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Lex Fridman· Sep 4, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersWhere Do You Go for Wisdom? John Vervaeke on the Meaning CrisisGuest John Vervaeke · Host Lex FridmanA University of Toronto cognitive scientist argues that meaning is a real relationship between self and world, and that modern life has lost the practices that used to repair it.
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20VC with Harry Stebbings· Sep 1, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersAnnie Pearl on Product Focus, Enterprise Expansion and Hiring Product LeadersGuest Annie Pearl · Host Harry StebbingsThe Calendly product leader explains how to time a second product, align self-service and enterprise work, and evaluate product candidates.
47:12ENLex Fridman· Aug 31, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersPutin’s invasion is a supreme crime, Chomsky says — and so was America’s in IraqGuest Noam Chomsky · Host Lex FridmanIn a short remote interview, Noam Chomsky applies one standard to NATO expansion, Western propaganda, and a US-China war he thinks organized human life would not survive.
59:48EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 30, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersLogan Bartlett on Growth Investing, Valuations and Board Responsibilities in 2022Guest Logan Bartlett · Host Harry StebbingsThe Redpoint investor discusses the stalled growth market, private-company marks, follow-on decisions and how boards work with founders.
2:31:52ENLex Fridman· Aug 27, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersMagnus Carlsen would rather trust the numbers than the fairy taleGuest Magnus Carlsen · Host Lex FridmanThe highest-rated chess player in history tells Lex Fridman how he defines greatness, why he stopped defending the world title, and what a two-dimensional board in his head actually looks like.
3:35:40ENLex Fridman· Aug 24, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersLiv Boeree on Moloch, Useful Fictions, and Why Luck Keeps Poker AliveGuest Liv Boeree · Host Lex FridmanThe poker champion and science educator talks with Lex Fridman about game theory, attention, simulation, aliens, and the existential races that look like games nobody can quit.
53:53EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 22, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersWesley Chan on Google, Canva and Building a Venture Firm Around Product VisionGuest Wesley Chan · Host Harry StebbingsThe FPV Ventures co-founder explains his approach to product ambition, market sizing and fund construction, and revisits lessons from investments and misses.
3:03:33ENLex Fridman· Aug 19, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersBeauty Points Up: Jordan Peterson on God, Tyranny, and How to LiveGuest Jordan Peterson · Host Lex FridmanIn a long conversation with Lex Fridman, the psychologist follows Dostoevsky's claim that beauty will save the world into God, science, power, fame, and the small work of putting a life in order.
1:03:46EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 17, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersJordan Van Horn on Sales Playbooks, Hiring and Learning from DealsGuest Jordan Van Horn · Host Harry StebbingsThe Monte Carlo revenue leader explains what founders should document, how to evaluate sales candidates and how to support a growing team.
3:19:52ENLex Fridman· Aug 16, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersDuncan Trussell Would Live This Life Again, Dark Parts IncludedGuest Duncan Trussell · Host Lex FridmanA comedian and Lex Fridman talk through eternal recurrence, machine sentience, cancer, war, depression, and the love that makes the loop worth running.
53:44EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 15, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersSheel Mohnot on Venture Power Laws, Follow-Ons and Emerging MarketsGuest Sheel Mohnot · Host Harry StebbingsThe Better Tomorrow Ventures cofounder discusses portfolio construction, realized and unrealized outcomes, pricing and the 2022 shift toward cash efficiency.
0:31EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 15, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersBrian Hale on Product Growth FundamentalsGuest Brian Hale · Host Harry StebbingsA short discussion of product details and user friction.
3:33:04ENLex Fridman· Aug 13, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersAfrica's Poverty Is Made of Laws, Not of PeopleGuest Magatte Wade · Host Lex FridmanSenegalese entrepreneur Magatte Wade tells Lex Fridman how tariffs, Napoleonic codes, and a Cold War wrong turn keep the world's youngest continent poor.
1:01:53EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 10, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersKieran Flanagan on Hiring for Growth, Building Community and Creating a Media BrandGuest Kieran Flanagan · Host Harry StebbingsThe HubSpot marketing leader explains how he defines growth, hires teams and balances measurable outcomes with long-term brand and community work.
1:00:53EN20VC with Harry Stebbings· Aug 8, 2022Podcast · 2 speakersMo Koyfman on Early-Stage Fund Size, Reserves and Founder RelationshipsGuest Mo Koyfman · Host Harry StebbingsThe Shine Capital founder discusses fund constraints, follow-on decisions, syndicates and the challenge of learning from investment outcomes.
3:53:09ENLex 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.
55:38EN20VC 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.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,478