The Logan Bartlett Show

Eric Vishria, General Partner at Benchmark Capital, discusses the role of venture capitalists, characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, the impact of artificial intelligence on business, and the evolution of early stage investing. He also shares insights on evaluating investments, the value of authenticity in founders, and building strong relationships with entrepreneurs.

Guests: Satish and Scott roast Logan for becoming a media personality. Matthew Prince exposes Cloudflare’s 1st customers: Turkish escorts. Dario Amodei predicts the future of AI. Dev Ittycheria gives 3 steps for holding people accountable. Jack Altman jokes about growing up with Sam. Daniel Ek on money and happiness. Matt Mochary shares his hiring and firing frameworks.

Jay Kreps, CEO of Confluent, discusses his journey as a writer turned CEO, the challenges of building a management team, dropping out of high school, and the decision to pursue computer science. He reflects on the birth and success of Project Kafka, the power of product marketing, and the transition from individual contributor to CEO. Other topics include navigating the public markets, the future of artificial intelligence, and the evolution of open source.

Nikesh Arora shares insights on being a generalist, acquiring domain expertise, the learning curve in cybersecurity, M&A rules, the role of marketing in tech, leadership in large companies, scaling challenges, transitioning roles, career choices, AI impact, product obsession, Indian upbringing and education, venture capital, mission-driven cybersecurity, and the tendency to romanticize the past.

Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo, discusses the marketing formula that propelled Duolingo to 500M users. Topics include user retention, A/B testing, balancing user feedback and data, viral marketing, social media marketing, dealing with controversial content, monetization challenges, expanding beyond languages, going public, employee selection, improving the education system, and setting up a honeypot website to catch cheaters.

Christian Chabot, co-founder and former CEO of Tableau Software, shares his inspiring journey of scaling the company from a bootstrap startup to a $15.7B acquisition by Salesforce. He discusses the significance of team dynamics, effective fundraising strategies, and the importance of maintaining control while navigating growth. Christian also highlights innovative hiring practices that foster company culture and adaptability, alongside insights on commercializing academic technology and the challenges of entering competitive markets.

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, discusses various topics including the significance of data in technology, the role of Scale AI in autonomous car development, risks of AI and their mitigation, future AI investments and human-AI interaction, the concept of the Turing trap, founding Scale AI and the importance of data, internal locus of control and hiring traits, and the exciting future of AI in healthcare.

The hosts reflect on their podcast journey, sharing lessons learned and funny stories. They discuss the evolution of the podcast show, the challenges and commitment of podcasting, and the importance of niching down. Consistency and building trust with the audience are emphasized. The hosts also talk about their frustrating experience with a Miami production crew and the significance of the first 20 minutes of a podcast episode.

The podcast discusses Dev Ittycheria's experiences as the CEO of MongoDB, including implementing change and addressing performance challenges, rebuilding a company, monetizing open source, and the importance of self-awareness and building a strong company culture. It also covers topics such as recruiting the best team, finding passion for sales, dealing with adversity, competing with Opsware, and the impact of AI on the industry.

Silicon Valley Legend Claire Hughes Johnson shares her best operating advice on topics including attracting and convincing talent, understanding the player vs victim mindset, the power of diversity and inclusion, management vs leadership, the nature of adaptive leadership and the role of disappointment, change management analogy, and the special qualities and intelligence of two remarkable individuals.