Podcast appearances and mentions of josh kushner

Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years published once a month. These are N of one conversations with N of one people. This is a rare opportunity to hear from one of the best investors of the past decade—Josh Kushner, founder and managing partner of venture firm, Thrive Capital. Josh started Thrive in 2010 and launched its first institutional fund in 2011. That first institutional fund was $40 million and, in it, Thrive led Warby Parker's Series A, invested in Instagram, and incubated a business, which Josh co-founded, called Oscar. Their portfolio is stage agnostic and their track record includes many of the best known businesses from the past decade, including Spotify, Unity, Stripe, and Twitch among many more. Please enjoy my great conversation with Josh Kushner. Subscribe to Colossus Review. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. WorkOS is a developer platform that enables SaaS companies to quickly add enterprise features to their applications. With a single API, developers can implement essential enterprise capabilities that typically require months of engineering work. By handling the complex infrastructure of enterprise features, WorkOS allows developers to focus on their core product while meeting the security and compliance requirements of Fortune 500 companies. Visit WorkOS.com to Transform your application into an enterprise-ready solution in minutes, not months. ----- This episode is brought to you by Passthrough. Passthrough streamlines subscription documents, KYC, and AML compliance, so you can focus on running your fund, not managing paperwork. New SEC Update 31 CFR hits investment firms in under a year, and managers are getting ready for it now. If you think basic OFAC screening is enough, think again. You'll need continuous monitoring of your investors and all their beneficial owners across multiple watchlists, plus a comprehensive anti money laundering program. Passthrough has already processed 50,000 LPs and built the complete solution. Don't risk SEC deficiency letters, fines, or regulatory enforcement. Visit passthrough.com to get compliant now. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best (00:05:14) Why do this podcast (00:08:14) The development of taste and quality  (00:12:20) CS Lewis tweet; The Inner Ring (00:18:14) Overview the founding story of Oscar Health (00:25:18) Learning to identify good problems and creating a business to solve it (00:27:43) The birth story of Thrive Capital (00:32:14) Lessons learned from creating the first three Thrive funds (00:39:44) Talent, recruiting and seeing potential in younger generations of people (00:47:40) Investments he made during the early foundation of Thrive that had significant impact (00:51:12) His analogy for investing in early versus late stage and styles of real estate investing (00:56:22) The current macro environment (01:00:57) Why he sold small stakes of Thrive (01:05:10) His philosophy on what makes a good product (01:10:10) His absence from crypto and why he refrained during the boom in 2021 (01:12:33) Thoughts about the opportunity set in FinTech today writ large (01:15:39) Lessons learned from his time spent with Marc Andreessen (01:17:43) Lessons learned from Stan Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, and David Geffen (01:22:09) Firm values he thinks are very important (01:31:15) Vision as a key ingredient for founders (01:34:19) His view of the investment industry in the world today writ large  (01:44:48) The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

Guest: Zac Bookman, CEO and Co-Founder of OpenGovThirteen years after co-founding the government transparency startup OpenGov, Zac Bookman is still finding ways to surprise people. In 2023, Cox Enterprises bought the company for $1.8 billion — but as far as Zac is concerned, “we're just getting started.”“ I left the vast majority of my net worth in the company,” he says. “So I'm a believer. I'm all in.”The mission of powering “more effective and accountable government” has been stable since OpenGov's earliest days, and that mission has informed everything from hiring to M&A to the decision to sell. “These people buy and don't sell,” Zac said of Cox. “They're all in on the mission. And they're all in on taking care of employees. So I see a triple win: A win for employees, win for the investors, win for the customers, maybe a quadruple win for me and the management.”Chapters:(01:46) - OpenGov's mission (04:34) - Shrinking the product-market fit (07:34) - Super misson driven (08:59) - Why OpenGov almost shut down (13:08) - Zac's early career (16:16) - Picking (and losing) a CTO (22:50) - Growing upside-down (25:29) - The SPAC backstabber (31:26) - Why Zac didn't get fired (33:24) - Selling in 2024 (37:04) - Growth by acquisition (42:31) - John Chambers and PMF (49:32) - Zac's cross-country bike ride (56:25) - Expectations vs. reality (58:57) - The coup attempt (01:01:59) - Tiring work (01:05:47) - Going to the White House (01:09:40) - DOGE & disrespect (01:12:54) - “We're just getting started” (01:14:18) - Who OpenGov is hiring (and where) (01:15:13) - What “grit” means to Zac Mentioned in this episode: Joe Lonsdale, Cox Enterprises, OpenAI, the Department of Government Efficiency, Workday, H.R. McMaster, Stanford University, Formation 8, 8VC, the National Academy of Sciences, the Stanford Review, Kamala Harris, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan, Coinbase, Earn, Ben Horowitz, Facebook, Steve Laughlin, Cisco, Laurene Powell Jobs, Glynn Capital, Acme, Allen & Company, Harry You, Joe Tucci, EMC, Bill Green, Accenture, Tyler Technologies, HP, Josh Kushner, GTY Technology Holdings, John Keker, Palantir, CKAN, Oracle, Kevin McCarthy, The American Technology Council Summit, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, Pat Gelsinger, Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore.Links:Connect with ZacLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

Zachary Bookman is Co-Founder and CEO of OpenGov, the GovTech cloud software leader that was acquired for a staggering $1.8BN earlier this year. Prior to acquisition, Zac raised over $180M from some of the best of the best including Marc Andreesen, Josh Kushner, Joe Lonsdale and Founder Collective to name a few.  Zac is also a successful angel investor with investments in Flexport, Flock Safety and Addepar.  In Today's Show with Zac Bookman We Discuss: 04:27 Navigating Enterprise Sales and Pricing Strategies 07:49 The Importance of High Gross Retention in SaaS 11:03 Investor Relations and the Power Law in Venture Capital 14:32 WTF is Product Market Fit 18:14 What No One Knows About M&A 20:05 Fundraising Challenges and Lessons Learned 32:51 What Marc Andreesen Taught Me About Boards 34:18 Why Founders and Investors are Misaligned 35:29 The OpenGov Acquisition: Selling for $1.8BN 37:22 What Does It Feel Like to Sell for $1.8BN 43:58 Why Venture Capital is a S*** Asset Class 45:13 Investment Mistakes and Lessons 01:02:05 The Importance of In-Person Collaboration    

It is the season for giving and banks are giving us a lot of year-ahead reports. Katie, Robert and Aiden actually read these things, and today on the show they discuss what they've learned. It all raises questions about very narrow corporate spreads, an AI bubble and what happens if things go right in the jobs market, or wrong in the Middle East. Also we go long hair products, short turkey and limit long Josh Kushner's big bet against diversification. For a free 30-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedofferYou can email Robert Armstrong at robert.armstrong@ft.com and Katie Martin at katie.martin@ft.com. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Kareem Zaki. Kareem is a General Partner at Thrive Capital and has been at the firm for a decade. In an episode last year, Thrive's founder, Josh Kushner, told me he is the best healthcare investor in the world. Kareem has co-founded three healthcare businesses worth over one billion dollars. He also has expertise in financial services, where he's led the firm's investments in companies like Ramp and Robinhood. It's a timely moment to have this discussion, with Thrive announcing a new $5 billion fund in August. We talk about how Thrive identifies category-defining companies, what concentration means to them, and how startups should approach the healthcare industry. Please enjoy this great discussion with Kareem Zaki. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ramp. Ramp's mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Ramp is the fastest growing FinTech company in history and it's backed by more of my favorite past guests (at least 16 of them!) than probably any other company I'm aware of. It's also notable that many best-in-class businesses use Ramp—companies like Airbnb, Anduril, and Shopify, as well as investors like Sequoia Capital and Vista Equity. They use Ramp to manage their spending, automate tedious financial processes, and reinvest saved dollars and hours into growth. At Colossus and Positive Sum, we use Ramp for exactly the same reason. Go to Ramp.com/invest to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. — This episode is brought to you by Tegus, where we're changing the game in investment research. Step away from outdated, inefficient methods and into the future with our platform, proudly hosting over 100,000 transcripts – with over 25,000 transcripts added just this year alone. Our platform grows eight times faster and adds twice as much monthly content as our competitors, putting us at the forefront of the industry. Plus, with 75% of private market transcripts available exclusively on Tegus, we offer insights you simply can't find elsewhere. See the difference a vast, quality-driven transcript library makes. Unlock your free trial at tegus.com/patrick. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Show Notes: (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best (00:06:02) Early Days and Consistent Strategy (00:07:10) Personal Journey and Reconnecting with Josh (00:08:36) Investing Philosophy and Strategy (00:11:04) Building a Supportive Structure (00:12:10) Generalist Approach and Market Trends (00:13:45) Life Cycle Investing and Concentration (00:16:16) The Builders Mentality (00:17:52) Raising a Huge Fund and Its Implications (00:20:40) Understanding Category Defining Companies (00:37:48) The Changing Nature of Investment Categories (00:49:03) Evaluating Business Durability and Market Quality (00:51:30) Understanding Healthcare Challenges (00:53:46) Approaching Healthcare Innovation (00:59:18) The Role of Competition in Healthcare (01:04:17) AI's Transformative Potential (01:07:35) Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs (01:09:46) Thrive's Investment Philosophy (01:22:55) The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done For Kareem

(0:00) Teenagers steal $100M of Bitcoin (25:18) SpaceX is now worth $210B (32:53) Josh Kushner invests in A24; worth $3.5B (39:06) Amazon's Temu competitor (43:17) Dropouts raise $120M for Nvidia competitor (45:58) Birkin bag aftermarket issue Today, we cover the story of a few teenage gamers who sim swapped (hacked) a billionaire to gain access to his millions of dollars in Bitcoin – supercars, watches, and... prison? Afterward, we discuss this week's business news: SpaceX becomes the most valued startup in America, Josh Kushner joins the A24 board and values the “indie studio” at $3.5 billion, Amazon plans a Temu competitor, Harvard dropouts raise $120M for an Nvidia competitor (claiming they're 20x faster and cheaper!), and Hermes' recent issue with Birkin bags aftermarket prices. PastryETH's rendition of the sim swap story: https://x.com/PastryEth/status/180494364528991481 Watch episodes on YouTube or listen on Spotify/Apple: https://linktr.ee/listenunderqualified Stalk us (we respond to DMs!): https://instagram.com/ishanhaque https://instagram.com/boys.archive https://instagram.com/andrebarber Listen to deleted clips:https://instagram.com/underqualifiedtalk Work with us:hi@underqualified.studio

HBO and A24 are two of the only Hollywood brands left that signal prestige. But for better or worse, both are now leveling up — or is it down? Sean McNulty, Elaine Low, and Richard Rushfield break down HBO's incorporation of Max's upcoming tentpole Warner Bros. IP series, like the Harry Potter and Green Lantern adaptations, and A24's massive investment round led by Josh Kushner. Also: what's selling now in unscripted and Hollywood's lost Latin opportunity. For more entertainment news, subscribe to The Ankler here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mario Schlosser is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Oscar Health. The public company that went public with a market cap of $7.1BN. Following a tumultuous time in the markets, their stock price dropped 94%. Today, the company has rebounded and has a market cap of $3.2BN with an astonishing $5.8BN of revenues. Before co-founding Oscar, Mario also co-founded the largest social gaming company in Latin America. In Today's Episode with Mario Schlosser We Discuss: 1. From German Middle-Class to Public Company Founder: How did Mario make his way into the world of tech and come to co-found Oscar with Josh Kushner? Does Mario agree with Jensen Huang that "we should all have lower expectations"? What does Mario know now that he wishes he had known when he started Oscar? 2. Why Did Oscar Tank 94% in the Public Markets: What was the core reason why Oscar tanked 94% in the markets? What would Mario have done differently knowing all he knows now about public markets? Does Mario regret going public? What are the biggest pros and cons? 3. The Mental Challenge of a 94% Market Cap Decline: How did Mario mentally deal with the company being down 94%? What does he say to himself in the truly hard times? How did Mario use his co-founder, a coach and his family, to get through the really bad times? What are Mario's experiences like with anti-depressants? What worked? What did not? 4. Firing Yourself as CEO: Why did Mario decide to step aside as CEO? What was the decision-making process? On reflection, does Mario think he was a good CEO? Where was he good? Where was he bad? What are the biggest management pieces of advice that Mario thinks are BS?

Josh Miller is CEO and co-founder of The Browser Company, which is building a new internet browser. He explains why effective hiring requires caring a lot and trusting your taste and why Arc Search, a default mobile browser, could be The Browser Company's next act. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:35) Working for Obama (00:03:55) Giving up 8-figures in Meta stock (00:08:19) Barack Obama's favorite web browser (00:09:02) Why Arc released a mobile browser (00:10:03) How Josh met Josh Kushner (00:11:26) Becoming an EIR at Thrive Capital (00:12:09) How The Browser Company got started (00:15:51) Why they named it The Browser Company (00:18:49) Pivoting to consumer when COVID hit (00:20:37) Leaving Thrive to join as a Co-founder in February 2020 (00:21:05) Why COVID made browsers relevant (00:22:42) How to hire a great team (00:25:02) Hiring Josh Lee to edit their videos (00:26:52) The biggest difference between Josh as a first-time and second-time founder (00:28:46) Learning to delegate (00:34:03) Why Thrive gave up double-digit equity back to the founders (00:40:18) Launching (00:40:52) Why build a web browser (00:42:17) This history of browsers (00:43:36) Why they've gotten worse over time (00:50:26) The reasons people use Arc (00:53:23) How Arc will make money (00:56:45) Why Arc's existential question is getting people to care about their browser (00:59:47) The story behind Arc Search (01:00:45) Arc's potential growth flywheel (01:09:17) Why Arc bet big on building in public on YouTube (01:10:16) The publisher backlash to Arc Search (01:11:33) Why praising your team publicly is so important (01:13:39) How Josh hired Nate Parrott More on The Browser Company: https://thebrowser.company/ https://arc.net/https:// www.youtube.com/c/TheBrowserCompany Where to find Josh: Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-miller-b31259106 Where to find Turner: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovak/ Newsletter: https://www.thespl.it/

It's Good Friday, March 29th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldView.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus The struggle of a Pakistani Christian student One young Pakistani Christian woman explained how she has been discriminated against in her Muslim-majority nation, according to International Christian Concern. She said, “I faced discrimination at my university while studying at a private university in Lahore. Being the only Christian student in my academic department, a  teacher deliberately used to give me an “F” grade because of my faith. I repeated that course three times during the tenure of that teacher, failing to secure a grade other than ‘F.' However, I managed to get an ‘A' as soon as the teacher was replaced.” In John 15:18, Jesus said, "If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” Open Doors reports that Pakistan is the seventh most difficult nation worldwide in which to be a Christian. More US missionaries rescued from Haiti More U.S. missionaries stranded in Haiti, after criminal gangs overran the country in late February, have been rescued after weeks of waiting, reports The Christian Post. In a Facebook statement Sunday night, Jill Dolan of Love A Neighbor ministry who has been working as a missionary in Haiti since October 2013 with her husband, Ryan, reported that she was among those waiting to be rescued. In the midst of national turmoil, a helicopter rescued the Dolan Family. She wrote, “The five in our family who were stuck in Port-au-Prince for 24 days are out of harm's way. However, we leave behind our three children that we are in the process of adopting as well as over 200 kids in our care at the orphanage.” Dolan arrived in Florida at 9 p.m. Saturday. She explained on Facebook that “the crisis in Haiti reaches way beyond just where the gangs are present. The stronghold on the country and the ability for goods and gasoline to travel freely throughout the country have been greatly impacted. Skyrocketing prices, business shutdown, banks closed ... the list goes on. Just when we think it can't get worse in Haiti, it does.”  Jill Dolan and her family's Love A Neighbor ministry lived out Matthew 22:37-39 in which Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” Biden officials talking about a multinational force in Gaza Biden administration officials are in preliminary “conversations” about options for stabilizing post-war Gaza, including a proposal for the Pentagon to help fund either a multinational force or a Palestinian peacekeeping team, reports Politico.com. The options being considered would not involve U.S. troops on the ground, according to Defense Department officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Instead, Pentagon funding would go toward the needs of the security force and complement assistance from other countries. Asked for comment, a senior Biden administration official said “we are working with partners on various scenarios for interim governance and security structures in Gaza once the crisis recedes.” It could be weeks or months before Washington and its partners approve any plan, especially since regional players want to see a commitment to a so-called two-state solution before seriously engaging with the options. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has categorically rejected the “two state solution” which would establish an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, in the region west of the Jordan River. Chemical abortion has 4 times the complications as surgical abortion On Tuesday, March 26th, the Supreme Court held a 90-minute long hearing about the Abortion Kill Pill,  reports LifeSiteNews.com. Today, 63% of mothers who choose to abort do so chemically with mifipristone, not surgically.  First, it's deadly to the baby, blocking the hormone called progesterone which God created to stabilize the lining of the uterus. This, in turn, cuts off blood and nourishment to the baby who then dies of starvation inside the mother's womb. Second, the Abortion Kill Pill is dangerous to the mothers who swallow it.  Chemical abortions have four times the complications compared to surgical abortions. Indeed, since it came on the market in 2000, the percent of visits to the Emergency Room as a result of chemical abortions, has soared by 500%. In 2020 alone, when 500,000 mothers aborted their babies with the Abortion Kill Pill, 25,000 of them either went to the emergency room or required surgical follow-up.  Because they were unable to expel the dead baby, they experienced hemorrhaging, bleeding, and infection which can be life threatening. That's why in August 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court reinstated three minimal standards for the Abortion Kill Pill which: limited the use of the Abortion Kill Pill to the first 7 weeks of pregnancy. ended mail-order chemical abortions. and required in-person medical visits prior to the Abortion Kill Pill being prescribed. Abortion Kill Pill manufacturer complains it is harmed According to Live Action's reporting, there were “four shocking admissions” from the case, including the claim by Danco, the private Abortion Kill Pill manufacturer, that restricting their sales would “injure” their business. Justice Samuel Alito reiterated to Danco attorney Jessica Ellsworth that the Fifth Circuit Court's ruling would not prohibit Danco from selling mifepristone, the Abortion Kill Pill. However, it would prohibit it from being sent through the mail which would limit its sales. ALITO: “I gather your injury is that you think you are going to sell more if the restrictions that previously were in place were lifted.” ELLSWORTH: “Yes.” ALITO: “So, you're going to make more money?” ELLSWORTH: “The injury is that we are prevented from selling our product in line with FDA's scientific judgement about the safe and efficacious use of the drug.” ALITO: “And you're going to be harmed because you're going to sell more.” ELLSWORTH: “Certainly, a company's ability to market its product is a part of how it considers the regulatory scheme that governs its conduct.” Life Magazine makes a comeback And finally, more than two decades after it was shuttered by Time Inc., Life Magazine will be revived, according to the Hollywood Reporter.  Shuttered in 2000, Life became known for using photographs to tell stories of the news of the week. Bedford Media, the holding company founded by model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and her husband, investor Josh Kushner, has acquired the publishing rights to Life.  Josh is the brother of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in law. Kloss said, “We see Life as an uplifting and unifying voice in a chaotic media landscape.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Good Friday, March 29th in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

What I learned from reading the transcripts of Young Oprah on Her Life and Career and Oprah on Career, Life and Leadership. ----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes----Come and build in-person relationships at the Founders Only conference----(1:00) Oprah fired her agent and replaced him with a Chicago lawyer named Jeffrey Jacobs. "I heard Jeff is a piranha. I like that. Piranha is good."(3:00) I will just create. And if it works, it works. And if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.(4:30) Dr. Julie Gurner's Ultra Successful newsletter Dr Julie Gurner's Website (7:00) Imitation precedes creation.  — Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King. (Founders #210)(9:00) On getting demoted from anchor to talk show host: I was embarrassed by the whole thing because I had never failed before. It was that “failure” that led to the talk show. (Opportunity is a strange beast. It frequently appears after a loss.)(9:00) The talk show immediately felt right to her: This is what I should have been doing because it was like breathing to me. It was like breathing. I knew it was the right thing to do.(10:00) Oprah has an intense, powerful belief in herself. And she has had that since she was 4.(11:00) I truly believe that thoughts are the greatest vehicle to change power and success in the world. Everything begins with thoughts.(12:00) If you actually have to choose between the most experienced person, or the most educated person, or the person who actually wants it the most, you always pick the person who wants it the most. — Josh Kushner on the Invest Like the Best podcast (14:00) Visualize.If in your mind's eye you see a successful venture, a deal made, a profit accomplished, it has a superb chance of actually happening. Projecting your mind into a successful situation is the most powerful means to achieve goals.If you spend time with pictures of failure in your mind, you will orchestrate failure.Countless times, before the event, I have pictured a heroic sale to a large department store every step of the  way and the picture in my mind became a reality. I've visualized success, then created the reality from the image.Great athletes, business people, inventors, and achievers from all walks of life seem to know this secret.— Estée Lauder: A Success Story by Estée Lauder. (Founders #217)(17:00) I am going to have what I deserve.(19:00) I was watching my grandmother boiling clothes (they had no indoor plumbing) and I was four years old and I remember thinking: My life won't be like this. My life won't be like this. It will be better.(22:00) I thank whatever God there is for my unconquerable soul.(22:00) And whatever you do, if you do a lot of it, you get good at it. And that is how this broadcasting career started for me. I've been an orator for a long time. I've been an orator all of my life.(27:00) I feel that my show is a ministry.(27:00) I loved books so much as a child. They were my outlet to the world.(29:00) I had a very strict father. I remember my father saying you can not bring C's in this house because you are not a C student. You're an A student. It was just so matter of fact.(31:00) Paul Graham on how to make yourself a big target for luck:“When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved.They discover what to work on as a result of a chance meeting, or by reading a book they happen to pick up.So you need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be curious.Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read lots of books, ask lots of questions.”— How To Do Great Work by Paul Graham. (Founders #314)(33:00) Her schedule in college was intense: I'd do all my classes from 8am to 1pm. Then I worked at the tv station from 2pm to 10pm. Then I'd study until 1am and then do the routine all over again the next day.(34:00) I demand only the best for myself.(35:00) Oprah on the parasocial relationship with her audience: It's not like other celebrities. I see people react to other people and it's not like it is to me.(37:00) Asking for help is a superpower no one uses.(39:00) The ability to read at an early age saved my life. I knew there was a better way. I knew there was a way out because I had read about it.(41:00) I sign every check. It is tedious. It gets to be a lot. I have piles of checks. The idea of having money and not being responsible and knowing how much money you have and keeping control of it is not something that I personally can accept. I watch it very carefully.(42:00) Henry Singleton pays all the bills and signs all the checks, calling it "a form of discipline. Through doing the signing it's amazing how much you learn about the business. There's a reminder of each event or action behind each check. — Distant Force: A Memoir of the Teledyne Corporation and the Man Who Created It by Dr. George Roberts. (Founders #110)(42:00) How do you learn to be a founder? You do it the same way you do anything else: 14, 15 hour days. I feel most comfortable working.(43:00) For me, work just meant discovery and fun. If I heard somebody complaining, “Oh, I work so hard, I put in ten- and twelve-hour days,” I would crucify him. “What the fuck are you talking about when the day is twenty-four hours? What else did you do?”  —Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Founders #141)(43:00) It doesn't feel like work.(46:00) Intuition is a very powerful thing. More powerful than intellect in my opinion. That's had a big impact on my work. — Steve Jobs(48:00) I am only a little dress-maker, trying to make women young and pretty. These other designers that do the pretty little sketches, the boys, they don't understand women, they don't know how they live. Their idea is to make them weird, freaks. — Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life by Justine Picardie. (Founders #199)(51:00) I live from the inside out.(54:00) Acquired's podcast episode on Oprah and Harpo (54:00)Self beliefOwnershipDo the same thing for 25 yearsStay within your circle of competence(55:00) Find what feeds your passion. Your real job is to find out why you are really here and then get about the business of doing that.----Get access to the World's Most Valuable Notebook for Founders by investing in a subscription to Founders Notes----Come and build in-person relationships at the Founders Only conference----“I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested, so my poor wallet suffers.” — GarethBe like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast 

Today's Headlines: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump recently hosted a private meeting in New York with the Prime Minister of Qatar and a group of Jewish business leaders, including notable figures like Josh Kushner, Robert Kraft, and Bill Ackman. The meeting coincided with the Qatari Prime Minister's UN Security Council address on the Gaza crisis, where he discussed Qatar's efforts and responded to questions about the country's relationship with Hamas. Meanwhile, amidst concerns of shadow diplomacy, Liz Cheney warned in an interview that if Donald Trump is re-elected, he might refuse to leave power, suggesting a potential slide into dictatorship. The U.S. also witnessed a disturbing record with two mass shootings within 90 minutes, marking the 37th and 38th incidents this year involving four or more victims. Harvard faced controversy as disinformation scholar Joan Donovan accused the university of stifling her research after a significant donation from Mark Zuckerberg's foundation. Additionally, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, and a new Congressional Pension Accountability Act was introduced, inspired by George Santos, although it won't impact Santos directly due to his brief tenure in Congress. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: Axios: Scoop: Kushner, Jewish business leaders huddle with Qatari PM  The Guardian: Liz Cheney hopes for Democratic win with US ‘sleepwalking into dictatorship' The Independent: Trump's call to ‘go into' cities and ‘watch' elections sounds alarms | The Independent WA Post: Double mass shootings over weekend set grim U.S. record AP News: Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation WA Post: Supreme Court appears torn during Purdue opioid settlement arguments Axios: Santos-inspired bill would ban pensions for expelled lawmakers Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 523: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) reveal +$1M dollar business ideas based on weird trends they're seeing plus the easiest ways to level up your life.  No more small boy spreadsheets, build your business on the free HubSpot CRM: https://mfmpod.link/hrd — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:30) The meteoric rise of Bret Taylor (8:00) Lessons from dinner with billionaires (16:00) Josh Kushner's subtle flex (19:00) The TJ Parker way: Do dope sh*t (28:00) The Dr. Dre Question (35:00) New One Chart Business! (51:00) Sexier fiber supplements (1:05:00) Visual kill shots — Links: • Warehouse - https://warehousepc.com/ • TJ Parker's Twitter - https://tinyurl.com/mwcbpkf6 • Primer - https://primer.com/ • Create Wellness - https://trycreate.co/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com/ Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/ • Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant • Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing • Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/ • Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/ Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. — Other episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto • #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Miles Grimshaw is a General Partner @ Benchmark, widely considered one of the best venture capital firms in history. Prior to joining the Benchmark Partnership, Miles was a General Partner @ Thrive Capital where he led investments in Airtable, Monzo, Lattice, Github, Segment, Slack and Benchling to name a few. In Today's Episode with Miles Grimshaw We Discuss: 1. Straight into VC From University: From Yale to Thrive How did Miles come to land a role with Josh Kushner and Thrive right out of Yale? What are 1-2 of his biggest lessons from working with Josh @ Thrive for 8 years? What does Miles know now that he wishes he had known when he started in venture? 2. The Pillars of Venture Capital: Sourcing, Selecting, Servicing: What does Miles believe are the 5 core pillars of successful venture capital? 1-5, what is his strongest and what is his weakest? Does Miles really believe that VCs add value today? What are the most clear ways that Miles have seen VCs destroy value in portfolio companies? 3. Investment Decision Making: From Github to Segment: What is the single most important question that Miles has to answer to say yes to an investment? How does Miles think about both market sizing risk and market timing risk? What have been Miles' biggest hits? What did he learn from making those investments? What have been Miles' biggest misses? What did he learn from missing Figma and Plaid? What have been 1-2 of Miles's biggest lessons so far from working with Bill Gurley and Peter Fenton? 4. AI: What Happens Next: Does Miles believe we are in an AI bubble today? How does he assess the landscape? Why does Miles believe that the "Co-Pilot" strategy is an incumbent strategy? Where does Miles believe the value will accrue; the application layer or the infrastructure layer? What does Miles mean when he says the future is in "selling the work and not the software"? What business model disruption and adoption disruption does Miles believe AI will enable? Why does Miles believe that the analogy of AI to the rise of mobile is wrong?

My guest today is Chris Paik, who is a General Partner at early-stage venture firm, Pace Capital. Before Pace, Chris spent eight years building and investing alongside last week's guest, Josh Kushner, at his firm Thrive Capital. During that time, he sat on the board of Twitch. Our conversation explores Chris' frameworks for investing, from atomic value swaps to business model product fit and the seven deadly sins. We also discuss different consumer trends like the rise of virtual YouTubers, Apple's Vision Pro, and why everyone graduates off YouTube. Please enjoy my conversation with Chris Paik. Founders Podcast Founders Episode 136 - Estee Lauder Founders Episode 288 - Ralph Lauren For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus, the modern research platform for leading investors. Stretch your research budget with flexible expert calls you can trust. At a fraction of the cost of traditional expert networks, Tegus customers pay only what an expert charges – with zero markups and no confusing call credits – netting an average 70% savings. Don't want to conduct a full hour call? Tegus offers the ability to schedule 30-minutes, an offer you won't find anywhere else. And they don't stop there. With white-glove custom sourcing for every project and robust compliance measures, including a dedicated 50+ analyst team that vets every call transcript, Tegus ensures your privacy and protection. As the industry innovator for qualitative insights, Tegus helps you find the right experts you need at a quality and speed that can't be matched. For a limited time, as a listener, you can trial Tegus for free by visiting tegus.co/patrick. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Past guests include Tobi Lutke, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, John Collison, Kat Cole, Marc Andreessen, Matthew Ball, Bill Gurley, Anu Hariharan, Ben Thompson, and many more. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes (00:03:00) - (First question) - The history of humanity as a data storage and transfer problem and how that relates to new kinds of computer interfaces (00:14:47) - Investing strategies; knowing when to invest in new technology (00:16:39) - Assessing the gray areas of a potential investment (00:22:13) - CodeMiko and VTubing (00:32:51) - An explanation of atomic value swap (00:39:55) - The 7 deadly sins and the degrees to which each sin is monetizable  (00:45:05) - Evaluating the people behind new technologies (00:50:03) - The Reddit Revolt - the current changes happening at Reddit   (00:53:09) - Business model alignment; the steps to take when determining a business' value capture mechanism  (01:03:52) - The investment decision that Chris is most proud of  (01:08:14) - The consumer investing landscape today (01:11:19) - Chris' methods for finding new content, technology and potential investments on the internet (01:14:06) - The fundamentals of value creation   (01:15:06) - The dark side of tech, how can it be more than just friction reduction (01:17:22) - Chris' opinion on why so many innovations come from the US (01:20:37) - Defining market places and how to start and grow a successful one (01:23:23) - Chris' thoughts on opportunities with bad business models (01:26:19) - A breakdown of Chris' analogy “Sculptors versus painters” (01:29:34) - The kindest thing that anyone has ever done for Chris

My guest today is Josh Kushner, founder and managing partner of venture firm, Thrive Capital. Josh started Thrive in 2010 and launched its first institutional fund in 2011. That first institutional fund was $40 million and, in it, Thrive led Warby Parker's Series A, invested in Instagram, and incubated a business, which Josh co-founded, called Oscar. Thrive has gone from strength to strength since then and now manages $15 billion with a small team of 9 investors. Their portfolio is stage agnostic and their track record includes many of the best known businesses from the past decade, including Spotify, Unity, Stripe, and Twitch among many more. Josh rarely speaks in public about the firm and their philosophy so it was a blast to do this with him. Please enjoy my great conversation with Josh Kushner. Founders Podcast Founders Episode 136 - Estee Lauder Founders Episode 288 - Ralph Lauren For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus. Tegus is the modern research platform for leading investors, and provider of Canalyst. Tired of calculating fully-diluted shares outstanding? Access every publicly-reported datapoint and industry-specific KPI through their database of over 4,000 driveable global models handbuilt by a team of sector-focused analysts, 35+ industry comp sheets, and Excel add-ins that let you use their industry-leading data in your own spreadsheets. Tegus' models automatically update each quarter, including hard to calculate KPIs like stock-based compensation and organic growth rates, empowering investors to bypass the friction of sourcing, building and updating models. Make efficiency your competitive advantage and take back your time today. As a listener, you can trial Canalyst by Tegus for free by visiting tegus.co/patrick. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes (00:03:14) - (First question) - Why do this podcast (00:06:14) - The development of taste and quality  (00:10:20) - CS Lewis tweet; The Inner Ring (00:11:53) - Founders being heroes and motivating quietly from the background (00:16:14) - Overview the founding story of Oscar Health (00:21:30) - Is a big business different from a small one (00:23:18) - Learning to identify good problems and creating a business to solve it  (00:25:43) - The birth story of Thrive Capital  (00:30:14) - Lessons learned from creating the first three Thrive funds (00:33:35) - Industry wide competition today and models for building a firm in general  (00:37:44) - Talent, recruiting and seeing potential in younger generations of people (00:45:40) - Investments he made during the early foundation of Thrive that had significant impact  (00:49:12) - His analogy for investing in early versus late stage (00:54:22) - The current macro environment (00:57:52) - Giving AI companies computing power instead of money (00:58:57) - Why he sold small stakes of Thrive  (01:03:10) - His philosophy on what makes a good product (01:05:20) - What he thinks about the models like Mobile and Cloud  (01:08:10) - His absence from crypto and why he refrained during the boom in 2021 (01:10:33) - Thoughts about the opportunity set in FinTech today writ large (01:12:04) - Other potential opportunity sets beyond what's already been discussed (01:13:39) - Lessons learned from his time spent with Marc Andreessen, Stan Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, and David Geffen (01:21:59) - Balancing magnitudes of capital between investment funds  (01:23:32) - Why founders choose Thrive (01:29:15) - Vision as a key ingredient for founders (01:32:19) - His view of the investment industry in the world today writ large  (01:40:19) - Other investment firms he would invest in (01:42:48) - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

Adrian Aoun is the Founder and CEO of Forward Health, which is rebuilding healthcare as a product, not a service. Forward is supported by investors like Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Softbank, Expa, Marc Beinoff, Ashton Kutcher, The Weeknd, Lee Linden, Josh Kushner, First Round Capital, Eric Schmidt, DCVC, and more, Before starting Forward, Adrian worked with Larry Page at Google to setup and launch new companies inside of Alphabet. He joined Google through the acquisition of his AI startup Wavii, and spent his first year at Google helping create and build its AI division. Adrian was on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and is an angel investor in companies including Stripe, Uber, Anduril, and more. Brought to you by Secureframe, the automated compliance platform built by compliance experts: https://secureframe.com/request-demo-4?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=062023-thesplit In this episode, we discuss: Rad the transcript: https://www.thespl.it/p/making-healthcare-a-product-not-a - How the healthcare industry actually works - Why poor incentives make technology in the industry ROI-negative - The founding story of Forward - Why healthcare should be a product, not a service - Building doctor's offices like Tesla builds cars - Being Larry Page's right hand man at Google - Building a “healthcare operating system” like Apple builds the app store - Adrian's contrarian views on the food industry - Why animal farming is a bigger climate issue than you might think - Zuck: the man in the arena Where to find Turner: Newsletter: https://www.thespl.it Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak Where to find Adrian: Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrianaoun LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianaoun Read the transcript: https://www.thespl.it/p/making-healthcare-a-product-not-a Production and distribution by: https://www.supermix.io For sponsorship inquiries: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebvhBlDDfHJyQdQWs8RwpFxWg-UbG0H-VFey05QSHvLxkZPQ/viewform

Chris Paik is a General Partner @ Pace Capital, an early-stage venture firm in NYC. Pace's first fund was $150M and their second was $250M. Before co-founding Pace, Chris was a General Partner at Thrive Capital where he spent an incredible 8 years having joined the firm when they were on their first $10M Fund. In Today's Episode with Chris Paik We Discuss: 1. From Hipster to One of NYC's Best VCs: How Chris made his way from not knowing about venture capital to being one of the most prominent in NYC? What are 1-2 of his biggest takeaways from his 8 years at Thrive? How did they impact how he thinks about building Pace today? What are Chris' biggest lessons from working with Josh Kushner? What did Josh do to spot young talent in a way like no one else did? 2. The Core Pillars of Successful Venture Investing: "Invest in companies that can be described in a single sentence". What does Chris mean by this? How does that impact the type of companies he looks to invest in? "Business Model Fit is as important as PMF". What does Chris mean by this? How does he determine where a company has business model fit? How does Chris analyze his relationship to market sizing? How does Chris think about how willing he is to take a bet on market timing? Why does Chris believe that the more "virtuous" a company is, the less enterprise value it will have? 3. What is Wrong with Venture Capital: The Misalignments: What does Chris believe are the single biggest misalignments between VCs and Founders? What does Chris see as the biggest misalignments between VCs and LPs? Why does Chris believe we should scrap capital gains tax and all be taxed as an income tax? Why do acquisitions allow investors to be screwed over by the acquiring company? 4. The Future of Social and User Generated Content Platforms: How does Chris analyze consumer businesses according to "The Seven Deadly Sins"? Why does he call them, "The Seven Deadly Motivators"? What does Chris believe is the future for Substack? Why does it not have Business Model Fit? What are 1-2 of his biggest lessons from being on the Twitch board? How did that experience impact his mindset and approach to what good is in UGC and social? What does Chris believe is the number one thing to look for in a potential consumer social investment? What do so many miss?

Josh Kushner, the youngest brother of former White House adviser and realty designer Jared Kushner, has stunned his better-known brother and Donald Trump by making a formidable fortune through his venture capital firm, Thrive Capital. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

First up, J+M discuss Bob Iger joining Thrive Capital as a venture partner (2:09), then they break down the most interesting moments from the Twitter whistleblower hearings (24:48). After that, they discuss KKR tokenizing part of its new healthcare fund (57:43), before wrapping on the Launch House allegations. (1:06:22) (0:00) J+M tee up today's topics! (2:09) Legendary former Disney CEO Bob Iger joins Thrive Capital as venture partner (12:23) Revelo - Get 20% off the first 3 months by mentioning TWIST at https://revelo.io/twist (13:45) How Iger linked up with Josh Kushner, false perceptions of VCs (23:32) Dell For Startups - Apply for Dell for Startups and get an additional 10% off at http://dell.com/twist (24:48) J+M react to clips from Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko's congressional hearing today (33:13) Assure - To get 20% off your first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) visit https://Assure.co/twist (34:33) More clips from the hearing and reflections on Twitter's security issues (57:43) KKR tokenizes part of its new healthcare fund to allow QPs to invest more easily (1:06:22) Launch House allegations FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1

Millionen Menschen in den USA hatten jahrelang keine Krankenversicherung. Das Start-up Oscar Health will das ändern. Nach einer Reform des Gesundheitswesens unter Ex-Präsident Barack Obama war die Euphorie groß. Beim Börsengang wurde das Start-up mit mehr als sieben Milliarden US-Dollar bewertet. Doch ein knappes Jahr später ist der Aktienkurs dramatisch abgestürzt. Im OMR Podcast erzählt Gründer Mario Schlosser, wie das passieren konnte, warum er bei Start-up-Bewertungen eine Spekulationsblase sieht und nicht an den langfristigen Erfolg von Kryptowährungen glaubt.

Paul Carganilla & Kevin Gregg celebrate one year of the Your Creative Journey Podcast: the podcast designed to help listeners get their creative work done!Independent Filmmakers Josh Kushner and Andrew Belmares join Kevin and Paul to discuss their new independent Star Wars short film"The World Between Worlds: Solana vs Skywalker"Premise: 5 years after the destruction of the First Order, two Reys from different universes encounter each other in the World Between Worlds, a realm that connects to all of space and time.It's going to be a fun night talking filmmaking and Star Wars. Be sure to join the fun and the conversation!

River is a new content discovery & news platform - the culmination of a 2+ year project by Jeremy whose investors include Founders Fund, .406, Box Group, Josh Kushner, and Scooter Braun. Similar to observations that led Jeremy to first conceptualized the 24-hour video sharing format (which we know as Stories) in 2012, he realized the need for a platform to act as a native home for a wide breadth of content. River puts context at the forefront of a rapidly shifting news cycle, and triangulates between different perspectives, whether it's on NYTimes.com, Twitter, or TikTok. support the show: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

When the Affordable Care Act became effective in January 2014, a New York based startup called Oscar Health entered the fray with individual health plan products offered on the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace.  Oscar Health was considered unusual for a few reasons including everything from its name to the fact that its cofounders, Mario Schlosser, Kevin Nazemi and Josh Kushner were not healthcare or insurance executives.  While offering a High Deductible Health Plan, the team at Oscar created a unique design providing first dollar coverage for telemedicine visits with their staff to encourage new members to call the Health Plan early in their membership.  Many Industry experts expressed skepticism at the idea of a startup entering the market at such a volatile time in the nation’s health coverage journey.   Six years later, the team as Oscar Health seems to have quieted its critics.  While many of the large national health insurers exited the public health exchanges quickly, Oscar Health has grown its presence beyond New York and is currently offered in 18 states. In addition, the team at Oscar Health expanded into the Small Group and Medicare Advantage markets.    With us today is the cofounder and CEO of Oscar Health, Mario Schlosser to share the rationale behind the startup and to share where they are in their vision of fixing a broken healthcare system and improving outcomes.   Shownotes:  Book Mario recently read is Adventures of a Computational Explorer by Stephen Wolfram. Website: www.hioscar.com    

Mario Schlosser, CEO and co-founder of Oscar Health, is no stranger to the challenges that many people encounter when dealing with insurance companies. When Mario’s wife was pregnant with their first child, he became overwhelmed by the costly and complicated healthcare system and was frustrated when he found that their health insurance company was unable to help them navigate it. That’s when Mario, along with co-founders Josh Kushner and Kevin Nazemi, decided to start Oscar – a different kind of health insurance company. Oscar is an innovative health insurance company offering individual and family plans, business plans, and Medicare Advantage plans. What sets Oscar apart is its unique, customer-focused model that emphasizes member satisfaction and engagement. Their goal is to delight their customers and provide world-class service – an objective that has gained them more than 420,000 members across 29 cities and annual growth of about 70%. Mario shares with us Oscar’s secrets for engaging its customers and providing end-to-end healthcare support, features which have become rare in the health insurance industry. Mario also speaks on Oscar’s rapid and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including being the first company to provide a nationwide database of COVID testing locations. Mario’s insights illuminate the complexities of providing quality insurance in a changing market and demonstrate how Oscar was able to earn its reputation for having the best customer satisfaction in the individual healthcare market. We hope you enjoy the show.

This week I discuss the drama of project runway season 18, Rupaul's Netflix series, LVMH closing Louis Vitton, and Megan Thee Stallion partnership with Depop. KNOCKAROUND http://shrsl.com/1cffm-1uif-s9zxInstagram: @_dreaminginfashionTwitter: @Fashiondreamin2YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UClyEcypAwkeTiclkjzDBPNg

In this multipart series we've explored how Amazon uses its various spheres of control to manipulate our ideologies surrounding labor, consumer rights, mass surveillance, and corporate dependency. In part four, the series ends on the political ramifications of Amazon, and thereby Jeff Bezos’ control of American ideology, and how some current organizations, even presidential candidates, plan to stop this.  If you or anyone want to contact us about tips, stories, or personal experiences that relate to any of what we plan to discuss in this series, please contact us by our hotline or email below, we appreciate any inquiry! Eating For Free is a bi-weekly gossip podcast reporting from the edge of the internet! We're a new wave of celebrity reporters at a time when pop culture is increasingly chaotic and media lacks the ability or moral direction to make sense of this capitalist nightmare! Do you have a tip for us? Got some hot gossip? Need to get any questions off your chest? Call our hotline at Call 1-810-EAT-FREE (1-810-328-3733) or send us an email at questions@eatingforfree.com! Become a Patreon backer for exclusive access to weekly bonus episodes and more! You can also find us on our website, Twitter, and Instagram. For behind-the-scenes gossip and access, join our exclusive Facebook group: Girls & Gays (G.A.G.S.)!  Joan Summers: Twitter, Instagram. Matthew Lawson: Twitter, Instagram. Links: Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan (Franklin Foer, The Atlantic) Karlie Kloss, Josh Kushner, and Jeff Bezos Are All on Vacation Together, and You Can See It on Instagram (Town and Country) Bernie Sanders’ Plan for Action (Campaign Site) Elizabeth Warren’s Plans for Action (Campaign Site)

Steve Huffman is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Reddit, home to thousands of communities, endless conversation, and authentic human connection. To date, Reddit has raised over $550m in funding from some of the world's leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreesen, Peter Thiel, Ron Conway, Sam Altman, Josh Kushner, Alfred Lin and Tencent, just to name a few. Steve started his career at Y Combinator as one of their first alumni back in 2005. At YC, Steve co-founded Reddit with Alexis Ohanian, which they sold in 2006 to Conde Naste Publications. In 2010, Steve co-founded Hipmunk, making business travel seamless and easy. Then in 2015, Steve re-joined Reddit as their CEO. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Steve made his way into the world of startups and came to be one of the very first ever entrants in the now hailed Y Combinator? How did that lead to the founding of Reddit? Why did Steve return to Reddit, the company he founded, in 2015? 2.) What were Steve's biggest lessons from his journey with Hipmunk when it came to product feedback and iteration? How does Steve assess people's reliance on data today to drive product decisions? Why does he believe 3 criteria must be considered? What are the other two? What time did Steve see the confidence of his own intuition really increase? 3.) How does Steve think about stress management today? What was he like when he was younger in his relationship to stress? What did he actively do to change his relationship to stress? How has Steve seen himself change and develop as a CEO? What have been the inflection points? What has he struggled and also made mistakes in the journey? 4.) What have been Steve's biggest lessons when it comes to hiring truly A* talent at scale? What are the commonalities in the very best hires Steve has made? In the cases of it not working, what does Steve advise founders on the right way to let someone go? How does one do it with efficiency and compassion? 5.) Why does Steve believe that in dense cities, self-driving cars will not be that useful? How does Steve envisage the future of consumer transportation? What does he believe are the alternatives to self-driving cars? How does Steve see the future for the unbundling of social networks? Will they be unbundled into specific communities? How will this look? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Steve’s Fave Book: Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian saga: A Novel of Japan As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

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Today we discuss recent vandalism to the Trump Hollywood Star (5:16), Karlie Kloss getting engaged to Josh Kushner (8:20), Hillary Clinton to guest star on the season premiere of Madam Secretary(15:10), The Montgomery Biscuits, a minor league baseball team, trolling Millennials with “Millennial Night” at the stadium(18:45), NASCAR driver Joey Logano joins the table talking about racing and his organization.

Adrian Aoun is the Founder & CEO @ Forward, a health care system combining world-class doctors with advanced technology to empower patients to take control of their health. To date Adrian has raised funding from some of the true greats of the business including Marc Benioff, Eric Schmidt, Joe Lonsdale, Aaron Levie and Josh Kushner, to name a few. As a result of the incredible work at Forward, they were named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2017. Before Forward, Adrian was the head of special projects for the CEO of Google/Alphabet and Adrian arrived at Google following the acquisition of his artificial intelligence (AI) company, Wavii. Adrian is also a prolific angel with the likes of WorkRamp, Atrium, Convoy and more in his incredible portfolio. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Adrian made his way from selling Wavii to running special projects for the CEO @ Google, to now changing the world of healthcare with Forward? 2.) Why does Adrian believe that ideas don't have to be inspiration based and you can follow a process to come to a startup idea? What is the framework for that process? What is it fundamental that one focuses on the problem not the solution? Post problem identification, what is the next step? 3.) Why does Adrian believe that today, the Lean Startup Methodology makes less and less sense? What leads Adrian to suggest that "regulation is not nearly as scary as people think? How does Adrian break regulation up into 3 different categories? How should investors assess and evaluate opportunities that do face regulation? 4.) What does Adrian believe are the core benefits he has received from investing in over 150 startups? What has Jason recognised with regards to the power law effect when investing? How does Adrian approach pro-rata? What has being on the other side of the table taught Adrian about good and bad actors in the world of VC? 5.) How can angels act as a check/balance on the behaviour of VCs? How does Adrian think about investor behavior in both the good and the bad times? How do the best in the business react in both situations? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Adrian's Fave Book: Sapiens As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Adrian on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. We also speak about Movidiam – as brands turn to smarter ways of creating video and digital content, the Movidiam platform offers faster turnarounds whilst maintaining or improving quality. They’re already working with some of the biggest, most innovative companies to help compare teams and freelancers across the global curated network of creative talent. Producers and marketers looking for the best creatives can get a shortlist from Movidiam’s account managers in hours – tailored to their project’s needs. Submit a brief or check out the platform at Movidiam.com.

Apple’s new, cheaper iPad is very, very familiar. http://bit.ly/qlearly170 You can now control GarageBand with your face on iPhone X. http://bit.ly/qlearly171 Snapchat is building the same kind of data-sharing API that just got Facebook into trouble. http://bit.ly/qlearly172 Facebook reportedly pauses smart speaker plans for obvious reasons. http://bit.ly/qlearly173 Uber will not reapply for its permit to test self-driving cars in California. http://bit.ly/qlearly174 Intercom raises $125 million to take on Salesforce. http://bit.ly/qlearly175 Back-Office Integrator Pipefy Raises 16 Million dollars Series A. http://bit.ly/qlearly176 Lightspeed just filed for $1.8 billion in new funding, as the race continues. http://bit.ly/qlearly177 Josh Kushner's health care startup is now worth $3.2 billion. http://bit.ly/qlearly178 Google buys GIF platform Tenor. http://bit.ly/qlearly179 Thank you for tuning in! Twitter: https://twitter.com/qlearlycom

On this week's Who's There, a caller and her sister attend the DC Women's March and have an encounter with a celebrity they SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (how dare they!), another asks if Greta Gerwig is a who, a them, or...something in between...and we spend more airtime on Josh Kushner than he deserves. Today's episode is brought to you by the new series RIVERDALE, which premieres Thursday, January 26 at 9/8c on The CW.