E914: News Roundtable! Parker Thompson, AngelList & Ryan Block, Begin: Apple announcements (what’s hot & not), inside IPO big wave & high valuations, Beto the hacker, favorite apps, the futures of crypto, political ads, social media & the venture industri

Is decentralization overhyped? And the future of voice tech.: Today I'm at AngelList HQ in San Francisco for a bit of a reunion with two friends and investors: Parker Thompson and Erik Torenberg. Parker Thompson is a partner at AngelList and early stage investor. Prior to joining the family here (Product Hunt is an AngelList company), he was a partner at 500 Startups where he invested in Erik's first company, among many others. Before that, Parker spent six years at Pivotal Labs. As you'll hear, he's also behind the popular Twitter account @StartupLJackson. Erik Torenberg is co-founder and partner at Village Global, a network-driven venture firm. He is also co-founder and chairman of crypto company TokenDaily and On Deck, a community of top talent looking to start or join their next company. Erik was actually the first full-time teammate to join me at Product Hunt and prior to that, he co-founded rapt.fm, an app for participating in live online rap battles. In this episode we talk a by Product Hunt Radio

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E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Ben Ling (Bling), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Help Scout VP of Sales Tim Thyne by This Week in Startups

77 min listen

Guilty by seven crimes and death by a thousand verticals: Keith Teare on Sam Bankman-Fried and Palo Alto, Elon Musk and Rishi Sunak, and Space X and X by Keen On

36 min listen

E7: OpenAI updates, macro predictions, and why McDonald’s is a software company: Writer Byrne Hobart and investor Erik Torenberg discuss new updatates from OpenAI, Byrne's macroeconomic predictions, the importance of software for Microsoft, and more. by "The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg

60 min listen

Oracle enters the fray, an ‘epic’ injunction and priced to perfection?: A source tells CNBC that Oracle has entered talks to acquire TikTok’s U.S. operations. We break down the contenders vs. pretenders in the race for a TikTok takeover. Plus, ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games is seeking a preliminary injunction against Apple is in its App Store dispute. Could this be the start of trouble ahead for the tech giant? We explore in Rapid Fire. And, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq just hit new record highs. But as retail names sell off and stimulus talks stall in Congress, is this as good as it gets for stocks? Our market experts debate. by The Exchange

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Phew! When AI ate the internet: THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare and Andrew discuss a breathtaking week in tech when Apple reached a three trillion dollar valuation and AI ate the internet by Keen On

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E1013: Decade Wrap-Up Roundtable! Garry Tan, Initialized Capital & Zach Coelius, Coelius Capital on the biggest hits & misses of the past decade: Trump, Theranos, Streaming, Mindfulness, Crypto, Tesla, WeWork, Amazon Prime, Vaping & more! by This Week in Startups

66 min listen

469 | Taylor Lorenz & Corbin Barthold: The Case Against the TikTok Sale Legislation: Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post columnist and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, and Corbin Barthold, TechFreedom's Internet Policy Counsel and Director of Appellate Litigation, join The Realignment. In this two-part episode, Marshall and Taylor discuss her work on the creator economy, broader story of the social internet's development, and her opposition to the House legislation to force ByteDance to divest itself from TikTok. Then, Marshall and Corbin discuss his belief that the legislation as written violates the First Amendment. by The Realignment

114 min listen

I Was WRONG:! That Was The Week's Keith Teare confesses how and why he was wrong on his prediction about Apple's Vision Pro: EPISODE 1542: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss why Keith was wrong in last week's show about Apple's new Vision Pro and how this revolutionary device might once again change everything by Keen On

32 min listen

That Was The Week in Tech: Keith Teare predicts a failed Apple virtual reality headset but is more bullish on Twitter's reinvention as X: EPISODE 1514: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss the upcoming Apple virtual reality headset, the supposed investment boom in AI and Elon Musk's ambition of reinventing Twitter as X by Keen On

30 min listen

Some Like It Hot: Looking into the IPO Market: The market for initial public offerings, or IPOs, in the U.S. is hot, with household names like Lyft, Uber, and Pinterest coming to the public markets with a lot of media coverage and interest from investors. But many of these so-called unicorns who’ve achieved $1 billion valuations before they’ve gone public have never turned a profit. So, how can investors tell if these IPOs are potentially worth investing in? Host Drew Carter speaks with Ali Mogharabi, senior equity analyst at Morningstar Research Services, about the history of the IPO market, internet bubble, and 'tech unicorns.' Then, we learn from John Owens, senior portfolio manager at Morningstar Investment Management, about the caution taken when approaching 134 firms that went public last year. Recorded on: May 14, 2019 by Simple, but Not Easy

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Why Big Tech threatens our civil rights, economy and democracy: Silicon Valley insider Tom Kemp warns about the existential dangers of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple: EPISODE 1666: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Tom Kemp, the author of CONTAINING BIG TECH, about the existential political and economic dangers of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple by Keen On

41 min listen

E2: OpenAI, Investing Bets, and Social Media Paradigms: In our second episode of The Riff, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg discuss the role and influence of companies like OpenAI, AI investment opportunities, the whitespace in the future of social media companies, and turning cloud networks into real communities. by "The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg

56 min listen

Episode 1993: Keith Teare on the Hobbesian war of all-against-all inside & outside Silicon Valley by Keen On

35 min listen

Product Failures: Color: Raising $41 million dollars before launch, Color should have been an instant hit.... by Rocketship.fm

25 min listen

Fintech TAM explained by dating apps: This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single topic, think about a question and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha and Alex brought on Mary Ann for a special fintech episode, perhaps our spiciest of the year so far. by Equity

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Mobile app Robokiller coinventor, Ethan Garr, shares how his passionate team rapidly grew from product-market fit to an acquisition by IAC.: In this episode of The Breakout Growth Podcast, Sean Ellis interviews Ethan Garr, the SVP of Growth at Teltech, the makers of RoboKiller. RoboKiller has been nominated by Apple as the App of The Day in addition to consistently being ranked in the top twenty for utility app downloads. It has been featured on both local and national news programs around the USA as an important solution to battling robo callers. Due largely to the growth success of RoboKiller, Teletech was acquired by IAC earlier this year. Sean’s goal with this interview is to deconstruct what is truly driving breakout growth for RoboKiller. Their growth starts with strong product/market fit and the worthy mission of reducing the number of robocalls that annoy all of us on a daily basis. Their solution is a mobile app that detects robocalls and wastes the time of the spammer by keep by The Breakout Growth Podcast

51 min listen

418: The Psychology of a Billion-Dollar Enterprise App: Why is Slack So Habit-Forming by Nir Eyal & Ciara Byrne: Nir Eyal and Ciara Byrne of NirAndFar talk about why Slack is so habit-forming by Optimal Work Daily

11 min listen

LIVE interview from Livongo’s IPO, Apple’s “referee” problem, and the $26B T-Mobile/Sprint deal’s big step by The Best One Yet

17 min listen

Episode 2015: Is Apple about to pull out of the European Union and did Sam Bankman-Fried really deserve his 25 year jail sentence? by Keen On

41 min listen

Tim Cook takes the stand in Apple vs. Epic trial and a Friend of Pivot on app dating: Kara and Scott talk about Apple CEO Tim Cook's testimony in the final days of the Apple vs. Epic antitrust case. by Pivot

69 min listen

Why AI will radically disrupt traditional internet search engines: Keith Teare on Google, OPenAI and the crisis of online search economics by Keen On

29 min listen

2980: The Pinky Promise: Stick To It – Or Shed Some Blood by Nir Eyal on How to Stay Committed: Nir Eyal talks about the value of staying committed by Optimal Living Daily

9 min listen

That Was the Week in Tech: Inspired by his wife, Gene, Keith Teare asks whether the market has hit the bottom: EPISODE 1421: In this regular KEEN ON show with Keith Teare, the author of the THAT WAS THE WEEK tech newsletter, Andrew asks Keith about the current state of venture capital, AI and whether the market has hit the bottom by Keen On

32 min listen

Elon’s Power Play, Ozempic Insurance Costs, and the Future of ESG by Pivot

81 min listen

1879: Peak-End Rule: Why You Make Terrible Life Choices by Nir Eyal & Lakshmi Mani: Nir Eyal & Lakshmi Mani share why you make terrible life choices by Optimal Health Daily

11 min listen

Digital McCarthyism: Keith Teare on the chilling anti=Chinese and anti-Communist hysteria in Washington DC against TikTok: EPISODE 1391: In our regular weekly round-up of tech news, Andrew talks to THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare about the chilling anti-Chinese and anti-Communist hysteria in Washington DC against TikTok by Keen On

35 min listen

SPACs, Scams and Hit Jobs: Keith Teare defends former SPAC king Chamath Palihapitiya from "hit job" accusations of scamming small investors: EPISODE 1679: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Keith defends SPAC king Chamath Palihapitiya from accusations of scamming small investors by Keen On

31 min listen

E6: How Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett beat the market: This week, writer Byrne Hobart and investor Erik Torenberg discuss the lessons to be learned from the life of the late Charlie Munger. They explore what made Munger a great investor, how he was different from Warren Buffett, and where to find the next Munger today. by "The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg

62 min listen

Nir Eyal: Addictive Tech, Killing Bad Habits & Apps for Life Hacking - #260 by The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

58 min listen

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