This list was curated by Snigdha Sur, founder and CEO of The Juggernaut.Snigdha writes: Most business podcasts look backward at already-successful companies or leaders, focusing attention on (mostly white, mostly older) men in the C-suite. I love listening to podcasts and stories that break down the stereotype of suc...
This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Terri Burns, one of the youngest venture capital partners in the Valley. They talk about meditating by accident, Rihannaâs Myers Briggs type, surviving NYC rat encounters, and the dinner party theyâre throwing in 2021. You can find Terri on Twitter at twitter.com/tcburning and ... more
In this podcast, San Francisco-based comedian Alexis Gay interviews influential folks from tech, media, business, and beyond with one stipulation: they canât talk about anything on their resume during the interview. EarBuds curator Snigdha Sur loves this particular episode because Alexis interviews Terri Burns, one of the youngest venture capitalists. Snigdha loves the joy Alexis brings to the conversation and Terriâs openness.
Sidra has been challenging stereotypes long before she became an entrepreneur. Born and raised in Okara, in Punjab, Pakistan, she grew up in a household and neighborhood where she felt women were only expected to care about marriage. But Sidra never conformed. Since she was a toddler, she questioned the unequal treatme... more
In this podcast, EarBuds curator Snigdha Sur interviews South Asian entrepreneurs about the startups theyâre creating and the cultural legacies theyâre building along the way. This episode features an interview with Sidra Qasim, who started the first Pakistani startup to get into the notorious Silicon Valley accelerator, Y Combinator. She shares her story as a founder, and also insights on motherhood and the importance of having support.
This rerun podcast (first recorded in 2015, now being rerun as one of our evergreen classics/ favorites) -- is ALL about emoji. But it's really about how innovation really comes about: through the tension between open standards vs. closed/ proprietary systems; the politics of time and place; and the economics of creati... more
The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future. In this episode, Sonal Chokshi chats with Jenny 8. Lee about all things emojis. This is a great deep dive into how the Unicode Consortium approves new emojis and the business of tech decision-making. And itâs two women talking about tech. We love to see it.
Bela Bajaria has an unprecedented job at Netflix. In an executive shake-up this year, she was elevated from head of âlocal languageâ (read: non-English) productions to a newly created role, head of global television (read: all TV, everywhere). Her promotion signals how much Netflix is banking on international markets a... more
In Sway, host and journalist Kara Swisher investigates power: who has it, whoâs been denied it, and who dares to defy it. EarBuds curator Snigdha Sur has always thought that if anyone could help globalize or democratize âcontentâ globally, it would be Netflix. This episode is about Bela Bajaria, the head of global TV at Netflix, and the person behind some of the biggest titles for the streaming giant, from âIndian Matchmakingâ to âThe Fame Game.â
Nataly Kogan, founder of Happier and The Awesome Human Project, traces her journey from exhausted tech founder and venture capitalist to thriving entrepreneur, and shares five key skills that help avoid burnout.
In this show, LinkedIn's Jessi Hempel explores the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us. No person is off-limits to interview, and Jessi asks the right questions to draw out the best insights. In this episode, she talks to Nataly Kogan, the co-founder and CEO of Happier, about burnout.