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Send us Fan Mail The episode is based on Chander's blogpost - https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2025/03/navigating-b2b-marketing.html

Send us Fan Mail This episode is based on Chander's blogpost - Lessons for toddlers . 

Send us Fan Mail This episode is based on Chander's blogpost - Art Extremes . It is shockingly good.  Arne and I are not co-hosting this episode. 

Send us Fan Mail The episode is generated from my blog post which has seven words :)  Arne and I are not the cohosts for this episode. 

Send us Fan Mail The episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/10/getting-ready-for-ipo.html Arne and Chander are not the cohosts on this episode. 

Send us Fan Mail This is episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2019/03/thoughts-from-thinking-weekend.html Arne and Chander are not the cohosts for this episode.  Enjoy! 

Send us Fan Mail This is episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-rapid-evolution-of-robotics.html Arne and I are not the cohosts for this episode.  Enjoy! 

Send us Fan Mail NotebookLM created this episode based on Chander's blogpost titled - Wisdom from a new friend. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode is NotebookLM interpretation of Chander's blogpost on building alignment: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/05/building-alignment-as-executive.html Arne and I are not the co-hosts on this episode:) 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss:  1. State of the energy markets in Europe and why the prices are going up.  2. How does the electricity grid work? 3. How does the energy pricing work in Europe (excluding gas/petrol)? 4. Opportunity for startups in the energy markets. 

Send us Fan Mail We are back after a long summer break. In this episode we get inside Arne's box of B2B SaaS and discuss CAC, LTV, Payback period, and other financial metrics. 

Send us Fan Mail We reflect on the last 99 episodes by reviewing the podcast stats, guests who honored us,  and the 27 companies we analyzed in the last ~4 years. 

Send us Fan Mail What is deglobalization? Why is it happening? What does it mean for startups? 

Send a text We segment the Metaverse into three categories: 1. Metaverse that requires new hardware to be worn by users (VR headsets, AR glasses, etc.) 2. Metaverse that does not require new hardware but requires crypto (NFTs, wallets, etc.) 3. Metaverse that neither requires new hardware nor crypto We apply Rogers innovation adoption model to each of the segments to understand if they can have ma...

Send us Fan Mail Elon Musk buying Twitter has been talk of the town in Silicon Valley for the last few days. Arne and I discuss what's happening and why. Chander's blogpost from 2009 on Twitter's potential . 

Send us Fan Mail HP which makes PCs and printers acquires a company, Poly (Plantronics + Polycom), that makes headphones, conference room phones, and cameras. We wonder why. 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Chander's forbes article on management which offers a new framework for looking at management. The framework has four dimensions:  1. Domain Management  2. Organizational Management  3. Perception Management  4. Feelings Management 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss top three sectors for new sovereign investments influenced by the current Russia Ukraine war:  1. Energy  2. Defence (Cyber, Weapons, Surveillance)  3.  Increased self-reliance (Money, Food) 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss what is Web3 (and Web 3.0). How it came about? And, the debate associated with it. Links to the articles we referenced in the episode: 1. Semantic web 2. Moxie Marlinspike on Web3 3. David Rosenthal on Crypto 

Send us Fan Mail We kickoff season 4 with a discussion on what's happening in the financial markets in 2022. 

Send us Fan Mail We evaluate the trends we have been tracking since 2019. See the trends here .  This is our final episode of 2021. We will be back on January 27th, 2022. 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss Netflix's entry into games and pontificate on why they would do that. 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss: 1. The traditional Venture Capital (VC) business model 2. Why the VC is changing and what changes Sequoia is making 3. Implications for entrepreneurs and for the business of managing money Useful links Sequoia announcement 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss: 1. Amplitude's products and business (what does the company do?) 2. Amplitude's history (started as Sonalight) 3. Direct listing vs. traditional IPO (why Amplitude chose direct listing) 4. Amplitude's valuation and future prospects Useful links 1. Amplitude S1 

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the Ethereum blockchain and ETH, a cryptocurrency: Ethereum vs. Bitcoin  Proof of work vs. proof of stake consensus mechanism on blockchains Ethereum plan to migrate to a proof of stake consensus mechanism Ethereum's London update