CapitalG’s David Lawee
The founder of one of Alphabet’s independent growth funds discusses leadership and what he’s looking to fund next
President Trump suspends new H1b visas
Immigration attorney Julie Pearl on why the Wall Street Journal is calling President Trump’s suspension of new H1b visas a “gift to China”
Does Mark Zuckerberg Wield Too Much Power?
Troy Wolverton of Business Insider and Jon Swartz of USA Today
Truly Driverless Cars Come to Silicon Valley
Hive AI CEO Kevin Guo on automated cars, artificial intelligence and deadly trolleys
Who is disrupting dashcams? Owl.
Owl CEO Andy Hodge helped create the iPod. Now he takes over the dashcam industry
Cloudflare CEO Questions His Own Power
Matt Prince kicks racists off the internet. But was that the right thing to do?
Can anyone catch Amazon’s “Alexa”?
Marketing expert Steve Hammond (Adobe) weighs in on the future of voice assistants
Silicon Valley’s High Tech Palaces
Apple’s campus cost 5x the Sears Tower. Google wants to double San Jose’s downtown office space.
Google Home vs. Amazon Echo
Futurist and Stringify CTO Dave Evans on the future of the Internet of Things
Five Million Jobs at Risk
A World Economic Forum report says robots could replace 5m jobs. Former California CTO P.K. Agarwal discusses the future of automation.
MüV
A team including Silicon Valley firefighters dream up a carpooling app in their spare time – then Google steps in.
Holiday Jingle Sales
Ecommerce expert and Reflektion CEO Sean Moran predicts seasonal shopping on mobile.
Made With Code
In addition to her work at Pixar, mentor Danielle Feinberg encourages girls to pursue computer careers.
Taking on Yelp
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta looked for a business left to disrupt. Google leads a $100 million bet on him.
Get on the Bus, Gus
Bus travel is suddenly hip. Polina Raygorodskaya, CEO of Wanderu, a ticketing site for ground travel.
Politicians Just Don’t Understand
Julie Samuels tries to explain Silicon Valley to those stuck inside the beltway.
Who’s in Charge Here?
Silicon Valley companies vie for control of the Internet of Things. Arrayent CEO Shane Dyer has a head start.
Deal or No Deal?
Was Snapchat foolish to turn down Facebook? Storm Ventures’ Jason Lemkin ponders exits, IPOs and that “magic number."
Do Bus Protesters Have a Point?
Can an economy grow too quickly? Bank of the West chief economist Scott Anderson on the Bay Area outlook.
Charlie Ayers
Calafia Café’s owner (and Google’s first chef) bribes the staff with pudding and tales of Steve Jobs.
Mars Rover Driver
Scott Maxwell’s other car is a $1 billion nuclear-powered, laser-armed space probe.
Buy a Share of a College Grad
Former Google exec Dave Girouard creates Upstart, where you can invest in promising young entrepreneurs.
Lending Club
CEO Renaud Laplanche disrupts the loan industry and attracts Google’s investment. Is an IPO on the way?
Driving With Glass
Ben Parr becomes the first (and last?) reporter to wear Google Glass on the show.
Don’t Fight in the iOS Playground
Want your app to stand out? Try writing for Kindle or Glass, says uTest’s Matt Johnston
Gil Elbaz and Common Crawl
The New York Times says Gil Elbaz is the most important person you’ve likely not heard of.
Sebastian Thrun
Can online classes save our suffering university system? Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun.
Sebastian Thrun Part 2
Thrun - "one of the smartest people alive" - is one of the brains behind Google Glass, Google Street View and the driverless car.
Guy Kawasaki
The former Apple evangelist starts advocating Google's Android (gasp!). He's also pushing his 12th book.
Putting Content in Search
Ask.com CEO Doug Leeds ponders the future of search. Can real answers from real people offer more?
A Flickr of Life at Yahoo
Yahoo finally pays attention to photo-sharing service Flickr. A sign of better times to come? Flickr head Brett Wayn.
Ep 147 Chade-Meng Tan
Nobody visits Google without stopping by to see Meng, author of "Search Inside Yourself."
Ep 113 Marissa Mayer Part 1
In her second appearance on Press:Here the Google vice president gets local.