413. Who Gets the Ventilator?

Should a nurse or doctor who gets sick treating Covid-19 patients have priority access to a potentially life-saving healthcare device? Americans aren’t used to rationing in medicine, but it’s time to think about it. We consult a lung specialist, a bioethicist, and (of course) an economist.

#66 – Life Coins, Amazon FBA Rollups & Going Back In Time

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back to talk wearing ivy league swag (3:24), Thrasio Amazon FBA rollup (6:20), Classpass for online courses (16:16), Real life bruce wayne Kinobody (19:45), What’s a way the hosts have hacked a shortcut for themselves? (24:31), Looking at old newspapers to see what they got right/wrong (28:50), Personal ICOs (37:31), … Read more

Moving to Remote Development (and Work)

From agile project management to asynchronous collaboration, development teams have pioneered many of the tools and best practices for remote work. However, new shelter-in-place orders have more organizations moving to remote development — and remote work — often quickly and without a lot of time to plan. Will remote work be our new reality, even … Read more

#65 – Q&A with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-founder of Tiny

Today we have Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) of Tiny. Tiny is a holding company started by Andrew that buys “wonderful internet businesses” with the intention of holding them forever (akin to Berkshire Hathaway). Altogether, Tiny’s businesses do high 8-figures in revenue and employ close to 400 people across 20 companies. If you want to know more about … Read more

#81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk

Angel investor Jason Calacanis talks high stakes poker, how to make intelligent investing decisions, how systems enable or forbid, and demystifies the culture of Silicon Valley. — Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: https://fs.blog/membership/   Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless … Read more

#64 – Trapped Data Creating Unicorns, Billionaire Punches Punk Kid & Missing Out on $5M

Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are back on Zoom to talk Sam’s new crush and honorary guest Andrew Wilkinson (6:00), $40M a year consulting king Sam Ovens (10:32), Shaan’s experience being initiated into the Tony Robbins religion (15:27), Shaan’s operating framework for life bible (21:52), Billionaire’s of the week (yes, double): Michael Loeb & Richard … Read more