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Episode 623: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the underrated philanthropy style of Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Alfred Nobel. MFM Scholarship: Apply for $10K to start The Onion For College - https://www.shaanpuri.com/collegepaper — Show Notes:  (0:00) Alfred Nobel's $266M Legacy (6:06) Competitions vs. Trusts (15:28) Idea: XPRIZE but for companies (19:15) Shaan's Prize: Win $10K to start a college paper (23:07) How Barstool Sports started (26:47) Peter Thiel's contrarian philanthropy (32:30) Elon Musks sexy indifference (37:22) Interview questions designed to repel and attract (44:25) Be a harsh grader of people (47:49) Great people are great in the first 2 weeks — Links: • Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm • Nobel Peace Prize - https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/ • XPRIZE - https://www.xprize.org/ • Darpa - https://www.darpa.mil/ • Vesuvius Challenge - https://scrollprize.org/ • Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ • Thiel Foundation - https://www.thielfoundation.org/ • Musk Foundation - https://www.muskfoundation.org/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it's called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam's List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano

Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded PayPal, made the first outside investment in Facebook, and co-founded Palantir Technologies, where he serves as chairman. Thiel is a partner at Founders Fund and leads the Thiel Foundation, which funds technological progress and long-term thinking. He is also the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One. https://foundersfund.com https://palantir.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Thiel is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. As of July 2024, Thiel had an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion. Through the Thiel Foundation, he funds non-profit research into artificial intelligence, life extension, and seasteading. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, ‘Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future' - available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J6YBOFQ Follow Peter on X: https://x.com/peterthiel  Go to https://ground.news/triggernometry to see through media bias and get the full story. Use our link to save 40% on the Ground News unlimited access Vantage plan this month. Join our Premium Membership for early access, extended and ad-free content: https://triggernometry.supercast.com OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc  Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/#mailinglist Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

https://razib.substack.com This is where you will find all the podcasts from Razib Khan's Substack and original video content. On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Nicola Buskirk of Elessar Books (see her Substack). A 2022 graduate of Stanford University, Buskirk has already had positions at Substack (she was behind the At Length series), Thiel Foundation, Hoover Institution and now, Protocol Labs. At Elessar she is “putting long out-of-print books back into print so that they may be easily read and studied by a new generation of readers.”  Before asking about her new project, Razib asks her about Elessar, an alternative name for the character known as Aragorn. They discuss why J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series, written in the first half of the 20th century, appeals to young people born in the 21st century. Buskirk believes that much of the attraction is in Tolkien's depiction of good and evil in a manner that edifies and educates but with subtlety and complexity. They discuss the differences between Tolkien's fantasy writing style, and that of his colleague and friend C. S. Lewis, whose Narnia series was far more nakedly allegorical than The Lord of the Rings . Razib and Buskirk also discuss whether Tolkien's work was fundamentally Roman Catholic, as the author claimed, or whether its purview is broader, explaining its lasting appeal. They also touch upon the relationship of the films to the books, and how Peter Jackson pulled off the sort of adaption that Amazon failed at. Then the conversation shifts to why Buskirk began Elessar Books, the resurfacing of knowledge and wisdom for a generation weaned on smartphones and addicted to TikTok. She talks about conversations with peers where they were amazed by her insights, even though she freely admitted to them that she simply stood on the shoulders of the ancients, whose ideas are freely available in older books. Razib and Buskirk discuss if what Antonio Garcia Martinez calls the age of orality is a reversion to preliterate and frankly more primitive modalities of thought, and her attempt to resurrect, maintain and perpetuate a culture of deep literacy among her technology-addicted generation.

Today I am speaking with Elissa Shevinsky. Elissa is an accomplished business executive, entrepreneur, cybersecurity expert, and author. As you're about to hear, Elissa's story is quite incredible and I'm grateful to have had the chance to interview her. During her career, she's worked alongside many well-known leaders in technology and helped launch a list of projects. We talk about how some early encouragement from Paul Graham got her started as an entrepreneur, the early days of Bitcoin and Ethereum, a stint when she worked as a mentor at the Thiel Foundation, helping launch the open-source browser Brave, and her time as CTO at Cointelegraph – and that's just a few of the highlights Elissa and I discuss. We end the interview talking about AI, a subject Elissa is spending a lot of time on right now, and her experience meeting the founders of The Graph and working as an advisor in the very early days of the protocol.Show NotesThe GRTiQ Podcast takes listeners inside Web3 and The Graph (GRT) by interviewing members of the ecosystem.  Please help support this project and build the community by subscribing and leaving a review.Twitter: GRT_iQwww.GRTiQ.com

Michael is co-founder of the 1517 Fund, a venture capital fund investing in teams led by dropouts, the uncredentialed, and renegade scientists. He recently published his first book, Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University. Previously he was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital, where he helped launch and run the Thiel Fellowship. Follow Michael on Twitter @William_Blake. [2:18] - How Michael's background in philosophy ultimately led him to venture capital [12:06] - Michael's brief stint as a screenwriter and how he views founders through the perspective of a storyteller [22:49] - Analyzing the factors that contribute to individual and societal creativity, greatness, and progress [39:08] - How Michael approaches talent attraction, identification, and development [48:07] - The story behind the title of Michael's book “Paper Belt on Fire” --- homeofjake.com

In Today's episode of "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Michael Gibson, Co-Founder & General Partner at the 1517 Fund, to discuss the decline of America's university system, the corresponding stagnation in scientific and technological breakthroughs, where and when universities became corrupt and what if anything can be done to rectify the situation.Michael Gibson is co-founder of the 1517 Fund, a venture capital fund investing in teams led by dropouts, the uncredentialed, and renegade scientists. Previously he was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital, where he helped launch and run the Thiel Fellowship. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT's Technology Review, the Atlantic, National Review, and City Journal. His book, Paper Belt on Fire, was published on November 29, 2022.Learn more about Michael Gibson's work:1517fund.comPurchase Michael's new book "Paper Belt on Fire"https://bookshop.org/p/books/paper-belt-on-fire-how-renegade-investors-sparked-a-revolt-against-the-university-michael-gibson/18656095––––––Follow American Moment across Social Media:Twitter – https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram – https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble – https://rumble.com/c/c-695775BitChute – https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Xr42d9swu7O9/Gab – https://gab.com/AmMomentOrgCheck out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Follow Us on Twitter:Saurabh Sharma – https://twitter.com/ssharmaUSNick Solheim – https://twitter.com/NickSSolheimAmerican Moment's "Moment of Truth" Podcast is recorded at the Conservative Partnership Center in Washington DC, produced by American Moment Studios, and edited by Jake Mercier and Jared Cummings.Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NeoAcademia is a biweekly exploration of the shifting walls of the ivory tower.This week I explored The Paper Belt on Fire with author/venture capitalist/renegade philosopher Michael Gibson.Michael is the co-founder of the 1517 Fund, a venture capital fund investing in teams led by dropouts, and renegade scientists who reject the standard notion of academic credentials. Before that he was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation, where he helped launch and run the Thiel Fellowship.Michael's debut book is the story of how he got here after dropping out of a philosophy Ph.D program.For more on Michael, detailed show notes, and a chance to win $ in an ideas tournament, check out the Theory Gang newsletter!

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam are joined first by Republican candidate for United States Senate in Arizona, Blake Masters. Later in the program, Congressman Drew Ferguson of Georgia calls into the show. Finally, we are joined in studio by Timothy Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute. -Blake grew up in Tucson, Arizona. In 2012, he married his high school sweetheart, Catherine. Happily married for 10 years now, Blake and Catherine are raising and homeschooling their three beautiful boys, Miles, Graham, and Rex.After graduating from Stanford and Stanford Law School, Blake co-founded a successful software startup called Judicata. In 2014, he co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One. Having sold more than 4 million copies, it's the world's most popular book on startups and venture capital.In 2015 Blake became President of the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes science and innovation. The Foundation's Thiel Fellowship Program has paid 225 young people to drop out of college so that they can create new companies. Businesses started by Thiel Fellows are together now worth more than $45 billion! From 2018 to 2022, Blake was Chief Operating Officer at Thiel Capital, an investment firm that specializes in the technology sector, where he helped grow assets under management by billions of dollars.Blake also joined President Trump's transition team in 2016. Blake saw firsthand how deep The Swamp really is and how establishment forces immediately tried to undermine President Trump's MAGA agenda. Now Blake is putting his successful business career on hold to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate because the same old establishment politicians and the same old establishment candidates have failed us. He brings a wealth of experience to the table on how to defeat not just the progressive Democrats, but also the weak and compromised RINO Republicans.America is in decline and the world is a dangerous place. Blake uniquely understands the modern threats that we face.At home, we see an unholy alliance between Big Government, Big Tech and Big Business, who collude to wreak havoc on our economy, destroy our border, impose their radically liberal ideology on our culture, and censor any dissent. Blake uniquely gets how this regime, working hand in hand with the Democrats, is weaponizing technology to destroy America as we know it.Abroad, we see the menace of authoritarian countries like China. Blake has an unrivaled understanding of how China uses technology to not only control and terrorize its own citizens, but also to steal our intellectual property and wage digital warfare against America.As a father, Blake's #1 priority is to ensure America (and Arizona!) remains the best place in the world to raise a family. To do that, we need to make sure America is still recognizable by the time our children are grown. Blake will lead as we fight for our culture.The failures of current leaders like Joe Biden and Mark Kelly have made our situation dire. But Blake rejects the feelings of hopelessness that they are pushing on us. Blake knows that we can win, and we must win. But winning requires electing innovative leaders who truly understand what is happening in this country, and how to restore American freedom and greatness. As a lifelong Arizonan and someone with deep experience in business and the technology industry, Blake is the only one in this race with the necessary skills and background to win the fight in Washington.-Congressman Ferguson represents Georgia's 3rd Congressional District and is the Chief Deputy Whip for House Republicans. He also serves on the Committee on Ways and Means.Congressman Drew Ferguson is a proud native of West Point whose family roots in the West Georgia area are several generations deep. He attended the University of Georgia and gained early acceptance to the Medical College of Georgia. After graduating with a degree in dental medicine, he moved back to his hometown and established a successful family dental practice.In 2008, Congressman Ferguson was elected mayor of West Point and was at the forefront of attracting and keeping jobs in his community. By lowering taxes, eliminating government barriers and reforming education, he led a community in economic ruin back to life. Today, a wide range of new businesses and industries call West Point and the surrounding area home. Led by KIA Motors, automotive suppliers and related businesses, 16,000 new jobs have been created so far. Congressman Ferguson came to Washington to apply the lessons he learned revitalizing West Point to creating policies that once again make America the most competitive place to do business.Just as important as the creation of jobs, Congressman Ferguson wants to remove barriers that prevent those in poverty from moving into the middle class. Smart and effective welfare entitlement reform that actually helps people move ahead rather than trapping them in a cycle of poverty is the first step. Congressman Ferguson believes these problems cannot simply be regulated away, but should look for solutions that get government out of the way of American innovation growth. This is as much a moral issue as it is a practical matter.Drew and his wife, Julie, reside in The Rock, Georgia, and together they have six children: Anderson Drew Ferguson V, Lucy, Mary Parks, Thad, Elizabeth, and Olivia.-Timothy Sandefur is the Vice President for Legal Affairs at the Goldwater Institute's Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation and holds the Duncan Chair in Constitutional Government. He litigates important cases for economic liberty, private property rights, free speech, and other matters in states across the country.Timothy is the author of several books, including Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man (2018), Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America (coauthored with Christina Sandefur, 2016), The Permission Society (2016), The Conscience of The Constitution (2014), and The Right to Earn A Living (2010), as well as more than 50 scholarly articles on subjects ranging from Indian law and antitrust to copyright law, the constitutional issues involved in the Civil War, and the political philosophy of Shakespeare, ancient Greek drama, and Star Trek.  A frequent guest on radio and television, he is well known to radio audiences as “Tim the Lawyer” on the Armstrong and Getty Program, and his writings have appeared in Reason, National Review, the Claremont Review of Books, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Objective Standard, where he is a contributing editor.  He teaches public interest litigation at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.He is an Adjunct Scholar with the Cato Institute and is a graduate of Hillsdale College and Chapman University School of Law.-Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds This is a public episode. 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Townhall Review – October 22, 2022 Morgan Ortagus, former spokesperson for the State Department, fills in for Hugh, and talks with House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy about quality candidate recruitment. Jennifer Horn and Grant Stinchfield, the Morning Answer in Los Angeles, talk with California Congressman Mike Garcia to discuss his campaign and why Democrats have decided to stop buying ads for candidates in several big races.  Morgan Ortagus talks with Dr. Mehmet Oz about his race to defeat the radical, and struggling, John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. Kurt Schlichter, senior columnist for Townhall.com filling in for Hugh, talks with Blake Masters president of the Thiel Foundation, and candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona about his contest with incumbent Mark Kelly. Mark Davis talks about the huge swing to the GOP among independent women Charlie Kirk talks with Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo who explains his new finding that is setting the media on fire, that there is an 84% increase of cardiac DEATH related to the COVID vaccine for men ages 18-39.  Sebastian Gorka and Dr. Miriam Grossman discuss the true extent of transgender insanity, and how far the radical activists are really willing to go.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blake Masters is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. Blake runs Thiel Capital, a multi-billion dollar firm that invests in new technology companies, and the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that promotes science and innovation. In 2014, Blake co- authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One, which sold more than three million copies.  Blake lives in Tucson, where he and his wife grew up. They homeschool their three sons.

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

Following a presentation at USC from Mark Cuban and Mark Burnett (Shark Tank), Trojans freshman Anthony Zhang, pitched his business, EnvoyNow. The delivery startup capitalizing on the neglected college market impressed the sharks enough to invest $100,000 for 10% of the business. Soon after, The Thiel Foundation offered him an additional $100,000 to drop out of school and focus on EnvoyNow full time. Life was great, or so it seemed. Unfortunately, Anthony suffered a spinal cord injury, the result of diving into a pool in Las Vegas. Suddenly, everything he had been working on was put on hold. The young man who made building businesses from the ground up his career, would now have to do just that for his new body and mind. Anthony is my guest on this episode of The QuadCast. I enjoyed getting to know him, and bring his remarkable story to you.

Getting investment as an early-stage startup is a tricky game.  It can be especially challenging when you're not connected to some kind of network or institution.  Michael Gibson and Danielle Strachman wanted to change that. So, they founded 1517 Fund.  1517 Fund is a venture capital fund that supports early-stage startups, specifically those outside of formal institutions. They believe that you don't need any kind of fancy degree or qualification to launch a great idea, and often these people without such credentials get overlooked.   Michael was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. For nearly five years working for Peter Thiel, he has contributed research to Peter's global macro hedge fund, assisted in teaching a course at Stanford Law School on sovereignty and technological change, and helped run the Thiel Fellowship. He serves on the board of the Seasteading Institute. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT's Technology Review, the Atlantic, and Forbes.Danielle has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Prior to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project-based learning and other alternative programs.Alongside colleagues Nick Arnett and Zak Slayback, Danielle and Michael will be discussing the work that 1517 Fund does as well as the opportunities and challenges that young entrepreneurs are facing. Let's keep the inspiring discussion going! Discover our events, articles, and more with these links:InspirEd MagazineInspirEd EventsJoin our mailing listYou Tube

Sonia Arrison (https://soniaarrison.com/) is a best-selling author, analyst, entrepreneur, and investor. Sonia is founder of 100 Plus Capital (https://100pluscap.com/ - Investing in companies positively impacting human longevity), Chair of the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (https://a4li.org/ - The first and only 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization founded with the goal of creating social and political action around the issues of combating age-related chronic conditions and increasing our number of healthy, disease-free years), co-founder of Unsugarcoat Media (acquired by Medium), and was an associate founder of Singularity University. Sonia's research focuses on exponentially growing technologies and their impact on society. Her book, 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith, addresses the social, economic, and cultural impacts of radical human longevity, and gained national best-seller status. In addition to the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives, Sonia is a Board Member at the Thiel Foundation, Foresight Institute, and Woodland School. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and author of two previous books (Western Visions and Digital Dialog). Sonia was previously a Director and Senior Fellow in Tech Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, a columnist at TechNewsWorld, and hosted a radio show called “digital dialogue” on the Voice America network. 

I speak with Blake about limbic capitalism, regulating technology, the dream of a one-income family, libertarianism and its discontents, the problems of scale, "CRT is anti-white", ultra-woke/uber-based Silicon Valley, Immigration and H1B visas, the rights of citizens, pointing out the elephant in the room, the GAE egregores, demons, and mind viruses, uncle Ted's genius and much more. Blake Masters is a venture capitalist, author, president of the Thiel Foundation, and co-author of probably the most famous and to-the-point book about startups, “Zero to One”, together with Peter Thiel. He is currently running for U.S. Senate in Arizona. His recommended subversive thinker is Ted Kaczynski. His website is blakemasters.com, and you can find him on Twitter @bgmasters --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aksubversive/message

Episode 10 absolutely loves Lindy Fishburne. We are big on early-stage startup experts here at LRTU, so if John's voice gets shaky, you just gotta know why: Lindy is the founder of Breakout Labs - a hugely innovative grant-making body operating as part of the Thiel Foundation - and managing partner at Breakout Ventures…like dang…she's a person who needs only a sentence to impress. She is the executive director of the Thiel Foundation, a board member of both Cytovale and Phylagen; she is an esteemed startup consultant; and her influence on the life sciences startup universe is widening…or, let me rephrase, she is changing the processes for this genre of startup culture. Her funding approach and philanthropic endeavors are contributing to the democratization of science.  This episode is designed to further investigate her life, her goals, her inspirations and the personality behind what we see: her decisions and impact. I dunno, pretty wild and exciting stuff... and educational! like what better way to learn about the industry than to anticipate its growth??

Clay tells us why the Brian Flores suit against the NFL probably doesn't have any legs. Buck tells us about former CNN head Jeff Zucker who resigned today. Clay & Buck talk to Ned Ryun, founder and CEO of American Majority and Voter Gravity. And Clay & Buck talk to Blake Masters, president of the Thiel Foundation and COO of Thiel Capital.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Blake Masters is the COO at Thiel Capital and President of The Thiel Foundation. He also co-authored the popular business book Zero to One with Peter Thiel in 2014. Blake is currently running for the U.S Senate in Arizona, and in this episode, we talk about the similarities between running a political campaign versus running a startup. Quick disclaimer: the political views, information, or opinions expressed during this episode are solely those of the individuals expressing them. https://okdork.com/podcast/231 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10  

Flashback: Rush Limbaugh, who Buck thanks for giving him his big break and leading the way, reads Buck's tweets from 2020. Our mission is to continue flying the conservative media mother ship that Rush expertly built. Psaki's latest covid prescription is deja vu all over again. Joining Buck: Blake Masters, president of the Thiel Foundation and COO of Thiel Capital, a Tucson native running for U.S. Senate in Arizona. Buck asks him about lawmakers owning stock, becoming rich from insider trading, the Biden economy, inflation and Democrat lies. Buck provides live commentary of Biden's shameful press conference where Biden, of course, falsely blames fhe unvaxxed for his failures. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Charlie sits down with Arizona Senatorial candidate, Blake Masters who, if elected, would become among the youngest members of the Senate in American history. Blake runs Thiel Capital, a multi-billion dollar firm that invests in new technology companies, as well as Thiel Foundation, which according to his campaign site, has "paid 225 young people to drop out of college and instead create new companies, which are together now worth more than $45 billion." Inflation, Paul Ryanism, immigration, big tech, and the left wing weaponization of America's institutions including the military, the police forces, and the DOJ. Charlie and Blake discuss the generational divide in the Republican Party and why he believes it's important for the future of the country that a new, younger group of senators are able to enter DC and change the GOP from the inside out.   Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Today's "Moment of Truth," Saurabh and Nick sit down with Blake Masters, co-author of “Zero to One” and President of the Thiel Foundation, to discuss the future of conservatism, technology, and education in America, how to reign in big tech monopolies, and how to recover the American dream of raising a family on one single income.Blake Masters is President of the Thiel Foundation and Principal at Thiel Capital. Prior to co-writing the #1 NYT bestseller Zero to One with Peter Thiel, he co-founded Judicata, a technology startup that makes legal research and analytics software, and worked at Box and Founders Fund. Blake studied at Stanford and Stanford Law School, and lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and two boys.Learn more about Blake Master's work at:https://blakemasters.comhttp://www.thielfoundation.org/blake––––––Follow American Moment on Social Media:Twitter –https://twitter.com/AmMomentOrgFacebook –https://www.facebook.com/AmMomentOrgInstagram –https://www.instagram.com/ammomentorg/YouTube –https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4qmB5DeiFxt53ZPZiW4TcgRumble –https://rumble.com/c/c-695775Check out AmCanon:https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/Subscribe to our Podcast, "Moment of Truth"Apple Podcasts –https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-truth/id1555257529Spotify –https://open.spotify.com/show/5ATl0x7nKDX0vVoGrGNhAjiHeart Radio –https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-moment-of-truth-77884750/RSS –https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6030c3f32982873431315653 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kelly Rodriques, CEO at Forge, joins the podcast after announcing the SPAC merger with Motive Capital Corp (“MOTV”) led by Blythe Masters, Industry Partner and CEO of MOTV. Forge is a leading global private securities marketplace.Kelly shares some unique insights on the high growth private markets, why companies choose to stay private longer and what the competition looks like.Forge powers an accessible, liquid and transparent private equity marketplace, serving the increasingly complex needs of the private market ecosystem by forging new connections through technology, data and expertise. The business, now in its seventh year of operations, is backed by a number of top Silicon Valley investors and global institutions including Deutsche Börse, Temasek, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners, Draper Associates, The Thiel Foundation and Munich Re Ventures.---The information contained in this podcast is intended for discussion purposes only. It is not a recommendation, offer, or a solicitation for the purchase or sale of a security or any services of Motive Partners. All investing involves risk and there is no guarantee that past performance will be indicative of future results.The views and opinions expressed in the podcast are as of the date of recording, reflect the views and opinions of the persons expressing them, and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Motive Partners. Motive Partners makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any information provided and undertakes no obligation to update, amend, or clarify the information in the podcast, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Any securities, transactions, or holdings discussed may not represent investments made by Motive Partners. It should not be assumed that securities, transactions, or holdings discussed (if any) were or will be profitable, or that the recommendations or decisions made in the future will be similar or will equal the performance of the securities, transactions, or holdings discussed herein.This podcast may contain forward-looking statements that are based on beliefs, assumptions, current expectations, estimates, and projections about the financial industry, the economy, Motive Partners or Motive Partners' investments.  Nothing in the podcast should be construed or relied upon as investment, legal, accounting, tax or other professional advice or in connection with any offer or sale of securities. 

Blake Masters grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Stanford University and Stanford Law School. Blake runs Thiel Capital, a multi-billion dollar firm that invests in new technology companies, and the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that promotes science and innovation. The Foundation's Thiel Fellowship Program has paid 225 young people to drop out of college and instead create new companies, which are together now worth more than $45 billion. In 2014, Blake co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One, which sold more than three million copies. Blake lives in Tucson—a short drive from where he and his wife Catherine grew up. They homeschool their three sons, Miles, Graham, and Rex, and they enjoy hiking in the desert. EPISODE LINKS: Blake's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bgmasters Chase's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realchasegeiser Blake's Website: https://www.blakemasters.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/oneamerican/support

Blake Masters of Thiel Capital and the Thiel Foundation discusses the dangers of Critical Race Theory and the toxic environment it creates.

Sonia Arrison is a best-selling author, analyst, entrepreneur, and investor. She is founder of 100 Plus Capital, co-founder of Unsugarcoat Media (acquired by Medium), and associate founder and advisor to Singularity University in Mountain View, California. Her research focuses on exponentially growing technologies and their impact on society. Her most recent book, 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith, addresses the social, economic, and cultural impacts of radical human longevity. It gained national best-seller status and keeps Sonia busy speaking all over the world. Sonia is a Board Member at the Thiel Foundation, Foresight Institute, and Woodland School. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and author of two previous books (Western Visions and Digital Dialog). She was previously a Director and Senior Fellow in Tech Studies at the Pacific Research Institute and a columnist at TechNewsWorld.

Sonia Arrison is a best-selling author, analyst, entrepreneur, and investor. She is founder of 100 Plus Capital, co-founder of Unsugarcoat Media (acquired by Medium), and associate founder and advisor to Singularity University in Mountain View, California. Her research focuses on exponentially growing technologies and their impact on society. Her most recent book, 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith, addresses the social, economic, and cultural impacts of radical human longevity. It gained national best-seller status and keeps Sonia busy speaking all over the world. Sonia is a Board Member at the Thiel Foundation, Foresight Institute, and Woodland School. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and author of two previous books (Western Visions and Digital Dialog). She was previously a Director and Senior Fellow in Tech Studies at the Pacific Research Institute and a columnist at TechNewsWorld.

On this edition of Parallax Views, tech billionaire Peter Thiel, known for his libertarian and conservative political leanings, infamously backed Donald Trump's successful 2016 Presidential bid. Although Trump may be out of office, Thiel hasn't given up on using his immense wealth to back political candidates presenting themselves as "populists" in the Trumpian mold. For example, he has contributed to the Senate campaign of Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance in Ohio. He's also contributed $10 million dollars to the Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters. Masters, who co-wrote the best-seller Zero to One with Thiel, serves as the President of the Thiel Foundation and the chief operating officer of Thiel Capital. Although Masters is running as a "populist" candidate, some of the issues Masters if focusing on in his campaign could serve to benefit Thiel's investments. Specifically, the issues of border-security and China, which are key issues in Masters' purview, could stand to benefit Peter Thiel's in surveillance technologies vis-à-vis Palantir (the company, it should be noted, that was providing technology to ICE under Trump). In other words, Masters successfully taking a seat in the Senate could be good for Thiel's border security and weapons investments. Joining us to discuss all of this is Senior Advisor at the Quincy Institute and investigative journalist at Responsible Statecraft magazine Eli Clifton, Clifton recently penned a piece entitled "Meet Peter Thiel's military industrial candidate" for the aforementioned magazine. We also discuss, briefly, at the beginning of our conversation the controversies around the recently arrested Tom Barrack as it relates to the UAE and foreign influence operations on U.S. foreign policy.

Arizona candidate for US Senate, Blake Masters, joins Chuck and Sam today on Broken Potholes. Blake grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Stanford University and Stanford Law School.Blake runs Thiel Capital, a multi-billion dollar firm that invests in new technology companies, and the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that promotes science and innovation. The Foundation's Thiel Fellowship Program has paid 225 young people to drop out of college and instead create new companies, which are together now worth more than $45 billion.In 2014, Blake co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One, which sold more than three million copies.Blake lives in Tucson—a short drive from where he and his wife Catherine grew up. They homeschool their three sons, Miles, Graham, and Rex, and they enjoy hiking in the desert.CONNECT WITH USTwitter: https://twitter.com/BrokenPotholesFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/brokenpotholesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokenpotholes/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/broken-potholesShow notes: www.brokenpotholes.vote This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com

Take a few seconds to leave us a review. It really helps! https://apple.co/2RIsbZ2 if you do it and send us proof, we'll give you a shoutout on the show.(1:25) - From Unwanted Gum To Sought After Shoes: Gumdrop collects used gum from bins placed strategically around cities along with unwanted gum from manufacturers like wrigley and upcycles them to make desirable products like the iconic Adidas Stan Smith shoes. (8:40) - PANDA Will Reduce Embodied Carbon By 40% For Construction: PANDA is a software solution developed by Price & Myers to address the ever rigorous legislation being passed which urges corporations to be more environmentally conscious. The software's Monte Carlo algorithm will determine the least carbon intensive and affordable configurations based on a builders input promising embodied carbon savings of up to 40%.(16:30) - Is it a boat? Is it a plane? It's a ground effect vehicle!: REGENT is making waves in the transportation industry by introducing a ground effect vehicle fully powered by electric propulsion that can transport people 6x faster than ferries within a 180 mile range at a maximum speed of 180 miles per hour while offering the same level of safety as an aircraft. --About the podcast:Every day, some of the most innovative universities, companies, and individual technology developers share their knowledge on Wevolver. To ensure we can also provide this knowledge for the growing group of podcast listeners, we started a collaboration with two young engineers, Daniel Scott Mitchell & Farbod Moghaddam who discuss the most interesting content in this podcast series. To learn more about this show, please visit the shows page. By following the page, you will get automatic updates by email when a new show is published.Be sure to give us a follow and review on Apple podcasts, Spotify, and most of your favorite podcast platforms!

In this talk, Peter describes how our entire civilization is predicated on accelerating technological change. Peter Thiel, best known as the founder of both PayPal (sold to eBay in 2002) and hedge fund Clarium Capital, in 2009 launched the Thiel Foundation, a private foundation based in NYC that defends and promotes freedom in all its dimensions: political, personal and economic. --- Thiel Talks is an audio archive of Peter Thiel's ideas. New audio every Saturday. Inquiries to peterthielaudio@gmail.com

“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

“Younger female entrepreneurs know they don’t need someone to give them permission.”This week’s interview is with Lindy Fishburne of Breakout Labs, a fund within the Thiel Foundation that supports early-stage companies as they transition radical scientific discoveries out of the lab and into the market. Lindy is one of three Managing Partners who are coincidentally female and tend to invest in more female CEOs than most non-female specific funds out there. Lindy’s take: Capital in the hands of female VCs ultimately leads to more “fabulous female CEOs” being funded and creating impact.In the conversation, we talk about her unforeseen path to becoming a venture capitalist, the ability to create impact through capital, being a rule bender from the very beginning, and why bold women don’t shy away from facing ambiguity.Breakoutlabs.orgBreakout.vc#venturecapital #startup #womenvc #womeninfinance #womenentrepreneur #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #entrepreneur #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #bossbabe #femaleentrepreneur #smallbusiness #girlboss #entrepreneurlife #businesswomen #womeninspiringwomen #entrepreneurship #women #bosslady #womenempoweringwomen #business #womenentrepreneurship #motivation #womeninbiz #ladyboss #femaleentrepreneurs #womenpower #handmade #Entrepreneursmindset #HappyFounders #FemaleEntrepreneur #WomeninTech #PrivateEquity #Angelinvestors #GetFunded #Bootstrapping

Tony Kulesa is a co-founder of Petri, an accelerator in Boston that backs companies developing new biotech applications and technologies in healthcare, food, industrial chemicals, and new materials. Co-founded and funded by Pillar, a venture firm co-founded by the CEOs of Cytyc, Ginkgo Bioworks, Iora Health and 22 Boston companies, Petri draws on the resources of one of the strongest biotech ecosystems in the world to support founders from around the globe. Dr. Kulesa is an inventor and community builder. Previously, he was the founding Director of the MIT BioMakerspace, a community biology laboratory and incubator space, and an Instructor at the MIT Department of Biological Engineering. He holds a PhD from MIT, where his inventions of new platforms for drug discovery and microbial therapeutics were highlighted in Science Editor’s Choice and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. While at MIT, he co-founded and directed 3 courses on biotech and entrepreneurship, including BiomedStartup, a course that coaches 10+ teams per year on research commercialization projects. He was a member of the founding officer team at MIT Biotech Group, and an ambassador for Breakout Labs, venture philanthropy from the Thiel Foundation to support companies bringing radical scientific discoveries out of the lab and into the market.Topics:- The value of accelerators within the life sciences- Venture creation and innovation within biotech and pharma- Entering the life sciences industry from academia and other industries- The intersection of technology & biology: Silicon meets Boston & the profile of new funds straddling both philosophies- Types of risk within life sciences ventures: technical, biological, market- Impact of Covid-19 on the life sciences industry, both technological and financial- Investing and building in the life sciences revolutionThank you for listening!BIOS (@BIOS_community) is a community of early stage healthcare and life sciences founders and investors. Alix Ventures (@AlixVentures) is a SF-based venture fund that invests in early stage healthcare and life sciences companies.Music attribution: Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4985-danger-stormLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Michael Gibson was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. He is now General Partner at 1517 Fund and a Venture Capitalist. The 1517 Fund launched with $20 million USD.   Brought to you by Haberland Group (HaberlandGroup.com) and Hardy Haberland's Programs (HardyHaberland.com).   This podcast is brought to you by Haberland Group. Haberland Group is a global provider of marketing solutions. With multidisciplinary teams in major world markets, our holding companies specialize in advertising, branding, communications planning, digital marketing, media, podcasting, public relations, as well as specialty marketing. If you are looking for a world-class partner to work on marketing programs, go to HaberlandGroup.com and contact us.   This podcast is also brought to you by Hardy Haberland's Programs. Hardy provides educational programs for high performers who want world-class achievement, true fulfillment, and lasting transformation in their lives. He also provides consulting for established brands and businesses that have generated a minimum of $3 million in annual sales. If you need a catalyst for transformation and a strategist for success at the highest level, go to HardyHaberland.com and apply.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Michael Gibson was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. He is now General Partner at 1517 Fund and a Venture Capitalist. The 1517 Fund launched with $20 million USD.   If you enjoyed this episode, please consider to rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes less than 60 seconds and it really makes a difference. Rate, review, and subscribe at HardyHaberland.com/iTunes.

Sonia Arrison – Author and Founder of 100 Plus Capital Most of us watch reality TV shows to escape our responsibilities and indulge in something less than wholesome. Today's guest found something interesting nestled in her indulgence. While watching the Fox reality TV show The Swan, famed author and investor Sonia Arrison detected the pending human longevity revolution that was just around the corner. She began investigating the effects that increased human longevity would have on society, culminating in her book 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith. While we at L200 are still wondering what it looks like to live to 200, Sonia literally wrote the book on what it means to live past 100. Sonia's interest in human longevity started long before her encounter with The Swan. As a young girl, she noticed that while her grandparents were aging quite well, others did not fare so well. This sparked her curiosity and set her on a lifelong journey in longevity science. Today, Sonia and her team at 100 Plus Capital invest in some of the most innovative companies positively impacting human longevity. As an active investor, Board Member at the Thiel Foundation, and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, Sonia’s research and intuition delivers a unique perspective that proved highly-engaging in our conversation. During this podcast, we explore Sonia's investment focus, her diverse background, and her view on a number of interesting topics, including: What has changed since Sonia wrote her book Why longevity is good for economic growth What are the hot longevity topics at Silicon Valley cocktail parties What investment categories are interesting for Sonia Where she sees the most innovation How 911 changed her perspective on human health What Sonia thinks of the latest trends/fads (e.g. Keto, fasting) This was an incredible episode that left our team feeling optimistic and energized. Be sure to catch the (new) lightning round at the end of the episode for Sonia’s take on the latest and greatest trends in healthy living! About Sonia Sonia’s Website Sonia Arrison’s Twitter Show Links Senolytics Daniel Kraft, MD Gerry Becker, The Economic Way of Looking at Life Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth -  David canning and David Bloom CIA longevity factbook The Ocean Cleanup L- nutra, ProLon Blumio 5-2 diet Parabiosis Aubrey de Grey UCSF Memory and Aging Center Johnson & Johnson Anti-Aging Calico Unity Biotechnology

This week on Bathroom Break Podcast, my guest is Jeffrey Zlotnik. He began meditating in 1996, while working at a Group Home for Abused Teens and noticed tremendous change in their attitude after meditation. Jeffrey has led free meditation for Homeless Teens, K-12 Public Schools, Juvenile Detention Facilities, Federal and State Prisons, Diabetes Patients, HIV Patients, Seniors Centers, United States Military, Wounded Warriors, UCSD, Thiel Foundation, Wikimedia, Sober Living Homes, Superior Court of CA Judges, Susan G. Komen, Braille Institute, Jewish Family Services, Superior Court of CA Judges, Catholic Charities and Group Homes for Victims of Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking. Jeffrey is also cofounder of the dharma bum temple in San Diego. We recorded this episode in the temple. Enjoy! meditationinitiative.org & thedharmabums.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bathroombreakpodcast/support

As Director of International Summits, Bohdanna’s work is to bring influencers together to cross-pollinate regional, national, and global ideas that will grow into tech and social change for the betterment of us all. After graduating from Indiana University-Bloomington, Bohdanna worked at Northwestern University as their Special Events Coordinator. There she met and worked with politicians, Supreme Court justices, and the brightest academic minds and witnessed the power of knowledge and change. From there, she moved to San Francisco and received a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting from California College of Arts and an MFA in Painting from San Francisco State University. For the next decade Bohdanna concentrated on her art career. She exhibited her work in the US and Europe while also teaching at the San Francisco Art Institute. Bohdanna’s paintings focused on beauty and history and how they can bring people together visually. Merging her creativity and passion to bring people together in collaboration, Bohdanna began working for The Thiel Foundation as their Event Curator, managing all aspects of their events from high level design, curating speakers, and building partnerships between other organizations. Some specific highlights include: Managing all events for CNBC Transforming Tomorrow: a documentary focused on the Thiel Fellowship, working with Wired.com in producing events for ‘Teen Technorati’, a web series on The Thiel Fellowship, and producing events for Breakout Labs Unboxing: a showcase of BOL’s grantees. Bohdanna was also one of the architects of The Thiel Foundation Summit; a bi-annual assembly of young entrepreneurs and visionaries from around the world. Working directly with entrepreneurs inspired Bohdanna to open 10 Forward Events, a full service event-curation firm specializing in producing innovative and one-of-a-kind events for the science and tech industry, startups, entrepreneurs, and VC firms. This endeavor ultimately brought her to SU.

Sabarish Gnanamoorthy is a 14 year-old Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) developer. He is the youngest AR developer in the world to be sponsored by Microsoft to develop for the Microsoft HoloLens. He is also supported and sponsored by the Thiel Foundation for his venture, WaypointAR. WaypointAR is an augmented reality navigation platform for airports, campuses, large conferences, and malls. Sabarish has been awarded a scholarship from Udacity for their VR Developer Nanodegree program and he's one of the youngest people to have built several applications for VR and AR. His mentors and advisors represent some of the leading companies in the AR/VR space.Sabarish is an Innovator at The Knowledge Society, which is Canada's leading innovation incubator for young leaders age 13-17. The program exposes young people to leading-edge topics such as Virtual Reality, Nanotechnology, Ultra-poverty, and much more.If you would like more information on Sabarish please check out the following links below:- http://www.sabarishg.com/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabarish-gnanamoorthy/- https://twitter.com/sabarishgnana- https://medium.com/@sabarish.gnanamoorthyHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

Sabarish Gnanamoorthy is a 14 year-old Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) developer. He is the youngest AR developer in the world to be sponsored by Microsoft to develop for the Microsoft HoloLens. He is also supported and sponsored by the Thiel Foundation for his venture, WaypointAR. WaypointAR is an augmented reality navigation platform for airports, campuses, large conferences, and malls. Sabarish has been awarded a scholarship from Udacity for their VR Developer Nanodegree program and he’s one of the youngest people to have built several applications for VR and AR. His mentors and advisors represent some of the leading companies in the AR/VR space.Sabarish is an Innovator at The Knowledge Society, which is Canada's leading innovation incubator for young leaders age 13-17. The program exposes young people to leading-edge topics such as Virtual Reality, Nanotechnology, Ultra-poverty, and much more.If you would like more information on Sabarish please check out the following links below:- http://www.sabarishg.com/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabarish-gnanamoorthy/- https://twitter.com/sabarishgnana- https://medium.com/@sabarish.gnanamoorthyHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/Mark Metry - https://www.markmetry.com/

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in Wittenberg to protest the sale of indulgences. These were pieces of paper the establishment church sold at great cost, telling people it would save their souls. The church made a fortune doing it. Likewise, universities today are selling a piece of paper at great cost and telling people that buying it is the only way they can save their souls. Universities call it a diploma, and they’re making a fortune doing it. Call them heretical if you like, but the 1517 Fund is dedicated to dispelling that paper illusion. Extraordinary careers are possible outside tracked institutions! Danielle Strachman (General Partner, 1517 Fund) - In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She is the visionary behind the Thiel Summit series that has been attended by some 2000 young entrepreneurs. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 350 students, with a focus on student- led project based learning and other alternative programs. Michael Gibson (General Partner, 1517 Fund) - Michael was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. For nearly five years working for Peter Thiel, he has contributed research to Peter’s global macro hedge fund, assisted in teaching a course at Stanford Law School on sovereignty and technological change, and helped run the Thiel Fellowship. He serves on the board of the Seasteading Institute. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT’s Technology Review, the Atlantic, and Forbes. I had an absolute blast chatting with Danielle and Michael. These two are doing some amazing things for the future of education and work. They've made 45 investments into companies started by young founders and already those companies are seeing some amazing results. This is definitely worth a listen!  Child labor is is good What do you believe is true that the rest of the world thinks is false? Learning by doing Credentialing and building a signal without a college degree Blockchain in education? Just in time learning Companies 1517 has funded Advice for smart, driven college students Resources 1517 Fund Thiel Fellowship  THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. Join the Successful Dropout Nation! Subscribe to the Successful Dropout Podcast. Join our private Facebook Group! Follow @successfuldropout on Instagram!

“If the rust belt has come to define the hollowed out industries of the Midwest, in the next ten years the paper belt will come to define the paper-based industries from Washington DC to Boston. In DC, they print money, visas, and laws on paper. In Delaware, companies incorporate on paper. In NYC, they print media on paper. And in Boston Harvard and MIT print diplomas on paper. I am dedicated to lighting the paper belt on fire.”   That’s straight from Michael’s profile.   Before co-founding 1517 Fund, Michael Gibson was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. For nearly five years working for Peter Thiel, he has contributed research to Peter’s global macro hedge fund, assisted in teaching a course at Stanford Law School on sovereignty and technological change, and helped run the Thiel Fellowship.   He serves on the board of the Seasteading Institute. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford.   Attend my one-day conference January 27th in Pittsburgh. Learn more here.   Michael’s Challenge; 2017 is the 500th anniversary of the 95 theses. Write you own declaration and post it somewhere in public.   Connect with Michael Twitter LinkedIn Website info@1517.com   If you liked this interview, check out our most popular interviews. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

Joachim Haupt, Wenzel Mehnert Science-Fiction-Erzählungen sind kein Blick in die Zukunft, sondern eine Projektionsfläche für die Zukunftsvorstellungen der Gegenwart. Als Rezipient kann man sich in einem Modus des „was wäre, wenn...“ probeweise in einer möglichen Zukunft bewegen. Spekuliert wird dabei nicht nur über technologische Möglichkeiten, sondern auch über den gesellschaftlichen Rahmen als Bedingung für und Folge von Technologieentwicklung – oft in dystopischer Form. Auf diese Weise bestimmt Science-Fiction zu einem großen Teil mit darüber, welche Zukunftsvorstellungen entstehen, wie eine Gesellschaft sie bewertet und wie sie ihnen gegenüber eingestellt ist, sollten sie wirklich eintreffen. Das heißt: Science-Fiction ist relevant für Unternehmen, die technische Innovationen vorantreiben. Diese Perspektive auf Science-Fiction bekommt eine besondere Brisanz, wenn sich erzählte und tatsächliche Technologieentwicklung einander annähern. Serien wie „Black Mirror“ oder Filme wie „Ex Machina“ und „Her“ erzählen Geschichten über Technologien, die schon heute angelegt sind. Sie drehen die Zeit nur wenig vor und spielen mit den radikalen Folgen möglicher Innovation. Dabei entsteht das Bild einer fiktiven Gesellschaft, die konfrontiert mit Wandel schnell zu neuer Normalität findet. Gleichzeitig sind typische Sci-Fi-Themen zu tatsächlichen Großprojekten der Technologieentwicklung avanciert: Künstliche Inseln auf dem Meer, die Kolonialisierung des Mars, Unsterblichkeit – eigentlich klassischer Science-Fiction-Stoff, an dem im Silicon Valley und andernorts Organisationen wie „Space X“ oder die „Thiel Foundation“ arbeiten. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird Science-Fiction zu einem spannenden Beobachtungsfeld. In Erzählungen, Serien, Filmen und Games entstehen Themen, die zum Teil des gesellschaftlichen Diskurses werden. Sie sind relevant für das Issue-Management von Technologieunternehmen, aber auch Ausgangspunkt für ethische Fragestellungen in der Gesellschaft.

In this episode, you’ll hear about: -Why Danielle and Michael decided to focus solely on younger founders, regardless of whether or not they attended university -How starting a venture fund increased her empathy for entrepreneurs, particularly through fundraising efforts -Danielle’s experience starting a charter school in San Diego, and why it was easy to fall prey to “imposter syndrome” during that time -Her experience as an instrumentalist growing up and how that helped her learn to lead, direct, and give feedback to her peers -Why previous execution is critical for applicants to the Thiel Foundation and for entrepreneurs looking for investments from 1517 Fund -The correlation between alternative schooling and entrepreneurship Stay tuned to the end of the episode, where Danielle shares why founders should read personal development books and her current interest in sensor-based technology.

Panel discussion between Sean Dalton (Partner at Highland Capital Partners), Joe Ellis (CEO and Co-Founder of vidRovr), Hemai Parthasarathy (Scientific Director of Breakout Labs, Thiel Foundation), Nina Tandon (CEO and Co-Founder of EpiBone), and Misti Ushio (CEO of TARA Biosystems). The first 35 minutes are largely introductions to each of the panelists, explaining their career paths that lead them to becoming entrepreneurs or investors. The next 45 minutes are a lively panel discussion answering questions such as “What role does IP play in starting a company” (minute 35), “how do license deals get negotiated and what are common terms, especially with university startups” (minute 50), “best practices for startups on how to build a cost-effective IP filing strategy” (minute 62); “why does IP have particularly important value at the beginning and end of a startup’s lifecycle?” (minute 65), “advice for students who want to be entrepreneurs and investors?” (minute 67).

  Who is on the show today: In this episode, we host John Chisholm. John is a serial entrepreneur, investor and an author. Why is he on the show: He is president and chairman emeritus of the worldwide MIT Alumni Association and a trustee of MIT and of the Santa Fe Institute. He advises entrepreneurs through the MIT Venture Mentoring Service, the Thiel Foundation 20under20 Fellowship, and the Plug and Play Tech Center. He is author of the book – Unleash Your Inner Company. What do we discuss in this episode: In this insightful conversation, we cover a wide variety […]

The Thiel Foundation has announced its 2016 Fellows with a new class of 29 people focusing on technology and software development. Thiel Fellows receive $100,000 to work on new projects that advance technology. Augur will be one of the first cryptocurrency-related projects joining the Thiel Fellows program. Joey Krug is currently making Augur's consensus implementation faster and more accurate. That's not all! Listen now and you get Tony Swish, podcast regular, and Augur's Director of Marketing for free! Boom! Stacked episode playas!

In this show, the kids at the back of the class discuss the Thiel Foundation's Fellowship program that gives $100,000 to each of 20 recipients under the age of 20. The program is designed to reward "stopping out of school" and furthering innovative science and technical ideas.