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24 alternatives to a16z Podcast: Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent

Managing startups is about managing uncertainty

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. a16z Podcast: Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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a16z Podcast: Beyond One Size Fits All for Startup Employee Options▲61
The way startup employees are compensated
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
2
Hatching – Launching A New Company!▲71
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
3
#Slowtofast Ep 07 - “Optimize for uncertainty” - On design systems, managing up & handling feedback▲55
A podcast on product development and design
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
4
Seeking Wisdom: All About Hiring At A Startup▲56
David Cancel and Dave Gerhardt on startups + learning.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
5
Stretch Goals Podcast #3: Corporate to Startup▲54
How we made the transition from corporate world to startup
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hatching – How do we come up with product ideas▲84
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
7
a16z Podcast: An Economics Take on the Sharing Economy▲68
Future of Work discussion with Arun Sundararajan
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Hit Reply – Episode 0: Yet Another Startup Podcast?▲80
How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
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a16z Podcast: Startups and Pendulum Swings Through Ideas, Time, Fame, and Money▲63
Everything old is new again when it comes to startup ideas
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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FoundersGyan featuring various founders▲63
Panel Discussion on giving up a job and starting up!
2016 · mixcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 143: Lack of urgency - The slow & painful path to startup death▲56
How to instill the right sense of urgency in your team
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
12
Building Nexcast Part 3: Keeping Afloat▲57
Startup life ain't easy...
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
13
Prehype Podcast▲107
Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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a16z Podcast: The Business of Creativity▲71
Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
15
Building The Future: Episode 30 with David Idell▲53
Building startups, meeting founders, pivoting and hackathons
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
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a16z Podcast: On Corporate Venturing & Setting Up 'Innovation Outposts'▲59
How big companies can and should use the Valley
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Impactful - Certainty Chat▲53
A chat on intellectual honesty & uncertainty.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Work Smart - 20: Learnings from Amazon, BlackBerry & tech startups w/ Alex Bowman▲74
Anything significant in life will be 75% hustle & 25% luck
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Founder's Dilemmas▲75
Anticipating & avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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a16z Podcast: Disruption in Business... and Life▲81
It's not incompetence, but competence, that causes...
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Inc Censored: Why Running a Startup Can Feel Like a Knife Fight▲54
Discussion on creative ways leaders deal w/ startup struggle
2016 · inc.com · its alternatives →
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OPT-IN! — A Marketing and Sales Podcast▲53
Why every business should have a podcast
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The StartUp Chat - Startup Team Alignment▲65
Another episode with key Insights form Steli and hiten
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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Reboot Podcast #48 - When Are You Really An Entrepreneur?▲58
Or when are you ready to call yourself one?
2016 · reboot.io · its alternatives →

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