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Episode 055 — AWS and Venture Capital

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2015

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Ben and James discuss how cloud services have set the stage for fundamental changes in venture capital, just as they have in the enterprise. This episode is sponsored by Wealthfront. See recommended portfolios and get up to $15,000 managed for free by visiting Wealthfront.com/Exponent. Links Ben Thompson: Venture Capital and the Internet’s Impact — Stratechery Ben Thompson: Unicorns — Stratechery In Aggregate — Exponent Episode 049 Chris Dixon: The Babe Ruth Effect in Venture Capital — CDixon Blog Ben Thompson: Dell to Buy EMC, Enterprise Disruption, Dell’s Logic — Stratechery Daily Update Hosts Ben Thompson, @benthompson, Stratechery James Allworth, @jamesallworth, … Continue reading Episode 055 — AWS and Venture Capital

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, sickly one.

0:01.7

Oh my gosh.

0:02.9

Oh my gosh.

0:03.8

What was that?

0:05.7

Sorry, hi, James.

0:06.9

Ben, how are you?

0:08.7

Better than you, Viola accounts.

0:10.1

Yeah.

0:10.7

Oh my gosh.

0:11.7

You know that song, the sunscreen song?

0:15.3

You remember that from years and years ago?

0:17.9

Sunscreen song?

0:18.6

I don't think so.

0:19.2

It's like, where sunscreen?

0:22.3

It's, and it's this guy't think so. It's like, wear sunscreen. It's,

0:22.5

and it's this guy basically going through.

0:24.7

It sounds like a great song.

0:26.3

It's basically this guy going through and giving people life advice.

0:30.3

It was,

0:30.5

I don't know,

0:31.6

it's like years and years ago,

0:32.7

but I have a follow up hit to that,

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