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Hosted by Kent Lindstrom · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 203 episodes
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Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established venture capital and founder veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond. Conversations include prominent venture capitalists and famous startup founders. Current hot topics: The state of the venture capital industry, AI startups, artificial general intelligence, venture capital investing in AI, and the societal risks of AI adoption and the emergence of AGI. Explore how venture capital is fueling the AI revolution, through inside conversations with insights from top VCs & founders.
Kent Lindstrom hosts Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast, a business show with 203 episodes published.
Sheel Mohnot is co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures, a venture firm that leads rounds in pre-seed and seed-stage fintech companies. It is one of the most active fintech investors in the world. Sheel has spent the last
In this episode of Something Ventured , Kent Lindstrom sits down with Mark Suster, Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and one of Los Angeles' most prominent venture capitalists. Mark shares his unconventional journey f
Andy McLoughlin is Managing Partner at Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC). We discuss Andy's journey from co-founding Huddle -- racking servers in the Docklands and building their own payment system before Stripe -- t
In this episode of Something Ventured I dive into the explosive controversy shaking Silicon Valley: California's proposed one-time 5% "Billionaires Tax" ballot initiative. Filed by the powerful healthcare workers union S
In this episode of the Something Ventured podcast, I talk with Sam Shank, the founder of HotelTonight—the groundbreaking last-minute hotel booking app that was acquired by Airbnb in a deal reportedly valued at nearly hal
Lee Edwards is a General Partner at Root VC, a San Francisco-based deep tech seed fund. They recently raised their 4 th fund of $190 million. But before he became a venture capitalist, Lee was an engineer. He was most re
In this episode of the Something Ventured podcast, I spend time with Danielle Strachman and Michael Gibson, the people behind 1517 Fund. 1517 is a venture capital firm that defies Silicon Valley's fixation on elite crede
In this episode I talk with Frank Rotman, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of QED Investors, a leading fintech-focused venture capital firm managing $4.3 billion that has backed over 200 companies. A seven-t
Eric Ries, entrepreneur and author of the bestselling book "The Lean Startup," ignited a movement that reshaped how founders and corporations build and scale businesses worldwide. Drawing from his experiences in Silicon
Kobie Fuller is a partner at Upfront Ventures. He came to the firm after investing at Accel and leading marketing efforts at EVOLVE, the large global fashion ecommerce platform. Highlights from our conversation. -- we co
David Anderman is co-founder and General Partner of Stellar Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage space technology startups. He spent 16 years at Lucasfilm Ltd., creator of the Star Wars franchise. As C
Cyan Banister of Long Journey Ventures is truly one of the most successful and interesting early stage venture investors. And by 'successful investor', I mean "invested early in Uber and SpaceX" kind of successful. She o
Roger Ehrenberg's career spans three remarkable acts, each of which would be impressive on its own. He founded IA Ventures , a seed-stage venture capital firm, in 2010. IA Ventures invested in numerous successful startup
Mark Scianna, the founder of venture firm "Forward Deployed," which targets sectors like Defense, Energy, and A.I., was spotlighted as a 'top emerging manager' in 2022. Starting his journey as an engineer and an early in
Winter Mead is the author of How to Raise a Venture Capital Fund: The Essential Guide on Fundraising and Understanding Limited Partners. He is also founder of Coolwater Capital, a new model that helps launch, build, and
Max Altman and Ben Braverman were both pretty close to Silicon Valley royalty before they started Saga Ventures. Max had built Alt Capital with his brothers Sam and Jack. Ben had helped Ryan Peterson build Flexport as it
If you don't already know about Alexis Gay, you're about to. Alexis is the creator and star of her solo comedy show, "Unprofessional". Recently, her show was a hit at the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and she
In this episode of Something Ventured , I talk to Adeyemi "Ade" Ajao, co-founder of Base10 Partners, one of the largest Black-led venture capital firms in the world. Ade shares his journey from growing up in Nigeria and
Nick Sturiale reflects on a career working in venture capital, in which he invested early in companies such as Splunk, Bill.com, and Reputation.com. Nick shares insights from his extensive career, which spans roles at Ig
Eric Paley is a General Partner at Founder Collective, one of the great seed-stage venture capital brands - and one of the relatively few venture firms led by startup founders. As the name suggests, Founder Collective is
Ben Braverman
Chief Customer Officer · Saga Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Alexis Gay
Comedian, formerly Biz Ops · Patreon
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Leah Hanes
Ph. D. · ExoDexa
1 appearance on this show
Nolan Bushnell
Founder of Atari, Inc. and Chairman of ExoDexa Holdings, Inc. · Atari
1 appearance on this show
Samir Kaji
Co-founder and CEO · Allocate
1 appearance on this show
Anthony Soohoo
EVP at Walmart · Fortune 50
1 appearance on this show
Sam Bankman-Fried
Alameda Research
1 appearance on this show
Peter Thiel
Former CEO · Palantir Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Adam Neumann
WeWork
1 appearance on this show
Auren Hoffman
Flex Capital
1 appearance on this show
Nicole Taylor
Medical Director for PSI’s Psychiatric Consultation Program · Silicon Valley Community Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Suneel Gupta
Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author
1 appearance on this show
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Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast is hosted by Kent Lindstrom. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 203 episodes.
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