The Kurty D Show

Key Takeaways: Surf Ranch discussion around the whole experience from going to the venue to actually ride the waves Jack Dangermond - above the line (context vs. content) concept Education background in USC Earlier experience in Journalism at NY Times Impact of surfing on Zach's career What is "The Inertia" and the idea behind the voice Transformation from idea to reality Episode Quotes: "I'd like...

What we covered: 4:26 - Conversation about Taiwan and how World War III might start because of the feud with China 8:15 - Life compared to an idea of a game 10:10 - Inspiration on gamification 12:59 - Mentality shift from having to move from different places 15:05 - Introduction of the Octalysis framework - our 8 core drives 16:06 - Parts of the Octalysis framework - white hat, black hat, left sid...

What we covered: 01:29 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Rayne Steinberg, who shares his background in business, his origin story, and the lessons he’s learned throughout his career 10:48 – Rayne tells the story of WisdomTree 18:02 – Passive indexation explained 22:27 – Rayne provides his perspective on the Great Recession of 2008 25:35 – Rayne recalls the first time he ever heard about Bitcoin and dig...

What we covered: 01:43 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Tyler Crowley, who speaks to his background as a musician and the decision to pursue a career in tech 10:19 – Tyler expounds on his academic background and some of the projects he worked on while studying 15:22 – Tyler speaks to the genius of his colleague Jason Calacanis and how they initially started collaborating together 27:02 – How the Swedi...

What we covered: 01:54 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Andrew Warner, who speaks to the work he’s been doing at Mixergy to help entrepreneurs and early-stage founders scale 12:53 – Andrew talks about some of the exciting entrepreneurs he works with and their creative concepts 20:47 – Kurt opens up about his struggles with hearing and speech throughout his life 25:17 – Andrew discusses why he sometime...

What we covered: 01:45 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Steve Ressler, who shares his background in government and as an entrepreneur and the work he’s doing with Search Funds 08:50 – Steve’s entrepreneurial origin story 12:30 – GovLoop 16:18 – Search Funds explained 22:04 – What’s driving the demand for Search Funds 29:33 – Spending time on Twitter 32:23 – Steve speaks to the challenges and obstacles...

What we covered: 02:07 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Jonathan Shieber, who speaks to the critical work he’s doing at Footprint Coalition 09:15 – Why there’s hope for us to reverse course on the Climate Crisis 15:07 – What it was like growing up in Louisiana and enduring endless hurricanes and natural disasters 19:31 – Jonathan opens up about a major challenge he’s had to overcome 23:53 – The decisi...

What we covered: 01:40 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Marcus Whitney, who speaks to his background as a venture capitalist at Jumpstart Health Investors, and what inspired him to start Jumpstart Nova 10:57 – From Brooklyn and dropping out of school to Atlanta and getting into coding 16:43 – Marcus’ framework for screening founders 23:21 – Measure twice, cut once: Our broken healthcare system 27:56 –...

What we covered: 02:04 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Melissa Rowley, who shares her experience covering the international emerging tech markets and her relationship with singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel 12:43 – Globetrotting to spread social change 17:05 – Melissa’s insights on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 19:09 – Culture shock and the move to Puerto Rico 25:28 – The psychology of storytelling 3...

What we covered: 01:42 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Michael Nitti, who speaks to what inspired him to pursue a career in coaching 10:53 – How Michael met Tony Robbins and ultimately ended up on his executive leadership team 16:28 – Michael’s formal coaching process and a cool story about the hit TV show, Billions 20:01 – The Trophy Effect explained 31:46 – Why the universe is always conspiring to...

What we covered: 01:42 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Clint Schaff, who speaks to his background, his career journey, and the work he does at LA Times Studios  11:27 – Why Clint chose to pursue a career in media  14:55 – Exciting trends in media  18:08 – What is a Media Diet?  21:35 – Inspiring voices in media today  26:31 – Clint opens up about challenges he’s had to overcome throughout his life  3...

What we covered: 01:49 – Kurt welcomes to the show, Matt Bilinsky, who shares his background as an attorney in the business, tech and media industries and some of the exciting projects he’s working on 07:11 – How Matt launched his own news source, The Bilinsky News Network 11:03 – The lost art of critical thinking 24:52 – Vicious side effects of a broken education system 30:02 – What it means to l...

What we covered: 00:53– Kurt welcomes to the show, Shira Lazar, who shares her background as a content creator 08:42 – Projects Shira is working on currently and how she maintains such a positive attitude 14:31 – Being authentic and true to oneself 20:37 – What Shira has learned about herself throughout life’s journey 26:22 – The Platinum Rule 29:21 – Advice Shira would give to aspiring content cr...

01:42 – Kurt welcomes the audience to the first episode of the Kurty D Show and introduces today’s guest, his father, Peter Daradics 03:38 – Peter opens up about the challenges he’s faced amidst the Covid-19 pandemic   05:13 – Peter shares his road to recovery from drug and alcohol addiction   09:50 – Peter recalls the moment he first realized he had a problem and his first experience with rehab  ...