https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes daily 0.75 2023-06-13 https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/y-in-the-valley-launch monthly 0.5 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1609966027869-K17W6KH0D5RUPL6XGNF7/AshishToshniwal.png Episodes - Welcome to Y in the Valley. - Silicon Valley is not just an address. It’s a mindset — rooted in velocity, innovation and experimentation. Join Silicon Valley’s leading founders and thinkers as they share how to build companies, products and culture in a wave of accelerated change. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/y-in-the-valley-tim-chen monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1609965029873-UVGI10SMIKQMFY3NEH49/TimChen.png Episodes - We’re a hypothesis factory. - Tim Chen Tim Chen is the CEO and founder of NerdWallet, a service that un-clutters the world of money and helps people make smart financial decisions. He’s also one of the most humble and prudent founders in Silicon Valley. In this opening episode, Tim and Ashish discuss Tim’s evolution from unhappily working at a hedge fund to launching and scaling NerdWallet to a team of 600 and extreme profitability. Tim also shares the often overlooked gift of being a child of immigrants, how to avoid burnout, and building a brand and culture that is future proof. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/y-in-the-valley-pete-flint monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1609966213894-NAAU9ZZ1BG0H1T8OPXNQ/PeteFlint.png Episodes - Culture is the invisible glue. - Pete Flint Pete Flint was the CEO and co-founder of Trulia, a service that prioritizes homebuyers and sellers and not real estate agents. He grew Trulia to over 50 million users, culminating in an IPO and merger with Zillow for $3.5 billion. Today, Flint is a general partner at NFX, an entrepreneur-driven seed fun that’s supported some of the most notable names in Silicon Valley: Lyft, DoorDash, Patreon, as well as Flint’s own Trulia. In total, NFX has founded 10 companies with exits of $10B dollars. In this episode, Pete and Ashish discuss Pete’s journey building and scaling Trulia, the one trait successful entrepreneurs share, and Pete’s prediction about the future of remote work. Pete also shares how he builds teams, company culture, and his tips for cultivating working relationships through consistent feedback. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/y-in-the-valley-rene-lacerte monthly 0.5 2021-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1615409505940-MUQ26E2TZO4OAOQRTKRD/YML_YV_BW_Rene_Square.jpg Episodes - How scale begets scale. - René Lacerte Why do you end up where you’re at? That question fascinates René Lacerte, the founder and CEO of Bill.com, the fintech platform currently valued at $10 billion. As a fourth generation entrepreneur, building is literally in his blood. But the journey is his own—his trek through various failures and triumphs has shaped his point of view on the world. In this episode, we dispel the myth of overnight success, unearth the secrets of building rich company culture, and discuss how to build a company at speed and scale. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/y-in-the-valley-leif-abraham monthly 0.5 2021-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1618442875991-S67ADHO875TIPHVJWBWR/LeifAbraham_Square.jpg Episodes - Flipping the script on the stock market. - Leif Abraham How do you build an investment community of 1M members, valued at $1.2B, in just 18 months during a pandemic? Leif Abraham, Co-CEO of Public, has an answer — and a vision. Launched in 2019, Public is both a social media platform and an investing app designed to make the stock market accessible for a new generation of investors. In this episode, Ashish and Leif explore how Public is changing the way people engage with the stock market, and why building financial literacy is ultimately a long term investment in public good. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/assaf-wand monthly 0.5 2021-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1620096680959-0RW40HLV0M7VPK9COXGF/Assaf_Wand_1x1.jpg Episodes - A game of trust. - Assaf Wand Assaf Wand knew how broken the home insurance market was: an industry more interested in covering antiquated items like gold bullion and mausoleums rather than the electronics and home office equipment you need to get through your day. So Wand went to work, unafraid of the insurance world’s red tape, rules and regulations, and launched Hippo. Designed to be a proactive, customer-centric experience, Hippo has made a swift impact with more than $400M premiums in force, now available in 34 states. After announcing its plans to go public, Hippo, an InsurTech unicorn, is now valued at $5B. Discover how Wand navigates the complex world of insurance to build a home insurance alternative that serves real people’s real needs. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/dylan-field monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1623703089465-WNRI9LI0UTCBAZPGWKCR/dylan_field_portrait.png Episodes - Welcome to the decade of design. - Dylan Field Figma has transformed the silo’d world of design into a collaborative, multiplayer game. Dylan Field, CEO and Co-Founder of Figma, shares his journey building the product and how he dropped out of college and ultimately scaled Figma to a $2B valuation. At YML, we use Figma across all disciplines for the end to end experience — not just design. It’s become a vital tool in building world-class digital products for both our team and our clients. Lastly, we're excited to welcome YML’s Chief Creative Officer, Stephen Clements, as a co-host for this episode. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/gregor-hembrough monthly 0.5 2022-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1635285187263-MJ2XXSZU9P21S9MKBNJA/Gregor-Hembrough.jpg Episodes - Gregor Hembrough: President of Polestar USA - Gregor Hembrough The future is electric — just ask Gregor Hembrough, President of Polestar USA, a Swedish, electric vehicle company rapidly growing across the US. Initially launched as a high-performance unit within Volvo, Polestar’s vehicles are as thoughtful as they are beautiful; not just the design of the surface details, but the sustainable technology that lives under the hood. Gregor explores Polestar’s origin story, detailing how a company dependent on gasoline pivoted to electric and identified a gap in the marketplace it was designed to fill. Along the way, he exposes the biggest challenges the EV business faces, and how Polestar is uniquely positioned to fuel the future with their commitment to sustainability, technology and design. So hop in, buckle your seatbelt and listen as Ashish and Gregor dish on all things EV. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/sasha-siddhartha monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/1a4fd13a-ce8d-4352-9f3e-abc192b661cc/Sasha-ThriveMarket.png Episodes - Sasha Siddhartha: Co-Founder and CTO, Thrive Market - Sasha Siddhartha “Get used to the grind.” Despite saying those words with a smile, Sasha Siddhartha, Co-founder and CTO of Thrive Market, doesn’t sugarcoat it. The path to building a company is arduous, and Sasha unpacks how he’s built his company, Thrive Market, the online grocer dedicated to organic and natural foods, from an idea with friends to a national grocery with 1M subscribers across the US. Sasha recalls the uncertainty his co-founding team felt at launch and the hypergrowth that followed, highlighted by a serious spike over the last 18 months as Covid forced countless people to online grocery shopping. Thrive is proving to be more than just a ‘digital Whole Foods’: it’s a challenger brand and the next generation of grocery in a remote, distributed world. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/gabe-dalporto monthly 0.5 2022-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/3d302710-49ad-440b-9c3f-970d27cbd1fe/GabeDalporto-Udacity.jpg Episodes - Gabe Dalporto: CEO, Udacity - Gabe Dalporto Talent is everywhere. It’s something Gabe Dalporto, CEO of Udacity, understands well. Udacity is an edtech platform working to provide societal-level change by leveling up the workforce through nanodegrees in specialized fields. For some, their fields are being threatened by tech advancements that could render their career obsolete. For others, folks are working in low-skill jobs with no way out. But Gabe has the solution. In this ep, Gabe unpacks how he went from studying nuclear engineering at MIT to leading a company that’s had more than fourteen million users to date. He takes us through the detours, the risks and the wins. But Udacity is just getting started—hit play to learn more. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/leslie-witt monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/82eef8bf-fc24-4b88-8db3-3a460dfabd69/thumb_010+%281%29.jpg Episodes - Leslie Witt: Chief Product and Design Officer, Headspace - Leslie Witt Mental health is health. Perhaps that seems obvious today, but the fight for awareness and empathy within mental health is decades old, and ongoing. Headspace brings mindfulness and meditation to over 30M users globally and positions mental wellness as a true north for their brand. On this episode of Y in the Valley, Ashish interviews Leslie Witt, Chief Product and Design Officer, Headspace, who shows how the right combination of technology and design can amplify the importance of mental health and wellness. Leslie walks us through how Headspace’s mindfulness app evolved to connect users to clinical treatment, why habits often ebb and flow, and the powerful role experimentation plays in driving lasting, enduring product outcomes. https://www.yinthevalley.com/episodes/adrian-aoun monthly 0.5 2022-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe12920126f651d9ab88e48/7d7f06c2-33fa-4064-930f-a0250c8986d7/Adrian+Aoun_Forward-1.png Episodes - Adrian Aoun: CEO and Founder, Forward Health - Adrian Aoun Adrian Aoun, Forward Health’s CEO and Founder, is anything but one-dimensional. He wants Forward Health to change how the world does health care; to increase both access and improve quality all at once. On this episode of Y in the Valley, Ashish chats with Adrian about his 30-year plan to get Forward’s offering — focused affordable services centered on prevention and protecting long-term health — to not just millions of people in the US, but billions around the globe. 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