Top Ten 2025 Episodes
Is The Venture Capital Model Broken? | Andrew Romans, 7BC
The venture capital model of the last two decades, characterized by the "30-minute rule" and the race to a quick IPO, is obsolete. We are witnessing a fundamental decoupling of capital from geography and a restructuring of ho...
Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?
How do we nurture and protect the most human endeavors of creation and discovery? Zachary Levi joins us to discuss calling, technology, and a creative Ark in Austin. We move from one’s life mission to concrete plans for land...
Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, P…
Poppi is a fashion brand that happens to be soda. Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder of Poppi, joins us to walk through the operating choices behind turning a vinegar problem into a modern soda badge. It’s how you build, scale, an...
Bitcoin and the Future of American Power | Brian Morgenstern, Riot Pl…
Is Bitcoin just a financial instrument, or is it a wedge into the future of energy, policy, and power? Brian Morgenstern, head of public policy at Riot Platforms, lays out how mining is becoming critical infrastructure and wh...
How Specificity in Vertical AI Rewrites Industries | Nick Tippmann, T…
Specificity isn’t just a design choice. It’s the differentiator when inches matter. Nick Tippmann, founding partner of TipTop VC, explains how vertical AI is rewriting the software industry by going deeper, not wider. From th...
Endless Frontiers and the Future of American Innovation with Jordan B…
At a hinge point when tech leadership determines the balance of geopolitical power, deep tech investment has never been more critical to America's future. Jordan Blashek, co-founder of America's Frontier Fund , brings his per...
From Semiconductors to AI Ecosystems with Tyson Tuttle, Founder and C…
From cutting-edge chips to AI networks the disruption happening up and down the tech stack is upending invention and value. Everything is on the table. Tyson Tuttle , former CEO of Silicon Labs and current founder and CEO of ...
Texas Innovation Ecosystems in the AI Era with Samantha Lewis, Partne…
The Texas innovation ecosystem is accelerating at breakneck speed as technologies like AI and institutions such as the Texas Stock Exchange reshape what is possible. Samantha Lewis, Partner at Mercury Fund, recently relocated...
Rewriting Biopharma's Playbook with Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO I…
A unicorn biopharma that ignores the traditional playbook, breaks development speed records, and chose Austin over the traditional biotech hubs. Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO of IntraBio, joins us to share how his Oxford-b...
Engineering Agency, Innovation, and Ecosystems with Gena Gorlin
A coffee conversation turned into a deep exploration and personal obsession about how we shape our world and how it shapes us. I had to invite my partner in that conversation, Dr. Gena Gorlin, on to the podcast to bring her p...