Marathon
topic on 8 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes · said 30 times in 9 episodes since 2014
the a16z Podcast 10 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 9 
the MAD Podcast 5 
Acquired 2 
TBPN 2 
Invest Like the Best 1 
20VC 1 
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Rajaram: Marathon will not invest in frontier AI labs at billion-dollar valuations
“Not possible. I don't think with our fund it's possible. I think the ownership is just literally the first round for these companies is, like you said, a billion dollars. So I think it's just too high a, the risk reward is just not worth it.”
Akhund: Mercury raises $300M round led by Sequoia Capital
“We just announcing our CVC Sequoia is leading the round with Park and Marathon coming in as new investors, and all of our previous kind of VCs are participating, so it's a three hundred million round with a combination of primary and secondary.”
Pogrob predicts he will be the fastest 180-200 lb marathoner by 2026
“I genuinely think if I keep going in two years, I'm going to be the fastest marathoner probably in the world between like a 180 to 200 pounds.”
Valiante: Nike runner contracts slowed marathon record times by replacing intrinsic motivation
“If you look at what happened to the record times in marathon is when Nike entered the equation and started rewarding runners with contracts, the speeds went down because people stopped love. They stopped running for the love of the craft and they started runni…”