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Chris Zhang returns to the pod for a deep dive into China’s economic landscape in 2025, beyond the headlines. Whether you're an investor, policymaker, or just curious about China's future role in global economics, this episode is packed with insights you won’t find in the

Our goal at Interplay is to equip founders with practical insights so they can focus on growing transformative businesses without getting tripped up by preventable legal issues. Thank you to Phuong Ireland and Eric Broad, CEO of Bowery Legal, for joining me this week!

Love this. Great way to train future founders and create value for the company.

Excited to announce that Knot - The Merchant Connectivity Platform is now collaborating with PayPal. With Knot’s CardSwitcher™, PayPal users will soon be able to seamlessly add their PayPal branded cards as a payment method across their favorite merchants—making paying with PayPal easier. From day one, Knot

Y Combinator has long been - and continues to be - the tip of the innovation spear. That's why I was especially excited to sit down with Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator, for a conversation that gets right to the core of what’s changing across the startup landscape. At

Excited to share my conversation with Mark Peter Davis of Interplay. We talked about: 🌎 Geopolitics and startups 🔍 What Mark needs to see from startups to invest 💡 Why ideas still matter 💸 Career advice on how to break into venture capital Mark is a serial entrepreneur and longtime

How do you determine if your idea is truly worth pursuing? In this week’s episode, Phuong Ireland and I dive into a practical framework that breaks down the evaluation process into four critical components: the pain point, the market size, the defensibility of your product, and

I couldn’t be more excited to announce AgenticShopping, powered by Knot - The Merchant Connectivity Platform. Knot started with card-on-file—now used by top banks and fintechs to instantly update cards across merchants. Then we unlocked transaction data, giving them visibility into what users actually buy. Now

Outsourcing isn't new - but the way startups can use it today has radically changed. On this week’s ep, I sat down with Shaun Walker, CEO of Spoke (gospoke.co), to unpack what business process outsourcing (BPO) can look like for high-growth startups in 2025. Let me

For decades, all eyes were on Silicon Valley. But new data tells a more nuanced story. We dug into 25 years of venture data across 6 U.S. regions and surfaced some surprising trends: - NYC gained the most deal and exit share among top cities. - The South and Southwest outpaced

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, changing the course of history. Their courage serves as a reminder of the price of freedom. Let us never forget their heroism and sacrifice. defense.gov/Multimedia/Exp…

We broke in the new Interplay HQ in true style last week with a Casino Night to remember. To celebrate our fresh NoHo space, we gathered an incredible crew of founders, operators, investors, and friends for a night of high-stakes fun. The chips were flying, the dice were hot,