South Park Commons

The Founding Story of Gusto with Josh Reeves

Navigating the Early Days of Foursquare with Dennis Crowley

-1 to RunwayML with Cris Valenzuela

20 Ideas Before Instacart with Apoorva Mehta

SPC Demo Faire December 2023

-1 to CockroachDB with Spencer Kimball

-1 to Alfred Lin, from building Zappos to investing at Sequoia

This podcast features an interview with Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, focusing on his career journey from operating roles at companies like Zappos to becoming a venture capitalist. The conversation covers his approach to risk-taking, his experiences building Zappos' unique customer service culture, and his insights i...

Elad Gil & the Early-Stage Startup Squiggle

The conversation centers on the "negative one to zero" phase of startup creation, examining how founders identify and validate opportunities. Successful entrepreneurs often combine deep, esoteric interests with a willingness to grind on niche problems, though they must balance this with a broader market perspective. Wh...

SPC Demo Faire - August 2023

Eric Glyman, Co-founder & CEO of Ramp, on Building Disruptive FinTech in NYC

Zach Weinberg, Co-founder of Flatiron Health & Curie.Bio, on Fixing the Biotech Funding Model

Becky Pferdehirt, Partner at a16z Bio, on the Future of Biotech

Tom Steyer, Co-founder of Galvanize, on Ambitious Climate Solutions

Joe Lonsdale, Managing Partner at 8VC, on Investing in Defense Tech & the New American Frontier

Bo Marr, Co-founder of Epirus, on Technical Challenges in Building Defense Tech

Building Open Source AI Language Models with Stanford's Alpaca LLM Team

-1 to 0 in the Founder Journey, w/ Avichal Garg, Peter Reinhardt, Ruchi Sanghvi & Aditya Agarwal

Replit CEO Amjad Masad on the Impact of AI and How to Build Around Exceptional Engineering

SPC + Bits in Bio Lighting Talks

SPC Demo Faire - March 2023