The API economy and a Cambrian explosion of apps have transformed best-in-class tech to a stack of 20 apps working together. Partnerships have become a critical part of early go-to-market strategy that can lead to higher quality pipeline and accelerated sales.

Network effects can be found powering almost every major technology company, from messaging apps and workplace collaboration tools, like Slack and Zoom, to marketplaces, like Airbnb and Instacart to even the internet itself. In this podcast, we look at the role of network effects creator-driven social platforms, with Alexis Ohanian, cofounder from Reddit, Paul Davison, cofounder from Clubhouse, and a16z general partner Andrew Chen, whose new book, "The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects" comes out this week (see coldstart.com for more). We cover: how do you cold start and get your first creators? How does your relationship to creators change as you scale? And how is web3 changing the incentives and dynamics around network effects?

Since Netflix started in the late 90s as a DVD-by-mail rental service competing with Blockbuster, it has completely reinvented itself... twice – first, when it went from DVD rental to video streaming platform, and then again when it went from licensing to producing original content. But what does it takes to create an organization capable of reinventing itself? Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings explains...

In part 2 of our series on human performance, rock climber Alex Honnold talks about the risk, fear, and preparation around his free solo of El Cap... and the parallels it has with entrepreneurship.

Superhuman Founder Rahul Vohra and a16z General Partner David Ulevitch discuss how to build a product that can turn any user into a power user.

Many SaaS startups often find their initial product market fit with small and medium businesses (SMBs) and then move up market. Because it's easier to move up market rather than down, this motion often gives SaaS startups the advantage against incumbents. But moving up market comes with its own challenges. We cover how to make (and price for) the move.

Will remote work be our new reality, even after the pandemic passes? And if so, what are the current technologIes and practices that support organizational communication and alignment for distributed teams, development and otherwise?

What financial statements and KPIs do (and don’t) tell you and how you can use them to chart a course through tough times.

Consumer software may have adopted and incorporated AI ahead of enterprise software, where the data is more proprietary, and the market is a few thousand companies not hundreds of millions of smartphone users. But recently AI has found its way into B2B, and it is rapidly transforming how we work and the software we use, across all industries and organizational functions.

Some signs your monetization strategy isn’t working—and how to approach it.

When budgets tighten, how do you ensure your product doesn’t get cut? Tailor your messaging to productivity and efficiency value drivers.

What counts as "cash," developing a plan for that cash, building an adaptable operating model, and dealing with a liquidity crisis.

How are healthtech companies creating sustainable growth paths by selling to SMBs? Can companies solely rely on SMB sales to get to scale, or do they inevitably need to go upmarket (especially during challenging economic times)? We talked to Nancy Ham, the previous CEO of WebPT, Nate Maslak, CEO and cofounder of Ribbon Health, and Oliver Kharraz, CEO and cofounder of ZocDoc, to unpack their SMB-go-to-market strategies. We also surveyed 33 digital health companies that sell to SMBs to gain insight into a broader swath of approaches that upstarts are taking.

When inbound starts to dry up, it's time to go outbound and build pipeline. Here's how.

Raising debt is an important financial tool for startups, especially as more and more companies become fintech companies. Learn how it works.

B2C2B — also known as bottom up — has helped companies like Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, and other software companies break into B2B. Now B2C2B is coming to digital health, as a wave of startups are first selling products a...

As businesses become more global, payment complexity increases. Financial operations is an emerging software category that presents a massive opportunity.