American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle)

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Venturecapital, Ma, Investing, Acquisitions, Startups, Vc, Investment, Business, Technology

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

We sit down with a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle to discuss investing in “American Dynamism”, why it’s so important and why now is the right time to pursue it. Katherine has a fascinating background, beginning her career as a reporter at The Washington Post before entering the VC world first at Founders Fund, then General Catalyst and now a16z. Her perspectives don’t fit neatly in any box — political, economic or otherwise — and we have a great conversation exploring them. Tune in!

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Katherine’s post on Building American Dynamism
Marc Andreessen’s It’s Time to Build
Katherine’s Substack

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0:00.0	I think this is our first time doing video in hotel rooms.
0:03.8	I know, I know, it'll be funny.
0:05.8	And the funniest thing is David and I are in hotel rooms down the hall recording different
0:11.4	rooms so we get better audio quality.
0:13.9	Man, doing live in-person events again is awesome, but guilds a whole new level of complexity.
0:21.7	A whole new level.
0:22.7	Alright, let's do it.
0:23.9	Alright.
0:24.9	Who got the truth?
0:26.9	Is it you, is it you, is it you, who got the truth now?
0:33.3	Is it you, is it you, is it you, sit me down, say it straight, another story on the
0:39.6	way, who got the truth.
0:42.1	Welcome to this special episode of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies
0:46.5	and the stories and playbooks behind them.
0:48.8	I'm Ben Gilbert and I am the co-founder and managing director of Seattle-based Pioneer
0:52.7	Square Labs and our venture fund PSL Ventures.
0:55.9	And I'm David Rosenthal and I am an angel investor based in San Francisco.
1:01.7	And we are your hosts.
1:03.7	David, this should be a very fun, I should, it's funny I say should be, we recorded this
1:09.2	already.
1:10.2	I know it was a fascinating conversation.
1:12.1	We are speaking to you from the future.
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