Episodes (Page 5)
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Cliff Sosin founded CAS Investment Partners in 2012 with $5M, growing it to $1.7B by end of 2024 with a highly concentrated portfolio of only four positions
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Cyan Banister overcame homelessness, high school dropout status, and rare stroke to become one of the era's great angel investors with early wins in SpaceX, Uber, Postmates, and DeepMind
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Matt Huang co-founded Paradigm in 2018 with $12B+ AUM, previously a Sequoia partner whose early ByteDance investment (10,000x return) shaped his founder identification approach
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Neil Mehta founded Greenoaks Capital in 2012 and achieved $13 billion gross profits with 33% net IRR through concentrated portfolio approach
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Michael Ovitz, CAA co-founder, shares expertise identifying exceptional talent across Hollywood (Spielberg) and tech (Palantir's Karp, Marc Andreessen)
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Darren Farber leads Albion River private investment firm acquiring companies producing highly technical defense products and services
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Josh Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010, launching first institutional $40M fund in 2011 with stage-agnostic approach and exceptional track record
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Gili Raanan founded Cyberstarts, world's first VC majorly backed by cyber entrepreneurs, growing from $50 million first fund to nearly $2 billion in three years
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Alex Wiltschko founded Osmo to digitize the sense of smell by teaching computers to read and write scent through proprietary scientific methods
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Kelly Granat is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Lone Pine Capital, one of the most successful hedge funds and investment firms of recent decades
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Devon Zuegel founded Esmerelda Institute to build a new town in California wine country, inspired by Chautauqua communities she cherished growing up
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Doug Leone led Sequoia Capital for 25 years after 1996, transforming single $150 million fund into $85 billion global powerhouse alongside Mike Moritz
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Chris Pedregal founded Granola, an AI-powered notepad that transcribes meetings and enhances notes through advancing cognitive tool evolution
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Ravi Gupta explores 'AI or Die' thesis: constraints historically limiting small teams are dissolving, creating unprecedented opportunities for those embracing aggressive change
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Marc Andreessen discusses seismic shifts in technology and geopolitics including DeepSeek's open-source AI and US-China technological rivalry implications
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Graham Duncan built East Rock managing billions for select families by focusing on people, after convincing Lennar CEO Stuart Miller to entrust $50M in 2006
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Blake Hall served four years as Army officer leading scout sniper missions in Iraq, achieving 90% success rate through relentless preparation and learning
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Dylan Field, Figma co-founder and CEO, discusses navigating AI while maintaining core vision of eliminating gap between imagination and reality
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Tal Zaks, Moderna's former Chief Medical Officer, provides insider perspective on COVID-19 vaccine development and mRNA platform innovation
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Dwight Churchill and Gaurav Misra co-founded Captions, an AI platform for generating and editing talking videos with rapid scaling and growth