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Brent is the founder and CEO of Permanent Equity , a long-term focused private equity firm investing (with no intention of selling) in small to midsize, privately held companies throughout North America. He is also the author of The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers and previously operated several businesses as an entrepreneur. Follow Brent on X @BrentBeshore...

Soren is a designer at Cash App where he is responsible for designing the investing product. He has become well known for posting new "sometimes unhinged, sometimes useful" design ideas daily. Soren has previously held design positions at Square and Envoy while also running his own freelance design business. Follow Soren on X @soren_iverson . [0:16] - Soren’s experience starting from scratch as a...

Peter is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation and the Executive Founder of Singularity University . He has started over 25 companies in the areas of health-tech, space, venture capital and education. Among other roles, Peter is the Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of two public companies, Celularity and Vaxxinity . He is also the Co-founder & Chairman of Fountain Life , an...

Mike is the CMO at Founders Fund and the Editor-in-Chief at Pirate Wires . Pirate Wires is a media company that focuses on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture. Follow Mike on Twitter @micsolana . [0:16] - How Mike met Peter Thiel and got his start at Founders Fund [2:53] - Mike’s interests in seasteading, charter cities, and local politics [10:51] - Why he hosted Hereticon, a con...

Dr. Andy Galpin is a Professor at CSU Fullerton. He is a Human Performance Scientist with a PhD in Human Bioenergetics & Muscle Physiology. Andy is a well-known fitness expert and has coached and consulted elite athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, and MMA. He has written a best-selling book, Unplugged , and co-founded three companies: BioMolecular Athlete , Absolute Rest , and RAPID Health and...

Preethi is an entrepreneur, engineer, writer, and student. She is the Founder of DappCamp , a cohort-based Web3 development course for Web2 developers. Preethi previously founded a company called TruStory and worked as an early software engineer at Coinbase and a Partner at a16z after beginning her career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Follow Preethi on Twitter @iam_preethi . [2:16] - Pre...

Scott is the Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz ( a16z ) where he is responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. He also invests in growth-stage companies within the bio and healthcare industries. Scott originally joined Andreessen Horowitz as the first employee, joining Marc & Ben after they founded the firm. He is the author of the bestselling book,  Secrets of Sand Hil...

Anthony is the Founder and Managing Partner of Skybridge , a global alternative investment firm. He is also the Founder and Chairman of SALT , a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Anthony is well known for his stint as the former White House Director of Communications. He has written several books and hosts a podcast called Open Book . Follow Anthony on Twitter @Scaramucci . [1:41...

Aswath is a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at NYU where he teaches corporate finance and equity valuation. He is the author of several books on both subjects and is widely known as “The Dean of Valuation”. Follow Aswath on Twitter @AswathDamodaran . [1:41] - Aswath’s interest in finance and passion for teaching [5:53] - Why valuations are a part of every day life, not just fi...

Masha is the Founder and General Partner of Day One Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm that places an emphasis on leading public relations for its portfolio companies. Prior to starting Day One, Masha was a successful angel investor and the creator of a public relations studio for startups. Follow Masha on Twitter @mashadrokova . [1:36] - Social media’s role in kickstarting Masha’s car...

Turner is the Founder of Banana Capital , a global venture capital firm. Prior to launching Banana Capital in 2021, Turner ran all venture capital investing at Gelt VC. He writes a newsletter called “ The Split ” and hosts a podcast called “ The Peel ”. Follow Turner on Twitter @TurnerNovak [0:00] - Turner’s early interests in investing; how he ended up starting his own fund [10:31] - Growing up a...

Sophia is a serial entrepreneur and investor who most recently launched Trust Fund , an early-stage venture capital fund. She also runs a digital course and exclusive community called Business Class through which she mentors aspiring entrepreneurs. Sophia made her entrepreneurial debut as the founder of Nasty Gal , a women’s fashion retailer which she scaled to $100M in annual revenue. She also cr...

Kevin is the Founding Executive Editor of Wired magazine, where he still serves as Senior Maverick. He was previously publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review. Kevin is a co-chair of The Long Now Foundation , creator of Cool Tools , and author of multiple best-selling books , including his most recent, Excellent Advice for Living . Follow Kevin on Twitter @kevin2kelly . [0:00] - Kevin's stor...

Packy is the creator of Not Boring, the #1 Business Newsletter on Substack with over 200,000 subscribers. In addition to writing, Packy invests in early-stage startups with his fund, Not Boring Capital. He also serves as an advisor to a16z crypto. Follow Packy on Twitter @packyM . [0:00] - Packy’s journey to becoming a full-time writer [4:18] - Packy’s decision to forego business school and work f...

Andrew is the Founder and CEO of Fount , a comprehensive health and performance program backed by Founders Fund. Prior to starting Fount, Andrew led human performance and biotech strategy efforts for the U.S. military. He has worked with the Navy Seals, US National Soccer Team, and Miami Heat, among others. Andrew is also an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University where he designed an...

Sahil is the Founder & CEO of Gumroad, a direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform for online creators. He is also the Founder & CEO of Flexile, a company creating the infrastructure for operating businesses online with part-time people working remotely from around the world. Prior to starting Gumroad, Sahil was the second employee at Pinterest. He recently published a book, The Minimalist En...

David is the Head of Samsung Next, the investment group within Samsung Electronics. Prior to his role at Samsung Next, David was a Managing Partner at both Refactor Capital and SV Angel. Follow David on Twitter @davidlee . [0:00] - David’s background in law and venture capital [6:54] - Do VCs and executive coaches need experience as founders to succeed? [16:11] - How David’s investing strategy has...

Ariel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Hivemapper, a decentralized mapping protocol that uses a crypto-enabled dashcam. Prior to Hivemapper, Ariel spent time working on Yahoo’s mapping product and founded a mobile mapping startup, Gigwalk. Follow Ariel on Twitter @aseidman . [0:00] - Ariel’s extensive experience in the world of mapping [9:10] - Learning, iterating, and finding product-market fit [13...

Keith is the CEO & Co-Founder of OpenStore and a General Partner at Founders Fund . He is an experienced technology executive and entrepreneur, a prolific investor, and a self-described contrarian. Keith previously served as a General Partner at Khosla Ventures. Before that, he was COO at Square and served in influential roles at LinkedIn. He also co-founded Opendoor. Keith began his career in...

Noah is an American economist and writer best known for his Substack, Noahpinion . He has made contributions to Bloomberg, Quartz, and The Atlantic, among other publications. Before starting his Substack, Noah wrote full-time for Bloomberg. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University. Follow Noah on Twitter @Noahpinion . [0:00] - Noah's story and how his Subst...

David and Daniil are brothers, serial entrepreneurs, and investors. After selling their augmented reality startup Kernal AR to Snap, the brothers created a holding company, LibermansCo , to incubate their current endeavors: Product Science and Humanism . Humanism allows people to invest in people. Follow them on Twitter @DaLiberman . [0:00] - How the Libermans’ upbringing in the Soviet Union prepa...

Michael is co-founder of the 1517 Fund , a venture capital fund investing in teams led by dropouts, the uncredentialed, and renegade scientists. He recently published his first book, Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University . Previously he was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital, where he helped launch and run...

Will is the Founder of damus.io , a mobile client for the decentralized social media protocol Nostr. In addition to his work on damus, Will is a regular contributor to Bitcoin Core and the Lightning Network. Follow Will on Twitter @jb55 and find him on nostr: npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s. [2:18] - Will’s early interest in the internet and experience watching it m...

Dan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rewind.ai , a search engine for your life. Rewind uses artificial intelligence to help you find anything you have seen, said, or heard on your computer. Previously, Dan was the Co-Founder and CEO of Optimizely , an A/B testing software platform which he grew to over $120M ARR prior to exit. [2:18] - How going deaf in his 20s led Dan to create Rewind [9:55] - The cr...

Wojciech is a Co-Founder of OpenAI, where he leads both the Codex research and language teams. OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company aiming to develop and ensure that artificial general intelligence is safe and benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is known for developing GPT-3 , a natural language model that creates human-like text, and DALL-E , a machine learning model to generate digital i...