Inside the ICE House

Scott Kupor’s career at the legendary VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has brought him face to face with 1000s of entrepreneurs looking for an investor. In his debut book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Scott takes us inside the world of Venture Capital to find out what VCs are looking for and most importantly what you should ask yourself and potential investors. Scott’s ability to distill down a lifetime of experience will open the benefits of venture capital to everyone, coast to coast and everywhere in between.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

All eyes are on the California coast this week as the U.S. Open Championship once again finds its home at the Pebble Beach Golf Links. We’re inside the ICE House with Golf Channel’s Rich Lerner, talking about the sport’s past, present, and future -- and the business that surrounds it. Rich fell in love with golf on his father’s golf center in Allentown, Pennsylvania and has a gift for bringing the game to life, whether reporting from the PGA Tour or just playing a round with a couple of brothers from the Midwest.    Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

IHOP and Applebees, the big names of Dine Brands Global (NYSE: DIN), are woven into the fabric of American culture and communities across the globe. Steve Joyce, its CEO, dropped anchor at the Exchange to share how the company navigates past changing tastes with revamped menus, technology-aided service, and viral marketing campaigns. At the core of Steve’s success, a focus on the people and his brands, keeping an eye on growth, both organically and, perhaps, with an acquisition or two.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Longview, Texas is the point of origin of what was, during World War II, the longest petroleum pipeline ever built in the world. The Big Inch, as it was known, carried over 261 million barrels of crude oil to the East Coast from 1943 to 1945, fueling the efforts to win the war. Longview is also the point of origin of Scott Hill, CFO of Intercontinental Exchange, who left the Friday Night Lights of East Texas for Austin, then global capitals like Tokyo and Paris, and now Atlanta, in a career spanning far beyond finance.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

This episode of SLICE Uncut brings listeners the full conversation between NYSE Executive Vice Chairman Betty Liu and SAP’s Cloud Business Group President Jennifer Morgan on integrating cloud solutions, the impact of SAP’s acquisition of Qualtrics, and how to best manage teams from 1 to 1000. Slice is a media collaboration between ICE and Cheddar that helps the audience cut through the noise to get to the truth of what entrepreneurs, disruptors and brands are doing to change our way of life, and our future.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Sen. David Perdue of Georgia is relatively new to Washington, but has decades of experience in the private sector working in the U.S. and China, including serving as CEO of both Reebok and Dollar General (NYSE:DG). Sen. Perdue was seen as a turnaround specialist before hearing the call to public service in 2014, but orchestrating a turnaround in Washington, D.C. might be his biggest feat of all.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

The executive producers behind Reid Hoffman’s popular podcast, Masters of Scale, share how they cracked the code of creating unique content and are breaking the podcast mold. 2019 is shaping up as an important year for the medium’s growth with transactions such as Spotify’s (NYSE:SPOT) combined $340 million dollar acquisitions of Gimlet and Anchor. The deal brings big money into an industry that, as recently as 2017, had a combined revenue that was $26 million less than Spotify’s investment.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Venture capital legend Marc Andreessen hailed Jennifer Tejada’s hiring at PagerDuty (NYSE: PD) as “like adding octane to jet fuel,” and her company’s IPO took off using afterburners. Jennifer joined us fresh from ringing the first trade bell to share her career trajectory -- which spanned from Ohio, to Australia, to the open ocean to, eventually, Silicon Valley -- and her secrets of success.    Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Our 100th Episode drops amid a stampede of unicorns. In the past weeks, PagerDuty (NYSE:PD), Pinterest (NYSE:PINS), and Jumia (NYSE:JMIA) joined the herd of tech companies emerging into the public markets. In the wings are Uber (NYSE:UBER) and Slack (NYSE:SK). Joining us today is Jose Cobos, a former Navy SEAL and investment banker who now helps growing tech and biotech companies navigate the waters -- from Series A through public listing -- from his perch at NYSE West in San Francisco.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

ICE Futures Europe President Stuart Williams has watched the futures industry grow from its nascent days to modern times. Today, ICE Futures Europe is home to futures and options contracts for crude oil, interest rates, equity derivatives, natural gas, power, coal, emissions and soft commodities. For those hedging against the future cost of jet fuel, a change in interest rates, or the cost of electricity, Stuart’s business is a one-stop shop.   Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house