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Feb 14, 2020 • 24min

Old Time Roku Roll

Jessica and Tom discuss Roku and whether its hard-nosed negotiation tactics with media companies will work. Cory dives into Softbank and its troubles since the WeWork collapse.
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Feb 7, 2020 • 24min

Self-Driving for Dollars

Amir talks about the companies that have invested the most in self-driving car technology in the past decade. Kate explains why Sequoia is doubling down on seed investing and why that category is getting more competitive.
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Jan 31, 2020 • 23min

Facebook and the Republocrats

Chris Stern joins from Washington DC to talk about how Republicans have become Facebook's biggest supporters on the Hill in the face of increasingly antagonistic Democrats. Kevin discusses the legacy of Ginni Rometty the outgoing CEO of IBM.
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Jan 24, 2020 • 24min

Initial Private Offering

Priya and Kevin Dugan talk about the ways companies going public try to get bankers to become clients in order to win the job. Kate explores Lambda School, a coding school that has a different way of approaching tuition, and the controversy around it.
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Jan 18, 2020 • 21min

Drummond's Base

Nick Bastone and Jessica Lessin talk about David Drummond's tense relationship with Google Venture and his lasting legacy at Alphabet. Read more: Drummond Departure Puts Spotlight on Google Venture Arm Google Reckoning With History of Interoffice Romance by Top Execs 
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Jan 10, 2020 • 31min

Uber Drowning in the Pool

This week, we talked about Amir's exclusive story that outlined Uber's many business problems, including UberPool, and Amazon's Twitch, which is grappling with a declining user base and falling short of advertising revenue goals.
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Jan 3, 2020 • 35min

Hindsight is 2020

Tom and Jessica wrap up 2019, looking back at the year for Facebook, startup fundraising and media.
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Dec 27, 2019 • 22min

When God Opens a Streaming Door He Closes a Theatrical Window

Jessica Toonkel makes her prediction about how streaming services will affects the theater and movie industries. Kevin discusses AWS and its relationship with the open-source community. 
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Dec 20, 2019 • 30min

Boz and Effect

Alex dives into Facebook's massive hardware plans in AR and VR and the executive, Andrew "Boz" Bosworth, who's heading the endeavor. Nick and Kevin talk about Google Cloud and the long-shot effort to beat Amazon and Microsoft. 
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Dec 13, 2019 • 21min

Mathletes and Tech-athlons

Wayne explains how Vietnam became such a significant business for Facebook and Google. Zoë dives into the trend of hiring elite athletes at tech companies. 

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