messages with a memory (video or image), URL (Spotify, YouTube, etc), and an optional gift ($$ for coffee, beer, tacos, etc). Support the KOYA team by downloading the app and sending a KOYA! You can learn more by visiting getkoya.com.   Tim Draper is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. The firms' investments include Baidu, Focus Media, YeePay, KongZhong, Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, SolarCity, Coinbase, Ledger, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, TwitchTV, SpaceX, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC, and many others. Tim is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs, and cryptocurrencies. Send your pitch deck to tim@draper.vc.    Draper Startup House is a global network of physical locations for entrepreneurs to work, visit, live and connect with an added layer of entrepreneurial education and access to venture capital. Find us at draperstartuphouse.com.   If you are an entrepreneur or VC who would like to be on our show, email us at austin@draperstartuphouse.com    Follow us at @dshaustin on Instagram, @draperstartuphouse on LinkedIn, and let us know which companies from the show you would invest in!   

Today's episode is with McKenna Quint, who was most recently the Head of People at Plaid and also built and led the people team at Cruise Automation. Currently, she's co-founder and general partner at Quint Capital, a seed-stage fund.   In today's conversation, we focus on the people challenges that inevitably crop up when you're going from a couple dozen employees to a couple thousand. We start by discussing when startups should draw from established playbooks in the people space versus when to start from first principles. She also dives into the details of bringing her data mindset to the people space, including designing a sophisticated attrition model.   Next, she tackles some of the questions she most often gets from startup founders, including whether the company should introduce levels, what to look for in your first people leadership hire, and how to approach performance reviews.   Finally, we dive into a larger conversation about the roles that companies play in today's employee experience. From the company cultures that most inspire her, to the evolution of uncomfortable conversations in the workplace, and what pieces of the Google cultural revolution she's ready to leave behind.   Today's conversation is a must-listen for HR leaders of course, but also for folks at startups across the org chart that want an inside look at what's top of mind for people leaders today — and the systems behind the scenes that powers startups to reach new heights.   Let My People Go Surfing: https://www.amazon.com/Let-People-Surfing-Education-Businessman/dp/0143037838   Management Lessons from the Mayo Clinic: https://www.amazon.com/Management-Lessons-Mayo-Clinic-Organizations/dp/1260011836   Let's Not Kill Performance Evaluations Yet: https://hbr.org/2016/11/lets-not-kill-performance-evaluations-yet   You can follow McKenna on Twitter at @mckmoreau   You can email us questions directly at review@firstround.com or follow us on Twitter @ twitter.com/firstround and twitter.com/brettberson

Ryan Zauk hosts legendary venture capitalist, billionaire, bitcoin investor, activist, and educator, Tim Draper. Tim Draper helps entrepreneurs drive their visions through funding, education, media, and government reform. His investments over the last few decades include companies like Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Robinhood, Twitter, Carta, Coinbase, and many more. He also is a large holder of bitcoin, having bought 50,000+ bitcoin when it was priced below $1,000. Draper Associates: draper.vc DFJ: https://www.dfj.com/ Website: timothydraper.com Book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Startup-Hero-Textbook-Entrepreneurs-ebook/dp/B078HWH29T They discuss: - His bullish views on bitcoin and the 1 reason he will never sell - His investment in Robinhood, Carta, and others - His very strong libertarian views and why he believes in minimal government, which ties into his bitcoin thesis - Why the Mt Gox hack improved his belief in bitcoin - His thoughts on the current state of China and where it's headed - And a fun rapid-fire round including the first bank branch in space and his updated bitcoin price target About Tim: Tim Draper is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. The firms' investments include Baidu, Focus Media, YeePay, KongZhong, Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, SolarCity, Coinbase, Ledger, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, TwitchTV, SpaceX, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC, and many others. Tim is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs, and cryptocurrencies. He won the US Marshall's auction in 2014 (where he bid on 50,000 bitcoins) and invests in over 50 crypto companies as well as leads investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. He created viral marketing, a marketing method for exponentially spreading an electronic service from customer to customer. Tim is regularly featured on major networks, in publications, and in social media as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets, and Bitcoin. He has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum's "Entrepreneur of the World." He has also been highly ranked on several notable lists including one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by Crypto Weekly, #1 most networked venture capitalist by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. In his mission to promote entrepreneurship, Tim created Draper University of Heroes, a residential and online school based in San Mateo, California, to help extraordinary people accomplish their life missions. School alumni have gone on to build 350 companies including crypto leaders, QTUM, Spacecash, DataWallet, and Credo. He also started Innovate Your State, a non-profit dedicated to crowdsource innovation in government; and BizWorld, a non-profit that teaches young children how business and entrepreneurship work. Tim is involved in California politics and education/organizations, having served on the California State Board of Education and starting a movement for local choice in schools that led to him becoming a proponent for a statewide initiative for school vouchers. He also led a statewide initiative to create competitive governance with Six Californias, followed by an initiative for Three Californias. Tim received a Bachelor of Science from Stanford University with a major in electrical engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School. He also has two honorary doctorates from The International University and Trinity College of Dublin. -- For more FinTech insights, follow us below: Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech Ryan's Twitter: twitter.com/RyanZauk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/

I'm joined by legendary west coast angel investor, Zach Coelius. Zach is a 4-time entrepreneur and his last company, Triggit was acquired by Gravity4 in 2015. From then on, Zach has become one of the most revered angel investors in the US with circa 50 investments to his name and 80 invested in total. He currently invests $200K-$1m cheques into early-stage companies and $2-$5m cheques into later-stage ones. Zach uses 3 vehicles for investing; a $45m fund with Industry Ventures as the sole LP; a friends and family Rolling Fund that invests alongside the main fund; and his own syndicate on Angel List that has over 3000 members and was actually the first syndicate on Angel List to get a billion-dollar exit when General Motors bought Cruise Automation in 2016. The syndicate has had 6 exits in total including Hello Sign who were acquired by Dropbox in 2019 for $230m. We listened to the pitch from Daniel Botcherby, co-founder of Kalda; the world's first mental well-being app specifically for the LGBT+ community. In Beta stage, Kalda is looking to bring together members of the LGBT+ community who are struggling with their mental health and provide group therapy sessions, daily check-ins, peer support as well as fixed courses people can go on. 1 in 2 people in the LGBT+ community have suffered some form of anxiety/depression in the last year, 3x the general population. Due to NHS wait times, high prices for individual therapy and stigma that LGBT+ people feel from a therapist not from their community, Kalda is looking to bring people together and at the same time democratise mental health services, making it affordable, easy to access, instant and being surrounded by peers and therapists from the same community. Zach prefers to engage in a more general conversation, rather than a grilling, so we had a chat more broadly about the market in general, expansion plans, future product roadmap and aspirations, competitors and the merits/risks of going after a niche. Some super insightful things highlighted by Zach as well as a very competent founder in Daniel. Brought to you by my Startup Playground, Horseplay Ventures - https://horseplay.ventures/ Kalda - https://kalda.co/ Zach Twitter - https://twitter.com/zachcoelius

On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with Peter Gao, co-founder, and CEO at Aquarium Learning. A former engineer at Cruise Automation, Peter and Aquarium Learning help ML teams improve their model performances by improving their data.Highlights from this week's episode include:How getting hit by a drunk driver made researching self-driving cars personal for Peter (2:12)Filtering out the hype in self-driving car news to get a clear picture of its state today (6:52)The data required for a self-driving vehicle (13:56)Operation Vacation and how Aquarium can help provide the tools to make models better (16:53)Utilizing neural networks to index data (20:41)How Aquarium fits in the ML stack (30:25)Interesting use cases of Aquarium (33:59)Distinguishing subclasses of machine learning (40:05)Human involvement in machine learning (46:13)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack. Each week we'll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Excellent interview by Jamil with legendary investor and bitcoin advocate Tim Draper A World Filled with Heroes Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. Funded Coinbase, Baidu, Tesla, Skype, SpaceX, Twitch, Hotmail, Focus Media, Robinhood, Athenahealth, Box, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC and 15 other unicorns from early/first rounds. He is a supporter and global thoughtleader for entrepreneurs everywhere, and is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin and decentralization, having won the Bitcoin US Marshall's auction in 2014, invested in over 50 crypto companies, and led investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. He is regularly featured on all major networks as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets and Bitcoin, and has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum's “Entrepreneur of the World,” and is listed as one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by CryptoWeekly, #1 most networked VC by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, member of the Global Guru 30 Startup Gurus in the world, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. About Jamil Hasan Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation's financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.

On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we listen to Frank Gruber’s interview with Tim Draper at the Startup of the Year Summit in the fall of 2020. Tim is a top global venture capitalist, founder of Draper Associates, DFJ and the Draper Venture Network, a global network of venture capital funds. Tim’s investments include Coinbase, Robinhood, TwitchTV, Skype, Tesla, Baidu, Focus Media, YeePay, Hotmail, SolarCity, Athenahealth, Box, SpaceX, Cruise Automation, Carta, Planet, PTC, Ledger and many others. Tim is also a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies. He has served on the California State Board of Education, and led a movement for Local Choice in schools culminating in becoming proponent for a statewide initiative for School Vouchers. Tim also led an initiative to create competitive governance with Six Californias, followed by Three Californias, which was approved for the ballot, but was rejected by the California Supreme Court before the vote. We also hear from Rich Maloy, our VP of Engagement with Established and part of Established Ventures, who has some tips about keeping top of mind in a competitive funding landscape in a segment called the “VC Minute.” We also celebrate one of our alumni, Blake Hall, and his company ID.me (which is a digital identification platform that simplifies how individuals securely prove and share their identities online) recently raised Nine-Figure Round. There is also the upcoming CTA Foundation's 2021 Virtual Pitch Event (sponsored by AARP Innovation Labs) which will take place on March 31st. Join us as eight startups pitch their innovations and engage in Q&A with experts. This year there will also be an audience favorite award, where attendees vote LIVE as startups pitch! You can find out more info and register for the event at: est.us/331EB. We’ve also recently been active on the Clubhouse app where we have created our new “Startup Community Club” for our community and we hope that you all will join or follow the “Startup Community Club.” You can find it at est.us/clubhouse. We also invite all of our listeners to get involved with our program by visiting: established.us/programs. This is the best way to get notified of the various startup opportunities that we come across while working with various partner organizations and in a number of ecosystems across the country. It is also that time of year again when the Startup of the Year 2021 Application is open. So if you are a startup looking for exposure and to become part of an amazing community make sure to apply at soty.link/apply21. Lastly, we want to continue to let our startup listeners know that the NASA iTech program is looking for for startups for their various pitch sessions and you can apply by visiting our link at: est.us/nit Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at www.est.us Checkout Startup of the Year at www.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: www.podcast.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: soty.link/ESTYouTube *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource. Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year. The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment. Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year. Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals. Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us/.

Ethical leadership is both personally rewarding — and incredibly hard. How do ethical entrepreneurs and leaders maintain faith in their vision, pivot when necessary, reconcile unintentional consequences, implement innovation guardrails, and persevere in the face of powerful obstacles? It helps to have a North Star – an unwavering vision for the future and a real sense of who they want to be in the future. In this episode, Gautam Mukunda speaks with two industry creators, Bodhala CEO Raj Goyle and Twitch Co-founder Justin Kan about what it takes to disrupt the world to build a better one. “As I became more successful and more recently, I realized that wasn't as fulfilling as I thought. And so now what's really activating for me is to think about things that are maybe a little bit more in service to other people. And that manifests in a bunch of different ways.” – Justin Kan Follow @GMukunda on Twitter  or email us at WorldReimagined@nasdaq.com   Books Referenced: The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite, by Mark Mizruchi The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself, by Michael Alan Singer The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor The Power Broker, by Robert Caro   Guest Info: Justin Kan is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder of Twitch, the internet live video streaming platform. In 2006, Justin launched the live video service Justin.tv, a company that started when he strapped a camera to his head and streamed his life to the internet 24/7. Over the next eight years, through twists and turns, he and his cofounders turned the business into Twitch, ultimately selling to Amazon in 2014 for $970 million. Over the years, he has founded half a dozen companies that have raised over $500 million in venture capital and invested in some of the fastest-growing startups around, including Reddit, Cruise Automation, Bird, Rippling, and many more. He is the host of The Quest, a podcast telling the stories of trailblazers in business, music, sports, and entertainment. Raj Goyle is CEO of Bodhala, a leading legal technology company based in New York City and Ann Arbor focused on legal spend management and analytics. Co-founded with a fellow Harvard Law graduate, Bodhala helps large and small in-house legal departments, saving companies significant time and money through the creation of a competitive, transparent legal marketplace. Goyle, who received his undergraduate degree from Duke University, served two terms in the Kansas House of Representatives after working as a policy analyst and civil rights attorney. He serves on the boards of Hunger Free America, the American India Foundation, Everyartist.me, Issue One and chairs the State Innovation Exchange. Goyle lives in New York with his wife Monica Arora, a partner at Proskauer. They have two daughters.

Today's episode is all about introducing who we are and why we decided to start this podcast channel. Peyton & Luke are cousins who come from an entrepreneurial family. Their grandfather Robert Truitt, started his entrepreneurial journey over 40 years ago and has embarked on many different ventures including successful exits in the medical tech industry among others. Robert then went on to inspire his sons Randy Truitt (Peyton's father) and Theodore Truitt (Luke's father) to go on to start entrepreneurial ventures of their own. Check out the newest The Real Venture Podcast episodes directly to you - subscribe here. And, if you're enjoying The Real Venture Podcast, please give us a 5-Star rating on Itunes!Show Notes HerePeyton graduated from Purdue University where he also played football from 2015-2018. During his time at Purdue, he completed his B.S. in Supply Chain Management Technology and then went on to receive his M.S. in Management from Purdue as well. After college he moved down to Austin, Texas to start his career with Oracle as a Sales Engineer.“Luke studied Computer Engineering and Economics at Duke University and has worked as a software engineer at early stage startups, a Machine Learning researcher at Cruise Automation and General Motors, and a Quant Trader at Optiver. After that, he started a defense staffing business that he sold in mid-2020 and now works on a series of projects out of New York in PropTech, Crypto, and Defense.”Peyton and Luke have started multiple businesses together including a supply chain distribution company that focused on providing PPE during the COIVID-19 outbreak. Looking for new opportunities, Peyton and Luke decided to explore the world of real estate. This led to the founding of T2 Venture, a proptech startup focusing on real estate data.As Peyton & Luke began to search for advice on the best way to go about building their business, they realized the conversations provided valuable insights not only for them but for their friends as well. And that is where The Real Venture Podcast was born. A platform that allows Peyton & Luke to share the conversions they are having on a daily basis with a community of fellow like minded young entrepreneurs. Join The Real Venture each week as Peyton & Luke dive interview successful entrepreneurs, dive into new topics in the world of business and even share their own experiences from their own entrepreneurial journey. KEYWORDS SUMMARYbusiness, real estate, world, luke, fun, podcast, tech, working, purdue, peyton, people, little bit, data, applying, excited, technology, generally, daily basis, fintech startup, supplyWant to be featured in an episode? Drop a comment below, or share your questions, feedback, and whatever else using #therealventure​​ and TAG US @therealventure_ on Instagram. The Real Venture PodcastThe Real Venture Website | The Real Venture Instagram | The Real Venture LinkedIn | The Real Venture YouTube | Peyton Truitt - Linkedin | Peyton Truitt - Instagram | Luke Truitt - LinkedIn

Cincinnati-based startup Resquared is joining the Winter 2021 batch of the venerable Silicon Valley seed money startup accelerator Y Combinator. With a list of unicorns like Stripe, Cruise Automation, DoorDash, Airbnb, and Twitch, Y Combinator’s program has a proven track record of identifying, funding and helping to scale high-growth startups. Resquared provides software that helps commercial real estate firms source tenants for vacancies. With the commercial real estate market taking a hit due to the COVID pandemic the timing couldn’t be better for Resquared. In a recent LinkedIn post, Resquared’s CEO Griffin Morris stated that “The network, mentorship, and access to talent we have already received through YC has been a game changer”. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/614startups/support

Shares of Netfilx were on the move higher after the streaming giant reported it added 8.5 million subscribers in the fourth quarter. Plus Microsoft making a major investment in GM’s autonomous car unit Cruise Automation. And on the eve of his inauguration, President Elect Biden attends a ceremony to honor the more than 400,000 people in the U.S. who’ve died from COVID.

Shares of Netfilx were on the move higher after the streaming giant reported it added 8.5 million subscribers in the fourth quarter. Plus Microsoft making a major investment in GM’s autonomous car unit Cruise Automation. And on the eve of his inauguration, President Elect Biden attends a ceremony to honor the more than 400,000 people in the U.S. who’ve died from COVID.

Today: Cruise to start driverless testing in California; Caterpillar grows its AV division; Local Motors plans to test its new Ollie 2.0 in Toronto. All this… right now. Driverless Cruise I’ve been a big fan of GM’s Cruise (formerly Cruise Automation) pretty much since ever. But I didn’t agree with their announcement in 2019 that they would release to the world a true driverless car — sans steering wheel, mind — onto the chaotic streets of San Francisco by year’s end. First, I said it was an unlikely goal to achieve, which of course they didn’t. Alternatively, even if they did achieve it… so what? What really matters is not so much the marketing hype of demonstrating to the world that you have an L5-capable vehicle, but rather that consumers are actually using it, like Waymo is doing in Arizona. Now GM has become the fifth company in California to receive from the California Department of Motor Vehicles a driverless testing permit for their Cruise vehicle on the streets of California. But they still aren’t testing them; at least not yet. More to the point, I still say “so what” in the sense that it would be vastly cooler to get paying customers in their cars on limited roads across San Francisco. Caterpillar’s Heavy Metal AV While COVID-19 has obviously caused a bit of a slump in the real estate and construction sector, reflected by a sales dip in heavy metal machinery like Caterpillar’s tractors and earth movers, their AV division is seeing a marked up-tick. Have a listen to find out why. Ollie 2.0 Local Motors has signed a deal to start testing its Ollie 2.0 autonomous shuttle pods on the streets of Toronto starting in Spring 2021. But with seating for up to 8 passengers, I question their viability during these times of COVID, and suggest that something like driverless car rides like Waymo and (eventually) Cruise are vastly more relevant immediate solution. --- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/ · Charity Promotion: HeadCount: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter registration and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.headcount.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

Henry Greenidge joins Pete Gould and Greg Rogers for an enlightening discussion about how to advance equity in not only transportation policy and planning, but also the technologies and services that will define the future of mobility. We discuss whether transportation network companies (TNCs) have been a net benefit for equity, the intersection between mobility and Black Lives Matter, food access and mobility, and the potential for AVs could advance opportunity and equity in the future. Henry is a Fellow in Residence at NYU McSilver Institute, where he's focused on the intersection between transportation, race, and poverty. Previously, Henry worked in the public sector, at New York City DOT and USDOT, and the private sector, at Cruise Automation.  Follow Henry on Twitter at @HenryLGreenidge And, as always, you can keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @CatapultPolicy, @SmarterTranspo.

In this episode, we catch up with @mubix (Rob Fuller), a is red teamer turned purple teamer. He started his career in the United States Marine Corps working with explosives and has gone on to have a highly successful career in the security industry working at companies like Rapid7, GE, Uber, Cruise Automation and now Balck Hills Information Security, as well as contributing back in many ways to the security community and speaking at many conferences around the world.Mubix shares his journey, stories along the way, as well as going deeper into both red and purple teaming.

This time I was delighted to join Timothy (Tim) Draper - venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Draper University, Draper Venture Network, Draper Associates and Draper Goren Holm. His most prominent investments include Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch, Cruise Automation, and Focus Media. In July 2014, Draper received wide coverage for his purchase at a US Marshals Service auction of seized bitcoins from the Silk Road website. Draper is a proponent of Bitcoin and decentralization.

Just last week, Zach Coelius successfully announced his first Venture Capital fund, Coelius Capital with $45 million in new assets. Based in San Francisco, Zach has been an angel investor for years, backing hot startups such as Cruise Automation (which was acquired by General Motors for $1 billion, Branch Metrics, and HelloSign. Plus two dozen other companies. Earlier, Zach was Co-Founder of advertising technology startup Triggit. Now, he invests across sectors such as SaaS and Consumer Technology. In this 20-minute conversation, Zach shares how small companies can scale fast by putting a Rockstar in every seat.

Tim Draper is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper University, Draper Venture Network, Draper Associates, and Draper Goren Holm. His most prominent investments include Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch, Cruise Automation, and Focus Media. In July 2014, Draper received wide coverage for his purchase at a US Marshals Service auction of seized bitcoins from the Silk Road marketplace website. Draper is a major proponent of Bitcoin and decentralization. Learn more about Draper University: https://www.draperuniversity.com/ Follow Tim Draper on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timdraper/?hl=en Learn more about Tim Draper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Draper

In this interview I talk with Tim Draper of Draper Associates. We talk about Tim’s career as a venture capitalist, how he evaluates companies to invest in, his most notable investments and why he invested in them, risk management, his outlook on the US economy due to Covid-19, why bitcoin should be the new currency for the US, and the idea of change. Tim Draper, who is worth $1.1 Billion, is the founder of Draper Fisher Jurveston, Draper Venture Network, Draper University, and Draper Associates. His most prominent investments include Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch, Cruise Automation, and Focus Media. In July 2014, Draper received wide coverage for his purchase at a US Marshalls Service auction of seized bitcoins from the Silk Road website. Lastly, Draper is a major proponent of Bitcoin and decentralization.

Success is often found on the journey to your destination and for most entrepreneurs it usually involves a lot of up's and downs, wins and losses and the determination to never quit. In this episode, we have an amazing conversation with John Chi and Michel Haddad from Synova Life Sciences, who are doing some amazing and life changing work in the stem cell research and delivery space. John and Michel talk about their beginnings as co-founders of Synova Life Sciences and their attempts to become a Y Combinator startup. Y Combinator is an American start-up accelerator and has been used to launch over 2,000 companies including Stripe, Airbnb, Cruise Automation, DoorDash, Coinbase, Instacart, and Dropbox.John and Michel talk about what stops a lot of people from moving forward, the power behind loving what you do and their quest to helps lots of people live healthier and longer lives.They also share a ton of insight on stem cells, how they can help you and why we are close to living for as long as we want to live.You can hear all of this and more of this amazing conversation on this Episode of The White Tiger Podcast.You can find out more about Synova Life Sciences at:https://www.synovalife.comhttps://www.facebook.com/synovalife/You Can Follow The White Tiger Podcast on Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewhitetigerpodcast/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewhitetigerpodcast/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/whitetiger092  Also Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://youtu.be/oP_LAWULXCs

Dustin Plantholt’s “Life’s Tough—You Can Be Tougher” podcast & YouTube Video this week features Tim Draper, legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network—a global network of venture capital funds. Often regarded as one of the most successful venture capitalists in the world, Tim is a major proponent of Bitcoin and decentralization. Tim Draper, forward-thinking and renowned venture capitalist, is a graduate of both Stanford University (BS in Electrical Engineering) and Harvard University (MBA) and holds two honorary doctorates from The International University and Trinity College of Dublin. In 1985, Tim founded Draper Associates—a seed stage venture capital firm that helps revolutionary entrepreneurs impact the world by propelling their businesses to greatness and directing their visions through funding, education, media and government reform. Some of his most prominent investments include Skype, Twitter, Baidu, Hotmail, Tesla, SpaceX, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch.tv, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring, Cruise Automation, YeePay and Focus Media. A leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs, and cryptocurrencies—and one of the earliest investors in the internet—Tim expects that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will be the primary means of payment in five years. Tim won the US Marshall’s auction in 2014 (where he bid on 30,000 Bitcoins) and has invested in over 50 crypto companies as well as leads investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. In 1996, he invented “viral marketing”—a marketing method for exponentially spreading an electronic service from customer to customer. This was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail, Skype, and other online applications. In his notable mission to promote entrepreneurship, Tim created Draper University of Heroes, a residential and online school based in San Mateo, California, to help extraordinary people accomplish their life missions. School alumni have gone on to build 350 companies including crypto leaders, QTUM, Spacecash, DataWallet, and Credo. He also started Innovate Your State, a non-profit dedicated to crowdsource innovation in government; and BizWorld, a non-profit that teaches young children to navigate the world of business and entrepreneurship. Regularly featured on major networks, in publications, and in social media as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets, and Bitcoin, Tim has received numerous awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum’s “Entrepreneur of the World.” He has also been highly ranked on several notable lists including one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine; the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by Crypto Weekly; #1 most networked venture capitalist by AlwaysOn; #7 on the Forbes Midas List; and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. Join Dustin and Tim for a colorful dialogue on entrepreneurship, Bitcoin, risk-taking and learn from one of the greatest venture capitalists of our time.

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Host Tom Appel and co-host Jill Ciminillo start the show by discussing the reveal of the Cruise Automation Origin ride-hailing concept vehicle. The conversation includes an overview of autonomous-vehicle development companies Waymo and Argo AI. Jill shares impressions of her current test vehicle, the 2020 Lexus NX 300 F Sport. Collectible Automobile Magazine Editor-in-Chief John Biel joins the team to talk about the June issue of the publication. Tom, Jill, and John talk about the 1971-1978 Cadillac Eldorado, featured in the June edition. Tom surprises Jill and John with the first-ever Car Stuff Podcast Car Sales Power Quiz. Tom runs down the latest posts on the Consumer Guide CG Daily Drive blog, including a new post about Chinese automaker Geely and the company's surprising recent acquisitions. Also discussed was an article written by Jill regarding your car and the security of your digital information. The crew wraps up the show with a discussion about their least favorite auto features.

During this episode, You, Me, and Your Top Three host and CGS Advisors CEO, Gregg Garrett, speaks with Alisyn Malek, COO and Co-Founder, May Mobility. Alisyn talks about how her company is helping to define a totally new transportation system and what it is like transitioning from being an engineer to corporate innovator to founder and industry disruptor. Alisyn and Gregg discuss large macro systems and the delicate balance between simplicity and complexity. Of course, Alisyn speaks about her Top 3, a group of strong women who helped her find empathy, bravery, and to reflect on her own future career path. And, you have to hear what she says about “badass women” who support one another.   About Alisyn Malek Alisyn Malek is the COO and Co-Founder of May Mobility, Inc. May Mobility’s vision is to transform cities through autonomous technology, creating a safer, greener, more accessible world. They have made it their mission to reimagine transportation by developing and deploying autonomous shuttles that get people to their destinations safely and easily. Service has launched in Detroit, Columbus, Ohio, Providence, Road Island as well as Grand Rapids, Michigan. Alisyn was formerly the head of the innovation pipeline at General Motors. Prior to that role she was an investment manager at GM Ventures. During her tenure there, she led investment in the autonomous space, including the early negotiations with Cruise Automation, helping to cement GM’s autonomous strategy. As an automotive engineer, she led a global team to develop SAE Level 3 charging technology for GM’s Spark and Bolt EV Products. As well as supporting release of electrical components for the first generation Chevy Volt. Alisyn holds two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering and German Language. Malek was recognized as a top ten female innovator to watch by the Smithsonian in 2018, named a top automotive professional under 35 to watch by LinkedIn in 2015 for her work in cutting-edge product development and corporate venture, and identified as a Crain's Detroit 20 in their 20’s awardee for her work in engineering and deployment of advanced charging systems.. Show Highlights Segment 1: Overview 1:00        Thinking through macros systems – societal/industrial systems, organization systems, and the leadership system. 3:18        Over the next decade – there will be less and less independent systems (with examples). 10:16      Alisyn Malek – May Mobility. Corktown Studios. And more. (General Motors) Segment 2: The “Top Three”   12:23      Alisyn’s ‘Top Three’ – Alyssa Jernigan – A clear dialogue. Seeing the blind spots. 14:44      Alisyn’s ‘Top Three’ – Vanessa Miller – Surround yourself with people who have different skills than you. Creating empathy. 18:20      Alisyn’s ‘Top Three’ – Elaina Farnsworth – A source of experience and guidance. Segment 3: Industry Disruption & Transformation   22:58      May Mobility – founded to solve a unique challenge facing the world today; an imbalance in access to mobility within the backdrop of increasingly congested cities and towns. 23:50      Look at global mobility marketplace and how they use ACES (autonomous, connected, electric, shared) vehicles. 28:04      Expanding May Mobility to the global market. (Toyota Motor Company.) 30:43      “The last mile is hard. That is a lot of what we are doing today.” 34:27      Being a leader in a growing organization: you have to be thoughtful to keep everyone growing in the same direction. 39:38      Creating a startup in Southeast Michigan and growing it for sustainability. Segment 4: Leadership & Wrapping Up 44:14      How do you accomplish everything at the same time? “Learning to forgive myself.” 47:59      “People don’t actually like women who are direct.” – being a woman leader in the automotive space. 49:11      Special advice for women: For any perceived minority...”Don’t take no as the first answer. And sometimes you just have to brush it off.” 51:32      Detroit Badass Ladies – There are a lot of bad ass ladies in this city and we need more excuses to get together and elevate ourselves to new levels of bad assery. 56:01      Advice for leaders: Actively listen. Depersonalize things. 58:54      Follow Alisyn Malek on LinkedIn and Twitter. Additional Information Contact Alisyn Malek: Alisyn’s LinkedIn Alisyn’s Twitter Contact May Mobility: May Mobility Website May Mobility Twitter May Mobility LinkedIn Contact Gregg Garrett: Gregg’s LinkedIn Gregg’s Twitter Gregg’s Bio Contact CGS Advisors: Website LinkedIn Twitter

https://www.freerodneyreed.com *** this is not financial or legal advice*** Come hang out with Michael Nye and Tim Draper chat about everything from what is Bitcoin, how he invitations the future, and even Tim’s mastery of investing. Timothy Cook Draper (born June 11, 1958) is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Draper University, Draper Venture Network, and Draper Associates. His most prominent investments include Baidu, Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring (company), Twitter, DocuSign, Coinbase, Robinhood (company), Ancestry.com, Twitch.tv, Cruise Automation, and Focus Media. In July 2014, Draper received wide coverage[4] for his purchase at a US Marshals Service auction of seized bitcoins from the Silk Road marketplace website. Draper is a major proponent of Bitcoin and decentralization. **Wikipedia** Follow us at: Twitter: @whatiscrypto Website: Whatiscrypto.com FB Group & Page: What is Crypto YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspcykxjIbHo0C9ZOCM9YnA Tim Draper draper.vc Tim’s Twitter: @TimDraper Michael Nye (Host) Twitter: @MrMichaelNye IG: mrmichaelnye Matthew Aaron (Producer) Twitter: @MatthewAaronCLE Email: Matthew@iamnye.com For Bookings: https://www.whatiscrypto.com Editor:Jay La Bella Website: www.jaylabella.com Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cREsEygOmEk Flurowyde by BraveLion https://soundcloud.com/bravelion Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/flurowyde Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/cREsEygOmEk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLsadzQ2qc A New Year by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_a-new-year Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/FrLsadzQ2qc © Copyright 2019 What is Crypto Media LLC All Rights Reserved

This week, Cory speaks to entrepreneur and angel investor Daniel Gross. Daniel is the founder of Pioneer (an experimental fund that breaks down barriers to find the next great humans through tournaments and mentorship) and runs YC AI. Prior to this, he co-founded Cue, a personal search engine that was acquired by Apple. He is also a successful angel investor being involved with Coinbase, Cruise Automation, Github, Opendoor and more. In this week's episode, he talks about being admitted into Y-Combinator at just the age of 18, how to create life changing opportunities, the launch of his new company Pioneer, importance of celebrating victories, plus many more.

SPECIAL GUEST: David Rand, DesignerTOPICS:05:36 - Concours d'Elegance of America32:30 - Doctor Data35:18 - What Will Happen to the Detroit 3 If People Stop Buying Pickups?42:55 - Corvette C8: What We Think54:00 - Tesla's 408 Million Loss56:18 - Cruise Automation: Slow MovingPANEL:Christie Schweinsberg, WardsAuto.com; Joe DeMatio, Hagerty; Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production

Justin Kan is the Founder and CEO @ Atrium, the startup providing a full-service corporate law firm that uses modern technology to give startups a legal experience that is fast, transparent, and price-predictable. To date, Justin has raised over $75m in funding from some of the best in the business including Founders Fund, a16z, First Round, General Catalyst, Thrive, Initialized and more. Prior to founding Atrium, Justin was a Partner @ Y Combinator, the globally renowned accelerator and the birthplace of some of today's largest startups. Before that Justin was the Co-Founder @ Twitch, the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers which was acquired by Amazon for $970m. If that was not enough, Justin is also a prolific angel investor with investments in the likes of Cruise Automation, Rippling, Zenefits, Triplebyte and more. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Justin made his way into the world of startups and YC? How that led to the founding of Justin.TV, later Twitch? What was that a-ha moment for Atrium? 2.) Why did Justin feel that being an investor full time was not for him? How does Justin think about and approach the learning process as a founder? What advice does Justin give to those who want to quit? What was it that made Justin embrace the series of self-improvement habits he now practices? 3.) What does Justin mean when he says, "attaching yourself to outcomes will only cause your own suffering”? How does Justin think about and advise founders when it comes to burnout? How does Justin feel about the "crushing it" culture in tech? What can we do to normalise vulnerability? What were Justin's biggest takeaways from "The Score takes Care of Itself"? 4.) What have been Justin's experiences with therapy? How does he advise founders thinking of engaging with therapists? What have been his biggest lessons that drive success in therapy? How does Justin look to show authenticity through positivity? What does that really mean? 5.) What have been Justin's biggest takeaways from "The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership"? What are the core principles? What is required to roll out these values and principles within an organisation? What are the fundamental challenges to successfully roll this out on a large scale within your company? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Justin’s Fave Book: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership As always you can follow Harry, Justin and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Zach Coelius is Managing Partner @ Coelius Capital and in his own words, "a pretty eclectic investor who loves to see just about any deal". To date, Zach has made investments in the likes of mParticle, Cruise Automation, Branch Metrics, SkySafe, ProsperWorks and more. In addition, Zach is or has been an advisor to LiveRamp, Hellosign, Art19, Loom.ai, Survata and StartGrid just to name a few. Prior to his investing career, Zach was CEO @ Triggit, an online adtech company which he raised over $18m for and was ultimately acquired in 2015. If that was not enough, Zach is also a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Zach made his way from the world of operating and adtech to investing and advising startups today? When does Zach feel the ecosystem really started to take him seriously as an investor? What did Zach learn from being in the adtech space that he has applied to his investing today? 2.) The Future of Venture: Naval has previously said we will see "the unbundling of VC", does Zach agree with this view? Why does Zach feel we are seeing both the bundling and the unbundling of venture platforms? What unique challenges does this pose for both sides of the equation? How should entrepreneurs evaluate the different options, bundled vs unbundled? 3.) Portfolio Construction: Why does Zach believe that portfolio construction is fundamentally inefficient? What 2 core areas of venture does portfolio construction cause issues for? When does Zach view to be the ideal insertion point if optimising for absolute returns and not following portfolio construction? 4.) Reserve Allocation and Pricing: Why does Zach think that the current mechanism for reserve allocation is broken? Why is it a fundamentally bias process? What does the optimal investment decision-making process look like to Zach? How does Zach think about the asymmetric information that is gained from being early into a company? How can investors really use it to their advantage? Why do they not? 5.) Why does Zach compare being an entrepreneur to being a gladiator and a rocketship? Why does Alex believe the transition from space articulation to product articulation is the most important thing an entrepreneur can do? What is the true sign of this transition in customer interactions? Where do many entrepreneurs make mistakes here? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Zach’s Fave Book: The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life Zach’s Most Recent Investment: MudWtr As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Zach on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Jon Dishotsky is the Founder & CEO @ Starcity, the startup on a mission to make cities more affordable to everyone allowing you to live with great people in the city you love. To date, Jon has raised over $28m in funding for Starcity from the likes of Social Capital, Y Combinator, Bullpen Capital, NEA and Kima Ventures in Paris, just to name a few. Prior to founding Starcity, Jon did over 3M square feet of commercial real estate transactions for clients including Optimizely, Cruise Automation, Weebly, Zenefits and many more. Before that he spent 8 years at the prestigious Cushman & Wakefield. Jon is also an active angel investor with investments in the likes of Remote, Fond and Savvy. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jon made his way from doing real estate transactions for clients including YC to being one of the hottest prop tech startups making cities affordable with Starcity? 2.) Why did it take so long for the venture ecosystem to get excited by the rise of proptech? What was the catalyst? When advising VCs, how do you advise them to get comfortable investing in these heavy asset, non-lean startup businesses? What are the biggest mistakes investors make when analysing proptech? 3.) What were some of Jon's biggest takeaways from his time at YC? How does Jon advise other founders looking to get into YC today? When it comes to investor selection, in what cases would Jon take a lower valuation against other offers? How does Jon advise founders on investor selection? What questions should they ask? Why is it like hiring? What are the common mistakes that Jon sees founders make when selecting investors? 4.) How does Jon advise founders when it comes to improving the quality of their mental health? Where do Jon struggle? How does Jon engage with social media knowing the psychological effects it has? What have been some major breakthroughs for him? Why does Jon believe having kids has made him a better founder? Why does Jon believe that older entrepreneurs are actually more successful than younger founders? 5.) What is Jon's biggest advice to founders when it comes to building relationships with VCs? Should founders "always be raising"? How transparent should founders be with VCs both in the relationship building process and the fundraise itself? As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Jon on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Ryan Eustice, Senior VP, Automated Driving, Toyota Research InstituteTOPICS:02:48 - Toyota Research Institute P4 Automated Driving Test Vehicle35:04 - Doctor Data41:08 - Lyft Loses Money and Goes Waymo44:50 - GM Cruise Gets More Money47:45 - Uber Drivers Strike: Maybe that Autonomous Thing Will Work52:46 - Lordstown Plant: GM and Workhorse? Not Likely1:02:30 - Autonomy: Where is Nissan?1:08:26 - Post-show DiscussionPANEL:- Pete Bigelow, Automotive News- Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

All the news that I could possibly grab from Google’s I/O keynote, again, Alexa IS spying on you, Cruise Automation raises a big round... and will we ever actually see the Galaxy Fold? Sponsors: Lightstream.com/ride Metalab.co Links: THE PIXEL 3A PUTS GOOGLE’S PHENOMENAL CAMERA IN A $400 PHONE (The Verge) Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time (The Washington Post) Check your Alexa recording archive here Study: Voice Assistants Far From Hot Marketplace For Buying (MediaPost) GM’s self-driving division Cruise raises another $1.15 billion (The Verge) How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks (NYTimes) Samsung Electronics says no anticipated shipping date yet for Galaxy Fold (Reuters) Subscribe to the Premium Ad-Free Feed right here!

Today, on the eve of our 100th episode(!), we discuss Apple's ongoing work with its autonomous vehicle Project Titan; the EU mandates 11 ADAS systems for all new cars from 2021; and GM's Cruise Automation may miss their promised 2020 deployment of its first truly Level 5 robotaxis with no steering wheels, but honestly, it doesn't matter; alternatively, here's how they can still make that deadline. ALSO: My full 19-minute review of the Tesla Model 3 with Enhanced Autopilot is now live! Watch it here and be sure to subscribe to my channel! Read, listen, and discuss this episode at MarcHoag.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/AutonomousHoag Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/autonomoushoag Like us on Facebook: fb.com/autonomoushoag Subscribe to my new YouTube channel at youtube.com/channel/UCzDAWTzwkA_MgmqoOKhHYzQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

TOPICS:- Doctor Data- Cruise on a hiring binge- VW going even more electric- UAW increases strike fund payPANEL:- Michael Robinet, IHS Markit- Charles Chesbrough, Cox Automotive- Gary Vasilash, ADandP- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

SPECIAL GUEST: John Plonka, Chief Engineer, Cadillac XT6TOPICS:02:16 - Cadillac XT633:35 - Doctor Data36:45 - Automotive Valentines50:45 - Amazon and GM Love Rivian1:03:17 - Disengagement of Autonomous Vehicles1:06:10 - Cruise Automation testing1:09:19 - After Hours After Glow: Should Apple buy Tesla?PANEL:- Jeff Gilbert, WWJ NewsRadio 950- Gary Vasilash, Automotive Design and Production- John McElroy, Autoline.tv

- Board of Directors Transforming at GM- Busch Beer Turns NASCAR Into Beer Cans- Nissan Invests in New Plant in Africa- January Big Truck Sales- New Silk Road Could Slash Shipping Time- Cruise Automation Shows Impressive AV Capabilities

- Board of Directors Transforming at GM - Busch Beer Turns NASCAR Into Beer Cans - Nissan Invests in New Plant in Africa - January Big Truck Sales - New Silk Road Could Slash Shipping Time - Cruise Automation Shows Impressive AV Capabilities

Kyle Vogt is the President and CTO of Cruise Automation, leading an effort in trying to solve one of the biggest robotics challenges of our time: vehicle autonomy. He is the co-founder of 2 successful companies (Cruise and Twitch) that were each acquired for 1 billion dollars. Video version is available on YouTube. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations.

Today, many companies provide developer access to their services via APIs.Moesif, a San Francisco startup, wants to help these companies gain insight into their customer's API usage patterns. Today, the company announced a $3.5 million seed round. The investment was led by Merus Capital with participation by Heavybit, Fresco Capital and Zach Coelius, who sold his startup, Cruise Automation, to General Motors for $1 billion in 2016.

Here’s your Headstart on three business headlines you need to know for Friday, November 30th, 2018. Learn more at dailyheadstart.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Autonocast was recently asked by our friends at Securing America's Future Energy to participate in their Innovation Summit on Autonomous Vehicles and Next Generation Transportation in Miami, Florida. The event, which SAFE put on in collaboration with Nexus Global, was a whirlwind tour of the most important issues surrounding autonomous vehicles and the future of mobility featuring a wide variety of voices including Uber, Voyage, Cruise Automation, Ford, the Department of Labor, the World Institute on Disability, transportation managers from Seattle and Long Beach, a pollster from the Mellman Group and more. At the end of a full day of insight and conversation, we recorded a discussion that opened with SAFE founder and CEO Robby Diamond and then brought in a variety of the people we'd heard from to summarize the most important issues that had surfaced throughout the summit. The result is a very special episode, covering a wide range of voices and ideas, that we hope brings you a taste of what was a very special event.

Humans will apparently always be illogical; iSee is developing software that brings common sense "understanding" to autonomous vehicles; Cruise Automation still on track to roll out fully autonomous cars on the streets of San Francisco by next year. Read, listen, and discuss this episode at MarcHoag.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/AutonomousHoag Subscribe to our new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDAWTzwkA_MgmqoOKhHYzQ Support this podcast with easily monthly contributions at anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

Today, Episode 61! We talk again about the trolly paradox, and the need to program autonomous to mirror various cultures' social norms, conventions, and expectations; GM's Cruise Automation has a small problem in that it's not so good at detecting pedestrians (oops); and, we discuss VW's strategy towards besting Tesla at it's own game... by 2020. Read, listen, and discuss this episode at MarcHoag.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/AutonomousHoag Subscribe to our new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDAWTzwkA_MgmqoOKhHYzQ Support this podcast with easily monthly contributions at anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

The I-Banks pursuing Uber's IPO suggested the company could price at a valuation of $120 Billion or approximately 11-12x 2018 trailing revenue (estimated at $10-11 Billion for 2018). The combined market caps for GM, Ford and Tesla are $121 Billion at the close of today's market. I don't believe that Uber's ride share service is a differentiated service compared to GM's autonomous unit Cruise Automation (which will likely grow its ride share service over time) or Waymo to name two. As the auto OEMs roll out autonomous technology expect them to test it in part by rolling out ride share services. in addition, they will sell early autonomous vehicles to fleet operators some of which will roll out ride share services or expand existing ride share services.

This week Sam drives the latest Mazda6 which is still his favorite midsize sedan while Dan samples the Hyundai Kona and Toyota Sienna with all-wheel-drive. As the auto industry changes, Mercedes-Benz considers paring down niche models while GM and Honda team up on automated driving and mobility. Finally, we bid farewell to Tony Swan. Links… Read More »Episode #083 – Race On Tony Swan

Annnnnd.... we're back with Episode 56! Sorry for the brief, unscheduled break the last two weeks, but let's dive in and pick up where we left off! Today: a brief discussion on our last #FridayPollDay on Twitter, and then: the Feds get serious about autonomous cars (in a good way); autonomous cars may actually get in the way of pedestrian-friendly urban cores; and GM's Cruise Automation gets a further $2.75 billion from Honda! All this... right now. Read, listen, and discuss this episode at MarcHoag.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/AutonomousHoag Subscribe to our new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDAWTzwkA_MgmqoOKhHYzQ Support this podcast with easily monthly contributions at anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

“Venture capital, to me, is a way that we can raise money to help entrepreneurs who can go out there and do something for the world that just opens it up. I am always pushing for freedom, and I think it's great to see venture capital be able to support entrepreneurs—wherever they are—to go out there and do something extraordinary for freedom.” Tim Draper is the founding partner of Draper Associates as well as Draper Fischer Jurvetson (DFJ). His gift for assessing the fastest way to get a service to its users was instrumental in the success of viral communication networks like Hotmail and Skype. He has been an early investor in several wildly successful startups including Baidu, Tesla and Cruise Automation. Tim is recognized as a leading supporter of global entrepreneurship, and he was named #7 on the Forbes Midas List, #1 Most Networked Venture Capitalists by Always On, and World Entrepreneurship Forum's 2015 ‘Entrepreneur for the World.' In 2011, he created Draper University, a residential and online school that seeks to help talented young people meet their entrepreneurial goals. Today Tim offers his definition of entrepreneurship and his journey from aspiring entrepreneur to venture capitalist. He shares his take on the ideal relationship between VC and founder and the sectors he is looking to invest in right now. We explore the world of cryptocurrency, discussing its potential to transform governance, how innovative VCs are trying new things with Bitcoin, and what the industry can learn from the P2P music and media revolution. Listen in to understand why Tim equates freedom with wealth and how to leverage the ripple effect of optimism. Topics Covered Tim's definition of VC Give entrepreneurs the means to ‘do something extraordinary for freedom' Draper Venture Network is taking best practices global Tim's entrepreneurial evolution VC affords opportunity to dabble The relationship between a VC and founder Look for a fit, VC that can bring something interesting to the table Tim's strengths lie in designing business models and networking The sectors Tim is looking to invest in right now Anything blockchain has to offer Cryptocurrency has ability to transform real estate, insurance, banking and government Tim's take on how cryptocurrency will transform governance World more elastic, flexible Functions of government done more efficiently on blockchain How innovative VCs are trying new things with Bitcoin Tim was first to invest in company with cryptocurrency, use smart contract The best advice Tim got from his VC dad Personal connection matters What cryptocurrency can learn from peer-to-peer music/media revolution When status quo threatened, they will retaliate (e.g.: lawsuits, government intervention, competitive threat) ‘Technology wins all the wars' Control vs. technological advancements Countries relying on own currency lose out Entrepreneurs, money go elsewhere The ripple effect of optimism Fear keeps people in boxes Accomplish much more if you ‘just go' Connect with Tim Draper Associates http://www.draper.vc/ Draper Associates on Twitter https://twitter.com/drapervc DFJ http://dfj.com/index.php Draper University http://www.draperuniversity.com/ The Startup Hero on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrqcWVF3uelGlK-6sXGjLgKu_JlhW_3l Tim Draper on Medium https://medium.com/@TimDraper/the-pledge-f18e12013785 Meet the Drapers https://republic.co/meet-the-drapers Resources Mentioned The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Game-Partnership-Capitalists-Entrepreneurs/dp/0230339948 Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem by Michael Rothschild https://www.amazon.com/Bionomics-Economy-Ecosystem-Michael-Rothschild/dp/0805019790 Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

Today, Episode 52! GM's autonomous car subsidiary Cruise Automation hits a regulatory roadblock to start testing in NYC; Volvo's new 360c fully autonomous bedroom on wheels is the wrong solution to the problem of congested roadways; and, the autonomous vehicle market hits $173 billion by 2023. Read, listen, and discuss this episode at MarcHoag.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/AutonomousHoag Subscribe to our new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDAWTzwkA_MgmqoOKhHYzQ Support this podcast with easily monthly contributions at anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

Welcome to Episode 36 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights! For this episode, I interviewed Eric Paley, Managing Partner at Founder Collective, a seed stage investment firm in the Boston area. This year, Eric was ranked #11 for the Forbes Midas list, which is a ranking of the top VC in the industry. And yes… there's no doubt, he definitely has the golden touch. His early investments include Uber, The Trade Desk, Cruise Automation, Formlabs, and more. Prior to launching Founder Collective with his partners David Frankel and Micah Rosenbloom, he was a co-founder (along with Micah) at a company called Brontes Technologies that was acquired by 3M. In this episode, we cover: -Eric's background and his journey into entrepreneurship. -The background story about Brontes and how they disrupted an untapped industry. -The formation of Founder Collective. -The story behind his investment in Uber. -Why he loves making investments that are "non-obvious” or “non-glamorous.“ -Plus, a lot more! Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

This special live episode was recorded at the Atrium offices in San Francisco on June 20 2018. Village Global co-founder Erik Torenberg hosted a fireside chat with Daniel Kan, co-founder and COO of Cruise Automation and Qasar Younis, former COO of YCombinator.They discussed all things fundraising, providing an inside look into the world of VC funding and exposing some of the subtler points of fundraising for seed and Series A rounds. They discuss topics like dealing with VCs, refining your pitch and the importance of metrics in a Series A round. They also talked about prepping for meetings with VCs, what motivates VCs, how to efficiently backchannel via your network and transitioning from a seed round to a Series A round.They finished with an enlightening Q&A session, taking questions from the live audience at Atrium.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

This special live episode was recorded at the Atrium offices in San Francisco on June 20 2018. Village Global co-founder Erik Torenberg hosted a fireside chat with Daniel Kan, co-founder and COO of Cruise Automation and Qasar Younis, former COO of YCombinator.They discussed all things fundraising, providing an inside look into the world of VC funding and exposing some of the subtler points of fundraising for seed and Series A rounds. They discuss topics like dealing with VCs, refining your pitch and the importance of metrics in a Series A round. They also talked about prepping for meetings with VCs, what motivates VCs, how to efficiently backchannel via your network and transitioning from a seed round to a Series A round.They finished with an enlightening Q&A session, taking questions from the live audience at Atrium.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

346: In this interview, Peter High speaks with Randy Mott, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of General Motors. Among the topics they discuss include: How GM has evolved over the years that Randy has spent as CIO including switching from an outsourced IT workforce to an entirely incourced one by hiring thousands of new IT employees, consolidating data center operations into two enterprise data centers, and expanding the footprint towards new talent by creating four innovation centers. Randy’s perspective on how GM has been able to cut costs by providing automation for manual processes and the importance of taking advantages of new technologies. How GM’s IT team has been able to innovate including delivering new products and services driven by technology by creating a mobile center for customers, and developing a private cloud to increase efficiency. An overview of GM’s organizational structure, which is a centralized organization with both a vertical executives that have teams and report up the line and horizontal executives that support the vertical executives. Randy’s take on GM’s recruiting successes and pitch which is made successful by having a large footprint and ability to reach a large audience of college graduates, giving graduates the ability to pick which innovation center to work for, and having a reputation of being a successful company that gives them a lot of choice and opportunity. Randy’s perspective on driverless cars and how the company has been working on Cruise Automation. Randy’s advice to boards of smaller companies including increasing the use of direct reports of global CIO’s due to their amount of talent and exposure to what is happening across a broad technology. Randy’s advice to CIO’s looking to be on a board of an external company as well as his advice to CEO’s who are hesitant to allow CIO’s of that opportunity to be more progressive as it is a win-win situation. Randy’s emphasis on the application of new technology and the importance of evaluating the advancements of technology annually in a period of time where failure to innovate will result in major losses.

- Hyundai Shows Design Direction - Details of Hyundai’s N Brand - Cadillac Expands Super Cruise - Cruise Automation Already Worth $11 Billion? - BMW Develops 1st Racing Headlight - FCA Details its Path to Autonomy - GM and Honda Developing Batteries - Daimler Introduces Two New Electric Trucks

- Hyundai Shows Design Direction- Details of Hyundai’s N Brand- Cadillac Expands Super Cruise- Cruise Automation Already Worth $11 Billion?- BMW Develops 1st Racing Headlight- FCA Details its Path to Autonomy- GM and Honda Developing Batteries- Daimler Introduces Two New Electric Trucks

Today! We loop back to Episode 34 to do Part 2, in which we discuss the roll out of automation in the commercial shipping space first; Waymo's 100x increase in Chrysler Pacifica self driving minivans and their plans to license their tech; and Cruise Automation's infusion of $2.25B from SoftBank. Please remember: If you like this podcast, share it with you friends and colleagues; if you're listening on iTunes Podcasts, leave 5 stars; you can leave me voicemails here on Achor.fm (I promise to reply!); and you can write me on Twitter @MarcHoag and find me on LinkedIn! Cheers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

Daniel Curran an Angel/Advisor/Mentor to over 115+ Startups including Cruise Automation and DollarShave Unicorns and runs an Angellist syndicate with over $170M in exits and IPOs. He's a serial founder, currently building CustEx, previously was VP/COO @ Western Digital. Listen and Learn: The differences between the dotcom days and blockchains today How Dan leverages investing... The post How this Angel Investor Hit 4+ Unicorn Companies using a Simple Investment Framework with Super Angel Daniel Curran appeared first on The Syndicate.

Varun Jain currently leads Qualcomm Ventures' global early-stage fund, focused on Seed and Series A opportunities. This fund has scaled to $100M+ AUM and 75+ global investments, which include winners such as Cruise Automation (acquired by GM), 99 (acquired by Didi) and Zoom. He also serves the global lead for the fund's investments in the automotive... The post How Qualcomm Ventures Drives Returns by Investing Across Geographies and What the Future Holds with Varun Jain appeared first on The Syndicate.

Kyle Vogt, CEO & Co-founder of Cruise Automation and Bloomberg's Sarah Frier. From the CB Insights A-ha! conference December 12, 2017. For more information visit events.cbinsights.com

We discuss Tesla's plummeting stock as it relates to Model 3 production woes; an astonishing new EV SUV with 1000hp; and a Cruise Automation fully autonomous car getting ticketed on the streets of San Francisco. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

An Uber IPO is a tough sell. What sustainable competitive advantage does the company have vs. Waymo and Cruise Automation? Uber is at a Balance Sheet disadvantage vs. its two larger competitors who have a lead in the autonomous space where it will be difficult to play catch-up. a.) Waymo: https://waymo.com/ b.) Cruise Automation: https://getcruise.com/ c.) FT article: https://www.ft.com/content/a0f2af96-1117-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277 d.) Crowdsourcing article I authored: https://www.hrtechnologist.com/articles/recruitment-onboarding/crowdsourcing-levels-the-playing-field-for-prospective-job-seekers/

The Syndicate hosted The Future of Cryptocurrencies/Blockchain Live Streamed Round Table on 11/28/17 Our expert panelists include: Gil Penchina, Andy Bromberg, Lou Kerner and Joey Krug Gil Penchina’s one of the top super angels of all time, with investments in Ripple, Brave, Polychain, Paypal, Filecoin, Civic, Linkedin, Cruise Automation, Dollar Shave Club, Wealthfront, Discord, Fastly and a name as good as gold. Prior to that he worked at Ebay through the IPO process and now he runs 20+ syndicates on Angellist with millions in backing. And today he’s venturing to the other side of the table with Pryze, a decentralized sweepstakes system working on an ICO pre-sale. For more on Gil, check out his interview on The Syndicate podcast where we discuss How Gil Tried to Lose Money and Hit 5 Unicorns and the Future of Cryptocurrencies Joey Krug got involved in Bitcoin mining in 2011 before building Bitcoin point of sale system in 2013. In 2014, he dropped out of Pomona College to cofound one of the first projects on ethereum called Augur, and in 2015 they did the first crowdsale on Ethereum. Then this year he joined Pantera Capitalas Co-Chief Investment Officer managing their digital asset funds… oh, and he also run one of the top 10 (by backing) AngelList syndicates. To learn more about Joey, listen to our interview (the 1st of the podcast), on Cryptocurrencies, ICOs and the Future of Public Markets. Andy Bromberg is the CEO of CoinList, an innovative ICO launch platform and compliance company responsible for the Filecoin’s $205M ICO success. Spun out of Angellist, Coinlist is already a leader in the token space and has built the trust and success to fuel legitimate, world changing ICOs. Prior to Coinlist, Andy co-founded Sidewire, a startup which raised ~ $5M to connect experts for thought provoking conversations on politics on more. Lou Kerner is the founder and managing partner of Flight.vc’s Israeli Founder fund and the Social Internet fund. Before that, Lou pioneered social media with Bolt, the largest social media company of its time before being conquered by Myspace. Since then Lou has invested in the likes of Palantir, Facebook, Meetup, Klout, Plated and more. And if you missed Lou’s conversation on the podcast, it is a must. Offered 1/4 of Facebook for $5M – Plus Israel, Social Media, Cryptocurrencies and Future of Monopolies We will cover a wide range of topics from ICOs, the future of cryptocurrencies, the implications and disruptions of blockchain and much much more. Plus there will be a live Q&A session at the end with all our esteemed guests. Want more great round tables and investor interviews. Subscribe today to never miss a thing! The post The Future of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Roundtable ALL-192 appeared first on FBA Allstars.

The Syndicate hosted The Future of Cryptocurrencies/Blockchain Live Streamed Round Table on 11/28/17   Our expert panelists include: Gil Penchina, Andy Bromberg, Lou Kerner and Joey Krug Gil Penchina's one of the top super angels of all time, with investments in Ripple, Brave, Polychain, Paypal, Filecoin, Civic, Linkedin, Cruise Automation, Dollar Shave Club, Wealthfront, Discord, Fastly and a name as good as... The post The Future of Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Roundtable appeared first on The Syndicate.

- GM to Launch Autonomous Fleet in 2019- Toyota to Build Renewable Power Plant- Kia Niro Plug-In Details- Land Rover’s Design Transformation- Why Hyundai Embraces Entry-Level Cars

“Venture capital, to me, is a way that we can raise money to help entrepreneurs who can go out there and do something for the world that just opens it up. I am always pushing for freedom, and I think it's great to see venture capital be able to support entrepreneurs—wherever they are—to go out there and do something extraordinary for freedom.” -- Tim Draper Tim Draper is the founding partner of Draper Associates as well as Draper Fischer Jurvetson (DFJ). His gift for assessing the fastest way to get a service to its users was instrumental in the success of viral communication networks like Hotmail and Skype. He has been an early investor in several wildly successful startups including Baidu, Tesla and Cruise Automation. Tim is recognized as a leading supporter of global entrepreneurship, and he was named #7 on the Forbes Midas List, #1 Most Networked Venture Capitalists by Always On, and World Entrepreneurship Forum's 2015 ‘Entrepreneur for the World.' In 2011, he created Draper University, a residential and online school that seeks to help talented young people meet their entrepreneurial goals. Today Tim offers his definition of entrepreneurship and his journey from aspiring entrepreneur to venture capitalist. He shares his take on the ideal relationship between VC and founder and the sectors he is looking to invest in right now. We explore the world of cryptocurrency, discussing its potential to transform governance, how innovative VCs are trying new things with Bitcoin, and what the industry can learn from the P2P music and media revolution. Listen in to understand why Tim equates freedom with wealth and how to leverage the ripple effect of optimism. Connect with Tim Draper Associates http://www.draper.vc/ Draper Associates on Twitter https://twitter.com/drapervc Draper University http://www.draperuniversity.com/ Tim Draper on Medium https://medium.com/@TimDraper Meet the Drapers https://republic.co/meet-the-drapers Resources Mentioned The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs by William H. Draper III https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Game-Partnership-Capitalists-Entrepreneurs/dp/0230339948 Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem by Michael Rothschild https://www.amazon.com/Bionomics-Economy-Ecosystem-Michael-Rothschild/dp/0805019790 Connect with Boost VC Boost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/ Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/ Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVC

TODAY’S TOPIC: Magna International
SPECIAL GUEST: Swamy Kotagiri, CTO, MagnaNEWS:
- Polestar: Tesla isn’t the only company that needs to worry about this
- F Series: On Wednesday Named Truck of Texas and 1.3-million are recalled
- Dr. Data
- Daimler: Will breaking it apart make a better company?
- Cruise Automation makes impressive progressPANEL: John McElroy, Autoline.tv; Gary Vasilash, ADandP; David Welch, Bloomberg

- GM Wants to Test AVs in NYC - GM Won’t Spin Off AV Business - There’s How Many Cars on Plant Earth!? - Toyota’s Fuel Cell Concepts - The End of the ICE? - Mark Fields Finds New Job - Why Wall Street Backs GM Not Ford

- GM Wants to Test AVs in NYC- GM Won’t Spin Off AV Business- There’s How Many Cars on Plant Earth!?- Toyota’s Fuel Cell Concepts- The End of the ICE?- Mark Fields Finds New Job- Why Wall Street Backs GM Not Ford

0:30 Automakers Could Miss EU CO2 Targets 1:19 LNG Volvo Trucks Meet Euro 6 Standards 2:08 VW to Cut Number of Dealers in Europe 3:10 LIDAR Market Set to Explode 4:15 Cruise Automation Makes Impressive Progress 5:43 Mazda Concepts Focus on Product and Design 6:17 Mitsubishi Hints at Near Future

0:30 Automakers Could Miss EU CO2 Targets1:19 LNG Volvo Trucks Meet Euro 6 Standards2:08 VW to Cut Number of Dealers in Europe3:10 LIDAR Market Set to Explode4:15 Cruise Automation Makes Impressive Progress5:43 Mazda Concepts Focus on Product and Design6:17 Mitsubishi Hints at Near Future

In this episode of the Smart Driving Cars Podcast, host Fred Fishkin chats with Princeton University Professor Alain Kornhauser and University of Texas Professor Kara Kockelman about the news from GM and Cruise Automation, progress in technology and in Washington D. C. and how much people are willing to pay for cars that can drive themselves. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smart-driving-cars-podcast/support

Alina Cohen is a General Partner @ Initialized Capital, one of Silicon Valleys leading early stage seed funds. Their portfolio includes the likes of recent unicorn, Coinbase, Flexport, Cruise Automation, OpenDoor and many more incredible companies. As for Alina, prior to Initialized, she ran tech investments for Tamares Group, the first outside investor in Palantir, and previously founded Recrec, a computer vision startup which was acquired by Facebook, where she worked on Platform and Groups. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Alina made her way from selling her computer vision startup to Facebook to GP with one of SF's best new seed funds, Initialized? 2.) Why does Alina think gaming is so similar to start-ups? What core components are the same? What about gaming led Alina to realise there were secrets to the world of starting companies and growing startups in Silicon Valley? 3.) Why is Alina so focused on engineering-centric founders? Why does Alina feel they are the most attractive investment opportunities? Why are they the founder profile that deals best when pivots have to be made? 4.) Why does Alina think that AI is more artificial than intelligent today? If ML is a "leveraged play on data", where are the opportunities for startups with such data incumbency? Does AI just help the big get bigger? 5.) Why is Alina so bullish on the future of personal voice computing? What does Alina think will be the catalyst to consumer adoption? What are the compelling consumer applications with voice? Why does this remind her of the early FB platform days? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Alina’s Fave Book: The Three-Body Problem Alina’s Most Recent Investment: Fly.io As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Alina on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Pendo delivers the only complete platform that helps companies create great products. The Pendo Product Experience Platform enables product teams to understand product usage, collect user feedback, measure NPS, assist users, and promote new features in-app – all without requiring any engineering resources. This unique combination of capabilities helps companies improve customer satisfaction, reduce churn, and increase revenue. Pendo is the proven choice of Salesforce, Cisco, Optimizely Citrix, BMC and many more leading companies. Start a free trial at http://go.pendo.io/harry Treehouse is an online school where you can learn how to build websites and apps. Their course library has thousands of hours of content, where you can learn all sorts of topics, including Javascript, iOS, Android and more.  With high-quality video instruction from real industry experts teaching you all you need to know, and quizzes and code challenges keep you engaged and on track. Learn on your own schedule and go from beginner to pro. Go to teamtreehouse.com to start your free trial.