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#18 — David Sacks — Movements and the battle for the future

Jun 10th, 2021 54m 50s

David Sacks (@DavidSacks)is the co-founder and general partner at Craft Ventures. For episode #18, I chatted with David about why the best founders create movements not just startups, what he looks for when making investments, the rise of censo

#17 — Lex Oiler — The accidental startup founder

Apr 8th, 2021 52m 6s

Lex Oiler (@hotgirlintech) is the founder and CEO of Peachy. For episode #17, I chatted with Lex about how a hospital bill that bankrupted her family set her on a mission to fix the broken medical billing system, following her own path away fro

#16 — Avlok Kohli — An angel investing revolution

Jan 21st, 2021 48m 34s

Avlok Kohli (@avlok) is the CEO of AngelList Venture. For episode #16, I chatted with, I chatted with Avlok about how the startup funding ecosystem is changing, the geographic future of Silicon Valley, the launch of rolling funds, which have ta

#15 — Mike Maples Jr. — Backcasting to build the future

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 11m

Mike Maples (@m2jr) is the co-founder and partner at Floodgate Capital and was one of the original “super angels”. For episode #15, I chatted with Mike about the process entrepreneurs should use to uncover breakthrough insights, a fishing trip

#14 — Geoff Lewis — Noble lies and narrative violations

Aug 26th, 2020 44m 40s

Geoff Lewis (@justGLew) is a technology investor and founder of Bedrock Capital. For episode #14, Geoff and I chatted about the noble lies that exist all around us in society, the geopolitics of TikTok, why algorithms are the new oil, how searc

#13 — Balaji Srinivasan — The rise of cloud cities & citizen journalism

Jul 29th, 2020 1h 6m

Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) is an angel investor and entrepeneur. For episode #13, I chatted with Balaji about the rise of cloud cities, the Oregon Trail generation, a decentralized model for citizen journalism, why crypto is still underrated

#12 — Mike Solana — The heresy of speaking your mind

May 13th, 2020 58m 25s

Mike Solana (@micsolana) is VP of brand and community at Founders Fund. For episode #12, I chatted with Mike about having the courage to speak your mind, self-censorship, the rising tide of socialism in the United States and the power the stori

#11 — Karlyn Borysenko — A liberal goes to a Trump rally

Apr 25th, 2020 48m 20s

Karlyn Borysenko (@DrKarlynB) is an organizational psychologist who helps organizations and teams find happiness and fulfillment at work through her company, Zen Workplace. For episode #10, Karlyn and I had a wide-ranging discussion about her e

#10 — Garry Tan — Building the world you want to live in

Apr 15th, 2020 1h 3m

Garry Tan (@garrytan) is a designer and engineer turned early stage investor as a Managing Partner and co-founder at Initialized Capital. While recording from our coronavirus bunkers, Garry and I chatted about building the world you want to liv

#9 — Jeff Morris Jr. — Investing in a post-COVID19 future

Mar 31st, 2020 54m 38s

Jeff Morris Jr. (@jmj) is a full time angel investor and the founder of Chapter One who has invested in in companies including Lyft, Lambda School, Superhuman, Roman, Cameo and Branch Metrics. For episode #9, Jeff and I had a wide-ranging conve

#8 — Sahil Lavingia — Escaping your own ideological bubble

Mar 13th, 2020 1h 2m

Sahil Lavingia (@shl) is the CEO of Gumroad and a prolific entrepeneur, writer, painter and thinker. For episode #8, I chatted with Sahil about the challenges of building startups and his viral essay “reflecting on my “failure" to build a $1B c

#7 — Katherine Boyle — Untangling tensions between media & tech

Feb 28th, 2020 57m 34s

Katherine Boyle (@ktmboyle) is a venture capitalist based in San Francisco and former journalist. For episode #7, I chatted with Katherine about escalating tensions between the media and tech industries, her path to becoming a venture capitalis

#6 — Kamal Ravikant — Your mentality shapes your reality

Jan 10th, 2020 43m 54s

Kamal Ravikant (@kamalravikant) is an entrepreneur, investor and best selling author of three books: Love Yourself, Live Your Truth, and Rebirth. For this episode, we talked to Kamal about fear, forgiveness and how your internal mentality can s

#5 — James Beshara — Mental health is wealth (part 2)

Nov 15th, 2019 52m 57s

James Beshara (@JamesBeshara) is a modern day renaissance man – an entrepreneur, angel investor, podcaster, author, musician. James is a prolific creator who operates with passion and he’s probably one of the most honest entrepreneurs I’ve ever

#4 — Trae Stephens — Just warfare in the age of technology

Oct 31st, 2019 1h 6m

Trae Stephens (@traestephens) is a venture capitalist at Founders Fund with partners like Peter Thiel, Brian Singerman, Cyan Banister and Keith Rabois, where he invests across sectors with a particular interest in startups operating in the gove

#3 — James Beshara — Mental health is wealth (part 1)

Oct 18th, 2019 1h 2m

#2 — Jennifer Fearing — The good lobbyist

Oct 4th, 2019 50m 24s

Jennifer Fearing (@jenniferfearing) is one of the most successful, innovative, and admired lobbyists in California. She left a lucrative corporate consulting career to advocate on behalf of issues that are close to her heart, especially animal

#1 — Michael Davidson — Looking beyond gov't to solve big problems

Sep 19th, 2019 47m 12s

Michael Davidson (@MPDavidson) is the CEO of GenNext (@gen_next), an organization that recruits business leaders in the private sector, educates them on critical issues like economic opportunity, education and global security and empowers them

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