Best Qed Podcasts (2024)

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432. Lessons from Building the Iconic Firm QED, the History of Fintech, the Efficiency of Carbon Vs. Silicon Processing, and Decentralizations Role in the Future of Finance (Frank Rotman) 1:00:54

37m ago1:00:54

1:00:54

Frank Rotman of QED Investors joins Nick to discuss Lessons from Building the Iconic Firm QED, the History of Fintech, the Efficiency of Carbon Vs. Silicon Processing, and Decentralizations Role in the Future of Finance. In this episode we cover: Decentralization, and Stable Coins in Finance Financial Nihilism and Is Impact on Savings, Investing, a…

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#153 Slipstream Investors' Founder and GP, QED Investors' former COO & General Counsel Alex Edelson 53:07

20d ago53:07

53:07

Alex Edelson is the Founder and General Partner of Slipstream Investors. Before starting Slipstream, he worked at QED Investors, a top fintech-focused venture capital firm with $4.3 billion in assets under management. Alex joined as Nigel Morris's Chief of Staff and became the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. He previously worked at a f…

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Investor Stories 347: Visionary Founders (Aoun, Dukach, Rueckert) 7:06

16m ago7:06

7:06

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Adrian Aoun Semyon Dukach Rob Rueckert We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committe…

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Investor Stories 347: Visionary Founders (Aoun, Dukach, Rueckert) 7:06

1h ago7:06

7:06

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Adrian Aoun Semyon Dukach Rob Rueckert We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committe…

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S5E24 Zombie Wheel of Distributions 47:07

19m ago47:07

47:07

In this week's episode Patrick and Greg somehow manage to tie together pretending to be sick with game shows with zombies with conspiracy boards to explore the remarkable inter-relations among probability distributions, starting with the Bernoulli and biting their way through the binomial, z, t, chi-square, F, and beyond. Along the way they also di…

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432. Lessons from Building the Iconic Firm QED, the History of Fintech, the Efficiency of Carbon Vs. Silicon Processing, and Decentralizations Role in the Future of Finance (Frank Rotman) 1:00:54

1h ago1:00:54

1:00:54

Frank Rotman of QED Investors joins Nick to discuss Lessons from Building the Iconic Firm QED, the History of Fintech, the Efficiency of Carbon Vs. Silicon Processing, and Decentralizations Role in the Future of Finance. In this episode we cover: Decentralization, and Stable Coins in Finance Financial Nihilism and Is Impact on Savings, Investing, a…

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Investor Stories 346: Key Advice (Green, Beller, Jain) 5:45

4d ago5:45

5:45

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mitchell Green Morgan Beller Gaurav Jain We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm co…

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Investor Stories 346: Key Advice (Green, Beller, Jain) 5:45

4d ago5:45

5:45

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mitchell Green Morgan Beller Gaurav Jain We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm co…

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MyPrize: Revolutionizing the Online Casino to Bringing Content Creators & Communities Together 28:55

4d ago28:55

28:55

MyPrize recently launched as the first online crypto casino that enables novel multiplayer experiences, bringing content creators and influencers closer to their communities. Second time founder (pirate) Zach Bruch brings his background in web3 to a new vision that allows creators to engage with their audiences. This interview comes on the heals of…

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S5E23 A Rosetta Stone for DAGs and SEM 48:56

6d ago48:56

48:56

In this week's episode Greg and Patrick talk about both structural equation modeling and directed acyclic graphs, or DAGs, where they are similar and where they are different, and try to provide a Rosetta Stone for translating back and forth between the two. Along the way they also discuss pop, garage sales, thinking about excessive thought, roly-p…

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431. Web 3.0 Database Dominance, How to Trust Black-Box ML Models, Google's Ad Business in an LLM-First Search World, and Lessons from Looker, Monte Carlo, and MotherDuck (Tomasz Tunguz) 51:18

7d ago51:18

51:18

Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures joins Nick to discuss Web 3.0 Database Dominance, How to Trust Black-Box ML Models, Google's Ad Business in an LLM-First Search World, and Lessons from Looker, Monte Carlo, and MotherDuck. In this episode we cover: Blockchain and Web3 Databases, with a Focus on Ethereum and Its Potential Dominance AI, Data Analytics…

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431. Web 3.0 Database Dominance, How to Trust Black-Box ML Models, Google's Ad Business in an LLM-First Search World, and Lessons from Looker, Monte Carlo, and MotherDuck (Tomasz Tunguz) 51:18

7d ago51:18

51:18

Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures joins Nick to discuss Web 3.0 Database Dominance, How to Trust Black-Box ML Models, Google's Ad Business in an LLM-First Search World, and Lessons from Looker, Monte Carlo, and MotherDuck. In this episode we cover: Blockchain and Web3 Databases, with a Focus on Ethereum and Its Potential Dominance AI, Data Analytics…

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Evangelizing Quantum: Scaling a Business and Fostering Innovation 36:52

7d ago36:52

36:52

In this episode, host Dr. Jonathan Felbinger, deputy director of QED-C, sits down with Murray Thom, vice president of quantum technology evangelism for D-Wave - a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services. Explore Murray's extensive journey spanning two decades in the quantum computing realm, from h…

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Saint Magnus Erlendsson - 16 April 1:03:20

8d ago1:03:20

1:03:20

See us live at the Saint Audio Podcast Festival on 26 May 2024. (And also see all the other shows). This episode we sail away to the Orkney Islands with Saint Magnus Erlendsson. A “nice” Viking boy who tried to get along with everybody; fellow shipmates, raid victims, and even his conniving cousin but in the end gets a axe in the head for his troub…

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Investor Stories 345: Disruptive Forces (Schwerin, Aoun, Rueckert) 4:20

11d ago4:20

4:20

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jules Schwerin Adrian Aoun Rob Rueckert We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New…

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Investor Stories 345: Disruptive Forces (Schwerin, Aoun, Rueckert) 4:20

11d ago4:20

4:20

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jules Schwerin Adrian Aoun Rob Rueckert We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New…

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S5E22 Survival Analysis in the Social Sciences: It's About Time 47:21

13d ago47:21

47:21

In this week's episode Patrick and Greg explore the incredibly cool topic of survival analysis, which is a set of techniques that allows for powerful tests of predictors of the amount of time to experiencing an event; yet these models are not often used in many areas of study. Along the way they also discuss the date of your death, running with sci…

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430. LPs Seeking Alpha - Decoding the Myths and Mastery of Fund Structure, Size, Reserves, Access, and Selection (Alex Edelson) 1:05:34

14d ago1:05:34

1:05:34

Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors joins Nick to discuss LPs Seeking Alpha - Decoding the Myths and Mastery of Fund Structure, Size, Reserves, Access, and Selection. In this episode we cover: Evaluating Emerging VC Firms and Co-Investing Opportunities Overcoming Challenges in Investing in Emerging Managers with Limited Track Records Evaluating Ve…

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430. LPs Seeking Alpha - Decoding the Myths and Mastery of Fund Structure, Size, Reserves, Access, and Selection (Alex Edelson) 1:05:34

14d ago1:05:34

1:05:34

Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors joins Nick to discuss LPs Seeking Alpha - Decoding the Myths and Mastery of Fund Structure, Size, Reserves, Access, and Selection. In this episode we cover: Evaluating Emerging VC Firms and Co-Investing Opportunities Overcoming Challenges in Investing in Emerging Managers with Limited Track Records Evaluating Ve…

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Investor Stories 344: Best LP Question (Kaiser, Jones, Jain) 7:09

18d ago7:09

7:09

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Joe Kaiser Michael Jones Gaurav Jain We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an allocator. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders ou…

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Investor Stories 344: Best LP Question (Kaiser, Jones, Jain) 7:09

18d ago7:09

7:09

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Joe Kaiser Michael Jones Gaurav Jain We asked guests to share the best question they've ever been asked by an allocator. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders ou…

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429. TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers (Larsen Jensen) 52:40

21d ago52:40

52:40

Larsen Jensen of Harpoon Ventures joins Nick to discuss TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers. In this episode we cover: Startups Selling to Government Sector Geopolitics and National Security in the Tech Industry Startup Potential in Defense Industry Inv…

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429. TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers (Larsen Jensen) 52:40

21d ago52:40

52:40

Larsen Jensen of Harpoon Ventures joins Nick to discuss TFR Declassified: Olympic Medalist and Navy SEAL on National Security, Deep Tech, and Taking Commercial Tech to Government Customers. In this episode we cover: Startups Selling to Government Sector Geopolitics and National Security in the Tech Industry Startup Potential in Defense Industry Inv…

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QED: Horizontally Scalable Layer2 on Bitcoin & Ethereum 39:08

25d ago39:08

39:08

As if we needed another reason to be bullish on Bitcoin in 2024, QED is poised to catapult Bitcoin to a new level of utility. Carter Feldman joins the Pirate Pod to discuss QED and the promise it brings to the future of Bitcoin-based applications by supporting all dApps (such as AMMs, stable coins, and more) but also horizontally scalable applicati…

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Investor Stories 343: Visionary Founders (Tully, Schwerin, Beller) 6:04

25d ago6:04

6:04

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim Tully Jules Schwerin Morgan Beller We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committe…

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Investor Stories 343: Visionary Founders (Tully, Schwerin, Beller) 6:04

25d ago6:04

6:04

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim Tully Jules Schwerin Morgan Beller We asked guests to discuss the most visionary founder that they've worked with and what makes them so special. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committe…

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S5E21 Multilevel Factor Analysis: But What Do The Factors Mean?! 47:28

27d ago47:28

47:28

In this week's episode, Greg and Patrick talk about the challenges of combining confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel data, and the underappreciated but absolutely critical role that theory plays in choosing the proper model for your constructs. Along the way they also discuss learning in a second language, torn meniscuseseses, concert C trum…

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428. The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference (Ashu Garg) 36:52

28d ago36:52

36:52

Ashu Garg of Foundation Capital joins Nate to discuss The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital Investing Strategies and Ideal Founder Characteristics AI Model Development and Its Future AI Models for Legal Tech and Their Potential Applications Tech…

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428. The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference (Ashu Garg) 36:52

28d ago36:52

36:52

Ashu Garg of Foundation Capital joins Nate to discuss The Future of Large Language Models, Open vs. Closed Sourced, and Why 2024 is the Year of Inference. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital Investing Strategies and Ideal Founder Characteristics AI Model Development and Its Future AI Models for Legal Tech and Their Potential Applications Tech…

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Investor Stories 342: Why I Passed (Green, Walsh, Aoun) 6:34

1M ago6:34

6:34

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mitchell Green Colin Walsh Adrian Aoun Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committe…

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Investor Stories 342: Why I Passed (Green, Walsh, Aoun) 6:34

1M ago6:34

6:34

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Mitchell Green Colin Walsh Adrian Aoun Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committe…

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S5E20 Local fit...Because Global Fit Measures Suck! 46:21

1M ago46:21

46:21

In this week's episode Greg and Patrick discuss the assessment of global vs. local model fit and they argue that although global measures of fit can be useful, carefully assessing local fit may be of much greater importance in practice. Along the way the also discuss cheap beach house rentals, misplaced sand dunes, Mrs. Lincoln, the child catcher, …

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427. The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive (Brian Long) 44:00

1M ago44:00

44:00

Brian Long of Attentive joins Nate to discuss The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive. In this episode we cover: Entrepreneurship, Product Development, and Market Opportunity Strategic Decisions for Early-Stage Companies Customer Discovery and Feedback in Product Developme…

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427. The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive (Brian Long) 44:00

1M ago44:00

44:00

Brian Long of Attentive joins Nate to discuss The Playbook to Finding Product-Market Fit, When Founders Should Begin to Scale, and Lessons from Building Attentive. In this episode we cover: Entrepreneurship, Product Development, and Market Opportunity Strategic Decisions for Early-Stage Companies Customer Discovery and Feedback in Product Developme…

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Saint Joseph - 19 March 1:07:35

1M ago1:07:35

1:07:35

⁠See us live at the Saint Audio Podcast Festival on 26 May 2024.⁠ (And also see all the other shows). Bad Dad or Rad Dad? You be the judge as we bring you he life and times of the world’s most famous stepdad, Saint Joseph. You’ll hear about his constantly losing arguments to angles, his potentially problematic age gap with his wife, his divine stai…

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Investor Stories 341: Key Advice (Jones, Schwerin, Keidan) 4:36

1M ago4:36

4:36

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Michael Jones Jules Schwerin Jon Keidan We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm com…

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Investor Stories 341: Key Advice (Jones, Schwerin, Keidan) 4:36

1M ago4:36

4:36

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Michael Jones Jules Schwerin Jon Keidan We asked guests for the most important piece of advice that they'd share with folks early in their venture career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm com…

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Quantum Journeys: Strategies for Growth and Innovation 26:14

2M ago26:14

26:14

Join host Dr. Celia Merzbacher, Executive Director of QED-C, in an insightful conversation with Gregoire Ribordy, CEO of ID Quantique, a pioneering force in quantum-safe security and quantum sensing based in Geneva, Switzerland. In this episode, Gregoire shares his journey in the quantum industry, the growth trajectory of ID Quantique and the evolu…

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426. 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique (David Spreng) 41:44

1M ago41:44

41:44

David Spreng of Runway Growth Capital joins Nate to discuss 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital, Technology Investments, and Late-Stage Funding Differentiating Venture Debt Providers and Red Flags to Watch Out For Venture Capit…

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426. 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique (David Spreng) 41:44

1M ago41:44

41:44

David Spreng of Runway Growth Capital joins Nate to discuss 2024: The Year of Reckoning in the Venture Markets, The Future of Venture Debt, and Why the Venture Cycle is Unique. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital, Technology Investments, and Late-Stage Funding Differentiating Venture Debt Providers and Red Flags to Watch Out For Venture Capit…

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Special Live Show Announcement about the Saint Audio Podcast Festival 4:40

2M ago4:40

4:40

HI Everybody, Your favorite saint based podcast is going on tour! Well, not on tour but we are having a live show on Sunday 26 May @ 3pm as part the inaugural Saint Audio Podcast Festival (that Matthew founded). The festival is a weekend of some of the funniest adn best podcasts from the US and UK. And we will be part of it with live on stage shena…

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Tanssi: Easily Deployable Appchains over Rollups & L2s 32:57

2M ago32:57

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Coming on the heels of a new $6M fundraising round, Tanssi's co-founder Francisco Agosti joins the Pirate Pod to dicusss why Tanssi appchains are changing the game and argulable are better than existing L2s and rollups when it comes to decentralization, security and more. With a maniacal focus on the developer experience, Tanssi has empowered dozen…

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Investor Stories 340: Lessons Learned (Beller, Walsh, Aoun) 5:21

2M ago5:21

5:21

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Morgan Beller Colin Walsh Adrian Aoun We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders ou…

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Investor Stories 340: Lessons Learned (Beller, Walsh, Aoun) 5:21

2M ago5:21

5:21

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Morgan Beller Colin Walsh Adrian Aoun We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders ou…

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S5E19 Item Response Theory, Q.E.D. 49:19

2M ago49:19

49:19

In this week's episode Patrick and Greg provide an introduction to the Item Response Theory model: what it is, how it relates to traditional factor analysis, and how this modem approach improves upon some of the limitations of classical test theory. Along the way they also mention weinerness, memorizing Latin for punishment, eggszampke, in ether wo…

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425. How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access (Rob Rueckert) 31:45

2M ago31:45

31:45

Rob Rueckert of Sorenson Capital joins Nick to discuss How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital, Marketing, and Sales Strategies AI's Impact on the Tech Industry, Jobs, and Innovation Hiring Early Employees, Building a Strong Team, Leadership, …

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425. How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access (Rob Rueckert) 31:45

2M ago31:45

31:45

Rob Rueckert of Sorenson Capital joins Nick to discuss How NVIDIA Beat Intel, Building a Firm Based on Go-to-Market, and Why Deal Judgement Trumps Deal Access. In this episode we cover: Venture Capital, Marketing, and Sales Strategies AI's Impact on the Tech Industry, Jobs, and Innovation Hiring Early Employees, Building a Strong Team, Leadership, …

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Investor Stories 339: Disruptive Forces (Tully, Jones, Green) 7:28

2M ago7:28

7:28

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim Tully Michael Jones Mitchell Green We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New …

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Investor Stories 339: Disruptive Forces (Tully, Jones, Green) 7:28

2M ago7:28

7:28

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim Tully Michael Jones Mitchell Green We asked guests to discuss the factor that could cause the most disruption to the industry going forward and how that will change the next decade of venture. The hosts of The Full Ratchet are Nick Moran and Nate Pierotti of New …

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S5E18 Probability on Spring Break 44:14

2M ago44:14

44:14

In this week’s episode, Patrick and Greg play with some of the basics of probability in the context of some classic, fun, and often counterintuitive examples. Along the way they also discuss arguments with relatives, a feel for the roulette wheel, Xeroxing your butt, “The coin has spoken.”, Quantitude BooqQlub, the Bellagio Fountains, Clooney and P…

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