Michael Copeland

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

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Copeland: Dell buying EMC is the largest tech deal in history

“We just witnessed the largest tech deal in history when Dell bought EMC.”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:04 a16z Podcast | Dell + EMC -- Why the Python Just Ate the Cow

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Copeland: Past 40 years saw more job creation than any previous period

“The evidence is there's been more jobs created and more job creation in the last, you know, 40 years than, you know, ever, right?”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:58 a16z Podcast | Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff

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Felix Baumgartner Reached 833.9 MPH During Stratospheric Jump

“During his leap from the stratosphere, Felix Baumgartner fell faster than the speed of sound, reaching an estimated speed of 833.9 miles per hour, plummeting from the edge of space. Baumgartner's return trip to Earth lasted just over nine minutes, but there wa…”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:04 a16z Podcast | Breaking the Barriers of Human Potential

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Iguodala joined the Golden State Warriors partly for the Silicon Valley scene

“What you may not know is that Iguodala signed with the Warriors in part to be near Silicon Valley and the tech scene.”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:16 a16z Podcast | Andre Iguodala Knows Tech -- And Why the Warriors Won't Be Stopped

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Copeland: Smartphones dwarfed all prior computing platforms in scale

“And then came the mobile phone, which, in the form of the smartphone, has dwarfed them all.”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:14 a16z Podcast | What Comes After the Smartphone

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UC Berkeley's AMPLab Is the Birthplace of Apache Spark

“The place where Apache Spark was born, UC Berkeley's Amplab has not just created a major open source software platform, it's spun out more than its share of groundbreaking companies.”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:05 a16z Podcast | AMPLab, the Power of Open Source, and the Future of Systems Software

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Adam Back invented Hashcash, used in Bitcoin mining

“Back invented Hashcash, a proof-of-work system, which, among its other applications, is used in Bitcoin mining.”

Michael Copeland Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:08 a16z Podcast | Hard Forks, Hard Choices for Bitcoin

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Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Technology Writer and Content Strategist	84 +19	7	83% 5/6	full record on the a16z Podcast →