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Coffee Culture Sure Has Changed in Silicon Valley (Guest: Eileen Rinaldi, CEO of Ritual Coffee) from 2023-12-13T14:49:20.302925
Eileen Rinaldi sits down with hosts Sunil Rajaraman and Jascha Kaykas-Wolff to talk about her journey into San Francisco. Rinaldi recounts how she ended up here, how hard she's had to battle to ...
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Coffee Culture Sure Has Changed in Silicon Valley (Guest: Eileen Rinaldi, CEO of Ritual Coffee) from 2022-03-07T04:00:25.277405
Eileen Rinaldi sits down with hosts Sunil Rajaraman and Jascha Kaykas-Wolff to talk about her journey into San Francisco. Rinaldi recounts how she ended up here, how hard she's had to battle to ...
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Coffee Culture Sure Has Changed in Silicon Valley (Guest: Eileen Rinaldi, CEO of Ritual Coffee) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.301949
We interview Eileen Rinaldi, the CEO of Ritual Coffee, about her journey into coffee culture.
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Something Changed After 2007 (Guest: Chris Michel, Photographer) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.301121
World famous photographer, entrepreneur and investor Chris Michel talks about the changes San Francisco has endured over the past couple of decades - through his lens (literally).
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Crunched (Guest: Alexia Tsotsis, Former Editor-in-Chief of Techcrunch) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.300376
Alexia Tsotsis is an entrepreneur, writer and was the former Editor-in-Chief of Techcrunch. What was it like being part of one of the publication that effectively created the hype machine around th...
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About that thing called Youtube... (Guest: Hunter Walk, Homebrew Ventures) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.299645
Hunter Walk is a Venture Capitalist and successful operator. He's perhaps best known for being the Head of Product at a little company called Youtube. So is everything Youtube accomplished good? We...
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Living in San Francisco Is Not Straightforward (Guest: Rick Marini, Entrepreneur, Investor) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.294973
Rick Marini moved to San Francisco from the East Coast and is living the Silicon Valley dream. He's a successful entrepreneur who has built a great life in a beautiful city. But the City is far fro...
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Your True Love May be at Another SoulCycle (Guest: Patti Stanger, The Millionaire Matchmaker) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.290322
Patti Stanger is internationally famous - she is Bravo's 'Millionaire Matchmaker'. In part 2 of our series on 'matchmaking' in Silicon Valley, Patti explains why it's so hard to find love in the Ba...
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Which Company is Causing the Most Harm to San Francisco? (Guest, Dennis Herrera, City Attorney - San Francisco) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.286126
Dennis Herrera is the elected City Attorney of San Francisco. He's also a straight shooter. In this can't-miss episode, we talk to Dennis about which company is the most harmful to San Francisco (w...
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Who Should Run Facebook? (Guest: Kara Swisher, Journalist, Co-Founder of Recode, New York Times Contributor) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.285263
Kara Swisher needs no introduction. She is one of the top business journalists and covers technology for various outlets. More recently, Swisher became a contributor for the New York Times Opinion ...
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Why Does Uber Get Such Bad Press? (Guest: Mike Isaac, Technology Reporter, New York Times) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.284343
Mike Isaac is in charge of covering Uber for the New York Times. He’s covered the company extensively for the past several years and is publishing what will be considered the definitive book on the...
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Do you Really Need to be 'Passionate' to Start a Company? (Guest, Christina Stembel, Founder of Farmgirl Flowers) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.283355
Christina Stembel is from a small town in Indiana. She's now the CEO and Founder of Farmgirl Flowers - a popular flower company that gained notoriety as part of the 'Instagram generation' of brands...
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Do You Prefer Starbucks, Blue Bottle, or Philz? (Guests: Philz Coffee CEO Jacob Jaber, Techcrunch Reporter Kate Clark) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.279898
Special episode alert! Techcrunch reporter Kate Clark sent a tweet out about how she hates Philz Coffee. We decided to bring her on the show with Philz CEO Jacob Jaber to convince her otherwise. Hi...
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Silicon Valley Does Not Care About Female Founders (Guest: Lisa Fetterman, Founder/CEO, Nomiku) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.277416
Lisa Fetterman is here to tell it like it is. She's a gifted entrepreneur and inventor, and she cannot understand why Silicon Valley doesn't care about female founders. This is a must-listen editio...
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Special Episode - Silicon Valley Decade In Review (Guests: Antonio Garcia Martinez, Molly Wood) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.274250
How will the 2010s be remembered in Silicon Valley? So much happened - between the rise of Instagram, Facebook's dominance, Teslas everywhere, tech going from beloved to reviled... And the 2020s sh...
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Are Journalists Anti-Tech? (Guest: Kate Clark, Reporter, The Information) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.272628
Kate Clark is a technology reporter for The Information - a well-reputed publication read by tech industry insiders. In our first solo episode in a while - Sunil sits down with Kate to ask her abou...
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What is Life Like After Being a Professional Athlete? (Guest: Justin Forsett, Former NFL Pro Bowler) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.271065
Justin Forsett is a former NFL Running Back who hailed from a small town in Florida. Justin's NFL career hit its pinnacle when he made the Pro Bowl. Prior to the NFL, Justin shared the backfield at...
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Will Coronavirus (COVID-19) delay the AirBnB IPO? (Guest, Cory Weinberg, Reporter, The Information) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.270083
Cory Weinberg is a reporter for The Information, covering the intersection of tech and cities. We wanted to bring Cory on the show to talk about San Franicsco housing policy, Coronavirus, and of c...
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Will You Find Love During Shelter in Place? (Guest, Dawoon Kang, Co-CEO - Coffee Meets Bagel) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.265120
Dawoon Kang is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Coffee Meets Bagel. She knows a thing or two about building a successful business, and finding love during the age of COVID. So how have relationships ch...
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How Do You Fix Tech's Diversity Problem? (Guest: Kobie Fuller, General Partner - Upfront Ventures) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.261863
Kobie Fuller is a General Partner at Upfront Ventures in Los Angeles. He also started Valence Community - a Los Angeles-based online professional network for Black talent. Kobie might have the *act...
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Why are State Elections More Important than Federal elections? (Guest: Jessica Alter, Founder/CEO, Tech For Campaigns) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.258646
Jessica Alter is the Founder/CEO of Tech For Campaigns. She was also one fo the first guests we hosted on 'This is Your Life in Silicon Valley'. A lot has changed in the three years since we interv...
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What Is Going on with the Stock Market? (Guest: Rohan Rangaraj, Special Edition - 'Distanced') from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.255494
SPECIAL EDITION: We recorded several conversations with people from around the world at the start of the pandemic. They were originally released as part of a separate podcast called 'Distanced', bu...
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Eerily Quiet on the Front Lines of the Battle (Guest, Sumit Shah, Special Edition - 'Distanced') from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.254435
SPECIAL EDITION: We recorded several conversations with people from around the world at the start of the pandemic. They were originally released as part of a separate podcast called 'Distanced', bu...
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What is Crypto and why Does it Matter? (Guest: Matt Taylor, Head of Growth at Solana) from 2022-02-21T05:36:03.251195
Crypto is having its moment (again) in 2021. But why does it matter to the average person, what is it, and how will it affect your life? We spend time talking to Matt Taylor - the Head of Growth at...
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What the Hell Happened at WeWork (Part 2)? from 2021-07-19T14:00
Eilot Brown is a Wall Street Journal Reporter who covers startups and venture capital. For the past year, much of his focus has been on completing his book on WeWork. We interviewed Eliot pre-pande...
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Where Did We Go Wrong, and What Can We Do Better Next Time? (Guest: Ryan Panchadsaram, Special Edition - 'Distanced') from 2020-11-30T15:00
SPECIAL EDITION: We recorded several conversations with people from around the world at the start of the pandemic. They were originally released as part of a separate podcast called 'Distanced', bu...
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Is Education As We Know it Finished (Guest: Ryan Delk, CEO/Co-Founder, Primer)? from 2020-10-19T14:00
The pandemic has closed schools and massively affected the way we think of traditional education. How will future generations be affected by the sudden change in how we learn? We asked the CEO of P...
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Is Silicon Valley Going to be a Template for the Rest of the World? (Guest: Rishi Kumar, US Congressional Candidate) from 2020-08-25T15:51:15
Rishi Kumar is a successful technology executive turned politician. Kumar has been in the local political scene for a long time now and is running for Congress. We ask Kumar about what he wants to ...
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Is 'Indian Matchmaking' Like Actual Indian Culture? (Guest, Srinivas Rao, 'Contestant' on 'Indian Matchmaking'/Author/Speaker/Podcaster) from 2020-07-28T22:05:48
'Indian Matchmaking' has captured the attention of America. It's one of the top-ten most popular shows on Netflix in the month of July. How did 'Indian Matchmaking' turn into such a cultural phenom...
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Is the Fate of all Social Media Negativity and Despair? (Guest: Charles Hudson, Managing Partner - Precursor Ventures) from 2020-07-16T19:12:51
Charles Hudson is a Silicon Valley-based investor. He is part of a small percentage of Black Managing Partners of Venture funds here in the Bay Area. In this incredibly insightful interview, we tal...
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Can We Restore Faith in Our Institutions? (Guest: Dave Pell, Founder of NextDraft) from 2020-06-25T14:30:57
Dave Pell is the Founder of NextDraft - one of the most popular newsletters on the Internet. He also has an opinion or two on tech, politics, and the current state of our country. We deep-dive with...
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What Does Tech Think of the Media? (Guest: Semil Shah, Founder/GP Haystack) from 2020-06-16T20:58:58
Semil Shah is the Founder of Haystack - an early-stage venture fund. He's also one of Silicon Valley's most interesting personalities - he's been a chef, a media maven, and just about everything in...
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How will we remember our loved ones? (Guest, Amelia Lin, Co-Founder/CEO Saga) from 2020-06-12T17:45:27
Amelia Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Saga. She's a career technologist and is solving a very timely problem during the age of COVID - how - during a time we can't interact with our loved ones - ...
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What's it Like to Go Viral? (Guest: Jenn Takahashi, Best of Next Door) from 2020-05-27T15:46:55
Jenn Takahashi is a San Francisco-based PR and Comms professional. She also started a viral social media account entitled 'Best of Next Door'. We talk to Jenn about how she started Best of Next Doo...
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What is the True Cost of Living in San Francisco? (Guest: Gina Fromer, Children's Council of San Francisco) from 2020-05-15T15:41:44
Gina Fromer is the CEO of the Children's Council of San Francisco. She is also a 6th generation San Franciscan. She has seen a lot of change over the years to the city and its surrounding environme...
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Is who you are on Twitter = who you are IRL? (Guest: Austen Allred, Founder/CEO of Lambda School) from 2020-05-11T14:40:23
Austen Allred is the Founder/CEO of Lambda School - a company pioneering the ISA model (Income Share Agreement) wherein students only pay for their education after they successfully land employment...
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Why is There Tension Between Tech and Journalism? (Guest: David Pierce, Protocol) from 2020-04-14T15:18:48
David Pierce is the Editor-at-Large of Protocol - a new publication covering technology in a similar way Politico covers politics (with the same owner). We recorded this episode in January pre-COVI...
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What's the Best Way to Manage Anxiety? (Guest: Tony Hale, Emmy Award Winning Actor in Veep, Arrested Development) from 2020-03-23T14:00:08
Tony Hale is a world-famous actor known for his roles in Arrested Development (Buster Bluth) and Veep (Gary Walsh). You would think someone who has won numerous awards and performs in front of peop...
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Is Tech Helping or Hurting American Communities? (Guest: Prakash Janakiraman, Co-Founder, Nextdoor) from 2020-02-10T15:00:03
Prakash Janakiraman is the Co-Founder and CTO of Nextdoor - the 'other' social network that we all use, but rarely discuss publicly. Nextdoor has quietly amassed a huge userbase across multiple cou...
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What's the Most Important Job in the World? (Guest: Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram) from 2020-01-14T13:00:15
Adam Mosseri is the CEO of Instagram - which is arguably the most important social network on the planet at the moment. Adam also ran Facebook's News Feed product. In short, Adam has been influenti...
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What the Hell Happened at WeWork? (Guest: Eliot Brown, Wall Street Journal) from 2019-12-23T22:27
When you look back on the decade in tech, one of the biggest stories will be the rise and fall of WeWork. And while the company is still around, it has shed around $40B in valuation in the past few...
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Don't Pay Your Water Bill? Pay the Consequences. (Guest: Tiffani Bell, The Human Utility) from 2019-10-14T14:00
Tiffani Bell is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur working on a not-for-profit funded by Y Combinator. Tiffani's mission? Help people pay their water bills. The consequences are direr, and the stakes a...
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If You're So Amazing, Why Are You Still Single? (Guest: Amanda Bradford, Founder/CEO of The League) from 2019-07-31T19:11
We hosted our second live show in San Francisco featuring Amanda Bradford - the Founder/CEO of The League. We asked Amanda about why online dating is broken, what she thinks of all the major dating...
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Are Smartphones Actually That Bad For You? (Guest: Tim Kendall, CEO of Moment, Former President of Pinterest) from 2019-05-23T21:08
Tim Kendall is a Silicon Valley OG. Tim ran monetization at Facebook, and later became Head of Product At Pinterest (and eventually President). Tim is responsible for thinking through products that...
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Will it Take a Natural Disaster for People to Like Silicon Valley Again? (Guest: Susan MacTavish Best) from 2019-05-15T20:08
Susan MacTavish Best is a San Francisco cultural icon. Originally from Scotland and Canada, MacTavish worked in the PR business and got to know some of technology's top executives since the 90s. Ma...
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Is Homelessness Easier To Solve Than We Think? (Guest: Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland) from 2019-03-11T14:00
The podcast is growing. So we decided to take it to the next level by hosting our first ever live event - in San Francisco - where we hosted Oakland's charismatic mayor Libby Schaaf. We were nervou...
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Can Theater Survive in the Age of Instagram? (Guests: Pam MacKinnon and Andy Donald, American Conservatory Theater) from 2019-01-24T20:58
Pam MacKinnon is a Tony Award-winning Director. She's spent decades atop the theater world, directing shows on and off-Broadway. Andy Donald is a west-coast native but has spent recent years on the...
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Should You Tweet About Your Meditation Retreat to Myanmar? (Guest: Jessica Powell, Author, Former Head of Communications at Google) from 2019-01-22T19:00
Jessica Powell ran communications at Google. She's now a bestselling author. We asked Jessica - who has seen her fair share of PR crises over the years - how she would handle communications issues ...
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Did Steve Jobs Really Get Turned Away at Flour + Water (Guest: David White, CEO of Ne Timeas Restaurant Group - owners of Flour + Water)? from 2018-11-26T15:00
David White is a San Francisco legend. He is the CEO of Ne Timeas Restaurant Group, which owns Flour + Water, Central Kitchen and Trick Dog. He also has a knack for telling it how it is. In the lat...
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How Hard is It to be an Immigrant in the Silicon Valley (Guests: DJ Patil, Suhas Patil)? from 2018-09-17T14:00
Suhas Patil is a Silicon Valley legend, and an immigrant. He is a multiple-time successful Founder, and created the largest networking organization in the Valley - The Indus Entrepreneurs. Like fa...
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San Francisco: Where You Can Be Gainfully Employed With Tattoos (Guest: Veronica Belmont, Host of the IRL Podcast) from 2018-08-30T07:00
Veronica Belmont is an Internet superstar and San Francisco resident. She also just got a tattoo. We talk to Veronica about everything San Francisco - from scooters to philanthropy to who our benev...
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Tech Billionaires are Just Like Regular People.... Right? (Guest: Molly Wood, Host of 'Marketplace') from 2018-08-15T14:00
Molly Wood is one of the top journalists in the Bay Area. We talk to Molly about her journey here from Montana, who it's absolutely impossible to cover, and whether tech billionaires are just like ...
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Is San Francisco more like Paris, or New York? (Guest: Sam Lessin, Serial Entrepreneur) from 2018-07-31T14:00
Sam Lessin is one of the top minds in the technology world. He was VP of Product at Facebook, where he was instrumental in building the Facebook timeline. He's now working on a new company called F...
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Do Not Date Anyone from San Francisco (Guest: Amy Andersen, Founder of Linx Dating) from 2018-07-24T14:00
Amy Andersen is the Founder of Linx dating and a legend in Silicon Valley lore. Amy was profiled in Vanity Fair Magazine in a now-famous article about 'Cougar Night' at The Rosewood Hotel. What you...
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Is San Francisco Really All That Great? (Guest: Antonio García Martínez - NYT Bestselling Author of 'Chaos Monkeys') from 2018-07-12T15:00
Antonio García Martínez is no stranger to controversy. He sold a company, was a key architect of Facebook's advertising products, wrote a bestselling book (which was critical of some of his old col...
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The City is Burning Down from 2018-06-29T16:00
Keith Spencer is a cover editor, and Nicole Karlis is a news writer at Salon. They took vastly different paths to get to San Francisco, and have some strong perspectives on how the city can be saved.
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Nothing is Permanent in the Valley (Guest: James Currier, Managing Partner, NFX) from 2018-04-24T14:00
James Currier is a serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley. When you hear words like 'virality' and 'network effects' thrown around my tech companies and employees - keep in mind that James pione...
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Can Tech Fix Democracy? (Guest: Jessica Alter, Founder - Tech For Campaigns) from 2018-04-18T05:14
Jessica Alter woke up on Wednesday Morning, the 9th of November 2016, and did not take a 'mental health day'. She got to work. What started as a Google Doc to organize like-minded individuals ended...
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San Francisco from an NPR Reporter's Perspective (Guest: Aarti Shahani, Tech Reporter for NPR) from 2018-04-16T15:00
Aarti Shahani has one of the most famous voices in Silicon Valley. She joins us for this week's edition to talk about her experience moving from New York to San Francisco, and some of the ins and o...
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Being Broke in San Francisco (Guest: Broke Ass Stuart, Mayoral Candidate, Writer) from 2018-04-12T13:00
Broke Ass Stuart is a famous San Franciscan from San Diego. How did he make his way here, and why did he end up running for mayor against Ed Lee?
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