Andreessen Horowitz
also referred to as: a16z
includes a16z Podcast
11 statements across 3 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 4, 2017 by Diane Greene · said 21 times in 9 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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brought up most by Sonal Choksi (9), Brian Halligan (3), Elad Gil (2), Craig Cannon (2), Ryan Hoover (1), Michael Seibel (1), Elizabeth Iorns (1), Diane Greene (1)
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2017 13 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode
Everything said about Andreessen Horowitz, oldest first
Aug 4, 2017
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Choksi: Edit podcasts by balancing energy, content, expertise, examples, and stories
“The key, and I always tell like our folks at A-Six and Z-II when we're working on editing and how to think about it, is you have like five levers. You have energy, You have content, you have expertise, you have examples, you have personal narratives and storie…”
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Chokshi: Precise terminology and definitions demystify tech innovation
“Definitions and terminology go a really long way in our case, because we're talking a lot about new technologies and new innovations, and so you'd be surprised at how people obviously don't agree on definitions, and so getting people to ground themselves about…”
Oct 13, 2017 negative
Choksi: Trying to engage interactive social communities is a strategic mistake
“I think a lot of people kid themselves into thinking like, oh, we're going to interact with our community and grow it this way and that way, and I actually think that's a real mistake because then you don't prioritize or know where to prioritize your effort be…”
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Oct 13, 2017
Choksi: a16z continuously records podcast guests from arrival to prevent stiffness
“And one of the things we do is we start the recorder before they even enter, and we don't turn it off until they leave. And of course, we're not putting things on without their permission, but you're absolutely right. That's exactly what happens. The minute yo…”
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Choksi: Connie Chan's a16z WeChat piece won a 2015 Sydney Award
“In the New York Times, David Brooks does these annual Sydney Awards, and it was chosen in the 2015 Sydney Awards as one of the best pieces of long-form writing, and the best part is, it was the first time a non-media outlet had been included in it”
Oct 13, 2017 negative
Choksi: Content strategies fail by getting trapped in the 'dead zone' middle
“We want to be starting the conversation. And if we're not starting the conversation, then we want to be the one adding a lot of really good value to the conversation. What we don't want to do is being the middle where it's noisy, and no one's listening to each…”
Oct 13, 2017 positive
Choksi: Argument pieces must include a nut graph by the third paragraph
“And for argument pieces, I really strongly believe you need an argument nut graph. Like the argument is not conveyed by having a very provocative headline and just assuming people are going to read. And I like to have a rule of thumb that I like the nut graph …”
Oct 13, 2017 bullish
Choksi: Data-driven narratives are the biggest untapped startup content opportunity
“We always counsel people this, to think about data, and data narratives as a great place to start. It's, A, it's instant differentiation, because you have data that uniquely no one else does, and that makes, it forces you to make sure you're having different t…”
Feb 15, 2019 positive
Hoover: Andreessen Horowitz preemptively led Product Hunt's Series A during YC
“We raised a million before, like, going into YC before demo day, when we were targeting, like, 400 K, but we got great people around us, and then fast forward through demo day Marc Andreessen reached out kind of in the middle, and he'd been following it, and w…”