Podcasts about Postmates

Cyan Banister is an angel investor and entrepreneur renowned for her early investments in transformative tech companies such as Uber, SpaceX, DeepMind, and Postmates. Banister's path to success was unconventional, she experienced homelessness as a teenager and dropped out of high school.Through self-education and determination, she became a self-taught engineer, holding key roles at a cybersecurity startup acquired by Cisco for $850 million.Cyan emphasises themes of empathy, love, and personal growth, and the healing power of philosophy in overcoming adversity and trauma.Learn more about CyanKeep up to date with Peter on SubstackKeep up to date with Kasia!If you would like to support the podcast please consider our PatreonExecutive Producer: Rachel BarrettThanks to our volunteer researchers Hendrik Dahlmeier and Mihika Chechi, and Chris van Ryn!And special thanks to Suzi Jamil! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if your company's unsellable inventory could become a lifeline for nonprofits instead of ending up in a landfill? In this episode of Disruptive CEO Nation, host Allison K. Summers talks with Disney Petit, founder and CEO of LiquiDonate, a groundbreaking platform turning excess retail goods and customer returns into powerful tools for social impact. From building the tech to power smarter giving to literally digging through dumpsters to understand waste, Disney shares how she's creating a new supply chain for good—and why reconnecting to your mission might be the most powerful business strategy of all.   Here are highlights: -Turning Returns into Resources: LiquiDonate matches excess or returned retail inventory with schools and nonprofits in need, saving goods from landfills and cutting reverse logistics costs by 50%. -Hands-On, Mission-Driven Leadership: Disney shares how she reconnects with purpose by making deliveries herself, ensuring she stays grounded in the impact of the work. -Scalable Tech with a Social Impact: From Shopify integrations to a custom-built AI-powered donation platform, LiquiDonate makes giving easier than discarding for retailers and event organizers. -Culture Over Convenience: Built as the “anti-Amazon,” LiquiDonate empowers nonprofits and educators to “shop” for free essential goods. They offer dignity, choice, and sustainability. -Growth, Grit, and 11 Million Wins: With over 11 million items already diverted from landfills, Disney reflects on startup challenges, team building, and staying aligned with the mission during hard days.   About the guest: Disney Petit is the Founder and CEO of LiquiDonate, a sustainable social impact software company that matches excess inventory from retailers, brands, and businesses with nonprofits and schools to help recover sunk logistics costs. LiquiDonate combines her years of experience working with tech companies reverse to implement social impact programs that leverage their existing business model and evolving technologies with her love for the work and people of nonprofits.   Prior to LiquiDonate Disney was employee 15 at Postmates. She built the customer service team from the ground up, launched new markets such as Seattle, New York, DC, and Chicago, co-built their sales team, adding a new stream of revenue for the company through the Postmates Partner program. Disney also created the Civic Labs team, Postmates' social responsibility arm.     Connect with Disney:   Website: https://www.liquidonate.com/   Connect with Allison: Feedspot has named Disruptive CEO Nation as one of the Top 25 CEO Podcasts on the web, and it is ranked the number 6 CEO podcast to listen to in 2025! https://podcasts.feedspot.com/ceo_podcasts/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsummerschicago/ Website: https://www.disruptiveceonation.com/    #CEO #leadership #startup #founder #business #businesspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan MacTavish Best interviews Ali Kashani, CEO and co-founder of last mile robot delivery company Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV). Musicians Queen Esther and friends perform live. About Ali Kashani: Dr. Ali Kashani is the co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics, the maker of Level 4 autonomous sidewalk delivery robots that has received investments from Uber and NVIDIA.  Founded in 2017 as the robotics division of Postmates, Serve has completed tens of thousands of deliveries for enterprise partners such as Uber Eats and 7-Eleven.Ali is a serial founder with multiple exits, including smart-home hardware maker Neurio (sold to Generac) and Lox (sold to Postmates). Following Postmates acquisition of his venture, Ali launched Postmates X, the internal innovation unit that created Serve's award-winning robot.Ali received his Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of British Columbia in 2012. He is the recipient of Canada's premier scholarship, the Alexander Graham Bell Fellowship, and has been awarded over 15 patents. 

Ali Kashani, Co-Founder & Serve Robotics joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how sidewalk delivery robots are transforming the economics and experience of last-mile delivery. Ali shares the origin story of Serve Robotics, which was incubated within Postmates and later spun out of Uber into a publicly traded company. What began as a simple idea, delivering small items with small autonomous robots has grown into a rapidly scaling business operating in cities across the U.S., including Los Angeles, Miami, and Dallas. As Serve Robotics continues to expand, the company is evolving into a full-fledged robotics platform with multiple revenue streams spanning advertising, delivery, licensing, and potentially something even bigger in the future.Episode Chapters0:00 Founding of Serve Robotics2:07 Deliveries4:26 Deploying Sidewalk Robots9:53 Deployment Markets15:11 A Robotics Company19:37 Wing Partnership21:20 Restaurant Deliveries & Packaging27:53 Comparing Gen 2 to Gen 3 Robots29:59 Testing Before Deploying32:37 New Markets33:49 Advertising Business37:33 Growing Delivery Volume39:37 The Evolution of Sidewalk Robots42:07 Key TakeawaysRecorded on Wednesday, May 14, 2025--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/autonomy-economy/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One-on-one pod today, Chris is in New York, and TJ is home in Glendale. We chat about edging produce, participatory desserts, milk drinking on Netflix's Love is Blind, every pill has its own flavor, a new ick, Matty Healey's house party, Chris rode his first CityBike, we predict "Songs Summer," when you order Postmates to the wrong address, luxiry fashion courrier services, Jax's sixth sense for finding cocaine, Gwyneth is back on the boule, MJ Lenderman needs a haircut, and Chris is driving a Benz EV from Atlanta to Miami for F1. howlonggone.com twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years, published once a month. These are N of 1 conversations with N of 1 people. There aren't many people like Cyan Banister. Her life story is remarkable. She was homeless at a young age, dropped out of high school, and five years ago she suffered an extremely rare stroke. Yet, in spite of everything, she is one of the most optimistic and curious people you can hope to meet. Cyan is also one of the great angel investors of this era, having invested early in SpaceX, Uber, Postmates, and Deepmind to name a few winners. She became the first female investing partner at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and now invests at Long Journey Ventures. Our conversation is as much about investing as it is about the essence of life and how connecting with that will help us in our professional pursuits. It is also full of awesome stories about people and companies like SpaceX and Bill Murray. Please enjoy this great conversation with Cyan Banister. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- 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 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 [00:04:06] Contrarian Thinking in Investing [00:05:30] Joining Founders Fund and Learning from Peter Thiel [00:11:15] Investing in Companies that Change Lives [00:14:00] The Importance of Overcoming Adversity for Founders [00:16:02] Personal Journey and Choosing Hope [00:20:56] Embracing Curiosity and Wonder in the Face of Adversity [00:21:20] Reconnecting with Our Inner Child [00:24:46] The Interruption and Resumption of the Conversation [00:27:20] The Power of Intuition in Business Decisions [00:32:28] The Story Behind the Investment in Uber [00:38:46] Conclusion: Following the White Rabbit of Curiosity [00:39:08] Investing in Uber: The Beginning [00:41:50] The Impact of Success: Personal Wealth and Privacy [00:50:22] The Intersection of Spirituality and Investing [00:59:34] The Bill Murray Experience: A Lesson in Presence [01:09:54] The Violin Kid: A Tale of Curiosity and Generosity [01:12:43] The Evolution of Investing: A Personal Journey [01:16:34] The Philosophy of Giving: The Universe's Return [01:17:36] The Spirit of a Venture Firm: Founders Fund [01:23:09] The Power of Integral Family Systems [01:28:41] The Trillion Dollar Question: Disrupting Hollywood [01:36:05] The Future of Artistry: AI and Creativity [01:41:39] The Power of Kindness

My guest for Episode #302 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Tash Doherty, a British-Irish-American author, blogger, and podcaster currently based in Mexico City. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Tash previously worked in analytics for Postmates and Vox Media. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Today, she is the creator of Miss Educated—a popular blog and podcast covering business, pleasure, and women's health. Tash is also the author of the coming-of-age young adult novel These Perfectly Careless Things, self-published in 2023. She gained viral attention on TikTok by openly sharing her experiences with birth control. Fresh out of Wharton at age 23, Tash joined Postmates in San Francisco, working in analytics. When offered a team change, Tash ignored her gut instinct and reluctantly joined a team run by a manager whose working style clashed sharply with her own. Within months, their professional relationship deteriorated, leading to Tash's unexpected firing just two weeks before the company conducted widespread layoffs. Initially painful, this mistake forced Tash to reassess her career direction, ultimately opening the door to writing, entrepreneurship, and creative independence—turning a devastating setback into her favorite mistake. In this episode, we also discuss Tash's insightful critique of technology companies and their unintended contributions to economic inequality, her process of transforming a teenage passion project into a published novel, and practical advice on balancing creativity with financial sustainability. Questions and Topics: What's your favorite mistake? Were there early signs of trouble with your boss, Sumit, or did problems develop later? How did you choose Postmates as your first job after graduating from Wharton? Did your poor relationship with Sumit impact your job performance? Was it hard to trust another company or manager after that experience? Did you ever consider starting your own company again after leaving Postmates? Do entrepreneurs have a responsibility to reduce economic inequality, or is that up to policymakers? What specific mistakes do you see tech companies making right now? What led you to write your article, "How Tech Is Ruining the World"? Can you elaborate on how tech companies like Postmates worsen inequality? What did you mean when you described tech workers as being "incurious about the machine"? Is the tech industry truly improving society or causing greater harm? How should entrepreneurs or policymakers handle technologies that cause harm when scaled? Tell us about writing your book, These Perfectly Careless Things—how did it evolve over time? How do you decide when your writing is finished and ready to publish?

What do Postmates, Airbnb, and Twitch all have in common? They're wildly successful startups that got a major boost by joining accelerator programs. Now, you don't need to be chasing unicorn status to benefit from an accelerator. There are countless programs out there, each with different benefits, requirements, and growth expectations—so finding the right fit for your business is key. So, why join an accelerator? The short answer: being prepared is the best way to get funded. Accelerators push you to get your ducks in a row—fast. In today's episode, I'm sharing what I've seen founders do well (and not so well) when it comes to joining and making the most out of accelerator programs. I've been through an accelerator myself, and I've mentored at several across Southern California. I can confidently say that the right accelerator, paired with real effort, can change the game for your startup. A good program should offer: Strong mentorship Access to seasoned founders and industry experts A direct line to investors Bottom line: if you're serious about growing your startup and raising money to grow, joining an accelerator might be the best decision you ever make. In this episode, you'll learn:

Jessica Huang is a seasoned restaurant marketing expert with over 10 years of experience in brand strategy, digital marketing, and third-party delivery optimization. She has worked with a diverse range of restaurant concepts, from quick-service and fast-casual brands to full-service and multi-unit operators, helping them develop strong, sustainable marketing strategies that drive growth and customer engagement. As the founder of Restaurant Marketing, Jessica leads a team specializing in comprehensive marketing solutions for the hospitality industry. Her expertise includes brand development and management, social media strategy, food photography and media production, influencer and partnership marketing, and third-party delivery strategy. She has consulted for renowned brands such as Yogurtland, Wood Ranch, and Finney's, among many others. Additionally, she has orchestrated high-impact co-marketing initiatives with major brands including Cheetos Corporate, Bear Naked, Inc., and DreamWorks, bringing innovative collaborations to life. Before launching her agency, Jessica was a key part of the Postmates team, where she worked closely with enterprise brands such as Panda Express, Papa John's, Applebee's, IHOP, and The Halal Guys. She played a crucial role in executing national and regional co-marketing campaigns, developing go-to-market strategies, and optimizing restaurant performance on the Postmates platform, ensuring maximum visibility and profitability for partner brands. With a deep understanding of restaurant operations and consumer behavior, Jessica and her team continue to help brands navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape, create compelling brand narratives, and implement data-driven marketing strategies that elevate their presence in a competitive market. -- Critical Mass Business Talk Show is Orange County, CA's longest-running business talk show, focused on offering value and insight to middle-market business leaders in the OC and beyond. Hosted by Ric Franzi, business partner at REF Orange County.

Guest: Dr. Ali Kashani, co-founder and CEO of Serve Robotics (Nasdaq: SERV)Website: https://www.serverobotics.com/Bio:Dr. Ali Kashani co-founded Serve in January 2021 and has served as Chief Executive Officer since. Prior to co-founding Serve, he served as Vice President of Postmates Inc., an on-demand food delivery platform. Prior to Postmates, Dr. Kashani was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Neurio Technology, Inc., a smart home technology company acquired by Generac Power Systems (NYSE: GNRC). Dr. Kashani is an inventor with 15 granted or pending patents. Dr. Kashani received both his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and his Doctorate in Robotics from the University of British Columbia and was awarded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship.

As the complexity and demands of technology continue to rise in our business lives, CEOs need to explore all available avenues of how to identify and attract top talent. This is where nearshoring comes in. Nearshoring is a valuable vehicle to augment existing teams, support rapid scaling, or bring new knowledge into an organization quickly.   To learn more about nearshoring we turned to Brian Samson, an entrepreneur who has lived and established multiple companies in Latin America. Because of this he holds unparalleled insight into leveraging untapped talent pools of highly educated individuals in Central and South America. Brian holds a passion for helping businesses thrive by introducing great talent to great companies but along the way we also learned he is a caring human who will always be found rooting for the Chicago Cubs.   Here are highlights of our conversation:   -      Nearshore Defined: Moving jobs or tasks within the same time zone, as opposed to offshoring which involves moving across an ocean. The benefit of nearshoring is finding highly skilled talent regardless of the location that speaks English and works the same business day as the US.   -      Challenging Latin America Misconceptions: The discussion focused on myth busting some perceptions of Latin America, particularly Mexico, based on media portrayals and personal experiences.   -      Fostering Children: Brian shared his personal experience of becoming a foster family after hearing about the challenges faced by children in the foster care system. He punctuated the need for more good homes for the 440,000 children in the foster care system in the US, adding that less than 3% ever make it to college.   Brian Samson is a seasoned entrepreneur with a nine-year track record as the founder and CEO in the Nearshore (LATAM) industry. Having lived in Argentina and established multiple companies throughout Latin America that serve the U.S. market, Brian has an unparalleled insight into leveraging untapped talent pools. His journey includes raising $2 million as a founder, scaling his company to 80 team members, and achieving three successful exits. He has held significant roles such as Department Head at Lending Club during its pre-IPO phase, which IPO'd with a $10 billion valuation, and was part of the executive team at Sosh before its acquisition by Postmates and eventually Uber. Brian holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson and leads as a General Partner at Hang10X Capital, making numerous investments in promising ventures. Away from his professional endeavors, Brian's personal life is equally fulfilling. He and his wife are licensed foster parents and have adopted a baby girl from foster care, now raising two toddlers along with a Boston Terrier puppy in their Oahu home. A Chicago native and a staunch Cubs fan, Brian enjoys the island life, which includes the beautiful weather and vibrant community. With a passion that wakes him every day since 2015, Brian is committed to connecting exceptional talent across the Americas with hyper-growth companies in the U.S.   Connect with Brian: Website: www.plugg.tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briansamson/   Connect with Allison: Feedspot has named Disruptive CEO Nation as one of the Top 25 CEO Podcasts on the web, and it is ranked the number 6 CEO podcast to listen to in 2025! https://podcasts.feedspot.com/ceo_podcasts/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsummerschicago/  Website: https://www.disruptiveceonation.com/  X: @DisruptiveCEO     #CEO #brand #startup #startupstory #founder #business #businesspodcast #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Le 14 mars 2025, un tribunal du comté de Los Angeles a condamné Starbucks à verser 50 millions de dollars à Michael Garcia, un livreur gravement brûlé par une boisson chaude dont le couvercle était mal fixé. Cet incident, survenu le 8 février 2020, a eu des conséquences majeures sur la vie de la victime.Les faitsLe 8 février 2020, Michael Garcia, livreur pour Postmates, se rend au drive-in d'un Starbucks à Los Angeles pour récupérer une commande de trois boissons chaudes "Medicine Ball" (un mélange de thés, de limonade et de miel). Selon la plainte, l'une des boissons, mal fixée dans le porte-gobelets, s'est renversée sur ses jambes dès qu'il a pris le plateau, provoquant des brûlures au troisième degré au niveau de l'entrejambe.Conséquences médicalesLes brûlures ont entraîné des lésions graves, notamment aux organes génitaux, nécessitant plusieurs interventions chirurgicales, dont des greffes de peau. Michael Garcia souffre depuis de douleurs chroniques, de défiguration et de troubles psychologiques liés à l'incident.Procédure judiciaireAccusant Starbucks de négligence pour ne pas avoir correctement sécurisé le couvercle de la boisson, Michael Garcia a porté l'affaire en justice. Après délibération, le jury a reconnu la responsabilité de Starbucks et a ordonné le versement de 50 millions de dollars en dommages et intérêts.Réaction de StarbucksStarbucks a exprimé sa sympathie envers Michael Garcia mais a contesté le verdict, jugeant le montant des dommages et intérêts excessif. La chaîne a annoncé son intention de faire appel de la décision.ImplicationsCette affaire rappelle l'importance pour les entreprises de veiller à la sécurité de leurs produits et services. Elle souligne également les conséquences potentielles d'une négligence, tant sur le plan humain que financier. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

This week, we chat with Siqi Chen!Siqi is the founder and CEO of Runway, a next generation FP&A platform that makes finance actually understandable and accessible to the entire team.As an operator and founder, he served as the CEO of Sandbox VR (a16z), VP of Product and Growth at Postmates (later acquired by Uber), CEO of Hey, Inc (Google-funded, acquired by Postmates), Head of Product at Zynga (IPO 2011) and CEO of Serious Business (funded by Lightspeed, acquired by Zynga). In addition to his operational roles, Siqi is an investor in nearly a hundred companies, including notable names like ElevenLabs, Amplitude, Pipe, and Mercury.Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, Siqi made significant contributions at NASA JPL, where he achieved the distinction of being the sole recipient of a Congressional Space Act award while still in school. This recognition was a result of his contributions to machine vision technology on the Mars Exploration Rovers.Follow Us!Siqi Chen: @bladerRunway: @runwaycoErica Wenger: @erica_wengerDear Twentysomething: @deartwentysomething

My past clients and brand experience while freelancing include FAANG companies such as Google, and other high-profile companies like General Mills, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Postmates, and Ford.

This week, against all better judgment, Jessica has procured a hamster and things are not going well. Plus, June falls victim to the Postmates system while Jessica’s dad has career advice for Jake Cornell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Miki Kuusi, head of international at Doordash + CEO & co-founder of Wolt + co-founder of Slush tech conferenceBefore Miki Kuusi launched the Finnish delivery startup Wolt, which DoorDash acquired in 2022, he wasn't just another startup entrepreneur. From 2011 to 2015, Miki was the CEO of the hugely influential European tech conference Slush, which brings thousands of founders and VCs to Helsinki every winter. “You could argue that Slush was my university for things leading up to Wolt, and what I do today,” Miki says. “That's where I learned most of the core lessons that I put into action.” One thing he remembers thinking in those early days: Everything was going to be redefined by the internet.“I just wanted to get a shot at building one of these services of the next hundred years,” he says. “And that was the driving motivator for me. If the driving motivator had been money, I don't think we would be here today.”Chapters:(01:14) - Act 3 (03:36) - Unlocking local commerce (06:13) - Selling Wolt (09:27) - The competition (14:20) - DoorDash's and Wolt's origins (17:50) - “Maybe we're the idiots in the room” (22:44) - Difficult years (25:13) - Startups in Europe vs. U.S. (28:56) - Learning from DoorDash (31:51) - Market correction (35:24) - Delivery around the world (39:17) - “ Glorified recruiting companies” (42:31) - Convincing restaurants (44:11) - Slush (48:21) - The next mountain (54:13) - Ambition and concentration (59:58) - Family and distractions (01:04:34) - Email overload (01:07:07) - Time as currency (01:09:25) - Priorities and onboarding (01:15:49) - The power of culture (01:19:32) - Who Wolt and DoorDash are hiring (01:20:39) - What “grit” means to Miki Mentioned in this episode: Tony Xu, Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, Postmates, Delivery Hero, GrubHub, DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, Kees Koolen and Booking.com, 83North, Supercell, DashPass, Wolt+, Microsoft Excel, Amazon, Parker Conrad and Rippling, Andreeseen Horowitz, Fortnite, WhatsApp, Barry's Bootcamp, and Slack.Links:Connect with MikiLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

A CMO Confidential Interview with Dr. Dan McCarthy, Professor of Marketing at Maryland. Dan returns for the third time to share research on the food delivery business and how marketers can "bend the growth curve" by implementing a subscription model. He discusses the engineering behind various subscription models and why most marketers should "at least" consider these programs. Key topics include: the difference between "promiscuous" and "heavy" buyers; balancing the "give versus the get," and how AI may drive the implementation of more models. Tune in to hear why charging for membership is a good idea.Are subscription models the future of business growth?

Aaron Stupple (@astupple) is the author of The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents. Naval Ravikant (@naval) is the co-founder of AngelList. He has invested in more than 100 companies, including many mega-successes, such as Twitter, Uber, Notion, Opendoor, Postmates, and Wish.Stick around after the end of our three-person conversation to listen to an exclusive bonus segment that Naval and Aaron recorded with extra practical tips, as well as incremental, day-to-day experiments you can test and apply. It's super tactical, so you won't want to miss it. It begins at 02:17:01.Sponsors:Sundays for Dogs ultra-high-quality dog food: https://sundaysfordogs.com/tim (save 50% on your first order) Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic broad spectrum 24-strain probiotic + prebiotic: https://Seed.com/Tim (Use code 25TIM for 25% off your first month's supply)ShipStation shipping software: https://www.shipstation.com/tim (60-day free trial!)*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber's Series B at Menlo alongside leading Warby Parker's Series A and investing in Tumblr, all in just 18 months at Menlo. Following Menlo, Shervin co-founded Sherpa Capital and today Shervin is averaging over 73x on his investments. As an angel investor, Shervin made over 100 investments in the likes of Dollar Shave Club, Postmates, Facebook and more.  In Today's Episode with Shervin Pishevar: 08:09 Meeting Travis Kalanick: The Start of a Game-Changing Partnership 11:08 The Uber Series B: Securing a Billion-Dollar Deal 12:49 The Rise of Uber: Global Expansion and Strategic Moves 19:01 The Lyft Rivalry: Missed Opportunities and Lessons Learned 20:57 Recruiting Emil Michael: Building a Strong Leadership Team 24:29 Uber China: The Challenges and Triumphs 27:19 The $15 Billion Raise: Fueling Uber's Global Dominance 30:57 The Beginning of the End: Betrayal by Benchmark 35:33 Sam Altman's Coup and Lessons from the Past 36:22 The Uber War: Legal Battles and Boardroom Drama 37:36 Fusion GPS and Fabricated Reports 39:43 The Me Too Movement and Its Impact 40:51 The SoftBank Investment and Leadership Changes 41:29 The Downfall of Uber's Visionaries 51:09 The Future of Venture Capital 57:01 Quantum Computing and AI: The Next Frontier      

Former TechStuff co-host Lauren Vogelbaum comes back to TechStuff to talk about the chaotic, absurd, and sometimes infuriating world of food delivery apps. Are they good for restaurants? (No). Are they good for drivers? (Nope). Are they good for the companies themselves? (Not really).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Day in Legal History: Nazi War Criminals HangedOn October 16, 1946, ten high-ranking Nazi war criminals were executed by hanging after being convicted by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. This landmark trial held key figures of Adolf Hitler's regime accountable for crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide committed during World War II. Among those executed was Joachim von Ribbentrop, the former German Foreign Minister, who had played a significant role in Nazi diplomacy, including the negotiation of the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. Others included Wilhelm Keitel, head of the German Armed Forces, and Alfred Jodl, a top military strategist.The Nuremberg trials were a historic moment in international law, establishing the precedent that individuals—even heads of state and military leaders—could be held criminally responsible for war crimes. The tribunal addressed the atrocities of the Holocaust, the invasion of neighboring countries, and the brutal treatment of civilians and prisoners of war. The executions followed months of legal proceedings and were seen as a step toward justice for millions of victims. Two of the condemned, Hermann Göring and Martin Bormann, avoided the gallows—Göring by committing suicide the night before the executions, and Bormann being sentenced in absentia, as he was never captured. These trials helped shape modern principles of international law, including the concepts of crimes against humanity and the rule of law in war. Meta Platforms Inc. must face claims by 34 state attorneys general accusing the company of contributing to a youth mental health crisis by getting children hooked on Facebook and Instagram. A federal judge in California ruled that some claims in the lawsuit could proceed, while others were dismissed under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which shields internet companies from liability over user-generated content. The states allege Meta's platforms cause mental health issues, like depression, in young users and that the company unlawfully collected data from children under 13. The lawsuit is part of a broader legal push against social media companies like TikTok, YouTube, and Snap, all of which are accused of profiting from the addiction of young users. Meta's spokesperson defended the company's actions, pointing to tools for parental controls and recent changes to Instagram's teen accounts. However, the judge noted that Meta's alleged “public campaign of deception” about the dangers of social media addiction could violate state and federal laws. The ruling also allows claims challenging features like “appearance-altering filters” but limits challenges to infinite scroll and likes. The decision comes alongside similar lawsuits by public school districts alleging social media companies create a public nuisance.Meta Can't Escape States' Claims It Hooked Kids on Platforms (4)The US Supreme Court declined to revive a challenge by Uber and Postmates to California's employment classification law, AB 5, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit ruling. AB 5 requires most workers to be classified as employees, giving them broader protections and benefits compared to independent contractors. Although Uber and other app-based companies are exempt from AB 5 under Proposition 22, which voters approved in 2020, they faced penalties for alleged violations before Prop 22 took effect.Uber and Postmates argued that AB 5 unfairly targeted their industries, claiming the law violated their equal protection rights by exempting other sectors. However, the Ninth Circuit ruled that lawmakers had rational reasons for distinguishing between industries, suggesting that ride-hailing companies were perceived as larger contributors to worker misclassification. The companies petitioned the Supreme Court, but the justices allowed the lower court's decision to stand, effectively ending their constitutional challenge to the law.Supreme Court Stymies Uber's Challenge to California Labor LawCourts in key battleground states are implementing procedures to expedite election-related lawsuits ahead of the November 2024 election to avoid delays in finalizing results. Arizona's Supreme Court recently ordered trial courts to prioritize election disputes, ensuring any challenges, such as those concerning recounts or presidential electors, are resolved quickly. This comes as both Republicans and Democrats have filed numerous lawsuits ahead of the election, and experts predict more legal battles on Election Day over vote counting and certification.Similar measures have been adopted in other battleground states, including Pennsylvania, which shortened the timeframe for appeals to three days, and Michigan, which introduced protocols for handling emergency election-related rulings. These actions are seen as a proactive response to the legal chaos of the 2020 election, when former President Donald Trump and his allies unsuccessfully challenged results with claims of widespread voter fraud. Courts are also preparing for potential security risks, with warnings of increased threats to judges during periods of national tension. Legal experts praise these steps as a way to ensure smooth and timely election litigation.Courts in US battleground states move to swiftly decide election cases | ReutersMy column for Bloomberg this week discusses how the IRS can solve the issue of stolen tax-refund checks, increasingly a major issue, by embracing technology. Despite the availability of direct deposit, many taxpayers still rely on paper checks, which are vulnerable to theft. I argue that the IRS should offer secure digital refund cards, similar to the electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards used in welfare programs, for taxpayers without bank accounts. These cards can be mailed securely, with separate deliveries for the card and its PIN, reducing theft risks.For those who prefer physical checks, I suggest allowing taxpayers to pick them up at secure locations like post offices, where the checks could be activated upon identity verification. This method would work like a software kill switch for smartphones, rendering checks useless if stolen before activation. Additionally, an optional mobile app could provide tracking, security, and refund management features for tech-savvy taxpayers.These solutions would enhance refund security while ensuring flexibility and accessibility. The IRS should also collaborate with local organizations to help taxpayers navigate these new systems, ensuring no one is left behind in the transition to a more secure refund process.Secure Digital Tax Refund System Can Solve Stolen Check Problem This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Send us a textWondering how Las Vegas is managing record heat while still thriving as a real estate hotspot? Join us as Tiana Carroll and guest Mia Wolfe explore the intersection of weather, nostalgia, and market dynamics in our latest episode of Vegas Realty Check. Discover how the recent heat wave isn't just extending pool seasons but also transforming the landscape of our daily lives. We also take a moment to bid a heartfelt farewell to the iconic Tropicana hotel, sharing personal memories and the spectacle of its implosion, all while standing in solidarity with hurricane-stricken Floridians from our stable desert oasis.Curious about how Las Vegas' dry climate offers unexpected perks for hair and skin care? Our conversation also touches on intriguing lifestyle changes post-pandemic, from altered store hours to the convenience of delivery services like Postmates and Uber Eats. We share some amusing anecdotes about kids creatively using these services and even entertain the idea of summoning food trucks to our doorsteps. Then, we shift gears to analyze the current real estate trends, from rising inventory and pricing shifts to the renewed buyer interest sparked by recent drops in interest rates.Is Las Vegas really the thriving opportunity city for transplants from pricier locales like New York and San Francisco? Absolutely. Dive into the vibrant dynamics of our real estate market, where starter homes and townhomes are turning over quickly, and the luxury market continues to flourish. We discuss Las Vegas' allure for investors and outdoor enthusiasts alike, and we invite you to engage with us on social media to uncover the mystery of the "second spring" phenomenon in our city. Whether you're planning a move or considering an investment, we promise insights and local wisdom to help you navigate the ever-evolving Las Vegas real estate landscape.Support the showWelcome to Vegas Realty Check, the informative podcast that dives deep into the world of Las Vegas real estate. Our expert hosts break down the complexities of the ever-changing Las Vegas property market, analyze market trends, economic indicators, and unique property features to provide you with valuable insights on timing your home sale or purchase. Don't miss out on the fun! New episodes drop every Thursday! Stay in the know about Las Vegas real estate with insights straight from the pros . Thanks for watching, listening, and sharing! If you LOVE our content , Please subscribe to our show here https://www.buzzsprout.com/1428685/support Linktree https://linktr.ee/vegasrealtycheck?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=665d8181-2204-45fb-b56f-e8ed3efbfd18Send Listener Questions to : VegasRealtyCheck@gmail.comAccess All Episodes at RealtyCheck.VegasWatch Live on Facebook Thursdays @9:30am PST https://www.facebook.com/VegasRealtyCheck Linktree https://linktr.ee/vegasrealtycheck?utm_sourc...

Shoot us a Text.Q4 is here, along with the start of spooky season. Today we're giving you an update on the port strike and hurricane relief efforts, plus we're sharing how EVs are shifting from luxury to non-luxury. We'll cap the show by covering Uber's new partnership with Spirit Halloween.Show Notes with links:Dealerships across the Southeast are assessing damage after Category 4 Hurricane Helene. Many dealerships remain closed, particularly in hard-hit areas like Asheville and Boone, NC.Dealership employees are reporting significant personal losses, including homes and vehicles.CarMax offers up to $1,500 in tax-free financial aid to employees through its disaster relief fund.As we reported yesterday, port workers across the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts went on strike this morning, threatening significant disruptions to the automotive supply chain. Key terminals like New York and Houston shut down, halting vehicle shipments.In the last 24 hours, the U.S. Maritime Alliance offered a nearly 50% wage increase to the union, but the International Longshoremen's Association rejected it as "unacceptable." Both parties exchanged new proposals, but negotiations remain at an impasse.The strike could cost the U.S. economy $5 billion per day, stalling car and truck imports..The electric vehicle landscape is shifting, with non-luxury EVs growing their market share to 26.6% in Q2 2024, up from 22.7% in 2023, according to Experian.Luxury EVs still dominate, but more affordable models are gaining traction.Ford leads non-luxury market share at 21.9%, behind them are Hyundai: 19.3%, Volkswagen: 11.2%, Kia: 12.5%, Chevrolet: 13.2%.77.4% of EV owners who replaced their vehicles in 2024 chose another EV.EVs are often used alongside gas-powered vehicles, with 81% of households that own an EV also having a gasoline vehicle. "EVs have become a compelling choice... but consumers are still relying on their gasoline-powered vehicles," said Experian's Kirsten Von Busch.Uber Eats is partnering with Spirit Halloween to offer costumes and decor for on-demand delivery just in time for the spooky season.Spirit Halloween's 1,525 stores are now accessible via Uber Eats, Postmates, and the Uber app.Customers can enjoy the same prices as in-store for deliveries in the US and Canada.This move follows Uber Eats' recent deal with Olive Garden and expands its retail delivery focus.Beryl Sanders, Uber's retail partnerships director shared “households across the country are looking to on-demand delivery to get what's needed—now.”Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle MountsierGet the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email

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Ali Kashani, CEO of Serve Robotics ($SERV), discusses how the company's fleet of self-driving robots is transforming the economics of the food delivery business. The Uber and Nvidia-backed company, which spun out of Postmates in 2021, handles several hundred restaurants via the Uber Eats and 7-Eleven platform in LA and recently struck a partnership with Shake Shack. Hosted by Ann Berry. The content of the video is for general and informational purposes only. All views presented in this show reflect the opinions of the guest and the host. You should not take a mention of any asset, be it cryptocurrency or a publicly traded security as a recommendation to buy, sell or hold that cryptocurrency or security. Guests and hosts are not affiliated with or endorsed by Public Holdings or its subsidiaries. You should make your own financial and investment decisions or consult respective professionals. Full disclosures are in the channel description. Learn more at Public.com/disclosures. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. There is a possibility of loss with any investment. Historical or hypothetical performance results, if mentioned, are presented for illustrative purposes only. Do not infer or assume that any securities, sectors or markets described in the videos were or will be profitable. Any statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements are strictly based on the current views, opinion, or assumptions of the person presenting them, and should not be taken as an indicator of performance nor should be relied upon as an investment advice.

Should aspiring entrepreneurs get an MBA? Bridget Pujals, University of California Berkeley Haas MBA '24 and Co-Founder of Saelo, shares her experience being an active founder during her Full-time MBA. What resources did she find most helpful? What should active and aspiring entrepreneurs consider before and during their MBA? And finally, what differentiates the MBA as a launchpad for founders? Bridget shares specific steps she (and other entrepreneurs at Berkeley) took to de-risk their startups and increase their odds of success. After listening to this conversation, you'll get a much clearer picture of whether an MBA makes sense for your entrepreneurial goals. Topics Introduction (0:00) How Bridget's entrepreneurial plans evolved during her MBA (4:00) Lean launchpad at Berkeley Haas (7:50) Co-founder dating (9:45) What entrepreneurial resources Bridget found most useful at Haas (14:30) Professors as an influential resource for MBA founders (18:40) How other active & aspiring entrepreneurs approached the MBA (25:00) Tips for active & aspiring founders to make the most of their MBA investment (30:15) Importance of student culture for MBA entrepreneurs (33:30) Should aspiring entrepreneurs get an MBA? (39:00) About Our Guest Bridget Pujals graduated from University of California's Berkeley's Haas School of Business Full-time MBA program in 2024, where she focused on building her startup. She is Co-Founder and CEO of Saelo in San Francisco, which offers high-tech, clinical skin treatments. Before getting her MBA, Bridget worked for Meta as a Senior Product Manager (Messenger) and Product Lead (Privacy for Instagram Direct), and before that, Postmates in business development and product management roles. Bridget graduated from University of California Irvine with a Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry. Show Notes Follow Bridget Pujals on LinkedIn #196 How I Got Into UC Berkeley Haas MBA (and HBS, Wharton, UCLA too!) & Breaking into Product Management with Bridget Pujals Saelo University of California Berkeley Haas MBA Berkeley MBA Resources for Entrepreneurs Berkeley's Lean Launchpad Accelerator Y Combinator's Co-Founder Matching Platform Search Funds & Entrepreneurial Acquisitions by Jan Simon Growth Marketing with Bill Pierce MBA Application Resources Get free school selection help at Touch MBA Get pre-assessed by top international MBA programs Get the Admissions Edge Course: Proven Techniques for Admission to Top Business Schools Our favorite MBA application tools (after advising 4,000 applicants)

Last week in a major shakeup, Starbucks announced the appointment of Brian Niccol as its new chairman and CEO. Niccol, then CEO of Chipotle, will succeed Starbucks's Laxman Narasimhan, who is stepping down immediately from the position he's held for only 17 months. For a company that has aggressively claimed it does not make fast food, this could signal a shift in how Starbucks views itself . . . and how it attempts to regain the 20% in market cap that it's lost. ‘Fast Company' contributing writer Clint Rainey discusses the coffee chain's past mission and values, and how different leadership has shifted the brand's focus. Also, we talk with rapper Saweetie about her successful brand partnerships with Postmates and McDonald's, and her perspective on growing her own brand and image. And Candace Bushnell, author of ‘Sex and the City' (the book!), chats about looking back on her writing and TV career and what stories she wants women to see today.

Last week in a major shakeup, Starbucks announced the appointment of Brian Niccol as its new chairman and CEO. Niccol, then CEO of Chipotle, will succeed Starbucks's Laxman Narasimhan, who is stepping down immediately from the position he's held for only 17 months. For a company that has aggressively claimed it does not make fast food, this could signal a shift in how Starbucks views itself . . . and how it attempts to regain the 20% in market cap that it's lost. ‘Fast Company' contributing writer Clint Rainey discusses the coffee chain's past mission and values, and how different leadership has shifted the brand's focus. Also, we talk with rapper Saweetie about her successful brand partnerships with Postmates and McDonald's, and her perspective on growing her own brand and image. And Candace Bushnell, author of ‘Sex and the City' (the book!), chats about looking back on her writing and TV career and what stories she wants women to see today.

Last week in a major shakeup, Starbucks announced the appointment of Brian Niccol as its new chairman and CEO. Niccol, then CEO of Chipotle, will succeed Starbucks's Laxman Narasimhan, who is stepping down immediately from the position he's held for only 17 months. For a company that has aggressively claimed it does not make fast food, this could signal a shift in how Starbucks views itself . . . and how it attempts to regain the 20% in market cap that it's lost. ‘Fast Company' contributing writer Clint Rainey discusses the coffee chain's past mission and values, and how different leadership has shifted the brand's focus. Also, we talk with rapper Saweetie about her successful brand partnerships with Postmates and McDonald's, and her perspective on growing her own brand and image. And Candace Bushnell, author of ‘Sex and the City' (the book!), chats about looking back on her writing and TV career and what stories she wants women to see today.

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SummaryIn this episode, Brent Peterson interviews Diz Petit, the co-founder and CEO of Liquid Donate, a sustainable social impact software company. They discuss the importance of corporate social responsibility, the issue of excess inventory and waste, and how Liquid Donate is matching excess inventory with schools and nonprofits in need. Diz shares her journey from working at Postmates to starting Liquid Donate and highlights the impact they are making in the lives of people in need. The conversation also touches on the power of unrestricted grants to nonprofits and the need for better communication and understanding between executive teams and warehouse managers.Keywordscorporate social responsibility, excess inventory, waste, social impact, nonprofit, sustainability, unrestricted grantsTakeawaysLiquid Donate is a sustainable social impact software company that matches excess inventory with schools and nonprofits in need.Unrestricted grants are crucial for nonprofits as they provide autonomy and allow organizations to allocate funds where they are most needed.The issue of excess inventory and waste is a significant problem, and technology can play a crucial role in solving it.There is a need for better communication and understanding between executive teams and warehouse managers to address the disconnect in decision-making.The donation market and volunteering sector continue to evolve, with a growing emphasis on matching needs with existing resources.Sound Bites"There's a trillion dollar deficit in need on the nonprofit side.""80% of returns end up in the landfill.""Our goal is to have enough supply, enough retailers that have products that are being donated on a regular basis that nonprofits that want to receive product every day are able to receive product every day."Chapters00:00Introduction and Passion for Matching Excess Inventory09:10Liquid Donate's Focus on Oversized Inventory15:53Connecting Retailers with Nonprofits and Local Communities32:36Challenges of Taking Donations and Importance of Unrestricted Grants

Christine Michelle shares her journey of helping women tap into their authentic selves, fostering fame, fortune, and fulfillment. They discuss the importance of showing up consistently, even when life presents challenges, and balancing spiritual and personal power. Christine emphasizes the significance of maintaining one's identity and moving in alignment with decisions, using social media as a tool for business success. She also shares strategies for navigating difficult times, including asking expansive questions and seeking joy in life.TIMESTAMPS:00:00 Introduction to EXPOSED00:36 Meet Christine Michelle01:29 Embracing Identity and Defying Age Norms02:23 Balancing Woo and Do in Business04:10 Overcoming Personal and Financial Challenges07:34 Harnessing Social Media as a Tool09:36 Trusting the Process and Spiritual Power16:33 Living Life and Finding Inspiration18:04 Expansive Questions and Shifting Perspectives23:54 Identity and Showing Up in Adversity25:48 Conclusion and Where to Find ChristineGUEST BIO:Christine Michelle is the Founder and CEO of The AlignedSoul by Ana-Hob® International Transformation Brand & author of The Aligned Receiver. Christine is a mastermind of the Woo and the Do and helps QuantumQueens build empires, activate Fame, Fortune and be the Bad & Boujee leaders they were born to be & make Quantum Leaps #normal. SOCIAL MEDIA:IG: https://instagram.com/i.am.thealignedsoulPodcast: https://alignedsoul.com/podcastTRANSCRIPT:Today we have a special guest, Christine, Michelle. Christine, welcome. Please tell us what kind of magic you create in the world. Oh, first, thank you for having me. I am so excited to be here. And for me, I'm Christine Michelle, and I am the CEO and founder of The Aligned Soul by Ana-Hob.I am a bestselling author. And what I do is I help women. I love to say I help the bad and quantum queens be more themselves, right, and really tap into fame. Fortune and fulfillment and that is by allowing themselves to fully express themselves and know that they get to have more money than Bezos, wear long hair, be sexy and amazing all the way until they're 90.Yes, yes, yes. You know, I, I, I'm 48 right at the time of this recording. And there's so many things that we're told that we're not supposed to do ways. We're not supposed to show up after you've reached a certain quote unquote age. And I just feel like it's all bull crap. Right. And I love when I think of Betsy Johnson and like all of these amazing icons that are, you know, well into their seventies, eighties, nineties, a hundreds, and they're living their lives wearing their heels, like Deep Vs, sexy clothes, long hair, and just being their full selves.And that's the energy of defying the odds that I'd love to bring into my brain. I love that. I'm all about that. So can you, one of the first questions I ask all of my guests is how do you show up for yourself, for your business and for others when life lies? Yeah, life, life's and life, life's all the time.I want my brand is really based on the woo and the do right. And so when we think about the woo, I think about the spiritual side and, and the part of the unseen, right, the unseen world. And then there's the action piece, right. And when you put both those together, it's like a spiritual power plus a personal power, it's a superpower.And. I think about right now. So right now in my life, my sister is going through a couple of health challenges. And so recently she had to have surgery. And we know that, you know, the initial tests were that it was benign, but, you know, we're still waiting on that, but, you know, still helping her, you know, through this whole process.And. Even during this time, right? It's easy to say, okay, I'm not going to show up, or I'm not going to do some things in my business. And, but for me, I decided that I have the identity of a woman who has a multi seven figure business. That's my identity. I 10 million me, you'll see it all where that's the way I describe myself.And 10 million me has one set up a business that supports her through the challenges, but also shows up during these times. And I don't have that as an option of not showing up. If that makes any sense to you. It's like for me, it's just natural and normal and this is just who I am. And the way I use like social media or the way I use some of these is that this is my masterpiece.This is my part that I'm putting out there and that there is someone who's praying for what I'm sharing on the other side. So who am I not to put that out there and show up for them even during times when it can be hard. I've had to, I filed for bankruptcy before. And so when I was in my like stressful financial moments and like, Oh my goodness, what's going to happen?There was never a thought in my mind of not showing up. It was just like, okay, what do we do during this? Right. So. My clients were having like 100, 000 days, honey. They were like thriving, but I was not. And so I said, well, clearly what I'm sharing, what I'm doing, it does work, but there's something that's going on for me that I need to look at it in a different standpoint.And so instead of saying, I'm not going to show up, I was like, okay, it's my job. It's my business. It's my career. It's something that I'm choosing to do. So this is a part of what I do. And then what else do I get to do to tap into. Feeling like, you know, the most expensive, most successful person. And so it was during this time where I decided, okay, I'm going to create my content.I'm going to do that, have that posted and scheduled or ready each and every early morning. And then I got in my car and I started driving Uber and I started delivering Postmates. And I started doing all of those things. Because I decided that I'm just I am the person who creates a masterpiece on social media.It is my tool. And who am I not to do that, like, if it's just who I am. I'm going to show up even when life is life, you know, bankruptcy, illness, all of those things, I'm going to show up. So the thing that I'm hearing from you in so many different words is around identity and Stepping into it's a choice and even the word decision.It's to it means to cut away So when we make a decision we're cutting away all other options and we're choosing something specifically So when you made a decision that you are Someone who creates amazing content who's supporting other people Then everything else just is falling away. And that is such an important thing Key point, because every single thing that is created in the outside reality begins with our own internal decisions. We get to decide who are we, and who are we not, and what are we not going to settle for. Yes, it's. Yes, that's exactly what it is, it starts from that decision. And when you make that decision is up to you to move in alignment with it. And so you'll hear all those people are like, I decide, decide, decide.And then you'll hear the other people on the other side is like, I decided and nothing happened. I decided that nothing happened. And the question is, did you decide and move in alignment with that decision? It's not just the decision. It's the movement in alignment with it. So I decided that I was going to do it.So guess what I needed to do show up. I decided that this is the kind of career that I want. So what do I do show up? Like I decided this. And so there's a. For lack of a better word, there's a work ethic kind of piece in there, and I don't want people to feel like, oh, that means I have to work all night and all that.No, it's me deciding to uphold my own commitments to myself. And so that's where I like to call work ethics. So I decided to be someone who has a business that the main places to promote the main places for me to be seen the main places for me to attract my audience is on social media. And so I know people, you know, talk about oh there's a toxic relationship that there's no relationship their social media is my tool.I use it. I, you know, put whatever I do need to put on it. I look at my client stuff like in, you know, share and do whatever I need to do for their things, and then I connect with, with people that I would love to be that are a part of my audience or connect with people that are that I love their work, and then I'm off.I'm done. Right. I and then I come back the next day. That's how I choose to use this tool that is a free tool that is oh my goodness now we have access to three billion plus plus plus people. Wow, for not having to pay a single dime. This is the most amazing tool. And this is the reason why we're having so many more millionaires and billionaires and grow and grow and grow because of these tools.And so I like to see it as a tool my tool. That I'm in control of versus like people are like, social media is taking over my life and all of this. Well, you are in circumstantial power and you have given your power away to social media instead of saying it works for me and I, it's my tool and I'm going to show up.I'm going to do what I committed to do to create this type of business. And then I'm going to walk away and do what else I need to do outside of that. You're using the social media, social media is not using you. And I think that's the distinction that a lot of people are falling into the rabbit hole of having social media use them.Yes. Yes. They, they use, it's like you give your power and we can give our power to many things, right? We give our priority to social media. We give our power away to money, right? Oh, well, this person didn't buy this, or I don't have enough clients, or I don't have enough money flowing in my account. So I get to be sad and I get to be upset and I get to not show up for my business.No, that is just you using that as an excuse. Money isn't, is your partner money is there to expand and support your desires because it's not there. Okay. So you're using That doesn't determine how you feel, right? And so we always get to come back and bring back our power. Remember that we have this personal power, and then there's the spiritual power, right?There's God, universe, sugar daddy, that bigger part of you, your soul that is in doing the unseen stuff. I always love to say manifestations and things that are unfolding in our life start 95 percent in the spiritual world. There's things that we can't see. We don't know all the people that are looking at our stuff that aren't scroll that aren't liking, but they're reading.We don't know who's about to DM us right now. We don't know the partner that is going to be around the corner. When you go to the Starbucks or something, we don't know any of that, but that stuff is happening and it doesn't mean it isn't happening. And what we're doing is we're not giving that spiritual power room to work.And we are allowing circumstances to determine how we feel instead of coming back into our own personal power to say, well, I know there's this 95 percent piece that's working for me. I'm going to see it as only working for me and working in my favor. And then I'm going to do my part. Take my steps, do what I need to do, and trust that that gets to be the avenue through which magic and miracle flow.And when we can put those two together and be in our own superpower, knowing that we've got spiritual, God, universe, sugar daddy, like I like to call it, working for us, and that I'm doing my part, there's no other way for it to happen. And so even when life is lifey. I know my part is to show up. I know my part is to post whatever I need to post on social media.I know my part is to connect with my audience and show her that I understand where she is. I know where she wants to go and I have the bridge for which she can cross over to get there. And so that's my job. That's what I'm here to do. And even when life is life, eat all I need to do. The easiest job in the world is a content creator or a coach and mentor is the easiest job in the world because all you need to do is write a piece of content that connects what you have as the solution.Speak to that person and then go back in the bed and cry and do whatever you need to do, sleep, you know, do whatever you need to do to heal your body, and then wake up the next day. Do it again, take that. 10 to 20 minutes, maybe 30 minutes to post on your story and then go back and then take care of your body.Like we have the easiest job ever. And I think a lot of people are focusing on the wrong things. And then they're feeling like it takes up so much time when the truth is it really takes a small percentage of your time to do what you need to do to keep businesses like we have going and keep yourself in the names of, you know, your, keep your name on the lips of everyone.It's really easy, but we, Yes, I love everything that you just said. And it also I feel like every listener who just heard your sermon right now, like their mind is just getting blown because It's so true and I've been there so many times as well. Like I've been an entrepreneur for the past decade and there were moments when it felt easy and then there were moments when I was making it really hard and challenging and I was giving my power away to outside sources aka social media and was, you know, My potential clients who are doing or not doing versus actually staying true to how can I provide value without expectation and then deepen my trust in the sugar daddy sky daddy, you know, all the sources and support systems that are available to us that are unseen. So how would you say. Do you specifically dance between the trust of your own power? Like how much do you put in you're supposed to do versus your spiritual team is doing for you? Oh, I love that. Okay. So What I love to say is I'm going to do my part and my part is what I know I get to do. So, there's as the boots on the ground human that's what I like to call it you're the boots on the ground so you're the person in this through reality and there are certain things that you get to do that are just just even make sense, right?They're logical in order for you to, you know, receive whatever you want to receive. Okay. So if we think about what are the logical things we need to do as people who have an online brand and online presence, maybe you have, you're an entrepreneur whatever it is, what are the things that, you know, only you can do in this physical world?Some of them is, you know, post on social media, sharing your offer, right? Create the offer, have the offer suite, create the content that promotes whatever that offer is, connect with your audience, nurture your audience and go live. Frickin life right those are the things that you need to do as the boots on the ground human.There are also things that you cannot do as far as do you know where the clients are coming from spit you know actually like we can think of all the millions of ways they can come but we don't know for sure. Where they're going to come from what source they're going to use, like how they're going to come.We just need to create the paths. So as long as you your part is to do the pack, create the pathways, create the avenues for which that the money the clients and all the things can flow, do your part to keep these pathways open. Post it on social media, sharing it with your audience, facilitating your program, serving your butt off.That's what we're here to do. Serve, serve, serve. You do that and then you get to lean into the trust that I've done my part. I've done my part. I've done my part. And I love to say, I've done my part for the day. Go universe. Sky daddy, sugar daddy, give me, you know, do the things, work your magic. I can't wait to see what's going to happen.I'm so excited for this. I'm so excited to see what's going to happen today. I'm so excited to see who's going to buy my program now. And that's where you get to play with the possibilities and all the ways, as long as you've done physically, physically. Your part, it's really simple to think about what are the things I can do right now with my own personal power with my own boots on the ground with my own steps that I get to take.And then as you're doing that and you're in the energy of this is, you know, it's working and Creating momentum. I like to say we're our own momentum. And so we get to say it's working. It's working and you look for all the ways that it's working and you point out all the ways that it's starting to unfold and create your own narratives that only work for you.Right. Delulu is a salulu. You create these delusional. scenarios. It's like, Oh, that person said no. Well, they said no. Cause they're making room for the four people that are about to say yes today and like, you know, creating those scenarios. And then you allow magic to unfold because you've created the pathways, the many, many pathways for it to flow.And so just think about what's my part. What are the things that I know that I can do? Right now to take the steps to create the avenues to show, you know, promote whatever I have coming or going or happening in my world and then walk away from it. So, and go live your life like go have some fun and go talk to friends go I love reality TV I you'd love to use it as like teaching things so go turn on some Netflix and get some new things that you're going to put into your content, whatever go live your life.And trust that it's unfolding. That's such a great plan. Go live your life because so often, especially a lot of my clients, when they first come to me, they're in the space of, they don't know what they should be doing. And a big part of it is I also tell them, well, what brings you joy? When was the last time you played?When was the last time you danced? Because if you're not living your life, of course you don't have inspiration. Inspiration comes from spirit, yes, but then it also comes from you actually being a human being in this human world, having a human experience. So if things feel, if you feel confused, if you feel blocked in any way, go live your life. Yes, go dance, go play in the water, go to the beach, like go to the mountains, I don't know, wherever you live. Go get outside, go do something, go shake up. I love to say if you feel like you don't know, go shake up the energy. There's two ways that I like to get out of the I don't know feeling. One is to go do something that's totally opposite of what I've been doing and like shake up the energy in the situation.And number two is I love to ask. So I'm going to talk about expansive questions. Expansive questions are questions that I'm not looking for the answer to, but I'm allowing God, universe, source to speak through my inner God voice is what I call it or your intuition to, to, to move me into direction that I get to go.And so expensive questions could be as simple as like how much more fun do I get to have today. What's the real, I mean what does my audience want to hear right now. What. What delightful surprises get to happen for me today, right? What is, how else does this get even better? Or what else is possible in this scenario that will blow my mind?Like things like that. I just ask those expensive questions because if I don't know, then I allow the bigger part of me and the wisdom that I'm connected to, the infinite wisdom to give me the answers. And instead of looking for the answers, I go play. And then I allow those answers to come to me through other sources, through other things, watching television.It's like, Oh my God, that's the answer. Oh my God, that'd be so cool. Or, Oh, that inspires me. And then moving with that. And so whenever people say, I don't know, I always say, you do know, you actually do know because you are connected to all that is infinite intelligence. It's always inside of you. It's always speaking to you.You're just not. Listening. And so to get to listen, either shake up the energy, go do something else that has nothing to do with what you're trying to work on a manifest or whatever, or go and ask some expansive questions take a walk and observe the environment observe the things around you be a part of the world and allow the answer to come through you. It also reminds me of there's very specific question that you ask an NLP, especially when somebody says, I don't know. And the question is, if you didn't know, what might that be? So it allows the subconscious mind to get on board and look for the answers because yes, it's your intuition, but then also intuition is directly related to your subconscious mind.So if you ask the questions, then you are telling you the subconscious mind to get to the answers. Yes. And it's kind of like, what do you know right now? Cause it's like, I don't know. It's like, what do you know? Cause you do know something. And then they're like, Oh, okay. Yeah. It's like being curious and searching for the little nuggets of wisdom and then collecting all of these crumbs, intuition and inspired action crumbs that are everywhere.Yes. And or, or, or like when people are like, it's not working, it say, Nope. How is it working? Mm-Hmm. How is this working for me? So even in bad situations when like Ask better questions. Yeah. Ask better questions. So I always say, what is right about this situation that I'm not seeing? Mm. Like what is working in that?Like how is this situation actually working for me and in my favor? Because one of my core beliefs is that everything is working for me and in my favor, that everyone goes out of their way to do nice things for me and that everything. Is. Just unfolding in a way that's going to be like, like it's taking me into the direction that I need to go.So that means I can never choose wrong. I can never take long steps. I get anything that I, everything that I do is always taking me in the direction that I meant to go. And when I believe that, when I trust that, then that means like, Oh, this is interesting. These are two things I would say, that's interesting.Or is that true? Because those two questions are like, Oh, interesting. Okay. Okay, now what? Like, what do I want now? Okay, that's a fact. That just happened. Interesting. What do I want now? And then just go forward in that instead of staying in the, the life y life y and all of that stuff. Say, okay. This has happened.This has changed my perspective on this. What will I like? How would I like to use this in my favor? What do I want now? Like, where do I want to go? Yeah. And really, even the whole notion of how do you show up when life likes, you show up and you choose whatever is in front of you. When I was going through my brain cancer experience, one of the mantras that came through is, I choose what chooses me.So it's so interesting how, like, and I'm just like putting these pieces together now, how actually, If you choose whatever should hits the storm or should hit the fan and life is liking, what if instead of judging it as bad or wrong, what if you choose it and lean into it and ask the bigger question of what is here for me? Yeah, that is so powerful. And, and also when you choose it, when you decide, okay, it's here, what now, like, what am I choosing now? It resists, resists. I mean, it diminishes all resistance. And so like when you're fighting against it fighting against no it's wrong and judging it and making it all like blah blah blah you're holding it in space like you're holding it in place.You're holding it in your life like you're keeping it there, but you release all of the resistance by saying okay, this is what happened. It is what it is. Now what? Now what am I going to choose now, what do I get to learn from this, how is this working for me, and it releases all resistance and you can see a path forward because you cannot create something in the same energy of what it was created.And so if it's something that's like. You're angry or you're upset and there's something that's going on, you getting more angry and more upset is only going to keep you in that scenario. You get to come back to a neutral space and say now what, then you can create and you can see a path forward, or a path in a different direction but if you stay in that anger, or you stay in that upset or you stay in the fight, then you're just staying in that situation and you're not allowing yourself to see all the solutions that are You know, going to help you move forward. Yeah. Another question that I love to ask is, who do I get to be through this? This is for me, but then again, like tying it to identity work, right? Who do I choose to be in this shitstorm? Yes. Well, the main thing, okay. I just did a post and I can't remember if it was yesterday or today. It all, it all, it all meshes together.But the biggest piece was, The difference between my clients that are like have the million dollar years and the difference between clients that don't is who they are being when no one's watching, like, or you when no one is watching, you know, life is life for you. I know life is life and for me, but if I want to bring that out into my social media and let everybody know the scenario or what's going on with my sister and what's been challenging I can.But I also, also know that what I'm creating and what I'm doing, there is an end result for clients and where it's going to take them. And so when I think about what I'm sharing and what I'm going to share and how I'm going to share it, it's also with the gaze of the, with the idea of like, how is this going to support and bring my clients forward or the people that I'm going to work with.Right. And so. I decide like who I get to be in the background because I know that if I tell this story or when I tell this story, I know it gets to be a masterpiece and I get to show how I walked myself through this using my tools, using the things that I'm teaching, right? And so I always look at who am I being when no one's watching, when there's no one to, to preem up for, when there's no one who is going to be able to say, Christine, you didn't da, da, da, da.Who am I being? And so who are you being through the storm? Who are you being when life is life? Are you being the person that you're being in front when everybody is watching? You need to be that same person when no one is watching. And that is what is going to help you through this. Yeah, thank you so much.This was such a beautiful conversation. Where can everybody find you? Yes. The easiest place to find me is on Instagram. I am I dot M dot the aligned soul. And from there you can find like anything that I've got going on. You can also, I post almost daily. I think it's basically daily and you'll see like.What the energy is behind it. If you have some challenges or you're just excited to have more on more on more, the Alliance Soul is the place for you. Beautiful. Thank you so much. We'll see you later.

Next in Media spoke with Megan Ramm Global Director, Head of CPG Partnerships at Uber about how the ride share app has looked to turn Uber Eats into the next great ad platform. Ramm also talked about the tradeoffs inherent in building versus buying ad tech, and how Uber is looking to play both sides of the performance vs. branding markets. Takeaways• Uber Ads was born out of the pandemic, which accelerated their delivery business while ride-sharing was temporarily halted.• Uber Ads offers a range of advertising solutions, leveraging their large user base and extensive data sets.• Partnerships with companies like Google and Criteo help Uber Ads scale quickly.• Uber Ads has seen success in driving new-to-brand and market share for advertisers.• The challenge for Uber Ads is scaling their product and engineering teams and improving measurement and attribution capabilities in a crowded ad network landscape. Guest: Megan RammHost: Mike ShieldsSponsored by: EpsilonProduced by: Fresh Take

On this episode of This Magic Life, join Andrea as she interviews an MBA student who turned an unconventional job opportunity into a successful side hustle on TikTok that has rapidly grown to reach over 260k followers (and she started that unconventional job in the midst of COVID, by the way!). 25-year-old Elena Brown flashes back to her days as a new grad in the spring of 2020 working as a terrified PostMates delivery driver with no plan or next move in place, to receiving a serendipitous message on a job-seeking website that led to an incredible and super unique career opportunity. Listen to the full episode on Apple or Spotify, or watch it on YouTube, where Elena shares how taking bold risks and not being afraid to fail can lead you to achieve anything you want to pursue… As well as the powerful advice she's gotten from her mom, the one time your college major actually matters (and all the times it doesn't), and the advice she offers to listeners about what they can do right now to attract more magic and serendipity into their lives. Tune in to the next episode of This Magic Life on June 12th to discover the path an American hedge-fund manager, New York Times bestselling author, and podcaster took to create his most magical life.   More Magic with Andrea: Watch This Magic Life on YouTube Sign up for Andrea's newsletter Connect with Andrea on LinkedIn Follow Andrea on ‍Instagram Join Andrea on Facebook Follow Andrea on TikTok   In this episode, you'll discover: How sheer serendipity led Elena to a unique career opportunity she couldn't refuse. The importance of having a positive attitude, especially while exploring opportunities. How the level of inspiration Elena took from the team of creatives around her influenced her own next career step. The transferable skills Elena's sociology major gave her that she uses in her everyday life and career. How powerful being part of clubs and communities outside of school can be for your wellbeing and creativity. The key factors that allow you to push through the unknown. How Elena has successfully married her many interests into one brand to truly dive deep. Elena's biggest lessons straight from the TikTok Trenches. The mindset you need to cultivate to build courage that'll carry you through fear. Why saying “yes and” to what you truly want can help you get closer to it. What spirituality means to Elena and how it influences her life. Elena's 3 life lessons that allow each and every one of us to become more magical.   Resources to go deeper: Connect with Elena on TikTok Follow Elena on Instagram Join Elena on LinkedIn

Musician/Actor/Dancer Kat Cunning joins us this week for a candid and poetic conversation around gender, pronouns and dispelling the binary. Kat interweaves their journey from dance to music and acting, and how these artforms empowered their queerness. Kat emphasizes the importance of existing beyond binary constructs and setting boundaries around asking people to respect your pronouns. Follow our guest @katcunning and check out their music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0THdxk7bYWo6wciF1gInBK?si=Tm77tMWiSaCfIE-8X8gk6g Single? Looking for love? Maybe just friends? Download Hinge and show off your full self using the new LGBTQIA+ Prompts today! https://hin.ge/MadeItOut Please don't forget to rate us on Spotify, write a review on Apple, and share this episode with your Postmates driver! For all other inquiries, email madeitout@mgmt-entertainment.com

Casey Winters is a legendary advisor on scaling, product and growth. He's worked with companies like Airbnb, Faire, Canva, Whatnot, Thumbtack, Tinder, and Reddit. Until recently, Casey was the Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite, and has also led growth and product teams at Pinterest and Grubhub. – In today's episode, we discuss: What every marketplace founder should think about Why marketplaces are different Finding product market fit Key ingredients to scaling a marketplace Strategies for acquiring demand and supply – Referenced: Airbnb: https://airbnb.com/ Bill Gurley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billgurley/ Blue Apron: https://www.blueapron.com/ Booking.com: https://www.booking.com/ DoorDash: https://www.doordash.com/ eBay: https://ebay.com/ Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/ Expedia: https://www.expedia.com/ Faire: https://www.faire.com/ Fermat Commerce: https://www.fermatcommerce.com/ Grubhub: https://www.grubhub.com/ Lyft: https://www.lyft.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ Postmates: https://postmates.com/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Simon Rothman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonrothman/ Square: https://squareup.com/ Tony Xu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xutony/ Turo: https://turo.com/ Uber: https://www.uber.com/ Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/ – Where to find Casey Winters LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseywinters/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/onecaseman Website: https://caseyaccidental.com/ – Where to find Brett Berson: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brettberson – Where to find First Round Capital: Website: https://firstround.com/ First Round Review: https://review.firstround.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/firstround YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FirstRoundCapital This podcast on all platforms: https://review.firstround.com/podcast – Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (02:30) Ingredients for a successful marketplace (05:34) Creating scalable growth loops (08:42) Emerging marketplaces in 2024 (10:56) 2 ways to acquire supply and demand (15:39) What's unique about building a marketplace (18:27) When to focus on the demand side (23:10) Who to hire (26:22) Finding sticky customers (26:27) What Grubhub should've done (30:19) Uber versus Lyft (34:23) One thing all marketplace founders should know (34:45) Finding product market fit (40:45) Single versus multi-category marketplaces (43:02) When to expand (44:22) The best low-frequency marketplace (46:00) The product is supply, not software (50:48) No value in car-sharing (56:11) Improving supply and demand over time (61:04) The “setup, aha, and habit” framework (66:27) Avoid these marketplace mistakes (71:16) 2 people who influenced Casey's thinking

LiquiDonate is a VC-backed software platform that matches and moves reclaimable items (such as online returns and unsold inventory) into the hands of nonprofits who need them, thereby saving retailers millions of dollars and keeping tons of waste out of landfills. Disney is a social impact innovator who started as employee number 15 at PostMates. She helped grow the company's customer service and Civic Labs divisions and won awards from TIME Magazine and FAST company. She's also a feminist, a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and an animal rights activist working to be a better-practicing ally for marginalized communities. In this episode, you'll learn these four important takeaways and much more. How online returns and excess inventory cost retailers $800B per year in losses Why you should create a Google Doc that tracks your hundreds of small and big wins in career and life What it's like being a queer women CEO raising VC investment capital How they designed their product matching algorithm and logistics systems to optimize donations, tax credits, and low operating costs

MORNING HACK: Tanya has a guest hack for us! How to get moisture out of brown sugar! RYAN'S ROSES - In Downey - She found an additional delivery address in their Postmates account. There's no reason for it…and she doesn't like what she found when she did a little digging...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brett has a new saying, that he keeps repeating over and over, it's a variation of the title of this episode. Watch it catch on in your household too. I do a deep dive on the Fiona Harvey (aka Martha from Baby Reindeer) interview with Piers Morgan. We talk about the Eras Tour Paris night one, plus the new Nespresso drink I accidentally made that was so good. We had drama with Postmates, you know I love drama with a business + I cry while preparing for vacation.

Join sisters Alex and Sabrina as they bring the heat to this weeks episode of Hey Sis, Eat This. Fireworks explode as these two dynamic women dish out tales of meals, Momma, and memories from their vastly different perspectives. Alex, a powerhouse in Los Angeles real estate, and Sabrina, a trendsetting fashion influencer, both share a drive for success and independence. Where they do differ is recounting what it was like around their dinner table given their "debatable" 7 year age gap. The sisters fill us in on Momma Kathy who was an extraordinary homemaker who passed down her art of cooking and entertaining to Alex but Sabrina prefers Postmates. We learn that Kathy was the Queen of Casseroles and if you didn't know any better you would think she was a Texan from the taste of her Tamale pie. Alex and Sabrina share that Momma Kathy always taught them to be kind and inclusive. Whether times were good or bad, everything can be fixed with a Momma Kathy casserole. For All Things Sabrina Chazen: www.shopltk.com/explore/SabrinaChazen Follow Sabrina on Instagram: @sabrinachazen For All Things Alex:https://pfeiferproperties.com/ Follow Alex on Instagram: @pfeiferproperties About Hey Sis, Eat This We are two sisters, born and raised in Texas, who share a love of food, friends, and a wicked sense of humor! On the Hey Sis, Eat This podcast, we celebrate moms and meals, inspired by our very own Momma Ashley, a former chef and always the hostess with the mostess! What you'll hear: What we've been cookin', who we've been entertainin', and any kitchen conundrums of the week... often in our Momma's Texas accent Chatting with siblings about what it was like around their dinner table growing up, favorite family recipes and stories that celebrate moms Interviews with celebrity chefs, restaurateurs, and culinary entrepreneurs about the influence and inspiration from their moms Weekly recipes from us and our guests posted out the Hey Sis, Eat This website We want to hear from Y'all! - Website: https://www.heysiseatthis.com - Recipes from our Us and Our Guests: https://www.heysiseatthis.com/our-rec... - Call into the Hey Sis Hotline: 1-866-4 HEY SIS or 1-866-443-9747 - Email: hello@heysiseatthis.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heysiseatthis/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heysiseatthis - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heysiseatthis

It's time to drag Postmates! I've had enough. If you've suffered at the hands of Postmates and or Uber Eats please send me a message. I wanna respectfully & legally make our voices heard!

Siqi Chen is co-founder and CEO of Runway, the finance platform you don't hate. He was also the president, chief product officer and CEO of Sandbox VR, the VP of Growth at Postmates and he sold his first company to Zynga in 2010. He is an angel investor who has invested in companies like Touch of Modern, Amplitude, Italic, and Clubhouse. He is a husband and the father of two daughters. In today's conversation we discussed:* His life moving back-and-forth to China as a kid* The realities and myth of work-life balance* Sharing the load with your spouse* How his parenting and leadership has evolved over time* How to exercise with your kids and incorporate them into your day* Teaching kids how to use technology as a tool for leverage* A fascinating story of how his daughter uses ChatGPTListen now on Apple, Spotify, Overcast and YouTube.—Where to find Siqi ChenLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siqic/Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/bladerRunway: https://runway.com/Where to find Adam Fishman- FishmanAF Newsletter: www.FishmanAFNewsletter.com- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/—In this episode, we cover[1:34] Welcome[2:27] Work/life balance[6:49] His childhood[10:52] All about his kids[11:30] How did you meet your wife?[13:37] Decision to start a family[15:33] Load balancing parenting[18:50] Earliest memory of being a dad[21:04] Most surprising thing about becoming a dad[23:13] Giving younger self advice[25:52] Advice to ignore[27:45] Favorite book to read to his kids[29:10] Frameworks[32:35] Any parenting evolutions?[35:11] Kids' dynamic[35:42] Where do you and your partner not align?[37:47] Kid's relationship with tech[40:45] Most interesting way kids used ChatGPT[43:11] What did you give up to be a dad?[45:30] How do you recharge your batteries?[46:10] What is a mistake you made as a dad?[49:16] Rapid fire round[53:31] Thank you—Show references:The Matrix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/Transformers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/Talktastic: https://talktastic.com/Amazing Panda Adventure: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112342/Stanford: https://www.stanford.edu/Bye Bye Baby: https://buybuybaby.com/Dalian, China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DalianPeter Thiell, Thiel Scholarship: https://thielfellowship.org/Unity: https://unity.com/Gundam: https://en.gundam.info/Postmates: https://postmates.com/Sandbox VR: https://sandboxvr.com/ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/"Blub Blub Fish" Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pout-Pout-Fish-Deborah-Diesen/dp/0374360979Work-life Balance is Overrated: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/siqic_work-life-balance-is-overrated-implicitly-activity-7161735570757550081-8Yd4Second Time Founders Podcast reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=257w17EkYn4&t=1s—For sponsorship inquiries email: podcast@fishmana.com.For Startup Dad Merch: www.startupdadshop.com Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron athttp://www.armaziproductions.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit startupdadpod.substack.com

Siqi Chen is co-founder and CEO of Runway, the finance platform you don't hate. He was also the president, chief product officer and CEO of Sandbox VR, the VP of Growth at Postmates and he sold his first company to Zynga in 2010. He is an angel investor who has invested in companies like Touch of Modern, Amplitude, Italic, and Clubhouse. He is a husband and the father of two daughters. In today's conversation we discussed: His life moving back-and-forth to China as a kid The realities and myth of work-life balance Sharing the load with your spouse How his parenting and leadership has evolved over time How to exercise with your kids and incorporate them into your day Teaching kids how to use technology as a tool for leverage A fascinating story of how his daughter uses ChatGPT  — Where to find Siqi Chen Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siqic/ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/blader Runway: https://runway.com/   Where to find Adam Fishman - FishmanAF Newsletter: https://www.fishmanafnewsletter.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/ — In this episode, we cover [1:34] Welcome [2:27] Work/life balance [6:49] His childhood [10:52] All about his kids [11:30] How did you meet your wife? [13:37] Decision to start a family [15:33] Load balancing parenting [18:50] Earliest memory of being a dad [21:04] Most surprising thing about becoming a dad [23:13] Giving younger self advice [25:52] Advice to ignore [27:45] Favorite book to read to his kids [29:10] Frameworks [32:35] Any parenting evolutions? [35:11] Kids' dynamic [35:42] Where do you and your partner not align? [37:47] Kid's relationship with tech [40:45] Most interesting way kids used ChatGPT [43:11] What did you give up to be a dad? [45:30] How do you recharge your batteries? [46:10] What is a mistake you made as a dad? [49:16] Rapid fire round [53:31] Thank you — Show references: The Matrix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ Transformers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/ Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/ Talktastic: https://talktastic.com/ Amazing Panda Adventure: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112342/ Stanford: https://www.stanford.edu/ Bye Bye Baby: https://buybuybaby.com/ Dalian, China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalian Peter Thiell, Thiel Scholarship: https://thielfellowship.org/ Unity: https://unity.com/ Gundam: https://en.gundam.info/ Postmates: https://postmates.com/ Sandbox VR: https://sandboxvr.com/ ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/ "Blub Blub Fish" Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pout-Pout-Fish-Deborah-Diesen/dp/0374360979 Work-life Balance is Overrated: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/siqic_work-life-balance-is-overrated-implicitly-activity-7161735570757550081-8Yd4 Second Time Founders Podcast reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257w17EkYn4&t=1s — For sponsorship inquiries email: podcast@fishmana.com. For Startup Dad Merch: www.startupdadshop.com  Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron at http://www.armaziproductions.com/

Welcome back to the World Class Podcast. Today's conversation is with my friend, Jack Abraham. Jack is a legendary entrepreneur, investor & pioneer in the technology space. He's co-founded over a dozen companies, including Replicant, OpenStore and Hims & Hers which became one of the fastest multi billion dollar public companies in history. Jack is the Founder & Managing Partner of Atomic, a wildly successful venture studio that incubates and and invests in its own companies. He's also an early investor in tech giants like Pinterest, Postmates and Uber. In this conversation, Jack demystifies the art and the science of coming up with ideas and turning them into billion dollar businesses.

Basti Lehmann is the co-founder and former CEO of Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that raised over $900M from the likes of Tiger Global, Founders Fund, Spark Capital and Andreesen Horowitz. Following Uber's $2.65BN acquisition in 2020, Basti founded TipTop, a platform for fast tech sales which Marc Andreesen led the $20M seed round for. In Today's Episode with Basti Lehmann We Discuss: From US Immigrant to Billion Dollar Founder How did Basti start his career hacking AT&T? How did early hardships shape Basti's work ethic? What were Basti's biggest challenges building Postmates? Lessons from Raising $900M How did Basti raise $20M from Marc Andreesen? How does Basti select which VCs to work with? Why does Basti think 99% of VCs are sheep? Why does Basti think great VCs add no value? Why does Basti think having to educate investors is a massive red flag? Selling Postmates for $2.65BN Why did Basti sell Postmates to Uber? How did the acquisition happen? Was there anything Basti would have done differently? What does Basti think makes Dara Khosrowshahi a great CEO? What is Basti's biggest advice to founders on acquisitions? Future of AI: Startups or Incumbents? What does Basti think is the biggest challenge of LLMs today? Why does Basti think inference computing will be the future of AI? Why does Basti think incumbents can be replaced? Why does Basti think the biggest companies are being born today?  

Today's episode features a very special guest- Kellie is a real life client who first booked her appointment with a dietitian because she was emotional eating when she felt lonely or bored in the evening. Despite being active and enjoying cooking, Kellie found herself relying on food delivery apps like Postmates for dinner and eating more sugar than she felt comfortable with. Wanting to improve her habits and body image, she committed to making changes to how she ate during the day to help her have more control over her choices at night. On the podcast, Kellie shares how... she overcame years of dieting and following arbitrary food rules eating MORE helped her reduce emotional eating reframing being alone to be positive helped her make better choices she uses food delivery apps like Postmates in a healthy way she balances social eating and meals out ... and more! Registered Dietitian Kait also shares tips and tricks to help you overcome unwanted emotional eating habits, too! To work 1:1 with Kait , schedule an initial consultation on our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.orlandodietitian.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Apply for The Daily Accountability Program: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://form.jotform.com/NutritionAwareness/DAP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram:  Nutrition Awareness: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/nutrition.a..⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Disclaimer: Kait is a Registered Dietitian, not licensed a therapist or medical doctor. This information is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not meant to be a substitute for mental health counseling or medical advice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nutritionawareness/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nutritionawareness/support

Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.We are thrilled to bring you a conversation with David Sacks, Founder and Partner of Craft Ventures. Based in San Francisco, Craft was founded in 2017 and currently has over 3 billion in assets under management.Across the last three decades, David has been incredibly influential as an investor, entrepreneur, and public thought leader. When starting Craft, he was able to draw from his deep operating background, having worked as an early leader at PayPal, and then later founding Yammer, which he sold to Microsoft for $1.2 Billion. He is also one of the hosts of the All In Podcast, one of the most listened podcasts in the world.We had a wide-ranging dialogue that took us through the evolution of Craft Ventures from its initial days to today, the strategic decision-making behind scaling fund sizes and team growth, and his overall views on the current outlook of venture capital.If you're a VC investor, then I'm sure you already know about Sydecar, the go-to platform for emerging VCs to manage their SPVs and funds. Sydecar is on a mission to make private markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid by standardizing how investment vehicles are created and executed. Their powerful software allows VCs to launch SPVs and funds instantaneously, track funding in real time, and offer hassle-free opportunities for early liquidity.Whether you're syndicating your first or fiftieth deal, Sydecar acts as your silent operating partner, handling all back-office functions in a single place. Sydecar always has your back, so that you never have to worry about chasing subscription docs, lost wires, or late K-1s.With all the recent ups and downs in the private markets, the last thing you want to worry about is whether your back office is operating smoothly. Sydecar's responsive and proactive customer support team is there to assist, helping you build trust with your investors and tackle the challenges of building your firm.Visit sydecar.io/ventureunlocked to learn more.About David Sacks:David Sacks is Co-Founder and Partner at Craft. He has been a successful founder and investor for over two decades, building and investing in some of the most iconic companies in tech. David has invested in over 20 unicorns, including Affirm, AirBnB, Bird, ClickUp, Eventbrite, Facebook, Houzz, Lyft, OpenDoor, Palantir, Postmates, Reddit, Slack, SpaceX, Twitter, Uber, and Wish.David first got involved in the technology industry in 1999 when he joined early-stage startup Confinity, later renamed PayPal. Serving as the company's first product leader and then as COO, David built and ran many of the company's key teams, including product management and design, sales and marketing, business development, international, customer service, fraud operations, and HR. He pivoted the product from beaming money on Palm Pilots to emailing money on the web, and introduced the business model. When the company IPO'd on the Nasdaq in 2002, David was 29 — the median age of the “PayPal Mafia” executives listed on the S-1. PayPal was later acquired by eBay and eventually spun back out into a publicly traded company (under ticker symbol PYPL).David is well-known in Silicon Valley for his product acumen. AngelList's Naval Ravikant has called David “the world's best product strategist.” And has received acclaim as one of the Besties on the All In Podcast.In this episode, we discuss:(02:56) David Sacks discusses transitioning from being an entrepreneur with experiences at PayPal and Yammer to founding Craft Ventures, emphasizing the focus on SaaS and leveraging operational expertise to support startups.(04:56) The growth of Craft Ventures from its initial fund to managing $3.5 billion, focusing on SaaS and marketplaces, and how fund size affects strategy(08:15) Portfolio construction and the strategic shift towards reserving more for follow-ons to maintain company ownership and align fund size with venture focus(10:10) The VC market's evolution shifting towards sustainable investment strategies following the 2020-2021 bubble and its correction.(13:39) Advice for entrepreneurs to focus on capital efficiency and realistic growth expectations due to the changing investment landscape(17:33) Predicting a continued reset in valuations and funding availability in 2024, and how startups can adjust their strategies accordingly(34:05) Parallels and distinctions between running a venture firm and a startup, emphasizing the importance of creating a stable, transparent environment at Craft Ventures(36:10) The significance of firm culture and talent acquisition, focusing on collective success and providing transparent, valuable support to portfolio companiesI'd love to know what you took away from this conversation with David. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

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PEG Conversation With Tash Doherty: Author of "These Perfectly Careless Things", Talks with PEG about being an Author Biography Tash Doherty is a British-Irish-American writer and author. She is the creator of Misseducated, a blog and podcast for business and pleasure. She started writing her first novel, These Perfectly Careless Things, when she was 14 years old and self-published the book in September 2023 (finally achieving her childhood dream). These Perfectly Careless Things is a spicy, coming-of-age Young Adult novel set in London. Tash has also gone viral on TikTok for over-sharing her birth control experience. ‍ Tash graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where she studied Business Analytics and Management and was a Turner Social Impact Scholar. In other lives, she worked in analytics at Postmates and Vox Media and still does corporate consulting to pay them pesky bills. She lives in Mexico City. Link: https://www.tashdoherty.com/book Donate to support PEG free artist interviews: PayPalMe link Any contribution is appreciated: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/PhantomElectric?locale.x=en_US Support PEG by checking out our Sponsors: Download and use Newsly for free now from www.newsly.me or from the link in the description, and use promo code “GHOST” and receive a 1-month free premium subscription. The best tool for getting podcast guests:  Podmatch.com https://podmatch.com/signup/phantomelectricghost Subscribe to our Instagram for exclusive content: https://www.instagram.com/expansive_sound_experiments/ Donate to support PEG free artist interviews: Subscribe to our YouTube  https://youtube.com/@phantomelectricghost?si=rEyT56WQvDsAoRpr PEG uses StreamYard.com for our live podcasts https://streamyard.com/pal/c/6290085463457792 Get $10.00 Credit for using StreamYard.com when you sign up with our link RSS https://anchor.fm/s/3b31908/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phantom-electric/message

My guest today is Cyan Banister. Cyan's life story is remarkable. She was homeless at a young age, dropped out of high school, and five years ago she suffered an extremely rare stroke. Yet, in spite of everything, she is one of the most optimistic and curious people you can hope to meet. Cyan is also one of the great angel investors of this era, having invested early in SpaceX, Uber, Postmates, and Deepmind to name a few winners. She became the first female investing partner at Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and now invests at Long Journey Ventures. Our conversation is as much about investing as it is about the essence of life and how connecting with that will help us in our professional pursuits. It is also full of awesome stories about people and companies like SpaceX and Bill Murray. Please enjoy this great conversation with Cyan Banister. Listen to Founders Podcast 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 only investment research platform built for the investor. With traditional research vendors, the diligence process is slow, fragmented, and expensive. That leaves investors competing on how well they can aggregate data — not on their unique ability to analyze insights and make great investment decisions. Tegus offers an end-to-end platform with all the data you need to get up to speed on a company or market: up-to-the-minute financials, customizable models, management and culture checks, and, of course, our vast and growing library of expert call transcripts. Tegus is changing the world of expert research. Learn more and get 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.  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 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 (00:04:03) First question - Spirituality as an Investable Category (00:06:51) Journey to Founders Fund (00:12:13) Overcoming Adversity and Embracing Optimism (00:14:28) The Power of Authenticity and Curiosity (00:25:28) The Skill of Feeling in Business (00:30:26) Investing in Uber (00:36:18) The Changing Dynamics of Early-Stage Investment (00:39:07) The Philosophy of 'Set it and Forget It' (00:42:24) The SpaceX Story: A Leap of Faith (00:48:02) Cyan's Spiritual Awakening (00:61:34) Her Story of the Violin Kid (01:05:36) The Art of Trusting Your Gut in Business (01:07:47) The Spirit of Founders Fund and the Future of Venture Firms (01:15:16) What She Would Do With 1 Trillion Dollars (01:24:05) The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done For Cyan