This is one of the unexpected episodes I record because someone I don't know that well stays in my guestroom. Jacob needed a spot to crash in SF for the night and we have a guestroom. We decided to record this episode and very glad I did because Jacob is on to something with his company IdeaFlow. Listen if you want to understand more about how to be a true master in whatever you want to do. Follow Jacob here: https://twitter.com/jacobcole4000...
Jan 27, 2020•56 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Jillian knows a lot about what it means to build a community as well as be part of a community. If you have wondered what it means to be a part of a community you will like this episode. If you are in NYC and want to find community, check out what Jillian built, a way to find community based events: https://joylist.nyc/
Jan 24, 2020•49 min•Season 6Ep. 3
I've been staying at Indie Studio in Medellin, Colombia and I interviewed the owner. Indie Studio is a coliving space. Coliving, as a trend, probably started in San Francisco in the 1960's with the hippie communes and then had a resurgence in SF in the 2010's. As a business, coliving didn't quite work out in SF because of the high economic costs but in other parts of the world its clearly a viable option, particularly now that digital nomads roam the globe. Here we talk about the latest in Coliv...
Jan 22, 2020•44 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Very proud to release this episode with Camilo who shares the truth, not just the hype about the particular stresses that come from starting a company in Medellin, Colombia. We also did a later interview in Spanish which was a lot of fun. Follow Camilo here: https://twitter.com/camilo_u
Jan 20, 2020•52 min•Season 6Ep. 2
I sit down with Christopher Michel to talk about photography, creativity, stress of talking to strangers, taking pictures all over the world, the cultural complexity of taking pictures of strangers in different countries and a lot more. Follow Chris here: https://twitter.com/chrismichel
Jan 17, 2020•56 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Dulma and I talk about what it means to create something that requires 100% of your effort and if its possible to remain balanced in the process. Dulma has a lot of wisdom to share and I like her definition of suffering about half way through. Check out Makelane here: https://www.makelane.com/
Jan 16, 2020•55 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Ben and I sit down to talk about the growth of technology innovation and entrepreneurship in Singapore. Ben knows a lot about this seeing as his an EIR at Entrepreneurs First in Singapore. He is also the host of the Idea Machines Podcast which can be found here: http://www.ideamachinespodcast.com/
Jan 15, 2020•41 min•Season 5Ep. 9
This is a really great low down on the Mexican (and overall Latin American) startup scene from someone who has experience in both San Francisco as well as Mexico. We get into the specific challenges of what it means to raise money in Mexico and entrepreneurs there are limited by the old school capital. Highly recommend it if you are interested in global startups. Follow Domingo here: https://twitter.com/sundaywar
Jan 14, 2020•49 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Tracy and I talk about the founding of modern American healthcare training, mindfulness, technology, and a lot more. I found Tracy via Twitter where I highly recommend you follow her cause she is saying some things that need to be said. https://twitter.com/tracyktownsend
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 6
Anna and I sit down to talk about what it means to be a public intellectual in the current age and what is the difference between a mainstream public intellectual and a niche public intellectual. You will like this episode if you like to understand more about the context of what social media is doing to our social relationships. Check out Pynchon here: https://www.thepynchon.com/ Follow Anna here: https://twitter.com/theannagat?lang=en...
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 5
We get into a lot of stuff here including: AI, Sports medicine, Pain, Consciousness, Mentorship, Being versus becoming, and much more. Check out Pelion here: https://www.pelion.app/ And Follow Martin here: https://twitter.com/purrmin
Jan 09, 2020•56 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Kamal and I talk about his philosophy for loving oneself and how to do it. The day we recorded I was actually in the midst of a pretty deep depression and so it was telling that Kamal's message was to love myself, which I do believe is the way to get to the root of the depression. Check out Kamal's book here (or search for "Love yourself like your life depends on it" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QLDWRWK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0...
Jan 08, 2020•56 min•Season 5Ep. 3
The answer from James: "When it creates problems, rather than dissolving them." If you like the episodes with Kapil and with Kunal you will like this one. Be warned I kept the long pauses as well. Enjoy the pregnant silences! Find James here: https://twitter.com/jimmpierce
Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 2
We also discuss the topic of using your strengths to help support the areas where we are weak. Krystal runs a business that is past 100 employees and she has a lot of insight into what it means to build such a business from the ground up. If you are starting or running a business this is a good episode for you to listen to. Also if you happen to feel like a 3rd culture kid this would also be interesting for you as Krystal shares her experience with that. Find more info on Bentobox: https://getbe...
Jan 06, 2020•48 min•Season 5Ep. 1
This is the second time I've had Kunal on the show. He gives a great description of what the study of philosophy does to our desires as well as the way he found his way out of some problems that the study of philosophy presents. Find Kunal Here: https://twitter.com/CrazyPolymath
Jan 02, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This is the second episode of my 2 part series with the founders of FathomAI. Here we go into the actually biomechanics behind the relationship between technology and injury prevention. I really had fun with this one! Hope you enjoy. Check out the FathomAI device here: https://www.fathomai.com/
Dec 23, 2019•56 min•Season 4Ep. 11
This was a very fun episode where I sit down to talk with Ivonna about the device her company (FathomAI) built to help people exercise with less injuries. We talk about the subjective and objective components of injury prevention as well as a little bit into the biomechanics of what their product is measuring. I enjoyed it so much that I then interviewed her technical cofounder about more of the biomechanics and I'll be releasing that this monday. Check out the FathomAI device here: https://www....
Dec 20, 2019•54 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Josh and I have a conversation about the latest in AI research and he gives me the breakdown on what is Unsupervised learning and what is Supervised learning. This would be a good one to listen to if you fear the AI apocalypse (doesn't seem likely). Follow Josh here: https://twitter.com/josh_tobin_
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Jani and I talk about how his company helps people in India who don't speak English leverage the internet to reach their goals. This is one of the episodes of the series I'm doing on the rise of innovation outside of Silicon Valley. This company is particularly interesting for me because there are linguistic borders to the internet and Lokal is breaking them down for people who don't speak English in India. There are a lot of languages in India. I'm trying to do the same with my podcast with the...
Dec 18, 2019•57 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Mark works with innovation and technology at Innovation Lab. We talk about a lot of science related stuff including: Flying Cars How you can't have both innovation and risk aversion Bioinformatics Modularity interoperability Biohacking spaces Lacoperon Check out Mark's Website: Marsbound.com
Dec 17, 2019•59 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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
