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  • #77 with Greg Isenberg – WeWork’s Head of Product is an Idea Machine

    Today’s episode is possible because of Superside! Head to www.superside.com/mfm to hire a dedicated team of designers for your project! Joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talks to Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) who is the Head of Product at WeWork, the cofounder of a product studio called Late Checkout, and he’s an advisor for TikTok. Today’s topic include: Greg talks about how YouProbablyNeedAHaircut.com came about (1:30), Greg talks about his background (4:50), Shaan and Greg talk about what drew them to Silicon Valley (11:00), Greg talks about selling his businesses to StumbleUpon and WeWork (19:00), Shaan and Greg talk business ideas (22:30), How to think about consumer internet products (26:00), Discussing how Evan Spiegel explained Snapchat (36:40) and How to invent the future and think about new products or ideas (45:45). 

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  • 388: From “No Skills” to $3k a Month on the Side

    Are you stuck with the idea that you don’t have the skills to start a side hustle?

    Today’s guest, Chris Misterek of SelfMadeWebDesigner.com didn’t let that hold him back.

    He went from being in a tight spot personally and financially, to bringing in an average of $3k a month on the side through his new web design business.

    With no previous experience with web design, Chris decided to start at the ground up by working through some free online courses.

    Within a few months, he was introducing himself as a web designer, and within 18 months he was earning double his day job salary on the side!

    Tune in to this episode to hear Chris explain how he:

    • Picked up this new skillset on the cheap
    • Found his first clients
    • Marketed and grew his business
    • Recommends you replicate this across any number of industries

    Full Show Notes: From “No Skills” to $3k a Month on the Side

  • Moral Illusions

    Sam Harris joins Scott to discuss current economic constructs, America’s failure to lead during the pandemic, and what’s to come on the other side of this crisis. Harris also shares ways to live a more thoughtful and open life. This week’s Office Hours cover the long term effects of the stimulus packages, the future of voice technology, and the critical need for socialization during K-12 education.  

    Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and author of five New York Times best sellers.

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  • #435: Kevin Hart — The Unstoppable Combination of Positivity and Relentless Improvement

    Kevin Hart — The Unstoppable Combination of Positivity and Relentless Improvement | Brought to you by Theragun and Athletic Greens

    “I don’t understand how you do something halfway. I did that through high school, and doing that, I saw the instant consequence.” Kevin Hart

    Kevin Hart (@kevinhart4real) was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he launched his career as a comedian during an amateur night at a local comedy club. Over the years, Kevin has become one of Hollywood’s box office powerhouses, opening ten films as the number-one movie on opening weekend. Kevin’s memoir, I Can’t Make This Up, debuted at number one on The New York Times Best-Seller List and remained in the top 10 of the Print Hardcover Best-Seller List for ten weeks straight. The Decision: Overcoming Today’s BS for Tomorrow’s Success—an Audible Original launching May 21st and a follow-up to his memoir—helps people get mentally fit using the same tools and rules he’s developed to elevate his own life. 

    Kevin can next be seen in Sony’s Fatherhooda movie that he is not only starring in but also producing through his production company, Hartbeat Productions. He most recently starred in the Sony franchise Jumanji: The Next Level. In 2019, Hart reprised his role as the white-haired rabbit, Snowball, in Universal’s The Secret Life of Pets 2Before that, Hart starred in STX Entertainment’s The Upside alongside Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman. In 2018, Hart co-wrote, produced, and starred in Universal’s Night School, all under Hartbeat Productions. 

    His last live stand-up comedy tour, “The Irresponsible Tour,” was released as a Netflix Original Stand-Up Special in April 2019.  

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  • Why “essential” workers are treated as disposable

    Grocery store clerks. Fast food cashiers. Hospice care workers. Bus drivers. Farm workers. Along with doctors and nurses, these are the people who are putting their own lives at risk to keep our society functioning day in and out amid the worst crisis of our lifetimes. We call them heroes, we label them “essential,” and we clap for their brave efforts — even though none of them signed up for this monumental task, and many of them lack basic healthcare, paid sick leave, a living wage, cultural respect and dignified working conditions. 

    How did things get this way? Why did we end up with an economy that treats our most essential workers as disposable? And what does an alternative future of work look like? 

    Mary Kay Henry is the president of the Service Employees International Union, a 2 million person organization that represents a huge segment of America’s essential workers. If you ask a traditional economist why essential workers are paid so little, they’ll talk about marginal productivity and returns to education; ask Kay Henry and she’ll talk about something very different: power.

    Book recommendations:

    White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

    Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams

    The Dowry by Lorraine Paolucci Macchello

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    Producer/Editor – Jeff Geld

    Researcher – Roge Karma

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  • 419. 68 Ways to Be Better at Life

    The accidental futurist Kevin Kelly on why enthusiasm beats intelligence, how to really listen, and why the solution to bad technology is more technology.

  • #76 with James Altucher – Making and Losing Millions Over and Over Again

    Today’s episode is possible because of Superside! Head to www.superside.com/mfm to hire a dedicated team of designers for your project! Joined our private FB group yet? It’s a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they’re already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. Today, Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) chat with James Altucher (@jaltucher). James is an entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, podcaster, writer and stand-up comedian. He has founded and sold companies for millions and lost his fortune over and over. He’s always found a way back and today he shares all the lessons hes learned along the way. Today’s topics include: (1:50) James talks about his background (6:05) James explains the companies he started and how he made his money. (19:10) James became a much better investor when he started investing alongside much smarter investors. (21:30) The challenges of selling a company. (29:14) James explain why he kept losing his fortunes and what he did to start managing his money better. (32:48) How James’ happiness fluctuated as his fortunes rose and fell. (38:35) James discusses what he does today — writing, podcasting, investing and stand-up comedy. (40:00) James discusses his investment and risk management strategy. (45:30) James tries to come up with 10 new business ideas every day — he explains his process. (51:00) How would you make money if you were 21 again? 

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  • Kristi Yamaguchi: Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion Figure Skater, Author, and Philanthropist.

    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to train for the Olympics? You’ll get to find out with this episode’s interview of Remarkable People with Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. In 2005, she was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame. Kristi’s story is one of years of sacrifice and hard work—the power of grit is a theme that we’ve heard over and over on this podcast.

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  • #97 – Sertac Karaman: Robots That Fly and Robots That Drive

    Sertac Karaman is a professor at MIT, co-founder of the autonomous vehicle company Optimus Ride, and is one of top roboticists in the world, including robots that drive and robots that fly.

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    Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

    OUTLINE:
    00:00 – Introduction
    01:44 – Autonomous flying vs autonomous driving
    06:37 – Flying cars
    10:27 – Role of simulation in robotics
    17:35 – Game theory and robotics
    24:30 – Autonomous vehicle company strategies
    29:46 – Optimus Ride
    47:08 – Waymo, Tesla, Optimus Ride timelines
    53:22 – Achieving the impossible
    53:50 – Iterative learning
    58:39 – Is Lidar is a crutch?
    1:03:21 – Fast autonomous flight
    1:18:06 – Most beautiful idea in robotics

  • Podcasting and the Future of Audio

    This podcast (first recorded in 2019, now being rerun) — is a podcast about podcasting: But it’s really all about audio. A lot’s changed… and a lot hasn’t. 

    How do we define “podcasts”; how does the feeds ecosystem currently work; what content and entertainment experiments might change how people not just consume, but create, in the medium? Not to mention monetize, discover, etc… 

    Nick Quah, writer and publisher of Hot Pod (also at Vulture) joins a16z general partner Connie Chan — and editor in chief (and showrunner of the a16z Podcast) Sonal Chokshi — to talk about all this and more in this hallway-style jam. 

     

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