I’m listening to every Founders podcast episode in order and posting daily. I made an ML analysis of every gong hit on TBPN. Defense equity analyst by day.
The ultimate risk in life:
"I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of not trying."
- Jay-Z, Founders #238
Here are ten lessons from rap's first billionaire:
#1 Impatient with actions, patient with results - Naval:
When Jay-Z discovered rap as a teenager in Brooklyn, he spent 12
How to avoid losing your fortune:
1. Don't treat business as zero-sum
2. Don't confuse surviving near-death with invincibility
3. Don't fuck people over for little gain
4. Don't optimize for conquest at the expense of your funeral
- Julio Lobo (Cuba's Last Sugar Tycoon),
"Land is the whole damn thing."
- Travis Kalanick
I've listened to this interview three times. Here are my three favorite quotes, all from a single two-minute stretch, cross-referenced with my notes from 200+ Founders episodes.
I don't normally post about the interviews, but
My conversation with @travisk, founder of Atoms and Uber.
0:00 Building Atoms & the Meta Problem of Management
3:51 The Appeal of Impossible Problems: Starting Over in China
12:19 Uber vs. Didi: Copycats, Hypergrowth & China's Rules
21:02 How Network Effects Become an Efficiency
Leave on your own terms:
"I was comfortable with the idea of saying goodbye in my 30s. Hanging on until the age of 80 something, when I might be unable to look after myself, held little appeal. I prefer to leave while going full tilt."
- Nims Purja, Founders #236
Treat every
