Best Open Source Underdogs Podcasts (2024)

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MongoDB ft. Dev Ittycheria - How an Early Pivot Catalyzed an Open Source Movement 43:54

23h ago43:54

43:54

MongoDB, founded in 2007, originally aimed to create a platform-as-a-service system with a new database layer. Facing competition from Google, the founders pivoted to focus solely on their database product, MongoDB—a new kind of database built for the scale of the internet era. Founder Dwight Merriman built a product that developers loved, but scal…

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ServiceNow ft. Frank Slootman and Fred Luddy - From Starting Over at 50 to Dodging a $150B Mistake 42:12

15d ago42:12

42:12

In 2004, bankrupt after the company where he’d previously worked had imploded, Fred Luddy decided to start over as a first-time founder at age 50. His vision was to reinvent the nascent IT software field for the cloud era. What started as simple help desk replacement software would eventually become a ~$150B market cap company powering digital work…

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Crucible Moments Season 2: Coming August 29 2:00

22d ago2:00

2:00

In Season 1 of Crucible Moments, we heard from founders like PayPal’s Max Levchin, Block’s Jack Dorsey, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and more about the turning points and key decisions that shaped their journeys. Now Crucible Moments is back for another exciting season. We’ll get the unvarnished history and inside story from Tony Xu of DoorDash, Drew Hous…

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Introducing "Training Data," a new podcast from Sequoia about the future of A.I. 50:49

2M ago50:49

50:49

Crucible Moments will be back shortly with season 2. You’ll hear from the founders of YouTube, DoorDash, Reddit, and more. In the meantime, we’d love to introduce you to a new original podcast, Training Data, where Sequoia partners learn from builders, researchers and founders who are defining the technology wave of the future: AI. The following co…

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Nvidia ft. Jensen Huang - An overnight success story 30 years in the making 38:53

10M ago38:53

38:53

CEO Jensen Huang tells the legendary story of Nvidia, from the company’s early days pioneering 3D graphics cards for a niche PC gaming market to powering the AI revolution as the sixth most valuable company in the world. Nvidia faced multiple near-death experiences along the way, and their so-called “diving catches,” as Jensen calls them, were some…

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23andMe ft. Anne Wojcicki - How a DNA startup took on the FDA and redefined health tech 38:15

10M ago38:15

38:15

Millions of customers have explored their genome with 23andMe. But when the company started in 2006, the idea of consumer DNA testing was heresy to the medical establishment. The FDA once even ordered 23andMe to stop selling its health testing product. The company persevered to make allies out of adversaries, and became the only FDA-approved produc…

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Jawbone ft. Hosain Rahman - The rise and fall of the first wearable technology company 36:26

11M ago36:26

36:26

Co-founders Hosain Rahman and Alex Asseily, and Chief Creative Officer Yves Behar, recount the meteoric rise and fall of Jawbone. One of the most innovative companies of the mid 2000s, Jawbone pioneered wearable technology with UP, the first wrist-worn fitness tracker, and revolutionized sound with Jambox, the first smart wireless speaker. In one o…

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HubSpot ft. Brian Halligan & Dharmesh Shah - How an underdog helped invent modern marketing, and then took on Goliath 32:38

11M ago32:38

32:38

Founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah reveal how they took a blog started as a hobby and turned the ideas behind it into a $20+ billion success. In 2006, HubSpot upended traditional approaches to marketing by taking advantage of the the nascent internet in a new way: By capitalizing on seach engines and social media, they offered a way to pull …

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Eventbrite ft. Julia Hartz - A thriving events company took 14 years to build and nearly disappeared in 14 days 44:49

12M ago44:49

44:49

What happens to an events company when every event is canceled? “Even if you have spent 14 years building something, it could truly be gone in 14 days.” After working tirelessly to revolutionize how live events are organized, this was the reality Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz faced in March of 2020 as pandemic lockdowns went into effect, extinguishing…

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Block ft. Jack Dorsey - A controversial hack week project becomes the #1 financial services app 37:22

12M ago37:22

37:22

CEO Jack Dorsey reflects on Block’s origins and defining moments with host Roelof Botha. Dorsey founded Square in 2009 with a clear vision: economic empowerment for all. Their dongle that turns iPhones into credit card readers was just the start. With Square, small business owners were able to reach more customers and better manage their companies.…

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Airbnb ft. Brian Chesky - Battling a copycat clone and rebuilding user trust to revolutionize travel 39:19

1y ago39:19

39:19

As Airbnb took off in the early 2010s, Brian Chesky remembers worrying, “this is just one accident away from being a dead idea.” That accident finally came in 2011 when a host’s apartment was ransacked. It set off a period of soul searching that became a turning point—the company’s efforts to rebuild trust led it to becoming the global behemoth it …

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PayPal ft. Max Levchin - A merger of enemies that reshaped Silicon Valley 46:49

1y ago46:49

46:49

PayPal was the defining tech company of its generation, with alumni going on to start YouTube, Tesla, Yelp, LinkedIn, among many others. But the company nearly didn’t make it. The PayPal of today only exists because of how its team navigated early, unprecedented inflection points. Find out why Max Levchin now says he does “not recommend” a merger o…

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Introducing "Crucible Moments" 3:39

1y ago3:39

3:39

A podcast about the inflection points that shaped some of the most important companies of our time. Crucible moments are pivotal decisions that determine your trajectory. Hear from founders like Jack Dorsey of Block, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, and Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe about how they navigated the challenges and opportunities that defined their sto…

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Open Source Underdogs Podcasts

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Crucible Moments

Sequoia Capital

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MongoDB ft. Dev Ittycheria - How an Early Pivot Catalyzed an Open Source Movement 43:54

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ServiceNow ft. Frank Slootman and Fred Luddy - From Starting Over at 50 to Dodging a $150B Mistake 42:12

1
Crucible Moments Season 2: Coming August 29 2:00

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Introducing "Training Data," a new podcast from Sequoia about the future of A.I. 50:49

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Nvidia ft. Jensen Huang - An overnight success story 30 years in the making 38:53

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23andMe ft. Anne Wojcicki - How a DNA startup took on the FDA and redefined health tech 38:15

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Jawbone ft. Hosain Rahman - The rise and fall of the first wearable technology company 36:26

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HubSpot ft. Brian Halligan & Dharmesh Shah - How an underdog helped invent modern marketing, and then took on Goliath 32:38

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Eventbrite ft. Julia Hartz - A thriving events company took 14 years to build and nearly disappeared in 14 days 44:49

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Block ft. Jack Dorsey - A controversial hack week project becomes the #1 financial services app 37:22

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Airbnb ft. Brian Chesky - Battling a copycat clone and rebuilding user trust to revolutionize travel 39:19

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PayPal ft. Max Levchin - A merger of enemies that reshaped Silicon Valley 46:49

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Introducing "Crucible Moments" 3:39

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