Sand Hill Road
NBC Bay Area
What makes Silicon Valley the innovation capital of the world? It all starts on Sand Hill Road, considered the mecca of venture capital. Join us for insightful interviews from the heart of Silicon Valley with the VCs, start-ups and innovators behind the trending technologies of tomorrow. Hosted by NBC Bay Area business and technology reporter and host of Press:Here, Scott McGrew.
Episodes
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Jul 31, 2019 • 25min
Jenny Lefcourt of Freestyle VC
Lefcourt cautions startups against taking too much venture money and helps us understand the realities of recruiting diverse talent.
Jul 25, 2019 • 17min
Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz
Kupor quite literally wrote the book on venture capital in Silicon Valley.
Jul 17, 2019 • 13min
Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund
We take you inside the first steps a VC takes: raising a fund.
Jul 9, 2019 • 19min
John Vrionis of Unusual Ventures
What’s unusual about Unusual? Plus Scott makes the same joke twice.
Jul 4, 2019 • 19min
Dave Welsh of KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth Fund
Welsh invests in maturing companies after their venture capital days are behind them.
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Jun 26, 2019 • 11min
Serial Entrepreneur Jay Chaudhry
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jay Chaudhry shares his journey from humble beginnings to founding multiple successful companies. Topics discussed include leading by example, taking risks, reflecting on success and happiness, startups, and future goals.
Jun 4, 2019 • 7min
Merci Grace – Lightspeed Venture Partners
From modest beginnings to venture capitalist, Grace describes “class vertigo.”
Jun 3, 2019 • 16min
Emergence Capital’s Santi Subotovsky
Behind the scenes at one of 2019’s biggest IPOs, Zoom Technologies.
May 31, 2019 • 13min
Microsoft Chairman John Thompson
The long-time Silicon Valley leader tries his hand at venture capital.
Mar 19, 2019 • 24min
Floodgate’s Ann Miura-Ko
The “most powerful woman in startups” made an early investment in Lyft.
