Why Startups Succeed with Raheel Bodla

Why Startups Succeed with Raheel Bodla

Pakistan Tech Summit | April 2022

Raheel Bodla, Success Coach and Advisor at PodiumVC, spoke at the Pakistan Tech Summit in Silicon Valley on why startups succeed.

Learn more about Raheel at www.raheelbodla.com

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Interview with Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital

Interview with Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital

This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis

March 2022

When Doug Leone got his start The impact selling secondary shares has on founders “The founder’s job is to make the receptionist rich” Mentoring the next generation of investors Sometimes incredible companies make the founder The greatest founders Doug has worked with Providing companies with a running start, but not doing too much Investing in China Entrepreneurship in Europe “Hope is not a plan. Let’s make a plan.

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Lessons From Steve Jobs on Failure

Steve Jobs on failure (1994)

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Dave Portnoy on Business, Barstool Sports, Sports Betting and More

 

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, talks about his approach to business, how he started, sports betting and his role in culture evolving in a discussion with Ben Shapiro.

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The Coinbase Mission, Vision and Strategy with CEO Brian Armstrong

Over time, there is increasing potential for the use of blockchain, bitcoin and crypto in sports and entertainment, including but not limited to athletes, digital memorabilia, ticketing, sports betting, esports, gaming and payments.

How will blockchain, bitcoin or any cryptocurrency apply to the future of sports and entertainment?

In July 2019, CEO Brian Armstrong shared the backstory of Coinbase and the mission, vision and strategy ahead.

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If you have a founder or startup story you want to share with our community, please reach out at info@podium.vc.

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Steve Wozniak on Creating the First Apple Computer

Today, Apple is among the global leaders of any industry, including sports, media and entertainment with Apple Watch, health, fitness, gaming and, of course, the iPhone that has enabled a generation of apps, startups and technology disruption.

Co-founder Steve Wozniak shares the background of the first Apple Computer, how they got started, why it was priced at $666.66 and what actually happened in the Silicon Valley garage in Los Altos, California.

Steve Jobs | How a Dreamer Changed the World

Bloomberg's Game Changer series profiles Steve Jobs and his style of leadership, management and creative process.

Interviews include:

Steve Wozniak
John Scully
Michael Moritz
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Guy Kawasaki
Robert X.Cringely

(Bloomberg June 2014)

Hey from Basecamp | AMA with Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

In case you haven't heard, Hey is the new email app from Basecamp launched a couple weeks ago causing a lot of buzz across tech, from taking on Google's Gmail to Microsoft's Outlook as well as challenging the business model of the app store.

No matter what type of startup you are working on, it's important to learn lessons how startup founders approach disruption of giants, product design and tackle problems with new solutions.

Basecamp co-founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson sat down for this AMA and Q+A to discuss Hey.

Startup Lessons | How Airbnb Started and the Art of Resilience 🎧

Podcast 🎧
Airbnb Story and the Art of Resilience
with Joe Gebbia and Tony Robbins
September 2019


Summary:

Airbnb started as a simple solution to a pressing problem; co-founders Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky couldn’t afford rent, so they opened up their San Francisco apartment for guests to stay in. They soon realized they may be onto something bigger than just a way to avoid being evicted. So, along with their old roommate, Nathan Blecharczyk, they started to build it into a business. But that was nearly 10 years ago. Airbnb has evolved substantially since then, though it was by no means a straight path to success. In fact, they launched and relaunched a number of times. They found themselves up to their ears in debt, rejected by investors over and over and were very close to flatlining on more than one occasion. You will hear their story of perseverance, and how they were able to find opportunities for massive growth where there were seemingly none. You will also hear about the importance their design background played in creating trust amidst strangers and giving customers the experience they wanted. And you will hear how they transcended cultural boundaries and were ultimately able to turn a floundering idea into a global business that operates in more than 34,000 cities in 91 countries, and is now estimated to be worth $30 billion.

Mindset of Kobe Bryant

Podcast / Fireside Chat
with Kobe Bryant and Patrick Bet-David
August 2019

The Fight with UFC's Dana White

The Fight with UFC's Dana White
Podcast with Tony Robbins
July 2019

Outspoken, charismatic and unabashedly unapologetic, it’s fair to say that there are not many leaders of major sporting organizations quite like Dana White. Coming from humble beginnings in the Northeast, his fight to the top was an unlikely one – and nothing short of a roller coaster ride. Dana talks to Tony about the serendipitous mix of events that catapulted him from the bottom, all the way to the top of the UFC – and the risky decisions he made along the way that led the UFC to its ultimate comeback. Like the decision to embrace regulation instead of run from it, to move away from Pay-Per-View and broadcast fights on free TV, and perhaps the biggest decision of all, the one that changed the face of the sport – to allow female fighters into the organization. Dana has achieved success on a massive scale – he sold UFC for a whopping $4 billion back in 2017. But his fight isn’t over – and as he tells Tony in this special interview, he feels he hasn’t even scratched the surface of his total impact.