Valley Nordic

Chander Chawla / Arne Tonning

English Business Society & Culture Technology

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Episodes 111

Avg. Duration 50m

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Since May 2019

Latest Episode Mar 2025

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Schedule

Weekly

Format

Episodic

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feeds.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

Chander Chawla, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Arne Tonning, a Norwegian Venture Capitalist, discuss global perspectives on startup business, technology, and culture. The views on the podcast are solely personal and not of our employers or of the organizations we belong to.

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Recent Episodes

S5E9 Navigating B2B Marketing: A NotebookLM Generated Episode

Mar 16, 2025 25m

Send a textThe episode is based on Chander's blogpost - https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2025/03/navigating-b2b-marketing.html

S5E8 Lessons For Toddlers: NotebookLM Generated Episode

Dec 22, 2024 18m

Send a textThis episode is based on Chander's blogpost - Lessons for toddlers.

S5E7 Art Extremes: A NotebookLM Generated Episode

Nov 09, 2024 9m

Send a textThis episode is based on Chander's blogpost - Art Extremes. It is shockingly good. Arne and I are not co-hosting this episode.

S5E6 Emotions vs. Rationality: A NotebookLM Generated 5 Minute Episode

Nov 04, 2024 5m

Send a textThe episode is generated from my blog post which has seven words :) Arne and I are not the cohosts for this episode.

S5E5 IPO Market In 2024: NotebookLM Created Episode

Oct 23, 2024 19m

Send a textThe episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/10/getting-ready-for-ipo.htmlArne and Chander are not the cohosts on this episode.

S5E4 Ethics In Tech: NotebookLM Created Episode

Oct 21, 2024 19m

Send a textThis is episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2019/03/thoughts-from-thinking-weekend.htmlArne and Chander are not the cohosts for this episode. Enjoy!

S5E3 Evolution of Robotics: NotebookLM Created Episode

Oct 17, 2024 10m

Send a textThis is episode is based on Chander's blogpost: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-rapid-evolution-of-robotics.htmlArne and I are not the cohosts for this episode. Enjoy!

S5E2 Wisdom From A New Friend: NotebookLM Created Episode

Oct 16, 2024 20m

Send a textNotebookLM created this episode based on Chander's blogpost titled - Wisdom from a new friend.

S5E1 Building Alignment: A NotebookLM Created Episode

Oct 15, 2024 11m

Send a textThis episode is NotebookLM interpretation of Chander's blogpost on building alignment: https://cdoq.blogspot.com/2024/05/building-alignment-as-executive.htmlArne and I are not the co-hosts…

S4E11 S4E11: Energy Markets In Europe

Oct 23, 2022 1h 18m Transcript

Send a textWe discuss: 1. State of the energy markets in Europe and why the prices are going up. 2. How does the electricity grid work?3. How does the energy pricing work in Europe (excluding…

S4E10 S4E10: Startup Financials - LTV and CAC in B2B SaaS

Sep 03, 2022 1h 23m Transcript

Send a textWe are back after a long summer break. In this episode we get inside Arne's box of B2B SaaS and discuss CAC, LTV, Payback period, and other financial metrics.

S4E9 S4E9: Reflections - Valley Nordic 100th Episode

May 31, 2022 59m

Send a textWe reflect on the last 99 episodes by reviewing the podcast stats, guests who honored us, and the 27 companies we analyzed in the last ~4 years.

S4E8 S4E8: Deglobalization

May 16, 2022 48m

Send a textWhat is deglobalization? Why is it happening? What does it mean for startups?

S4E7 S4E7: Metaverse

May 02, 2022 52m

Send a textWe segment the Metaverse into three categories: 1. Metaverse that requires new hardware to be worn by users (VR headsets, AR glasses, etc.) 2. Metaverse that does not require new hardware…

S4E6 S4E6: The Twitter Drama

Apr 15, 2022 27m

Send a textElon Musk buying Twitter has been talk of the town in Silicon Valley for the last few days. Arne and I discuss what's happening and why. Chander's blogpost from 2009 on Twitter's potential.

S4E5 S4E5: HP Acquisition Of Poly

Mar 31, 2022 34m

Send a textHP which makes PCs and printers acquires a company, Poly (Plantronics + Polycom), that makes headphones, conference room phones, and cameras. We wonder why.

S4E4 S4E4: New Framework for Management in Corporations

Mar 17, 2022 56m

Send a textWe discuss Chander's forbes article on management which offers a new framework for looking at management. The framework has four dimensions: 1. Domain Management 2. Organizational…

S4E3 S4E3: New Sovereign Investments Influenced by the Russia-Ukraine War

Mar 04, 2022 28m

Send a textWe discuss top three sectors for new sovereign investments influenced by the current Russia Ukraine war: 1. Energy 2. Defence (Cyber, Weapons, Surveillance) 3. Increased self-reliance…

S4E2 S4E2: Web3

Feb 17, 2022 52m

Send a textWe discuss what is Web3 (and Web 3.0). How it came about? And, the debate associated with it. Links to the articles we referenced in the episode: 1. Semantic web 2. Moxie Marlinspike on…

S4E1 S4E1: The state of the financial markets - Stocks, Crypto, and Venture Capital

Feb 04, 2022 44m

Send a textWe kickoff season 4 with a discussion on what's happening in the financial markets in 2022.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Valley Nordic have?

Valley Nordic has published 111 episodes since May 2019, covering topics in Business, Society & Culture.

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Valley Nordic is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 50m.