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  • Developers as Creatives
    Jeff Lawson, David Ulevitch, and Sonal Chokshi

    The rise of developers -- as buyers, as influencers, as a creative class -- is a direct result of "software eating the world", since every company is a tech company (whether they know it or not). Developers are therefore the key to solving business problems and to thriving not just surviving, argues Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio, in his new book, Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century. Lawson shares hard-earned lessons learned, mindsets, and tactics -- from "build vs. buy" to "build vs. die", to the art and science ("mitosis") of small teams -- for leaders and companies of all sizes and kinds.

  • 16 Minutes on the News #22: Epic Battles in Healthcare, FICO Changes
    Anish Acharya, Angela Strange, Julie Yoo, and Sonal Chokshi

    This episode of 16 Minutes on the news covers: 1) FICO credit score changes, what are they, do they matter? -- with a16z fintech general partners Angela Strange and Anish Acharya. 2) Electronic health record provider Epic's letter urging hospitals to oppose government regulations that would make it easier for patients and companies to access medical information, and where is the Plaid of healthcare? -- with a16z bio general partner Julie Yoo.

  • a16z Podcast: The API Economy — The Why, What, and How
    Cristina Cordova, Augusto Marietti, Laura Behrens Wu, and Sonal Chokshi

    APIs (application programming interfaces), observe the guests in this episode of the a16z Podcast, can be described as everything from Lego building blocks to Tetris to front doors to even veins in the human body. Becau...

  • The World Through an API
    Martin Casado

    watch time: 18 minutes

  • What Is an API and Why Does It Matter? [animated video]
    Martin Casado

    watch time: 6 minutes

  • Developers as Creatives
    Jeff Lawson, David Ulevitch, and Sonal Chokshi

    The rise of developers -- as buyers, as influencers, as a creative class -- is a direct result of "software eating the world", since every company is a tech company (whether they know it or not). Developers are therefore the key to solving business problems and to thriving not just surviving, argues Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio, in his new book, Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century. Lawson shares hard-earned lessons learned, mindsets, and tactics -- from "build vs. buy" to "build vs. die", to the art and science ("mitosis") of small teams -- for leaders and companies of all sizes and kinds.

  • 16 Minutes on the News #22: Epic Battles in Healthcare, FICO Changes
    Anish Acharya, Angela Strange, Julie Yoo, and Sonal Chokshi

    This episode of 16 Minutes on the news covers: 1) FICO credit score changes, what are they, do they matter? -- with a16z fintech general partners Angela Strange and Anish Acharya. 2) Electronic health record provider Epic's letter urging hospitals to oppose government regulations that would make it easier for patients and companies to access medical information, and where is the Plaid of healthcare? -- with a16z bio general partner Julie Yoo.

  • a16z Podcast: The API Economy — The Why, What, and How
    Cristina Cordova, Augusto Marietti, Laura Behrens Wu, and Sonal Chokshi

    APIs (application programming interfaces), observe the guests in this episode of the a16z Podcast, can be described as everything from Lego building blocks to Tetris to front doors to even veins in the human body. Becau...

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