Hallway Chat Bijan Sabet & Nabeel Hyatt

Recorded 2/10/17.

Summary: Nabeel and Bijan discuss a few favorite new apps, some thoughts about current American politics & the moral awakening of Silicon Valley,

Related links:

Teuxdeux: teuxdeux.com/

10% Happier: itunes.apple.com/us/app/meditatio…id992210239?mt=8

Anil Dash: Tech Moral Reckoning: onbeing.org/programs/anil-dash-…hs-moral-reckoning/

Our friend Fred Wilson joined us today for our 23rd episode of Hallway Chat.

Show notes:

-questions from Twitter, including how Fred started investing in social media, & YC's recent move to recommend exercising options from 90 days to 10 years

-Fred's post, "The New Entertainment Bundlers", http://avc.com/2016/03/the-new-entertainment-bundlers/

-Chris Dixon's, "What's Next In Computing?", https://medium.com/@cdixon/what-s-next-in-computing-e54b870b80cc#.fyzb9ebw7

-Why haven't we seen a new breakout consumer app

-AI

-Steph Curry vs Michael Jordan

Yesterday, @nabeel and @bijan recorded our 22nd episode.

Show notes:

-Responded to questions by Hallway Chat listeners/friends Semil and Steve Kane
-How do we work with founders "after we write the check"
-Impact of social media in politics
-Perils of optimizing for valuations
-Upfront Summit & thoughts on current state of the market
-Andy Rubin’s new AI initiative & the future of VCs

As always, thanks so much for listening and send us your questions and feedback.

Cheers!

Nabeel and Bijan recorded episode 20th of our podcast, Hallway Chat yesterday. Stuff we talked about (not necessarily in this order):

-hardware startups

-Apple Watch, iPad Pro

-Are we overdue for a hot new mobile app, Peach, Snapchat

-VC blogs and why aren’t we writing more

-our tech habbits while on traveling on vacation

-As our firm Spark grows, we chat a bit about internal changes and evolution

Please let us know if you have feedback, topic suggestions or questions that we should address in future shows. We would love to hear from you. Send us a tweet @nabeel and @bijan. Thanks!