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Floodgate
Pattern Breakers
Host Mike Maples Jr. from venture capital firm Floodgate offers lessons from the rare startup super performers — BEFORE they were successful. Pattern Breakers features interviews with some of Silicon Valley’s most legendary entrepreneurs and thought leaders, including Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger, business maverick Mark Cuban, and Shopify co-founder Tobi Lütke.
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4.9 stars from 574 ratings
Though provoking.
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“I think Pattern Breakers will prove to be habit forming for me. In some ways it provides language and insight to the entrepreneurial experience. I look forward to learning more about the discipline to assess a concept to evaluate if it is actively breaking or writing rules in a way that will...”Read full review »
Ken Sunden via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/13/24
Totally extreme
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“Typical vc advice. Just be different. Works great for founders who look like every generic guy out there.”
nbsfmc via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/08/24
Amazing
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“Mike is wonderful, this inspires me to keep pushing!”
Thesquad12886 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/30/24
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