Best Jerry Lane Podcasts (2024)

Guillermo Rauch is founder and CEO of Vercel, a company that provides the developer tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure a faster, more personalized web. He was interviewed by Ben Casnocha, co-founder and general partner at Village Global, an early stage venture capital firm backed by some of the world’s most successful entrep…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 181: Tom And Sandra Sittin' In A Tree 31:12

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Michael questions Tom's loyalty.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 180: Rosatos And Roth On The Run 22:59

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Michael and Tom discuss Tom's job offers and whether it's worth it to try to kill Hyman Roth.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 179: It Was The Orange Juice All Along 25:47

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Michael and Tom argue about the possibility of killing Hyman Roth.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 178: Know-It-Al Neri And The Fleeing Floridian Felon 25:51

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Michael, Tom, Al and Rocco discuss Hyman Roth's current travel and residency status.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 177: A Husk Of A Man 28:12

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Fredo embraces Michael.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 176: Keep Jerry Close, But Joey Closer 19:47

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Connie asks Michael to forgive Fredo.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 175: Connie Corleone's Contrite Confessions 21:38

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Connie shares her reflections with Michael.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 174: It was Talia Shire All Along 24:28

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Connie speaks with Michael in the boathouse.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 173: Michael Corleone says "No Chance"! 22:39

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A grieving Fredo wants to speak with Michael.

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Encore: Secrets of Public Speaking and Oral Communication from Renowned Speaking Coach 42:20

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Michael Balaoing, founder of Candlelion, joins Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha on this episode to discuss: - The importance of the acronym WTF (what’s the feeling?) when you’re giving a presentation. - The four roles that you take on as a speaker: captain, pilot, guide, and game show host. - The five questions to ask when seeking…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 172: Sobbing Sibling Comforted By Crying Connie Corleone 25:55

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Mama has died and Connie comforts Fredo at her wake.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 171: Mr. Ciccio Naps With The Fishes 26:36

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Don Corleone and his family leave Sicily.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 170: Dons Corelone and Ciccio Spill Their Guts 25:15

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Don Corleone murders Don Ciccio.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 169: The Last Ossified Don 28:20

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Don Ciccio wants to meet Tommasino’s partner in the olive oil business.

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Encore: Brad Feld on What Nietzsche Can Teach Entrepreneurs 50:09

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Brad Feld (@bfeld), VC at Foundry Group and co-author with Dave Jilk of The Entrepreneur’s Weekly Nietzsche, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha to discuss: - Common misconceptions about Nietzsche and why being misunderstood makes him an especially interesting philosopher. - What Nietzsche can teach entrepreneurs deciding whet…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 168: A Sleepy Don Butler-Ciccio 27:41

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Vito and Don Tommasino visit Don Ciccio at his estate in Sicily.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 167: Olive Oil Toast 24:32

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The Corleones visit an olive oil processing plant.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 166: Lil' Santino Goes Full BROLO! 23:21

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The Corleones visit extended family in Corleone.

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How to Nail Product-Market Fit and Scale a B2B Company with Thejo Kote of Airbase 57:45

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Thejo Kote (@thejo) talks to Village partner Ben Casnocha. Thejo is a two-time founder and CEO. His current company, Airbase, is a spend management platform serving companies with 100 and 5,000 employees like Coda, 15Five, Front, Marqueta, CaptivateIQ, Abnormal, and more. Airbase has raised over $200 million, has tens of millions in ARR, and is con…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 165: An Unclear Corleone Kid Clash Conclusion 25:50

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Michael and Kay disagree about custody of their children.

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Encore: Cloudflare Co-Founder Michelle Zatlyn’s Advice on Hiring, Fundraising, Scaling, and more 50:26

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Michelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn), co-founder, president, and COO of Cloudflare, joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha for a masterclass with our founders in late 2020. They discussed: - The origin story of Cloudflare, including how the co-founders met, and how Michelle realized that she too could start a company. - Her advice on fundra…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 164: This Sicilian Thing 23:30

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Kay tells Michael that she had an abortion.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 163: Comforting The Conflicted Kay Corleone 24:43

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Michael tries to convince Kay not to leave.

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Lessons from the Early Days at Uber and Advice for Founders with Kevin Novak 46:37

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We're excited to launch a new EIR program for data science founders in partnership with Rackhouse Ventures, founded by Kevin Novak. Learn more about the program: https://www.villageglobal.vc/rackhouse-village-global-eir-program Kevin Novak (@novakkm), an early Uber employee, was instrumental in developing their data science program and was the crea…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 162: Clash Of The Corleones 15:39

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Michael tells Kay that he won't let her leave him.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 161: Mo Tom Radar Kay's Yak 22:24

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Michael and Kay continue their heated argument.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 160: Too Late For Changes (Side A) 23:54

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Kay interrogates Michael about Vincenzo Pentangeli.

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Encore Episode: John Donahoe’s Lessons on Leadership and Being a Better CEO 54:14

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This encore episode is a recording of a special masterclass roundtable session for our founders with John Donahoe. John is CEO of Nike and was previously CEO of ServiceNow and eBay. He is known as one of the most inspirational leaders in Silicon Valley and is a highly sought-after mentor to CEOs including Brian Chesky at Airbnb, Drew Houston at Dro…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 159: Rocco Lampone - Wiseguy Notary 22:53

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Kay tells Michael that she is leaving him and taking the children.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 158: The Snitching Sibling Stuns Senators 26:13

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Tom reveals that the mysterious man is Frankie Five Angels's brother, Vincenzo Pentangeli.

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Identifying 275M Unreported Genetic Variations To Improve Healthcare with NIH All of Us Program CTO Chris Lunt 49:08

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Chris Lunt is a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience building web services and data platforms. He is in his seventh year as the CTO for the NIH's All of Us Research Program. He joined the NIH from GetInsured, where he worked to improve health insurance shopping and enrollment systems. Previously Chris ran VC-backed internet st…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 157: Nomerta! 22:54

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Frankie Five Angels testifies that he lied to the FBI because they offered him a deal.

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The Godfather Part II Minute 156: He Got Flown Ovuh! 19:42

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Frankie Five Angels testifies that he is not a member of organized crime.

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Building Hardware Companies and Choosing Co-Founders with Michael Hochberg 57:04

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Michael Hochberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hochberg/) is a physicist and a founder of four successful startup companies in semiconductors and telecommunications, including Luxtera, acquired by Cisco in 2019, and Elenion, acquired by Nokia in 2020. He won the highest awards for young scientists in Singapore (NRF Fellowship) and the United States …

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The Godfather Part II Minute 155: This Lousy Omerta T-Shirt 21:55

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A mysterious man enters the courtroom and Frankie Five Angels’s testimony begins.

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Secondaries with Matt Pellini of Hamilton Lane 40:19

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Matt Pellini, Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, joins Olga Serhiyevich on this episode. Highlights: - Matt says the secondaries market has grown over 5x from 15 years ago to now. - Selling in the secondary market used to be a sign of distress but is no longer. There are many different reasons for doing so and it’s mostly a sign of a manager being…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 154: Frankie "100" Decoys 23:25

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Frankie Five Angels is disguised and brought to the courtroom.

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Lessons Learned From Running CalSTRS with Chris Ailman 52:38

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Christopher Ailman (@CJAtheCIO), Chief Investment Officer at CalSTRS, joins Olga Serhiyevich on this episode. Highlights: - CalSTRS, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, was created in 1913 and is actually older than Social Security. It has over 400 members who are over 100 years old who are still receiving their pension. - Chris says …

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The Godfather Part II Minute 153: Fredo, Stay Off My Lawn 25:35

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Michael tells Fredo that he doesn't want anything to do with him anymore.

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Encore: Mark Pincus on Product Management, Raising Capital, and Building Zynga 1:10:17

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This encore episode is a recording of a special event where Mark Pincus (@markpinc) was interviewed by Ben Casnocha in San Francisco in front of a live audience of portfolio founders, friends of the firm, and LPs. Mark is co-founder and Executive Chairman of Zynga, and is an angel investor in Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and other companies. He tal…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 152: Michael Corleone Says AiELLO 25:26

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Fredo shouts at Michael, expressing his anger at having been stepped over.

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Encore: Bill Gates on Advice For Founders, Mistakes, and Philanthropy 59:58

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This encore episode is a recording of a special event where Bill Gates was interviewed in San Francisco by Julia Hartz, co-founder of Eventbrite. It originally took place in 2018 in front of a live audience of Village Global founders and friends of the firm. We are honored to count Bill Gates among our luminary LPs whose financial capital and engag…

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The Godfather Part II Minute 151: The Corleone Cracker Caddy 27:02

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Fredo explains to Michael how Johnny Ola fooled him.

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Encore: Jerry Yang on Yahoo!, Early-Stage Investing, and China 56:18

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Jerry originally joined us on the podcast in 2019. He is co-founder of Yahoo! and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures. He was interviewed in front of a live audience in San Francisco by Village Global co-founder and partner, Ben Casnocha. Jerry told stories from the early days of Yahoo! and explained his lessons learned from the experience. He a…