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20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 15, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersAdam Fishman on Growth Loops, Hiring and Learning from FailureGuest Adam Fishman · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Lyft and Patreon growth leader explains how to map growth loops, onboard teams and balance quantitative experiments with customer insight.
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Lex Fridman· Jun 15, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersApple Was a $5 Billion Company in Debt When Tony Fadell Built the iPodGuest Tony Fadell · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with Tony Fadell, co-creator of the iPod, iPhone, and Nest Thermostat, about the decisions, fights, and luck behind those products.
1:19:33EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 13, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersDharmesh Shah on Culture Debt, SMB Strategy and Building HubSpotGuest Dharmesh Shah · Host Harry StebbingsThe HubSpot co-founder discusses treating culture as a product, testing demand early and deciding when to build a second product.
3:16:16ENLex Fridman· Jun 12, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersEvolution Never Designed You to See the TruthGuest Donald Hoffman · Host Lex FridmanCognitive scientist Donald Hoffman tells Lex Fridman why natural selection hides reality behind a user interface, and why spacetime itself may be just another icon on the desktop.
1:02:35EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 10, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersRuchi Sanghvi on South Park Commons, DAOs and Choosing What to BuildGuest Ruchi Sanghvi · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Facebook and Dropbox executive explains why founders need time to explore ideas and how her community and investment fund work.
4:13:30ENLex Fridman· Jun 9, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersHumanity showed up 10^18 times too earlyGuest Robin Hanson · Host Lex FridmanRobin Hanson tells Lex Fridman why our date in cosmic history is data, and why an empty sky means the loud aliens are coming fast.
54:26EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 8, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersKayvon Beykpour on Product Reviews, Feedback and Periscope’s DefaultsGuest Kayvon Beykpour · Host Harry StebbingsThe Periscope co-founder explains how product teams can use reviews to sharpen decisions without mistaking every piece of leadership feedback for an order.
58:34EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 8, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersIan Lee on DAOs, Venture Capital and the Promise and Risks of Web3Guest Ian Lee · Host Harry StebbingsThe Syndicate co-founder explains his 2022 thesis on distributed investing, while discussing governance, inequality, usability and security risks.
1:03:16EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 6, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersTony Fadell on Product Marketing, Customer Experience and Learning from FailureGuest Tony Fadell · Host Harry StebbingsThe product leader shares lessons from Apple, Philips and Nest on judgment, first impressions, clear messaging and constraints.
1:42:06ENLex Fridman· Jun 4, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersJonathan Haidt: Instagram Is Not 'Generally Positive' for Teen MindsGuest Jonathan Haidt · Host Lex FridmanThe NYU social psychologist answers Mark Zuckerberg on adolescent mental health and argues that one business model rewired childhood and then the public square.
1:06:16EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 4, 2022Podcast · 4 speakersQuick-Commerce Economics: Airlift, JOKR and Zepto Founders Debate Emerging MarketsGuest Usman Gul, Ralf Wenzel, Aadit Palicha · Host Harry StebbingsIn a 2022 roundtable, three founders compare fulfillment costs, basket size, fees and advertising while disagreeing about the economics of delivery speed.
0:50EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jun 4, 2022PodcastA Speaker on Shopping Challenges in Latin American CitiesA short business argument about assortment and travel time.
2:12:00ENLex Fridman· May 30, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersWhen the Plane Went Down, Dan Reynolds Felt NothingGuest Dan Reynolds · Host Lex FridmanThe Imagine Dragons frontman talks with Lex Fridman about C#, ayahuasca, the trap of fame, and the pop prison he built thinking it was a mansion.
42:01EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· May 30, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersKeith Rabois on Venture Pricing, Founder Decisions and Investing Through a DownturnGuest Keith Rabois · Host Harry StebbingsThe Founders Fund partner discusses upside, paper gains, missed opportunities and his contested views on work and Silicon Valley.
48:19EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· May 27, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersAydin Senkut on Scaling Felicis and Investing Across StagesGuest Aydin Senkut · Host Harry StebbingsThe Felicis founder discusses diversification, ownership, missed opportunities and building a firm that supports founders.
54:17EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· May 25, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersOliver Jay on Sales Playbooks, Hiring and Customer LearningGuest Oliver Jay · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Dropbox and Asana sales leader explains why early teams should learn before treating a sales process as fixed and scalable.
2:41:09ENLex Fridman· May 25, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersPutin inherited Stalin’s rooms, not Stalin’s powerGuest Stephen Kotkin · Host Lex FridmanHistorian Stephen Kotkin tells Lex Fridman why the war in Ukraine is a strategic choice born of Russian weakness, resentment, and a West that kept letting Moscow get away with murder.
1:01:21EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· May 24, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersOren Zeev on Deployment Pace, Ownership and Investing IndependentlyGuest Oren Zeev · Host Harry StebbingsThe Zeev Ventures founder discusses follow-ons, diversification, missed opportunities and the trade-offs of making decisions without partners.
4:15:00ENLex Fridman· May 23, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersSarma Melngailis Wants to Be Understood, Not ForgivenGuest Sarma Melngailis · Host Lex FridmanThe chef behind Pure Food and Wine tells Lex Fridman how a cult of one, a Netflix cut, and a guilty plea turned a New York restaurant into a morality play she still disputes.
1:06:53EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· May 21, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersFabrice Grinda on Three Economic Scenarios and Venture InvestingGuest Fabrice Grinda · Host Harry StebbingsThe FJ Labs founder sets out optimistic, stagnation and severe-downside scenarios from 2022 and discusses how they shaped his investing.
1:39:09ENLex Fridman· May 20, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersBobby Lee Was Not Invited to the WeddingGuest Bobby Lee · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the comedian about a snub that still stings, twelve-hour Skyrim grinds, sex robots, Khalyla, relapse, and the chances he never asks for.
1:52:39ENLex Fridman· May 17, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersEmpathy Is Not Sympathy: Oliver Stone on Putin and the War in UkraineGuest Oliver Stone · Host Lex FridmanThe filmmaker argues that nuclear power is safer than its reputation, that the Ukraine war did not begin on February 24, and that understanding a leader is not the same as excusing him.
3:32:24ENLex Fridman· May 14, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersGlenn Loury Does Not Disagree With Affirmative Action. He Hates It.Guest Glenn Loury · Host Lex FridmanA three-and-a-half-hour conversation with Lex Fridman on King, slavery, Black patriotism, cancel culture, IQ research, Obama, and how to wear a history without being trapped by it.
4:14:40ENLex Fridman· May 11, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersHard Money Is the Control Knob of CivilizationGuest Saifedean Ammous · Host Lex FridmanSaifedean Ammous tells Lex Fridman why the hardness of money sets a society’s time preference, and why he thinks Bitcoin is the hardest money yet invented.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,481