Podcasts by Tech Deciphered
Tech DECIPHERED brings you the Entrepreneur and Investor views on Big Tech, VC and Start-up news, opinion pieces and research. We decipher their meaning, and add inside knowledge and context. Being nerds, we also discuss the latest gadgets and pop culture news. To understand what
Further podcasts by Bertrand Schmitt & Nuno G. Pedro
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49–The Exit(s) Episode from 2023-11-29T00:35:08
What is an exit? You need to sell your company or sell some of your shares? How is the market for that, right now? All things M&A, IPO, Secondaries, etc. Navigation:Intro (01:34) What is an exit? ...
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48 – Day Zero as a Founder – 2 of 2 from 2023-11-15T00:49:58
So you’re starting a company? You’re now officially a founder. What should you do first? In episode 48, we will share our views on culture and why it “eats strategy for breakfast”, our thoughts on ...
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47–Day Zero as a Founder–1 of 2 from 2023-10-25T23:37:56
So you’re starting a company? You’re now officially a founder. What should you do first? In episode 47, we will frame the landscape, share when it is a good time to start a company, how validate yo...
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46–Work-life Balance–high intensity jobs, how to get performance right vs the “other stuff”, including your own physical and mental health from 2023-10-03T17:43:18
Is work-life balance attainable or is it a “mythical creature”? What can one do to extract top professional performance while not endangering one’s personal life and hers/his/theirs physical and me...
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45–AR/VR/MR–Inflection point or Sci-fi? from 2023-08-29T18:04:49
Augmented Reality, VR, XR… what is all this? Shouldn’t we all be using these devices by now? Is Apple going to change everything? Or is it Meta? In this episode, we go in into the arenas of AR, VR ...
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44–AI–2 of 2 from 2023-07-19T23:37:55
Final episode on AI and generative AI, including start-up and VC landscape, regulatory&privacy environment and what does the future hold, with answers to such important questions as, can AI kill us...
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43–AI–1 of 2 from 2023-07-13T01:38:10
The truth about Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI. This is the first of two episodes on AI. Navigation:Intro (01:33) What is AI and AGI? Why now? (02:07)Setting the Record Straight (08:5...
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42–The Evolution of Venture Capital–2 of 2 from 2023-04-26T16:42:20
In this episode, we deep dive into the process of Venture Capital - how does it actually all work? - and what the future of VC holds. The end of our 2 part episode on the Evolution of Venture Capit...
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41–The Evolution of Venture Capital–1 of 2 from 2023-04-13T03:04:19
In this episode, we will go in-depth into the evolution of Venture Capital, including its History, the business model, process and operating model, and what its future holds. Navigation:Intro (01:...
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40–SVB&latest financial crisis from 2023-03-19T23:03:56
SVB goes down, and the Fed and Treasury react. The latest on the financial crisis: What actually happened? What was done to stave off the crisis? What are the next steps and what’s further on the h...
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39 – How to manage, get the most of your Board and how to be a great board member – 2 of 2 from 2023-02-28T01:07:04
In this final episode on Boards of Directors, we will share tips for successful board meetings, how to manage them, how to be a value-add board member and insights on advisors and advisory boards. ...
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38–How to manage, get the most of your Board and how to be a great board member–1 of 2 from 2023-02-02T01:30:45
In this episode, we will explain what a Board of Directors is and is *not*, its roles&responsibilities, and how it should evolve over time. Navigation:Intro (01:34) Section 1: What is a Board of...
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37–When to talk and when to keep your mouth shut… we sort of predicted the FTX debacle. Really! from 2022-11-29T00:24:43
We sort of predicted the FTX and SBF debacle… seriously! How much are CEOs’ political and socio-economic views welcome publicly? How about employees’? How much is too much? In this episode of seaso...
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36–My Company is in Trouble. What Should I Do? End of our 2 part episode from 2022-11-01T05:54:59
"I am leading or involved in a company… and we are in trouble. What should I do?” In this episode, we share what do when you are in trouble and what to do if everything else fails. This is the seco...
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#35–Start of Season 3–My Company is in Trouble. What Should I Do? from 2022-10-06T06:15
“I am leading or involved in a company… and we are in trouble. What should I do?” In this episode, the beginning of season 3 of Tech Deciphered, we firstly share how to know when you are in trouble...
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#34–Winter Has Arrived–Part 2–End of Season 2 … the Burst of the Bubble and the Crisis Upon Us… What’s next?! from 2022-07-26T17:51:28
In this episode, the end of our 2nd Season, we close our discussion on the crisis that is upon us and deep dive on what will happen next. We finalize with a brief recap of our season 2 and on what ...
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#33–Winter Has Arrived–Part 1–the Burst of the Bubble and the Crisis Upon Us from 2022-07-26T05:09:01
Winter Has Arrived - the Burst of the Bubble and the Crisis Upon Us… AND WE GOT IT RIGHT! In this episode, we share … that we were right, all along. We were in a bubble and the crisis is upon us. ...
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#32 – Leadership and Management – Part 2 – How to execute, values systems and our core beliefs from 2022-05-31T05:11:43
In this episode, we end our discussion on Leadership and Management: we delve into how to execute; explore values systems, including our own; and share our core beliefs. Navigation:Intro (01:34) ...
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#31–Leadership and Management–Part 1–Often spoken about, rarely understood from 2022-05-19T21:27:36
In this episode, we demystify Leadership and Management: we delve into what sets them apart; typify the different styles; explore values systems, including our own and share our core beliefs. As al...
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#30–The Metaverse Part 2–Final Episode–Straight talk on the Key Players and what they are up to, and Implications for Entrepreneurs and Investors from 2022-04-27T17:58:03
In this, the final episode on the Metaverse - or is the Metaverses - we discuss what the Key Players are doing in the space, as well as the so-whats for entrepreneurs and investors. As you, our lis...
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#29–The Metaverse Part 1–What is it? When will we have it? from 2022-04-14T01:29:32
In this episode, we talk about the Metaverse - or is the metaverses? - specify what it is/will be, debunk myths around it and detail its/their key enablers. Everything you wanted to know and also …...
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#28–Strategic investors–a Mistake or real Value-Add? from 2022-02-17T06:11:26
In this episode, we talk about Strategic Investors, detail what they are, their underlying realities and structures of operation, and present the case For and Against them. We also share Lessons Le...
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#27–Start-up and investment landscape in Europe–the good, the bad and … the reasons for optimism from 2022-01-05T06:37:19
We deep-dive into the nuanced - and somewhat less than stellar - history of Tech in Europe and how start-ups and investors are making up for lost time, leading to an ever maturing ecosystem, with s...
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#26 – The Bubble we are in and its implications – Part 2 from 2021-11-17T20:56:13
In our second and final episode on the Bubble, we share what is happening in Venture Capital, on the exit - IPO, M&A, etc - front, as well as share clear “so-whats” for entrepreneurs and VCs. For i...
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#25–The Bubble we are in and its implications–Part 1 from 2021-10-28T21:44:19
Is this a bubble? If so, what type of bubble? Where are we heading? We share our views on where the economy is going, the importance and effect of COVID, several key opinions on both sides of the s...
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# 24–#Exodus or #NoExodus–our most contentious episode, yet from 2021-07-30T18:21:30
Episode 24 ends our trilogy on Silicon Valley and our “no bs” contextualization: from its history, geography and its most common and core myths. In this episode, we deep dive on our Silicon Valley...
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# 23–The mythology (and reality) of Silicon Valley from 2021-07-06T18:27:52
In episode 23, we demystify 7 of the most common and core myths on Silicon Valley, from its laid-backness to “everyone is amazing”. Check out episode 22, where we explain what Silicon Valley actua...
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# 22 – The (no BS) truth about Silicon Valley – Start of Season 2 from 2021-06-11T03:28:35
In episode 22, we begin the second season of Tech Deciphered, by deep diving into what Silicon Valley is, what made us (and others) move here, its unabridged mythology and whether there is really a...
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# 22–The (no BS) truth about Silicon Valley–Start of Season 2 from 2021-06-11T03:28:35
In episode 22, we begin the second season of Tech Deciphered, by deep diving into what Silicon Valley is, what made us (and others) move here, its unabridged mythology and whether there is really a...
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#21–Recap on 2020 and Outlook for 2021–End of Season 1 from 2021-04-01T04:27:15
In episode 21, we will end our first season of Tech Deciphered, by taking a look back at 2020 - spoiler alert: defined by something starting with a C and ending with a 9 - as well as what we expec...
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#20–Recruiting Primer–Part 3 from 2021-02-04T05:49:45
In episode 20, the last of our trilogy on recruiting, we share advice to candidates, from ideas and processes on how to best be visible to recruiters, to how to get the job of your dreams. Also lis...
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#19–Recruiting Primer–Part 2 from 2021-01-05T00:13:50
In episode 19, we share detailed advice to recruiters, sharing views on job descriptions, finding talent, interview process, good and difficult interview questions, other hacks, as well as our own ...
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#18–Recruiting Primer–Part 1 from 2020-12-02T05:47:23
In episode 18, the first of our trilogy on recruiting, we start by sharing our core principles in this space. We delve into high-level principles, recruiting organization and compensation. In episo...
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#17 – SaaS Primer – Part 3 from 2020-10-29T05:45:46
In this, the third and final episode of our SaaS Primer - or “everything you wanted to know about SaaS” - we look into Financing/Fundraising, share findings on Benchmarking/KPIs, as well as end the...
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#16 – SaaS Primer – Part 2 from 2020-10-06T05:22:57
In this episode, the second part of our SaaS Primer trilogy, we deep dive into Sales and Pricing in the Software-as-a-service space. For further context, please listen to episode 15, in which we di...
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#15–SaaS Primer–Part 1 from 2020-08-27T04:15:46
In this episode, we start our Primer on SaaS - Software-as-a-Service - a trilogy on everything you need to know about SaaS. We will give an Overview of SaaS, as well as discuss the intrinsic Busine...
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#14–The wonderful world of productivity–our own habits, tools and hacks–and…how to best get in touch with us from 2020-07-30T00:05:37
In this episode, we will deep dive into the world of productivity tools, processes, habits and hacks. We will share our principles of productivity, calendaring, favorite communication, hardware and...
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#13 – The coming decade in tech, the 2020s, and its impact on the world we live in – Part 3 from 2020-07-07T05:04:32
In this, the third and final episode on the 2020s decade, we look forward, with our scenario planning methodology, into the late 2020s and specifically discuss Next Platforms&Structural Tech, Ventu...
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#12 – The coming decade in tech, the 2020s, and its impact on the world we live in–Part 2 from 2020-06-24T05:11:39
In this episode, the second part of our discussion on the 2020s, we will use our scenario planning methodology to project forward into the latter part of the 2020 decade, so that we can deep-dive i...
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#11–The coming decade in tech, the 2020s, and its impact on the world we live in from 2020-06-15T18:28:47
In this episode, we will start discussing the 2020s. We will introduce a unique and novel framework that we will follow around scenario planning, frame when exactly the 2020s start (hint: starts wi...
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#10B–A review of the past decade in tech, the 2010s, and its impact on the world we live in from 2020-05-27T04:28:28
We split this episode into two parts: in this, the second and final part (10B), we discuss the significant shifts in business models and the funding landscape that happened in the 2010s. We deep-di...
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#10A–A review of the past decade in tech, the 2010s, and its impact on the world we live in from 2020-05-19T19:30:21
We split this episode into two parts: in this, the first part (10A), we argue the 2010 decade actually started with the 2008 crisis, the advent of the iPhone, the App Store and the move of the worl...
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#9B–Impact of COVID-19 in the World, Venture Capital and Start-ups from 2020-05-09T05:30:55
We split this episode into two parts: in this, the second and final part (9B), we discuss the implications of COVID-19 in the Venture Capital and the Start-up ecosystems. We share our no-BS view on...
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#9A–Impact of COVID-19 in the World, Venture Capital and Start-ups from 2020-04-30T04:40:37
We split this episode into two parts: in this, the first part (9A), we discuss the broad implications of COVID-19, the short-term and long-term implications, how this is the “end of the world, as w...
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#8–Demystifying Venture Capital, Private Equity and Start-up success from 2020-04-16T04:39:54
We demystify a whole lot in this episode of Tech DECIPHERED. We demystify Venture Capital and its nitty gritty decision-making processes and operating models. We demystify Private Equity vs Venture...
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#7–The “Silicon Valley bubble” bursts, why that is good news, and the IPO landscape in hardware vs. software and enterprise vs. consumer from 2020-03-15T23:14:09
We launch into why 100 Bn in value just evaporated from “Silicon Valley” and why that is a good thing for private companies and investors going forward. We discuss the rationality of public markets...
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#6–The value of an idea, how you should pitch VCs and the truth about product management from 2020-03-15T22:59:23
We discuss whether you can figure out if your idea is worth 1 Bn or not in advance (spoiler alert: NO), analyse several frameworks that are still useful in that analyses, why not being a lemming ma...
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#5–The Media war(s) are all around us, but how much content is too much content? from 2020-03-15T22:30:10
We go in-depth on the ongoing media streaming wars touching upon Apple, Disney, Netflix, AT&T… and well, we spend a lot of time talking about Disney, our new Media overlord. We discuss whether we a...
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#4–The fragile landscape of wearables, the future of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC 2.0) and the Google Squeeze (?) from 2020-03-15T21:54:49
We really get into a discussion on Apple’s, Google’s, Nike’s, Fitbit’s and Garmin’s strategies. We talk about the evolution of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC 2.0), the “Google Squeeze”, and we end up disa...
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#3–(Almost) everything you need to know about Generation Z, including some actionable stuff as well from 2020-03-15T21:40:37
We do an in-depth episode on our “saviour generation” (as Nuno calls them), gen Z: who are they, what do they stand for, what are their aspirations and hopes, why does it matter so much, how entrep...
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#2–The future of direct-to-consumer, the vital importance of … chicken, and the future of food delivery from 2020-03-15T02:48:16
We discuss the future of direct to consumer brands and the long awaited reclaiming of end-consumer relationships by the L’Oreals and Philips of the world, and why Nuno won’t do “automatic toothbrus...
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#1–Lessons from the grandfather of Venture Capital, evolution of the VC landscape and how big is big (in markets) from 2020-03-09T06:40:14
We get Tech DECIPHERED started by discussing the lessons learnt from the grandfather of Silicon Valley Venture Capital and founder of Sequoia Capital, Don Valentine… learn what the Don Valentine ja...
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#0–The Origin Story from 2020-03-08T07:07:44
A short primer on what to expect of the new Tech Deciphered Show and why you should tune in.Learn more about what Tech Deciphered’s origin story, its format and tone, as well as an introduction and...
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