Ben Horowitz: "But the idea that, um, the way you deal with a powerful technology is you put it in the hands of a few, it's the most craziest idea. Well, like, look, power in the hands of the few has never turned out right, with the best intentions, right. People love Karl Marx's intentions, but Stalin, Pol Pot, you know, Mao, like everybody died. That's what happened, everybody died. And like all those guys didn't start out to be like singularly, uniquely evil people, but they had too much power. Because you take all the power of the private sector and put it in the hands of a few guys in the government, it doesn't matter what the political philosophy is, that's bad." Well, that didn't age well, right, Curtis?

The guests are flippin' smart and Erik is a great host. I learn something new every episode!

Great podcast! Keep it up!

Love the content. Great to get a glimpse into how VCs think about their business and the broader capital markets

Finally a dive into the structures of VC’s, this is great insight and has been a great listen. Looking forward to new episodes.

Lots of VC fluff out there, so I like that Erik goes deeper to ask questions about how governance works, how a16z’s strategy compares to others, and more. Will keep listening!

Excited for this show and lineup of heavy-hitters in VC 💪

lineup is sick. can’t wait