Village Global Podcast

Karthik Puvvada (@thisiskp_), director of On Deck’s No-Code Fellowship, joins Erik to discuss:- How he got into no-code and how the space has evolved.- Why he has been building in public and how it has helped him.- What is holding back the no-code movement from having wider adoption.- Why no-code is moving past the concerns about reliability and scaling that it has had in the past.- How investors should approach the space, and the requests for startups that he has.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Nadia Eghbal (@nayafia) of Substack joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The background of her book, Working in Public, and the “why now” for it.- What she’s learned about open source that can be applied to other areas.- Shifts that she’d like to see in the internet.- The evolution of thinking around democracy in the world.- Governance in companies and countries.- Narratives in tech and the negative attention tech has received recently.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Shrav Mehta (@shravvmehtaa), founder and CEO of Secureframe, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How he navigated the idea maze to start Secureframe.- The problem the company is solving.- Thoughts on recruiting as a space.- How thinking on privacy has changed over the years.- Where he’s excited in education.- How he learns about new spaces.- Why marketing is getting more technical.- How to think about marketing and sales in an early-stage startup.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? We'll send you the best content we've published, reading and resources, the latest financing news, showcases of our Network Leaders, the best of the podcast, and more. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Dani Grant (@thedanigrant), co-founder at Jam, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How she came to start Jam, the product, and the problem that it’s solving.- How she navigated the idea maze.- Why now is the right time for a product like Jam.- Different waves of collaboration tools.- The future of the company.- Where there is whitespace in collaboration tools and where she’d be investing today.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? We'll send you the best content we've published, reading and resources, the latest financing news, showcases of our Network Leaders, the best of the podcast, and more. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Dan Barto of IMG Academy joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How the game of basketball has evolved over the last few decades.- What the next changes in the game should be, and will be.- How coaching has changed over time.- How team strategy and composition will evolve.- Players building brands and businesses on their own outside of the NBA.- Whether the players could start their own league and whether they should own more equity in the business.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? We'll send you the best content we've published, reading and resources, the latest financing news, showcases of our Network Leaders, the best of the podcast, and more. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg), founder of Late Checkout, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How COVID has impacted the space and how it changes what is possible.- Where the opportunities and white space are in consumer social.- The possibilities for social experiences based around sports.- Why there is a plenty of room for many more social apps.- The potential for future dating apps.- Why there are plenty of social apps that didn’t work out from 2005-2018 that could still work.- His advice for creating consumer social experiences.- How to turn an audience to a community and the dos and don’ts for community-building.- How to monetize a community.Airtime Videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46-q5fomh_Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRXBMx4BPWUThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? We'll send you the best content we've published, reading and resources, the latest financing news, showcases of our Network Leaders, the best of the podcast, and more. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Alex Chee (@alexnchee) and Jake Ellowitz (@wakkadojo), who help run product and engineering at Tribe Capital, join Erik on this episode to discuss:- How the product and engineering-oriented mindset at Tribe impacts their investing and why it forms part of their investment thesis.- The different incentives within a firm and how this creates new approaches.- Lessons learned from their time at Social Capital.- Products they’ve built at Tribe and how they’ve helped with the investment process.- Why other firms haven’t done this so far.- How their team interfaces with other companies and firms.- Their philosophy at the firm.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? We'll send you the best content we've published, reading and resources, the latest financing news, showcases of our Network Leaders, the best of the podcast, and more. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Garrett Smiley (@gw_smiles), co-founder of Sora Schools, and Rebecca Kaden (@rebeccakaden), investor at USV, join special guest host Anne Dwane (@adwane), co-founder and partner at Village Global, on this episode.They discuss:- The story of how Sora Schools came about and how they plan to create the best high school in the world.- How Rebecca and USV evaluated the business.- Why a new model for education is needed today.- The role of a school in the 21st century and the importance of community.- What it was like fundraising during a pandemic.- Other needs and problems that provide opportunities for entrepreneurs in the education space.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Karan Wadhera (@karanw), managing partner at Casa Verde Capital, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The evolution of the space and how it has changed over the last several years.- The different types of companies in the space and who they have been investing in.- Who the winners might be in the delivery space.- The biggest companies that have emerged over the last few years.- His requests for startups in the space.- How the perception of cannabis is changing in culture and the impacts of that change on investing.- Global and geographic differences in space within the US and around the world.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Tyler Hayes (@thetylerhayes), CEO of Atom Limbs, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- His mission to create mind-controlled bionic arms at Atom Limbs.- How the company came to be.- What enables this technology at this point in time.- How the tech transfer process works from university to commercial application.- Lessons learned on commercializing something like this.- The bottlenecks to innovation in the area.- Why he is intent on curing death.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.