Episodes (Page 9)
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Peter Fenton and Victor Lazarte represent continuity and transition at Benchmark
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Lior Susan founded Eclipse Ventures to solve deep physical industry problems through intersection of bits and atoms technology
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Brad Jacobs founded seven billion-dollar companies, completed 500 M&A transactions, and raised $30 billion in capital, now Executive Chairman of logistics company XPO
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Elizabeth Zalman (two-time founder, StrongDM co-founder) and Jerry Neumann (early-stage VC, seed investor in StrongDM) co-authored 'Founder vs Investor' exploring friction in relationships
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Palmer Luckey founded Anduril Industries in 2017 to create next-generation military technology, disrupting established defense industry practices
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Aswath Damodaran returns for second appearance, discussing macro risks, Nvidia's valuation, and personal investment philosophy development
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Patrick and John Collison discuss Stripe's strategy and culture designed to attract ambition and drive long-term mission progress
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Strauss Zelnick leads Take-Two Interactive, overseeing Grand Theft Auto and 2K Games with sophisticated entertainment development approach
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Rick Buhrman and Paul Buser discuss their decade managing Notre Dame's endowment and founding Sator Grove permanent capital vehicle
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Jack Altman co-founded Lattice in 2015, scaling HR software platform to multi-billion-dollar valuation serving 5,000+ organizations
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Michael Simanovsky founded Conversant Capital in 2020 to be the most flexible capital provider across public/private real estate and credit markets
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David Senra is creator of Founders Podcast with over 300 episodes studying entrepreneur biographies and life lessons
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Will England is CEO and Co-CIO of Walleye Capital, a $5 billion multi-strategy hedge fund managing complex portfolio operations
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Episode features David Senra's Founders podcast analysis of James Cameron based on 'The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron' by Rebecca Keegan
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Lee Ainslie founded Maverick Capital in 1993 after working at Julian Robertson's Tiger Management, building one of the top-performing hedge funds over 30 years
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Nick Kokonas co-founded three acclaimed restaurants (Alinea, Next, The Aviary) and Tock, a restaurant booking system, applying business rigor to hospitality
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Des Traynor, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom (customer service platform for 25,000 businesses), discusses AI integration through OpenAI-powered bot Fin
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Samo Burja, founder of Bismark Analysis, studies institutional history and why no immortal societies exist, researching how founders build and institutions fall
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Chris Paik is General Partner at Pace Capital after eight years at Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital, where he sat on Twitch's board
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Josh Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010, growing from $40 million first institutional fund to $15 billion under management with nine-person investor team