Steve

person on 16 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes · said 76 times in 42 episodes since 2016

Top Founders 18 Founders 14 20VC 8 the Official SaaStr Podcast 6 TBPN 6 the a16z Podcast 5 the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 4 How I Built This 4 Startups For the Rest of Us 3 My First Million 2 Capital Allocators 2 Startup Acquisition Stories 1 Innovators & Investors 1 the Knowledge Project 1 WTF is with Nikhil Kamath 1 Masters of Scale

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Top Founders 18Founders 1420VC 8the Official SaaStr Podcast 6TBPN 6the a16z Podcast 5How I Built This 4the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 47 more shows

2026 9 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
2025 10 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2024 18 mentions in 5 episodes 4 per episode
2023 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2021 10 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2018 4 mentions in 1 episode
2017 14 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2016 2 mentions in 1 episode

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7 statements about Steve, every show

a16z Disclosure
Chi: Vals automates human evaluation work with internal system Steve
“We also have this internal system called Steve. Steve the Economic Vals employee. And so that, that's been a mechanism by which we're able to actually take more of the human work over time and put it into Steve.”
Ryan Chi Sep 9, 2026 ▶ 5:11 Inside the Race to Measure Frontier Intelligence
FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Steve Jobs Opened Apple Acquisition Negotiation at $500 Million
“Steve opened, offering the company at 12 dollars a share, which would have made the total acquisition price five hundred million dollars.”
David Senra Jun 4, 2026 ▶ 51:38 Steve Jobs in Exile
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
James: Prepared Blackstone IPO in secret for nine months
“Steve delegated to me, and I did really with no one else in the firm actually helping for nine months. I did it at night, and worked out all this with bankers, outside bankers and lawyers, but not internal people.”
Tony James May 5, 2026 ▶ 58:54 Building Blackstone, Backing Costco, and Working with Munger | Tony James on The a16z Show
Hochschuler sold Talenti to his partner for $20 every Passover
“During Passover, there's certain rules, you're not allowed to own certain things, one of them being food that you're not allowed to eat during that period, so I would have to sell him the business and He would have to give me 20 dollars and have a handshake”
Josh Hochschuler Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 1:09:17 Talenti: Josh Hochschuler
20VC Insight
Narang: Founders underestimate practical engineers who build with high velocity
“At Indeca, I met Steve and John, and you know, these were these proverbial TEDx engineers, which I think people underestimate. You need people that can build with velocity and are practical.”
Aman Narang Aug 21, 2024 ▶ 5:03 Aman Narang: 5 Lessons Scaling Toast to $14BN Market Cap | E1192 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Senra: Jobs paid $5M for Lucasfilm division, $5M to fund Pixar
“Steve paid five million dollars to spin Pixar off of Lucasfilm and agreed to invest another five million dollars to fund the company”
David Senra Apr 4, 2024 ▶ 24:56 Ed Catmull (Founder of Pixar)
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported
Catmull: Steve Jobs negotiated Pixar's three-picture deal with Disney
“So at this point, Steve, recognizing the advantage that was there, came in and negotiated with Pixar to do a three-picture deal with Disney.”
Ed Catmull Dec 5, 2023 ▶ 28:02 Pixar's Ed Catmull: Throw out your rules | Masters of Scale

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