Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast
Hosted by Kent and Alex Lieberman · Kent Lindstrom
4.5from 37 ratings
- 206
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 37
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast
Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the established venture capital and founder veterans and up-and-comers who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond. Conversations include prominent venture capitalists and famous startup founders. Current hot topics: The state of the venture capital industry, AI startups, artificial general intelligence, venture capital investing in AI, and the societal risks of AI adoption and the emergence of AGI. Explore how venture capital is fueling the AI revolution, through inside conversations with insights from top VCs & founders.
- Publisher
- Kent Lindstrom
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Apr 2014
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 206 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Spooky News: California's Billionaire Tax is on the Ballot!
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
David Tisch (BoxGroup): Cursor Exits at $66 Billion — Still Hunting the Next One
5 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is Silicon Valley Over Burning Man? (Replay)
Inside a recent episode
Spooky News: California's Billionaire Tax is on the Ballot!
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The reason Larry and Sergey of Google decamped is that this law taxes you on voting stock you control, not economic stock. So the two Google founders, I think, each own like 3% of Google. And let's say Google's worth a trillion dollars, so they each own 3%. Um, however, they would be, they control each share, um, that they have votes 10. So they have 3%, but they each vote 30%. So together 60%, they control the company. They would be taxed on the 30%. So let's think about that for a second. They own 3% of Google. That's $30 billion. They own five, they owe 5% of that. Okay. You know, 1.5 billion. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast
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- David Tisch
- Sheel Mohnot
- Mark Suster
- Andy McLoughlin
- Sam Shank
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 28 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.1 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast?
Kent and Alex Lieberman host the show. Published by Kent Lindstrom.
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