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Rich Zou came to the Bay Area a year ago with $1000 in his bank at 20 years old. He share his story of growing up in NYC with a single mom, dropping out of Northeastern, and his journey from getting rejected to all investment banking internship to joining xAI and now starting his own talent investing fund. 0:00 Getting rejected from all his IB internships 1 year ago 0:38 Raised by a single mom in...

My conversation with Nicole Summer Hsing, founder of Arcarae. She shares her story of trying to understand the mind, and how to build technology that helps us actually discover who we are. 0:00 Brutality of public hate while building what you love 3:07 Discarding stress at a Tibetan Buddhist retreat 5:51 Iterations before Arcarae and burnout 8:47 How do you build a product around self-discovery? 1...

TechJoyce is the funniest Gen Z tech content creator, with 6M followers across platforms. Part 2 conversation about the reality of her life. 0:00 How she knew she wanted to be a Youtuber 0:44 Growing up in scarcity 3:10 Evolving relationship with money 5:26 Falling off, losing touch with reality and your audience 7:04 Why her videos consistently get millions of views 8:02 How she makes money from...

Verda shares the real story of how she skipped college, moved to SF, and started underground robot fighting. We talk about breaking out of frameworks, being an autonomous human being, and writing scripts for your own life. 0:00 Starting in Michigan 5:11 Why she didn't go to college 7:02 Moving out at 18 8:21 Getting lucky 10:22 Writing the script of her life 13:11 Joining a 3D printing company...

TechJoyce is the funniest Gen Z tech content creator, with 6M followers across platforms. She's a 19 year old with everything she could want. We talk about the reality of her life. Timestamps: 0:00 Buying a house at 19 1:14 Living with freedom 3:59 Misery in high school 5:29 No one cares about your insecurities 6:18 Internal self unmoved by the external world 7:23 Becoming TechJoyce 10:26 Choo...

I ask Roy about ego, reputation, the 2 year time period between getting rescinded from Harvard and transferring into Columbia, learning everything for the first time in front of the world, and more. 00:00 Authentic people are disliked5:00 Reputation with 10 vs 10 million people8:45 Risk framework when launching Interview Coder11:24 No regrets on burning bridges15:01 Looking down on people?16:23 Be...

My conversation with Jackson Denka, founder of Azura. Jackson on X: https://x.com/jacksondenkaSarah on X: https://x.com/srachaWYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/ Timestamps:0:33 Dropping out of UChicago with a full-ride scholarship 2:26 Falling through the cracks of society 9:12 Why AI is disturbing 13:38 Influencer culture was the most inefficient market of the last decade 15:05 Crypto is the only...

If you don't hit a life crisis, it's coming for you. My conversation with Danielle Strachman, cofounder of 1517 Fund and Thiel Fellowship. 1:02 The terrifying role luck plays in success8:16 The pursuit of excellence is exhausting15:39 Finding her mission of bringing freedom & autonomy to young people24:56 Why is it so hard to attain clarity of desire25:31 People get threatened by other...

Viraj Ala is a 21-year old, San Francisco-based content creator. He creates vox-pop, street interview-driven content that democratizes Silicon Valley by bringing conversations with top founders, investors, and creators to aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals. Shout out to Viraj for allowing me to share such a vulnerable story, Matt Lo for being the goat editor, and Succinct for sponsoring this...

Ppl Pleasr, aka Emily Yang, is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Shibuya, a crowdfunding platform for bold, independent filmmakers. Her anime, White Rabbit, became the first crypto project to win an Emmy. 0:27 The World is a Giant Ponzi 5:52 The Ultimate Humiliation: Unemployment 9:28 Opportunity that skyrocketed her 12:31 Can Anyone be Special? 16:42 Emily's Evolution of Self-Esteem 1...

Iyan Moon Yang reveals the reality of modeling, engineering success, and struggles of chasing your dreams as a 20 year old. 0:53 Starting college after her weird gap year 2:45 Working at Sperm Racing as a girl?! 6:54 How she walked for Dior at 17 8:18 Engineering outlier success 11:46 Evolution of mindset and ego 14:48 You need to detach from what other's think of you 18:19 Struggles of living...

Shane Fan graduated high school at 15, UC Berkeley at 18, is the founder & CEO of a stealth startup building onchain products, and is a creator with 7 million+ followers and 3 billion+ views. And he’s 23 years old : D Timestamps: 1:25 25M views in 24 hours 4:44 How he gained viral-sense 6:54 Posting 30-50 videos everyday 11:37 Instagram Success 13:54 Juggling social media & companies 15:06...

a WYRD interview with Jayden Clark on being at the center of niche San Francisco technology culture 1:58 Jester-maxxing 5:54 Running a boutique media consulting firm 13:12 Gym as his bridge to tech 18:13 MOTS podcast, art or business? 23:44 Personality as Edge 28:32 Musician to B2B SaaS Founder to Podcaster 46:38 Ragebait 54:23 SF bubble 1:12:57 How can one have a worthwhile existence in SF?Follow...

My WYRD conversation with Dris Elamri. Dris is 18 and CEO at Instinct (60k+ creators). He previously blew up Cluely, grew a YouTube channel to 200K subs in 9 months, made $50K/mo dropshipping, and got kicked out of high school for hacking water fountains. We talk about fears of the permanent underclass, ethics of ragebait, why action beats everything, and the pursuit of building something timeless...

My first WYRD interview with Skyler Chan, Founder of GRU Space. 00:28 - Why Skyler’s Building the First Lunar Hotel 4:53 - Death at 16 6:43 - Learning at Berkeley & Tesla 8:42 - YOLO: Help Make Humans Interplanetary 11:59 - Hiring when everyone wants to work in AI 16:30 - Execute 18:43 - If we succeed, billions of humans will experience the beauty of lifeFollow Skyler: https://x.com/skyler_cha...

My interview with Jay Fujiwara, social media creator with 12 million followers teaching English. He is the funder of BigBean, an app for learning English. Follow Jay on Instagram:   / jayfujiwara   Follow WYRD: wyrd.showTimestamps: 0:00 How Jay Got Started in Social Media 5:18 Dropping Out of UCL 9:03 Sneaker Reselling to Going All-In on Social Media 12:51 3 Steps to Explode Your Social Accounts 1...

Met Tommy while he was Berkeley Blockchain's President. Had so much fun hearing his wildest memecoin stories :) Timestamps: 00:42 The WNBA Dildo Kid 02:14 Tommy’s Trading Journey 05:43 Most Painful Trading Loss 10:10 Life as a Crypto VC 15:41 Future Predictions in Crypto 18:24 Why Kalshi’s Marketing is Genius 21:35 Berkeley to New York Post-Grad Life 29:09 The Evolution of Podcasting 33:08 Cur...

The interview you’ve been waiting for…@theweb3jess , the founder of Blockus. 0:00 Intro: The Founder Who Broke Crypto Twitter 0:18 Jess Origin Story 2:36 Being a Female Founder in Web3 4:10 What Is Level 1 Autism? 6:10 Jess’ Thoughts on Being Viral 8:33 How You Make People Take You Seriously 10:39 Sexual Harassment and Workplace Misogyny 14:51 Does Jess Hate Men? 16:38 Dating Accomplished Men Is a...

Thank you Arine for sharing your story ... one of the most incredible stories I've ever heard. Timestamps: 1:49 Why Arine’s Parents Became Jehovah’s Witnesses 4:38 Inside Life as a Jehovah's Witness: No Worldly Desires 10:07 Bethel, the Governing Body, and Disfellowship 17:00 Why Arine Decided To leave 18:50 How Wrestling Saved Her Life 23:11 Entering Foster Care at 16 29:00 Life in Shambl...

My friend Gajesh has the craziest life story ever. Just read the timestamps: 00:00 - Turning 18 02:31 - Spending Ages 7–12 Coding Every Day 08:31 - Mahabharata, RadhaKrishna & Realizing There’s More Than Money (Moha) 12:35 - Growing Youtube Channel to 1M Views & 15k Subs in 3 Months 14:10 - Detach From Money & Status 15:27 - How Gajesh Got Into Crypto at 12 18:31 - Building a DeFi App...

Stan is one of the people in the world who has the most insane travel lore ever. He's been to 73 countries, is building a travel app called Soar, and is in Iraq rn?....Timestamps: 0:00 Chopped Chinese 0:07 Becoming DJI’s first international employee at 17 7:09 Xinjiang & the Uyghurs 10:55 Will China Overtake the U.S. Economy? @kalshi market 13:11 Russia, US, and China presence in Norway 15...

This episode is chopped. And super fucking funny. Thank you to my friends Magnus, Viraj, and Maxx! Timestamps: 0:00 Magnus is... Black ?!?? 0:07 Why we haven't slept in 24 hours 1:14 I ate fried chicken at the strip club 1:25 $100 DNA test and $500 bet 2:51 Why Kalshi is better 3:31 Give a schizophrenic drug addict a burrito, get $18k of Apple productsFollow Viraj:   / viraj.ala   Follow Magnu...

My homie Connor Chung is a model, influencer, 2nd year CS student at UCLA, and an explorer of many side quests. We talk about what to do with our lives lmao. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:07 Make your eyes bigger (modeling) 4:41 CS Job Market for College Students 13:37 Social media is the best place to build social capital as a 19-20 year old 20:49 The Gen Z Eye 23:26 FOMOing college 27:34 What are we...

This was the craziest episode I’ve ever filmed. Literally just crashed out the whole episode, so fun. Thank you Meow! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:46 Welcome to the Schizo Podcast 1:28 What makes you think you’re doing something with your life? 4:31 What makes you think you’re not fake? 5:30 Society makes you feel like you’re not doing anything 7:05 Being at the bottom of the valley and climbing to th...

Had a super fun time interviewing Justin Waldron, the co-founder of Zynga!!!Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 0:35 – Building games on MySpace, AOL Instant Messenger, 5:37 – Dropping out at 19 to Co-found Zynga, Realizing Facebook would be HUGE 11:03 – Shipping Farmville, Inventing New Social Games 12:28 – Printing hundreds of millions off games 14:49 – BEING DELUSIONAL on early trends you spot 18:16 – Sta...