Greg Walden

Everything Greg Walden said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated

Walden: Treating Internet Like Phone Monopolies Will Harm Innovation

“Now you're going to get all the constraints of the old phone monopoly regulatory environment of Washington on top of the internet. Really? I don't think that's going to help on innovation.”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:49 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

a16z What-if

Walden: Legacy Taxi and Hotel Regulations Would Have Stifled Airbnb and Uber

“If they had to live by all the laws of, like they were a hotel, I mean, that doesn't make any sense, or Lyft, or Uber. Having to, you know, be under the regulatory confines of the old taxi laws. We would never have this competition innovation coming to consume…”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:03 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

a16z Opinion

Walden: Internet consumer pushback serves as ultimate check on bad business behavior

“So I think there's the ultimate consumer pushback with the internet community that, that helps govern bad behavior.”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:50 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

a16z Assertion Partly supported

Walden: AWS-3 spectrum auction defied skeptics, raising $41.9 billion

“We were able to get cleared in what's called AWS three and that spectrum the green eye shade folks in Washington said would never sell government, never clear, and there's no revenue potential. It sold this year for 41.9 billion dollars.”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:34 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

a16z Insight

Walden: Founders must periodically scan for regulatory threats to their business

“Every once in a while you gotta pop your head up out of your company, and I was in small business for 21 years, the radio business, and so, you know, you're working every day, you're trying to keep the microphones wired and the transmitter running and sell adv…”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:57 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

a16z Assertion Supported

Walden: House subcommittee forced FDA to clarify if iPad is medical device

“We actually did a hearing on my subcommittee to force the FDA, the regulator in this case, to tell us, is an iPad a medical device?”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:12 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

a16z Opinion

Walden: Regulatory policy must distinguish life-critical devices from consumer fitness trackers

“Well, I think part of it is, if that device is regulating the beat of my heart, yeah, I want a little more regulation there. But if it's Fred Upton's Fitbit or Jawbone or whatever your fuel. That's not controlling the flow of his insulin or regulating the beat…”

Greg Walden Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:04 a16z Podcast | Innovation and Regulation -- What Happens When Policy Lags Behind Technology?

The other half of the tape: Greg Walden's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Sonal Chokshi 1

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Greg's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Chairman, Alpine Advisors LLC	1	7	50% 1/2	full record on the a16z Podcast →