Fund/Build/Scale
A podcast featuring a holistic look into the world of AI startups, hosted by Walter Thompson.
Photo: “How to stretch your venture dollars” by E. Simonson The Photo Group (CC by 2.0 Deed), cropped from original
Introducing the Fund-Build-Scale Podcast
Fund/Build/Scale — a new podcast series co-created by Walter Thompson and Mayfield — will offer listeners a holistic look into the world of AI startups.
Across 10 episodes in Season 1, host Walter Thompson (TechCrunch, San Francisco Magazine, Hoodline) will delve into the strategies, challenges and tactics shaping the future of artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship.
Guests will discuss fundraising, customer discovery, product development, policy/regulation, community building, going to market, and other essential topics. Listeners will get an insider’s perspective on what it takes to build an ethically responsible company in one of tech’s most competitive and rapidly evolving sectors.
About Our Host
Walter Thompson is an independent journalist based in San Francisco. Previously an editorial manager at TechCrunch, where he moderated discussion panels and managed the site’s contributor network, his writing has also appeared in The Guardian, Hoodline, San Francisco Magazine, and Alta California. He also hosts The Golden City, a podcast about San Francisco’s past, present and future.
Building Trust with Your Inception Investor
In the first episode of Fund/Build/Scale, Mayfield Managing Partner Navin Chaddha spoke about the need for ...
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Digging Your Moat: Customer Discovery + PLG for AI Startups
In this conversation with SambaNova CEO and co-founder Rodrigo Liang, we talked about the process of ...
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Tapping into the AI Developer Community
Host Walter Thompson spoke to Ozzy Johnson about where early-stage AI founders need the most help ...
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Fundraising from Both Sides of the Table
Host Walter Thompson met with Jorge Torres at his company’s San Francisco HQ on a rainy ...
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Breaking in to Enterprise Sales
Host Walter Thompson interviewed Maria Latushkin, GVP, Technology & Engineering, Albertsons, and Jack Berkowitz, CDO, Securiti, ...
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Understanding Privacy and Compliance
Host Walter Thompson interviewed Laura Bisesto, global head of policy & privacy, at Nextdoor’s offices in ...
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Communicating Your Vision
How do you translate a personal vision for your startup's potential into something that's tangible enough ...
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Enduring Strategies for Inception-Stage Founders and Investors
Dive into a conversation with Mayfield Managing Partner Navin Chaddha and Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra as ...
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