VentureBeat's What to Think Podcast

VentureBeat's What to Think Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 45: Rohit Bhargava on being "Non-Obvious"
March 11, 2015

How do you identify trends? It's a question of critical importance to any business. Rohit Bhargava, author of the book "Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas, and Predict the Future," has some advice for marketers -- and anyone -- who...

Episode 44: Numberfire, sports data, and March Madness
March 05, 2015

NumberFire collects data on sports and provides detailed analysis in real time, so you can get insightful statistics on NBA, NFL, NCAA, and MLB games in real time. With March Madness kicking off, we talked to CEO Nik Bonaddio to find out how...

Episode 43: Joe Megibow and retail's mobile revolution
February 25, 2015

American Eagle Outfitters is the largest seller of jeans in the U.S. And with customers between 15-25 years old, its target demographic is extremely engaged with mobile devices. So how does the company reach (and keep track of) its customers across smartp

Episode 42: Joel Spolsky on Trello and VC chicanery
February 19, 2015

This week we talk to Joel Spolsky, the founder and CEO of Stack Exchange and Fog Creek Software -- and one of the creators of popular organization app Trello, which just hit 7 million users. Spolsky tells us about the origin and design principles of Trell

Episode 41: Paul Vigna and "The Age of Cryptocurrency"
February 13, 2015

This week, we talk to Paul Vigna, one of the coauthors of the new book "The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order." Vigna tells us how Bitcoin is growing up, becoming more than just a fringe currenc

Episode 40: Charlie O'Donnell on New York's tech world
February 06, 2015

This week we talk to Charlie O'Donnell, the founder and sole partner at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the first VC fund based in Brooklyn. He's been making investments in the New York tech world for a decade now, and brings a unique perspective to what makes

Episode 39: Egnyte's Vineet Jain on IPOs and file-sharing frenemies
January 28, 2015

Vineet Jain is chief executive and a cofounder of file sharing company Egnyte. We talk with him about last week's Box IPO, as well as Egnyte's recent strategy shift. Plus: We tell you what to think about Slack's sudden popularity, Microsoft's HoloLens ini

Episode 38: Emerson Spartz on how to go viral
January 22, 2015

Emerson Spartz is one of the world's leading experts on internet virality. He got his start at age 12, as the founder of MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fan site. Now 27, he's the CEO of Spartz Media, which says it is one of the fastest-growing digital media pu

Episode 37: Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson on Marissa Mayer and who wears what at Yahoo
January 14, 2015

Nicholas Carlson, chief correspondent for Business Insider, has just published a book that goes deep into Yahoo under Marissa Mayer. "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo" has details on everything from Mayer's first day at work to her showdowns with

Episode 36: Ford's Mark Fields and Raj Nair from CES
January 09, 2015

This week, we come to you from the Consumer Electronics Show in fabulous Las Vegas. Our special guests this week are Ford Motor Company CEO Mark Fields and CTO Raj Nair. We talk to Mark and Raj about Ford’s new Sync 3 in-car infotainment system, the abo