a16z Podcast

  • Are ISAs the Solution to Student Debt?

    A bold proposal: You go to college for free, then pay back the school after graduation—but only if you get a job in your field of study and make a high enough salary to afford…


  • Shonda Rhimes on How to Create Stories (and Products) People Want

    Hollywood and Silicon Valley seem so different, but are more alike than we think. What challenges do tech startup founders and other creative founders — like showrunners and executive producers — similarly face? Both have…


  • The Journey from 0 to 1, from Mosaic to Netscape

    As part of a new series where we will share select a16z partner appearances on other podcasts with our audience here, this episode is cross-posted from the new show Starting Greatness — featuring interviews with…


  • Direct Listings, Myths and Facts

    We’ve covered a lot of the strategic financing milestones for startups seeking to build a sustainable and enduring business — from mindsets for startup fundraising to when and how to build a finance functionwith a…


  • The Stories and Code of Culture Change

    There are some common tropes that can kill your company culture — whether it’s that corporate values can be weaponized; “fake it til you make it”; the “reality distortion fields” of visionaries vs. liars; and…


  • Of Container Ships, Supply Chains, and Retail

    This podcast rerun — first recorded over two and a half years ago, now being rerun as one of our evergreen classics on the tails of the world’s largest designated shopping days (Black Friday, Singles…


  • Nursing Today, From the Bedside and Beyond

    “Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon”, diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld once observed — and that may be more true today than ever before. For…


  • How We Podcast

    “Hi everyone, welcome to the a16z Podcast…” … and welcome to our 500th episode, where, for the first time, we reveal behind-the-scenes details and the backstory of how we built this show, and the broader…


  • Brand Building Ideas… and People

    Many technical founders, academics, and other experts often believe that great products — or great ideas! — sell themselves, without any extra effort or marketing. But in reality, they often need PR (public relations). The…


  • Come for the Games, Stay for the Party

    The games industry is in the midst of a tectonic shift. Powered by platform convergence, games-as-a-service, and user-generated content, modern video games—what we call next-generation games—are unlike anything we’ve seen before. In the past decade,…