Growth at All Costs
Tech marketing advisor Ed Zitron on the risks and rewards of prioritizing growth over profits
The Cost of Security
BlackCloak CEO Chris Pierson on Twitter and Facebook charging for two-factor authentication and what you can do to stay protected in the digital age
What is the metaverse?
GenVid CEO Jacob Novak on how the pandemic accelerated move to virtual reality
We Love Amazon. Facebook, not so much.
Stanford’s Robert Siegel ponders why Americans hand over their data to Amazon without a second thought.
A Critique of Facebook’s Business Model
Oxford University researcher Chris Moos weighs in on Mark Zuckerberg’s leadership and the business model of Facebook – one which, he says, is based on ...
A debate over free speech on Facebook
Reuters’ Joe Menn and Jon Swartz of Dow Jones analyze Zuckerberg’s motives
Countable CEO: We can behave online if we tr
Bart Myers wants us to reasonably and rationally debate politics online
Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency
Charley Moore joins our panel to discuss Facebook’s push into finance
Does Mark Zuckerberg Wield Too Much Power?
Troy Wolverton of Business Insider and Jon Swartz of USA Today
Rudy Giuliani’s trouble with tweets
Quartz’s Michael Coren and Peter Rubin of Wired discuss the weeks tech news
Reid Hoffman Part 2
Can LinkedIn stay nimble like a startup? A conversation with Becky Worley of Yahoo News and Martin Giles of The Economist.
How to Avoid a Senate Subcommittee Hearing
Dtex Systems CEO Christy Wyatt on safely collecting user data
Facebook Needs Crisis Training
The social network could learn from good – and bad – examples of PR crises.
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: You can do better
SF Chronicle’s editor in chief Audrey Cooper on Facebook and fake news
Ending Disease in Our Children’s Lifetime
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub sets out to accomplish an incredible goal. Biohub co-president Joe DeRisi.
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Part 2
Dr. Joe DeRisi manages 47 brilliant scientists attempting to reach a staggering goal.
Boring, boring, murder, boring…
Screening internet videos for objectionable content is drudgery interspaced with horror. Open Access BPO founder Henry Chang
The Post-November Silence of Sheryl Sandberg
Pando’s Sarah Lacy asks why the Facebook exec didn’t lean in.
Pick a Side, Jack
Jack Dorsey, CEO of two companies, needs to pick just one. Commentary from Pando’s Sarah Lacy and The New York Times’ Quentin Hardy.
HackerOne
HackerOne pays hackers to find bugs and vulnerabilities at some of the world’s biggest companies.
Peter Thiel
Paypal founder and legendary venture capitalist Peter Thiel in discussion with Sarah Lacy and Laura Sydell.
Bets Against Technology
Is an investment in Yahoo (and other legacy companies) a bet against progress?
What controversy?
The “controversial” Thiel simply speaks his mind the way any billionaire with nothing to fear might.
Collison on Immigration and Visas
Collison’s company employs hundreds of Americans. But he is in the US on a temporary visa.
Deal or No Deal?
Was Snapchat foolish to turn down Facebook? Storm Ventures’ Jason Lemkin ponders exits, IPOs and that “magic number."
Watching Glendale High
A southern California school district hires a private company to keep an eye on students’ Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Reid Hoffman Part 3
Hoffman and his longtime ally Mark Pincus hold the world's most powerful patent.
Brother, can you spare a million?
Silicon Valley's wealthiest contribute more to distant charities than to local needy. Alexa Culwell of Philanthropy Futures.
Hire for Attitude, Not Ability
Business author Ekaterina Walter (“Think Like Zuck”) explains why teachers make good flight attendants.
Where’s the Love for Apple and Facebook?
Investors abandon two companies with decent earnings. Expert commentary from Santa Clara University’s Bob Hendershott.
Putting Content in Search
Ask.com CEO Doug Leeds ponders the future of search. Can real answers from real people offer more?
Ep 148 Jonathan Abrams
The Friendster founder on lessons learned, Founders Den and his new startup Nuzzel.
Ep 143 Social Media Disasters
An airline and a car insurance company have a very hard week on Twitter.
Ep 110 The Zynga Conundrum
Farhad Manjoo wonders if startups which depend on other people's platforms can survive.