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Join us – Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya – where we reveal all the joys and sorrows of company building. From the guttermost to the uttermost, we’re not going to hold back.
Featured episode
super{set} Partners Tom, Vivek, and Jeremy Chat Fund II
super{set} General Partner Jeremy Klein joins Tom and Vivek for this special episode digging into Jeremy's background and early work at the inception of super{set}, the immense data+AI opportunity today, why super{set} has raised Fund II, and how super{set} will partner with co-founders in Fund II. Don't miss this big news!
Equity and Inclusion
Tom and Vivek talk about inclusion and reflect on their personal experiences as brown guys in tech. Inclusion feels like a moral imperative, but does it really make for stronger, better companies? Are there unintended consequences of acting on good intentions to 'fix' an inclusion problem at a company? Why is tech so lacking in diversity, and what can we do to get it right?
Quarantine Edition: Let the Rants Unfurl
Remote work turned the office inside out. In this quarantine grab bag, the rants unfurl on Zoom fatigue, rewiring sales without planes, and the small rituals that kept teams together, with sharp lessons on focus, culture, and runway when the world went sideways.
To Sell or Not to Sell
Every pause in business is a decision point: hold steady and weather the storm, or take the leap and sell? In this intimate 36-minute conversation, we dismantle the myths around ‘timing the deal’ and get real about what it takes to make the right call—profit or legacy, momentum or exit?