We talk all things culture and how culture spreads from place to place. We talk about how burning man culture is changing the culture of Singapore. We also talk about the differences and similarities between the culture of Silicon Valley (where I grew up) and Singapore. There are also some tidbits in here for anyone who wants to thrive in the stressful era we might be entering. Follow Visa here: https://twitter.com/visakanv
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 6
She is the author of “Restoring Prana - A therapeutic guide to pranayama and healing through the breath. We talk about the connection between breath, posture, and voice. We also talk about the relationship between the breath and the nervous system You can find more info on Robin's website here: https://essentialyogatherapy.com/about
Dec 13, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 5
We talk about information asymmetry and what it means and how it shows up in our lives. Check out Huan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HuanWin
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 4
I talked with Mike about: narratives and why one wins and another one loses narratives in China the demonization of technology through sci fi since the invention of the nuclear bomb 24 hour online ideological warfare how religion never really went away, it just changed. Find Mike on twitter @micsolana
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 3
Marco is like the Batman of entrepreneurship. No one knows of him in Silicon Valley but the guy has created like 6 companies that are all growing like crazy. Biggest takeaway: Business is the process of creating structure out of chaos. Money serves as the truth validator of the entire process. No business without money. Solve someone's problem and you have created structure out of chaos. Turn it into a system & get paid = Business Find Marco on Quora where he writes a lot about entrepreneurs...
Dec 10, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Mimi Young is a shamanic practitioner and founder of Ceremonie , a shamanic and ritual-based brand focusing on in-person and online shamanic education, Remote Shamanic Readings, and an aura + skincare line that is made in ceremony. Mimi works with a blend of modalities including core shamanism and botanical healing, hedge magick, and Chinese shamanic modalities, with a focus on integrating the subconscious with the conscious, past lives work, divination, dream work, ancestral healing, and divine...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 1
We talked about how philosophy can help us do better business. We covered the following questions: What are the most important questions to ask yourself while starting a company? What is the most important thing to know about hypergrowth? Follow Kulveer here: https://twitter.com/kul Find out more about Zeus Living: https://zeusliving.com/
Nov 23, 2019•46 min•Season 3Ep. 20
We recorded this episode right after Jeff started working at Lambda school doing growth. Jeff has a lot of insight into how remote works and how it doesn't. He also has a lot to add about how to think about investing in remote companies as well as companies in general. It was also very interesting to hear how Jeff broke into tech as well by making a move to Kansas City in response to a tweet! Find Jeff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmj And Chapter One Ventures: http://www.chapterone.vc/...
Nov 18, 2019•59 min•Season 3Ep. 19
My friend Ruben talks about how he helps people connect with the people around them. I have learned a lot from Ruben about how to start a conversation with someone I don't know and it really has had profound effects on my life and I don't have that much social anxiety anymore (also because I've been doing this podcast) If you want to find out more about how to break down your barriers towards expressing yourself authentically check out this episode. Find out more about Ruben's work here: https:/...
Nov 14, 2019•51 min•Season 3Ep. 18
You will like this episode if you are interested in Advaita Vedanta Non Dual philosophy or if you have a meditation practice. If you aren't interested in those things then this one might not have to much value for you but if you have even a hint of interest in these things then you will want to watch this. If anything doesn't makes sense please feel free to ask and I can explain or show more. I take pride in my ability to spot talented and articulate people before the mainstream and I can promis...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Here are a few questions which we discussed: What is the difference between writing for your business and writing for yourself? What is the relationship between imagination and writing? How do they intersect? What is the difference between desire and craving? Is writing thinking? How does the idea of human exceptionalism limit our understanding of intelligence? How can confusion be an answer? Find Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DidYouWriteThat Find Holloway: https://www.holloway.com/...
Nov 12, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 17
If you remember the interview I did with Ian Livingstone last thursday about starting companies outside of Silicon Valley, this is actually the episode that got me on to the trail of Ian and his company Dropout Labs. Boris basically helps me map out the entire global ecosystem for startups and where its headed particularly from the investment angle. Find Boris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bwertz Find Version One: https://versionone.vc/...
Nov 11, 2019•50 min•Season 3Ep. 16
We talked about the following questions: What is unique about Africa when it comes to merging of technology, culture and capital? How can individual Africans find role models to model after colonization destroyed the local culture and imposed a different language? How does Nigeria show that the brand of being scammers is only representative of a small part of the population? Also we mapped the startup ecosystem in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and a few other places. Africa has a lot of things g...
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 15
You will like this episode if you are into machine learning, remote work, the rise of entrepreneurship around the world, secure computation, video games and their role in startup creation. Another good question we came up with was: Can the journey from 0 to 1 be done remotely?
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 15
We talk about the rise of startups outside of silicon valley. Also about the interactions between large companies and startups and how their relationships have evolved over the past 10 years. You will like this one if you want a snapshot into high technology, the replication crisis in science and some of the reasons behind it, or if you are really interested in global business. Find Torsten here on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tkolind If you are a startup looking for opportunities check out YouN...
Nov 06, 2019•52 min•Season 3Ep. 14
We talk about the limitations of video for learning and what works best. We talk about the difference between implicit, explicit, and experiential forms of learning. We talk about neuroscience and how the brain works and learns. Find Hossein on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hnivi Find Pendaran: https://www.pendaran.com/
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 13
We talk about the following questions: Was Sales the first tech job to go remote? When do you know when to meet someone in person or whether the conversation can be done remotely? How does bias show up when tech companies recruit salespeople? How did Shaan go from mathematics to becoming an expert in sales? Find Shaan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shaanh Checkout Flockjay: https://flockjay.com/...
Nov 01, 2019•48 min•Season 3Ep. 12
We try to get at this question: How can we incentivize the truth? Is this possible? We also talk about the rise of the personal computing industry and Robin's role in that. Check out Robin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinr Check out more about Living in Digital Times and their event at CES: https://livingindigitaltimes.com/
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 11
More question that we talk about: What happens when you build a product with an expectation of what will happen and then something entirely different happens? Is San Francisco losing its soul? Is its soul becoming distributed? Dhru on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhrupadkarwa HaikuJAM: http://haikujam.com Dhru shares HaikuJAM on TEDx: https://youtu.be/XzB0KwWsT5g...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 10
We cover these questions: What is the difference between a pitch and telling a story? How do you confidently broadcast your values while remaining curious and open-minded? What is the current state of technology production in the greater midwest? How important is it for founders to build real relationships with investors? Should founders assume that building a business will be a bumpy road? Can you build a startup ecosystem using virtual/online resources? Follow John here: https://twitter.com/jo...
Oct 25, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 9
We talk about Stephen's long history in computation and the really big questions that we need to answer as a civilization to come into a more harmonious balance with the machines we are creating. Get Stephen's Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Computational-Explorer-Stephen-Wolfram/dp/1579550266 We discuss the following questions: Where is the age of computation leading us to? Why did we stop innovating in terms of atoms and go into the innovation of bits? To what extent has technolog...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 9
We talk about the future of work, the joy of dancing and how to think about living a healthy life while also building a company. Follow @StaceyFerreira and Check out: https://www.joinforge.com/
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 8
I sit down with @dthorson and we talk about where civilization is headed and how we can help support it. You will like this episode if you are into civilization design, intentional living, how to be a human, and much more.
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 7
I sit down with Preethi Kasireddy from Trustory and we talk about the importance of debate for a shared understanding of the truth. Find more about Preethi here: https://twitter.com/iam_preethi Find more about Trustory here: https://www.trustory.io/
Oct 10, 2019•52 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Here are the questions we discuss in this episode: How do you tell your investors that you have "terminal" cancer? How do continue to run a company? How do you find your north star either as an individual or for your company? What is the difference between creativity in the business sense and in the artistic sense? Find more on Michael here: https://twitter.com/M_A_FitzGerald Find more on Submittable here: https://www.submittable.com/...
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This is a special episode where I sit down with Henri Meijer, my business counselor, and we talk about how team-leads and managers can build better processes so that the company can flow more harmoniously and be more effective.
Oct 07, 2019•25 min•Season 3Ep. 6
I sit down with Emily Webb the founder of Mission Fusion to talk about dance, martial arts (krav maga), emotions, pain, trauma, innovation in dance, how dance makes us healthier and a lot more. https://www.missionfusion.com/private-lessons
Oct 06, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 5
You will like this episode if you are interested in the philosophy behind Bitcoin, centralization, and decentralization, as well as some information about stress and identity politics. Check out more about Dan here: https://twitter.com/DHannum8
Oct 05, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Mike drops some magical life wisdom about how to find what's real: On Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSlavin
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 3
I sit down with Mike Dudas to talk about the current state of Crypto. You will like this episode if you have an interest in crypto, the state of crypto in Asia, and how to build companies. Find more info on Mike here: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/ and here: https://twitter.com/mdudas
Oct 02, 2019•49 min•Season 3Ep. 2
