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In the Know is Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) learning from interesting people about how to make an idea spread.

Amol Sarva


    • Jan 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 62 EPISODES


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    Matt Kaeberlein on which longevity supplements might really work, and which don’t

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 50:00


    Professor Matt Kaeberlein is an outspoken proponent of rapamycin, and pretty skeptical about virtually all the other interventions people talk most about. Here he lays out a pretty complete and persuasive model for why and how aging happens at all, and why some approaches are most likely to work.

    James Peyer from Cambrian Biosciences and Apollo Health Ventures tells us how to play longevity to win

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 52:48


    This founder has been part of so many of the exciting longevity startups, investments, and discussions that you simply must understand the world the way he sees it before taking a view about life extension. In this episode, you will.

    Jean Herbert on regenerating the brain in the lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 35:37


    One of the more incredible research programs in longevity is regeneration: rebuilding and replacing failing organs with lab-grown cells. Jean Herbert at Einstein is working on regenerating your brain.

    Nir Barzilai on the genes of centenarians and some nuance on metformin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 39:25


    A rare MD at the cutting edge of the longevity field, Dr. Barzilai heads the Institute for Longevity Research at Einstein. We cover his unique contributions, especially the currently buzzy topic of metformin, as well as his work on the genetic luck of centenarians.

    Aubrey de Grey, the longevity OG, gives us a peek into the early days of the cult of living forever

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 46:44


    Longevity superstar alert. A deep dive with one of the most recognized and longest-serving visionaries of longevity world.

    Vincere Bio’s computer model for solving Parkinson’s with the cofounders Spring Behrouz and Andy Lee

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 47:42


    The easy way to attack Parkinson's? A neuron-by-neuron model of the brain.

    Altos Labs’ Morgan Levine on how to measure biological age and why she left Yale

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022


    Bjoern Schumacher’s research on cellular damage, and that incredible longevity-busting work on worms

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022


    Professor Richard Miller’s experiments on all the life extending elixirs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022


    Reason of Repair Biotechnologies on reversing cellular aging

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022


    Longevity VC Sergey Young on living forever and his book “Growing Young”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021


    My friend Sergey Young -- private equity investor and founder of the Longevity Vision Fund -- joins me to talk about his book "Growing Young". Get it here http://www.sergeyyoung.com

    John Katzman on making digital education work and post-virus universities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 36:45


    Henrik Werdelin on the innovation factory that created BarkBox and his new book The Acorn Method

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 30:39


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    Saeju Jeong of Noom on helping people be healthier through an app

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 30:48


    Anil Dash on the invention of social media and the responsibilities to society

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2020 39:40


    Abdur Chowdhury, former Chief Scientist of Twitter and now founder of Aura Frames on the promise and dangers of social

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 33:20


    Muneeb Ali, CEO of Blockstack, talks to us about the future network protocol and blockchain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 33:08


    Started a long way off in Pakistan, made it to Princeton among the great inventors of the Internet, and now building the New Internet.

    Jared Hecht on creating the serendipity behind GroupMe and Fundera

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 34:07


    Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on selling lightning in a bottle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 33:25


    CEO of the ultra-hot cloud data company Snowflake — and former CEO of huge enterprise tech players ServiceNow and DataDomain

    Stacy Schiff on women in history: Cleopatra, the Witches of Salem, and Mrs. Nabokov

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 54:54


    One of my favorite writers, Stacy Schiff has written a bunch of amazing biographies. This time we talk about how women are remembered in history.

    Bari Williams on diversity in Silicon Valley culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 55:20


    Bari Williams is a unicorn in the tech sector: high-ranking, high-achieving African-American woman. We talk about why Silicon Valley is so dysfunctional on diversity.

    ARUP, which designs whole cities, lends us their Deputy Chair Tristram Carfrae on the ways a huge creative organization stays great

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 41:56


    He also talks about finishing Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia, the Sydney Opera House, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the longest bridge in the world and so much more.

    Blue Apron founder Matt Salzberg on the ride from idea to IPO

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 43:10


    Andrew McAfee, MIT author of The Second Machine Age and prophet of abundance previews his new book on doing more with less and his way of finding powerful new ideas

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 55:02


    Robbie Carp of the early days of Microsoft, the invention of Product Management, and the once and once again Most Valuable Company in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 46:10


    Sheila Hood of the Difficult Conversations mega-bestseller, of the Harvard Negotiation Project, on the toughest stuff we do between people and in teams, plus how they figured it out

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 54:00


    The inventor of Agile: Jeff Sutherland, on the way to do everything twice as fast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 45:50


    Josh Abramson, creator of CollegeHumor and BustedTees on hunting the biggest startup game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2019


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    George Church, the synthetic biology superstar on reading, writing, and re-writing life and the way science does innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 39:00


    Innovation guru and IDEO’s biographer Jonathan Littman on the ways new things get invented

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 48:50


    Legendary Geoffrey Moore on the canonical ideas: Crossing the Chasm, Th Bowling Alley, Inside the Tornado, and the theory of the evangelistic sale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 42:14


    DoubleClick founder Kevin O’Connor on building the biggest ad company in the world, and then all of it in reverse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 43:47


    My hero and guru Ronald Heifetz, Harvard Kennedy School professor and counselor to presidents, protestors and revolutionaries on: the hardest problems of leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 64:22


    Evangelist Guy Kawasaki of Garage Ventures, Apple, Canva and the true Silicon Valley religion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 41:49


    Philip Tetlock, the guru of Superforecasting, seeing the future, and the foxes and hedgehogs of decisionmaking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 41:52


    John Nesheim, the guru of Silicon Valley art and science, National Semiconductor, Venture Capital and Cornell professor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 51:43


    Warren Hatch, superforecaster, PhD Kremlinologist, hedge fund manager and President of Good Judgment Inc on the Fox and the Hedgehog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 33:55


    Michael Ruse, philosopher of science, evolution, foxes and hedgehogs kicks off my series on styles of thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2019 41:06


    David Klein of CommonBond on tackling the student debt apocalypse; $2.5bn down, $2 trillion to go

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 28:57


    David Klein started Common Bond because grad school was too expensive. He went from McKinsey and Corporate America to homeless as he scratched together Common Bond, which now serves over 100,000 people in their mission to make higher ed cost

    Heini Zachariassen, creator of the world’s largest wine platform (Vivino) and from one of the world’s tiniest states

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 31:56


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to learn how to make things big…and how to keep things small. The wine community founded by Heini Zachariassen blew up, slowly. A few uses to a few millions daily. Bonus: learn

    Fabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ Labs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 51:53


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems — the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his

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    Alex Mashinsky, visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talks about making things big

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 43:15


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Alex Mashinsky who has repeatedly dreamt big and hit big using information networks to disrupt telecom, Wall St, banks, taxis, and more. Listen to the visionary founder of Arbinet,

    Will Herman, author of The Startup Playbook, 2x billion-dollar founder, 200x startup-advisor on how to lead people to greatness

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 44:22


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Will Herman, the Boston founder who dropped out of college, started at Digital Equipment Corporation in the hallowed early days of computing and followed his destiny to 100s of

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    Dane Madsen, wiseman of transformation who led YellowPages.com, on how to transform yourself and your people

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 34:49


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Dane Madsen in a conversation that finds him far away from the centers of the commerce, in his retreat, talking travel, transformation, teams, and asking why.

    Anthemos Georgiades, CEO of Zumper, classicist and first-time founder of Kleiner-backed apartment-leasing giant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 33:05


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Anthemos Georgiades who studied classics at Oxford, worked for BCG, joined Harvard Business School, and used it to launch his clever plan to to transform apartment rentals: Zumper. First time

    Safi Bahcall, scientist, inventor, founder, CEO, policy advisor and author of “Loonshots”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 62:02


    Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Safi Bahcall who studied physics at Princeton as a kid with Stephen Wolfram, started a cancer drug discovery company and took it public, advised the Obama White House on science

    Shira Atkins, cofounder of the Women Belong in the House series and Wonder Media Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 22:08


    This time on In the Know Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) is visiting with a podcast media master strategist, Shira Atkins — creator of the fabulous series that followed the 2018 elections and first-time women candidates, “Women Belong in the House”,

    Martha Stewart, lifestyle icon, brand dealmaker, and omnimedia revolutionary

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 38:16


    This week In the Know has Amol Sarva (cofounder of Knotel) and colleague Allison Stoloff (Knotel’s head of revenue marketing) visiting with Martha Stewart for an all-topics, all-opinions tour of her legendary business accomplishments and innovations.

    Money Mark, super-producer to the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and his own hits

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 21:08


    This week In the Know comes to Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) at Knotel HQ, where legendary producer, composer and musical technology inventor Money Mark drops in. Sure he produced the Beastie Boys for nearly 20 years, and yes it was

    Stephen Wolfram, yes the Stephen Wolfram, sits down to talk…management

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 41:16


    In the Know follows Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) into a lengthy face-to-face with the legendary scientist, inventor, polymath and CEO Stephen Wolfram. The creator of Mathematica, Macarthur genius, Richard Feynmann disciple, computer science experimentalist, and on and on is also

    Amol at SxSW talking cities of the future with Amy Nelson of Venture for America and more

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 50:50


    At the 2019 South by Southwest, Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) moderated a panel with the fabulous CEO of Venture For America, Amy Nelson, as well as Upwork’s Head of Public Affairs, Mike McGeary, and Claire Vo of Optimizely. The topic:

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