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The a16z Show

a16z Podcast: Andre Iguodala Knows Tech -- And Why the Warriors Won't Be Stopped

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Business, Technology, Disruption, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Science, Software Eating The World, Culture

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

You know how talented Andre Iguodala is as a basketball player. You may not know that he signed with the Warriors in part to be near Silicon Valley and the tech scene. Iguodala knows tech, and in a conversation with a16z's Jeff Jordan at the 2015 Tec...

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0:18.9

Welcome to the A16Z podcast. I'm Michael Copeland.

0:22.8

You already know how talented Andre Iguodala is as a basketball player.

0:27.8

The Golden State Warrior was named NBA Finals MVP in the Warriors victory last season.

0:33.8

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

0:41.4

Turns out, Iguodala knows tech.

0:43.8

And in a conversation with A16Z's Jeff Jordan, he talks about his relationship with tech as a professional athlete and also as a businessman.

0:53.5

Jeff Jordan, a hardcore Warriors fan, starts things off.

0:59.7

As some of you may notice, I've done a little wardrobe change, and I'm wearing my Warriors

1:04.8

NBA championship shirt from last year.

1:08.0

Thank you.

1:08.8

Thank you.

1:09.7

Thank you.

1:10.7

I plan to buy the new one this year too, so let us know how to go.

1:15.6

So a lot of you may know, Andre.

1:17.6

For me, it was probably the most interesting, compelling story in sports last year, where a star

1:25.6

player subordinated his personal goals to the team goals in a way that was incredibly

1:32.2

helpful to the team.

1:33.1

And then when the team needed him at the end, he stepped in and was finals MVP.

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