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This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Niv Dror, the Founder & Managing Partner of Shrug Capital. They talk about a specific piece of the Hamilton stage, Irish goodbyes (and hellos!), ~beige food aesthetics~, and a VPB (Very Punctual Baby). You can find Niv on Twitter at twitter.com/Nivo0o0 and Alexis at twitter.com/yayalexisgay or instagram.com/yayalexisgay and twitter.com/NonTechnicalPod.This episode of Non-Technical is brought to you by the 2022 Community-Led Summit: a 3-day virtual event for builders and leaders in community-led companies. You can register (for free!) for the 2022 Community-Led Summit happening May 24th through May 26th at www.communityled.com/summit.

In this FSD ride/podcast I interview Niv Dror, founder of Shrug Capital. We cover his firm Shrug, how he started, and what his investing philosophy is. Then go on to the state of the VC market, and how smaller/creator driven funds are changing the industry. This was so fun, Niv is a good friend and responsible for me getting so into startup/angel investing, huge thanks him for coming on the show!!

Erik is joined on this episode by Cyan Banister (@cyantist), partner at Founders Fund, and Niv Dror (@Nivo0o0), founder of Shrug Capital.They start out talking about why they’ve each been successful investors and what their respective “superpowers” are. Cyan tells a story about hearing Chris Sacca talk about his fund on a bus and meeting Travis Kalanick in a hot tub. Niv talks about the playbook for micro VCs and why after suggesting as a joke that he start his own fund, he actually ended up doing so. In contrast, Cyan explains why she would never start a fund of her own.Cyan talks about how the team at Founders Fund works together, how they hired Keith Rabois even though they thought they never would be able to, and what kind of talent they’re looking for. They move on to some of the most exciting spaces in consumer social, including AR/VR gaming, virtual celebrities, live, and new applications that are enabled with AirPods. They finish by talking about career development, why connecting people is such a valuable skill, and Cyan’s unique Twitter photo.Quotable Lines“I tend to be a listener, not a talker. I will sometimes be in a room or a party or an event and I hear what someone is working on and I say, hey, tell me more. With Chris Sacca’s fund, I heard him talking about it on a bus.” — Cyan“Most people just try to shoot down things. I just want to believe and see what can be. I want to say yes. Pessimism is not very good in this business.” — Niv“The thesis of the fund is things that I’m excited enough to talk about for an hour with a non-technical audience.” — Niv“We are incredibly lean and nimble. When we want to get something done, it’s a small office, and we just pull whoever needs to be in a meeting into a meeting and it just happens and then it’s done.” — Cyan“We probably wouldn’t hire Peter [Thiel] when he was just starting. He had to go do PayPal and all the other things that he did to become the Peter that he is today.” — CyanThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Erik is joined on this episode by Cyan Banister (@cyantist), partner at Founders Fund, and Niv Dror (@Nivo0o0), founder of Shrug Capital.They start out talking about why they’ve each been successful investors and what their respective “superpowers” are. Cyan tells a story about hearing Chris Sacca talk about his fund on a bus and meeting Travis Kalanick in a hot tub. Niv talks about the playbook for micro VCs and why after suggesting as a joke that he start his own fund, he actually ended up doing so. In contrast, Cyan explains why she would never start a fund of her own.Cyan talks about how the team at Founders Fund works together, how they hired Keith Rabois even though they thought they never would be able to, and what kind of talent they’re looking for. They move on to some of the most exciting spaces in consumer social, including AR/VR gaming, virtual celebrities, live, and new applications that are enabled with AirPods. They finish by talking about career development, why connecting people is such a valuable skill, and Cyan’s unique Twitter photo.Quotable Lines“I tend to be a listener, not a talker. I will sometimes be in a room or a party or an event and I hear what someone is working on and I say, hey, tell me more. With Chris Sacca’s fund, I heard him talking about it on a bus.” — Cyan“Most people just try to shoot down things. I just want to believe and see what can be. I want to say yes. Pessimism is not very good in this business.” — Niv“The thesis of the fund is things that I’m excited enough to talk about for an hour with a non-technical audience.” — Niv“We are incredibly lean and nimble. When we want to get something done, it’s a small office, and we just pull whoever needs to be in a meeting into a meeting and it just happens and then it’s done.” — Cyan“We probably wouldn’t hire Peter [Thiel] when he was just starting. He had to go do PayPal and all the other things that he did to become the Peter that he is today.” — CyanThanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

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Niv Dror is the Founder of Shrug Capital, a venture fund focused on early stage consumer products. He previously worked at AngelList and Product Hunt.  In this conversation, Anthony and Niv cover consumer technology, how to build engaged communities, and what crypto projects can learn from successful Silicon Valley startups.

Niv Dror of Product Hunt came to the office so we sat down and talked about the weird stuff we could think of before pivoting to discussing "being present."

Niv Dror currently runs social at Product Hunt and does their daily newsletter featuring the latest and coolest products. Prior to tech, Niv shifted from soccer to academics, majored in Finance, and worked for some of top hedge funds and VC firms. It wasn’t until witnessing the power of Twitter and getting inspired by the investor Chris Sacca, did Niv decide to get off the finance path and break into tech. In this episode, Niv talks about how he leveraged blog posts to meet the Who's Who of Silicon Valley, how to craft powerful cold emails, and a brief walk-through of his journey into tech, guided by his north star of offering value without expecting anything in return.

Season Two of Ambition Today is happy to welcome Niv Dror, head of social media for Product Hunt.  Niv boasts an impressive resume in both startups and finance, stemming from his education at UC Santa Barbara.  After moving to Silicon Valley at a very young age, Niv had surprisingly little involvement in the tech world.  It surrounded him entirely and thus he never noticed it, as water to a fish.  However, after auditing a few hedge funds and VC funds as a CPA, he knew where his skills truly belonged. His taste of the tech community flourished very quickly, landing non-engineering jobs at DataFox, Meerkat, and Product Hunt.  He aspired to add value without asking anything in return, and was rewarded with the experience and skills to climb the ranks at multiple organizations, currently aiding the curation of the world's most cutting-edge technology on Product Hunt.  Kevin and Niv explore what's behind this drive, the man he gives credit to involuntarily kickstarting his success, and much more: Growing up in Israel and moving to the U.S. at a young age. Pursuing a finance degree and applying it to the startup world. Getting exposure to the tech industry by auditing a successful VC. Building an engaging community around a product. What changes we can see in social in 2017. The war of pronunciation for “gif”. We why all love gifs and how Twitter is the perfect platform. Where Product Hunt is heading.   Ambition Today Question of the Day™: "Should people optimize for learning or for earning?" Quote Of The Episode: "Community is everything. Without the community, Product Hunt wouldn't work."   Links from this episode: Niv Dror on Twitter Product Hunt Niv's Tattoo in TIME Magazine Kevin's Product Hunt Live Chat Founder Institute New York Audible Toptal ========== This episode of Ambition Today is supported by: + Founder Institute New York: goo.gl/RGezjW + Toptal: goo.gl/OObfM9 + Audible: goo.gl/Urjq6k ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar   Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss, How I Built This, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, Mixergy, Seth Godin, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).  

Welcome to Part 2 of Episode 24 of the THINKING Podcast! Geoff sits down with Niv Dror, the writer and social editor for Product Hunt, a website that surfaces the hottest products in start-up world every day. Niv, famous for his community skills in the Silicon Valley (check out his Twitter for all the trending news/memes) and for appearing on TIME because of his "shruggie" tattoo, shares his story of how he got to where he is today. They dive deeper into the nooks and crannies of social media, discussing how Niv continues to get high engagement from the lively community he's built. He offers advice not only on that front, but about how to be productive with your time as well. Niv also curiously asks Geoff about intermittent fasting and other biohacking methods he follows, and Geoff happily shares his insights with him.  At the end of the episode, Niv urges any students (and other first-time product creators) to email him personally so he can help launch their product on Product Hunt. Shoot him an email over at niv@producthunt.com if you're interested!

Geoff sits down with Niv Dror, the writer and social editor for Product Hunt, a website that surfaces the hottest products in start-up world every day.  Niv, famous for his community skills in the Silicon Valley (check out his Twitter for all the trending news/memes) and for appearing on TIME because of his "shruggie" tattoo, shares his story of how he got to where he is today. While many know Niv as that person on Twitter who will make them laugh and chuckle, there is much more to him under the surface. Starting from humble beginnings, Niv grinded and hustled his way to becoming a social media guru. As he climbed the ranks of Silicon Valley, Niv never let formal qualifications get in his way and instead created "value" for himself that others could not ignore. 

Niv Dror is a part of the community team at Product Hunt, a place for product-loving enthusiasts to share and geek out about the latest mobile apps, websites, hardware projects, and tech creations. He was previously the first community manager at Meerkat. Niv joins us to share his story, how he got involved in startups after completing his degree in accounting and getting a CPA, how to build communities, how to leverage your community for innovation, and much more!