Tech guru Daniel Petre discusses changing how billionaires spend money, advocating for more philanthropy. He reflects on life lessons, balancing work and personal fulfillment, navigating adversity, and promoting authentic relationships over transactional connections. The podcast delves into the disparity in philanthropy among billionaires, calling for increased accountability and fair wealth distribution for societal needs.

Two best friends share their entrepreneurial journey of building a tech company, from quitting their jobs to facing challenges and fundraising. They discuss their personal bond, evolution of content, transition to tech focus, and exploring the future of media and distribution strategies in tech companies.

Katherine Boyle, a16z Partner, discusses investing in founders supporting national interests like aerospace and defense, exploring cultural shifts in tech. Topics include storytelling, embracing curiosity, startup fundraising challenges, recognizing emerging trends, and diversity in venture capital.

Elicia McDonald, Partner at Airtree Ventures, discusses drivers, sales as a VC, personality traits, and more. Topics include authenticity in VC, navigating grief, childhood influences on success, fundraising challenges, and balancing work-life dynamics for founder couples.

Former Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, discusses Australia's tech industry, startup ecosystem, and social media regulation. Topics include fostering innovation, challenges in startup fundraising, media impact on democracy, AI risks, voice replication technology dangers, and promoting unity in Australia.

This week we sat down with the founder of Hustle Fund, Elizabeth Yin. Hustle Fund is one of the most well known pre-seed brands in the US and has over $100 million of assets under management. In a former life, Elizabeth was an entrepreneur, worked at google and was a partner at 500 startups. We chatted to her about all her career learnings and how she has built such a strong VC brand. 

This week we were joined by one of the most insightful and storied technology leaders Wesley Chan. Wesley started his career as chief of staff to Larry Page and Sergey Brin the Google co-founders. In this role he founded Google Analytics, Google Voice and Google Ventures. Wesley then went on to become the managing director at Felicis ventures before co-founding FPV ventures. We dived into Wesleys learnings at Google, his early life, why he is motivated by acceptance and the characteristics of a great investor. FPV ventures: https://fpvventures.com/ This episode is also sponsored by Recess a great Aussie startup providing furniture for your home and office. They’ve fitted out thousands of Aussies including the offices of Eucalyptus, Lyka and Afterwork. Mention our name for a cheeky discount. Check them out: https://recess.com.au/

We talked with Nicole Quinn, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the leading VC firms in the US with over $20 billion of AUM. She focuses on early stage consumer internet companies and has invested in breakout startups like Calm and Cameo. Before this she was the head of US consumer research sales at Morgan Stanley. We chatted about her early life, the influence of her mentor Jeremy Liew (who lead Snapchat's first investment), how she wins in consumer investing and what to look for in great consumer companies.

Legendary partner at Peak XV (formerly Sequoia), Abheek Anand, talks about manufacturing luck, founding a company acquired by Facebook, becoming a great investor at Sequoia, and the future of VC in SEA.

This week we talked with Ben Thompson, who is the founder of unicorn startup Employment Hero. Ben is the first repeat guest on The Sachin and Adam Show and is said by many to be one of the great tech CEO's in Australia. We chatted with Ben about how he has navigated growing his company during the difficult macro environment, some of the new products he's releasing and how he thinks about business strategy. We are also very lucky to have Employment Hero support us as a sponsor of the podcast. Make sure you search Global Teams by Employment Hero. You can get your first months management fee free! All you need to do is go onto the Employment Hero website and click on the “request a demo” button on the website, and mention Sachin & Adam. You can find more at https://employmenthero.com/products/employer-of-record/ This episode is also sponsored by Recess a great Aussie startup providing furniture for your home and office. They’ve fitted out thousands of Aussies including the offices of Eucalyptus, Lyka and Afterwork. Use the code SACHINANDADAM for 20% off your next order. Check them out: https://recess.com.au/