Podcast Episode Description Date: Mar 2023 Time Saved: 55 mins Recommendation ⁠Episode⁠ - Yes Podcast - Yes Interviewee Dr. Lan Xuezhao is the co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety startup. She was previously an AI Resident at OpenAI ..read more

Podcast Episode Description Date: Nov 2022 Time Saved: 1h 12 mins Recommendation Episode - Yes Podcast - Yes Interviewee Jason Lemkin focuses on helping, founding, funding, and growing B2B start-ups and making it a positive-sum game for everyone involved. Specialties: helping people grow and become their best. Doing not the impossible, but the unlikely. Never giving up ..read more

Date: Dec 2022 Time Saved: 39 mins Recommendation Podcast Venture Unlocked Episode - YES Interviewee Gautam Gupta is the founder/CEO of NatureBox (www.naturebox.com), a digitally native brand of snacks. He started the company because of his passion for nutrition. Earlier in life, learning about nutrition helped him lose 70 lbs in 6 months. While he was lucky to lose weight, he believes the next generation of food has to be about change. The company has attracted millions of customers and has over 40% brand awareness across the country. They achieved a lot but had their fair share of bumps. Thi ..read more

Date: Nov 2021 Time Saved: 44 mins Recommendation Podcast ETL - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - YES Interviewee Jeff Epstein is an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and a Lecturer at Stanford University. He specializes in B2B Software, Marketplaces and Vertical AI. He serves on the Boards of Directors of Twilio, Okta, Kaiser Permanente and other companies. He served on the Board of Priceline/Booking Holdings for 16 years, as it grew from $1 billion to $80 billion in market value. He is the former Executive Vic ..read more

Date: May 2022 Time Saved: 50 mins Recommendation Podcast ETL - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - YES Interviewee Alfred Lin is a partner at Sequoia Capital and works with inspiring founders focused on disrupting the mobile, marketplace, commerce, consumer services, and online-to-offline sectors ..read more

Date: Mar 2022 Time Saved: 1 hr 9 mins Recommendation Podcast TWIST - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - HELL YES Interviewee Douglas M. Leone is an American billionaire venture capitalist and former managing partner of Sequoia Capital, from which role he stepped aside in 2022 while remaining a general partner. As of August 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$6.1 billion ..read more

Date: Sept 2022 Time Saved: 27 mins Recommendation Podcast Distilling VC Podcast - YES.  Sincere host, great questions. Episode - YES Interviewee Alex Branton – Partner Alex has 10 years of investment industry experience with a blend of direct investment experience and fundraising expertise. He was a key early hire to the current team, supporting the development of the strategy and infrastructure. Alex has studied and lived in emerging markets (most significantly China) on and off for nearly 15 years ..read more

Date: Sept 2022 Time Saved: 35 mins Recommendation Podcast Iterative Podcast - YES but more for founders in Southeast Asia but there are nuggets for investors as well Episode - YES  Interviewee Koh Shiyan is the Managing Partner at Hustle Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in pre-seed software startups in the U.S., Canada and Southeast Asia. Prior to that she was VP Business Operations and Corporate Development at NerdWallet, a Fintech Startup that helps users with a range of financial decisions through content, community and tools. Over the course of six years at NerdWallet, she l ..read more

Time Saved: 1 hour 2 mins Recommendation Podcast  TWIST - YES but selective on episodes, can get kinda long and long winded on reactions to tech news Episode - YES but focus on the book Interviewee Sebastian Mallaby Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An experienced journalist and public speaker, Mallaby contributes to a variety of publications, including Foreign Affairs, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times, where he spent two years as a contributing editor. He is the author of ..read more

Our first intro trailer to the podcast summarizing takeaways from VC related podcasts around the world so you don't have to spend time listening to them all. We will provide takeaways, feedback and recommendations on the podcasts and episodes. If you have podcasts you want me to cover, please email us at info@venturetakes.com My pod my rules. Enjoy ..read more