The Peel with Turner Novak

Nilam Ganenthiran, ex-Instacart Chief Business Officer shares insights on scaling Instacart to $10B, signing top grocers, customer research strategies, and launching Instacart's ad network. He discusses board responsibilities, navigating financial challenges, and optimism about generative AI. Engaging tales include cold calling Wegman's and catching an Uber in suits on the highway.

Ankur Goyal, CEO of Braintrust, discusses the importance of LLM evals, having two AI roadmaps, and the impact of AI on software development. Topics include AI advancements, tool calling, and advice for young software engineers. Goyal shares insights on selecting AI models, staying updated on AI developments, and the significance of purpose in career growth.

Alan Feld, Founder of Vintage Investment Partners, discusses the value of VC funds, importance of differentiation, and lessons from 21 years of investing. Topics include fund size impact on returns, buying secondaries, successful entrepreneurs' traits, and advice for raising a VC fund.

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.