Podcast #125 | Scott Kupor: Navigating the VC and Startup Governance Landscape in 2024.

In episode #125 of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Scott Kupor, Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a leading VC firm with over $35 billion in assets under management.

They cover a lot of ground in this episode:

✅ Collapse of SVB in 2023 and impact in Silicon Valley and VC industry.
✅ State of private markets and unicorns.
✅ Shutdowns, layoffs and downrounds.
✅ Evolution of secondary markets.
✅ Startup compensation matters (vesting schedules and RSUs).
✅ a16z international expansion and geopolitics.
✅ AI as an investment thesis and new governance practices.
✅ Crypto industry (Web3) and its regulatory challenges.
✅ Fraud in private markets.
✅ ESG and DEI in startup market.

You can listen to the episode directly in the Boardroom Governance Podcast website (where you can find all the show notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts such as in: Apple, Spotify, Google and Amazon.

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