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Shawn Ryan Show: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday --------- Augustus Doricko is the founder and CEO of Rainmaker, a next generation cloud seeding company. He is a UC Berkeley dropout, Thiel Fellow, and member of the El Segundo hard tech scene.  Rainmaker uses weather resistant drones to increase precipitation and novel radar hardware to measure how much man-made precipitation is created. Rainmaker's first priority is reversing the desertification of the American west, and ultimately to terraform deserts into abundant, green, arable land. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://www.roka.com - USE CODE SRS https://www.americanfinancing.net/srs NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org https://www.tryarmra.com/srs https://www.betterhelp.com/srs This episode is sponsored by better help. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/srs and get on your way to being your best self. https://www.shawnlikesgold.com https://www.lumen.me/srs https://www.patriotmobile.com/srs https://www.rocketmoney.com/srs https://www.shopify.com/srs https://trueclassic.com/srs Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/srs! #trueclassicpod Augustus Doricko Links: Rainmaker - https://www.rainmaker.com X - https://x.com/ADoricko  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/augustus-doricko-660b20145 Substack - https://substack.com/@doricko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Augustus Doricko is the founder and CEO of Rainmaker, a next generation cloud seeding company. He is a UC Berkeley dropout, Thiel Fellow, and member of the El Segundo hard tech scene.  Rainmaker uses weather resistant drones to increase precipitation and novel radar hardware to measure how much man-made precipitation is created. Rainmaker's first priority is reversing the desertification of the American west, and ultimately to terraform deserts into abundant, green, arable land. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://www.roka.com - USE CODE SRS https://www.americanfinancing.net/srs NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org https://www.tryarmra.com/srs https://www.betterhelp.com/srs This episode is sponsored by better help. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/srs and get on your way to being your best self. https://www.shawnlikesgold.com https://www.lumen.me/srs https://www.patriotmobile.com/srs https://www.rocketmoney.com/srs https://www.shopify.com/srs https://trueclassic.com/srs Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/srs! #trueclassicpod Augustus Doricko Links: Rainmaker - https://www.rainmaker.com X - https://x.com/ADoricko  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/augustus-doricko-660b20145 Substack - https://substack.com/@doricko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

ABOUT CLAIRE CODER:BIO: Claire Coder (Forbes 30under30) is a 28-year-old Thiel Fellow and founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. On a mission to make the world better for people with periods, Aunt Flow stocks public bathrooms with freely accessible tampons and pads. Through Claire's leadership, Aunt Flow launched patented tampon & pad dispensers in 60k+ bathrooms and raised $17m+ in venture capital. Coder launched her first company at age 16, designed a bag for Vera Bradley that sold out in 24 hours, and has her own line of GIFs. After getting her period in public without the supplies she needed, at 18 years old, Claire dedicated her life to developing a solution to ensure businesses and schools can sustainably provide quality period products for free in public bathrooms. Since 2016, Aunt Flow has worked with thousands of businesses and schools, including organizations like Google, Princeton University, Netflix, and 30+ professional sports stadiums, to offer freely accessible period product dispensers, filled with organic cotton tampons and pads. Aunt Flow has donated over 7 million organic cotton tampons and pads to menstruators in need since 2021. Claire's ultimate goal in life is for any menstruator to walk into any bathroom and never need to worry if they start their period, because Aunt Flow period products are freely available!Claire's story has been featured in TeenVogue, Forbes, Fortune, and she starred in TLC's Girl Starter Season 1. Claire speaks regularly surrounding her advocacy work, starting a social enterprise and journey as a female founder. For more information, please visit LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairecoder/ Websites:clairecoder.com (Personal)goauntflow.com (Company)SHOW INTROWelcome to the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast.EPISODE 78 … and my conversation with Claire Coder the Founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. On the podcast our dynamic dialogues based on our acronym DATA - design, architecture, technology, and the arts crosses over disciplines but maintains a common thread of people who are passionate about the world we live in and human's influence on it, the ways we craft the built environment to maximize human experience, increasing our understanding of human behavior and searching for the New Possible.    The NXTLVL Experience Design podcast is presented by VMSD Magazine part of the Smartwork Media family of brands.VMSD brings us, in the brand experience world, the International Retail Design Conference. The IRDC is one of the best retail design conferences that there is bringing together the world of retailers, brands and experience place makers every year for two days of engaging conversations and pushing the discourse forward on what makes retailing relevant. You will find the archive of the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast on VMSD.com.Thanks also goes to Shop Association the only global retail trade association dedicated to elevating the in-store experience. SHOP Association represents companies and affiliates from 25 countries and brings value to their members through research, networking, education, events and awards. Check then out on SHOPAssociation.orgWhen Claire Coder was 18 years old she was at an event and she used a public restroom. While there, she discovered that she had unexpectedly started her period. And… she didn't have a quarter. Why she would have needed a quarter and what happened as a result of not having one is the subject of an exceptional entrepreneurial trajectory that has changed woman's public bathrooms around the country.We'll get to all of that in a moment but first though, a few thoughts…                 *                                  *                                  *What if you had an amazing idea that you knew was a no-brainer, an idea that provided something deeply necessary, but it seemed that everyone had overlooked it.What if you had a moment of insight from a personal experience that chartered out a clear path for providing a product and service that seemed to satisfy the deeply under met needs of more than 50% of the population?And what if when you took this moment of clear mental insight to a group of venture capitalists explaining that this was not just an idea that would not only satisfy a certain customer need but that could be an extraordinarily profitable business operation but when you asked for their involvement, they simply said… “NO”.And what if you heard “NO” 86 times when trying to get people interested in supporting your idea. Would you give up? Would you have already given up after the 1st or 10th or 50th “NO”? And what if you happened to be an 18-year-old young woman with this vision and enthusiasm and the subject of your VC pitches dealt with menstruation and woman's public bathrooms... How far do you think that would have gotten you?I could focus in on this intro by talking about the thing that we don't talk about, at least as a guy I can't imagine me and my guy friends would have ever talked about…as a teen, young man or frankly even today.Which is to say… women and monthly periods. I could focus in on this somewhat taboo subject of a naturally occurring bodily function that we somehow sweep under the social discourse carpet, despite that more than 50% of the population has one every single month. Or I could talk about the strange discomfort that comes up because somehow, we've made this discussion something to be ashamed about or talked only about between mothers and grandmothers and their daughters. The strange irony here is that the other 49.53% of the North American population will end up living with, perhaps marrying and having children with the 50+ percent of the population who has their period every single month and yet, we'd prefer not to talk about it…But, if I did focus on those subjects, which by the way are not unimportant to talk about, it would potential we derail another story about a passion for entrepreneurship and the overwhelming need to address the needs of a population who are wholly unserved.It takes a lot of guts to be an entrepreneur. Being an entrepreneur is not easy. In fact, there are a lot of people who would say you'd simply have a few screws loose to actually want to be an entrepreneur.It's highly risky and you carry an extraordinary amount of responsibility. Everything from fundraising and decision-making, planning operations, accepting both successes and failures.When the entire enterprise is your baby, and relies on you as the key driver of the big idea, it can be incredibly emotionally taxing. The working hours can be extraordinary too. If we think that an average work week is neatly packed into 40 hours, an entrepreneur may end up spending twice or maybe even three times that amount in trying to get their business off the ground...and there's constant pressure to keep on pushing forward. One success does not necessarily guarantee the next and so there's this cycle of continuing to push and to make forward strides create product extensions and to expand the brand footprint that is unrelenting. This is especially true if folks have lent you money to get your big idea off the ground.There's also a great degree of isolation that can emerge on the entrepreneurial path. You, and often you alone, are focused on birthing your brainchild, developing it and bringing it to market. This ‘child rearing', if you will, often happens in times of extraordinary uncertainty and ambiguity. In the current state of the world we live in today, ambiguity is the name of the game. What with the pace of change exponentially increasing, government shifting the rules of the game with tariffs and regulations, funding cuts and banning more that 250 words that according to PEN AMERICA are no longer considered acceptable including:advocacy, abortion, all-inclusive, biologically female, community equity, DEI, female, inclusive, sex, sexuality, vulnerable populations, and woman or women, just to name a few. So if your big idea is squarely focused on women, menstruation and period products, I would imagine it's tricky.So, this means that you have to be built for understanding the pace of change the ability to flex and move and be resilient when things don't happen to go your way. Like for example if you are launching a new product line and a COVID pandemic hits that effectively shuts your business down.You could stop and pack up shop and be done or you could be resilient and change direction asking ‘what do people need right now?, and turn what you thought was going to be a business into a completely different thing that was not at all what you had planned in the 1st place.As an entrepreneur, you also have to wear many hats. You are at the same time the company owner, marketing and sales rep. You're dealing with HR issues, product design and materials sourcing and assortment planning.You're often doing customer service and trying to keep them satisfied while dealing with shipments that go missing or supply chains that get disrupted, because of say tariffs, for example, when your products were coming from out of the country and all of a sudden now they are more expensive than you had anticipated.And you have to be good, I mean really good, at dealing with rejection and failure.Most entrepreneurs face repeated setbacks, investor rejections, failed launches or people who just don't get what you're trying to deliver - or straight out don't like what you're trying to deliver - and reject your product and actively work against you to shut you down.Resilience and a sense of purpose when faced with strong headwinds is an absolutely essential feature of being an entrepreneur.You want to become an entrepreneur? Then you had better show up at the game with a load of mad skills so that you can weather the multiple impending storms.Now… don't get me wrong, it's not all doom and gloom. It's not all uphill struggles like Sisyphus pushing a rock up a hill only to have it roll back down again.Entrepreneurship can be incredibly rewarding. It can bring something that you are passionate about into the world. Maybe it's something that had never existed before. Maybe it satisfies the need that is self-evident but others just haven't seen it yet. But to play in the arena of entrepreneurship you need to be able to recover from failures and keep moving forward regardless of whatever the setbacks were.Because they are inevitable.No one skates happily through entrepreneurship and starting a company without stuff just going off the rails from time to time. And that requires an amazing amount of intrinsic motivation and drive. You've got to be able to get up every morning and go get it. And you've got to be able to get up and do it without anyone behind you saying ‘go team go” pushing you to do it every single day.You might need an accountability buddy. That would be good.  But in the absence of that person or group, you need to be able to be incredibly disciplined and willing to get back in the ring every day.You also have to have a certain level of risk tolerance. In fact, I would say you probably have to have a very high level of risk tolerance. No one in the entrepreneurial world makes it by being a wallflower; by being risk adverse and not wanting to step out into traffic and navigate all of the oncoming traffic.And while dancing your way through the crosswalk in oncoming traffic, you have to be pretty flexible and be willing to pivot in an oftentimes volatile environment. You also have to believe in your vision and have a well-crafted strategy to get you to the top of the mountain.Successful entrepreneurs can generally see a much bigger picture than other people. They see opportunities where others simply see closed doors and that often means when hearing “no” you don't implode like the Wicked Witch of the West when water was thrown on her, but you ask questions. Not just questions about ‘why?' but also ‘why not?'.You have to be conspicuously curious and have a compulsion to keep on asking questions, never being satisfied with the status quo.Your interpersonal skills also have to be incredibly well honed. You have to be good at networking, slapping backs, shaking hands and making people feel like they're the only people in the room who matter to you. You've got to be good at networking and pitching and you have to be an incredibly good leader which suggests that you have to be an effective communicator and be emotionally tapped in. Your EQ, as well as your IQ, has to be highly tuned.You have to carry a certain level of confidence without being arrogant.You have to believe in your ideas while staying open to feedback; weeding out what is good commentary and bad commentary.…what allows you to maintain a connection to your brand story and the products or services you believe need to be brought to market while at the same time always finding a balance between taking in what people say as constructive criticism and dismissing other commentary that doesn't seem to fit or takes you off track and away from your vision.And all of this brings us to the story of Claire Coder who at 18 years old goes into a public bathroom at an event and discovers she started her period.In an effort to have period products that met her in her moment of need, she goes to a dispenser on the wall and discovers that in order to get a tampon or pad she has to have quarter and who really carries quarters around in their pocket anymore?  At that moment Claire is faced with accepting the only option available which is to go to the free roll of toilet paper on the bathroom stall and create a makeshift tampon.At that moment Claire decides that if toilet paper and paper towel are offered at no cost in public bathrooms why should tampons and pads cost $0.25.? and why is it that the box on the wall, that has likely been there for decades and that may likely not work in any case, an acceptable solution?Claire Coder was selected as one of Forbes 30under30 and is the 28-year-old founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. On a mission to make the world better for people with periods, Aunt Flow stocks public bathrooms with freely accessible tampons and pads. Through Claire's leadership, Aunt Flow launched patented tampon & pad dispensers in 60k+ bathrooms, 150 universities, 600 schools, 28 Fortune 500 company's offices and raised $17m+ in venture capital.After getting her period in public without the supplies she needed, at 18 years old, Claire dedicated her life to developing a solution to ensure businesses and schools can sustainably provide quality period products for free in public bathrooms.Since 2016, Aunt Flow has worked with thousands of businesses and schools, including organizations like Google, Princeton University, Netflix, and 30+ professional sports stadiums, to offer freely accessible period product dispensers, filled with organic cotton tampons and pads. Aunt Flow has donated over 7 million organic cotton tampons and pads to menstruators in need since 2021. Claire's ultimate goal in life is for any menstruator to walk into any bathroom and never need to worry if they start their period, because Aunt Flow period products are freely available! Claire Coder was the opening keynote presenter at SHOP Marketplace 2025 and I caught up with her after her presentation to have a chat…ABOUT DAVID KEPRON:LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582bWebsites:  https://www.davidkepron.com    (personal website)vmsd.com/taxonomy/term/8645  (Blog)Email: david.kepron@NXTLVLexperiencedesign.comPersonal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidkepron/NXTLVL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nxtlvl_experience_design/Bio:David Kepron is a multifaceted creative professional with a deep curiosity to understand ‘why', ‘what's now' and ‘what's next'. He brings together his background as an architect, artist, educator, author, podcast host and builder to the making of meaningful and empathically-focused, community-centric customer connections at brand experience places around the globe. David is a former VP - Global Design Strategies at Marriott International. While at Marriott, his focus was on the creation of compelling customer experiences within Marriott's “Premium Distinctive” segment which included: Westin, Renaissance, Le Meridien, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Design Hotels and Gaylord hotels. In 2020 Kepron founded NXTLVL Experience Design, a strategy and design consultancy, where he combines his multidisciplinary approach to the creation of relevant brand engagements with his passion for social and cultural anthropology, neuroscience and emerging digital technologies. As a frequently requested international speaker at corporate events and international conferences focusing on CX, digital transformation, retail, hospitality, emerging technology, David shares his expertise on subjects ranging from consumer behaviors and trends, brain science and buying behavior, store design and visual merchandising, hotel design and strategy as well as creativity and innovation. In his talks, David shares visionary ideas on how brand strategy, brain science and emerging technologies are changing guest expectations about relationships they want to have with brands and how companies can remain relevant in a digitally enabled marketplace. David currently shares his experience and insight on various industry boards including: VMSD magazine's Editorial Advisory Board, the Interactive Customer Experience Association, Sign Research Foundation's Program Committee as well as the Center For Retail Transformation at George Mason University.He has held teaching positions at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), the Department of Architecture & Interior Design of Drexel University in Philadelphia, the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (L.I.M.) in New York, the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Montreal and he served as the Director of the Visual Merchandising Department at LaSalle International Fashion School (L.I.F.S.) in Singapore.  In 2014 Kepron published his first book titled: “Retail (r)Evolution: Why Creating Right-Brain Stores Will Shape the Future of Shopping in a Digitally Driven World” and he is currently working on his second book to be published soon. David also writes a popular blog called “Brain Food” which is published monthly on vmsd.com.  The next level experience design podcast is presented by VMSD magazine and Smartwork Media. It is hosted and executive produced by David Kepron. Our original music and audio production by Kano Sound. The content of this podcast is copywrite to David Kepron and NXTLVL Experience Design. Any publication or rebroadcast of the content is prohibited without the expressed written consent of David Kepron and NXTLVL Experience Design.Make sure to tune in for more NXTLVL “Dialogues on DATA: Design Architecture Technology and the Arts” wherever you find your favorite podcasts and make sure to visit vmsd.com and look for the tab for the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast there too.

In this episode, we dive into the Future of Platforms panel from this summer's Inside Summit. This panel was moderated by Alexandra York, Associate Editor at Forbes and a key figure behind the 30 Under 30 lists. Alexandra brings her expertise in covering young entrepreneurs and emerging brands to guide a discussion on the evolving digital platform space. In this discussion, the panelists explore the future of digital platforms, the impact of social commerce, and how they're navigating challenges like AI integration, community engagement, and finding the right revenue models. They also share personal insights on pivoting, fundraising, and defining success in today's competitive tech landscape. Our panelists included:• Emma Bates, CEO and co-founder of Diem, a social search engine pioneering a new, inclusive internet for women. With a background in partnerships at Away and community-building at Whalar, Emma is a recognized advocate for gender equity in the digital world.• Miri Buckland, COO and co-founder of Landing, a social commerce app revolutionizing how Gen Z interacts with shoppable content. Miri's experience spans corporate strategy and consumer tech, with a passion for fostering creativity and community.• Judy Thelen, CEO and co-founder of Beli, a platform transforming how consumers discover and recommend restaurants globally, with over 30 million ratings across 30,000 cities since its launch.• Dylan Diamond, co-founder and CEO of Saturn, a calendar platform tailored for high school students, with significant backing from top-tier investors. Dylan's journey includes a stint as Tesla's youngest software engineer and recognition as a Thiel Fellow. Let's Open the Door!

Noor Siddiqui is currently building Orchid, a reproductive technology company that measures genetic predisposition to disease and provides embryo screening for couples going through IVF. Noor joins the show to discuss the ambitious culture of the West Coast, getting into the Thiel Fellowship, her personal reasons for starting Orchid, the sacred act of reproduction and why it must be made safe, her belief in children as the future, and MUCH more! Important Links: Noor's Personal Website Noor's Twitter Noor's Linkedin Orchid's Website Show Notes: The Ambitious Culture of San Francisco The East Coast Aversion to Risky Ambition The Intimate Origin Story of Orchid What Orchid Has Built The History and Controversy Around Reproductive Technology Surprising Aspects of Orchid's Technology Benefits of Saliva Testing Making Our Own Genetic Luck Noor's Predictions for the Field Advances in Embryonic Freezing Why Noor Values Clear Writing Noor as Empress of the World MORE! Books/Essays Mentioned: What You Can't Say; by Paul Graham Secrets (from Zero To One); by Peter Thiel

Joshua is the Founder & CEO of DoNotPay. He is a Thiel Fellow who has been called "Robin Hood of the Internet" for building products to save people time and money. DoNotPay is an automated service that handles over 200 consumer rights challenges such as cancelling subscriptions, obtaining refunds, and appealing tickets. Follow Joshua on X @jbrowder1. [0:16] - How Joshua turned his penchant for parking tickets into a successful business [6:31] - Joshua's early experiences building iPhone apps [9:11] - Why Joshua took a careful and patient approach to starting DoNotPay while at Stanford [14:11] - Why Joshua waited so long to start charging for DoNotPay [15:51] - Alternative business models for DoNotPay [19:32] - Joshua's approach to building a lean, efficient team [24:25] - Operating as a global, in-person, nomadic organization [26:45] - How the advent GPT has transformed DoNotPay's services [35:20] - Joshua's perspective on the current and future states of AI [39:16] - Why Do Not Pay issues dividends to its employees and investors [43:16] - Joshua's approach for growing DoNotPay from here [45:43] - Technology's fast pace of change versus society's slow pace of change [48:47] - Wisdom gained from The Thiel Fellowship Mint this episode for free onchain on Base at ⁠pods.media/pod-of-jake/177-joshua-browder For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Today's guest is Eva Shang, co-founder and CEO of Legalist, which is an institutional alternative asset management firm using data-driven technology to invest in credit assets at scale. Eva is a Thiel Fellow and participated in Y Combinator. In today's episode, Eva covers everything related to litigation finance. We walk through why the asset class exists, how it works, using AI to source deal flow, and more. Then we get into her thoughts on building an asset management firm and why she launched a Government Receivables strategy.  (1:17) Welcome to guest, Eva Shang (1:47) Overview of Litigation Finance (5:04) Origin Story of Legalist (9:09) Typical litigation process (21:49) The moneyball of litigation finance (28:06) Expanding into other strategies (37:07) Allocating to a litigation finance strategy (40:58) Eva's most memorable investment ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Sponsor: Today's episode is sponsored by YCharts. YCharts enables financial advisors to make smarter investment decisions and better communicate with clients. Visit YCharts to start your free trial and be sure to mention "Meb" for 20% off your subscription (new clients only).   Follow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more.  ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#61. In this episode of The meez Podcast, host Josh Sharkey welcomes Sam Bernstein, the founder of Table22. Table22 is a pioneering company designed to help restaurants generate incremental new revenue through subscriptions, including memberships, CPG products, and events.Josh and Sam's paths first crossed at The Chef Conference in Philadelphia. Since then, their encounters have become frequent, most recently at the National Restaurant Association Show, where they connected at an event hosted by meez, Made In Cookware, and Fernet.In this episode, Josh delves into Sam's entrepreneurial journey, discussing his impressive background as a Thiel Fellow and his early forays in real estate before founding Table22. Sam's passion and smart approach to supporting the restaurant industry shine through as he shares insights into the growth of Table22 and his vision for the future of restaurant revenue streams.Tune in to hear about Sam's innovative strategies, his dedication to the restaurant community, and the story behind Table22. Don't miss this engaging conversation packed with entrepreneurial wisdom and industry insights.Where to find Sam Bernstein:InstagramLinkedInWhere to find host Josh Sharkey:InstagramLinkedInTikTokTwitterIn this episode, we cover:(03:41): Sam's background(15:17): Sam's learnings from receiving a Thiel Fellowship(22:00): How Table22 works(47:39): Sam's interpretation of the 11 star experience for Table22

Augustus is the Founder & CEO of Rainmaker, a cloud seeding and weather modification company. The company's objective is to facilitate more precipitation in the American West in the near-term, while terraforming Earth more broadly over time. Augustus previously co-founded another startup and was named a Thiel Fellow in 2024. Follow Augustus on X @ADoricko. Mint this episode for free onchain on Base at ⁠pods.media/pod-of-jake/173-augustus-doricko For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Pamela Valdés IG: @pamevls es fundadora y CEO de BEEK, la plataforma donde los latinos escuchan el mejor contenido de audio en español. Por favor ayúdame y sigue Cracks Podcast en YouTube aquí."El agente más potente de cambio es la historia que te cuentas en tu cabeza."- Pamela Valdés Comparte esta frase en TwitterEste episodio es presentado por Cracks Summit, el evento de negocios e inspiración más importante de América Latina y por Diri Móvil, la innovadora compañía de telefonía celular que conecta a cientos de miles de mexicanos. Pamela dejó la universidad cuando fue seleccionada por la Thiel Foundation como la primera Thiel Fellow en Latinoamérica. Participó en la aceleradora de negocios de silicon valley Y Combinator y consiguió fondeo para su empresa en algunos de los fondos de capital privado más importantes del mundo. Pamela dice que todo lo que ha aprendido sobre cómo crear una empresa proviene de los libros y de hablar con personas realmente inteligentes.Hoy Pamela y yo hablamos de separar tu identidad de tu profesión, de tener un coach que trabajó con Jeff Bezos, de conocer a Tony Robbins y de la evolución de BEEK.Qué puedes aprender hoyCómo es trabajar con un coach profesionalCómo separar el ser del hacerEl poder de las historias que nos contamos a nosotros mismos*Este episodio es presentado por Cracks SummitCracks Summit, el foro de negocios e inspiración MÁS importante de América Latina, que reúne a empresarios revolucionarios y los personajes más influyentes de la región en un día repleto de conversaciones inspiradoras, paneles que te volarán la cabeza y conferencias de talla mundial.Acompáñame y aprendamos juntos de gigantes como Maria Asunción Aramburuzabala, Arturo Elías Ayub, Arnoldo de la Rocha, el Dr. Ichak Adizes, Karla Berman, Arturo Lomelí y Moisés Guindi, entre muchos otros ponentes.Si quieres ser parte de este evento épico no te quedes fuera de Cracks Summit este próximo 21 de Febrero en el Centro Roberto Cantoral de la CDMX.*Este episodio es presentado por Diri Móvil, la innovadora compañía de telefonía celular que conecta a cientos de miles de mexicanos.Diri es líder indiscutible en la venta de eSIMs digitales que puedes usar como línea principal, manteniendo tu número actual o como línea secundaria para siempre estar conectado en México, Estados Unidos y Canadá.A través de la aplicación Diri, puedes gestionar tu línea y elegir entre diversos planes, como el de 40 Gigas al mes por sólo $279 pesos.Por escuchar Cracks Diri te regala 7 días de servicio ilimitado totalmente gratis descargando tu eSIM GRATIS en diri.mx/cracks.Notas del episodio en cracks.la/266 Ve el episodio en Youtube

In this podcast episode, Lucy Guo, a prominent entrepreneur and Thiel Fellow, shares her remarkable journey from receiving a Thiel Fellowship at the age of 20 to becoming the second wealthiest self-made female in the United States. Lucy discusses her experiences with ventures such as Scale AI, her transition from venture capitalist to entrepreneur, and the evolution of her venture fund, HF0.The conversation explores Lucy's latest venture, Passes, a platform for content creators, where she emphasizes the importance of investing in engineers and discusses the role of AI in the creator economy. Lucy reflects on her move to Miami, highlighting the differences in the tech landscape and the need for increased capital in the ecosystem. Listen to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noor is the Founder and CEO of Orchid, a reproductive technology company measuring genetic predisposition to disease for the purpose of helping people have healthier babies. Prior to creating Orchid, Noor was a Thiel Fellow and an AI researcher at Stanford where she worked on applications of deep learning to genomics. Follow Noor on X @noor_siddiquiz_ and Orchid @OrchidInc. [0:16] - The personal motivation behind Noor's interest in genomics [11:31] - Embracing “weirdness” as a child [15:42] - The Thiel Fellowship and Stanford experiences [22:30] - How and why Noor got interested in crypto in college [24:30] - How Orchid measures risks at the embryo stage [28:12] - Using Orchid's data to make informed health decisions [38:47] - Comparing Orchid to other existing embryo screening tech [42:52] - How Orchid accomplished a 100x technological improvement [51:25] - Current costs of embryo screening and paths to lower them [57:55] - Noor's thoughts on the future of genomic technologies [1:03:47] - How reproductive tech relates to human longevity For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Welcome to another episode of Better Learning! In the episode, we have a remarkable guest who is changing the game for people with periods. Meet Claire Coder, a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee, a Thiel Fellow, and the dynamic Founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. Claire's journey is nothing short of inspiring. At just 26 years old, Claire is not only a Thiel Fellow but a trailblazer in the field of menstrual equity. With Aunt Flow, she's on a mission to make the world better for people with periods. Under Claire's leadership, Aunt Flow has revolutionized public bathrooms by stocking them with freely accessible tampons and pads. The company has introduced patented dispensers in over 30,000 bathrooms, raising an impressive $17 million+ in venture capital. Collaborating closely with education leaders and architects, Claire ensures that Aunt Flow's mission to provide freely accessible period products transcends boundaries. It's noteworthy that the push for Aunt Flow products in schools doesn't come solely from adults; rather, it's the students themselves who recognize the importance of menstrual equity in their learning environments. In this episode, discover how any school can join the movement and bring Aunt Flow's impactful initiatives to their campus, fostering an environment where every student can focus on their education without the worry of period supplies.     Learn more about Aunt Flow and Claire Coder: Aunt Flow Website: https://goauntflow.com/ Claire's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairecoder/ Claire's Instagram Profile: https://www.instagram.com/clairecoderofficial/ Claire's Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/clairecoder     Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com. Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Find out more about Kevin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinstoller/ For more episodes of the Better Learning Podcast, visit https://www.betterlearningpodcast.com/   Episode 161 of the Better Learning Podcast   Kevin Stoller is the host of the Better Learning Podcast and Co-Founder of Kay-Twelve, a national leader for educational furniture. Learn more about creating better learning environments at www.Kay-Twelve.com.   Who made this episode possible? Association for Learning Environments (A4LE) - https://www.a4le.org/ Education Leaders' Organization - https://www.ed-leaders.org/ Second Class Foundation - https://secondclassfoundation.org/

At the age of 18, Anthony dropped out of college to take the Thiel Fellowship and pursue his first startup, EnvoyNow. Which was acquired by JoyRun, then by Walmart.Seven years ago at the age of 21, Anthony suffered a life-changing accident that left him as a quadriplegic. Although he's recovered some function since, he's still currently in a wheelchair.Today, Anthony is the Cofounder and CEO of Vinovest. Vinovest helps investors diversify their portfolios into rare wine and whiskey, an asset class that has outperformed the S&P over the past three decades. Vinovest has over $100MM in assets under management.In this episode, we discussBecoming paralyzed at 21. And how he persevered to grow and sell Envoy Now.His relationship with his wife Mckenna  and how they've stayed together since teenagers.Securing Mark Cuban as his first angel investor through a Shark Tank-esque campus pitch.Leaving college as a Thiel Fellow and meeting Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin.Hustling to work for Blockfolio, its sale to FTX, and meeting Sam Bankman-Fried.The genesis of Vinovest and how he carved out a serious reputation in the wine industry.Learn more about Anthony:Vinovest Website: www.vinovest.coVideo: Anthony pitching Mark Cuban Shark Tank-styleAnthony's Instagram: @anthony_j_zhangAnthony's Twitter: @anthony_j_zhangFortune: A 22-Year-Old Entrepreneur Moves Forward After a Life-Changing Accident Left Him Paralyzed 

Jake is a Thiel Fellow and Founder of Pilgrim Labs⁠ where he is working on building biotechnology for warfighters. Previously, he was in high school (Jake is 19). Follow him on X @jakeradler. [0:16] - How Jake's got into human-computer interfaces [7:52] - Transitioning a sleep wearables product into a biological interface for warfighters [15:16] - The current state of the consumer wearables market for sleep improvement [20:13] - The neurotech wearables landscape [24:09] - Pilgrim's mission to merge wearable data with adaptive solutions for soldiers [29:55] - Why Jake chose to build products for human soldiers rather than machine warfare [36:23] - Becoming a Thiel fellow and lessons learned from the program [43:02] - Jake's focus and mentality for building Pilgrim Labs For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

The future of tech is 25-person companies powered by AI agents that help us accomplish our larger goals. Imbue is working on building AI agents that reason, code and generally make our lives easier. Sarah Guo and Elad Gil sit down with co-founders Kanjun Qiu (CEO) and Josh Albrecht (CTO) to discuss how they define reasoning, the spectrum of specialized and generalized agents, and the path to improved agent performance. Plus, what's behind their $200M Series B fundraise.  Kanjun Qiu is the CEO and co-founder of Imbue. Kanjun is also a partner at angel fund Outset Capital, where she invests in promising pre-seed companies. Previously, Kanjun was the co-founder and CEO of Sourceress, a machine learning recruiting startup backed by YC and DFJ. She was previously Chief of Staff to Drew Houston at Dropbox, where she helped scale the company from 300 employees to 1200. Josh Albrecht is the CTO and co-founder of Imbue. He also invests in other founders via his fund, Outset Capital. He has published machine learning papers as an academic researcher; founded an AI recruiting company that went through YC and a 3D injection molding software company that was acquired; helped build Addepar as an early engineer; and served as a Thiel Fellow mentor. He started programming as a kid and began working professionally as a software engineer in high school.  Show Links:  Kanjun's LinkedIn | Website | Google Scholar Josh's LinkedIn | Website | Google Scholar Imbue raises $200M to build AI systems that can reason and code Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @Kanjun | @JoshAlbrecht Show Notes:  (00:00) - Introduction to Imbue (04:55) - The Spectrum of Agent Tasks (08:43) - Specialization and Generalization With Agents (13:03) - Code and Language in AI Agents

Building a finance super app, solving tough SMB growth challenges and what it's like to be a Thiel Fellow. This and much more with Zaid Rahman, the founder/CEO of Flex on the Fintech Newscast https://www.flex.one Click Subscribe to keep up to date on the world of fintech!  Reach us at info@fintechnewscast.com or at @fintechnewscast on Twitter/X

Connor Zwick was a formidable founder on the day he graduated high school, and that hasn't changed in the intervening years. He's the founder of Flashcards+, which was acquired by Chegg, and CEO and co-founder of Speak, the cutting edge app using AI speech models to help users perfect their conversational English. In this episode, Connor Zwick sits down with host and Partner at Lightspeed Michael Mignano to talk software iteration, finding a useful use case, and building a new business abroad. Episode Chapters (00:00) - Intro to Connor Zwick (04:48) - Building Flashcards in high school (08:42) - Lessons from Flashcards product market fit pull and how to value for sale (13:31) - The hype of becoming a Thiel Fellow (23:45) - Sneaking into a Berkeley graduate course on reinforcement learning (27:45) - John Schulman built OpenAI's playground for a homework assignment (36:07) - The big AI unlocks went to incumbents (38:33) - ChatGPT proved that UI matters (41:49) - Language learning models don't need perfection to be viable (46:40) - Speak is a painkiller for English language-learners, not a vitamin for English speakers (57:09) - Operating in San Francisco while iterating in Seoul (01:05:13) - What does product market fit feel like? (01:09:30) - One-on-one tutors are the holy grail of education (01:14:33) - The moving goalposts of AGI (01:17:17) - Is Speak hiring? Stay in touch: ⁠www.lsvp.com⁠ X: ⁠https://twitter.com/lightspeedvp⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightspeed-venture-partners/⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lightspeedventurepartners/⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: ⁠generativenow.co⁠ Email: ⁠generativenow@lsvp.com⁠ The content here does not constitute tax, legal, business or investment advice or an offer to provide such advice, should not be construed as advocating the purchase or sale of any security or investment or a recommendation of any company, and is not an offer, or solicitation of an offer, for the purchase or sale of any security or investment product. For more details please see ⁠lsvp.com/legal⁠.

Chris Walker dropped out of Dartmouth and became a Thiel Fellow in 2013.  He had an idea for a math video game that was inspired by the TI 84 graphing calculator.  He tried creating an educational video game studio but it didn't work out.  He joined Hack Club, a student-led educational intiative that started teaching coding but has branched out.  Hack Club's founder, Zach Latta, was also a Thiel Fellow.  Chris started Castle Bravo as a personal project -- with the idea of turning a bouncy castle into a boat -- a motorized floating bouncy castle.  He's now working with young people to create a solar-powered version.  Chris will bring the current version to Maker Faire Bay Areahttp://makezine.com

Tara Seshan is the Head of Product at Watershed, a climate platform that companies use to measure, report, and reduce their carbon emissions. Before joining Watershed, Tara was Head of Product at Stripe throughout the launch of Stripe Billing and Stripe Treasury. As a Thiel Fellow and experienced multi-product builder, Tara brings a wealth of experience with 0-1 SaaS products. In today's episode, we discuss: The different types of multi-product strategies. Stories from Stripe's multi-product success. How to allocate resources across new and existing products. How to structure teams for launching new products. The best personas for building new products and the hiring tactics for finding those people. Common challenges when going from single to multi-product. How to assess and prioritize new product ideas. How to measure success when launching new products. The 12 questions Tara asks for better product reviews. Tactics for collecting and interpreting user feedback. Referenced: First Round Capital's Newsletter: https://review.firstround.com/newsletter The 'Wins Above Replacement' metaphor: https://en.as.com/mlb/wins-above-replacement-war-baseball-statistic-explained-n/ Zero to One by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters: https://www.amazon.com.au/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296 Companies Referenced: Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/ Cash App: https://cash.app/ Figma: https://www.figma.com/ First Round Capital: https://firstround.com/ Lattice: https://lattice.com/ Notion: https://www.notion.so/ Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/ Stripe: https://stripe.com/ Watershed: https://watershed.com/ People Referenced: Jack Dorsey: https://twitter.com/jack Patrick Collison: https://twitter.com/patrickc Shreyas Doshi: https://twitter.com/shreyas Where to find Tara Seshan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarstarr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarstarr Where to find Brett Berson: Twitter: https://twitter.com/brettberson?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-berson-9986094/ In this episode, we cover: (0:00) Intro (3:55) How Stripe navigated the path from single to multi-product (6:00) How to allocate resources across a primary product and secondary bets (7:46) How to launch products using small teams (12:25) What makes a great early-stage product thinker (13:08) Key indicators for spotting early-stage product talent (16:33) A common fail-case when hiring for potential over experience (18:32) 5 interview questions to unearth hidden talent among product candidates (20:35) What Stripe got wrong when it first launched Billing (26:00) How Stripe adapted to new buyer profiles (28:50) Why new product teams should be treated like a startup within a company (30:35) The importance of “definite optimism” (31:44) How Watershed prioritizes new products in an early market (33:53) The methodical versus analytical approach to picking new products (40:08) Setting goals and evaluating new product bets (41:55) How Tara runs new-product reviews (42:10) “The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Story” and why it matters (43:56) The 12 questions Tara asks in product reviews (46:17) How to use product review questions pre-meeting (46:34) The rationale behind Tara's 12 questions (48:13) How Tara re-focusses the questions when building products for net-new-customers (49:43) How to collect and leverage user feedback when building new products (51:58) Why product development must start with problem validation (53:52) Two people who had an outsized impact on how Tara thinks about product (54:50) Outro

Will Manidis is the CEO and founder of ScienceIO, which builds data solutions for health care. He was previously a managing partner at Dorm Room Fund, and a Thiel Fellow.Auren and Will discuss American dynamism and the future of knowledge work. Will breaks down his view that technology has not improved our lives as much as it should have. He explains how the nature of platform shifts have accelerated tech earnings over the last decade, but kept actual progress low. Will and Auren also do a deep dive on healthcare: why it's so expensive, why healthcare data is so difficult to work with, and what can be changed. Will emphasizes the need for more usable healthcare data and breaks down how operational workflows consume most of the healthcare dollars spent in the US. They also discuss Will's practical advice for young founders (as a founder and former Thiel fellow), his early work on classical Greek and Latin, and why everyone should believe in demons.  World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph & Flex Capital. For more episodes, visit safegraph.com/podcasts.You can find Auren Hoffman on Twitter at @auren and Will Manidis on Twitter at @WillManidis.

John Andrew Entwistle is the founder & CEO of Wander, he also is a former Thiel Fellow. In this conversation, we talk about Wander, which is a brand new type of vacation rental platform that is marrying software and hardware for a better experience. We also cover artificial intelligence, hiring & managing people as a young person, bitcoin & cryptocurrency, space, manufacturing, and other industries that are at the cutting edge of innovation. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 235,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

 We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. Responses received by 05/11/23 will be entered in a drawing for $500 cash. https://www.thefortpod.com/survey John Andrew is a Thiel Fellow, recipient of the Forbes 30 Under 30 award and he was recently named to Business Insider's Rising Stars of Real Estate. He started his first internet company at age 13, and at age 17 he co-founded Coder.com (“Coder”) - a platform that moves the development environment (where software engineers write code) to an organization's cloud infrastructure. Coder is backed by Redpoint, GGV, Founders Fund, and Bessemer, with large enterprise customers such as Goldman Sachs and Palantir. After co-founding and running Coder as CEO for six years, he stepped down in 2021 and began his next venture, Wander.com which enjoys the support of QED Investments and Redpoint among others. On this episode, Chris & John discuss: ➡️ Starting his first business at 13 and eventually becoming a Thiel Fellow ➡️ How Wander works and what they're looking to accomplish going forward ➡️ Wander's STR REIT and how the capital markets work in STR ➡️ What travel and hospitality will look like in 10 years Chapters (00:02:40) - John's upbringing and early career (00:07:02) - The impact John's father had on him (00:10:56) - The experience of being a Thiel Fellow (00:15:22) - John's skillset as a Founder (00:19:36) - Wander (00:27:41) - Are you able to capitalize this with Debt? (00:30:05) - What is a great yield on a well-performing STR? (00:30:31) - What makes a great home for Wander? (00:34:28) - How are your homes outfitted to make them stand out? (00:37:52) - How do you work with vendors? (00:40:31) - What are some member benefits? (00:43:48) - What needs to die off in this industry? (00:47:19) - What does the typical customer look like? (00:49:44) - Is there room in your market for hotel-sized homes? (00:51:56) - Do you ever worry about zoning or STR regulations? (00:55:32) - Is there concentration risk? (00:57:39) - How would one value a business like Wander? (01:02:04) - Where will you be in 5 years? (01:07:24) - Where is your favorite Wander? Additional Resources

Hello and welcome back to The Robin Zander Show!  For this week's episode, I sat down with Eden Full Goh, the founder & CEO of Mobot.  Eden founded Mobot, a physical testing infrastructure in the cloud after her experience as a Product Manager. She noticed how challenging it was to do regression testing on mobile apps and created Mobot as the solution.  In this episode, we take a deep dive into her experience learning how to Coxswain (leading a team of rowers) and how that ties into entrepreneurship. We also talk about the companies she built leading up to Mobot and her experience as a Thiel Fellow.  It was a pleasure sitting down to chat. I hope you enjoy this spirited and comprehensive conversation! 

Our guest for this episode is the Founder and CEO of Locke Bio, a digital health platform company dedicated to helping any enterprise launch a fully integrated, branded telehealth service. She has been recognized in the biotech space since the age of 16 when she published her first paper in a peer-reviewed journal. Since then, she has founded two companies, been named a Thiel Fellow, and was recognized by Forbes in their annual 30 Under 30 listing. Please welcome Cathy Tie #EvieJeang #EvieUnbounded Subscribe, like, comment and share. You can reach our team at talktome@evieunbounded.com. Follow Evie Jeang and  Cathy Tie on social media to stay up to date with the latest news! www.Facebook.com/Evie.Jeang www.Instagram.com/EvieJeang www.Instagram.com/CathyTie www.Twitter.com/IdealLegalGroup www.LinkedIn.com/IdealLegalGroup www.EvieUnbounded.com

You'll hear me say it in the intro, but wow. This was a heck of a discussion. John Andrew Entwistle is the Founder and CEO of a company called Wander. In a very short amount of time, Wander has exploded on the scene for vacation rentals. They're approach: verticalize the entire business. When I say the entire business—I mean everything! The tech, the management, property selection, the marketing, and oh the brand. Wander has masterfully build an incredible community around their brand of high-end, luxury smart homes that serve as vacation rentals. There's more to the business than I can write for this intro so hit play to hear what John Andrew has to say about Wander.More about John Andrew and WanderWander is vertically integrating the vacation rental space, creating a radically better experience for travelers. Wander is the only network of smart homes built for the future of work—there are currently 15 properties (more to launch in 2023) in stunning locations across the US. Everything from unlocking the door, turning on the lights, lighting the fireplace, and opening the Tesla in the garage (which each home is equipped with) can be controlled from the Wander mobile app. The company launched with a seed round led by Redpoint Ventures in 2021, and months later raised a Series A led by QED with participation from a16z, Fifthwall, Susa Ventures, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman's Thirty Five Ventures, Packy McCormick, Sahil Bloom, and others.The co also recently launched their B2B product, Wander Teams, which allows employers to offer Wander credits/stays as a benefit. With Wander, working remotely becomes much easier: the workstations are comfortable, with adjustable desks and extra monitors; the WiFi is strong and reliable; and the kitchen and gyms are equipped so guests don't have to sacrifice their daily routines. Wander Teams is still in beta but will become a core part of the business as they ramp up.Wander recently secured a $100M credit line from Credit Suisse in November to turbocharge growth.John Andrew Entwistle is Founder and CEO of Wander. Previously John Andrew was Co-founder of Coder (exited) and a Thiel Fellow. Follow John Andrew on Twitter Follow Wander on Twitter Connect with John Andrew on LinkedIn Check out Wander

Danielle Strachman is Founder and General Partner at 1517. She was also the founding member and program director of Theil Fellowship. We discussed about building our own school, convincing children to study, building Theil Fellowship from ground up, handing out $100k to 17-year-old kids, starting a venture capital firm, early days with founder of OYO and Figma and much more. SPONSORS BridgeUp: DM Prashant on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital Listnr.fm: https://listnr.tech/?via=prashant Dukaan: https://mydukaan.io/ Recast: https://recast.studio/ CONNECT Prashant Bagga: https://linktr.ee/prashantpbagga GUEST LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/DStrachman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellestrachman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dstrachman OUTLINE (0:00) Origin story (6:55) The right way to homeschool kids (14:38) How to build your own school (26:05) How should parents should convince their child to study (29:35) How did Danielle join Thiel Fellowship (36:40) How to become a Thiel Fellow (45:20) Superpower of Peter Thiel (50:00) Betting on founders of OYO & Figma (56:10) Investing in Loom (59:40) Role of Venture Capital in today's world (1:09:32) The Bootstrap mindset (1:12:54) Managing ego & arrogance as VC TOP EPISODES #68 Natalie Brunell on Everything Bitcoin #62 Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan #45 Suhas Motwani, Founder of The Product Folks #10 Aryaman Maheshwari, Software Engineer at Google (Hindi) #2 Shanaya Bagga (my lil sis) Past guests of Billion Moonshots include Suumit Shah, Natalie Brunell, Chirag Taneja, Suhas Motwani, Aditya Mohanty, Jan-Philipp Peters, Mo Islam, Peer Richelsen, Justin Nguyen, Paul Griffiths, Gautam Gupta, Sang Le, Rahul Rana, Grace Ling, Joseph Choi and many more.

In this episode, Christofer talks to Oliver Edholm about the road to becoming CEO of Depict, an AI start-up, and his experiences with meditation. Oliver, who is a Thiel Fellow and is recognized by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 list, walks us through his beginnings in Minecraft, dropping out of school, joining Y-Combinator, and now running a company that has received 20m USD in funding. Later in the conversation, Oliver gives us his take as a meditator on dzogchen (a school of Buddhism) and his personal experience with the jhanas (particular meditative states). Timestamps:(0:00) Preamble and intro (4:28) Oliver's origin story as an AI Entrepreneur(16:26) Emerging from a teenage existential crisis(25:30) Recommendation engines (29:40) Expanding into e-commerce(34:03) Dealing with the human aspect of business / Overcoming interpersonal barriers(42:46) Differentiating from the tech giants (50:45) Where does meditation fit into all of this? (54:48) Thoughts on Dzogchen(1:03:55) Instructions and teachings on jhanas(1:08:51) Breakdown of all the jhanas(1:23:22) Comparisons of jhanas with other experiences (1:28:25) Oliver reveals the Dzogchen ‘pointing out' instructionWebsite: https://depict.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-edholm-ai/?originalSubdomain=seSupport the podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/doexplain (monthly)https://ko-fi.com/doexplain (one-time)Find Christofer on Twitter:https://twitter.com/ReachChristofer

Meet John Andrew Entwistle, Founder and CEO of Wander, one of the most exciting startups in the travel and hospitality space today.  John Andrew had a non-traditional schooling experience.  He started and ran a game server company when he was just 13 years old, so focusing on homework wasn't a high priority.  In high school, John Andrew and his father agreed that an online option would be best for him as it'd allow him the opportunity to continue to pursue his projects and build companies.  In this episode of Behind the Stays, John Andrew talks about: -being raised by a single dad - how he started and grew his second company Coder - what it was like being a Thiel Fellow - and, of course, the past, present and future of Wander — a company on a missions to verticalize the 100B+ short-term rental industry with a network of smart vacation homes in inspiring places that guests can control from their phones. Discover Wander Follow John Andrew on Twitter This episode is brought to you by our friends at AirDNA.  I receive questions ALL the time from listeners who want to get started in STR investing and or who want to scale their portfolio on what resources I recommend they tap into.  Here are three reasons I always recommend an AirDNA subscription: 1. AirDNA offers the most accurate data platform in the industry and is trusted by small- and large-scale investors across the globe. 2. Their easy-to-use tools unlock access to millions of data points on any property, anywhere, so you can start your journey to financial freedom with confidence. 3. You can even enter any address in the world to find out how much it'd earn as a vacation rental — how cool is that?  If you're interested in getting into the STR game or taking your game a bit more seriously, I've got some exciting news for you.  AirDNA is giving Behind the Stays listeners 20% off their first 3 months of any MarketMinder subscription or an additional 20% off any annual MarketMinder subscription. Use the discount code BTS20 at checkout! Behind the Stays Subscriber Survey — please take 5 minutes to complete this survey so that we know how we can make the show even better! About the Show Behind the Stays is brought to you twice a week by Sponstayneous — a free, biweekly newsletter that brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb.     You can subscribe, for free, at www.sponstayneous.com.  Behind the Stays is hosted by Zach Busekrus, co-founder of Sponstayneous, you can connect with him on Twitter at @zboozee.

In Episode 97 of "The Dustin Gold Standard," Dustin begins a deep dive into technocrat Joseph Lubin who is the co-founder of Ethereum along with Peter Thiel Fellow Vitalik Buterin. Buterin began working on Ethereum in 2013 and Thiel funded him to continue his work in 2014. In 2015, Buterin launched Ethereum and Lubin founded ConsenSys, Lubin is working with various government and “private” sector companies to develop CBDC infrastructure for the Central Banks. Lubin is connected to the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and Bank for International Settlements on CBDC architecture. Donate to Dustin to help him continue to bring you this level of daily content and keep food on his family's table: https://donorbox.org/dustingoldshow Join the discussion and get the ad-free video version of ”The Dustin Gold Standard,” “The Thomas Paine Podcast,” and access to a Facebook-like website and mobile application where you can network and share intelligence with a group of like-minded folks (Join the Hotwire for Mike's highest level of intelligence): Paine.TV/gold Looking to register your vehicle, but your state is like mine and works hard to stop you from registering an older vehicle? Looking to save money on vehicle property taxes? Don't feel like dealing with the DMV? Contact my friends at DirtLegal where I registered my vehicle: https://www.dirtlegal.com?aff=35  Follow Dustin on Twitter: Twitter.com/dustingoldshow and Twitter.com/hackableanimal Get involved with the Telegram discussion: https://t.me/dustingoldshow Join in on live audio conversations: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow Ask a question and get a 60-second answer from me: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow/ask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 97 of "The Dustin Gold Standard," Dustin begins a deep dive into technocrat Joseph Lubin who is the co-founder of Ethereum along with Peter Thiel Fellow Vitalik Buterin. Buterin began working on Ethereum in 2013 and Thiel funded him to continue his work in 2014. In 2015, Buterin launched Ethereum and Lubin founded ConsenSys, Lubin is working with various government and “private” sector companies to develop CBDC infrastructure for the Central Banks. Lubin is connected to the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and Bank for International Settlements on CBDC architecture. Donate to Dustin to help him continue to bring you this level of daily content and keep food on his family's table: https://donorbox.org/dustingoldshow Join the discussion and get the ad-free video version of ”The Dustin Gold Standard,” “The Thomas Paine Podcast,” and access to a Facebook-like website and mobile application where you can network and share intelligence with a group of like-minded folks (Join the Hotwire for Mike's highest level of intelligence): Paine.TV/gold Looking to register your vehicle, but your state is like mine and works hard to stop you from registering an older vehicle? Looking to save money on vehicle property taxes? Don't feel like dealing with the DMV? Contact my friends at DirtLegal where I registered my vehicle: https://www.dirtlegal.com?aff=35  Follow Dustin on Twitter: Twitter.com/dustingoldshow and Twitter.com/hackableanimal Get involved with the Telegram discussion: https://t.me/dustingoldshow Join in on live audio conversations: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow Ask a question and get a 60-second answer from me: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow/ask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 71 of "The Dustin Gold Nugget," Dustin briefly discusses his recent dive into technocrat Joseph Lubin who is the co-founder of Ethereum along with Peter Thiel Fellow Vitalik Buterin. Lubin is the founder of ConsenSys who is working with various government and “private” sector companies to develop CBDC infrastructure for the Central Banks. Donate to Dustin to help him continue to bring you this level of daily content and keep food on his family's table: https://donorbox.org/dustingoldshow Join the discussion and get the ad-free video version of ”The Dustin Gold Standard,” “The Thomas Paine Podcast,” and access to a Facebook-like website and mobile application where you can network and share intelligence with a group of like-minded folks (Join the Hotwire for Mike's highest level of intelligence): Paine.TV/gold Looking to register your vehicle, but your state is like mine and works hard to stop you from registering an older vehicle? Looking to save money on vehicle property taxes? Don't feel like dealing with the DMV? Contact my friends at DirtLegal where I registered my vehicle: https://www.dirtlegal.com?aff=35  Follow Dustin on Twitter: Twitter.com/dustingoldshow and Twitter.com/hackableanimal Get involved with the Telegram discussion: https://t.me/dustingoldshow Join in on live audio conversations: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow Ask a question and get a 60-second answer from me: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow/ask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 97 of "The Dustin Gold Standard," Dustin begins a deep dive into technocrat Joseph Lubin who is the co-founder of Ethereum along with Peter Thiel Fellow Vitalik Buterin. Buterin began working on Ethereum in 2013 and Thiel funded him to continue his work in 2014. In 2015, Buterin launched Ethereum and Lubin founded ConsenSys, Lubin is working with various government and “private” sector companies to develop CBDC infrastructure for the Central Banks. Lubin is connected to the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and Bank for International Settlements on CBDC architecture. Donate to Dustin to help him continue to bring you this level of daily content and keep food on his family's table: https://donorbox.org/dustingoldshow Join the discussion and get the ad-free video version of ”The Dustin Gold Standard,” “The Thomas Paine Podcast,” and access to a Facebook-like website and mobile application where you can network and share intelligence with a group of like-minded folks (Join the Hotwire for Mike's highest level of intelligence): Paine.TV/gold Looking to register your vehicle, but your state is like mine and works hard to stop you from registering an older vehicle? Looking to save money on vehicle property taxes? Don't feel like dealing with the DMV? Contact my friends at DirtLegal where I registered my vehicle: https://www.dirtlegal.com?aff=35  Follow Dustin on Twitter: Twitter.com/dustingoldshow and Twitter.com/hackableanimal Get involved with the Telegram discussion: https://t.me/dustingoldshow Join in on live audio conversations: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow Ask a question and get a 60-second answer from me: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow/ask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 97 of "The Dustin Gold Standard," Dustin begins a deep dive into technocrat Joseph Lubin who is the co-founder of Ethereum along with Peter Thiel Fellow Vitalik Buterin. Buterin began working on Ethereum in 2013 and Thiel funded him to continue his work in 2014. In 2015, Buterin launched Ethereum and Lubin founded ConsenSys, Lubin is working with various government and “private” sector companies to develop CBDC infrastructure for the Central Banks. Lubin is connected to the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and Bank for International Settlements on CBDC architecture. Donate to Dustin to help him continue to bring you this level of daily content and keep food on his family's table: https://donorbox.org/dustingoldshow Join the discussion and get the ad-free video version of ”The Dustin Gold Standard,” “The Thomas Paine Podcast,” and access to a Facebook-like website and mobile application where you can network and share intelligence with a group of like-minded folks (Join the Hotwire for Mike's highest level of intelligence): Paine.TV/gold Looking to register your vehicle, but your state is like mine and works hard to stop you from registering an older vehicle? Looking to save money on vehicle property taxes? Don't feel like dealing with the DMV? Contact my friends at DirtLegal where I registered my vehicle: https://www.dirtlegal.com?aff=35  Follow Dustin on Twitter: Twitter.com/dustingoldshow and Twitter.com/hackableanimal Get involved with the Telegram discussion: https://t.me/dustingoldshow Join in on live audio conversations: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow Ask a question and get a 60-second answer from me: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow/ask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 97 of "The Dustin Gold Standard," Dustin begins a deep dive into technocrat Joseph Lubin who is the co-founder of Ethereum along with Peter Thiel Fellow Vitalik Buterin. Buterin began working on Ethereum in 2013 and Thiel funded him to continue his work in 2014. In 2015, Buterin launched Ethereum and Lubin founded ConsenSys, Lubin is working with various government and “private” sector companies to develop CBDC infrastructure for the Central Banks. Lubin is connected to the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and Bank for International Settlements on CBDC architecture. Donate to Dustin to help him continue to bring you this level of daily content and keep food on his family's table: https://donorbox.org/dustingoldshow Join the discussion and get the ad-free video version of ”The Dustin Gold Standard,” “The Thomas Paine Podcast,” and access to a Facebook-like website and mobile application where you can network and share intelligence with a group of like-minded folks (Join the Hotwire for Mike's highest level of intelligence): Paine.TV/gold Looking to register your vehicle, but your state is like mine and works hard to stop you from registering an older vehicle? Looking to save money on vehicle property taxes? Don't feel like dealing with the DMV? Contact my friends at DirtLegal where I registered my vehicle: https://www.dirtlegal.com?aff=35  Follow Dustin on Twitter: Twitter.com/dustingoldshow and Twitter.com/hackableanimal Get involved with the Telegram discussion: https://t.me/dustingoldshow Join in on live audio conversations: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow Ask a question and get a 60-second answer from me: https://wisdom.app/dustingoldshow/ask Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Lo que más nos ayudó a tener éxito fue nuestra ignorancia, porque no sabíamos, no teníamos ningún miedo. Era simplemente un mindset de que está roto y podemos arreglarlo."- Ian Lee ( 

Christian Owens is the CEO & founder of Paddle, a payments infrastructure for SaaS business. Prior to Paddle, Christian created his first software business from his bedroom at the age of 14. Having grown the business to $1m in revenue he decided to quit school at 16 to focus on building startups full time. In 2016, Christian was named one of Forbes' “30 under 30” and a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. In early 2022, Paddle raised a Series D which turned the company into one of a very few UK-based unicorns. In this EP, we talk all about Christian's decision to drop out of school; how a looming recession could impact Paddle and SAAS more broadly; the origins of Paddle, and a great war story that came with registering the URL, and much more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're driving down the winding roads of Napa Valley, visiting the countless wineries, taking in the beautiful scenery, and enjoying the various pairings of meats, cheeses, and palate cleansers... But that's not all that pairs well with wine. This week Anthony Zhang, an ambitious entrepreneur who created Vinovest, gives us the inside scoop on how wine is so much more than just those ‘soft' descriptors, and can actually be considered an asset class. Even if Jeff asks… really? Is it really scalable and doable for large investors? It's no coincidence we're dropping this week's pod the day after National Wine Day. Grab yourself a glass of vino as Anthony aerates topics like; starting a company from a dorm room, getting paid to skip college, how wine gains value, why wine doesn't need a token for Crypto, coping with paraplegia, and his outlook ahead. Plus, he gives us an exclusive insight into finding a gem within the wine list. This episode will make you want to sip, savor, and repeat — enjoy! Chapters: 00:00-01:58 = Intro 01:59-17:46 = Side hustle turned startup, a Thiel Fellow & the Entrepreneur's Trap 17:47-30:16 = Vinovest: Wine as an Asset Class 30:17-41:12 = Supply Dilemmas, Moving the crop, Do/Don't Embrace Technology & How wine gets value 41:13-51:03 = Crypto? Why Wine doesn't need a Token 51:04-56:49 = Beating Paraplegia and how to interact with the handicapped 56:50-01:10:55 = What would you invest in: Assets vs Wine / Finding the gem in the wine list Follow Along with Anthony on Twitter @anthony_j_zhang and Vinovest @vinovest1 and check out vinovest.co for more information. Don't forget to subscribe to The Derivative, and follow us on Twitter @rcmAlts and our host Jeff at @AttainCap2, or LinkedIn, and Facebook, and sign-up for our blog digest. Disclaimer: This podcast is provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as legal, business, or tax advice. All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of RCM Alternatives, their affiliates, or companies featured. Due to industry regulations, participants on this podcast are instructed not to make specific trade recommendations, nor reference past or potential profits. And listeners are reminded that managed futures, commodity trading, and other alternative investments are complex and carry a risk of substantial losses. As such, they are not suitable for all investors. For more information, visit www.rcmalternatives.com/disclaimer

Guests Michela Bedard of PERIOD. and Claire Coder of Aunt Flow discuss important menstrual health issues. With 50% of the population menstruating, it is shocking to see the degree of inequities that still exist. This podcast episode is intended to raise awareness and instill a sense of urgency about menstrual health equity and why having a shared language around “normal” periods is critical. **Thank you to Myovant Sciences for sponsoring this episode.** We cover the following menstrual health issues: Why menstrual health equity is important and why inequity still remains How menstrual health equity differs across race, gender, and socioeconomic statuses The negative societal impact of menstrual health inequity and how equity can positively impact us all The role each of us can play to advance the menstrual health equity movement “In the United States, eight states have passed legislation requiring middle schools and high schools, sometimes elementary schools, to offer free period products in the bathroom, not the nurse's office in the bathroom. And why that matters is if you think about what happens in the bathroom versus the nurse's office. Bathrooms are for natural bodily functions. You go to the nurse's office when you're sick.” - Claire Coder, Aunt Flow “Policy follows culture. We're starting to see culture change. We're starting to see social media deal with menstruation and starting to see more femtech companies pop up. We're seeing Claire's Aunt Flow company be successful. We're seeing hundreds of PERIOD. chapters being formed every year. But the policy implications haven't really caught up yet. They're just starting to.” - Michela Bedard, PERIOD. Resources: Spotify Podcast Playlist on Women's Health Foundations and Menstrual Health Learn about Menstrual Hygiene Day If you liked this episode and you're feeling generous, don't forget to leave a review on iTunes or Spotify! And be sure to: Follow Fempower Health on Instagram for updates and tips. Tell 2-3 of your friends about this episode!   **The information shared by Fempower Health is not medical advice but for information purposes to enable you to have more effective conversations with your doctor. Always talk to your doctor before making health-related decisions.  **Contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links** About Michela Bedard Michela Bedard, Executive Director of PERIOD., is committed to building a better future. She believes that every person deserves dignity and the chance to be seen for their full humanity.    Michela brings nearly two decades of experience in program management, fundraising and advocacy within non-profit, corporate, political and civic organizations. From big-picture creativity to day-to-day operations, Michela produces strategic partnerships and develops robust networks to strengthen organizations and movements seeking to tackle systemic inequality.    In addition to her work with PERIOD., Michela currently serves as Chair of the Board of Rahab's Sisters, a Portland non-profit serving marginalized women or those whose gender makes them vulnerable. She also serves on the Governing Board of the Episcopal Bishop of Oregon Foundation, the Oregon Alliance for Gun Safety, and on committees within Portland Public Schools.   Michela holds a master's degree in Public Administration and a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California.  About Claire Coder Claire Coder (Forbes 30under30) is the founder and CEO of Aunt Flow. On a mission to make the world better for people with periods, Aunt Flow stocks organizations with tampons and pads. Coder launched her first company at age 16, designed a bag for Vera Bradley that sold out in 24 hours, and has her own line of GIFs. The 24-year-old Thiel Fellow has been featured in TeenVogue, Forbes, and starred in TLC's Girl Starter Season 1. When she is not jamming out to Macklemore, she is teaching Zumba classes.

Danielle Strachman is Founder and General Partner at 1517. She was also the founding member and program director of Theil Fellowship. We discussed about building our own school, convincing children to study, building Theil Fellowship from ground up, handing out $100k to 17-year-old kids, starting a venture capital firm, early days with founder of OYO and Figma and much more. SPONSORS BridgeUp: DM Prashant on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital Listnr: https://listnr.tech/?via=prashant Dukaan: https://mydukaan.io/ Recast: https://recast.studio/ CONNECT Follow Prashant Bagga: https://linktr.ee/prashantpbagga Follow Danielle Strachman: Twitter/LinkedIn/Instagram OUTLINE (0:00) Origin story (6:55) The right way to homeschool kids (14:38) How to build your own school (26:05) How should parents should convince their child to study (29:35) How did Danielle join Thiel Fellowship (36:40) How to become a Thiel Fellow (45:20) Superpower of Peter Thiel (50:00) Betting on founders of OYO & Figma (56:10) Investing in Loom (59:40) Role of Venture Capital in today's world (1:09:32) The Bootstrap mindset (1:12:54) Managing ego & arrogance as VC TOP EPISODES #68 Natalie Brunell on Everything Bitcoin #62 Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan #45 Suhas Motwani, Founder of The Product Folks #10 Aryaman Maheshwari, Software Engineer at Google (Hindi) #2 Shanaya Bagga (my lil sis) Past guests of Billion Moonshots include Suumit Shah, Natalie Brunell, Chirag Taneja, Suhas Motwani, Aditya Mohanty, Jan-Philipp Peters, Mo Islam, Peer Richelsen, Justin Nguyen, Paul Griffiths, Gautam Gupta, Sang Le, Rahul Rana, Grace Ling, Joseph Choi and many more.

Entrepreneurship… is it something that is taught or is it just engrained into some people? Personally, I think the answer is both but in the case of Ritik, it is deeply rooted in his DNA. His journey into entrepreneurship started in middle school when he built a successful web development & hosting business. He's now a successful serial entrepreneur, as his last two companies were acquired by Box and Brex. Ritik's next company, Savvy, could be his biggest success yet. Savvy is a next-generation wealth management firm that supercharges its wealth managers with enhanced software, sales and marketing automation, and back office servicing. The company recently, announced a $7.3M seed round of funding co-led by Index Ventures and Thrive Capital. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * The benefits of having a waitlist before you launch your product. * How Ritik got involved in entrepreneurship and stories from his earlier companies. * His experience as a Thiel Fellow. * A look at his prior two companies, Stream & Elph, plus advice on the acquisition process. * All the details on Savvy and how they are disrupting the financial services industry. * Advice on applying to Y Combinator. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

An interview with Matt Arbesfeld. Matt is a Thiel Fellow and founder of LogRocket, a platfom that helps you understand problems affecting your users, so that you can get back to building great software & great products. Matt is passionate about using data to drive product decisions & helping to align all of the parts of the product trio around what's important for the product. We talk about a lot, including: The mission behind LogRocket, how they started out building a tool for developers before realising that product managers were coming and using it too How he went from a tech internships into company foundership, how this wasn't his first rodeo and how he's known his cofounder since he was 1 month old Whether they had trouble taking a developer-focused tool, abstracting just the right level of data for non-developer users, and why good UX isn't just for B2C apps How they validated the need for the product management use case and whether they tried to build everything with the same team or split everything by value stream The importance of being able to have data to monitor your product feature launches and the types of decisions you can quickly make if you have that data available How having one source of truth on your product can help to align all parts of the product trio and allow you to make good product decisions The story behind Thiel Fellowships and whether they help or hinder the tendency for tech firms to hire out of the same exclusive circles And much more! Check out LogRocket If you like the sound of LogRocket and want to check it out, try the LogRocket website? Contact Matt You can reach out to Matt on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Advice For The First Time CEO - Liam Berryman; CEO at Nelumbo | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing https://youtu.be/lzbPIZ5VVG8 In 2015, Liam co-founded Nelumbo and during Liam's tenure as CEO, the company has successfully developed and achieved product-market fit for their first product, attracted major investors from both venture and corporate backgrounds across two rounds of financing, and built partnerships in the U.S., China, Europe and Mexico. Liam Berryman has also participated in the world-renowned Cyclotron Road program, an elite 2-year program supporting hard technology, energy focused companies. He has been recognized by the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Energy, and as a 2018 Thiel Fellow. Liam also has a published scientific article and patent application from his work at UC Berkeley. Nelumbo delivers materials innovation to enable the best products in energy, environment, and entertainment. Our main product suite today targets longstanding frost and corrosion challenges with heat exchangers in Air Conditioners to deliver a bold move in a market that impacts billions of people and has decades of opportunity. Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/fRw-4CXzLLw On the Riderflex podcast, CEO Steve Urban interviews some of the most successful entrepreneurs, CEO's, and business leaders. Hear them tell the "REAL" stories of what it's like to start and lead businesses. Riderflex is a national, Colorado based, premier headhunter, RPO and employment agency; recruiting and searching the top talent for staffing teams. Colorado Recruiting Firm - https://riderflex.com/ Podcast sponsor: Marketing 360 is the #1 platform for small business and it's everything you need to grow your business. marketing360.com/riderflex #LiamBerryman #Nelumbo #Nanotechnology #podcast #ColoradoRecruitingFirm #TopExecutiveRecruitingFirm #staffingagency #employmentagency #headhunter #recruitingfirm #staffingfirm #Denver #Colorado #National --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/riderflex/support

Paradox Podcast Podcast Notes Key Takeaways “Work and life are finally coming into harmony, rather than balance” – John Andrew EntwistleWander is a network of company-owned smart homes designed to technologically optimize your vacation or a unique work-from-home experienceIt isn't a marketplace like AirBnB. Wander owns every part of the experience so they can actively respond to consumer demands and add updates through smart technologyAt scale, Wander's goal is to create an affordable experience at the intersection of life, work, and travel; potentially posing as a feasible alternative to rentProgress compounds. Failing fast can sometimes provide more insights in the long run than succeeding slowly“Time is not your friend” – John Andrew EntwistleSpeed is the number one advantage that a start-up offersJohn Andrew spent months trying to understand how his business model for Wander would fail, not how it would succeedThis way he was able to address key risks/pitfalls early on – humans have a unique ability to see into the future given the right perspective“We control how we interpret the world and how it affects us, even though it doesn't always feel like that”– John Andrew EntwistleJohn Andrew had a childhood mantra of ‘the worst thing that can happen is that you'll dieMaintaining perspective is essential for making progressRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgLIMITED-TIME OFFER: Go to wander.com/kyle, download the app and create an account to enter to win a free Wander Trip and you can also become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company For episode #19, I chatted with John Andrew Entwistle, founder and CEO of Wander.com, about the challenges of starting and scaling companies, building the future of life, work and travel, cultural pitfalls in early-stage startups, the importance of writing down life lessons and how immigrants can save America. Prior to starting Wander, John Andrew was the CEO and Co-Founder of Coder.com, on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and a Thiel Fellow. This is a very special episode because a few weeks back I announced that I joined Wander's founding team as CMO after initially investing in the company back when Wander was just John Andrew, an idea and an incredible domain. You might be wondering – what is Wander? It's a network of smart homes in inspiring places that you can book for you next workcation, vacation or anything in between and control every aspect of the experience from your smartphones — from unlocking the door to setting the temperature to turning on the fireplace to adjusting lights and even accessing the Tesla in the garage. Our approach is entirely different from traditional travel options because we own and operate 100% of the homes on our platform and we believe that by owning both the bits and the atoms we can deliver a truly superior guests experience. We just launched last week and want our early believers to join us on the ground floor. For a short period of time, you can become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company We're also giving away a free Wander Trip for you and up to 3 friends for 3 nights. Just go to wander.com/kyle download our app and create an account to enter for free. This episode is a little different than most in all the right ways. I hope you enjoy this conversation with John Andrew Entwistle.

Paradox Podcast Podcast Notes Key Takeaways “Work and life are finally coming into harmony, rather than balance” – John Andrew EntwistleWander is a network of company-owned smart homes designed to technologically optimize your vacation or a unique work-from-home experienceIt isn't a marketplace like AirBnB. Wander owns every part of the experience so they can actively respond to consumer demands and add updates through smart technologyAt scale, Wander's goal is to create an affordable experience at the intersection of life, work, and travel; potentially posing as a feasible alternative to rentProgress compounds. Failing fast can sometimes provide more insights in the long run than succeeding slowly“Time is not your friend” – John Andrew EntwistleSpeed is the number one advantage that a start-up offersJohn Andrew spent months trying to understand how his business model for Wander would fail, not how it would succeedThis way he was able to address key risks/pitfalls early on – humans have a unique ability to see into the future given the right perspective“We control how we interpret the world and how it affects us, even though it doesn't always feel like that”– John Andrew EntwistleJohn Andrew had a childhood mantra of ‘the worst thing that can happen is that you'll dieMaintaining perspective is essential for making progressRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgLIMITED-TIME OFFER: Go to wander.com/kyle, download the app and create an account to enter to win a free Wander Trip and you can also become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company For episode #19, I chatted with John Andrew Entwistle, founder and CEO of Wander.com, about the challenges of starting and scaling companies, building the future of life, work and travel, cultural pitfalls in early-stage startups, the importance of writing down life lessons and how immigrants can save America. Prior to starting Wander, John Andrew was the CEO and Co-Founder of Coder.com, on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and a Thiel Fellow. This is a very special episode because a few weeks back I announced that I joined Wander's founding team as CMO after initially investing in the company back when Wander was just John Andrew, an idea and an incredible domain. You might be wondering – what is Wander? It's a network of smart homes in inspiring places that you can book for you next workcation, vacation or anything in between and control every aspect of the experience from your smartphones — from unlocking the door to setting the temperature to turning on the fireplace to adjusting lights and even accessing the Tesla in the garage. Our approach is entirely different from traditional travel options because we own and operate 100% of the homes on our platform and we believe that by owning both the bits and the atoms we can deliver a truly superior guests experience. We just launched last week and want our early believers to join us on the ground floor. For a short period of time, you can become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company We're also giving away a free Wander Trip for you and up to 3 friends for 3 nights. Just go to wander.com/kyle download our app and create an account to enter for free. This episode is a little different than most in all the right ways. I hope you enjoy this conversation with John Andrew Entwistle.

LIMITED-TIME OFFER: Go to wander.com/kyle, download the app and create an account to enter to win a free Wander Trip and you can also become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company For episode #19, I chatted with John Andrew Entwistle, founder and CEO of Wander.com, about the challenges of starting and scaling companies, building the future of life, work and travel, cultural pitfalls in early-stage startups, the importance of writing down life lessons and how immigrants can save America. Prior to starting Wander, John Andrew was the CEO and Co-Founder of Coder.com, on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and a Thiel Fellow. This is a very special episode because a few weeks back I announced that I joined Wander's founding team as CMO after initially investing in the company back when Wander was just John Andrew, an idea and an incredible domain. You might be wondering – what is Wander? It's a network of smart homes in inspiring places that you can book for you next workcation, vacation or anything in between and control every aspect of the experience from your smartphones — from unlocking the door to setting the temperature to turning on the fireplace to adjusting lights and even accessing the Tesla in the garage. Our approach is entirely different from traditional travel options because we own and operate 100% of the homes on our platform and we believe that by owning both the bits and the atoms we can deliver a truly superior guests experience. We just launched last week and want our early believers to join us on the ground floor. For a short period of time, you can become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company We're also giving away a free Wander Trip for you and up to 3 friends for 3 nights. Just go to wander.com/kyle download our app and create an account to enter for free. This episode is a little different than most in all the right ways. I hope you enjoy this conversation with John Andrew Entwistle.

Paradox Podcast Podcast Notes Key Takeaways “Work and life are finally coming into harmony, rather than balance” – John Andrew EntwistleWander is a network of company-owned smart homes designed to technologically optimize your vacation or a unique work-from-home experienceIt isn't a marketplace like AirBnB. Wander owns every part of the experience so they can actively respond to consumer demands and add updates through smart technologyAt scale, Wander's goal is to create an affordable experience at the intersection of life, work, and travel; potentially posing as a feasible alternative to rentProgress compounds. Failing fast can sometimes provide more insights in the long run than succeeding slowly“Time is not your friend” – John Andrew EntwistleSpeed is the number one advantage that a start-up offersJohn Andrew spent months trying to understand how his business model for Wander would fail, not how it would succeedThis way he was able to address key risks/pitfalls early on – humans have a unique ability to see into the future given the right perspective“We control how we interpret the world and how it affects us, even though it doesn't always feel like that”– John Andrew EntwistleJohn Andrew had a childhood mantra of ‘the worst thing that can happen is that you'll dieMaintaining perspective is essential for making progressRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgLIMITED-TIME OFFER: Go to wander.com/kyle, download the app and create an account to enter to win a free Wander Trip and you can also become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company For episode #19, I chatted with John Andrew Entwistle, founder and CEO of Wander.com, about the challenges of starting and scaling companies, building the future of life, work and travel, cultural pitfalls in early-stage startups, the importance of writing down life lessons and how immigrants can save America. Prior to starting Wander, John Andrew was the CEO and Co-Founder of Coder.com, on the Forbes 30 under 30 list and a Thiel Fellow. This is a very special episode because a few weeks back I announced that I joined Wander's founding team as CMO after initially investing in the company back when Wander was just John Andrew, an idea and an incredible domain. You might be wondering – what is Wander? It's a network of smart homes in inspiring places that you can book for you next workcation, vacation or anything in between and control every aspect of the experience from your smartphones — from unlocking the door to setting the temperature to turning on the fireplace to adjusting lights and even accessing the Tesla in the garage. Our approach is entirely different from traditional travel options because we own and operate 100% of the homes on our platform and we believe that by owning both the bits and the atoms we can deliver a truly superior guests experience. We just launched last week and want our early believers to join us on the ground floor. For a short period of time, you can become a Wander Founding Member for $100 and unlock benefits like: * Get $100 credited toward your first stay * Limited edition founding member hoodie * Early access to Wander Homes before everyone else * A potential opportunity to invest in the company We're also giving away a free Wander Trip for you and up to 3 friends for 3 nights. Just go to wander.com/kyle download our app and create an account to enter for free. This episode is a little different than most in all the right ways. I hope you enjoy this conversation with John Andrew Entwistle.

In episode three, Caroline and I talk about the dynamic journey of entrepreneurship, gut health, the immune system, integrating priorities into our busy lives, and how social media may be the main reason your relationships aren't growing how you want them to.   Caroline Beckman is the Founder and CEO of Nouri, a consumer products company creating gut and immune health solutions. She has founded, advised, and invested in over 10 food, beverage, technology, and sustainable resource companies that have partnered with leading retailers around the world. Caroline is a proud college dropout and former Thiel Fellow.   She is a major powerhouse and I think you'll find this interview to be inspiring and motivating!    To Connect With Caroline Further: Instagram | c@dailynouri.com | dailynouri.com |   To Connect With Chelann Further: Instagram | chelannagain.com  

When he was 18 years old, Iddo Gino founded RapidAPI, a platform that allowed users to find, connect and manage APIs. Today the platform is the largest API hub in the world, where almost 3 million developers can discover, test, and connect to thousands of APIs. In this episode, we sit down with Iddo to talk about his journey into the world of programming, the importance of building a community, how he approaches VCs and manages relationships with them, and his thoughts on the developer economy and the growth of APIs.  Get $10,000 free credits to use Freshworks products (including the brand new Freshworks CRM packed with AI-based lead scoring, phone, email, and activity capture) by joining the Freshworks for Startups program. Click here to check eligibility.About the GuestIddo Gino is the Founder and CEO of RapidAPI. Part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, he's a 2017 Thiel Fellow. Previously, he was a Co-organizer of Hacking Gen Y. Iddo has been programming since he was a kid and continues to contribute to open-source projects. Originally from Haifa, Israel, Iddo is based in San Francisco, CA.Sign up for regular updates from The Orbit Shift Podcast.The Orbit Shift Podcast is powered by Freshworks Inc, a global SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, consider giving us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. Host and Producer - Jayadevan PKAssistant Producer - Shashwath JAudio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian  

Aparna Krishnan is a Thiel Fellow and the co-founder and CTO of Opyn. Her previous experience includes working on mechanism labs, conducting open-source blockchain research. Furthermore, her CV boasts Head of Education and Executive VP at Blockchain at Berkeley and the founding of the Education Department at Blockchain at Berkeley.

Scott is the co-founder of AirGarage. He recently started CityDAO, a community of people interested in putting a piece of land on the blockchain. CityDAO has quickly raised over $250,000 to purchase its first plot of land in Wyoming. Earlier in his career, Scott was selected as a Thiel Fellow. Follow him on Twitter @scottfits. [2:18] - How experimenting with parking lots introduced Scott to city building [6:40] - Balancing the workload of AirGarage with the sudden growth of CityDAO [10:35] - The value proposition for CityDAO [12:32] - Why Wyoming is a hub for projects like CityDAO [16:37] - The practicality of enforcing smart contracts in law [18:18] - Creating a model for decentralized cities [25:09] - Harberger tax mechanisms [29:00] - Using quadratic funding and quadratic voting to improve resource allocation [35:19] - Why CityDAO uses NFTs instead of tokens [40:35] - The Wyoming land selection process and initial land distribution --- Support the show by checking out my sponsors: Join Levels and get personalized insights to learn about your metabolic health. Go to https://levels.link/jake. --- https://homeofjake.com

The STORD Story with Sean Henry Sean Henry and Joe Lynch discuss the STORD story. Sean is the Founder and CEO of STORD, the leading Cloud Supply Chain that enables companies to compete and grow with world-class logistics. About Sean Henry Sean Henry is the Founder and CEO of STORD, the pioneer of the Cloud Supply Chain and a leader in end-to-end logistics services and technology. He founded STORD along with co-founder Jacob Boudreau after experiencing the challenges of fragmentation and disconnected technology of the third-party logistics industry (3PL) first-hand while working in supply chain optimization for a global automotive manufacturer in Germany. Sean has been recognized in Forbes' 30 under 30 list and INC's Top 50 Emerging Entrepreneurs. Sean attended Georgia Tech prior to founding STORD. He was also a member of the 2016 cohort of the Dynamo Accelerator Fund and a Thiel Fellow. About STORD STORD is the leading Cloud Supply Chain that enables companies to compete and grow with world-class logistics – including warehousing, freight and fulfillment – in a single, intelligent, integrated platform that's available when and where they need it. Top B2B and B2C companies including Body Armor, Advanced AutoParts and Dollar General use STORD to make their supply chains perform with the speed, flexibility and ease of the cloud. Key Takeaways: The STORD Story with Sean Henry  Sean Henry is the Founder and CEO of STORD, the pioneer of the Cloud Supply Chain and a leader in end-to-end logistics services and technology In the podcast interview, Sean describes his personal entrepreneurial journey and the many challenges he and his Co-founder, Jacob Boudreau have experienced since starting STORD. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in the heart of Atlanta's vibrant tech community, STORD is pioneering the world's first Cloud Supply Chain. The Cloud Supply Chain is the convergence of the digital and physical elements of logistics. With STORD's Cloud Supply Chain, businesses can build, expand, and optimize their physical supply chain operations across freight, warehousing, and fulfillment, with the speed, flexibility, and ease of modern cloud software. With a single integration, businesses achieve end-to-end visibility into their whole supply chains from a single dashboard and gain access to STORD's network of hundreds of warehouses, fulfillment centers, and carriers. STORD has experienced explosive growth, earning the number 42 spot on the 2021 INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. Learn More About The STORD Story with Sean Henry Sean's LinkedIn Sean's Twitter STORD STORD LinkedIn STORD Twitter STORD on Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies The Logistics of Logistics Podcast If you enjoy the podcast, please leave a positive review, subscribe, and share it with your friends and colleagues. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast: Google, Apple, Castbox, Spotify, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Tunein, Podbean, Owltail, Libsyn, Overcast Check out The Logistics of Logistics on Youtube  

Noor Siddiqui is a former Thiel Fellow who has taught at Stanford and the founder and CEO of Orchid (www.orchidhealth.com), a biotech company. She joins the podcast to talk about the science behind embryo selection, its potential to help improve people's lives, ethical objections, and the importance of reproductive rights.

Meet Phoebe, a Chinese-American immigrant, Stanford dropout, 2020 Thiel Fellow, and founder of Pareto. Pareto is building the human API for business operations with a women-led and operated task force that combines human quality assurance with machine automation, enabling seamless SMB business automation at scale. As featured in Forbes, Pareto is committed to helping women in developing economies master the foundations of company building, connect with world-class entrepreneurs, and earn meaningful work opportunities. Connect with Phoebe via email: phoebe@hellopareto.com, and follow them on IG & Twitter: @hellopareto

Joey is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital. Prior to Pantera, he co-founded Augur, a decentralized prediction market platform and solution to the oracle problem. Joey also co-founded Eco, an app which offers a simple balance to let users spend, send, save and make money at the same time. He co-founded a crypto-focused AngelList syndicate which became one of the top fifteen by backing and was an early investor in projects like 0x and Numerai. In 2013, Joey built a point of sale system enabling Bitcoin payments with sound and Bluetooth. He is both a Thiel Fellow and an Edmund Hillary Fellow. Follow Joey on Twitter @joeykrug. [0:59] - How Joey's interest in computers led him to crypto and venture capital [7:25] - The best decisions Joey has made in his early career [12:42] - Joey's first experiences as an investor and entrepreneur [16:47] - How Joey's days of betting on horses made him a better investor [21:20] - Joey's experience with the Thiel Fellowship [26:55] - The origin story behind Augur [30:06] - An overview of prediction markets [35:39] - Joey's perspective on Bitcoin maximalism as an early crypto adopter [39:41] - Predicting the dominant blockchain protocol in a multi-chain future [46:13] - Eco's attempt to rethink modern banking and credit card companies [49:15] - Joey's experience working with Dan Morehead at Pantera Capital --- homeofjake.com

On todays episode we have on Lyn Chen who is a 22 year old serial entrepreneur who went from starting Tuf Candy to being the COO of LayerCI – a software product that helps developers build web apps faster. Lyn is also a recipient of the Theil Fellowship and took her business through YCombinator as well. On todays episode we learn about the story of Layer CI got started, how Lyn learns new skills, how she builds a world class network, got here first 1,000 users, & how she comes up with new business ideas.

Lucy Guo is an angel investor and is currently investing from her venture fund Backend Capital. She is the former co-founder of Scale AI, which accelerates its customers' AI development by democratizing access to intelligent data. Scale AI became worth over 1 billion in just 3 years, becoming one of Silicon Valley's unicorns. Before Backend Capital and Scale, she was the first female product designer at Snapchat and also worked for Quora. She is a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient and Thiel Fellow. Lucy learned programming in second grade and has been creating websites since sixth grade. In her spare time, she used to create multiple apps which have reached over 10 million people worldwide. Listen to this podcast and know about Lucy's interesting entrepreneurial journey. Please Enjoy! If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider being 1% and leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/ iTunes? It takes less than 30 seconds, and it really makes a world of difference in reaching new interesting guests! To sign up for Kevin's Podcast email Newsletter and to view the show notes & past guests please visit-https://officialkevindavid.com/podcast Follow Kevin: https://mmini.me/@FollowKD

An interview with Anthony Zhang, CEO of wine investing platform Vinovest. We discuss how to invest in wine, considerations when including it as part of your portfolio, and what amount of startup capital is needed.   At the end of the episode, I explain why I included a wine investment in the Artistic Finance 6K.   Anthony is a repeat entrepreneur and Thiel Fellow. He successfully built and sold two companies— EnvoyNow and KnowYourVC—by the age of 22. He has also held leadership positions at cryptocurrency platform Blockfolio and is a board member at RateMyInvestor.   Vinovest: https://app.vinovest.co?grsf=2p0wk3 Use our affiliate link for 3 months of fees waived.   Anthony's Twitter @anthony_j_zhang: https://twitter.com/anthony_j_zhang?lang=en   Wine Investing Explained: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/08/wine-investment.asp   Bottled Up: A Wine Podcast of Sorts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/bottled-up/id1541879857   Bottled Up Instagram @bottled_up_podcast: https://www.instagram.com/bottled_up_podcast/   Vinfolio - Another Wine Investment Company: https://www.vinfolio.com/   WineInvestment.com / Cult Wine - Another Wine Investment Company: https://www.wineinvestment.com/   Commodities Versus Stocks - Rate of Return Comparison: https://commodity.com/blog/gold-compared/   Our case of wine is Chateau La Lagune 3Eme Cru Classe, Haut-Medoc 2009: https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/bordeaux/chateau-la-lagune-bordeaux-france-2009-1532   Working Backwards - book by Amazon executives: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=working%20backwards (This is our affiliate link for independent booksellers.)   Find out more about our Artistic Finance investments in this episode: https://www.artisticfinance.com/episode/zsaAmuJv8vulf6qc0fqq   LInks from the patron episode:   Cryptocurrency Blockchain for Wine: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wine-craft-releases-first-cryptocurrency-blockchain-for-wine-301276827.html   Open Source Cryptocurrency for Wine: https://openvino.org/   ...   Interview by Ethan Steimel   Support the show: Patreon Merch   All other resources: www.artisticfinance.com Instagram Tiktok Facebook Youtube  Twitter

Laura Deming is not your typical VC. She is the founder and partner of The Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm focused on the study of aging and life extension in humans. Home-schooled in New Zealand, she moved to the U.S with her family to work in an age genetics lab at just twelve years old before dropping out of MIT at fourteen following her acceptance as a Thiel Fellow.  In this episode, Laura and I discuss her journey to become an effective leader, taking risks, dealing with failure, and being motivated to change the world for a better place. Beyond her impressive resume, she is a reminder that great founders can come from anywhere, so long as you have the passion to pursue something relentlessly and are not afraid to step outside your comfort zone. If you are interested in discussions about pushing the boundaries of science, technology, and concepts of biological immortality, you definitely don’t want to miss this episode. You can find Laura on Twitter and check out her blog here.  

“Si no estás dispuesto a perder todo, no estás dispuesto a ganarlo." - Pamela Valdés @pamelavlsEste episodio es presentado por Instafit Vegan Protein, que te regala 10% de descuento en tu compra y por Oso Trava Podcast, mi nuevo programa.Pamela es fundadora y CEO de Beek, la plataforma donde los latinos escuchan el mejor contenido de audio en español. Pamela dejó la universidad cuando fue seleccionada por la Thiel Foundation como la primera Thiel Fellow en Latinoamérica. Participó en la aceleradora de negocios de silicon valley Y Combinator y consiguió fondeo para su empresa e algunos de los fondos de capital privado más importantes del mundo. Pamela dice que todo lo que ha aprendido sobre cómo crear una empresa proviene de los libros yde hablar con personas realmente inteligentes.Hoy hablamos del futuro de la lectura, de surf y del delicado tema de la salud mental en emprendedores.Qué puedes aprender hoy:Entiende las posibilidades infinitas de la vida.Pierde el miedo a perderlo todo y consigue más de lo que imaginas.Separa tu identidad de tu proyecto y mejora tu vida.Aprende a hacer mejores preguntas y agenda momentos en tu rutina para reflexionar.Notas del episodio en:https://cracks.la/112

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: https://augmedix.com/passionatepioneers/ (CLICK HERE) --- As a Kenyan-American immigrant who helped his parents bootstrap their home health small business to a few hundred employees, our next guest has applied those learnings to his mission of redesigning the healthcare experience for the consumers his company serves.  In today’s episode, Joseph Kitonga, the Founder of Vitable Health, joins us for an eye-opening and insightful conversation about the difficulties living wage workers face in accessing affordable healthcare and how he and his team are solving these critical issues.  While together, Joseph shares his journey of applying his childhood experiences, coupled with his adult professional learnings from outside of healthcare, and launching his fast-growing and thriving startup.  Join us for this refreshing conversation filled with passion, determination, and hope that we can reimagine, redesign, and build a new health plan for everyday people from the ground up.  Episode Highlights: How Joseph’s childhood experience with his parent’s business shaped his desire to impact healthcare Joseph’s journey in becoming a healthcare innovation entrepreneur Vitable Health’s unique model of providing care to its members  Where Joseph sees the industry heading in the next two years About our Guest:  Joseph Kitonga is a Kenyan-American immigrant who helped his parents bootstrap their home health small business to a few hundred employees and is now applying those learnings to building his current company, Vitable Health. He is a 2020 Thiel Fellow and was a part of Y Combinator's S20 Batch. He previously studied Computer Engineering at Penn State and was an intern at Microsoft on Xbox before turning down his full-time offer and dropping out from school. Links Supporting This Episode: Vitable Health website: https://vitablehealth.com/ (CLICK HERE) Joseph Kitonga LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephkitonga/ (CLICK HERE) Joseph Kitonga Twitter page: https://twitter.com/im_a_joek (CLICK HERE) Visit our website: https://www.passionatepioneers.com/ (CLICK HERE) Subscribe to newsletter: https://forms.gle/PLdcj7ujAGEtunsj6 (CLICK HERE) Guest nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqk_H_a79gCRsBLynkGp7JbdtFRWynTvPVV9ntOdEpExjQIQ/viewform (CLICK HERE) Support this podcast

Josh Sakahi, a co-founder of Ephemeral Tattoos and Thiel fellow, grew up asking why. Why is the sky blue? Why is removing tattoos so painful and expensive? After one of his friends (and one of his future partners) had a horrible experience getting a tattoo removed, Josh and other grad students began working on a tattoo that would naturally disappear. After much research and development, the team came up with Ephemeral Tattoos, the company which would sell their innovative ink. However, when customers wanted one of their tattoos, they didn't want to risk the experience being hijacked by rude, third-party artists and variables. Instead, they did the seemingly insane. Josh and the other co-founders created a retail business during the pandemic so that they could help their customers through every step of the process. Join us as we discuss the difficulties young entrepreneurs face as they lead their burgeoning businesses!Our Website: https://www.aimingforthemoon.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aiming4moon/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Aiming4MoonYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6-TwYdfPcWV-V1JvjBXk

The world needs more risk takers, big thinkers, and problem solvers that are willing to take on the really hard problems that need to be solved. As you'll hear from this interview, the world needs more Eden's. She started her first company in high school which was focused on improving energy and water access in the developing world. She left Princeton to pursue an opportunity as a Theil Fellow as the program was just beginning and Eden is now building a company that is taking an innovative approach to mobile app testing. Her company is called Mobot and they are using robots (real robots) to test mobile applications. This was a problem that she witnessed firsthand as a Product Manager and decided to build a company around solving this problem. The company is backed by leading investors like Primary Venture Partners, Newark Venture Partners, Bling Capital, RRE Ventures, and Y Combinator. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * Words of encouragement to others on taking risks and starting a company. * Eden's background growing up and the creation of her first company, SunSaluter and the progress she made building it. * The story behind her decision to leave Princeton to become a Thiel Fellow. * A deep dive into Mobot and how they are taking a much more effective approach to mobile testing. * Why she decided to build a company as a solo-founder. * Advice on getting traction from the media. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

Anthony Zhang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vinovest a platform where you can invest in fine wine!  He is featured on Forbes, NBC News, People Magazine and more. Anthony is a repeat entrepreneur who has previously founded and sold two companies, EnvoyNow and KnowYourVC. He has also held leadership positions at Blockfolio and is a board member at RateMyInvestor. Anthony is also a Thiel Fellow. Anthony has an amazing story, he is a college dropout, but has been an entrepreneur through his college career as he has already sold two businesses at a young age of 25. Anthony has stated that his big shift was when he skipped class one day to go see Mark Cuban and Mark Burnett- where he was actually able to pitch to them and secured a $100,000 investment for 5% equity in his company. As he continued to work on his start-up as you hear him speak on this podcast and on as an article on Medium.com describes it, "Anthony was faced with great adversity. Anthony was in an accident in a swimming pool in 2016 which left him paralyzed from the neck down. He was in the hospital for months and took some time away from his business to work on his recovery. Anthony's physical rehabilitation is a priority in his life, and he continues to work on his recovery today" (Medium.com, Matt Shaffer). That being said even as he is paralyzed from the neck down he is a WARRIOR changing up the investment space by allowing the everyday investor to invest in Fine Wine- an asset that does not have real correlation to the stock market sort of like gold (Disclaimer: neither Anthony, or I are providing any investment advice in this podcast). It is a really cool alternative investment that has an exceptional founder heading it. Anthony spends time on this podcast helping educate you on why you should keep pushing and striving through adversity. Because life will get tough, but look at Anthony he never quit, never stopped, and just continues to ADAPT! Find out more about his company at vinovest.coand make sure to follow Anthony on social media at @anthony_j_zhang and his company @vinovest_official You can also email anthony at anthony@vinovest.co Follow me for more motivation and inspiration on instagram @sameer.sawaqed @commitwithmeer and @themoreweknowpodcast

In this episode, we are joined by Megan Grassell. Megan is the founder and CEO of Yellowberry, an apparel company she started at the age of 17. Yellowberry's mission is to create cute, comfortable, and age-appropriate underwear for girls. Megan's story quickly went viral and she's kept the momentum ever since. Megan skipped college to work on her startup and is now recognized as a Thiel Fellow as well as a Forbes 30 Under 30.  In this episode, we discussed the decision to skip college to pursue building a startup, what social life is like as a young CEO, and the people that helped us along the way.  Megan and I also discussed her newfound love for running, adjusting to COVID, and being the face of a brand.Find Megan:YellowberryInstagramLinkedinFind Momentous:LiveMomentousInstagramFacebookTwitterYoutube

Micah Green is the Founder, President and CEO of Maidbot, an industrial automation company on a mission to bridge the gap between robots and humans - starting with Rosie - the world's very first housekeeping robot for hotels and commercial buildings. Like a self-driving car, Rosie navigates intelligently through the space while cleaning floors and collecting invaluable operational and environmental data. Maidbot's automated systems deliver unprecedented value to hotel operators, room attendants, and hotel guests. Maidbot is Micah's dream come true. He manages the product vision, sales strategy, cash flows, investor relations, and team development. Over the past decade, Micah has started multiple businesses including two successful smartphone applications. He strongly follows the words of Abraham Lincoln, "the best way to predict the future is to create it." Outside of Maidbot, Micah enjoys longboarding, windsurfing, and producing electronic music. He is currently guest lecturing at Cornell University - where he previously studied - for multiple classes within the Executive MBA and Industrial and Labor Relations programs. Connect with Micah Green Maidbot LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Some of the Topics Covered by Micah Green in this Episode The “aha” moment that led to Micah to starting MaidBot Becoming an entrepreneur from the young age of 7 Turning an idea into a company The customer discovery process for MaidBot Evolving the idea based on need and feasibility Early fundraising and networking The decision to drop out of Cornell Getting accepted as a Thiel Fellow on the 4th try Micah’s advice for fundraising The process and challenges of product development Getting their first LOIs and actually getting their robot into hotels The growth strategy for Maidbot and traction so far How Micah approaches expansion The manufacturing side of things Balancing short-term and long-term planning and the big vision for Maidbot The name inspiration for Maidbot's "Rosie" A typical day for Micah and work-life balance How COVID-19 is affecting the Maidbot team The hiring process at Maidbot Micah's book recommendations Micah's takeaways for entrepreneurs Links from the Episode Shark Puncher app The Thiel Fellowship The Jetsons Calm app Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle Scaling Up by Verne Harnish Start with Why by Simon Sinek Venture Deals by Brad Feld Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Age is truly just a number when it comes to your ability to help the world.   My guest for this episode set out to solve a problem in one of the greatest health crises in the world at only seventeen years old.   Meghan Sharkus is the founder of ExpressionMed, a company that creates designed medical adhesives for diabetes devices. Instead of venture capital funding, she raised $114,000 through several business competitions, ranging from Detroit Startup Weekend to Harvard Business School. She’s achieved the distinction of becoming  a Thiel Fellow, and manages a team of twelve with a company that has experienced exponential growth by solving a problem and bringing relief and some joy to those who are suffering with diabetes.  Meghan shares her journey in this conversation while also letting us in on her book and keynote speech The Youth Advantage, where she dives into all the advantages of starting a business at a young age and how you can get started.

Jesse is the founder of NeoReach. Jesse is a mentor to the Alchemist Accelerator, a Thiel Fellow, and a frequent guest lecturer at Stanford and USC. NeoReach has generated $10’s of Millions in revenue from customers like Walmart, Amazon and NBC

Forge Global Founders are on the Positive Phil Show… Empowering investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets.About Forge Global Inc.Forge Global Inc. is a premier trading and settlement partner for a wide range of investors in the private markets. The company empowers investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets. Forge, Inc. was founded by Y Combinator alumni and backed by top investors including Tim Draper, FT Partners and Munich Re. Forge Global’s platform allows shareholders and investors in privately held innovation firms to liquidate a portion of their shares and provides private and institutional investors access to top companies like Spotify, Lyft and 23 and Me before their IPO.www.forgeglobal.comSohail PrasadFounder, PresidentSohail has an extensive background in product management, engineering, and business. As an eighteen-year-old, he was among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator. Over the years, Sohail has advised and invested in a number of startups, including notable startups such as Zenefits and Coin. He continues to invest actively through S2 Capital, and serves as its Founding Partner. Prior to founding Forge, Sohail managed mobile product at Zynga. He previously joined mobile advertising firm Chartboost as its second engineering hire, and has held roles at Google and the MIT Media Lab. Sohail was awarded TCU's Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010, and has since been named a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. He previously attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Electrical & Computer Engineering.Samvit RamadurgamFounder, PresidentSamvit has extensive expertise in engineering, product development, and product growth. He went through the Y Combinator program and started his first venture-backed company when he was nineteen years old. Prior to starting Forge, Samvit co-founded Streem, a cloud storage company which was acquired by Box in 2014. Samvit is an active angel investor and frequently invests in startups through S2 Capital, where he serves as founding partner. His previous work spans numerous startups, most recently including Asana where he built out distributed systems infrastructure and Livemagic where he developed audio fingerprinting algorithms. In a previous life, he conducted research on high temperature superconductivity at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Samvit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.The Positive Phil Podcast Show, a podcast, available on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, where Positive Phil talks about personal stories, events and engaging interviews; with famous people, celebrities, athletes, authors, spiritual educators, thought leaders, as well as others in the social, business and entertainment industry.Airing on over 300 digital channels, including iHeart Radio, Spotify, StitcherFm, Google Podcast and published online via RSS feeds globally. (metrics, guests, info) The show has been around for almost 4 years and is one of the most popular podcast shows on the internet in the business-motivation space.Professional radio, tv, podcast host and producer from San Diego California.  We have a large national following on digital media channels, with our popular podcast and network of shows. Airing on iHeart Media, iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher, PlayerFM and over 200 additional media channels.https://www.positivephil.comPositive Stocks is a capital market services & financial communications firm in San Diego California with a proven track record of positively identifying and launching quick-coverage of highly potential small cap & mid cap stocks at an early stage.www.positivestocks.com

Forge Global Founders are on the Positive Phil Show… Empowering investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets.About Forge Global Inc.Forge Global Inc. is a premier trading and settlement partner for a wide range of investors in the private markets. The company empowers investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets. Forge, Inc. was founded by Y Combinator alumni and backed by top investors including Tim Draper, FT Partners and Munich Re. Forge Global’s platform allows shareholders and investors in privately held innovation firms to liquidate a portion of their shares and provides private and institutional investors access to top companies like Spotify, Lyft and 23 and Me before their IPO.www.forgeglobal.comSohail PrasadFounder, PresidentSohail has an extensive background in product management, engineering, and business. As an eighteen-year-old, he was among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator. Over the years, Sohail has advised and invested in a number of startups, including notable startups such as Zenefits and Coin. He continues to invest actively through S2 Capital, and serves as its Founding Partner. Prior to founding Forge, Sohail managed mobile product at Zynga. He previously joined mobile advertising firm Chartboost as its second engineering hire, and has held roles at Google and the MIT Media Lab. Sohail was awarded TCU's Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010, and has since been named a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. He previously attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Electrical & Computer Engineering.Samvit RamadurgamFounder, PresidentSamvit has extensive expertise in engineering, product development, and product growth. He went through the Y Combinator program and started his first venture-backed company when he was nineteen years old. Prior to starting Forge, Samvit co-founded Streem, a cloud storage company which was acquired by Box in 2014. Samvit is an active angel investor and frequently invests in startups through S2 Capital, where he serves as founding partner. His previous work spans numerous startups, most recently including Asana where he built out distributed systems infrastructure and Livemagic where he developed audio fingerprinting algorithms. In a previous life, he conducted research on high temperature superconductivity at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Samvit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.The Positive Phil Podcast Show, a podcast, available on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, where Positive Phil talks about personal stories, events and engaging interviews; with famous people, celebrities, athletes, authors, spiritual educators, thought leaders, as well as others in the social, business and entertainment industry.Airing on over 300 digital channels, including iHeart Radio, Spotify, StitcherFm, Google Podcast and published online via RSS feeds globally. (metrics, guests, info) The show has been around for almost 4 years and is one of the most popular podcast shows on the internet in the business-motivation space.Professional radio, tv, podcast host and producer from San Diego California.  We have a large national following on digital media channels, with our popular podcast and network of shows. Airing on iHeart Media, iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher, PlayerFM and over 200 additional media channels.https://www.positivephil.comPositive Stocks is a capital market services & financial communications firm in San Diego California with a proven track record of positively identifying and launching quick-coverage of highly potential small cap & mid cap stocks at an early stage.www.positivestocks.com

Forge Global Founders are on the Positive Phil Show… Empowering investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets.Forge Global Founders are on the Positive Phil Show… Empowering investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets.About Forge Global Inc.Forge Global Inc. is a premier trading and settlement partner for a wide range of investors in the private markets. The company empowers investors and shareholders by enabling liquidity in the private markets. Forge, Inc. was founded by Y Combinator alumni and backed by top investors including Tim Draper, FT Partners and Munich Re. Forge Global’s platform allows shareholders and investors in privately held innovation firms to liquidate a portion of their shares and provides private and institutional investors access to top companies like Spotify, Lyft and 23 and Me before their IPO.www.forgeglobal.comSohail PrasadFounder, PresidentSohail has an extensive background in product management, engineering, and business. As an eighteen-year-old, he was among the youngest founders to go through Y Combinator. Over the years, Sohail has advised and invested in a number of startups, including notable startups such as Zenefits and Coin. He continues to invest actively through S2 Capital, and serves as its Founding Partner. Prior to founding Forge, Sohail managed mobile product at Zynga. He previously joined mobile advertising firm Chartboost as its second engineering hire, and has held roles at Google and the MIT Media Lab. Sohail was awarded TCU's Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2010, and has since been named a Thiel Fellow by the Thiel Foundation. He previously attended Carnegie Mellon University where he studied Electrical & Computer Engineering.Samvit RamadurgamFounder, PresidentSamvit has extensive expertise in engineering, product development, and product growth. He went through the Y Combinator program and started his first venture-backed company when he was nineteen years old. Prior to starting Forge, Samvit co-founded Streem, a cloud storage company which was acquired by Box in 2014. Samvit is an active angel investor and frequently invests in startups through S2 Capital, where he serves as founding partner. His previous work spans numerous startups, most recently including Asana where he built out distributed systems infrastructure and Livemagic where he developed audio fingerprinting algorithms. In a previous life, he conducted research on high temperature superconductivity at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Samvit holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.The Positive Phil Podcast Show, a podcast, available on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, where Positive Phil talks about personal stories, events and engaging interviews; with famous people, celebrities, athletes, authors, spiritual educators, thought leaders, as well as others in the social, business and entertainment industry.Airing on over 300 digital channels, including iHeart Radio, Spotify, StitcherFm, Google Podcast and published online via RSS feeds globally. (metrics, guests, info) The show has been around for almost 4 years and is one of the most popular podcast shows on the internet in the business-motivation space.Professional radio, tv, podcast host and producer from San Diego California.  We have a large national following on digital media channels, with our popular podcast and network of shows. Airing on iHeart Media, iTunes, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher, PlayerFM and over 200 additional media channels.https://www.positivephil.comPositive Stocks is a capital market services & financial communications firm in San Diego California with a proven track record of positively identifying and launching quick-coverage of highly potential small cap & mid cap stocks at an early stage.www.positivestocks.com

In this episode, Vitalik Buterin sits down with Eric to discuss ethereum, the wider world of crypto and heterodox economics. Taking note of the new development of blockchain in 2010, Eric wrote an essay called “Go Virtual Young Man”. A few years later, a Thiel Fellow named Vitalik created a virtual machine with an idiosyncratic smart contract system and a currency. Ironically, Eric had recently become a Managing Director at Thiel Capital. Perennially circling each other intellectually, the two now sit down in person to discuss economic paradigm shifts, crypto and the future of online sovereignty and social coordination.  Wine Access: WineAccess.com/Portal to get $100 off your first purchase of $250 or more Chili Technology: chilitechnology.com/PORTAL Save up to $300 on Chili sleep systems with 25% off the chiliPAD (code: portalchili) or 15% off OOLER (code: portalooler) Phlur: phlur.com/portal to get 20% off your FIRST custom Phlur sample set! Blinkist: blinkist.com/portal try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alex Rodrigues is the Founder & CEO @ Embark, the world's leading developer of self-driving trucks. Embark operates the longest automated freight route in the world. To date, Alex has raised over $47m in funding for Embark from some of my favourites in the form of Pat Grady @ Sequoia, Matt Ocko @ Data Collective, SV Angel and Y Combinator, just to name a few. As for Alex, it started early with his winning a World Robotics Championship while he was in Middle School (the championship was for adults). Post that incredible achievement he dropped out of Waterloo, became a Thiel Fellow, worked as a software engineer @ Nuance Communications, before joining Khan Academy as a software engineer and also teaching robotics @ Khan Lab School. CLICK TO PLAY CLICK TO LISTEN ON ITUNES In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Alex made his way from winning World Robotics Championships while he was in Middle School to founding the leader developer of autonomous trucks in Embark? 2.) Why does Alex believe in the medium to long term, self-driving is still under-hyped? What is the market analysis to support this? How did his meetings with the world's best public markets investors impact his thinking here? How does Alex think about adoption timelines for self-driving? How do investors think about this when investing? 3.) Does Alex believe that when it comes to self-driving vehicles, they will largely be a public utility? What ownership mechanism does Alex expect to see? What are the pros and cons associated with each? How does Alex think about ownership of the data generated through self-driving? How do we balance privacy and public safety? 4.) With such large milestones and proof points in self-driving, how does Alex think about effective goal setting? What are the core KPIs to be driving for? How can they be broken into more meaningful and achievable wins for the team to get around? What is the core challenge to morale maintenance when the challenge is so long term? 5.) Where does Alex see the commonalities in the biggest mistakes that young founders make? What does Alex know now that he wishes he had known at the start? What have been Alex's biggest lessons on hiring the world's best in their respective fields? What have been Alex's biggest takeaways when it comes to successful board management? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Alex’s Fave Book: High Output Management As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Corey and Steve interview Noor Siddiqui, a student at Stanford studying AI, Machine Learning, and Genomics. She was previously a Thiel Fellow, and founded a medical collaboration technology startup after high school. The conversation covers topics like college admissions, Tiger parenting, Millennials, Stanford, Silicon Valley startup culture, innovation in the US healthcare industry, and Simplicity and Genius.Resources Noor Siddiqui Thiel Fellows Transcript

Corey and Steve interview Noor Siddiqui, a student at Stanford studying AI, Machine Learning, and Genomics. She was previously a Thiel Fellow, and founded a medical collaboration technology startup after high school. The conversation covers topics like college admissions, Tiger parenting, Millennials, Stanford, Silicon Valley startup culture, innovation in the US healthcare industry, and Simplicity and Genius.Resources Noor Siddiqui Thiel Fellows Transcript

Corey and Steve interview Noor Siddiqui, a student at Stanford studying AI, Machine Learning, and Genomics. She was previously a Thiel Fellow, and founded a medical collaboration technology startup after high school. The conversation covers topics like college admissions, Tiger parenting, Millennials, Stanford, Silicon Valley startup culture, innovation in the US healthcare industry, and Simplicity and Genius.

Aparna Krishnan talks about her research company Mechanism Labs, mentoring women in blockchain at She(256), dealing with the bro culture in the blockchain space, her experience growing up under Internet censorship and how it shaped her interest in cryptography, building up the education department at Blockchain at Berkeley, what she observed teaching introductions to the technology, takeaways from her Thiel Fellowship, and much more. Aparna is a Thiel Fellow and the co-founder of Mechanism Labs, an open source blockchain research lab. She studied computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, works on cryptography research and was the Head of Education and Executive VP at Blockchain at Berkeley where she founded the Education Department. She has taught the world's largest university accredited blockchain course, and she is a mentor at She(256), a movement to increase diversity and break down barriers to entry in the blockchain space. Aparna Krishnan: https://github.com/aparnakr, https://twitter.com/aparnalocked, https://medium.com/@aparnalocked, https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparna-krishnan Mechanism Labs: https://mechanismlabs.io, https://github.com/Mechanism-Labs, https://medium.com/mechanism-labs  She(256):https://www.she256.io, https://twitter.com/SHE_256  Thiel Fellowship: https://thielfellowship.org  Blockchain at Berkeley: https://blockchain.berkeley.edu, https://twitter.com/CalBlockchain Blockchain at Berkeley YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5sgoRfoSp3jeX4DEqKLwKg/videos  Also mentioned in the episode: Manush Movahedi: www.cs.yale.edu/homes/movahedi, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3iOahLIAAAAJ&hl=en  Elaine Shi: http://elaineshi.com, https://twitter.com/ElaineRShi  The Blockchain and Us newsletter To stay up to date about what blockchain pioneers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all around the world think about the future of this space, sign up for the newsletter on http://www.theblockchainandus.com.

How do we maintain millions of lines of code? For example, the Social Security Administration has 60-million-lines of COBOL. James Koppel is building tools to help tame these kinds of beasts. His current work is on decreasing the costs to build developer tools by allowing the same tool to work on a variety of languages. James Koppel is a Carnegie Mellon CS grad, Thiel Fellow, entrepreneur, educator, and currently PhD student at MIT. We talk about his experience withprogram repair, program sythesis, code comprehension, and many other cutting-edge fields relevant to the future of software engineering. Transcript and episode notes: futureofcoding.org/episodes/30

Thiel Fellow Josh Sakhai on Funding Pre-Product, Startup Media, and Disappearing Tattoos Josh Sakhai is the cofounder and CEO of Ephemeral Tattoos and a 2018 Thiel Fellow. He joins Subversion to discuss how he's raised millions of dollars before taking his product to market. We also discuss how to fund your company without giving up equity. Some key takeaways: Fundraising is always hard. Exhaust as many resources for free money as you can. Even consider universities that you don't go to. Talk to mentors and friends. Warm intros will be a lot more powerful than cold outreach. Stay SUPER-organized. When did you first talk to the investor? Who introduced you? How warm are they? Do you need to follow up with them? When was the last time you spoke? Media is less important than you think. It will mostly just make you feel bad about yourself. Recommended resources: Venture Deals, by Brad Field and Jason Mendelson Blogs: Alex Dispol - Techstars NYC - https://alexiskold.net Mark Suster - Upfront Ventures - https://bothsidesofthetable.com

Micah Green is a Thiel Fellow and the founder, CEO, and president of Maidbot. He joins Subversion to talk about what it's like founding a hardware company, selling to Fortune 500 companies, and moving his team to Austin, TX in order to grow the company.

On this week’s show, we spoke with Samuel Poirier, CEO @ Seahub. Samuel F. Poirier is the first French Canadian to be named a Thiel Fellow. Samuel founded his first company when he was 14, where he would import minerals from several countries to Montreal. At 18, Poirier founded the first debit card for Bitcoin. He cofounded Retinad, is an analytics platform for virtual reality that helps VR companies understand how users are interacting with their platform. He now leads Seahub, which is an OTA helping consumers book cruises online.   On the show, we spoke about: His obsessive nature How he started building companies at a young age Space exploration and Fermi’s paradox How he obtained a Thiel fellowship The importance of mentorship How Seahub is transforming an old sector with a new distribution model   Sam is a bright young entrepreneur that has already achieved so much in a short period of time. I hope that you enjoy the conversation!   Let us know what you think. What types of guests would like to see on the show? What topics interest you the most? Send me your thoughts at nectar@thepnr.com   Subscribe | iTunes | Google Play |Spotify | YouTube | Stitcher |  

Tom Currier is the cofounder and CEO of Cabin, a solution to long travel times between regional cities. Tom joins the podcast to discuss why American cities don't have great regional transit options and how Cabin is providing a solution.

2012 Thiel Fellow and Figma cofounder Dylan Field joins Michael to discuss how to find a cofounder, dropping out, and how to make the first important hires in a company.

In this episode, you'll meet Zach Latta: in 2015, he was one of 20 young talents selected to receive a $100,000 grant to jumpstart his new venture idea in place of pursuing higher education. He founded Hack Club, a nonprofit which helps high schools start coding clubs. Today, there are over 200 clubs in 30 states and 13 countries worldwide. Music Credits: Podington Bear, Wonderly Music Hosts: Ankur Rastogi and Ian Geckeler Produced by: Andrew Jiang, Fiona Pestana, Pratima Manga, and Eumin Lee Special thanks to the SparkSC family. sparkxm.com/

In this episode, we talk to Noor Siddiqui, a Thiel Fellow and Stanford University student. Noor is researching genetic screening of embryos to reduce the likelihood of Alzheimer’s and other genetic diseases. In this episode, we go in-depth into her research about how this screening technique could decrease the prevalence of diseases in a population and how one day we might live in a world without chronic diseases. Born to Pakistani immigrants, Noor also shares her personal story of how she first came be interested in entrepreneurship and her journey as a Thiel Fellow.

On this episode of BlockChannel, the boys (McKie, Dee, and Petty) sit down and chat with Joey Krug, Thiel Fellow and one of the main brains behind the Ethereum based prediction marketing, Augur. Don't know what Augur or Prediction Market's are? Come join us as we talk about Joey's vision for Augur use cases, Ethereum, and the Ethereum based eSports betting platform, FirstBlood.io. If you're big into Finance or Wall St trading, this episode will likely get you salivating to give Augur a try this Summer.

On this episode of BlockChannel, the boys (McKie, Dee, and Petty) sit down and chat with Joey Krug, Thiel Fellow and one of the main brains behind the Ethereum based prediction marketing, Augur. Don't know what Augur or Prediction Market's are? Come join us as we talk about Joey's vision for Augur use cases, Ethereum, and the Ethereum based eSports betting platform, FirstBlood.io. If you're big into Finance or Wall St trading, this episode will likely get you salivating to give Augur a try this Summer. Show Links: Augur: http://augur.net FirstBlood: http://FirstBlood.io Ethereum: http://Ethereum.org CypherPoker: https://medium.com/cypherpoker/cypherpoker-2017-335d246209a4#.da3jrklgc Intro/Outro Music "YOU" by Faruhdey: https://soundcloud.com/faruhdey/you "YOU" Official Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJvHoYCdyeM

In our conversation with Maddy Maxey, the Co-Founder and President of The Crated, she talks about how she came up with her company’s name, her experience as a Thiel Fellow, and why the ah-ha moment is a myth.

The O'Reilly Design Podcast: Figma, measuring success, and meta debugging.In this week’s Design Podcast, I sit down with Dylan Field, founder of Figma and former Thiel Fellow. We talk about the problem Figma aims to solve for designers and how they’re measuring success. Field also talks about how they debugged Figma in its early days: by mandating their own designers use it to design the tool.Here are a few highlights from our conversation: The beginnings of Figma Designers are increasingly at the center of their organizations. They're not just working alone in a corner; they're actually working collaboratively with other designers, they're working with engineers, they're working with product management, with executives. They're extremely connected inside the organization, but their tools, in contrast, are still offline and disconnected. We decided we wanted to build the first online collaborative tool for interface design. Design at Figma We're 17 people now, which is awesome. It's a really cool size because you walk in the office and there's that buzz. In terms of our engineering and design, we have eight engineers and we have four designers right now. It's a one-to-two ratio. That said, two of those engineers are more back-end server side, so it ends up probably being a one-to-one ratio in terms of when you're working on a project; a lot of times, engineers are in one project and designers are in multiple projects. We design everything in Figma. It's something you have to get used as you work at Figma and start designing things because you're inside the tool designing the tool, which is always interesting. That actually was a problem for a while when we were first starting off, before our software was at the quality bar it is now. It had a lot of bugs. This was maybe two years ago. We gave it to our designers and we mandated that everyone at Figma use Figma for design now. Right now, we're supporting a class at Berkeley. It's a 220-person class for UI design, and it's been amazing to see students coming from pretty beginner backgrounds. They're learning a ton, and they're using Figma to do it. I just hope that we can do more of that as the company grows. How Figma measures success We can't just measure success by looking at the number of users that we have. Rather, it's about the people who are using Figma. The real interesting question for us is, "Are they deeply engaging with it? Is this their tool of choice? Are they using it for the things that we think they're using it for? Is our value proposition that we think is really important, is that being shown to be important by our customer base?" So far, it seems to be. That's our initial impression. Really, it's about this depth of interaction. When we look at the data ... I wouldn't say average is a good way to look at it. For example, when you look a the distribution of how people use it, some people log in once and they don't log in again. That's just your standard Internet company. Everyone has that. Obviously, you try to reduce the number of people who do that. For the people who do use us, we're seeing them in it all day long. I guess the next level question is more qualitative, which is, "If you're a designer and you're using us for your work, are we making you more efficient? Are we making it easier for you to work with other people in the company? Are we making your job easier?" For non-designers, going back to the issue of communication, "Are we teaching you how to visually communicate? Are we teaching you how to work with designers better? Are we teaching you how to contribute to the design process?" If we can do that, I think that's a huge win.

The O'Reilly Design Podcast: Figma, measuring success, and meta debugging.In this week’s Design Podcast, I sit down with Dylan Field, founder of Figma and former Thiel Fellow. We talk about the problem Figma aims to solve for designers and how they’re measuring success. Field also talks about how they debugged Figma in its early days: by mandating their own designers use it to design the tool.Here are a few highlights from our conversation: The beginnings of Figma Designers are increasingly at the center of their organizations. They're not just working alone in a corner; they're actually working collaboratively with other designers, they're working with engineers, they're working with product management, with executives. They're extremely connected inside the organization, but their tools, in contrast, are still offline and disconnected. We decided we wanted to build the first online collaborative tool for interface design. Design at Figma We're 17 people now, which is awesome. It's a really cool size because you walk in the office and there's that buzz. In terms of our engineering and design, we have eight engineers and we have four designers right now. It's a one-to-two ratio. That said, two of those engineers are more back-end server side, so it ends up probably being a one-to-one ratio in terms of when you're working on a project; a lot of times, engineers are in one project and designers are in multiple projects. We design everything in Figma. It's something you have to get used as you work at Figma and start designing things because you're inside the tool designing the tool, which is always interesting. That actually was a problem for a while when we were first starting off, before our software was at the quality bar it is now. It had a lot of bugs. This was maybe two years ago. We gave it to our designers and we mandated that everyone at Figma use Figma for design now. Right now, we're supporting a class at Berkeley. It's a 220-person class for UI design, and it's been amazing to see students coming from pretty beginner backgrounds. They're learning a ton, and they're using Figma to do it. I just hope that we can do more of that as the company grows. How Figma measures success We can't just measure success by looking at the number of users that we have. Rather, it's about the people who are using Figma. The real interesting question for us is, "Are they deeply engaging with it? Is this their tool of choice? Are they using it for the things that we think they're using it for? Is our value proposition that we think is really important, is that being shown to be important by our customer base?" So far, it seems to be. That's our initial impression. Really, it's about this depth of interaction. When we look at the data ... I wouldn't say average is a good way to look at it. For example, when you look a the distribution of how people use it, some people log in once and they don't log in again. That's just your standard Internet company. Everyone has that. Obviously, you try to reduce the number of people who do that. For the people who do use us, we're seeing them in it all day long. I guess the next level question is more qualitative, which is, "If you're a designer and you're using us for your work, are we making you more efficient? Are we making it easier for you to work with other people in the company? Are we making your job easier?" For non-designers, going back to the issue of communication, "Are we teaching you how to visually communicate? Are we teaching you how to work with designers better? Are we teaching you how to contribute to the design process?" If we can do that, I think that's a huge win.

In our conversation with the CEO of Immudicon, Riley Ennis, he talks about what life as Thiel Fellow was like, where the idea for Immudicon came from, and what advice he gives people, trying to find their passion.  

At the age of 16, Charlie Stigler built SelfControl, an app designed to block out online distractions. It has been downloaded by millions. Encouraged by that success, two years later, Charlie founded a successful ed tech company, Zaption, which rethinks the use of video for learning. He did both before the ink was dry on his high school diploma. After graduation, Charlie did what everyone expected him to do. He headed off to college at Columbia University. Two years later, even he was surprised when he decided to drop out and become a Thiel Fellow in 2012. This week, in a special edition of Curious Minds, I share interviews with four young people, ages 18-22, each of whom decided either to drop out or never attend college, in order to pursue work that mattered. Each is either a current or past recipient of a Thiel Fellowship, a program founded in 2011 by Peter Thiel to encourage young people to sidestep college and a traditional life path, in order to chart their own course as entrepreneurs. In this episode you will hear: how the projects that got Charlie into college were the very things he had to give up once he got there ways friends and family responded to his decision to choose a different path what exposure to can-do, will-do entrepreneurs helped him see what we lose when everything is done for us how he learned to decide what structure looked like for him how his real learning was taking place outside of high school and college how high school did not support independent entrepreneurial thinking advice for young people how we delay and support young people in not knowing what they want to do rather than encouraging them to find out and supporting that how technology and artificial intelligence and the rapid pace of change is helping us rethink our shoulds Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast   Steve Lambert   James Stigler If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening! Thank you to Clark Nowlin and his sound engineering team at Clarity Podcasting and to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for creating the Curious Minds logo! @GAllenTC www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn

Jihad Kawas started his company, Saily, when he was 16 years old growing up in Lebanon. Now, two years later, after a recent public launch, his app has over 140,000 U.S. users and is gaining over 1,000 new users daily. Jihad is a 2015 Thiel Fellow who never attended college. Along the way, he was awarded a Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholarship, took first place at an MIT Social Innovation Camp, and has been a TEDx Talk speaker. This week, in a special edition of Curious Minds, I share interviews with four young people, ages 18-22, each of whom decided either to drop out or never attend college, in order to pursue work that mattered. Each is either a current or past recipient of a Thiel Fellowship, a program founded in 2011 by Peter Thiel to encourage young people to sidestep college and a traditional life path, in order to chart their own course as entrepreneurs. In this episode you will learn: how building things as a young person led him to where he is today why parents need to let their children build real, meaningful things his beliefs regarding the impact of parents, families, and schools on young people ways even cutting-edge schools have rules and policies that constrain how he viewed school as something to get through in order to pursue his passion the power of having to develop a pitch to persuade and convince the funny way he found out about the Thiel Fellows program what it is like to be an 18-year-old Thiel Fellow and company founder how the success and accomplishments of his peers spur him on how he spends his time about the constant battle he faces with uncertainty and doubt about his advice for young people what he is curious about today Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast   Project-based Learning Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) TEDx Talk by Jihad Kawas     Silicon Valley TV show If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening! Thank you to Clark Nowlin and his sound engineering team at Podcasting and to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for creating the Curious Minds logo! @GAllenTC www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn

Alex Koren had never considered dropping out of college. A successful high school student, he headed to Johns Hopkins University and was class president in his first year. Furthermore, that summer, Alex headed to a high-powered summer internship at Intel, seemingly the perfect opportunity for an undergraduate engineering major. Then something happened. While working at Intel, Alex organized a hackathon that led to his first company, Hyv, which focused on solving big problems with data. The engagement and exhilaration that he felt led him to found the company Chrg, with the goal of using everyday outlets and chargers in service of electric vehicles. Not long after that, Alex dropped out of college to accept 2014 Thiel Fellow. This week, in a special edition of Curious Minds, I share interviews with four young people, ages 18-22, each of whom decided either to drop out or never attend college, in order to pursue work that mattered to them. Each is either a current or past recipient of a Thiel Fellowship, a program founded in 2011 by Peter Thiel to encourage young people to sidestep college and a traditional life path, in order to chart their own course as entrepreneurs. In this episode you will hear Alex talk about: what he learned about failure how pursuing work that mattered meant doing something that shocked even him how to create communities for your passions the difference between a life of extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation the importance of living with uncertainty as you pursue your goals the power of surrounding yourself with passionate people our responsibility to make things relevant for ourselves the reasons that we lose our creativity his attraction to what tomorrow holds Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast     Interroga Omnia If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening! Thank you to Clark Nowlin and his sound engineering team at Clarity Podcasting and to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for creating the Curious Minds logo! @GAllenTC www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn

At 16, Madison Maxey was the youngest to intern at Tommy Hilfiger. Shortly after that, she founded her company, The Crated, a product innovation studio focused on second-generation wearable technology. Then, she went to college, like she was supposed to do. But for Maddy, there was a disconnect between the feelings that she received from her work and sitting in college classes.So after one semester of college, she dropped out to accept a Thiel Fellowship. Since then her work has been featured in Wired, Fast Company, and New York Magazine, and she has provided wearable tech insights to the likes of the White House and Google. She has been named a founder to watch by Women 2.0 and is an Entrepreneur in Residence at General Assembly and an Artist in Residence at Autodesk. This week, in a special edition of Curious Minds, I share interviews with four young people, ages 18-22, each of whom decided either to drop out or never attend college, in order to pursue work that mattered to them. Each is either a current or past recipient of a Thiel Fellowship, a program founded in 2011 by Peter Thiel to encourage young people to sidestep college and a traditional life path, in order to chart their own course as entrepreneurs. In this episode you will hear Madison talk about: innovations in wearable technology what motivated her to learn programming why she dropped out of college after one semester her eagerness to be a Thiel Fellow her passion for costume design and design optimization what her parents thought about her decision to drop out of college her policy of You Do You the importance of finding your tribe how communication skills inform her work her work in relation to the Maker Movement how uncertainty is a natural part of innovation why young people should be working on projects right now how she had to learn the skills of time management her curiosity about teamwork, collaboration, and community in relation to a goal Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast   Digital Fabrication Textile Circuits General Assembly Autodesk Computational Design 3D CNC Machine Workflows Arduino Enabling Technologies Nathan Wolfe TEDTalk If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. Thanks for listening! Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for creating the Curious Minds logo! @GAllenTC www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn

Dale Stephens was one of the original 24 recipients of the Thiel Fellowship. He is also the Founder of UnCollege. He recently came out with the book,"HACKING YOUR EDUCATION: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will."In this unique interview, Jason and Dale talk about some things high schoolers should assess before jumping into the college application process. Both see major problems the traditional college system. Young entrepreneurs sometimes struggle... not because of talent, but because older folk think they're too immature. Dale shares his tips for young'ns to be taken seriously.Dale believes an online portfolio can be even more impressive than a resume. He tells us how one can build a community of friends, mentors and a network of movers and shakers. Dale Stephens brings a unique perspective on the future of education. He is a sought-after education expert appearing on major news networks including CNN, ABC, NPR, CBS, Fox, and TechCrunch. His work has been covered by the New York Times and New York Magazine to Fast Company and Forbes. He has spoken around the world at high-profile events, from debating Vivek Wadhwa onstage at TED 2012 to lecturing at the New York Times to speaking to C-level executives at NBC Universal. At 21, Dale leads UnCollege.org because we're paying too much for college and learning too little. Penguin published his first book, Hacking Your Education, inApril 2013. In May 2011 Stephens was selected out of hundreds of individuals around the world as a Thiel Fellow, a program recognizing the top twenty-four entrepreneurs around the world under the age of twenty. In addition to leading UnCollege, Stephens advises education and technology companies. Visis Dale Stephens' official website at www.dalejstephens.com/. You can also view his company at www.uncollege.org/.

Unemployed college graduates saddled with student loan debt is a story we're increasingly hearing. The world is changing and some are questioning whether universities are the best path to preparing for the brave new world. The UNcollege movement is challenging the fundamental notion of what college is and pointing the way toward another paradigm for getting and applying knowledge. . Dale Stephens leads UnCollege, the global social movement changing the notion that college is the only path to success. In May 2011 Dale was selected as a Thiel Fellow and his first book Hacking Your Education, will be published by Perigee/Penguin in early 2013. Nathan Furr writes about the transforming paradigm of entrepreneurship education. Justin Snider is a contributing editor at The Hechinger Report and is completing his doctorate in education at Columbia University.