Spencer Kier

Audience of One

Technology EN ↓ 57 episodes

Exploring my curiosity through conversations with leading thinkers and builders. We talk about philosophy, learning, tech, parenting, entrepreneurship, health, and more. Follow Spencer on Twitter (twitter.com/SP1NS1R) and Substack (spencerkier.substack.com)

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Spencer Kier

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#007 - Travis Jamison on Hold Co's, Barbell Investing, & The Big Picture 07.03.2023 48:38

Travis Jamison is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Among other things, Travis owns an SEO agency (Smash Digital), a holding company for cash flowing businesses ( Smash. VC ), and an online investing community and newsletter ( Investing.io ). Travis and I talk about how he got his start, all things investing (SMBs, hold co's, crypto, and the macro environment), and what the macro game is he’s pl...

#006 - James Pierce on Sincerity & Enlightenment 03.03.2023 38:53

James Pierce is a writer and executive coach, and claims to have found enlightenment. We talk about sincerity, surrender, coaching, the ego, and truth. — (02:10) Is enlightenment a binary event or gradual journey? (3:23) The best metaphor for enlightenment (04:24) The role of language (05:22) Our conception of time (06:44) Does the ego go away entirely? (07:06) The greatest misconception about enl...

#005 - Nicolas Cole on Self-Limiting Beliefs & Writing Forever 28.02.2023 50:14

Nicolas Cole is a writer and the co-founder of Ship30for30, a leading online writing program. We talk about self limiting beliefs, building Ship30for30, how to write on the internet, and much more. — (00:24) Nicolas’ background (04:19) Why writing (07:01) Being the top writer on Quora & getting his break (13:57) Impact of AI on writing (17:46) Ship30for30 origin story (20:37) What is Ship30for...

#004 - Jeremy Giffon on Tiny, Philosophy, & Overrated Advice 23.02.2023 1:22:31

Jeremy Giffon is the former general partner of Tiny, a holding company for cash-flowing businesses. Jeremy and I talk about Tiny and acquiring businesses, science and religion, the origins of culture, why you shouldn’t take advice, and what he’s working on next. — (00:31) Jeremy’s background (4:52) Starting MediaCore while in high school (7:24) How to get more high schoolers startup-like experienc...

#003 - Henrik Karlsson on Creating Your Milieu, Writing, & Apprenticeships 21.02.2023 47:34

Henrik Karlsson is a Swedish entrepreneur, poet, programmer, anthropologist, art curator, and most notably, writer of the blog, Escaping Flatland. We talk about writing, creating your milieu, apprenticeships, learning, networks, parenting, and more. — (01:53) How he got started writing (03:23) His “aha moment” writing on the internet (06:57) Wh more people don’t publish (08:57) Helping creators &a...

#002 - David Perell on Commitment, Contradictions, & Weirdos 16.02.2023 49:37

David Perell is a writer and founder of Write of Passage, an online writing school. We talk about writing, building a business, education, religion, commitment, personal monopolies, and more. — (00:24) Why writing (03:09) Balancing writing & building a company (05:22) The next phase for Write of Passage (06:02) Writing a book (07:10) Influence of art & architecture on David's work (10:21) How Writ...

#001 - Rohit Krishnan on Curiosity, Investing, & The Future 14.02.2023 50:07

Rohit Krishnan is a former McKinsey consultant and venture capitalist, and author of the blog, Strange Loop Cannon. We talk about being a generalist, curiosity, futurism, probabilism, granting, parenting, and more. — (00:33) Tradeoffs of being a generalist (08:01) Parenting & curiosity (11:13) Probabilism & uncertainty (16:40) Delta between the future you invest in vs. want to see (24:33)...