Village Global Podcast

Niko Skievaski (@niko_ski), founder and president of Redox, and Nikita Singareddy (@singareddynm), investor at RRE Ventures, join Erik to discuss:- How regulation has changed the landscape in healthcare.- How to figure out what the the next wave in healthcare will be.- Why in the past government regulation has pulled technology into the present that wasn’t ready.- The biggest trends in healthcare now.- Where they would be investing if they were running a fund focused on the space.- What it takes to be successful in healthcare.- The state of the EHR 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.

Anuj Abrol (@nujabrol), founder of Witty Wealth and formerly Chief of Staff at Atrium, joins Erik to discuss:- Why public stock activity has surged, especially among young people.- A primer on SPACs and their advantages and disadvantages.- Direct listings vs. IPOs vs. SPACs.- Why Slack is such a polarizing company.- Why there is dissatisfaction with roboadvisors.- The role of memes in public investing.- Whether there will be more new betting markets.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.

Mark Lutter (@MarkLutter), founder and executive director of the Charter City Institute, joins Erik. They discuss:- The key factors that make countries successful or prosperous.- The different schools of thought on charter cities.- What the key factors to get right with a charter city are.- What Silicon Valley understands and misunderstands about charter cities.- Why there are few true entrepreneurs in the US anymore.- His thoughts on Balaji Srinivasan’s ideas about charter cities.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.

Joey Krug, founder of Augur and partner at Pantera Capital, discusses the evolution of prediction markets, the current state of crypto, and the potential of Web3. Topics include Augur's updates, scalability challenges of Ethereum, regulatory hurdles for prediction markets, the perception of betting, exploring equity and popularizing capitalism, potential of decentralized social networks, and the problem with centralized oracles.

Erik's chat with founder/angel-turned-VC, @stevejang of @kindredventures, about supporting founders at seed and how building startups has changed in this cycle:- using a beginner’s mind- importance of creativity & taste in startups- no-code and democratizing access- marketplaces and community-ownership- a post-smartphone computing paradigm- post-COVID themesThanks 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.

Tanner Greer (@Scholars_Stage), author of the Scholars Stage blog, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The differences in perspectives between east and west.- Why China didn’t liberalize as it got more prosperous.- How the US’s foreign policy should have been different in the past with respect to China.- Why people are becoming more hawkish on China.- His thoughts on Twitter.- His thoughts on “it’s time to build.” - How he would renew liberalism.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.

Justin Murphy (@jmrphy), full-stack professor, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The current problems with academia.- Challenges that universities are facing today.- Why teaching should be disaggregated or unbundled.- The full-stack professor setup.- What changes if five years from now professors start going D2C.- His thoughts on Rene Girard and other philosophers.- How to improve capitalism’s ability to provide for everyone in society.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.

Megan O’Connor (@MeganMOConnor), entrepreneur-in-residence at Kaplan, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The recent waves of innovation in education.- How college and K-12 evolve post-COVID.- What will have changed about education in the next 5-10 years.- Whether she would bet on solutions inside or outside of the existing education system.- The future of ISAs.- What the new wave will be in education.- Whether big companies like Facebook or Google will create their own universities.- Whether the mechanics of video games can be applied successfully to learning.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.

Jose Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente (@ArtirKel) joins Erik on this episode. He is currently at Twitter and is a researcher in several areas including the science of longevity.They discuss:- How science funding works currently and how it would work if he was redesigning the system.- Whether progress in science is slowing down.- His thoughts on GDP and how we measure innovation.- Whether the FDA is too restrictive or too permissive.- Healthcare costs in the USA, treatments with marginal benefits, and how a publicly-funded system triages patients.- How to fight aging and improve longevity.- The cultural problem with longevity research.- Challenges and opportunities in education and potential solutions.- His production function and why he puts bounties on his papers for others to find mistakes.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.

Jacob Helberg (@jacobhelberg), senior advisor at Stanford Cyber, adjunct fellow at CSIS, and formerly of Google, joins Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The competition between the US and China.- The biggest misconceptions that people have about China.- Common disagreements or unanswered questions about the competition between the two countries.- Why the principle that as countries become richer they also become freer didn’t pan out in China.- What to do about TikTok.- Possibilities for re-shoring and how different tech companies might be affected.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.