The Logan Bartlett Show

<p>After 23+ years in venture capital, Jeremy Levine has thrived in many eras, taking risks on now-iconic companies like LinkedIn, Shopify, Yelp, Pinterest, and more. In our discussion, Jeremy shared stories behind these investments and the mindsets he’s developed along the way. We also explored how the VC landscape has evolved over the last 20 years and where the industry may head next. Plus, Jeremy shares insights from his journey into VC, along with foundational advice and principles that anyone aspiring to succeed in the industry may find valuable. Overall, an in-depth discussion for anyone who wants to nerd out on venture capital with us.</p><p> </p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:03) Exploring the Personal Motivations Behind Venture Capital</p><p>(01:41) The Impact of Technology on Venture Capital</p><p>(03:11) The Reality of Venture Capital Impact</p><p>(06:45) The Ideal Venture Investment: The Donut Company Metaphor</p><p>(07:30) Operator vs. Career Investor: The Best Venture Capitalists</p><p>(09:57) The Dynamics of Choosing a Venture Investor</p><p>(14:03) The Unique Paths to Success in Venture Capital</p><p>(17:04) Authenticity and Adaptability in Venture Capital</p><p>(26:33) Navigating the Complexities of Venture Capital Careers</p><p>(34:11) Jeremy Levine's Journey to Bessemer Venture Partners</p><p>(40:00) Navigating the Venture Capital Landscape: Insights and Strategies</p><p>(40:30) The Competitive Edge in Early 2000s Venture Capital</p><p>(43:26) Reflections on Career Paths and the Role of Serendipity</p><p>(47:04) The Intricacies of Decision Making in Venture Capital</p><p>(52:37) Evaluating Investment Opportunities: The Price Sensitivity Debate</p><p>(55:22) Learning from Success and Failure: The Jet.com Story</p><p>(01:08:26) The Evolution of Successful Entrepreneurs: Insights from Shopify and Yelp</p><p>(01:16:22) The Strategic Advantage of Repeat Entrepreneurs in the Startup Ecosystem</p><p>(01:19:38) Navigating Market Dynamics: Insights and Analogies</p><p>(01:20:09) The Evolution of a Venture Capitalist: From Ideas to Impact</p><p>(01:21:22) Pioneering User-Generated Content: A Venture Success Story</p><p>(01:23:36) Exploring E-Commerce and the Power of Advertising</p><p>(01:24:59) Innovative Investment Strategies: SaaS and Payment Processing</p><p>(01:34:53) Bessemer's Legacy and Venture Capital Evolution</p><p>(01:39:57) Expanding Horizons: Bessemer's Global and Diverse Investment Approach</p><p>(01:52:35) Cultivating Talent and Embracing Industry Dynamics</p><p>(02:02:36) Navigating Budgets and Investment Strategies in Venture Capital</p><p>(02:03:55) The Importance of Accountability and Decision-Making Records</p><p>(02:05:46) Investment Memo Strategies: Beyond Templates</p><p>(02:08:43) The Dynamics of Voting and Decision Making in VC Firms</p><p>(02:16:19) The Evolution of Venture Capital: Trends and Predictions</p><p>(02:21:13) Building a Successful Venture Capital Firm: Culture and Operations</p><p>(02:29:57) Mentorship and Individual Growth in Venture Capital</p><p>(02:39:40) Navigating the AI Investment Landscape</p><p>(02:41:36) The Debate on Announcing Funding Rounds</p><p>(02:44:20) Closing Remarks</p><p> </p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the

<p>Garrett Langley is the CEO of Flock Safety, a $4B company helping solve 10% of US crimes with AI-powered tech. Garrett offers an in-depth look into Flock Safety’s ambitious vision to eliminate crime in America and all the operating lessons he’s learned along the way, including how to build a strong and motivated team, keep people accountable, and leverage PR for rapid growth. </p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:03) The Mission to Eliminate Crime with Innovative Tech</p><p>(01:54) The Genesis of Flock Safety: A Response to High Crime Rates</p><p>(07:48) The Evolution of Flock Safety's Crime-Fighting Technology</p><p>(24:37) Impact Stories: How Flock Safety is Changing Lives</p><p>(31:00) Navigating the Balance: Safety, Privacy, and Community Impact</p><p>(36:58) Exploring the Universal Appeal of Safety Across America</p><p>(37:38) The Role of Community Decisions in Public Safety</p><p>(39:02) Addressing Misinformation and Enhancing Safety with Technology</p><p>(39:58) Collaboration and Data Sharing Among Cities</p><p>(41:26) The Impact of Technology on Policing and Public Safety</p><p>(43:24) Innovative Solutions to Modern Policing Challenges</p><p>(49:18) Flock's Vision for the Future of Public Safety</p><p>(56:05) Building a Business on Solving Crime</p><p>(56:38) The Importance of Team and Culture in Business Success</p><p>(01:10:45) Navigating Growth and Maintaining Culture in a Scaling Company</p><p>(01:12:33) Cultivating a Strong Remote Work Culture</p><p>(01:12:46) The Power of Cultural Norms in Business</p><p>(01:13:01) Building Accountability and Responsiveness</p><p>(01:14:16) The Importance of In-Person Interactions in a Hybrid Company</p><p>(01:14:50) Assessing Substantive Work Over Managing Up</p><p>(01:17:50) The Strategy of Being a Macro Optimist and Micro Pessimist</p><p>(01:20:16) Celebrating Milestones and Focusing on Impact</p><p>(01:21:58) The Unique Dynamic of Working with Family</p><p>(01:30:42) Reflections on Early Success and the Drive to Build Meaningful Companies</p><p>(01:37:58) Overcoming Fundraising Challenges and Understanding Market Dynamics</p><p>(01:46:55) Concluding Thoughts and the Future of Flock Safety</p><p> </p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>In less than 8 years, Sanjit Biswas scaled Samsara from 0 to over $1B ARR. In our latest conversation, Sanjit shares all the lessons he’s learned about running a hyper-growth organization, including all the changes he’s made since growing and selling his first company Meraki to Cisco for $1.2B and going on to scale Samsara to $20B. A great episode for anyone who wants to continuously reinvent themselves within a rapidly changing workplace.</p><p> </p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:28) Samsara's Journey: From Startup to Billion-Dollar Valuation</p><p>(06:50) The Evolution of Samsara's Product Line: From Temperature Sensors to AI</p><p>(12:48) The Impact of ELD Mandate on Samsara's Growth</p><p>(14:16) Expanding Horizons: Samsara's Multi-Product Strategy</p><p>(29:41) Leadership Lessons: Scaling a Company and Rehiring Yourself</p><p>(38:07) Insights on Hiring: Finding the Right Fit for Growth</p><p>(40:56) Maintaining High Hiring Standards in Rapid Growth</p><p>(42:21) Innovative Hiring Practices: Talent Calibrators and Bar Raisers</p><p>(43:12) Embracing a Flexible Workplace Post-Pandemic</p><p>(43:20) Navigating the Shift to Remote Work and Its Impact on Talent Acquisition</p><p>(45:06) Evaluating Employee Performance and the Keeper Test</p><p>(46:42) Lessons from Legendary Venture Capitalists and Building Board Relationships</p><p>(50:16) Samsara's Journey: Building a Billion-Dollar Business</p><p>(50:34) From Academic Project to Commercial Success: The Meraki Story</p><p>(54:35) The Power of Direct Sales and Learning from Customer Interactions</p><p>(01:14:24) Reflecting on Growth, Culture, and the Future of Samsara</p><p>(01:24:08) Closing Thoughts and Advice for Future Founders</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in betwee

<p>One of the most preeminent AI founders, Aravind Srinivas (CEO, Perplexity), believes we could see 100+ AI startups valued over $10B in our future. In the episode, we discuss why Perplexity decided to compete with Google and Aravind shares predictions for the utopian future of artificial intelligence. He also discusses the differences between working at both DeepMind and OpenAI, why personalized knowledge on demand could be a trillion-dollar opportunity and more.</p><p> </p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:34) The Evolution of Search Engines</p><p>(04:01) Perplexity: Bridging the Gap Between Google and Wikipedia</p><p>(05:04) The Philosophy Behind Perplexity and Its Unique Approach</p><p>(06:33) Redefining Search: The Shift from Links to Answers</p><p>(09:02) The Business Model Dilemma: Google's Challenge with Innovation</p><p>(13:46) The Importance of Aligning Shareholder and User Interests</p><p>(27:00) The Complexities of Building a Competitive AI Talent Pool</p><p>(33:33) Perplexity's Business Model and Subscription Strategy</p><p>(39:54) The Future of Search: Personalization and Real-Time Data</p><p>(44:21) Enhancing User Engagement with Suggested Next Questions</p><p>(48:10) Key Success Metrics and the Importance of Daily Queries</p><p>(50:21) The Challenge of Gaining User Trust</p><p>(50:48) Personalizing Products for User Engagement</p><p>(50:55) Navigating the AI Model Landscape</p><p>(51:40) The Strategic Decision Against Building Own Models</p><p>(52:22) Leveraging Open Source Models and Infrastructure Efficiency</p><p>(53:37) The Business Model and Value Proposition</p><p>(58:12) AI's Potential to Transform Work and Empowerment</p><p>(01:03:11) The Future of AI: More Compute or Breakthroughs?</p><p>(01:05:39) The Startup Ecosystem and AI's Billion-Dollar Potential</p><p>(01:07:26) AI Safety and Regulation: A Founder's Perspective</p><p>(01:08:15) Inspirations and Influences: Learning from Larry Page</p><p>(01:20:51) Building a User-Centric Product: The Perplexity Journey</p><p>(01:36:13) The Future of Perplexity and Changing User Habits</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong><

<p>This week, Tracy Young launched her second startup, TigerEye, from stealth mode. After selling PlanGrid to Autodesk for $875 million and working with YC for a couple of years, Tracy and her husband/co-founder decided to build the software they wished they’d had while building PlanGrid. In our conversation, Tracy unmasks her vision for TigerEye and shares everything she learned as a first time CEO that she’s bringing into her second company.</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:39) The Shift in Market Dynamics and PlanGrid's Response</p><p>(07:07) The Importance of Addressing Multiple Stakeholders in Product Development</p><p>(09:08) From PlanGrid to TigerEye: Tracy Young's New Venture</p><p>(11:39) The Significance of Organizational Structure and Team Dynamics</p><p>(15:03) The Evolution of Sales Strategy and Team Structure</p><p>(17:28) The Decision to Sell PlanGrid and Its Aftermath</p><p>(24:17) The Genesis of TigerEye and Its Mission</p><p>(31:09) Cultivating a Purposeful Company Culture at TigerEye</p><p>(39:29) Recruitment Strategies and the Value of Reference Calls</p><p>(45:42) Product Development Insights and Market Focus</p><p>(49:39) The Importance of Customer Tracking for Startups</p><p>(49:57) The Challenges of Scaling with CRM and ERP Systems</p><p>(51:55) Navigating the Tough Decisions of Firing Employees</p><p>(57:08) The Journey from Construction Engineering to Tech Entrepreneurship</p><p>(57:42) The Birth and Growth of PlanGrid</p><p>(01:01:24) Navigating Personal and Professional Growth</p><p>(01:05:50) The Emotional Journey of Losing a Co-Founder</p><p>(01:17:34) From Stealth Mode to Market Impact with Tiger Eye</p><p>(01:18:31) Embracing Remote Work and Building a Diverse Team</p><p>(01:30:15) Reflections on Fundraising and Board Meetings</p><p>(01:34:28) Finding Work-Life Balance in Startup Culture</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Zach Weinberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Curie.Bio, which has raised over $500 million to combine early-stage investing in biotech and drug discovery copiloting. He is also the co-founder of Flatiron Health, which sold to Roche for $1.9B, and Invite Media, which sold to Google when he was 21.</p><p>In the episode, Zach dives into the current venture market landscape, private company valuation and funding trends, and the art of reshaping company culture. Zach unveils his unique blueprint for interviewing top-tier candidates and holding them accountable, as well as the case study tactics he uses to make more confident hires.</p><p> </p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(00:44) The Art of Hiring: Strategies for Building a Winning Team</p><p>(01:22) Market Dynamics: A Deep Dive into Valuations and Trends</p><p>(06:29) The AI Revolution: Impact on Valuations and the Future of Tech</p><p>(08:26) Cultural Shifts: Navigating the Changing Landscape of Startup Culture</p><p>(31:36) The Accountability Framework: A Blueprint for Success</p><p>(38:50) The Importance of Third-Party Hiring Reviews</p><p>(40:19) Cultivating a Culture of Accountability and Skill Testing</p><p>(41:23) Insights on Case-Based Interviewing and Its Impact</p><p>(43:07) Navigating the Complexities of Hiring for Unique Roles</p><p>(43:50) The Art of Case Design in Interviews</p><p>(49:52) Leveraging Take-Home Assignments for Deeper Insights</p><p>(58:40) The Challenges of Remote Work and Building Credibility</p><p>(01:00:39) Adapting Hiring Practices for Remote and Hybrid Models</p><p>(01:03:27) The Value of References and Real-World Testing in Hiring</p><p>(01:12:59) The Foundational Role of People in Business Success</p><p>(01:16:11) Reflecting on the Journey and Looking Ahead</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/ @RedpointAI </p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and

<p>Tooey Courtemanche has been the CEO of Procore for over two decades, bringing the company from $0 to over $1B ARR and a $11B+ valuation today. In my latest episode, we explore how Tooey built the #1 Construction Management Software company, including his strategies for maintaining a talented team, his mindsets for tough times, lessons from mentors like Satya Nadella, Tooey’s advice for founders, and much more.</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:22) Valuation and Investor Relationships: A Founder's Perspective</p><p>(04:57) Procore Explained: Revolutionizing Construction Management</p><p>(06:07) The Early Struggles and Breakthroughs of Procore</p><p>(06:40) Surviving the Global Financial Crisis and Pivoting to Success</p><p>(17:53) Cultural Shifts and the Importance of Hiring Right</p><p>(31:26) The Power of Being a Platform: Procore's Technical Edge</p><p>(33:42) The Unconventional Path to Success</p><p>(34:19) Navigating Early Business Challenges</p><p>(35:31) The Power of Partnership and Mentorship</p><p>(36:14) Securing Investment and Scaling the Business</p><p>(38:12) Leadership and Organizational Growth</p><p>(41:40) Evolving with the Business: A Founder's Journey</p><p>(45:43) Maintaining Employee Engagement and Motivation</p><p>(49:07) Strategic Capital Allocation and Product Innovation</p><p>(53:53) Expanding Internationally: Lessons and Strategies</p><p>(56:14) Decision-Making and Leadership Style</p><p>(58:03) Balancing Growth and Profitability</p><p>(01:01:30) Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs</p><p>(01:05:37) Rethinking Education and Career Paths</p><p>(01:11:56) Reflecting on Societal Transformation</p><p>(01:13:11) From Encyclopedias to AI</p><p>(01:13:56) AI's Impact on the Construction Industry</p><p>(01:17:13) Personal Journey: From Carpentry to Tech Entrepreneur</p><p>(01:19:45) The Genesis of Procore: Merging Construction and Technology</p><p>(01:26:11) Mentoring Entrepreneurs</p><p>(01:31:47) The Therapeutic World of Lego Building</p><p>(01:38:16) Lessons from Lego</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Niraj Shah is the Co-founder and CEO of Wayfair. In this episode, Niraj shares Wayfair’s journey from a collection of 250 sites generating $500 million in revenue to a single, unified brand achieving over $10 billion in online sales of home goods and furniture.</p><p>He explains the challenges of overseeing a vast e-commerce platform with more than 10,000 employees, managing a complex supply chain with over 7 million products, and maintaining relationships with suppliers. The conversation offers detailed insights into Wayfair's strategic growth, effective talent acquisition practices, and the pivotal rebranding effort that propelled the company forward.</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(00:13) The Journey of Wayfair</p><p>(01:02) Understanding the Market and Competition</p><p>(01:45) The Genesis of Wayfair</p><p>(03:11) The Strategy Behind Niche E-commerce</p><p>(05:40) The Challenges of Inventory Management</p><p>(06:18) The Evolution of E-commerce</p><p>(07:26) The Growth and Expansion of Wayfair</p><p>(09:59) Understanding the Retail Market</p><p>(15:53) The Decision to Rebrand</p><p>(18:24) The Challenges of Rebranding</p><p>(20:22) Building the Wayfair Brand</p><p>(25:22) The Importance of Logistics and Delivery</p><p>(32:10) The Complexity of Final Mile Delivery</p><p>(33:17) Investing in Advertising and Marketing</p><p>(33:23) Building a Brand: Lessons and Insights</p><p>(33:56) The Power of Branding and Customer Loyalty</p><p>(34:47) The Journey of Building a Brand: The Apple Example</p><p>(35:36) The Role of Independent Brands in Business</p><p>(37:56) The Importance of High-Quality Images in Online Retail</p><p>(39:49) The Role of Generative AI in Business</p><p>(41:41) Building a Culture of Incremental Improvements</p><p>(44:52) The Importance of Hiring for Specific Traits</p><p>(01:02:19) Navigating Public Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories</p><p>(01:05:47) Competing in the Market: A Focus on the Customer</p><p>(01:11:08) Reflections on the Entrepreneurial Journey</p><p> </p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>In this memorable episode from our podcast archives, we revisit our conversation with Parker Conrad, Co-Founder of Rippling and former CEO of Zenefits. Parker opens up about his entrepreneurial path, detailing everything from fundraising challenges to his departure from Zenefits and the founding of Rippling. We also discuss the dynamics between VCs and founders, including what founders really value from investors, as well as the many entrepreneurial lessons Parker has gained from growing four companies (including two that reached unicorn status).</p><p>This episode was originally aired in May 2022.</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(01:25) Parker's Early Life and Education</p><p>(02:08) Parker's Experience at Harvard and Early Career</p><p>(05:21) Parker's Journey to Entrepreneurship</p><p>(08:27) The Founding of Sigfig and Challenges Faced</p><p>(10:15) The Birth of Zenefits and its Rapid Growth</p><p>(13:13) The Downfall of Zenefits and Lessons Learned</p><p>(19:12) Parker's Perspective on Media Narratives and VC Involvement</p><p>(35:48) The Power of Investors and Branding</p><p>(37:22) The Influence of Media on Investment Success</p><p>(38:42) The Role of Venture Capitalists and Founders</p><p>(39:39) The Impact of Social Media on Business</p><p>(40:48) The Rise of Andreessen Horowitz</p><p>(41:18) Introducing Rippling: A New Approach to Business Software</p><p>(41:32) The Power of Employee Data in Business Software</p><p>(49:47) The Advantages of Compound Companies</p><p>(56:13) The Role of Founders in Business Units</p><p>(01:09:20) The State of San Francisco and the Tech Industry</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Filip Kaliszan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Verkada, one of the fastest-growing private companies out there today. In the episode, Filip discussed many of the first principles decisions he has made in growing Verkada into a $3.5B business that employs over 2000 people. He also dives deep into their 2021 hack, what it was like dealing with that crisis and communicating with all their customers, as well as the many other unconventional lessons he’s learned from rapidly scaling Verkada. </p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(00:40) Understanding Verkada and its Growth</p><p>(02:12) Exploring Verkada's Product Lines</p><p>(03:29) Filip’s Early Fascination with Cameras</p><p>(05:51) The Genesis of Verkada</p><p>(06:59) Verkada's Approach to Physical Security</p><p>(09:21) Privacy and Innovation in Verkada's Products</p><p>(14:10) The Journey to Verkada's Access Control Product</p><p>(16:49) The Challenges and Successes of Building Verkada</p><p>(21:21) The Future of Verkada and its Products</p><p>(37:51) Empowering Teams to Innovate</p><p>(38:04) Maintaining Product Consistency Across Teams</p><p>(39:16) The Importance of Autonomy in Team Structure</p><p>(40:02) Sales Team Structure and Strategy</p><p>(40:37) Challenges of Scaling a Diverse Product Portfolio</p><p>(42:09) The Impact of Internal Sales on Product Success</p><p>(43:17) The Evolution of Customer Perception and Demand</p><p>(44:07) The Importance of Integration in Business Systems</p><p>(44:26) Traits of Successful Product Leaders</p><p>(45:22) The Role of Passion in Product Development</p><p>(45:26) The Importance of Passion and Depth in Hiring</p><p>(47:58) The Role of Sales in a Diversified Product Company</p><p>(48:38) The Challenges and Rewards of Rapid Company Growth</p><p>(52:31) Maintaining a Unified Company Culture in a Decentralized Structure</p><p>(53:08) The Balance Between Conventional Wisdom and First Principles</p><p>(01:01:17) The Impact of On-Site Work Culture on Company Growth</p><p>(01:12:25) The Importance of Adaptability in a Rapidly Growing Company</p><p>(01:15:55) The Role of Leadership Presence in a Growing Company</p><p>(01:18:23) Building Trust and Early Startup Challenges</p><p>(01:18:53) The Importance of Hiring the Right People</p><p>(01:19:02) The Need for a CFO and Strategic Finance</p><p>(01:20:48) The Value of In-House Counsel</p><p>(01:23:14) Building Company Culture: The 3-3-3 Program</p><p>(01:25:01) The Importance of Getting Hiring Right</p><p>(01:33:27) The Journey of CourseRank and Verkada</p><p>(01:33:29) Handling a Security Breach</p><p>(01:50:55) The Early Days and Challenges of Verkada</p><p>(01:54:45) The Importance of Storytelling in Fundraising</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Mike Volpi is a top AI investor and GP at Index Ventures, where he’s invested in companies such as Confluent, Scale AI, Sonos, and many others. In our discussion, Mike reveals the frameworks he uses for making investment decisions and his predictions on the trajectory of the AI wave. He also shares stories from his early career at Cisco, what made him lean in early into machine learning, how he views his role as a board member, and much more.</p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(02:49) The Genesis of AI Investments and Understanding Human Logic</p><p>(03:46) The Journey of Learning and Investing in AI</p><p>(05:34) The Evolution of Technology and its Impact on Investments</p><p>(09:17) The Role of Optimism and Pragmatism in Venture Capital</p><p>(15:43) The Influence of AI on Equity Value</p><p>(21:53) The Role of Government and Private Sector in AI Regulation</p><p>(25:56) Investment Strategies and Decision Making</p><p>(31:50) The Art of Investing in Young Entrepreneurs</p><p>(35:58) Reflections on Career and Lessons Learned</p><p>(38:55) Mentorship and Nurturing Young Venture Capitalists</p><p>(40:12) The Art of Mentoring in Venture Capital</p><p>(41:00) Empowering Partners: A Case Study</p><p>(41:35) The Power of Frameworks in Decision Making</p><p>(43:19) Understanding Your Weaknesses as an Investor</p><p>(44:24) The Painful Misses in Investment</p><p>(46:18) Redefining Yourself for Growth</p><p>(49:26) Embracing Mistakes in Venture Capital</p><p>(51:46) Learning from the Titans of Venture Capital</p><p>(55:18) The Value of Market Leaders in M&A</p><p>(59:17) The Journey from Italy to Silicon Valley</p><p>(01:11:18) Lessons from Being a CEO</p><p>(01:14:28) Reflections on Personal Growth and Learning</p><p>(01:15:29) Transitioning from Operator to Venture Capitalist</p><p>(01:17:30) The Philosophy and Strategy of Index Ventures</p><p>(01:20:20) The Role of a Board Member and Building Personal Brand</p><p>(01:32:20) Lessons from Serving on the Board of Ferrari</p><p>(01:38:08) Advice for Young Professionals in the Tech Industry</p><p>(01:41:30) State of the Venture Capital Industry Today</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>George Kurtz is the CEO of CrowdStrike, a $65B+ public cybersecurity company. In this episode, George reveals the surprising intricacies of paying ransom and discusses how CrowdStrike is dealing with increasing cybercrime in the age of AI. We also talk about CrowdStrike’s early days, including how the company found product market fit and the operating frameworks that brought them to the forefront of cybersecurity today. (0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:52) The Journey to Founding CrowdStrike</p><p>(2:38) The Difference Between Stopping Malware and Stopping Breaches</p><p>(3:27) Inspiration Behind CrowdStrike's Unique Approach</p><p>(4:30) Challenges of Building a New Architecture in Cybersecurity</p><p>(5:10) The Decision to Leave McAfee and Start CrowdStrike</p><p>(8:11) Early Days of CrowdStrike: Building the Product and Offering Services</p><p>(9:45) Unexpected Beginnings of CrowdStrike's Intelligence Product</p><p>(10:33) The Role of Incident Response in Cybersecurity</p><p>(11:16) Journey to Becoming a Software Business</p><p>(14:36) Evolution of CrowdStrike's Product Offering</p><p>(19:54) The Importance of Building Trust and Credibility in Cybersecurity</p><p>(20:27) The Role of Nation States and Cybercrime in the Growth of Cybersecurity Threats</p><p>(25:09) Experience of Handling High-Profile Cybersecurity Incidents</p><p>(26:16) The Importance of Having the Right Investors and Board Members</p><p>(34:08) The Strategy Behind Competing with Big Players Like Microsoft</p><p>(42:09) The Importance of Having the Right Team and Leadership</p><p>(43:53) The Challenges and Rewards of Scaling a Cybersecurity Company</p><p>(48:49) Hiring and Retaining the Right People</p><p>(49:49) Understanding Different Types of Salespeople</p><p>(51:52) The Importance of Marketing and PR in Business</p><p>(55:59) The Role of Nation State, E Crime, and Hacktivism in Cybersecurity</p><p>(1:05:03) Impact of AI on Cybersecurity</p><p>(1:09:36) The Importance of Password Security</p><p>(1:10:41) New SEC Reporting Rule for Cybersecurity Breaches</p><p>(1:14:48) The Role of AI in the Future of Cybersecurity</p><p>(1:17:42) The Journey to Entrepreneurship</p><p>(1:19:58) Importance of Timing in Starting a Business</p><p>(1:25:06) Impact of Early Life Experiences on Entrepreneurship</p><p>(1:26:58) The Role of Sports in Developing Leadership Skills</p><p>(1:29:41) Transition from Accounting to Entrepreneurship</p><p>(1:29:55) Importance of Timing and Market Readiness in Entrepreneurship</p><p>(1:35:32) The Role of Teamwork in Business Success</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>

<p>Eric Vishria and I both got into venture in 2014 and both focus on enterprise software. In episode 90, we discuss Eric’s unique approach to investments and what he looks for in founders and companies.</p><p>We go back and forth on his model versus mine, as well as Eric's background, having grown up in Memphis and graduating from Stanford at 19 years old before joining LoudCloud, which became Opsware with Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:20) The role of venture capitalists</p><p>(5:52) Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs</p><p>(12:00) commonalities in investments that you haven't done</p><p>(14:05) The best CEOs</p><p>(17:40) The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Business</p><p>(21:16) The role of market trends in investment decisions</p><p>(27:46) Reflecting on investment successes</p><p>(39:41) Benefits as an investor vs board member</p><p>(42:17) From Memphis to Stanford</p><p>(44:29) The early days at LoudCloud</p><p>(46:49) The Aspiration to be a Great CEO</p><p>(49:33) The Journey to Joining Benchmark</p><p>(53:20) Bringing new people to Benchmark</p><p>(1:01:26) The Evolution of Early Stage Investing</p><p>(1:14:07) What career advice would you give?</p><p>(1:19:56) The value of Benchmark’s Dinners</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>It’s been a wild year for The Logan Bartlett Show, starting with a rebranding and ending with our 50th episode of the year. We’ve pieced together the top 12 most unforgettable moments from 2023, including our favorite wacky untold stories from tech’s inner circle & the most profound insights of 2023.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:30) Satish and Scott (Partners, Redpoint) roasting Logan for becoming a media personality</p><p>(2:22) Matthew Prince (CEO, Cloudflare) exposing Cloudflare’s 1st customers: Turkish escorts</p><p>(8:37) Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic) predicts the future of AI</p><p>(23:47) Dev Ittycheria (CEO, MongoDB) gives 3 steps for holding people accountable</p><p>(30:03) Jack Altman (CEO, Lattice) joking about growing up with Sam</p><p>(33:24) Daniel Ek (CEO, Spotify) on money and happiness</p><p>(41:42) Matt Mochary (CEO Coach to Sam Altman, Brian Armstrong, Naval) shares his hiring and firing frameworks</p><p>(51:06) Elad Gill (Solo Capitalist) on how to build a legendary career in tech</p><p>(54:17) Eliezer Yudkowsky (AI Safety Expert) on the risks of AI doom</p><p>(1:00:05) Zach Weinberg (CEO, Curie.Bio) on the best way to learn anything</p><p>(1:07:38) Brian Halligan (Co-Founder, Hubspot) on surviving a terrible snowmobiling accident</p><p>(1:14:59) Keith Rabois (Partner, Founders Fund) lists key traits in founders and younger investors</p><p>(1:18:18) Emmett Shear (Co-Founder, Twitch) on his top advice for founders</p><p>(1:26:47) Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann (Co-Authors of Founder VS Investor) debate founder versus investor perspectives</p><p>(1:30:17) Laela Sturdy (Managing Partner, CapitalG) on what all the best investments have in common</p><p> </p><p>Watch the full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDw_q3IWeBJr6a8cgSaDGJhGWlKN3q5db</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or

<p>In the episode, Confluent CEO Jay Kreps dives into Confluent's transformation from a LinkedIn spin-out to a publicly traded company. He discusses the challenges of turning an open-source project into a thriving commercial venture and the bold decision to launch a second product while the first was thriving. Additionally, Jay opens up about his transition into the role of CEO, how he only went to one year of high school, and his unique philosophies about steering startups to success.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:26) How being a writer benefited Jay as a CEO</p><p>(3:05) Building a management team</p><p>(13:28) The Role of Titles in a Company</p><p>(17:54) Only Going To One Year of High School</p><p>(23:02) The Decision to Pursue Computer Science</p><p>(31:05) The Birth of Project Kafka</p><p>(34:32) Reflections on the Success of Kafka</p><p>(36:47) Launching an Open Source Project</p><p>(37:43) The Power of Product Marketing</p><p>(39:35) Should You Be A Founder?</p><p>(42:00) The Transition from Individual Contributor to CEO</p><p>(47:51) Navigating the Public Markets</p><p>(1:09:46) What's Wrong With Hybrid Work</p><p>(1:14:27) Navigating Politics in the Workplace</p><p>(1:17:36) Why Fairness Matters</p><p>(1:26:51) The Evolution of Open Source</p><p>(1:35:22) The Future of Artificial Intelligence</p><p>(1:43:41) The Shift from Using Software to Becoming Software</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Nikesh Arora became the CEO of Palo Alto Networks with no cybersecurity domain expertise and has grown the company from $18B to nearly $100B in under 6 years. In the episode, we discuss some of the greatest learnings from revolutionizing Palo Alto Networks into a powerhouse, his celebrated M&A strategy, and stories from his wide-ranging career path.</p><p>Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh was Chairman and COO of Softbank, working alongside Masa to make investments. Before that, he spent time scaling T-Mobile in Europe as CMO then spent a decade at Google as CBO. Hear how Nikesh has consistently succeeded in each new role and built a prolific career across industries.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:13) The Benefits of Being a Generalist</p><p>(2:20) Acquiring Domain Expertise</p><p>(4:05) The Constant Learning Curve in Cybersecurity</p><p>(5:07) Understanding the Cybersecurity Industry</p><p>(9:19) Nikesh's 3 Rules For M&A</p><p>(20:04) The Role of Marketing and Storytelling in Tech</p><p>(24:57) Leadership and Management in Large Companies</p><p>(35:49) The Challenge of Scaling and Managing People</p><p>(36:43) Transitioning Roles and the Importance of Skill Sets</p><p>(38:01) The Art of Making Successful Career Choices</p><p>(38:36) The Journey from Analyst to Tech Entrepreneur</p><p>(43:44) The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Business</p><p>(50:43) The Importance of Product Obsession in Tech Leadership</p><p>(52:52) The Journey from India to the U.S. and the Pursuit of Education</p><p>(1:01:04) Venturing into the World of Investment and Venture Capital</p><p>(1:05:54) The Mission-Driven Aspect of Cybersecurity</p><p>(1:07:21) Romanticizing the Past: A Perspective on Life and Career</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notific

<p>Luis von Ahn is the CEO and Co-Founder of Duolingo, the world’s #1 language learning application. In the episode, Luis shares the marketing formula they use to drive rapid user growth, including the backstory of Duolingo’s famous owl mascot that has become a viral internet sensation. Luis also dives into the A/B testing and product gamification experiments that have helped make Duolingo a $9B public company, as well as a handful of valuable lessons from his entrepreneurial journey.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:54) Building a Culture of Iteration and Continuous Improvement</p><p>(2:29) The Importance of User Retention in Duolingo's Growth</p><p>(3:24) The Power of A/B Testing in Product Development</p><p>(7:57) Balancing User Feedback and Data in Product Design</p><p>(10:24) The Role of Marketing in Duolingo's Growth</p><p>(15:54) The Importance of Setting Constraints in Product Development</p><p>(18:35) The Role of Metrics in Decision Making</p><p>(24:02) The Power of Viral Marketing and Memes in Brand Building</p><p>(30:44) The Impact of Social Media Marketing on User Acquisition</p><p>(35:41) The Impact of Passive Aggressive Notifications</p><p>(37:42) Dealing with Controversial Content and Backlash</p><p>(42:40) The Importance of Being Scrappy in Marketing</p><p>(45:13) The Challenges of Teaching Languages</p><p>(49:25) The Importance of User Retention in Duolingo</p><p>(51:14) The Journey to Monetizing Duolingo</p><p>(56:40) The Challenges of Introducing Monetization in Duolingo</p><p>(1:04:16) The Expansion of Duolingo Beyond Languages</p><p>(1:09:13) Growing User Base and Utilizing AI</p><p>(1:11:16) Impact of Going Public on Duolingo's Operations</p><p>(1:16:00) The Importance of Employee Selection in Duolingo</p><p>(1:22:42) The entrepreneurial journey</p><p>(1:33:46) Improving the Education System</p><p>(1:37:21) The honeypot website to catch cheating students</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the

<p>Christian Chabot (Co-Founder, Tableau) dives into the journey from bootstrapping Tableau in the early days to eventually IPOing and selling to Salesforce for $15.7B. Christian shares the biggest operating lessons from scaling Tableau and thoughtful insights for founders, especially those in the business software industry.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:55) Christian’s Early Career and Entrepreneurial Journey</p><p>(3:14) Finding an opportunity in the market</p><p>(6:12) Joining SoftBank</p><p>(7:14) Lessons on venture capital</p><p>(10:50) Company origin stories</p><p>(12:03) The Birth of Tableau: From Idea to Company</p><p>(16:20) Getting right in the early days</p><p>(20:55) Commercializing something out of academia</p><p>(23:42) Bootstrapping it</p><p>(28:23) The growth and success of Tableau</p><p>(32:38) Reflections on the journey and the future</p><p>(43:57) Patience and basic metrics in business growth</p><p>(45:33) The role of external investors in business expansion</p><p>(48:02) The impact of capital on business ambitions and control</p><p>(49:38) Choosing the right investor</p><p>(51:39) The importance of maintaining control in fundraising</p><p>(54:11) Competition in business growth</p><p>(58:28) The importance of team chemistry in scaling a business</p><p>(1:02:19) Impact of disruptive hiring practices on business growth</p><p>(1:21:26) Power of community and innovating marketing</p><p>(1:26:16) Global expansion</p><p> </p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Alexandr Wang is a Co-Founder and CEO of Scale AI and one of the youngest self-made billionaires. At 19, he dropped out of college to found Scale AI and has since scaled it into one of the most important companies in the world of artificial intelligence today ($7B). In this episode, Alexandr shares the insights that are driving Scale AI, predictions on the future of AI, and other thoughtful tech and geopolitical takes.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:01) Why data isn't the new oil</p><p>(2:42) Data is the new code</p><p>(7:47) Outsourcing problems</p><p>(10:34) Reinforcement learning and generative AI</p><p>(16:52) How execs and founders should think about AI</p><p>(18:59) AI VS computers, the internet, mobile, and other tech trends</p><p>(22:38) The next two to three years of AI will define decades</p><p>(26:05) Atomic bomb analogy</p><p>(28:30) Alexandr's biggest AI worries</p><p>(31:17) Undercover AI predictions</p><p>(35:55) Three components of model development</p><p>(39:57) Under-appreciating our reliance on Taiwan</p><p>(41:56) Democratization of AI</p><p>(43:54) The Turing Trap</p><p>(45:52) Misconceptions About AI</p><p>(47:29) Geopolitics and Artificial Intelligence</p><p>(53:00) The UK AI Summit</p><p>(54:45) What role does the government play in regulating AI?</p><p>(1:14:05) The risks of hiring from big brands</p><p>(1:19:36) The business of Scale AI</p><p>(1:22:25) Influence of playing violin</p><p>(1:24:19) Alexandr's childhood with physicist parents</p><p>(1:27:33) Being weird means being interesting</p><p>(1:29:09) The future of AI</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>In this episode, Logan sits down with producer Rashad Assir for a deep dive into the journey so far, including all the funny stories, mistakes, and insights from the last 85 episodes of The Logan Bartlett Show. If you’re interested in seeing behind the scenes, or if you’re a creator looking to build something, this episode is for you. We’ll be back to normal programming next week!</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:52) How to make a podcast</p><p>(2:31) The Logan Bartlett Show story</p><p>(11:07) Different mental milestones</p><p>(13:55) The crypto era with Zach Weinberg</p><p>(17:53) Find your niche</p><p>(22:20) Starting to do interviews</p><p>(27:14) Importance of consistency</p><p>(32:09) Describe the Logan Bartlett Show</p><p>(35:51) Same strategy as working with founders</p><p>(38:56) Far from a perfect product</p><p>(41:44) Benefits of YouTube</p><p>(47:44) Not looking back and agonizing</p><p>(53:05) Internet comments and feedback</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Dev Ittycheria is the president and CEO of MongoDB, his third public company as CEO. In this episode, Dev discusses his take on AI, the importance of hiring, how to build an A-plus culture, and many other leadership lessons from scaling MongoDB to $25B. Overall, a really fun conversation with one of the absolute best operators in tech.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:38) Taking the CEO job at MongoDB</p><p>(2:34) First things Dev changed at MongoDB</p><p>(5:53) When unicorns were actually rare</p><p>(7:50) Overcoming Monetization Challenges of Open Source</p><p>(9:54) MongoDB Atlas and the license change?</p><p>(19:18) What is the job of the CEO?</p><p>(22:49) Vulnerability is a strength</p><p>(27:03) The power of self-awareness as a Leader</p><p>(29:37) Building an A+ culture</p><p>(32:43) Holding people accountable</p><p>(35:04) Keeping feedback loops tight</p><p>(36:22) How hybrid work helps MongoDB thrive</p><p>(38:09) RIFs</p><p>(40:20) 3 steps for holding people accountable</p><p>(42:03) Why you should always be recruiting</p><p>(43:55) Dev’s unique recruiting tactics</p><p>(45:56) Favorite interview questions</p><p>(46:53) Hiring internally vs externally</p><p>(50:53) Finding passion for sales</p><p>(52:58) The perfect job doesn’t exist</p><p>(55:00) Running BladeLogic</p><p>(57:18) Ben Horowitz, Mark Andreessen, and John McMahon</p><p>(1:02:36) How does AI compare to past tech trends?</p><p>(1:05:47) Conventional Silicon Valley wisdom Dev disagrees with</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Claire Hughes Johnson is known as one of the top operators in Silicon Valley. Claire shares the most interesting lessons and stories from her time as COO of Stripe and as an early senior executive at Google.</p><p>We discuss leadership versus management, how to have difficult conversations with members of your team, lessons she's learned from hiring thousands of people over the years, and much more.</p><p>Show notes:</p><p>Claire’s Book, Scaling People: https://press.stripe.com/scaling-people</p><p>Running an Effective Staff Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIiaFW874q8</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:42) Joining Google vs Stripe</p><p>(14:17) Holding yourself to a high standard</p><p>(21:03) Making the hire</p><p>(24:32) Player vs Victim</p><p>(28:52) Balance of discussing accomplishments</p><p>(30:51) Org structure in job interviews</p><p>(34:07) The most successful hires drove me crazy</p><p>(37:12) Running a team with inclusivity</p><p>(41:01) Operating principles</p><p>(48:06) Say the thing you think you cannot say</p><p>(53:31) Distinguish between management and leadership</p><p>(58:32) The golden rule is not a great tactic for a leader or manager</p><p>(1:03:01) Job titles are cheap</p><p>(1:11:36) Too many companies make their principles so idealistic that they don't resonate with employees</p><p>(1:18:57) Don't let perfect be the enemy of good</p><p>(1:23:38) Disappointing people at the rate they can absorb</p><p>(1:30:07) Manage people out of seats earlier</p><p>(1:37:03) Being on the board of a company built to last</p><p>(1:42:38) What makes the Collison's so special?</p><p>(1:45:08) You pack it, you carry it</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson<br /> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow<br /> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notificatio

<p>Dario Amodei is the Co-Founder and CEO of Anthropic. In the episode, we discuss detailed predictions on the AI industry for 2024, 2025, and beyond. Dario discusses his days at OpenAI, leaving to start Anthropic, why he doesn’t like the term AGI, what AI developments he’s most excited about right now, and much more. Overall, an enlightening conversation for anyone interested in the future of AI. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:20) Joining OpenAI</p><p>(14:31) Are scaling and AI safety intertwined?</p><p>(20:31) Anthropic Early Days</p><p>(24:04) Amazon's Investment in Anthropic</p><p>(24:19) FTX investment in Anthropic</p><p>(25:50) Anthropic's Business Today</p><p>(30:51) Dario's Advice For Builders</p><p>(34:26) Should we pause AI progress?</p><p>(36:27) Future of AI</p><p>(37:55) Dario's Biggest AI Safety Concerns</p><p>(44:57) How Anthropic Deals With AI Bias</p><p>(49:29) Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy</p><p>(56:36) Testifying in front of Congress</p><p>(59:25) Will AI destroy humanity?</p><p>(1:00:00) GPT3 vs GPT4</p><p>(1:02:26) The memification of a CEO</p><p>(1:09:30) What are you most surprised by with AI?</p><p>(1:17:03) Why don't you like the term AGI?</p><p>(1:21:50) 2024 AI Predictions</p><p>(1:33:45) Dario's opinion on open-source models</p><p>(1:38:03) Probability of AI Catastrophe</p><p>(1:40:52) Misuse of AI</p><p>(1:44:44) Looking ahead: Dario's optimistic outlook on AI</p><p> </p><p>For more long-form content with leading voices in AI, check out Redpoint's AI podcast, Unsupervised Learning: </p><p><a href="">https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/unsupervised-learning/id1672188924</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1ILHVeQ1jbI3pClQiy8oN6?si=05427b08875345db">⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1ILHVeQ1jbI3pClQiy8oN6?si=05427b08875345db⁠</a></p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’v

<p>Matthew Prince is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudflare, a public company doing over a billion dollars in revenue. In the episode, Matthew shares fascinating anecdotes from Cloudflare’s early days and how they scaled up customers from obscure markets to major enterprises. He also explores Cloudflare's commitment to maintaining a high talent bar and candidly reflects on his co-founder’s battle with a devastating illness. Overall, an unfiltered conversation about the journey of building Cloudflare into the powerhouse it is today. </p><p>Wired article on Lee Holloway: ⁠https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline-brilliant-young-coder/⁠</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:12) The internet was a fad</p><p>(3:49) What is Cloudflare?</p><p>(6:42) Project Honeypot</p><p>(12:53) Meeting Michelle</p><p>(19:12) Buying into the vision</p><p>(23:04) The internet was built to support the porn industry</p><p>(28:48) Borrowing Money</p><p>(37:18) Transparency</p><p>(43:08) On Lee Holloway</p><p>(52:23) Philosophy behind hiring and talent</p><p>(1:00:45) Prioritize curiosity and empathy</p><p>(1:02:54) The fairness of an initial offer</p><p>(1:07:11) Titles are cheap</p><p>(1:21:59) How has being an English major manifested itself?</p><p>(1:25:14) Building explosives in high school</p><p>(1:32:38) Engaging with fans and critics</p><p>(1:38:32) Going public</p><p>(1:46:39) Conventional Silicon Valley wisdom</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Jack Altman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lattice, a $3 billion HR software company. In the episode, we delve into culture and performance management, hiring best practices, and the journey that led to both Jack and Sam Altman becoming thoughtful entrepreneurial leaders.</p><p>Jack also shares insights on maximizing employee performance, fostering work-life balance for himself and his team at Lattice, and the importance of separating "fundraising mode" from other business activities for founders. Overall, a thought-provoking discussion that offers valuable perspectives on leadership and business growth.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:39) Doing venture capital and launching a podcast</p><p>(6:30) How does culture get created within a company?</p><p>(10:14) Is a company more of a sports team or a family?</p><p>(11:42) No 100 hour work weeks</p><p>(16:13) Employee retention</p><p>(24:19) What you want to know when hiring</p><p>(30:06) Advantages startups have over big companies</p><p>(37:20) What should all founders know about letting people go?</p><p>(45:55) Finding product market fit</p><p>(54:22) Building relationships with VCs</p><p>(1:01:00) Hating software acquisitions</p><p>(1:07:46) Sam Altman, brother of the HR software guy</p><p>(1:09:43) Thoughts on AI and its future</p><p>(1:13:08) Saying the same thing over and over again in leadership</p><p>(1:20:06) Thoughts on San Francisco</p><p>(1:21:31) Logan Bartlett: VC, podcaster, meme king</p><p>(1:25:49) What are you investing in now?</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>In this episode, Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann (co-authors of Founder VS Investor) debate venture capital and startup dynamics. Liz is a 2x founder who’s raised over $100 million, and Jerry has over 25 years of experience as a venture capitalist with successful bets on companies like Datadog and The Trade Desk.</p><p>The authors banter on topics from fundraising, board meetings, the best role of VCs, and much more.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(2:01) Founder vs Investor</p><p>(9:04) Two constituents that a VC is serving</p><p>(14:19) Structure of new book</p><p>(16:14) Balance between numbers and schmoozing</p><p>(21:11) Liz’s absolutes of fundraising</p><p>(28:31) Beyond the natural absorption of the market</p><p>(36:21) What is the purpose of a board?</p><p>(43:27) VCs as an asset class</p><p>(47:54) Feeling like a babysitter in board meetings</p><p>(59:34) Would you have bootstrapped it in retrospect?</p><p>(1:05:47) Should founders always remain CEOs?</p><p>(1:13:01) Absolutes of fundraising disagreements</p><p>(1:20:51) Talking to associates</p><p>(1:26:33) Capital as an effective means of scaling</p><p>(1:29:23) Sandy Lerner, founder of Cisco</p><p>(1:37:06) Did Logan learn anything from the founder's perspective?</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Vlad Madgalin is the co-founder and CEO of Webflow, a platform with 3.5 million users that helps people develop websites and web applications. He shares Webflow’s journey as an integral player in the no-code movement, as well as why he's grateful for the opportunity to start this company in the United States.</p><p>Vlad tells many sincere stories including immigrating from Russia at age 9, starting Webflow four times before succeeding, going through a rollercoaster experience with YCombinator, and much more. </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>Inventing on Principle Talk: https://youtu.be/PUv66718DII?si=FQgWF4018HGpin7a</p><p>https://youtu.be/PUv66718DII?si=FQgWF4018HGpin7a</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:56) Essentialism</p><p>(6:01) No one is a natural great manager</p><p>(15:01) The Freedman Doctrine</p><p>(22:42) Distinction between behavior and core values</p><p>(26:23) Two sides to any coin</p><p>(32:31) Choosing who to do business with</p><p>(38:31) Working remote</p><p>(44:57) Early days of Webflow</p><p>(57:07) Looking for silver bullets but finding lead bullets</p><p>(1:05:57) The YC interview and walking out of Oblivion</p><p>(1:10:01) Joining YC</p><p>(1:14:57) From Skype calls to brand ambassadors</p><p>(1:24:02) Product roadmap and development</p><p>(1:27:24) Graduation vs churn</p><p>(1:37:10) Taking your time raising money</p><p>(1:24:17) Big product market fit</p><p>(1:44:59) Pros and cons of venture capital</p><p>(1:52:10) Not a zero sum</p><p>(1:57:01) B2C versus B2B</p><p>(2:04:22) Immigrating from Russia</p><p>(2:11:24) Influence of Pixar</p><p>(2:15:07) Favorite interview question</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable no

<p>Ryan Smith is the owner of the Utah Jazz, as well as the founder and former CEO of Qualtrics (recently acquired for $12B).</p><p>In the episode, Ryan reveals why he bought his hometown NBA team, and what it’s like to own the Utah Jazz. He shares his unconventional path to founding Qualtrics, including how he dropped out of high school, ended up in South Korea with nothing, and later started the company with his dad and brother. Ryan also gives practical insights on productivity and work-life balance.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:00) Buying the Utah Jazz</p><p>(8:09) Customer base of a fan versus customer base of enterprise software</p><p>(10:42) Applying lessons in tech to basketball</p><p>(18:26) Trading and relationships</p><p>(21:15) Getting rid of the RSN deal</p><p>(28:33) Starting a non-profit</p><p>(19:59) Views on productivity and work-from-home</p><p>(37:07) Becoming a CEO</p><p>(40:01) Bill Gates exercise strategy</p><p>(45:51) Dropping out of high school and going to South Korea</p><p>(50:03) LDS Mission in Mexico</p><p>(55:49) Starting Qualtrics with your dad</p><p>(1:00:26) Working at Ford</p><p>(1:03:37) Northwestern Field Study</p><p>(1:05:32) Cheaper, faster, better</p><p>(1:08:24) Not selling for $500 million</p><p>(1:12:38) No venture capital</p><p>(1:16:25) Getting acquired</p><p>(1:24:07) Product market fit</p><p>(1:34:35) Brother’s time at Google</p><p>(1:39:21) Plan for things to take a little bit longer than you expect</p><p>(1:42:51) The infamous horse story</p><p> </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN0FAhzD-WI</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game

<p>John McMahon has served on the board of MongoDB and Snowflake and is best known as a five-time CRO who has built the sales processes that power enterprise sales in Silicon Valley. In this episode, John talked through a ton of practical topics around sales, including the biggest sales mistakes that early-stage startups make, how to hire a sales team to supercharge your company, and more.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:20) The Qualified Sales Leader</p><p>(9:57) Sales basics in building an efficient and scalable sales org</p><p>(16:53) Carlo Carelli - Greatest Salesperson in the World</p><p>(20:55) Product market fit</p><p>(26:07) The medic qualification process</p><p>(36:35) Difference between a champion and a coach</p><p>(42:51) Best interview questions when hiring</p><p>(53:49) The hardest part of transitioning to sales management</p><p>(1:03:06) On firing</p><p>(1:10:06) The process of letting someone go</p><p>(1:11:30) Accidental sales leader</p><p>(1:17:25) John McMahon as a sales rep early on</p><p>(1:21:24) Blade Logic and Opsware</p><p>(1:26:37) The most common misconception about sales</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus (VR headset maker that sold to Facebook for $2.3B) and Anduril (an autonomous military technology company valued at $8.5B).</p><p>In the episode, Palmer uncovers the real story of why he was famously fired from Facebook in 2017. He also shares his thoughts about the virtual reality industry and discusses why building these autonomous military defense systems leads to more ethical wars.</p><p>This discussion originally happened in September 2022. Thanks to all of the engaging details, we’ve decided to reshare it! </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:43) Welcome Palmer Luckey</p><p>(2:19) Being misrepresented by the media</p><p>(7:39) Choosing advancement of the VR industry over personal views</p><p>(11:24) Palmer’s donation to a pro-Trump group and the fallout</p><p>(16:42) Game studios “not” working with Oculus</p><p>(23:17) What the Facebook PR team got wrong</p><p>(31:27) Palmer's biggest takeaways from the firing</p><p>(38:14) Palmer’s background and founding Oculus</p><p>(41:09) Why you should follow your talents over your passions</p><p>(48:31) Selling Oculus</p><p>(53:15) Founding Anduril after being fired from Facebook</p><p>(1:06:51) What does Anduril do?</p><p>(1:12:38) Knowing a little about a lot</p><p>(1:14:05) Autonomous military systems</p><p>(1:16:16) How AI can improve war ethics</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p><p> </p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Wade Foster is the co-founder and CEO of Zapier, an automation business most recently valued at $5 billion.</p><p>In the episode, Wade discusses why Zapier only raised around $1M and unpacks Zapier’s strategies for growing profitably. Wade shares lessons from building one of the first remote-only companies in tech, including key tips for hiring, onboarding, building a great management team, and much more.</p><p>Wade is definitely a first principles thinker around all things business. One of the most raw and engaging episodes to date.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:50) What does Zapier do?</p><p>(4:06) $1.3 million to $5 billion</p><p>(12:27) Lessons learned from starting Zapier</p><p>(17:23) Zapier's ecosystem and partners</p><p>(23:24) What made Zapier outperform competitors?</p><p>(28:31) Three friends from Missouri</p><p>(32:35) Was it obvious who the successes were going to be?</p><p>(40:36) Foundation of the board</p><p>(45:18) The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work</p><p>(50:45) Building trust among a remote employee base</p><p>(53:47) Importance of onboarding experience</p><p>(1:00:57) The future of remote work</p><p>(1:06:06) Advice for new founders</p><p>(1:08:50) Wade's interview style</p><p>(1:15:30) Setting goals as a company</p><p>(1:18:30) Are CEO coaches just snake oil?</p><p>(1:23:44) SEO Landing Pages</p><p>(1:27:47) What has you excited about artificial intelligence?</p><p>(1:33:29) Relationship with Sam Altman</p><p>(1:39:45) What would you tell 23-year-old Wade?</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Laela Sturdy is the managing partner at CapitalG, Alphabet's $4B independent growth fund. Laela has invested in a number of iconic companies across both consumer and enterprise, including Duolingo, Stripe, Gusto, UiPath, and more.</p><p>In the episode, Laela gives a behind-the-scenes look at Alphabet’s startup bets and discusses how CapitalG makes their investment decisions. She shares how she stays ahead of the curve in different markets and what she looks for in great founders and great investors.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:44) What is CapitalG?</p><p>(5:31) Why does Alphabet invest in startups?</p><p>(12:31) Laela's role as Managing Partner</p><p>(14:16) Making investment decisions at CapitalG</p><p>(17:50) Top lessons from investing</p><p>(21:26) Getting lucky early in your career</p><p>(24:55) Consumer vs enterprise investing</p><p>(31:06) What the best investments have in common</p><p>(36:48) Avoiding false precision in investing</p><p>(45:36) Making concentrated bets</p><p>(47:31) How to develop talent</p><p>(51:09) Advice for young people in venture</p><p>(1:04:24) Thoughts on the artificial intelligence industry</p><p>(1:07:37) Immigrating from Jamaica</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Jyoti Bonsal was the founder and CEO of AppDynamics, which sold in 2017 to Cisco for $3.7 billion right before it went public. We talk about that sale as well as Jody now running two separate businesses. He's the CEO of Harness. Which not coincidentally, was most recently valued at $3.7 billion, as well as the CEO of Traceable ai, which was recently valued at $450 million.</p><p>In this conversation, Jody and I talk about a bunch of different things related to operating and his different frameworks for making decisions for finding product market fit, hiring executives, firing executives, as well as the saddest day he had running AppDynamics, which was the day he actually sold the business to Cisco. A really interesting conversation, one of the more thoughtful and tactical leaders that exist in the world of startups. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:40) Welcome Jyoti Bansal</p><p>(2:51) Time management</p><p>(8:43) Finding product market fit</p><p>(19:05) Product development cycle</p><p>(23:12) Startups within startups</p><p>(29:14) AppDynamics</p><p>(34:14) Lessons for young founders</p><p>(43:16) Hiring someone who's "been there, done that"</p><p>(51:02) Process of fundraising</p><p>(56:04) Reach the highest tier of VC firm</p><p>(59:45) Finding investors that believe in you and your company</p><p>(1:07:20) Founding AppD</p><p>(1:13:47) Ending up a solo founder</p><p>(1:20:42) Selling to Cisco</p><p>(1:27:33) Current state of the markets</p><p>(1:31:09) Jyoti's thoughts on AI</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Zach Weinberg is the Founder and CEO of Curie.Bio, a $520M fund transforming biotech.</p><p>In the episode, Logan and Zach banter on the current state of the venture capital industry, as well as everything from remote work, artificial intelligence, and founder advice.</p><p>Prior to Curie.Bio, Zach was the Co-Founder at Flatiron Health (acquired by Roche) and the Co-Founder at Invite Media (acquired by Google).</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:29) NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony</p><p>(7:09) Publicly launching Curie.Bio and working from home</p><p>(34:11) State of the venture market</p><p>(45:26) What kind of investing council are you giving?</p><p>(50:07) You don't get fired if everyone else sucked alongside you</p><p>(53:24) Venture is such a big industry now, generalizations don't work</p><p>(1:00:34) The biggest companies will create value out of AI</p><p>(1:08:21) People didn't learn any lessons from crypto</p><p>(1:13:42) What has Zach excited outside of biotech</p><p>(1:22:26) Only engaging in arguments that matter to you</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Peter Fenton is a renowned venture capitalist and a Partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. With a remarkable track record in the tech industry, Peter has played a pivotal role in shaping the success of numerous high-profile companies such as Twitter, Yelp, Zendesk, Elastic, Docker, and many others. Peter's ability to spot trends and invest in transformative ideas has established him as one of the most respected venture capitalists in the industry.</p><p>In this episode, Peter discusses his early VC aspirations and the path to get where he is now, as well as the successful VC and entrepreneurial mindsets, plus inflation and the current market state.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:38) Growing up wanting to be a VC</p><p>(16:33) Mentorship</p><p>(20:25) Benchmark</p><p>(30:56) Entrepreneurial mindset</p><p>(40:53) Successful founder characteristic</p><p>(45:42) Estimating timelines</p><p>(54:41 Everyone gets worse in venture over time</p><p>(1:05:22) VC websites</p><p>(1:10:52) Inflation</p><p>(1:18:29) Robert Sapolsky</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson<br /> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1<br /> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of Skype and one of the most prominent voices in AI safety. After co-founding Skype he begun to delve into the world of AI safety and strongly holds the position that humans can not motivate AI and that action must be taken. Jaan initiated the 6-month pause on AI that was co-signed by Elon Musk. Nonetheless he's invested in some of the most influential AI companies like DeepMind and Anthropic.</p><p>On this episode he shares why he invests in AI despite his views on safety, the insights he gained from founding Skype and his first impression meeting SBF in the Bahamas. </p><p>(0:00) Intro </p><p>(0:54) Jaan's journey with crypto </p><p>(2:49) Investing in SBF </p><p>(8:08) Entrepreneurial journey to Skype </p><p>(15:11) Skype's immediate rise to popularity and mistakes along the way </p><p>(22:15) Meeting Eliezer Yudkowsky </p><p>(25:11) The Center for Existential Risk in the Future of Life Institute </p><p>(31:05) Having a seat at the table by investing in artificial intelligence </p><p>(37:24) Having an entrepreneur say no to you </p><p>(41:59) The process of the DeepMind sale and the ethics board </p><p>(45:58) The risk of artificial intelligence today </p><p>(1:04:43) What was that unnerving about GPT four versus GPT three? </p><p>(1:07:02) Jaan's memo on AI safety </p><p>(1:16:00) What percentage likelihood do you think we're on a path to extinction? </p><p>(1:22:18) What's a piece of conventional wisdom around startups or investing that you disagree with today?</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson<br /> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1<br /> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p><p> </p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>TJ Parker is the Founder of PillPack, one of the first-ever DTC Pharmacy companies that sold to Amazon in 2018 for $1B. Prior to founding PillPack TJ worked odd jobs in retail, pharmacy, and real estate and has a deep background in design which informed much of what he built at PillPack. In this episode, TJ shares stories from fighting off Big Pharma institutions that threatened to take his business, advice to founders for managing through a crisis, and why he's recently decided to become a VC at Matrix Partners.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:18) Welcome TJ Parker</p><p>(7:22) Odd jobs growing up</p><p>(16:24) Near-death with Pillpack</p><p>(28:09) Getting approval</p><p>(32:24) Why sell vs being independent?</p><p>(40:53) What makes Amazon great</p><p>(46:12) Keeping the executive team small</p><p>(52:08) Making decisions as CEO</p><p>(56:59) Advice if you were to start another company</p><p>(1:00:49) Transition into venture capital</p><p>(1:05:01) Requests from startups</p><p>(1:09:38) Insights on the venture industry</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Tim Urban is the Author of the blog "Wait But Why" and has one of the most listened-to Ted talks of all time. His work covers a broad range of topics from why we procrastinate, to how much time we have left with our parents, to breaking down the US involvement in the Iraq war. In this episode, Logan and Tim dive into some of the ideas that Tim has written about, as well as newer topics like the role AI will play in social relationships and how genetic engineering could impact the human lifespan. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:23) Welcome Tim Urban</p><p>(5:11) Thousand-page book</p><p>(18:40) Living to 150 Years Old</p><p>(24:04) Looking back on eating meat</p><p>(29:39) Changing expectations of success</p><p>(36:01) Shortform vs longform writing</p><p>(42:11) TikTok and different internets for different audiences</p><p>(49:10) College is an eternity</p><p>(55:39) North star for writing</p><p>(1:03:03) Tim's favorite part besides publishing</p><p>(1:17:55) Tribalism, wokeness, and politics</p><p>(1:43:25) Awareness and Courage</p><p>(1:52:01) Keeping identity small</p><p>(1:57:16) Feeling different about old blog posts</p><p>(2:03:55) AI Girlfriends</p><p>(2:08:19) Talking Elon</p><p>(2:15:54) Advice on picking a career</p><p>(2:21:43) AI and will it kill humanity?</p><p>(2:30:51) Signing up for Cryonics</p><p>(2:34:25) Twitter Talk</p><p>(2:38:15) Disagreeing with conventional wisdom<br /> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson<br /> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg<br /> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1<br /> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow<br /> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Emmett Shear is the co-founder of Twitch, one of the most influential platforms in recent history. From its humble beginnings as a gaming streaming platform to becoming a cultural phenomenon, Twitch has redefined the way we connect, entertain, and build communities online. </p><p>The episode is packed with stories from Emmett’s 16-year tenure as CEO and his journey to founding the company. Emmett shares product frameworks he used to grow and retain streamers, how he learned to not suck at management, and why he thinks remote is bad for most tech start-ups. Emmett also shares insights from being part of the very first batch of YC-founded startups in 2005 alongside Sam Altman and Paul Graham. Finally, Emmett shares what he’s most scared about when it comes to AI. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:46) Welcome Emmett Shear</p><p>(8:03) Products leading to Twitch</p><p>(18:19) Justin.tv</p><p>(28:10) Getting growth</p><p>(32:40) Cultivating the community for the streamer</p><p>(39:02) Google acquihire</p><p>(47:05) Declining value to more money</p><p>(54:16) Changes in levels of abstraction</p><p>(1:00:13) Management lessons</p><p>(1:08:52) Remote work debate</p><p>(1:17:49) Mentors and coaching</p><p>(1:28:24) Ambitions of the founder</p><p>(1:36:53) Back to YC</p><p>(1:44:45) AI Concerns</p><p>(2:03:28) Being a techno optimist</p><p>(2:17:44) Turning 40</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg<br /> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Immad Akhund is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Mercury, a FinTech Platform that was in the headlines recently for being the biggest beneficiary of the SVB crisis. In the 6 days after the crash, Mercury took in over $2B in new deposits from companies leaving SVB and raised FDIC insurance from 1 to 3 to $5M in a week. Immad is also known for being one of the best fundraisers in the game and shared advice for Founders and Investors. Overall an awesome conversation about what’s wrong with banking today.</p><p>Immad is also known for being one of the best fundraisers in the game and shared advice for Founders and Investors. Overall an awesome conversation about what’s wrong with banking today. </p><p> (0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:29) Adam Neumann's couch</p><p>(4:03) No FinTech background</p><p>(10:51) What is Mercury?</p><p>(18:37) What does Mercury do?</p><p>(27:14) Picking partner or sponsor banks</p><p>(39:57) Uninsured deposits</p><p>(50:59) What was the impetus for being so clear in your mission statement?</p><p>(54:50) FDIC Insurance</p><p>(1:09:35) Convoluted and esoteric US banking system</p><p>(1:15:43) The day SVB played out</p><p>(1:20:33) Why would you bank with anyone but JP Morgan?</p><p>(1:24:30) The idea for Mercury</p><p>(1:28:14) Will Mercury become a bank?</p><p>(1:35:02) Tweeting Keith Rabois</p><p>(1:40:02) Finding product market fit</p><p>(1:46:31) Having a big network and strong relationships</p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Daniel Ek is the CEO and Co-Founder of Spotify and an overall legendary entrepreneur. Daniel grew up in Sweden and after selling a few businesses went on to found Spotify and disrupt the music industry against all odds. On this episode Daniel shares his entrepreneurial journey, stories from the earliest days of founding Spotify, his beef with Apple's app store policies, his views on enabling free speech, and more.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:50) Welcome Daniel Ek</p><p>(4:05) The Entrepreneurial Journey to Spotify</p><p>(10:05) Making millions but feeling aimless</p><p>(19:12) The roots of Spotify</p><p>(21:17) Constraints as a benefit</p><p>(25:34) Defining your market narrowly</p><p>(27:33) Sleeping outside record label offices</p><p>(35:39) Being Vilified in the music industry</p><p>(45:16) Taking elements from iconic CEOs to mode</p><p>(50:59) Natural Biases</p><p>(55:35) Reevaluating what you need for your mission</p><p>(1:02:14) Being outspoken against Apple</p><p>(1:07:10) Responsibility as a platform in free speech and censorship</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>George Boutros is commonly known in Silicon Valley as the man behind basically every big tech acquisition in the past 10 years. George was involved in the sale of LinkedIn to Microsoft, Slack to Salesforce, Figma to Adobe, and many others. On this episode he shares his background, how he got into investment banking, and what it was like advising on some of the greatest deals in history including Steve Jobs at Pixar. Finally, George shares his best negotiating advice and misconceptions about the role of investment banking in the tech world. George is currently CEO of Qatalyst Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on tech M&A.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:41) Welcome George Boutros</p><p>(11:08) Advising deals 2008-2010</p><p>(16:48) Pillars of building out an investment bank</p><p>(30:58) Becoming CEO at Qatalyst</p><p>(34:32) Working because you enjoy it</p><p>(37:42) George's father</p><p>(49:23) Shifting focus to tech</p><p>(54:53) Apple almost selling in 1996</p><p>(1:01:06) Pixar</p><p>(1:07:53) Negotiating Advice</p><p>(1:10:46) Figuring out when to sell</p><p>(1:17:43) Council to private companies now</p><p>(1:24:08) The institutionalization of private equity within technology</p><p>(1:38:03) How is the investment banking industry changing</p><p>(1:42:52) Balancing work and family</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Aaron Levie is the CEO and Co-founder of Box - a now profitable public company he founded in 2005 after dropping out of USC. In his second appearance on The Logan Bartlett Show, Aaron shares what he's most excited about in the AI world including real applications that Box is building today. He also shares his takes on who will win the AI battle between incumbents and startups, AI doom and where there are opportunities for new founders to build. As always, Aaron gives great operating advice for first-time founders and recounts some of the things that Box did well to get to where they are today. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:54) Welcome back, Aaron Levie</p><p>(4:28) Lightning bolt moment with AI</p><p>(10:00) OG Customers</p><p>(12:50) Describe Box's AI usage</p><p>(24:13) Why have the big tech companies been able to execute as well as they have?</p><p>(28:00) How would you start a company as a young enterprising founder today?</p><p>(33:04) The social contracts of AI</p><p>(37:21) Aaron's doom perspective</p><p>(45:06) Operating profit</p><p>(48:29) One lesson of operational excellence</p><p>(52:59) Wrong startup advice</p><p>(56:38) Reading recommendations</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Jay Simons is a General Partner at BOND Capital and former President of Atlassian. Jay ran Atlassian between 2012-2020 taking them from pre-IPO to about $3B in revenue. Jay is known for being one of the earliest SaaS leaders to adopt and implement a product-led growth strategy.</p><p>In this episode Jay shares his background, stories from the early days at Atlassian, building two products at once (Jira & Confluence), and his philosophy on management and leadership. Jay has since joined BOND Capital investing alongside Mary Meeker - he shares his investment strategy and what BOND looks for in the companies they invest in.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:19) Welcome Jay Simons</p><p>(10:15) BEA Acquired by Oracle</p><p>(14:19) Joining Atlassian</p><p>(16:58) What was the company growing at when you joined?</p><p>(22:10) Divorcing the success from the tactics</p><p>(34:48) Control your destiny of what the market is going to take</p><p>(40:22) How do you orient your team?</p><p>(46:42) Having two products early on</p><p>(55:07) Seeding the community</p><p>(1:07:29) Crucible moments at Atlassian </p><p>(1:22:11) Path to advising </p><p>(1:33:28) Soft diplomacy in decision making</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Eliezer Yudkowsky is a researcher, writer, and advocate for artificial intelligence safety. He is best known for his writings on rationality, cognitive biases, and the development of superintelligence. Yudkowsky has written extensively on the topic of AI safety and has advocated for the development of AI systems that are aligned with human values and interests. Yudkowsky is the co-founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), a non-profit organization dedicated to researching the development of safe and beneficial artificial intelligence. He is also a co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR), a non-profit organization focused on teaching rational thinking skills. He is also a frequent author at LessWrong.com as well as Rationality: From AI to Zombies.</p><p>In this episode, we discuss Eliezer’s concerns with artificial intelligence and his recent conclusion that it will inevitably lead to our demise. He’s a brilliant mind, an interesting person, and genuinely believes all of the stuff he says. So I wanted to have a conversation with him to hear where he is coming from, how he got there, understand AI better, and hopefully help us bridge the divide between the people who think we’re headed off a cliff and the people who think it’s not a big deal.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:18) Welcome Eliezer</p><p>(6:27) How would you define artificial intelligence?</p><p>(15:50) What is the purpose of a firm alarm?</p><p>(19:29) Eliezer’s background</p><p>(29:28) The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence</p><p>(33:38) Maybe AI doesn’t end up automatically doing the right thing</p><p>(45:42) AI Safety Conference</p><p>(51:15) Disaster Monkeys</p><p>(1:02:15) Fast takeoff</p><p>(1:10:29) Loss function</p><p>(1:15:48) Protein folding</p><p>(1:24:55) The deadly stuff</p><p>(1:46:41) Why is it inevitable?</p><p>(1:54:27) Can’t we let tech develop AI and then fix the problems?</p><p>(2:02:56) What were the big jumps between GPT3 and GPT4?</p><p>(2:07:15) “The trajectory of AI is inevitable”</p><p>(2:28:05) Elon Musk and OpenAI</p><p>(2:37:41) Sam Altman Interview</p><p>(2:50:38) The most optimistic path to us surviving</p><p>(3:04:46) Why would anything super intelligent pursue ending humanity?</p><p>(3:14:08) What role do VCs play in this?<br /> </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/liron/status/1647443778524037121?s=20">https://twitter.com/liron/status/1647443778524037121?s=20</a></p><p><a href="" target="_blank">https://futureoflife.org/event/ai-safety-conference-in-puerto-rico/</a></p><p><a href="" target="_blank">https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/j9Q8bRmwCgXRYAgcJ/miri-announces-new-death-with-dignity-strategy</a></p><p><a href="" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Figerh89g</a></p><p><a href="" target="_blank">https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23447596/artificial-intelligence-agi-openai-gpt3-existential-risk-human-extinction</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjc1WuyPT8">Eliezer Yudkowsky – AI Alignment: Why It's Hard, and Where to Start</a></p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside basebal

<p>Keith Rabois is a prominent Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur. He is currently the CEO and founder of OpenStore, and a partner at Founders Fund, a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel. Prior to this, he served as the COO at Square, a mobile payments company founded by Jack Dorsey, and was also part of the so-called "PayPal Mafia," a group of individuals who co-founded PayPal or worked there in its early days and went on to become successful entrepreneurs and investors. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the founding and growth of many successful technology companies, including Yelp, LinkedIn, and YouTube. In Keith's second appearance on the podcast, he discusses topics such as his dislike for OKRs, his aversion to investing in remote-first companies, and his experiences working with Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Jack Dorsey.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:14) Welcome back, Keith</p><p>(5:35) Hating OKRs</p><p>(10:03) On making decisions</p><p>(14:09) Not believing in remote work</p><p>(17:33) Social Issues in the Workplace</p><p>(19:00) What is the role of a VC?</p><p>(22:08) Thinking about what can go right</p><p>(29:35) The "why you" in a potential investment</p><p>(34:28) Fitting the founder to the story</p><p>(37:59) The most successful founders are trending older</p><p>(43:21) The firm brand at Founders Fund</p><p>(47:57) Lessons learned from Keith's only five bosses in his career</p><p>(55:48) Thoughts on AI</p><p>(59:36) Artificial Intelligence in China</p><p>(1:03:23) What is your most contrarian view today?</p><p>(1:06:56) On Elon & using Twitter</p><p> </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>https://twitter.com/rabois</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fQHLK1aIBs</p><p>https://delian.io/lessons-3</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate play

<p>Dan Runcie is a music industry analyst, writer, and the founder of the newsletter and media platform “Trapital.” Trapital focuses on the business strategies of hip-hop and offers insights into the intersection of culture and commerce in the industry. Runcie has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Billboard, and Forbes. Dan joins the podcast this week to discuss the business side of the music industry, specifically in the context of hip-hop artists. Logan and Dan go into the relationships between major record labels, Spotify and artists, the impact of TikTok, the current state of touring, how new artists are discovered, and lessons for entrepreneurs that can be learned from successful hip-hop artists.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:02) Welcome Dan Runcie</p><p>(9:15) Primer on the music industry today</p><p>(16:19) The impact of streaming</p><p>(20:43) Artist-Label dynamic now vs 20 years ago</p><p>(30:55) Artists selling their back catalog</p><p>(35:35) Touring is broken</p><p>(40:54) TikTok's dominating influence</p><p>(46:05) Lessons entrepreneurs can take from hip-hop artists</p><p>(1:01:13) The Trapital Story</p><p>(1:12:47) The state of Trapital today</p><p>(1:15:06) Lessons internalized in creating Trapital</p><p>(1:20:48) Determining who is an interesting podcast guest</p><p> </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>https://trapital.co/</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>Scott Raney and Satish Dharmaraj are Redpoint's most senior investors and both appeared on the Forbes Midas List in 2022. Having invested in companies like Stripe, HashiCorp, Snowflake, and Sonos - they go through their perspectives on where everything's headed, AI, the venture ecosystem as it stands, how our partnership works, and more.</p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(1:24) Welcome Satish and Scott</p><p>(7:27) Venture firm structures</p><p>(19:02) Partner dynamics</p><p>(27:31) Operating with imperfect information</p><p>(32:52) How do you think about pricing?</p><p>(37:10) Great managers vs great leaders</p><p>(40:16) Getting into venture</p><p>(48:32) Thoughts on AI</p><p>(54:04) VC Industry dynamics and trends</p><p> </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>https://www.redpoint.com/our-people/satish-dharmaraj/</p><p>https://www.forbes.com/profile/satish-dharmaraj/?sh=5567bf761409</p><p>https://www.redpoint.com/our-people/scott-raney/</p><p>https://www.forbes.com/profile/scott-raney/?sh=6f67cc227fbb</p><p> </p><p>Satish Dharmaraj is an American entrepreneur, speaker, angel investor and venture capitalist, who currently serves as a general partner with Redpoint Ventures. In 2021, he was placed #6 on the Forbes Midas List of top 100 Venture Capital investors. Prior to Redpoint Ventures, Satish Dharmaraj founded Zimbra, which he then sold to Yahoo! for $350 million, in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>Scott Raney is a Partner with Redpoint Ventures focusing on information and consumer technology with a particular emphasis on cloud computing, on-demand software, enterprise infrastructure, and mobile apps and platforms. In 2022, he was placed #39 on the Forbes Midas List of top 100 Venture Capital investors. Prior to venture capital, Raney worked at two startups that ultimately went out of business.</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook t

<p>Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason. He is known for a number of his works including Prediction Markets and Futarchy, writings on the possibility of alien life with both the Great Filter and Grabby Aliens, his book The Elephant In The Brain about our social programming, as well as extensive work and thought in the field of artificial intelligence including a very prescient series of debates and writings with Eliezer Yudkowsky 15 years ago. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(0:54) Introducing Robin Hanson</p><p>(5:47) Defining basic concepts</p><p>(9:47) The alignment problem</p><p>(19:43) Property rights in A.I.</p><p>(21:48) The recent A.I. ecosystem </p><p>(30:01) GPT4</p><p>(33:51) A.I. Doomerism</p><p>(38:04) Rabbit hole analogy</p><p>(43:47) A.I. Critic Scenario</p><p>(51:57) Risks associated with A.I.</p><p>(57:24) Pausing development on A.I. to focus on implications</p><p>(1:02:33) Predictions by 2028 A.I. will not be able to cross</p><p>(1:08:15) Fast takeoff scenario</p><p>(1:15:39) Brain emulation</p><p>(1:22:19) Cryonics</p><p> </p><p>Show Notes:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuXl-iidnFY</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p> </p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p>About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>

<p>In the 58th episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, Annie Lamont (Co-founder, Oak HC/FT) joins to discuss the state of the market, being a woman VC in the 90s, run-ins with Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes, and her duties as the First Lady of Connecticut. </p><p>(0:00) Intro</p><p>(2:18) State of the Market</p><p>(16:23) State of the Venture Industry</p><p>(28:00) Qualities of a Good Founder</p><p>(32:00) Annie’s Background</p><p>(35:44) Steve Jobs Stories</p><p>(41:48) Gender Imbalance in the Venture Industry</p><p>(49:16) Fintech</p><p>(1:07:07) CT Covid Response</p><p>(1:19:08) Elizabeth Holmes</p><p>(1:23:18) Almost Getting Fired</p><p> </p><p>Mixed and edited: Sam Dewees</p><p>Produced: Rashad Assir</p><p>Executive Producer: Josh Machiz</p><p>Music: Griff Lawson</p><p> </p><p>🎙 Listen to the show</p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839</p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1</p><p>Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg</p><p>🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p>Follow on Socials</p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p><br />About the Show</p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.</p> <p><p>Executive Producer: Rashad Assir</p><p>Producer: Leah Clapper</p><p>Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky</p><p> </p><p><strong>Check out Unsupervised Learning,</strong> Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA</p><p> </p><p>🎥 <strong>Subscribe on YouTube: </strong>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1</p><p> </p><p><strong>Follow on Socials</strong></p><p> </p><p>📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow</p><p>📱 X - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow</p><p>🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow</p><p> </p><p><strong>About the Show</strong></p><p>Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.</p><p>Tap follow and enable notifications to stay ahead of the game.</p></p>