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Each week, StrictlyVC Editor-in Chief Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, a former journalist, VC, and operating exec, review the top stories in StrictlyVC and interview a mover and shaker in the world of tech.
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155 episodes
Marc Lore Has Big Plans for Wonder That Go Beyond Fast Casual
At a StrictlyVC event in New York this past Wednesday, Connie talked to Marc Lore, founder and CEO of Wonder, about Wonder's plans for the future, including the news that Wonder is buying Grub...
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Season 3
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Episode 154
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47:47

Ashton Kutcher Never Wants to See Your Pitch Deck Again
Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein of Sound Ventures talk about their AI strategy and why they think we are in the early innings of artificial intelligence startups.
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Season 3
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Episode 153
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32:05

Live from Disrupt: Vinod Khosla Is Optimistic about AI despite the Risks
Connie talks to legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, founder and managing director at Khosla Ventures.
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Season 3
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Episode 152
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29:42

Billionaire Frank McCourt Wants to Buy TikTok; Here’s His Plan
Connie and Alex talk to billionaire Frank McCourt about his plan to buy TikTok and transform it into a decentralized platform where users have control over their data and ide...
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Season 3
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Episode 151
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25:47

General Catalyst Layers in Financing to Boost Its Fortunes
Connie & Alex talk to Hemant Taneja and Pranav Singhvi of General Catalyst about their “Customer Value” strat...
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Season 3
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Episode 151
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44:13

A Frustrated Al Gore Compares Climate Pledges to "New Year’s Resolutions"
Connie talks with former Vice President Al Gore and his business partner, Lila Preston, about a new, annual climate report that their sustainability-focused investment managem...
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Season 3
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Episode 150
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32:38

FTC Chair Lina Khan on Startups, Scaling, and “Innovations in Potential Lawbreaking”
Connie talks to Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, about the need for regulation in the tech industry to ensure competition and address potential risks of AI, the challenges o...
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Season 3
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Episode 149
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38:39

The Ins and Outs of Investing in Europe, according to VC Saul Klein
Connie chats with seed-stage investor Saul Klein about the European startup scene.Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired)
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Season 3
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Episode 148
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37:58

Rippling’s Parker Conrad on the company’s new round, its new lease and its newest critic
Connie talks to Rippling CEO Parker Conrad about Rippling's new $200 million round that the company raised at a hefty $13.4 billion valuation.Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918...
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Season 3
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Episode 147
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22:32

IVP’s Eric Liaw on London, succession, and that Klarna kerfuffle
Connie talks to Eric Liaw of IVP about London, succession, and that Klarna kerfuffle.
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Season 3
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Episode 146
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27:11

VC Arjun Sethi Wants to Manage Other Investors' Data. You Got a Problem with That?
Connie talks to Arjun Sethi, co-founder of the venture firm Tribe Capital, about Termina, a startup he cofounded that h...
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Season 3
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Episode 145
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27:10

VC David Pakman Makes the Case Why AI Needs Crypto
Connie & Alex talk to David Pakman, Managing Partner and Head of Venture Investments at CoinFund, about why the crypto market is suddenly hot again and how crypto and AI can work together. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 144
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31:52

Talking Shop with Medha Agarwal and Amy Yin of Early Stage Firm Defy
Connie chats with Medha Agarwal and Amy Yin, who are joining Defy as a GP and Venture Partner, respectively. Music: 1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/so...
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Season 3
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Episode 143
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34:07

Former Twitter and Facebook Execs Are Going Deep on B2B Software
Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie interviews Dick Costolo (former Twitter CEO), Adam Bain (former Twitter COO), and David Fisher (former Facebook Chief Revenue Officer) of 01 Advisors.M...
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Season 3
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Episode 142
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40:20

Catching up with Keith Rabois of Founders Fund
Connie interviews Keith Rabois, a partner at Founder's Fund and a co-founder and CEO at OpenStore, a startup that is rolling up Shopify businesses, about his investments in Traba, Faire,...
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Season 3
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Episode 141
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36:48

Y Combinator's Pete Koomen Argues YC's Size Is Its Strength
Connie talks to Pete Koomen, co-founder of Optimizely and a Group Partner at Y Combinator, about Y Combinator's selection process, why YC's size is an advantage, and how it has changed since Koomen was a Y Combinator entrepreneur.Mu...
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Season 3
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Episode 140
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23:24

Investor Hans Swildens on the Small Tech Buyout Opportunity
Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie speaks with Hans Swildens, founder of Industry Ventures, a venture firm, fund of funds, and secondary shop with more tha...
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Season 3
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Episode 139
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25:27

Reed Jobs and Katie Haun at Disrupt
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, Connie talks to Reed Jobs, son of Steve, whose new fund, Yosemite, is devoted to making cancer "non-lethal in our lifetimes"; and Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor and Andreessen Horowitz partner whose in...
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1:08:21

Al Gore Has a Plan to Save the World
Connie talks to Vice President Al Gore and Lila Preston of the sustainability-focused public and private equity firm Generation Investment Management about a fascinating
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Season 3
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Episode 137
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26:56

LP Michael Kim on Why He Doesn't Like Special Deals
Connie & Alex talk to Michael Kim of Cendana Capital, which has just
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Season 3
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Episode 136
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27:05

VC Heidi Roizen Doesn't Think the Arm IPO Will Open the IPO Floodgates
Connie & Alex talk tech news and then chat with longtime venture capitalist Heidi Roizen of Threshold Ventures about teh startup market as well as her new podcast,
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Season 3
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Episode 135
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37:50

A Startup That Is Buying Up Mom-and-Pop Shops
Connie & Alex cover a couple of this week's tech stories, and then Connie talks to Michael Brown, co-founder and CEO of Teamshares, a startup that is buying mom-and-pop shops with the promise...
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Season 3
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Episode 134
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28:24

How Index Ventures Jumped to the Front of the AI GPU Line
Connie interviews Erin Price-Wright of Index Ventures about a deal Index struck with Oracle to provide a mix of Nvidia's chips to its AI portfolio companies at no cost....
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27:56
