"World of DaaS"
deep dive into Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) businesses. World of DaaS is a podcast for data enthusiasts, by data enthusiasts, where Auren Hoffman talks to business and technology leaders about all things data - building it, acquiring it, analyzing it, and everything in between.
Episodes
163 episodes since 2021
Yext CEO Michael Walrath - Software Consolidation and Convergence
Michael Walrath is the chairman and CEO of Yext, a publicly traded digital presence platform. Prior to Yext, Michael cofounded Right Media, the first at-scale digital ad exchange, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2007. In this episode...
September 17, 2024
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Episode 161
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50:25
Bjorn Lomborg - A Data-Driven Approach to Global Issues
Bjorn Lomborg is the president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and has authored several bestselling books including "The Skeptical Environmentalist", "False Alarm" and recently “Best Things First.” In this episode of...
September 10, 2024
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Episode 160
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47:19
Alex Wirth - CEO of Quorum - How AI is Disrupting Lawmaking
Alex Wirth is the cofounder and CEO of Quorum, a public affairs software platform. In this episode of World of DaaS, Alex and Auren discuss: How AI is affecting lawmaking The evolution of modern lobbyi...
September 03, 2024
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Episode 159
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44:52
Bryan Caplan - The Signaling Game in Education & Parenting
Bryan is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He’s also the author of a number of bestselling books, including The Case Against Education,
August 27, 2024
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Episode 158
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1:03:11
People.ai CEO Oleg Rogynskyy - How AI is Replacing Sales People
Oleg Rogynskyy is the founder and CEO of People.ai, an ai-powered revenue intelligence platform. He’s also an advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.In this episode of World of DaaS, Oleg and Auren discuss:
August 20, 2024
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Episode 157
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53:33
Alex Tabarrok - Unpacking the Decline of U.S. Economic Dynamism
Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and the co-author of Marginal Revolution, one of the most popular and long-running blogs on the internet. In this episode of World of DaaS, Alex and A...
August 13, 2024
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Episode 156
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54:15
Bright Data CEO Or Lenchner - Why Meta Lost the Web-Scraping Battle
Or Lenchner is the CEO of Bright Data, a leading web data collection company. In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Or discuss:Web data freedom and ethicsBright Data's legal battle with Meta
August 06, 2024
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Episode 155
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54:33
Daffy CEO Adam Nash - Data and Design in Fintech
Adam is the co-founder & CEO of Daffy, a fintech platform for charitable giving. Prior to Daffy, Adam was CEO of Wealthfront, VP of Product & Growth at Dropbox and VP of Product Management at LinkedI...
July 30, 2024
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Episode 154
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1:00:05
Jason Bordoff - Shale, Solar, and Global Energy Futures
Jason Bordoff is an expert on geopolitics, energy security and the clean energy transition. He is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and he also held ...
July 23, 2024
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Episode 153
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52:32
Substack CEO Chris Best - Building a New Engine for Culture
Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Substack. Prior to Substack, he co founded the messaging service Kik. In this episode of World of DaaS, Chris and Auren discuss:Attention, quality, and gatekeepers in me...
July 16, 2024
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Episode 152
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47:41
Dr. Robert Cialdini - 7 Principles of Influence Explained
Robert Cialdini is a world renowned psychologist and author. His seminal work, "Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion," published in 1984, is a classic in the field. He taught marketing, business and psychology at Stanford and he is the Regen...
July 09, 2024
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Episode 151
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46:39
Fundrise CEO Ben Miller: Democratizing Private Investing
Ben Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Fundrise, an online investment platform that gives retail investors access to private assets like real estate and venture capital. Fundrise has invested over $7B in real estate and has 385,000+ investors ...
June 25, 2024
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Episode 151
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47:35
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein - The Ecommerce Entrepreneur Class
Harley Finkelstein is the President of Shopify ($SHOP), a leading ecommerce platform valued at over $80 billion. Shopify powers over 2 million ecommerce stores in 175 countries. On this episode, Harley and Auren discuss: <...
June 18, 2024
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Episode 150
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54:06
Brent Beshore - Private Equity for “Boring” Businesses
Brent Beshore is the founder and CEO of Permanent Equity, a unique private equity firm that buys cash-generating small and mid-sized businesses— with the intention to hold them indefinitely. Permanent Equity owns over a dozen busin...
June 11, 2024
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Episode 149
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47:30
Mark Gerson - Founder of GLG: Better Philanthropy
Mark Gerson co-founded Gerson Lehrman Group, the world’s largest expert network. He’s also the co-founder and Chairman of United Hatzalah and the African Mission Healthcare Foundation. In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Mar...
June 04, 2024
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Episode 148
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50:41
Michael Batnick - Common Investing Mistakes
Michael Batnick is a managing partner and Director of Research at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He’s also the host of the excellent investing and finance podcast network
May 28, 2024
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Episode 147
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38:01
CB Insights Founder Anand Sanwal - Data Business & AI
Anand Sanwal is the founder of CB Insights, a business analytics platform and global database of intel on technology companies. Anand was CEO of CB Insights for 14 years and recently stepped into the role of executive chairman. In ...
May 21, 2024
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Episode 146
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51:11
Masterworks CEO Scott Lynn - Data-Driven Art Investing
Scott Lynn is the founder and CEO of Masterworks, the first company to securitize art. Masterworks manages $940 million in art assets and has nearly 900,000 investors on its platform. Scott is also a multitime founder– prior to Masterworks, he ...
May 14, 2024
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Episode 145
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44:44
Dmitri Alperovitch - The New Cold War
Dmitri Alperovitch is the co-founder and former CTO of Crowdstrike, and he’s currently the chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, a national security think tank. He’s also the author of the new book
May 07, 2024
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Episode 144
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58:21
Groq CEO Jonathan Ross - Next Gen AI Hardware
Jonathan Ross is the founder and CEO of Groq, a company that develops high performance microchips purpose built for AI and machine learning. Prior to founding Groq, Jonathan invented Google’s AI processor, the TPU. In this episode o...
April 30, 2024
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Episode 143
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51:44
Greg Isenberg - Startup Studios vs Traditional VC
Greg Isenberg is the CEO and Founder of Late Checkout Studio, a holding company for online community businesses. Greg has founded three venture-backed startups and he was also an advisor to TikTok and Reddit. In this episode of Worl...
April 23, 2024
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Episode 142
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41:48
Breaking Points Host Saagar Enjeti - Anti-Establishment Media
Saagar is the co-host of the podcast and web series Breaking Points, which has over a million subscribers on Youtube. He was previously a White House correspondent for the Daily Caller. On this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Sa...
April 16, 2024
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Episode 141
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55:42
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen: Global Shipping and Logistics
Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport, a unicorn international freight forwarding business. He’s also a Venture Partner at Founders Fund. In this episode of World of DaaS, Ryan and Auren discuss: Suppl...
April 09, 2024
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Episode 140
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52:32
Bill Magnuson, CEO of Braze $BRZE : Future of Mobile
Bill Magnuson is the co-founder and CEO of Braze ($BRZE), a publicly traded customer engagement platform valued at over $5 billion. In this episode of World of DaaS: Growth of mobile technologyPower ...
April 02, 2024
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Episode 139
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59:17
Steve Case: AOL, AI & American Innovation
Steve was CEO of AOL during its meteoric rise from 1991 to 2003. He’s also the chairman and CEO of Revolution, which has invested over $1 billion in startups, and the author of several books, including Rise of the Rest and The Third Wave.
March 26, 2024
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Episode 138
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46:31