Love Conquers Fear

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - How  Mike Maples Jr. , co-founder of Floodgate and early investor in Lyft, Twitter, and Twitch defines  pattern breakers - The art of spotting  inflection points  that change the future - Why  different  beats  better  in entrepreneurship - Lessons from missed opportunities—like  Airbnb —and how pain becomes in...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - Conscious Capitalism, its origins, and how it shaped Brett & Alexander’s friendship - Why capitalism is a  positive-sum game  and the philosophical foundations behind it - How AI will transform business, relationships, trust, and the future of work - The path to the  Age of Abundance for All - Synchronicity...

What you’ll hear in this episode: - How humanity reached the moment of holding  godlike power  to re-engineer life - The  collision of AI, genetics, and biotech  — and what it means for our future - Why  abundance must include everyone  to avoid collapse - The real odds of human survival — and why Jamie gives us a  99.9% chance of making it - What the  nuclear threat  reveals about our evolutionar...

This thought-provoking conversation explores Brett Hurt’s journey as a founder, investor, and culture-first leader — from building Coremetrics, Bazaarvoice, and data.world to his philosophy of leading with love, choosing the right investors, and preparing for a future shaped by AI and exponential technologies. Enjoy this episode, reshared from Brett’s appearance on the For You Leaders Podcast host...

What you’ll hear in this episode: How  Toltec teachings  explain reality as energy, not matter — and why we may be “dreaming inside a memory.” The bridge between  quantum physics and ancient spirituality , and why science and faith are converging. How  lucid dreaming, consciousness, and energy perception  unlock hidden layers of the universe. AI, quantum computing, and the human soul  — why techno...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - How  world positive capitalism  was born and why Vishal believes it’s the next evolution of business - How Obvious Ventures invests in  “hard things that matter”  across  planet, human, and economic health - Real-world examples of purpose-driven innovation — from  Beyond Meat  to  Virta Health ,  Recursion Phar...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - The fascinating journey of  Michael Zeisser  — from rural France to McKinsey, Liberty Media, and leading international investments for  Alibaba Group  under Jack Ma. - Insights from working directly with  Jack Ma  — including his concept of the  “Love Quotient (LQ)”  and how love will define humanity’s role in...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - Tero’s story: 13th-generation Finnish farm kid, to forager, chem/nutrition studies, global traveler, and founder of Four Sigmatic - How (and why) he launched the original mushroom coffee and what the business looks like today - “Deprogramming” beliefs: military winters, non-duality, psychedelics used with inten...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - The AI consciousness debate: what 100+ AI leaders told Byron—and why he disagrees. - Brains, minds, and consciousness: power, energy, memory, and why “the brain is not a computer.” - LLMs as the fourth great knowledge store (after DNA, brains, writing) and why that matters. - Fear vs. progress: the 2023 “pause...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - How AI is transforming engineering, coding, and our relationship to technology - Why less than 5% of engineers are fully leveraging AI agents and what that means for the future - The scientific and philosophical debate:  Can AI become conscious? - Aneil’s insider view of the  Science of Consciousness Conference...

What you’ll hear in this episode: - A powerful opening story on  Ibogaine  — a psychedelic treatment transforming the lives of veterans and people struggling with addiction. - What brain scans from  Stanford  reveal about neuroplasticity and cognitive rejuvenation. - How  Bold Metrics , co-founded by Morgan Linton, uses  AI to predict body measurements  and create over 150 million digital twins. -...

What you’ll hear in this episode: - A powerful opening on Governor Rick Perry’s Ibogaine initiative and the fight to heal veterans. - Lauren Betzing’s journey from psychology and health policy to consciousness and quantum physics. - Jon Warren’s engineering path, startup success, and shift toward human-centered tech. - The  Evolve VR headset : how it reads real-time biometric data to train regulat...

Order the Book! ► ⁠http://loveconquersfear.org/book What you’ll hear in this episode: - John’s Kenya-to-Austin journey: national schools, Alliance High, early web days, UT, and Harvard MPA/ID - The mentor chain that changed John’s life (Rick; African Leadership Bridge) and why mentors who “want you to win” matter - Building clean-energy mini-grids (PowerGen) serving ~250k people—and what reliable...

This wide-ranging conversation traces Brett’s journey from childhood curiosity to serial entrepreneur, his philosophy of leading with love over fear, the role of faith and consciousness in entrepreneurship, and his vision for how AI, quantum computing, and robotics can usher in the Age of Abundance for All. Enjoy this episode reshared from Brett’s time on Carla  Piñeyro Sublett’s podcast - let’s g...

What you’ll hear in this episode: - Why quantum computing is the first real shift in computing history and what it makes possible - The three most urgent challenges quantum + AI could help humanity solve: disease, power, and agriculture - How curiosity and “sci-curiosity” are the keys to preparing kids for the future - Why adaptability, not specific skills, will define success in the next decade -...

What you’ll hear in this episode: - How Brett and Joshua first met in Austin’s early startup scene (and why bootstrapping was king). - The balance between bootstrapping and raising venture capital. - Why AI enables founders to do “so much with so little” — and why 90–95% of AI application startups may fail. - Joshua’s view on why SaaS is commoditized and deep tech is where the real opportunity lie...

What you’ll hear in this episode: - Growing up rural, discovering tech through literature, and the first wave of the web - Early blogging, Wired’s origin energy, and finding community online - The Burpee Seeds → Bazaarvoice case: bad reviews, better product, unstoppable social proof - “Before AI / After AI”: agents, multimodality, and embodied robots explained simply - Open source vs. closed model...

What happens when the youngest hedge fund partner in history is told he’ll be blind by 30? Jason Karp’s story is one of resilience, transformation, and purpose. In this powerful conversation, Jason reveals how he reversed an “incurable” eye disease through ancestral diet and lifestyle changes, built the wellness-driven Hu Chocolate brand that became a household name, and walked away from many mill...

Mark Gober’s journey from Wall Street and Silicon Valley to consciousness seeker reveals mounting evidence that the brain does not produce consciousness, but rather receives it - and this shift in understanding has urgent implications for how humanity must evolve spiritually and collectively to make it to the Age of Abundance for All in the coming decade. What you’ll hear in this episode: - Discov...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Love Conquers Fear podcast, where Brett shares his vision for humanity's future - The Age of Abundance for All. What you’ll hear in this episode: - Brett's Entrepreneurial Journey - Psychedelics, Spirituality, and Healing - Exploring Consciousness and the Beyond - Evolutionary Vision of Humanity’s Future - The Quantum Computing Revolution - Recommend...

In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it?  Love Conquers Fear  is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversat...