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.
Scaling Up Excellence
Stanford professor Bob Sutton is back with advice for startups trying to accelerate their growth: don’t forget the brake.
Who’s in Charge Here?
Silicon Valley companies vie for control of the Internet of Things. Arrayent CEO Shane Dyer has a head start.
Hunting WiFi Hogs
The public Internet is at risk from data hungry apps. Extreme Networks CEO Chuck Berger.
Blue Bottle Coffee
Tech leaders invest $25 million in a small coffee chain. Blue Bottle Coffee founder James Freeman.
Eshoo on Neutrality
Rep. Anna Eshoo of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee discusses recent developments.
Tech’s Frat Boy Problem
Vivek Wadhwa discusses tech elitism and the staggeringly bad judgment of Tom Perkins
Dot Ninja? Really?
ICANN's Akram Atallah explains the strange top-level domains to be released this year
Bluetooth LE
The future of home networking is not Wi-Fi, it's low-power Bluetooth. Dropcam CEO Greg Duffy explains why.
Goldieblox and “Girl Toys”
The toy industry wants to make building toys appealing to girls. Goldieblox CEO Debbie Sterling says making them pink is not enough.
Po Bronson’s Finger Theory
Bronson (“Nudist on the Late Shift, Top Dog”) walks careful path defining gender traits and success.
All Hail the Taxi App
Taxi companies finally take on Uber with an app of their own. Flywheel CEO Steve Humphreys.
Watching Glendale High
A southern California school district hires a private company to keep an eye on students’ Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Tim Cook’s Nemesis
AJ Forsythe says Americans can wait longer than 12 months between new phones. He founded an iPhone fix-it empire in his college dorm room.
Over the Top
American families demand huge amounts of data in their homes. Ikanos CEO Omid Tahernia builds the chips to help providers keep up.
Vaunte CEO
Secondhand fashion is one of the Internet's fastest growing spaces and Leah Park leads the way.
Reid Hoffman Part 3
Hoffman and his longtime ally Mark Pincus hold the world's most powerful patent.
Pearl of Great Price
Andy Kurtzig’s online expert marketplace Pearl.com clears $100m in revenue and makes dishwasher repairmen rich.
National Security Letters
If you’re with the NSA, you can skip this segment with CloudFlare’s Matthew Prince. Thanks.
Ooyala CEO Jay Fulcher
Ooyala helps organizations like Comedy Central and The Pac12 stream more than a billion videos per month.
Brother, can you spare a million?
Silicon Valley's wealthiest contribute more to distant charities than to local needy. Alexa Culwell of Philanthropy Futures.
Carried Interest – Lemonade Style
We use a lemonade stand to illustrate carried interest and why the super-rich pay less in tax than you do.
Posse CEO Rebekah Campbell
Former rock band manager turned start-up entrepreneur. Rebekah Campbell of Posse.
The “Twitter Tax Break”
San Francisco lures big name companies into the Tenderloin by cutting payroll taxes. Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane.
Rebooting the Tech Museum
How do you exhibit innovation in the most innovative region in the world? Tech Museum president Tim Ritchie.
Ep 157 Are You Being Served?
BMC Software creates iPad app MyIT, making fixing your email as easy as ordering lunch.
Ep 157 FTC Cracks Down
Most children's apps violate privacy. Details from Lookout CTO Kevin Mahaffey.
Ep 149 High Tech Policing
Startup Nixle works with 4,500 police agencies - including LAPD - to notify neighbors of danger.
Ep 149 The Economy is Angry
Is the economy a speeding train? A sick patient? The way media and politicians use metaphor.
Ep 142 Loans Online
Venture capitalists examine the business model set by corner paycheck loans stores.
Ep 142 Tina Seelig on Creativity
Tina Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program