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Lex Fridman· Aug 8, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersThe CIA Serves One Customer, and That Customer Is the PresidentGuest Andrew Bustamante · Host Lex FridmanFormer covert officer Andrew Bustamante walks Lex Fridman through how American intelligence actually works — from the President's Daily Brief to Ukraine, Snowden, and a bar wall in Alabama.
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20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 5, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersSameer Shariff on Building Cambly with Sustainable GrowthGuest Sameer Shariff · Host Harry StebbingsCambly’s co-founder explains how a failed fundraise reshaped its finances and why one-on-one learning informs his approach to product and leadership.
5:14:50ENLex Fridman· Aug 4, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersThe best programming language is the one you already useGuest John Carmack · Host Lex FridmanJohn Carmack talks with Lex Fridman about languages, id Software, VR, rockets, and why AGI might be tens of thousands of lines of code.
0:45EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 4, 2022PodcastShreyas Doshi’s Three Types of Product LeadersGuest Shreyas DoshiA short framework for operators, craftspeople and visionaries.
1:01:27EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 3, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersShreyas Doshi on Product Metrics and Three Types of Product LeaderGuest Shreyas Doshi · Host Harry StebbingsThe former Stripe product leader explains how to measure product success, hire for the work a company actually needs, and balance customer requests with strategy.
2:32:00ENLex Fridman· Aug 1, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersA Cube Inside a Sphere, Right Between Two Super HornetsGuest Ryan Graves · Host Lex FridmanFormer Navy F/A-18 pilot Ryan Graves tells Lex Fridman how unexplained objects filled East Coast training airspace after a radar upgrade, and why a near-collision made it a safety problem the system still cannot process.
49:00EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 1, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersKirsten Green on Scaling a Venture Firm Without Losing FocusGuest Kirsten Green · Host Harry StebbingsForerunner’s founder explains how consumer insight guides investments, why growing a team is a second job, and how relationships made her career possible.
2:29:24ENLex Fridman· Jul 29, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersA Hundred Users Signed Up and Never Came BackGuest Brian Armstrong · Host Lex FridmanCoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on the buy button that found product-market fit, why he wants customers to leave his platform, and a company that refuses to be a political square.
57:36EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 29, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersJim Lanzone on Yahoo’s Turnaround and Leading Through a DownturnGuest Jim Lanzone · Host Harry StebbingsIn a 2022 interview, Yahoo’s CEO explains his approach to product leadership, hiring and the proposed revival of an established internet brand.
2:10:08ENLex Fridman· Jul 26, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersGato Is Only the BeginningGuest Oriol Vinyals · Host Lex FridmanDeepMind's Oriol Vinyals talks with Lex Fridman about generalist agents, thrown-away weights, and whether human-level AGI arrives in his lifetime.
56:04EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 25, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersTony Fadell on Founder Loneliness, Leadership and Building for the Long TermGuest Tony Fadell · Host Harry StebbingsThe Nest founder discusses learning from General Magic, finding trusted partners and pursuing ideas before the data is obvious.
2:13:16ENLex Fridman· Jul 23, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersEvery Atom in Your Body Was Forged in a Dead StarGuest Martin Rees · Host Lex FridmanMartin Rees talks Lex Fridman through dark matter, alien life, one-way Mars trips, and why this century is the first in which one species holds the planet.
53:31EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 22, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersKyle Samani on Tokens, Network Effects and Crypto InvestingGuest Kyle Samani · Host Harry StebbingsThe Multicoin co-founder explains his investment process and argues that tokens can coordinate networks, while discussing liquidity, risk and his 2022 views on Bitcoin and Solana.
56:56EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 21, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersSam Taylor on Building Sales Around Customer LearningGuest Sam Taylor · Host Harry StebbingsLoom’s sales leader explains how to connect product-led adoption with enterprise selling, hire early teams and turn customer conversations into company-wide insight.
1:54:32ENLex Fridman· Jul 20, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersGod Is Not a Being on the Same Grid as the TeapotGuest Bishop Robert Barron · Host Lex FridmanBishop Robert Barron talks with Lex Fridman about Aquinas’s definition of God, pride as a black hole, the problem of evil, and why he thinks rights and equality do not survive the death of God.
1:13:12EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 18, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersDes Traynor on Intercom, Product Strategy and the Real Cost of GrowthGuest Des Traynor · Host Harry StebbingsThe Intercom co-founder discusses defensibility, second products, enterprise buyers and the lessons he has learned as an operator and angel investor.
3:31:02ENLex Fridman· Jul 17, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersA period of calm in capitalism is only a lull before the stormGuest Steve Keen · Host Lex FridmanHeterodox economist Steve Keen walks Lex Fridman from a footnote in Marx to climate models that omit rainfall, and argues that private debt — not inflation — is the failure that actually breaks the system.
52:25EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 15, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersPeter Singlehurst on Long-Term Investing Across Public and Private MarketsGuest Peter Singlehurst · Host Harry StebbingsThe Baillie Gifford investor explains portfolio concentration, evolving conviction and what he learned from both a failed investment and a missed opportunity.
2:44:16ENLex Fridman· Jul 14, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersIQ at Eleven Predicted Survival at Eighty. Richard Haier on the Finding Psychology Tried to BuryGuest Richard Haier · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with psychologist Richard Haier about the g factor, The Bell Curve, group differences, and why intelligence research became the most radioactive topic in the field.
53:02EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 13, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersLuc Levesque on Hiring Growth Teams and Building Durable LoopsGuest Luc Levesque · Host Harry StebbingsShopify’s growth leader discusses the hiring signals, experiments and organizational relationships he considers important for growth.
59:39EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 11, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersMatt Mullenweg on WordPress, Distributed Leadership and Building for DecadesGuest Matt Mullenweg · Host Harry StebbingsThe Automattic founder discusses open-source origins, communication, acquisitions and the personal experiences shaping his leadership.
3:37:34ENLex Fridman· Jul 9, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersThe KGB taught Jack Barsky to vanish. His daughter taught him to stay.Guest Jack Barsky · Host Lex FridmanA former illegal resident tells Lex Fridman how East German ambition, tradecraft, and an 18-month-old in Queens undid a life built on other people's names.
1:26:16EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Jul 8, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersMike Chalfen on Building Resilient Venture Portfolios and Supporting FoundersGuest Mike Chalfen · Host Harry StebbingsThe solo investor discusses concentrated portfolios, market risk, unit economics and the work investors can do for founders beyond the boardroom.
1:41:21ENLex Fridman· Jul 4, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersDon't take in the opinion of the worldGuest Joe Rogan · Host Lex FridmanJoe Rogan talks with Lex Fridman about surviving a media pile-on, why Kill Tony exists, and why he wants UFOs to be real too badly to trust himself on them.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,478