#5 Chris Dixon: The State of Venture Capital

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2015

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, a16z partner Chris Dixon and I discuss the history of venture capital, artificial intelligence, what makes a great entrepreneur, and why companies fail.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Knowledge Project, I'm your host Shane Parish.
0:11.6	I'm the author of the Furnham Street blog, a website with over 70,000 readers that's
0:16.1	dedicated to helping us learn by mastering the best of what other people have already
0:19.5	figured out.
0:20.5	In the Knowledge Project, I interview amazing people from around the world so that we can
0:24.5	all learn from them, expand our minds, and challenge our thinking.
0:30.3	On this episode I have Chris Dixon.
0:32.5	Chris is a partner at perhaps the most famous venture capital firm in the world, Andrew
0:36.6	Sinhorowitz, or commonly known as A16Z.
0:40.7	We talk about the history of venture capital while I company Spail, the future of artificial
0:44.7	intelligence, and the idea maze.
0:46.7	I hope you like this interview as much as I did.
0:49.3	I'd love to hear your feedback.
0:50.6	I'm at Furnham Street on Twitter.
0:52.4	That's at F-A-R-N-A-M-S-T-R-E-E-T on Twitter.
1:08.3	Before I get started, here's a quick word from our sponsor.
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1:28.4	Chris, thank you so much for coming on.
1:30.2	Thanks for having me.
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