Starting Greatness on Smash Notes

Starting Greatness podcast.

February 23, 2020

Host Mike Maples Jr from venture capital firm FLOODGATE offers lessons from the startup super performers—BEFORE they were successful—featuring interviews with some of Silicon Valley’s most legendary entrepreneurs and thought leaders, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Nextdoor co-founder Sarah Leary, Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger, and more.

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Lessons of Greatness: The Infinite Game

Tobi Lutke: A Startup Founder Arming The Rebels Against Amazon

Lessons of Greatness: The Startup Founder Is An Artist - And A Salesman

Tim Westergren: How The Band Kept Playing At Pandora

Lessons of Greatness: Finding Success With “BIG D DESIGN”

Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig of Applied Intuition: A Startup With Design in Mind

Lessons of Greatness: How to Defeat "We're F*cked, It's Over" (WFIO) Moments

Ben Horowitz: “The IPO From Hell” and Other REAL Lessons from the Startup Crucible

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