April 25th, 2013

Foundation: NationBuilder CEO Jim Gilliam on How to Build a Movement

In the newest episode of my Foundation video series, I talk with NationBuilder Founder and CEO Jim Gilliam, a two-time cancer survivor and activist. Jim discusses growing up in Silicon Valley, how he made the jump from filmmaker to tech entrepreneur, and the power of community action to turn ordinary people into leaders. → Read More

March 14th, 2013

Foundation: Chad Hurley Talks Collaborative Social Content and Hints at a New Video Platform

In today’s episode of my Foundation series, I talk with Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, and founder of AVOS. Chad talks about life after YouTube, hints at his latest ambition in the video collaboration space and recalls one very important breakfast meeting at Denny’s. → Read More

March 12th, 2013

Dustin Moskovitz And Cari Tuna Launch Site For Their Philanthropic Foundation, Good Ventures

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We’ve heard a little bit about Facebook and Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz’s new foundation, Good Ventures, specifically a company that its investment arm got involved with last August. Today we’ve learned a lot more, specifically about its non-profit endeavours, as the site for Good Ventures has been launched, and it discusses exactly what the foundation will be doing and which… → Read More

February 27th, 2013

Foundation: Using Liquid Nitrogen And Tech To Create The World’s Best Ice Cream

In the latest episode of my Foundation video series, I talk with Smitten Ice Cream Founder Robyn Sue Fisher.

Robyn Sue explains how she built a solid alumni network at the Stanford d.school, why she turned down a job with the FBI to become an entrepreneur, and the secrets behind the Kelvin, her one-of-a-kind instant ice cream freezer. → Read More

February 6th, 2013

Foundation: Jawbone’s Founder Hosain Rahman On How to Build Meaningful Hardware Prototypes

In this episode of my Foundation video series, I talk with Jawbone CEO and Founder Hosain Rahman. Hosain and I discuss the entrepreneurial environment at Stanford in the 1990’s, The Jetsons as design inspiration, and how his meeting with Steve Jobs shaped the future of Jawbone’s first product designs. → Read More

January 24th, 2013

Foundation: Dave Morin on Maintaining Genuine Relationships Via Social Networks

For the latest episode of my Foundation series, I headed over to the Path office to sit down with founder Dave Morin.

Dave talks about getting his start in student marketing at Apple, and reflects that focus is one of the most important things he learned there. He goes on to describe his time at Facebook, where an intense focus on product utility set the product up for long-term growth. Dave… → Read More

November 30th, 2012

Foundation Video: Melody McCloskey Of StyleSeat On Getting Investors Involved In A Beauty Startup

In the most recent episode of my Foundation video series, I sat down with the founder of StyleSeat, Melody McCloskey. Melody shares how her frustration with finding a stylist inspired her to build the platform. She also talks through the challenges of reaching an audience who isn’t in front of a computer all day and how the web helps them grow their business and improve their client… → Read More

November 14th, 2012

Foundation Video: Ben Horowitz Of Andreessen Horowitz On What He Looks For In A Pitch

Foundation Interview: Ben Horowitz

The latest episode of my Foundation video series comes to you filmed live from the Google Ventures Founder & CEO Summit last week. I had the opportunity to sit down with Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Opsware and now General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Enjoy! → Read More

November 5th, 2012

Foundation Video: Tom Conrad, CTO Of Pandora On Reinventing Radio

Foundation Interview: Tom Conrad, CTO of Pandora

In this edition of my Foundation video series, Pandora CTO Tom Conrad shares his inspiration for reinventing the radio. He reveals how a jailbroken iPhone played a key part in Pandora’s success, and explains why Thanksgiving is the biggest day of the year for the service. He also tells the crazy backstory behind Web 1.0 flameout Pets.com, what it was like to be engineer during the “dark… → Read More

October 2nd, 2012

Foundation Video: Matt Rogers, Co-Founder Of Nest, Demos New Learning Thermostat

Foundation Interview: Matt Rogers, Co-Founder of Nest

Editor’s note: TechCrunch TV is very pleased to welcome a new show to our lineup, Kevin Rose’s Foundation series. Kevin, a partner at Google Ventures, has been producing high-quality, riveting one-on-one interviews with some of the tech world’s top entrepreneurs.

I’m excited to announce that beginning today, TechCrunch will syndicate my Foundation video series profiling founders and… → Read More