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0:00 Intro
3:15 - State of AI at the beginning of 2024
12:30 - Valuations and fundraising landscape today
16:20 - Founder backgrounds for AI startups
19:15 - Are AI companies defensible? What moats do they have?
26:40 - Impact for large enterprise businesses
30 35 - Exit options and M&A
35:45 - What problems do they wish founders focused on? And not so much on?
42:35 - AI therapy - is it cringe?
48:55 - Stanford dropouts and starting AI companies
58:35 - Olivia and Justine's favorite AI Tools
1:04:00 - Outro

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:50 Gokul Rajaram on Google and what makes a great CEO
14:30 Ishan Mukherjee on the State of LLMs
22:23 Mark Pincus on how to come up with good ideas and build great products
33:12 Anil Varanasi on how to spot great talent
36:18 Rio Ferdinand on Leadership and Young Prodigies
41:33 Hudzah on using Claude LLM to build products quickly
47:29 Mike Maples on patterns for successful startups
56:00 Career and life advice by Aarthi and Sriram
1:06:55 Aravind Srinivas on Google’s Larry Page being his favourite entrepreneur
1:10:50 Bryan Johnson's 7 simple hacks to live longer

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere
2:12 Childhood and growing up in Canada
5:50 Getting into computers and internet
10:30 Sending cold emails
14:20 How to work with Aidan
16:40 The AI paper - "Attention is all you need"
18:45 Starting Cohere
21:10 Why choose enterprise (vs consumer) as a market
24:45 AI strategy
28:20 Hallucinations in LLM models
30:10 Enterprise software and security implications
32:05 Deloitte, Accenture and the impact of generative AI
36:40 Will LLM scaling laws hit a plateau?
38:50 AGI, reasoning and inference for LLM models
41:30 Synthetic data - what is it? Why is it interesting?
43:25 Looking ahead - what is the Cohere's strategy?
46:00 Cohere's capital structure
49:15 Enterprise Use Cases
52:10 Advice for founders - adaptability
54:15 Thank you

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:30 The big political divide in the US
7:50 The new media election
19:55 Pre-Zynga: Mark's entrepreneurial origins
26:10 Being in the room where it happens
30:50 How to choose the right idea to work on
34:35 Meeting Mark Zuckerberg and investing in Facebook
40:20 Founder Mode
43:15 Zynga board and saving the company
49:30 Zynga 2.0: The Comeback
55:00 Zynga company culture
1:01:20 Building product at Zynga
1:08:30 How Zynga was Facebook's winning strategy
1:14:10 Advice to Founders
1:25:15 Outro

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0:01Intro
3:04 Ishan's Story
4:43 Inside IIT: India's Most Competitive Universities
6:50 How Quiz Championships Shaped a Tech Founder
11:45 Moving to the US
19:38 Building Kiva - The Early Days
24:45 The Amazon Acquisition
28:30 Immigration
34:55 What is ROX
37:00 Where are AI agents lacking/ State of LLMs
41:35 Reinventing CRMs
43:45 How ROX works
48:30 AI's Impact on Traditional Industries
53:45 The Launch: ROX Goes Public
57:00 Advice to Young Dreamers
58:35 The Ultimate Quiz Showdown
1:01:30 Outro

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Some helpful links
Meter - https://www.meter.com/
Meter command - https://command.meter.com/
Link to Tyler’s book on culture - https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Commercial-Culture-Tyler-Cowen/dp/0674001885
Sam Hinkie - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Hinkie

0:00 - Intro
3:48 - Anil’s early years and background
5:23 - Unconventional parenting
9:35 - Anil's journey to entrepreneurship
12:30 - Sleeping in factories in China
15:22 - China VS U.S.
18:30 - Why Networks are so important
21:35 - Why networking is still an unsolved problem
24:10 - Is hardware too hard?
26:11 - What does Meter do?
37:17 - How does Meter work?
41:08 - Future of enterprise software
44:00 - Human interaction with AI models
46:30 - Why Meter is building AI models
50:50 - Spotting young talent
54:00 - Anil's framework to find good talent
57:30 - How Anil helped Dwarkesh Patel start his podcast
1:02:00 - The “X factor” in Anil’s investments
1:02:00 - Raising the ambition bar
1:06:55 - Escaping the competitive Indian dynamics
1:08:38 - How cinema influences entrepreneurship
1:17:25 - Why don't we know how planes fly
1:19:20 - Lessons from Sam Hinkie
1:21:04 - Kindness as an operating principle
1:22:10 - Why hasn’t Anil had a more public brand?
1:24:03 - US Immigration
1:28:00 - Aarthi, Sriram and Anil show?
1:30:44 - Best Indian restaurant in London
1:32:50 - Has sneaker culture peaked?
1:34:25 - Why don’t wealthy people build monuments anymore?
1:38:04 - London’s rich history
1:40:30 - Why does Sriram have sriramk.eth?
1:42:00 - Should all startups go direct on comms?
1:47:07 - Are Aarthi and Sriram “too online”?
1:49:10 - Sriram’s Silicon Valley groupchats
1:49:46 - Will Aarthi and Sriram move back to India?
1:48:12 - Aarthi and Sriram’s failures in tech
1:53:55 - Netflix’s 3D and streaming software
1:58:18 - Popfly
1:59:55 - Microsoft success under Satya
2:02:00 - On tech execs
2:03:10 - Nonfiction book that Aarthi and Sriram would write
2:06:27 - Aarthi and Sriram’s favorite Indian movie before 2000
2:09:48 - The End

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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Meet Gokul Rajaram, on the Mount Rushmore of Silicon Valley
2:19 - Gokul's relationship with Aarthi and Sriram
4:00 - What is Founder Mode? And Zuck's Micromanagement
6:33 - Founder Mode Vs Management Mode
8:26 - Why Gokul disagrees with Paul Graham
10:56 - Learnings from Google’s Larry and Sergey
15:58 - What were early days at Google like?
18:58 - What makes a great CEO?
20: 42 - How to engage with high performing executives
25:45 - Why Gokul left Google to launch his own startup
28:53 - Chamath's Acquisition offer
31:30 - Fundraising advice for founders
34:13 - Gokul’s HOT take on AI startups
38:10 - The evolving consumer apps landscape
40:55 - Career Advice for young people
48:00 - When is the right time to start a company?
52:17 - Why titles don't matter
1:01: 45 - Why Gokul left Facebook to join Square
1:06:46 - Regret Minimization Framework
1:07:28 - Gokul's Best Bet - Doordash
1:13:18 - Doordash’s secret hiring process
1:16:11 - Sriram’s favorite interview question
1:17:30 - Gokul’s advice for first time founders
1:20:10 - Final Thoughts

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Rio Ferdinand is a football legend who spent over a decade playing for Manchester United and was a cornerstone of the England national team. With six Premier League titles, two League Cups, and a UEFA Champions League trophy under his belt, Rio is no stranger to the highs and pressures of elite football. He joined Sriram and Aarthi for a deep dive into the trials and tribulations of a career in competitive sports, the mental and physical demands of playing for one of the world’s most prestigious clubs, and the new wave of young athletes rising to stardom. From his experiences with legends like Sir Alex Ferguson to his thoughts on modern football, Rio shares what it takes to truly be the greatest, not just in sports, but in life.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:03) The English experience during the Euros

(3:21) What’s it going to take for England to bring it home

(7:19) Jude Bellingham is different

(9:23) What separates young prodigies that make it vs. those that don’t

(12:01) The all-timers are not normal

(15:17) Underdog mentality and fighting for recognition

(17:13) Handling the pressure of playing for Man Utd

(19:18) Rio rewatches the 2008 UCL Final

(21:06) Rio learned this while playing for Sir Alex

(21:38) How Sir Alex managed the egos of the best players

(28:17) A great team needs experienced players

(30:43) Mbappe’s challenge ingraining to Real Madrid

(34:06) Parallels between sports and tech

(38:06) Tech CEOs and founders are receptive to Rio’s opinions

(40:39) Clubs still need to improve how to connect with fans

(41:23) Ted Lasso and Rio’s new show

(42:10) Ronaldo smashes YouTube records

(42:48) Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham are modeling the way for football clubs

(48:17) Changing the conversation around mental health in sports

(54:52) Rio’s penalty-taking strategies

(57:40) How Rio would fix Man Utd

(59:33) Biggest lesson from running a restaurant

(1:00:47) Rio defends ballet

(1:01:59) Meeting a young Drake at Old Trafford

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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A math undergraduate from the University of Waterloo, Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, constructed a miniature fusion reactor, known as a fusor, in his bedroom. He completed the project over several weeks, utilizing the Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI assistant from Anthropic, which he provided with relevant data. In a series of tweets, he detailed the entire process of building the reactor from start to finish.

Show notes:

(00:00) This is an unusual episode

(01:20) Welcome HudZah to the show!

(01:35) Who is HudZah?

(02:35) Using AI tools natively

(03:49) Using Claude to build an MVP in one minute - Page Summarizer project as an example

(05:12) What is a nuclear fusor?

(06:10) Does Hudzah have any prior knowledge to build a nuclear fusor?

(07:10) Why build a nuclear fusor in your dorm room?

(08:40) Using Claude to build the nuclear fusor

(11:18) Week to week progress

(13:50) Is building a nuclear fusor safe? 3 ways to die!

(16:00) Why use Claude Sonnet? Power of Projects in Claude.

(18:50) Trusting your AI model and why is it ok

(20:40) Feature requests for Claude

(21:45) What’s next in the process to build a fusor?

(22:50) How are people reacting?

(23:10) Tyler, if you’re watching, please fund Hudzah!

(24:40) How are people using AI tools natively?

(28:48) Learning from kids

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Martin Casado, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, to discuss the future of the AI Safety Bill SB 1047. A bill that sets out to regulate AI at the model level, is now slated for a California Assembly vote in August. If passed, one signature from Governor Gavin Newsom could cement it into California law.

Show notes:

(00:00) Trailer and intro on SB1047

(00:43) Welcome Martin Casado of a16z

(2:30) What is SB1047?

(4:10) What is the origin of SB1047 bill?

(6:14) Should AI be regulated?

(10:20) Is AI a paradigm shift?

(13:36) Who is funding this bill? ‘Baptists vs bootleggers’ and Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence book being the origin point.

(16:35) Scott Wiener’s support of the bill

(19:34) Open source benefitting software world and risks to open source due to this bill

(22:10) Are large models more dangerous?

(24:10) Is there a correlation between size of models and risk associated?

(26:45) How would Martin frame any regulations on AI? What’s a better way

(28:46) Nancy Pelosi opposes the bill. Some famous researchers are for the bill. Who comprises the two opposing camps and what is the motivation?

(33:10) Why does Pelosi oppose the bill?

(35:00) Leopold Aschenbrenner and “Situational Awareness” paper

(37:20) Non-system people viewing systems - computer systems are not parametric but sigmoidal.

(41:30) AI is the ultimate ‘Deus ex machina’ (God in the machine)

(44:15) Sriram compares AI regulations to Game of Thrones episode

(46:00) Anthropic’s investment in AI safety

(48:15) If you’re an AI founder, what can you do about this bill today?

(50:00) Why is this bill a personal issue for Martin?

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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A crash course for founders from Marc Andreesen, Vinod Khosla, Stephen Wolfram, Palmer Luckey, and Aravind Srinivas.

Show notes:

(0:00) Marc Andreessen’s idea maze breakdown

(5:29) Vinod Khosla wants you to be internally motivated

(6:42) Stephen Wolfram explains how to think

(8:47) Palmer Luckey’s three tips for young entrepreneurs

(13:02) Aravind Srinivas’ advice for students

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Kyla Scanlon⁠ ⁠is an economic commentator who joins Sriram and Aarthi to discuss the disconnect between the economy and consumer sentiment. Kyla is also the author of her brand new book 'In This Economy' which reveals the hidden forces driving key economic outcomes, the most common myths to steer clear of, and the dusty, outdated assumptions that constrain our political imagination, offering a bold new path to building a prosperous society that works for everyone.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:14) How would Kyla fix the U.S. economy?

(4:05) Why home ownership might NOT be the best way to build wealth

(10:26) Leadership gap left by Steve Jobs at major tech companies

(13:11) Why Kyla wrote a book

(17:33) What people get wrong about Gen Z

(22:55) The difficulties of measuring the economy

(27:55) Living in a post-truth society

(30:03) The end of monoculture

(34:00) Kyla’s video-creation strategy

(35:33) Current state of social media platforms

(38:44) Kyla’s bold 2024 prediction

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Audio issue

(0:51) Introduction

(3:40) Deals are long-term relationships

(6:02) Facebook-WhatsApp acquisition story

(12:04) The most important part of deal-making

(16:44) Don’t come off as desperate

(19:35) Maintaining momentum during a deal

(25:53) Know everything about the person you’re dealing with

(33:37) How we closed our London home

(37:54) Mistakes we often see

(44:40) Managing emotions while deal-making

(50:19) What to do if the deal falls through

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:56) Prioritize hiring yourself

(5:37) Always keep looking for talent

(8:10) Align incentives with your hire

(15:05) How to find the best hires

(19:15) How to run a good loop

(29:51) Reference checks are underrated

(37:25) How to close the hire

(45:45) Conclusion

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Show notes:

(0:00) Naveen’s background

(5:32) Where Generative AI is today

(8:00) ChatGPT-4o and Google I/O announcements were NOT fundamental shifts

(9:38) Has generative AI scaling hit a wall?

(16:34) AI pretraining difficulties

(22:49) General AI vs. specialized AI

(25:55) Biggest opportunities for generative AI startups

(29:15) AI hardware landscape

(33:23) How open source AI companies can compete with closed models like OpenAI?

(38:59) Why Naveen doesn’t use AI in his home

(40:22) Is open-sourcing AI dangerous?

(43:46) Advice for founders

(47:00) Naveen sold to Intel too early

(51:09) The pace of AI innovation

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Sriram and Aarthi break down popular audience questions about jobs, work-life balance, and more.

Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:21) Advice for our younger selves

(13:20) Betting on yourself

(23:19) Benefits of taking more shots

(28:59) Work-life balance

(33:32) Aarthi’s hot take

(35:45) Time to switch jobs?

(47:21) Our unpopular opinions

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Sriram and Aarthi respond to your reaction to the immigration episode.

Show notes:

(0:00) We’re on a billboard

(2:38) Our podcast journey

(4:39) Response to our skilled immigration episode

(11:07) Core issues hindering skilled immigration

(23:07) Remembering our immigration process

(29:01) Recapping WrestleMania 40

(49:21) Mark Zuckerberg’s personal rebrand

(54:00) Meta releases Llama 3

Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Debarghya 'Deedy' Das is an investor and he joins Aarthi and Sriram to break down the hurdles of immigration in America for skilled workers.

Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(8:08) Immigration routes to the United States

(12:52) Cap for Chinese and Indian immigrants

(15:30) Aarthi and Sriram’s green card story

(17:48) Why should US citizens care about skilled immigration?

(22:31) Challenges legal immigrants face

(30:16) Aarthi and Sriram’s US citizenship ceremony

(32:52) Solving the issue of skilled immigration

(40:06) Per-country cap controversy

(41:47) Immigrating to Canada or the UK instead of the US

(48:43) The politics of immigration

(51:52) Overlooked advantages of working for a US-based company

(57:07) Options for immigrant founders and non-founders

(1:06:48) Changing immigration policies

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Entrepreneur and politician Vivek Ramaswamy joins The Sriram and Aarthi Show to discuss lessons from his political campaign, wokeness in social media, the potential TikTok Ban, his views on crypto, how to fix immigration, and more.

Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:25) Lessons from entrepreneurship & campaigning

(9:00) Disagreements in debates

(12:55) TikTok Ban

(20:31) Wokeness in social media

(24:20) Vivek's views on crypto

(28:30) Podcasting strategy for Vivek's campaign

(33:00) Legal and illegal immigration

(37:17) Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson

(38:12) Vivek signs off in Tamil!

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Sriram and Aarthi talk about Google's Gemini disaster after viral 'woke' photos surface.

Show notes:

(0:00) Welcome to the new studio!

(4:13) Our best AI episodes

(10:23) Google Gemini’s launch controversy

(17:15) How can Google fix Gemini?

(20:55) What Gemini gets right

(26:11) The rise of Groq

(35:37) NVIDIA and Jenson Huang are on top of the world

(42:14) Is Sora going to replace Hollywood?

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

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Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, an AI conversational engine that answers users' questions with sources and citations.

Show notes:

(0:00) Introduction

(4:44) Aravind’s background

(10:05) Getting hired at OpenAI

(13:30) DeepMind vs. OpenAI

(22:57) Cultivating Perplexity AI’s culture

(28:24) Why Aravind avoids meetings

(32:30) Why Larry Page is Aravind’s favorite entrepreneur

(36:30) Career advice for students

(42:23) Why Perplexity AI won’t become commoditized

(47:00) How Perplexity AI views distribution

(49:47) Competing with tech giants for top talent

(53:22) Seeking truth

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EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

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Sriram and Aarthi are joined by longevity advocate and Project Blueprint founder Bryan Johnson.
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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(6:20) Bryan’s origin story

(14:43) The idea that changed Bryan’s life

(20:34) Bryan’s power laws to live longer

(31:07) Improving willpower naturally

(33:59) Responding to online criticism

(37:31) Creating the Don’t Die movement

(46:50) Bryan’s blueprint explained

(50:20) The future of gene therapy

(53:28) Bryan’s physical appearance

(56:00) Call to action to the human race

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EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Follow Sriram:

https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/

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Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals (Basecamp & HEY) David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) joins Sriram and Aarthi.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(5:07) Why Sriram used to hate DHH

(13:09) Why DHH avoided VC money

(17:54) Demystify wealth online

(23:08) DHH’s issues with woke culture

(38:15) Craft and beauty

(45:51) Learnings from racing cars

(54:37) DHH’s work setup

(55:51) Le Mans and racing

(1:02:45) Apple’s mistake could mirror Google and Microsoft

(1:09:00) The Denmark fairytale

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Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Follow Sriram:

https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/

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Aarthi Ramamurthy breaks down her secret to be confident at work and overcome hurdles.

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Show notes:

(0:00) How to build confidence

(3:20) Do the work!

(7:00) Build relationships

(11:56) Ignore the haters

(13:20) Imposter syndrome

(18:00) Summary

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

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https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/

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Sriram Krishnan's lessons after 20 years in the biggest tech companies like Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:45) My performance reviews

(4:10) Execute on your strengths

(5:33) Be the only YOU

(8:24) Planning your career

(12:15) Recognize great work

(16:12 Learn from the best

(19:38) Mentors matter

(22:45) Writing is a superpower

(24:20) Networking

(25:28) Always be shipping

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Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

Follow Sriram:

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Sriram and Aarthi review their 2023 hits, podcasting for a year, and moving across the pond.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:27) Podcast growth

(6:51) Are we creators now?

(14:41) Favorite episodes of 2023

(35:19) Moving to London

(49:11) Best movies of 2023

(1:01:46) Best books of 2023

(1:09:23) Year in tech

(1:15:38) Looking ahead to 2024

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

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A year-end compilation of some of the best nuggets on all things AI from the Aarthi and Sriram Show.
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Show notes:

(00:00) The state of AI's progress ft. Alex Wang

(02:00) Advice for AI founders ft. Marc Andreessen

(03:00) Ethics of AI ft. Emad Mostaque

(06:10) Society's model of computing ft. Steven Sinofsky

(07:50) How smart Can AI Get? ft. Marc Andreessen

(08:55) What if AI takes 'control'? ft. Stephen Wolfram

(11:08) AI in the Metaverse ft. Emad Mostaque

(13:26) What if AI goes rogue? ft. Marc Andreessen

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

Bonus: Marc Andreessen's Advice For Founders And Startups

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

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https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/

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A compilation of some of the best advice from Marc Andreessen on Sriram And Aarthi.

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Show notes:

(00:00) Intro

(00:37) What's a good idea for a start-up

(02:12) - Big 5 personality traits

(02:57) - What is openness?

(04:37) - How to think creatively

(07:02) - How Marc can tell if a founder is lying

(09:04) - Conscientiousness

(10:28) - Improvise, Adapt and Overcome

(10:58) - Data versus Judgement

(12:12) - What's a great book

(13:00) - Bonus: Star Wars

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EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

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Sriram and Aarthi break down the gameplay for new and young leaders

Show notes

(0:00) Intro

(4:40) How to be a new leader

(9:50) The first thing you should do

(17:24) Document everything

(18:33) Pitfalls to avoid

(21:21) Make obvious changes quickly

(26:57) Setting the tone and culture

(32:59) Don’t forget to use the product

(35:21) Talk to customers early on

(38:31) Presenting your plan

(39:54) Find your first win

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EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

Follow Sriram:

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Sriram and Aarthi break down the secrets behind angel investing.

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Show notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:39) Why should you get into angel investing

(14:38) How do you get started in angel investing

(21:09) Sriram's pro-tip!

(22:10) Pitching yourself to the founder

(26:10) Building reputation as an angel

(29:50) Signs of a good angel investor

(34:52) Signs of a bad angel investor

(39:09) What is a good angel investment?

(50:15) How to know if it's working for you?

(54:40) How Sriram goes the extra yard

(56:22) Aarthi's edge as a founder-investor

(58:52) Thanks for listening!

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Other episodes you might enjoy:

EP 65 - How To Pitch (The Investor’s Perspective)

EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley

EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

Follow Sriram:

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Sriram Krishnan and Aarthi Ramamurthy dissect the mystery of the ideal pitch from an investor's point of view. Don't miss out on the upcoming episode where they delve deeper into the art of pitching, exploring it from the founder's perspective.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(4:19) What is a good pitch?

(5:04) People who don’t need to pitch

(7:47) Big takeaway about pitching

(9:17) Aarthi’s experience working with Netflix’s Reed Hastings

(11:22) VC perspective on pitching

(15:17) Founder perspective on pitching

(18:24) Dangers of bringing too many people to a fundraising meeting

(21:39) Aarthi and Sriram disagree on pitching

(26:25) Right and wrong way to show power as a founder  

(30:04) Important things to get across in a pitch

(35:01) Bringing up competition when pitching  

(37:17) Aarthi’s mistake while fundraising

(39:48) Talking about your startup team

(42:07) How VC’s test founders during a pitch

(43:30) Knowing who you’re pitching ahead of time

(47:50) Pitching process broken down

(55:10) Dealing with rejection

(1:03:47) Difficulties of being a founder

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EP 61 - The Reality of Raising Kids in the Tech Industry

EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA

EP 55 - When To Quit Your Job: Advice From Silicon Valley VCs

EP 49 - How To Be A Venture Capitalist, Explained

Follow Sriram:

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One of the most common questions Sriram and Aarthi get is “How do you folks handle parenting and your work/schedule/life”. They had resisted for years as they felt everyone’s situation and choices were unique. However, they recently got convinced that this could be useful to listeners. Follow Sriram: https://www.instagram.com/sriramk/ https://twitter.com/sriramk Follow Aarthi: https://www.instagram.com/aarthir/ https://twitter.com/aarthir Follow the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/aarthiandsriramshow/ https://twitter.com/aarthisrirampod

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