Andy Rachleff was recently interviewed by Patrick O’Shaughnessy on his Invest Like The Best podcast (you can find the link to the episode here). Rachleff is the co-founder and CEO of Wealthfront, an automated investment service firm with ~US$5bn in assets under management.

Prior to Wealthfront, Rachleff co-founded and was general partner of Benchmark Capital, where he was responsible for investing in a number of successful companies including Equinix, Juniper Networks, and Opsware.

Some of the topics covered in the interview include:

• A detailed look at the venture process using an early Benchmark investment as an example.
• Insights into how entrepreneurs should think about building a business.
• Wealthfront’s mission to democratise access to high-quality financial advice.

If you are interested in learning more about the robo-advisory space, you might also enjoy the recent Wharton@Knowledge interview with Jon Stein, who is the co-founder and CEO of Betterment.