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• BONUS: Nebius’s Arkady Volozh on building in the agentic era

  May 8, 2026

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• BONUS: Armadin's Kevin Mandia | On Redefining Security in a New Age of Threats

  Mar 10, 2026

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• Q&A with Zhenya Loginov: the Euro founder flywheel, 2025 IPOs, and leveling up from PLG

  Nov 6, 2025

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• Bonus Episode: n8n’s Jan Oberhauser on building the Excel of AI

  Oct 9, 2025

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• VBSR 1.07: Education's Big Transformation

  Oct 6, 2025

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• VBSR 1.06: AI Leaves the Chatbox

  Sep 9, 2025

  The browser is not obsolete but is transforming to integrate with AI technology.

• Figma IPO, GPT-5, and a Q+A with Kerry Wang

  Aug 20, 2025

  Figma's IPO exemplifies the importance of maintaining a long-term vision and resilience amid market uncertainties.

• VBSR 1.04: Lovable, talent wars, and the changing $100m milestone

  Aug 5, 2025

  Lovable's rapid ascent to $100 million ARR reflects strong consumer demand for tools facilitating self-expression.

• Bonus: Anton Osika on how Lovable’s creating a world of builders

  Jul 17, 2025

  Lovable aims to democratize software development, allowing anyone to build applications without coding knowledge.

• VBSR 1.03: Scale, Circle, and Exits 101

  Jul 10, 2025

  People often prefer a balance of automation and manual control, represented by the autonomy slider.

• Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside on translating bold visions into operational excellence

  Jul 1, 2025

  Focus on core products: Companies can risk losing focus by trying to expand their product lines too quickly. Growth should be balanced with the potential of existing products.

• Veza’s Tarun Thakur on excelling at go-to-market at every stage

  Jun 24, 2025

  Continuous Reinvention - Founders must continuously refound their companies as they scale and achieve product-market fit.

• VBSR 1.02: The geography advantage + customer anthropology + a taste for taste

  Jun 19, 2025

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• True Anomaly’s Even Rogers on failing forward to achieve mission success

  Jun 17, 2025

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• CrowdStrike’s George Kurtz on the security arms race

  Jun 10, 2025

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• Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch on bold visions for the future delivered incrementally

  Jun 3, 2025

  The journey from childhood to tech founder involves risk, passion, and a deep understanding of user needs.

• *Live from Accel’s 2025 People Summit* Behind the Netflix Culture Deck with Patty McCord and Jessica Neal

  May 27, 2025

  The Netflix culture deck is grounded in behaviors that drive business results, rather than just aspirational values.

• VBSR 1.01: RTO is back (again) + data moats dry up + Sara vibecodes

  May 22, 2025

  Collaboration in-person is on the rise again, especially in tech hotbeds like San Francisco.

• Tines’s Eoin Hinchy on rejecting the playbooks

  May 20, 2025

  Founders should stay dogmatic about their vision while being open to adapting their strategies based on customer feedback.

• Supabase’s Paul Copplestone on the difference between “playing startup” and strategy

  May 13, 2025

  Focus on building products that developers truly need rather than catering to investor expectations.