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Village Global Podcast

Village Global
Venture Capital
Artificial Intelligence
Entrepreneurship
Hiring Practices
Longevity
Salesforce
Airtable
Anthropic
Partnerships
Oral Communication
Startups
Saas
Aging
Silicon Valley
Personalization
Airbase
Fintech
Go-To-Market Strategy
Enterprise Sales
Microsoft

The Village Global podcast takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors, and tech industry leaders. Learn more at www.villageglobal.vc.

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Mark Pincus is the founder of Zynga and a Village Global Luminary LP. He took Zynga public after starting it as a social poker game for Facebook, and it was his fourth company, after earlier ventures that included Tribe.net, one of the first social n... more

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Mehul Trivedi is co-founder and CEO of Legato, a company building glasses that double as prescription-grade hearing aids. Before Legato, he was one of the first audio engineers on the original iPhone, led Bose's wearables and headphone group, and hel... more

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Andre Charoo is Founding Partner of Maple VC, a first-check venture firm, and an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. Before venture, he was employee number 25 at Uber and an early employee at Hired.com, and built or joined four seed-stage st... more

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Tanay Kothari is co-founder and CEO of Wispr Flow, a voice AI company he started with co-founder Sahaj Garg in 2021, building toward a Jarvis-like assistant that lets people interact with computers through natural speech instead of keyboards and scre... more

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Mark Pincus
Founder of Zynga, tech entrepreneur, investor
Zynga
Episode: Zynga's Founder on Failure, Founder Mode, and What AI Still Can't Do | Mark Pincus (Zynga)
Mehul Trivedi
Co-founder of Legato; audio/engineering background
Legato
Episode: Why the Hearing Aid Industry Stopped Innovating, and How Legato Changed That |Mehul Trivedi, Legato
Andre Charoo
Founding managing partner of Maple VC; executive fellow at Harvard Business School
Maple VC
Episode: Builder, Inventor, or Operator? The 0-1-2 Framework for Evaluating Founders| Andre Charoo (MapleVC)
Tanay Kothari
Founder/CEO of Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow
Episode: Building Jarvis: A Voice AI Startup Making Computer Interaction Invisible |Tanay Kothari (Wispr Flow)
Jade Wang
Artist and investor exploring AI-driven interactive poetry
Independent (artist/investor)
Episode: Why This Moment in AI is Similar to the Invention of the Camera | Jade Q. Wang, Artist & Investor
Aizada Marat
Founder and CEO of Alma, an AI-augmented immigration law firm
Alma
Episode: From Milking Cows in Kyrgyzstan to Building a $98%-Approval Law Firm | Aizada Marat (Alma)
Jake Cooper
Co-founder and CEO of Grow Therapy
Grow Therapy
Episode: Building the Company Behind 1 Million Therapy Visits a Month | Jake Cooper (Grow Therapy)
Ed Massey
Co-founder of Flower
Flower
Episode: Building the Company Behind 1 Million Therapy Visits a Month | Jake Cooper (Grow Therapy)
Paul Eremenko
Founder and CEO of P-1 AI
P-1 AI
Episode: The AI Engineer Every Industrial Company Will Need | Paul Eremenko (P-1 AI) & Jeff Immelt (NEA)

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Village Global Podcast Host
Host(s) affiliated with Village Global Podcast; multiple appearances across episodes.
Anne Dwane
Co-hosts and frequent host, with Village Global Podcasts.
Ben Kesnoka
Co-founder of Village Global, frequent guest.
Lindsay Pettingill
Host of Village Global Podcast, frequent guest.
Sharma Niyogi
Host of the Village Global Podcast series Recall Sessions.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 192 ratings
  • Venture capital but make it human

    Stunning mix of heavy hitting venture capital and tech stories, with incisive reflections around how it all intersects with how people engage it all. Great show!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Media_HW
    South Africa3 months ago
  • High-caliber guests and their stories of innovation

    The Village Global team and their diverse range of experts truly illuminate the world of venture capital and tech. You'll get loads of practical advice and concrete tips, plus tons of inspiration from these incredible individuals who are making a real impact and changing the world. Hats off to the whole Village Global team!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Linda__Lee_
    Philippines3 years ago
  • Fascinating

    I really enjoy your podcast Village Global's Venture Stories, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. I just listened to Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of The Decadent Society. Thank you for the invaluable takeaways.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    I value the unique angle
    Austria4 years ago
  • Learn something new every listen!

    It is not every day that I get to learn from individuals of this caliber! Venture Stories has quickly become a favorite in my feed. Highly recommend giving it a listen!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dan1777999877
    United States4 years ago
  • The best walk companion and source of inspiration

    I love Village Stories as not only do they bring great speakers but they are excellent interviewers who bring out the most interesting elements of every topic. I find that the episodes are structured in a way that anyone who is not an expert in a topic finds value in understanding the theme’s key insights. And they are super fun to listen to on my daily walks!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SO***q
    United States5 years ago

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High-caliber guests and practical advice across venture and tech topics
Audio quality is occasionally inconsistent, but content remains valuable
Great mix of founders, investors, and tech leaders with thoughtful interviewing

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Builder, Inventor, or Operator? The 0-1-2 Framework for Evaluating Founders| Andre Charoo (MapleVC)
Q: How do you underwrite a founder's ability to learn quickly and adapt, especially with complex, technical domains?
By testing their understanding through storytelling, asking for histories, and using a broad network to validate their grasp of the market and the path they describe; look for depth, ability to break concepts down to simple terms, and willingness to be challenged by experts who disagree.
Building Jarvis: A Voice AI Startup Making Computer Interaction Invisible |Tanay Kothari (Wispr Flow)
Q: How do you see the future of personal agents and AI in everyday life?
There will be multiple dedicated agents tailored to different needs, complemented by an overarching operating system that stays with the user, enabling seamless, ubiquitous interaction without constant device navigation.
Building Jarvis: A Voice AI Startup Making Computer Interaction Invisible |Tanay Kothari (Wispr Flow)
Q: What advice would you have for founders about onboarding?
Start by onboarding a large number of users personally to observe their nonverbal cues and frustration points, then iterate on the product and onboarding to reduce confusion and increase engagement; the founder emphasizes that onboarding is the first impression and that you learn a lot from real-time reactions.
Why This Moment in AI is Similar to the Invention of the Camera | Jade Q. Wang, Artist & Investor
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about the path, your origin story that led you to be the artist investor that you are today?
Jade describes a journey from Shanghai to the US, pivoting from piano to computer science, neuroscience, startup work, and finally to building an art-focused practice that leverages AI as a co-creator with humans.
Building the Company Behind 1 Million Therapy Visits a Month | Jake Cooper (Grow Therapy)
Q: Tell us about the founding story of Grow and the current scale.
Grow started in the middle of the Covid era to address fragmentation in the mental health ecosystem, unifying patients, providers, and payers under an end-to-end platform. They scaled to about a million visits per month across 26,000 providers, with disclosed top-line revenue exceeding a billion dollars and profitability since year two, enabling continued investment in people and product.

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The show centers on high-level conversations with founders, investors, and technology leaders shaping venture-backed startups and enterprise software. Episodes frequently explore growth playbooks, AI and automation in business, product strategy, and GTM under evolving market dynamics. A standout pattern is practical guidance drawn from real-world scaling, category creation, and responsible technology adoption, often with a focus on building durable businesses and credible narratives for audiences ranging from operators to investors. Noteworthy strengths include access to top-tier guests across fintech, AI, security, and enterprise SaaS, plus a thoughtful approach to storytelling, governance, and go-to-market strategy that can help listeners... more

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4. Tanay Kothari
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7. Jake Cooper
8. Ed Massey

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