Best Frank and Leon Podcasts (2024)

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S2 Recap Episode Featuring the Best Clips of The Season 24:31

15h ago24:31

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Listen in as top executive coach Lacey Leone McLaughlin revisits and discusses some of the most interesting stories and learnings of season two! Featuring Acclaimed HR Leader Ian Ziskin, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim CEO Michael Ouwleeen, TV Executive and Equality Founder Bree Frank, America's Got Talent Executive Producer Sam Donnelly, TV Writer,…

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20VC: Why We Are in a Bubble & Now is Frothier Than 2021 | Why $1M ARR is a BS Milestone for Series A | Why Seed Pricing is Rational & Large Seed Rounds Have Less Risk | Why Many AI Apps Have BS Revenue ... 1:06:25

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Saam Motamedi is a General Partner at Greylock, where he has led investments in Abnormal Security (incubated at Greylock), Apiiro Security and Opal Security, as well as AI companies like Adept, Braintrst, Cresta, Predibase, Snorkel, and more. Before Greylock, Saam founded Guru Labs, a machine learning-driven fintech startup, and worked in product m…

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Welcome to The Embouchure Project Podcast! 2:47

2h ago2:47

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Send us a Text Message. Introducing The Embouchure Project Podcast! Join host Frankie Lo Surdo and producer Gabriel Radford, as they interview world-leading experts in the fields relating to embouchure health, dysfunction and rehabilitation! This podcast was created with the intent to become a resource for performers, educators, and medical profess…

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Gabriel Radford's Injury Journey: Different Approaches and What Got Him Back Playing Better Than Ever! 1:41:40

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Send us a Text Message. The Embouchure Project Co-Founder and Podcast Producer, Gabriel Radford is back! This time, he goes into his own experience with embouchure dysfunction, and his journey coming back from that. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gabriel Radford is Third Horn of the Toronto Symphony, a position he …

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Joe Alessi: New York Philharmonic Principal Trombonist Shares Experience with Bell's Palsy/Ramsey Hunt Syndrome 53:49

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Send us a Text Message. Joseph Alessi is widely recognized as one of the world’s finest trombone players. He has been the Principal Trombonist with the New York Philharmonic since 1985. For the past 40 years, he has been travelling the world performing as a concerto soloist, chamber musician and festival guest. He is a renowned teacher at the Juill…

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Gail Williams: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Veteran and Northwestern Professor (a LEGEND of horn) Talks All Things Pedagogy 47:57

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Send us a Text Message. Today we welcome legendary teacher and horn player, Gail WIlliams. She began her career in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1978 and stayed there until 1998, when she became professor of horn at Northwestern University. She continues to play and teach around the world. She is known for her kindness, wisdom and honesty. She …

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Dr. Bronwen Ackermann: a Discussion for Medical Professionals in the field of Embouchure Dysfunction 43:22

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Send us a Text Message. Dr. Bronwen Ackermann is back for more with The Embouchure Project Podcast! This time she gets into more of the nitty gritty of how medical professionals who are not in the field of musician injury and rehabilitation can join the fun with us musicians! ---------------------------------- Bronwen is Associate Professor of Biom…

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Dr. Xenos Mason: Neurologist and Horn Player - Where is the Research Going? 57:48

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Send us a Text Message. Today we welcome Dr. Xenos Mason. Xenos is a founding member of The Embouchure Project, and a force behind much of the medical research resulting from the Project. He is Assistant professor of clinical neurological surgery and neurology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, having completed…

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Dr. Eckhart Altenmüller: We Chat with One of the World's Leadiing Experts in the Field of Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology! 41:13

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Send us a Text Message. Today we welcome Dr. Eckart Altenmüller, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of neurophysiology and neuropsychology of musicians. He holds a Masters degree in Classical flute, and a MD and PhD in Neurology and Neurophysiology. Since 1994, he has been chair and director of the Institute of Music Physiology and Mus…

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Glen Estrin: Frank Sinatra's GO-TO Horn Player Now Helps the World Through the Leon Fleisher Foundation 1:06:30

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Send us a Text Message. Today, we welcome Glen Estrin, an in-demand horn player who spent years working, recording and touring as Frank Sinatra’s go-to horn player. in May 1998, he lost his ability to play and was subsequently diagnosed with Embouchure Dystonia by Dr. Stephen Frucht. After an overwhelming response to an article they wrote together …

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Gabriel Radford: "What Should I Do if I Am Having Embouchure Trouble?" 50:08

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Send us a Text Message. Join host Frankie Lo Surdo and TEP Producer and Co-founder, Gabriel Radford as they dive deep into ways to recognize embouchure dysfunction, facilitate recovery, and also how to prevent future experiences with this all-too-common issue for brass players! -----------------------------------------------------------------------…

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CAT Episode 178 - Joanne Shaw Taylor 29:18

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Joanne Shaw Taylor is a dynamic singer/guitarist/songwriter who has blazed a trail to the top of the Blues Rock genre. Discovered by Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics at the age of 16, she's released 12 solo albums throughout her rising music career. In 2021, she teamed up with guitar wizard Joe Bonamassa and started recording on his record label. Amo…

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20Sales: Biggest Lessons Scaling Hubspot from $0-$100M in ARR, The Framework for How Startups Should Scale into the Enterprise, How to do Channel Partnerships Right and How to Construct Sales Comp Plans ... 40:00

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Mark Roberge is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Stage 2 Capital and a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School. Prior to these roles, Mark was the founding CRO at HubSpot, where he scaled ARR from $0 to $100 million and expanded his team from 1 to 450 employees. Mark was ranked #19 in Forbes' Top 30 Social Sellers in the World. He was a…

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034: Beware of the g̶Hosts // with Emily Bolcik 37:30

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Send us a Text Message. We're back this week from an unannounced 4th of July hiatus, because you can always count on us to be 100% transparent a week later. Listen, we'll come clean with you on this one; we've got the giggles, and we're doing too many bad impersonations in this episode. Joining us is our good friend Emily Bolcik, who dives into her…

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Podcast Preview with Dr. Bronwen Ackermann - Anatomy of the Embouchure 30:34

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is a podcast preview where we will outline what we hope to achieve through the EP. In this mini-episode we will introduce you to Dr. Bronwen Ackermann whose work forms the underpinning of The Embouchure Project. Bronwen is Associate Professor of Biomedical Science at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Medic…

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20VC: ServiceTitan Would Not Be the Success if We Raised VC Earlier: How to Build a Dominant Vertical SaaS Business, How to Master Going Into Enterprise, When & How to Launch Second Products with Ara Mahdessian ... 51:07

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Ara Mahdessian is the Co-Founder and CEO @ ServiceTitan, one of the great vertical SaaS business of the last decade. Today the company powers over 11,800 trade customers and has raised over $1.4BN from some of the best including Bessemer, Battery, Index, ICONIQ and more. Their latest valuation pegged the business at a reported $7.3BN. In Today's Ep…

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20VC: The Sequoia Investment Process | Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha & Alfred Lin | Sequoia's Framework for Analysing Founders | The True Benefit of Having Sequoia on a Cap Table & Sequoia ... 1:08:59

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Pat Grady is one of the most successful growth investors of the last decade. As the Head of Sequoia's growth investing practice, Pat has invested in companies with a combined market cap exceeding $250BN. Among Pat's immense portfolio is Hubspot, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Okta, Amplitude, Zoom and Qualtrics. Pat is also one of the best acquirers of tal…

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20VC: Turning a $15M Investment in Monday into $1.5BN in Cash | The Strategy Behind a 37x DPI $45M Fund | The Three Step Process to Selling Positions that has Netted Top Percentile Returns with Avi Eyal ... 58:34

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Avi Eyal is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Entrée Capital, an early-stage VC fund with a portfolio including the likes of Monday.com, Stripe, Coupang, PillPack, and Snap. From their $15M investment into Monday, Entrée distributed a whopping $1.5BN, one of their $45M funds is a whopping 37x DPI. Avi is one of the greatest venture investors you m…

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Baggage (with Scott Tobin) [Classic Episode] 1:11:44

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This episode was deleted from our feed and so we are re-posting it. It was originally recorded in November 2016. We all have baggage, but unprocessed trauma can be detrimental to a relationship. Natasha Chandel’s former therapist, Scott Tobin, explains what baggage is, how it’s holding you back, and how to let it go. Is it even possible to be free …

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20VC: LLMs Are Reaching a Stage of Diminishing Returns: What is the Next S Curve | The Bull & Bear Case for China's Ability to Challenge the US' AI Capabilities | How AI Changes the Future of War & How ... 1:02:42

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Matt Clifford is the Co-Founder of Entrepreneur First (EF), the leading global talent investor and incubator. EF has incubated startups worth over $10bn, including Cleo, Tractable and Aztec Protocol. Matt is also Chair of ARIA, the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, and advises the UK government on AI and in 2023 served as the Prime Minis…

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CAT Episode 177 - Leon Medica (LeRoux) 29:45

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Leon Medica, bassist and producer of LeRoux, co-founded the band in 1977. Throughout the years the band was featured on music television shows including Solid Gold, The Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. They had 7 songs land on Billboard's Top 100 chart. Leon won an American Music Award for producing a song from the movie "Dirty Dan…

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20VC: Raising $126M Across 3 Rounds in Just 6 Months, Being the Youngest Founder of a Unicorn Company | But Everything Was Not as it Seemed: The Real Story of Vise: The Regrets, Mistakes and Mis-Hires ... 59:16

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Samir Vasavada is the Co-Founder & CEO of Vise, a technology-powered asset manager. Samir and his co-founder, Runik founded Vise from the Midwest at 16 years old. They bootstrapped the company before dropping out of high school and raising $128M in just 6 months from some of the best including Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund. The company achieved…

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Transforming learning with AI tutors - Gustav Grimberg (Ezri) 33:28

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In this episode: ⁠Frank Albert Coates⁠ is talking with ⁠Gustav Grimberg who is the co-founder of Ezri, a company dedicated to developing AI tutors that transform online learning. With a background in human-computer interaction, Gustav has long been passionate about creating technologies that are natural and intuitive for human beings to interact wi…

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033: Divine Timing & Living into your Purpose // with Pam Sears 55:11

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Send us a Text Message. Pam Sears, an evidential psychic medium and author, shares her remarkable journey from a traumatic childhood to becoming a spiritual healer for thousands. Learn how she overcame adversity and found her calling, eventually making a significant impact via TikTok and through her insightful books, including a unique children's s…

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20VC: Klaviyo's Andrew Bialecki on Going Public in an IPO Winter, Is Klaviyo Under-Priced in Public Markets and Why, Why Every VC Turned Klaviyo Down in the Early Days & How Shopify's Partnership Changed ... 51:26

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Andrew Bialecki is the Co-Founder and CEO of Klaviyo, the platform that powers smarter digital relationships for businesses and their data. To date, Klaviyo has raised over $778M from the likes of Accel, Summit Partners, Sands Capital, and Shopify, and raised an additional $700M after its IPO in September 2023. In Today’s Episode with Andrew Bialec…

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S2 Episode 10 with Writer, Director and Entertainment Founder Amy Aniobi 44:40

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Amy Aniobi is an award-winning writer, director, producer currently under an overall deal with HBO & HBO Max. She is the founder of production company, SuperSpecial, and industry talent incubator, TRIBE. Amy most recently directed multiple episodes for RAP SH!T on Max and SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST on Netflix and also previously served as Executive P…

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20VC: Why Foundation Model Performance is Not Diminishing But Models Are Commoditising, Why Nvidia Will Enter the Model Space and Models Will Enter the Chip Space & The Right Business Model for AI Software ... 56:06

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David Luan is the CEO and Co-Founder at Adept, a company building AI agents for knowledge workers. To date, David has raised over $400M for the company from Greylock, Andrej Karpathy, Scott Belsky, Nvidia, ServiceNow and WorkDay. Previously, he was VP of Engineering at OpenAI, overseeing research on language, supercomputing, RL, safety, and policy …

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Here Be Media - Episode 40 - Concept: Canon Pt. 1 1:13:49

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Hello everyone!! For our Here Be Media episode of the month, we dive into some aspects of this horrible and conservative force we call: Canon! To start off this new Concept series we go into some media products and franchises, their issues as "IPs", fandom and their relationship to Canon, and finally, we talk about this terrible beast we see as the…

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20Growth: How Revolut Acquired Their First 10M Users: Tips, Tactics and Strategies From the Revolut Product & Growth Playbook with Val Scholz, Former Head of Growth @ Revolut 53:33

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Val Scholz is the former Head of Growth @ Revolut, where he led the company to their first 10M users. Post Revolut, Val played a crucial role in scaling several high-growth companies including VEED, Simple & Busuu (exited for $400M). Today, Val is the Head of Growth at Kittl, an intuitive design platform empowering graphic designers. In Today’s Epi…

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032: Cosmic Order // with Lucy Jayne 1:03:37

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy Jane's journey into mediumship began at a very young age and was solidified with an extraordinary moment—communicating with her grandmother just after her passing. This deeply personal experience provides a poignant insight into the power of spirit communication; for Lucy, it helped remove some of the fear. In this epis…

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Why Dating App Burnout is Real AF (with Joty Kay) 1:08:47

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Not too long ago, you couldn’t imagine not using a dating app. But stats are showing those numbers are falling because people are feeling dating app burnout. Flaky matches, ghosting, a lack of authenticity. There are tons of reasons singles are feeling dating app burnout. Influencer Joty Kay is back with Natasha Chandel to talk about their experien…

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20VC: Foundation Models are the Fastest Depreciating Asset in History, Lina Kahn is a Threat to American Capitalism, PE is Not Coming to Save the M&A Market & How China Could Overtake the US in the AI ... 56:29

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Michael Eisenberg is a Co-Founder and General Partner @ Aleph, one of Israel's leading venture firms with a portfolio including the likes of Wix, Lemonade, Empathy, Honeybook and more. Before leading Aleph, Michael was a General Partner @ Benchmark. In Today's Show with Michael Eisenberg We Discuss: 1. The State of AI Investing: Why does Michael be…

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20VC: Index's Danny Rimer on Investing Lessons from Hits like Figma, Discord and Etsy to Missing Snapchat, Airbnb, Facebook & Spotify | Why Valuation is a Trap and Market Sizing, Signalling and Sector ... 1:13:52

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Danny Rimer is a Partner @ Index Ventures and one of the most prominent VCs of the last two decades. Danny has led Index to be one of the top global firms on both sides of the Atlantic. Among Danny's incredible portfolio, he has led or been involved with Figma, Discord, Dream Games, Etsy, Glossier and Patreon. In Today's Discussion with Danny Rimer…

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CAT Episode 176 - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band 28:22

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John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band hit their stride in the early and mid-1980's with four Top 10 songs. Many people know the band from the tremendous success of the Eddie and The Cruisers movie soundtrack. Throughout the years, that band had 11 singles land on the music charts. Multi-award winning program director Ray White sat down with John …

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20Product: Loom CPO Janie Lee on Three Core Skills that Make the Best PMs, How to Find, Pick and Train the Best PM Talent and Lessons from OpenDoor and Rippling on Product Breadth, Pricing and Talent Density ... 1:02:38

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Janie Lee is the Head of Product and the owner of the Self-Serve business at Loom. Janie previously worked at Rippling, leading the Identity Management and Hardware teams. Prior to that, she worked at Opendoor launching markets and developing pricing algorithms. During this time, Opendoor scaled from 2 to 20+ markets, $5B+ revenue, and 1500+ employ…

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031: Father's Day Special // with Michael Lanning 50:27

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Send us a Text Message. To celebrate Father's Day, we are joined by Lauren's dad aka Michael Lanning aka Papa Mike. Michael takes us on a journey back to the 70s, sharing his experiences with the band Jiva and the transformative teachings of Prem Rawat, formerly Satguru Maharaji. He highlights the profound impact that meditation, particularly the h…

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The Left Page - Episode 80 - The City and the City: Breaching Borders in Solidarity 1:26:27

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Hello everyone!! For this month's Left Page we turn back to China Miéville, in a weird and fascinating book about detective stories, borders, and violence, it is The City and the City! In this episode we dive into the place of these cities, both fictionally and the real-world cultures they interact with and are a part of; we consider the detective …

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20VC: Scale's Alex Wang on Why Data Not Compute is the Bottleneck to Foundation Model Performance, Why AI is the Greatest Military Asset Ever, Is China Really Two Years Behind the US in AI and Why the ... 59:54

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Alex Wang is the Founder and CEO @ Scale.ai, the company that allows you to make the best models with the best data. To date, Alex has raised $1.6BN for the company with a last reported valuation of $14BN earlier this year. Scale tripled their ARR in 2023 and is expected to hit $1.4BN in ARR by the end of 2024. Their investors include Accel, Index,…

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S2 Episode 9 with Technology Reporter and Author Taylor Lorenz 34:36

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Previously a technology reporter for The New York Times business section, The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast, Taylor Lorenz is currently a technology columnist for The Washington Post's business section covering online culture and the content creator industry. Her and her work have appeared in New York magazine, Rolling Stone, Outside magazine, NBC,…

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20VC: Reid Hoffman on Foundation Models: Who Wins & How Do Incumbents Respond | The Inflection AI Deal: How it Went Down | Why Trump is a Threat to Democracy | The Future of TikTok | Lessons from Sam Altman ... 1:15:56

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Reid Hoffman has been one of the most impactful people in technology over the last two decades. He is the Co-Founder of Linkedin (acq by Microsoft for $26BN) and Co-Founder of Inflection.ai. As an investor, Reid has backed the likes of Facebook, Airbnb, Zynga and more. Reid is also a Board Member @ Microsoft and was on the board of OpenAI. In Today…

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20Sales: How Rippling Built Their Sales Machine: How to Hire, Train and Manage the Best SDRs, What is the Right Comp Package for Sales Teams & The Playbook to Start and Scale Your SDR Team 53:43

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Ashley Kelly is the VP of Global Sales Development at Rippling, the all-in-one platform for HR, IT, and finance. Before Rippling, Ashley played a crucial role in scaling Brex’s outbound sales from $2M to over $300M in ARR, and has hired over 800 SDRs during her time in some of the best tech companies in Silicon Valley, including Lever and Zenefits.…

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030: Milestones // Lauren and Frank Make Progress 43:44

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Lauren and Frank interview each other to check in on our progress of intuitive development. Our chat navigates through shadow work and inner child trauma healing, highlighting the transformative power of addressing internal issues to connect with our higher selves. Through this vulnerable conversation, we ai…

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20VC: Perplexity's Aravind Srinivas on Will Foundation Models Commoditise, Diminishing Returns in Model Performance, OpenAI vs Anthropic: Who Wins & Why the Next Breakthrough in Model Performance will ... 55:03

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Aravind Srinivas is the Co-Founder & CEO of Perplexity, the conversational "answer engine" that provides precise, user-focused answers to queries. Aravind co-founded the company in 2022 after working as a research scientist at OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind. To date, Perplexity has raised over $100 million from investors including Jeff Bezos, Nat Fri…

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So You’re Single Again 33:56

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You had a breakup, divorce, or became a widower. Whatever the reason, cuffing season is over and you’ve suddenly found yourself single and back in the dating pool and have no idea how to handle it! Don’t worry. Natasha Chandel and the newly single Aisha Holden have your back. The friends talk about how to wrap your brain around your new relationshi…

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This Week in SaaS: PluralSight Goes to Zero, Salesforce and Mongo Hit Hard, The Next IPO Candidates and How Do We Solve the Problem of Liquidity in Venture Capital 1:09:11

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Jason Lemkin is one of the OG SaaS investors with all of his first five investments turning into unicorns with Pipedrive, Algolia, Talkdesk, Salesloft and RevenueCat all in his portfolio. SaaStr is the largest global community in SaaS and he has taught a generation the fundamentals of SaaS on saastr.com. In Our First Ever Episode of This Week in Sa…

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The Epic Finale: Knicks Season Comes To A Dramatic Close In Game 7 | Ep 90 1:13:41

1M ago1:13:41

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The New York Knicks season is officially over. In this season finale episode of the Knicks Take Podcast, we recap what was a strong playoff run, and cover what the Knicks could and should do in the upcoming offseason. Are there big names the Knicks could go after, and can the Knicks still be good if they don't make a big move? We close the episode …

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20Growth: The Six Channels Startups Need to Dominate to Grow, Why the Best Growth Talent Never Comes from Marketing or Product, Who and How to Hire Growth Leaders and Teams and Why in a World of AI, Growth ... 55:55

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Matt Lerner is one of the OGs of growth having spent 11 years leading growth teams at PayPal. Post PayPal, Matt led the growth marketing program at 500 Startups. He is also the bestselling author of Growth Levers and How to Find Them. Today, Matt is the Co-Founder and CEO of SYSTM, an accelerator program helping startups find their growth drivers. …

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