Anu Sharma, CEO of Millie, discusses reinventing maternal healthcare including bundled payments for personalized care, challenges in US maternity care, the importance of scale in healthcare, unique aspects of Millie, fundraising strategies, and the future of in-person, hybrid, and virtual healthcare.

Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, discusses the AI impact on businesses, the $1 trillion AI opportunity, early Box days with high school friends, challenges of Box's IPO, and fending off activist investors during COVID. Insightful debate on founders engaging with associates at VC firms.

Elad Gil, founder of Color Genomics and early investor in Airbnb and Stripe, discusses education, AI trends, biotech, and startup advice. Topics include the underhyped nature of AI, evolving Google's business model, and transitioning products into distribution companies.

Celine Halioua, CEO of Loyal, discusses developing longevity drugs for dogs and potentially humans. Topics include FDA approval process, differences between biotech and software startups, mistakes as a founder, growth rate in hiring, and starting with dogs for drug development.

Listen to Rahul Sonwalkar, Founder and CEO of Julius, share insights on his viral Twitter prank, lessons from failed startups, speed of execution, building Julius, user acquisition hacks, product-market fit, the power of small teams, and the future of AI in coding.

Bill Shufelt, Founder and CEO of Athletic Brewing, talks about creating the non-alcoholic beer market in the US, struggles with investors, designing cool cans, and explosive growth in 2019. The discussion includes health benefits, starting the company, meeting the perfect co-founder, and using TikTok for product launches.

Dane Atkinson, CEO of Odeko, shares lessons on selling to SMBs, surviving COVID, and hitting $150M revenue. Topics include not always listening to customers, simplicity for SMBs, navigating pivots, re-designing the food system, and empowering local makers.

Josh Miller, CEO and co-founder of The Browser Company, discusses the origins of the company, the challenges of building a new internet browser, the importance of effective hiring, and the reasons behind launching Arc Search. He also delves into the history of browsers, the impact of COVID-19 on the tech industry, and the strategies for building a successful team in the startup world.

Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta, discusses VC market trends such as increasing seed valuations, AI startup valuations, and the potential biotech bubble. He also touches on topics like downrounds, emerging manager fundraising, startup shutdowns, and co-founder equity splits.

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