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• The MSCI origin story [1:07]
• How does an index get constructed? [6:51]
• How do you keep an index accurate? [11:42]
• MSCI business model... how do they get paid? [16:27]
• MSCI, competition, and why not an op…

SPEAKERS:

• Aarthi Ramamurthy, international, Clubhouse
• Donnie Dinch, founder and CEO, Bitski
• Gabby Dizon, cofounder, Yield Guild Games
• Jarrod Dicker, operating partner, TCG
• Jesse Walden, founder, Variant F…

This conversation centers on the arguments and findings of the a16z piece The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox. 

• The Core Findings of The Cost of Cloud piece [5:22]
• Cloud is a significant part …

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• Early days of a16z crypto [2:38]
• New crypto governance capabilities [1…

• What makes a category? [0:37]
• The leading indicator? Everyone thinks you're crazy. [5:36]
• Can you create a category whole cloth? [7:02]
• How to create a category [12:05]
• The best category creation CEOs ar…

SPEAKERS (in order they are heard in the episode):

• Shannon Kelly, a16z
• Connie Chan, a16z
• Brandon Chu, VP Product and GM  of Platform, Shopify
• D'Arcy Coolican, a16z
• Nait Jones, a16z
• Jess Lee, Cofounder and …

• The origins of growth hacking [1:20]
• Brand building vs. growth hacking? [13:58]
• Where does growth fit into the organization?  [31:06]
• The cold start problem: growth hacking from 0 to 1 [36:47]
• What can't…

Why  Future with Marc Andreessen, Margit Wennmachers, and Sonal Chokshi [2:20]

The New Creator Economy with Joost van Dreunen, Wes Kao, Cuy Sheffield, Chris Lyons, Lauren Murrow, and Zoran Basich [17:…

• What was the biggest surprise from the past 15 months of remote work? [5:24]
• How do you handle conflict and build trust? [10:09]
• What's the role of offsites? [15:45]
• Should you adjust compensation for d…

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In this episode: 

• The abandoned M&A with Visa [3:47]
• Communicating to e…

• In what ways is digital health for complex care under or overrated? [4:04]
• Are digital health solutions better suited to tackling clinical or non-clinical needs for complex care? [17:32]
• The challenge …

• mRNA research before COVID and how "mRNA is code" [3:21]
• The early days of COVID: designing a vaccine in 48 hours [5:44]
• The software behind the vaccine: getting mRNA researchers out of Excel and into …

• Fab 5 Freddy on New York in the 70s, Warhol, Blondie, Basquiat, and Yo! MTV Raps [1:40]
• Contrarian strategy and challenging assumptions [5:12]
• Boring AI and solving meaningful problems [8:42]
• Drop-in au…

• The six functions in an enterprise marketing org [2:54]
• Why product marketing is the killer function [6:52]
• How do you hire a world class product marketer? [11:16]
• Is community or developer evangelists …

• What did Substack think about the NYTimes article "Why We’re Freaking Out About Substack" [1:01]
• What is Substack? [4:40]
• The issues with social media content models and how Substack is different [5:54…

• eBay to today, a brief history of collectibles and tech [1:03]
• Are collectibles about sentiment or investment? [5:13]
• How do you bring the excitement of a collection to digital goods? [13:34]
• Is the fut…

For videos of the NFT Virtual Summit, visit a16z.com. 

Session 1: The Future of the Digital Ownership Economy with Dan Boneh (Stanford University) and Chris Dixon (a16z)

• What is an NFT? [3:01]
• Why are N…

• What inspired Eric and Sam to start Dyno [4:09]
• How does the use of ML impact Dyno's GTM [10:40]
• The current challenges of gene therapy [21:43]
• Why Dyno wants to be a horizontal platform for gene therap…

Note: the recording of this episode starts a minute or two into the show.

• Ali recommends: The Hard Thing about Hard Things  by Ben Horowitz [0:18]
• Ben recommends: High Output Management by Andy Grove […