Smart Friends

The Book of Elon - Part 4

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the free audiobook of The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success. This is Part 1 of 4. I’ve made all of my books available for fr...

The Book of Elon - Part 3

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the free audiobook of The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success. This is Part 3 of 4. I’ve made all of my books available for fr...

The Book of Elon - Part 2

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the free audiobook of The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success. This is Part 2 of 4. I’ve made all of my books available for fr...

The Book of Elon - Part 1

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the free audiobook of The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success. This is Part 1 of 4. I’ve made all of my books available for fr...

The Book of Elon launches today

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success is now available! “All of Elon Musk’s Most Useful Ideas, In His Own Words.”  I’ve invested...

My Conversation with Naval Megasode

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We reco...

#101 Tesla War Stories, Self-Driving at Waymo, and Building the Salesforce of BOM (Spencer Penn of LightSource)

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:43) - Heroes and inspirations (00:07:14) - The rise of Chinese electric vehicles (00:12:13) - The Tesla experien...

#100 Interviewing Your Parents, Writing Through Fear, and One's First Book (Kyle Thiermann)

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Title: #100 Interviewing Your Parents, Writing Through Fear, and One's First Book (Kyle Thiermann) Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:47) - The birt...

#099 Jonathan Swanson: Scaling Thumbtack, 10x Delegation, and Designing an Ideal Life

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:30) - Who are your heroes? (00:09:26) - The infancy and evolution of Athena (00:15:12) - Inflection points (00:...

#098 Danielle Strachman: What Makes a Thiel Fellow

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:46) - Deep dive into the Thiel Fellowship (00:07:04) - Success stories and impact of Thiel Fellows (00:11:04) - ...

#097 Brad Feld: Founding Techstars, Giving First, and Mentorship

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:49) - Heroes (00:10:50) - How do you know when it’s time to step away from something you started? (00:18:37) -...

#096 Cal Riley: Special Ops, Grief, and Why Your Business Needs a Heart

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:07) - Cal's military background (00:13:59) - Transitioning into a family business (00:19:35) - Implementing EOS ...

My Conversation with Naval on Building Judgement

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We reco...

My Conversation with Naval on Saving Yourself

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We reco...

My Conversation with Naval on Learning Happiness

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We reco...

My Conversation with Naval on Philosophy

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding on key ideas from the book. We reco...

My Conversation with Naval on Building Wealth

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Naval Ravikant on Building Wealth It's been five years since the Almanack of Naval Ravikant was published. I spent the day with Naval expanding o...

#095 Rolling Fun #10: Capitalism is Hard, Natural Gas From Sunshine, and "Blimps" (That Work This Time)

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro(00:03:26) - Marathon misadventures(00:06:15) - The failed acquisition(00:13:47) - Lessons from the deal(00:29:31) - The fu...

#094 Rolling Fun #9: Basketball, Asteroid Mining, Child Labor (Not Really Tho)

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro  (00:01:46) - Personal updates and new ventures  (00:04:06) - The youth sports complex project  (00:05:21) - Challen...

#093 Behind the Scenes of a Nuclear Microreactor Startup with Matt Loszak, Founder CEO of Aalo Atomics [Replay]

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

***This is a Replay Episode*** Links for Matt’s stuff: ⁠Aalo.com⁠ ⁠Matt on Twitter⁠ ⁠Aalo on Twitter⁠ ⁠Aalo Job Board⁠ Link ...

#092 Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan, Memoir as Recovery, and Reclaiming Your Story

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:37) - The Netflix documentary: Misrepresentation and struggles (00:03:19) - Writing the memoir (00:08:47) - The cha...

#091 The Magic of Code, History of Computing, and the Future of AI Interfaces [Sam Arbesman #2]

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:14) - The magic of code (00:05:30) - The wonder of early computing (00:11:13) - The evolution of computing: From...

#090 Building a Venture Firm From Zero to One, and AI-driven VC Thesis Research [Arkady Kulik #2]

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:19) - Entering the VC space (00:08:38) - Pilot-fund theories (00:12:50) - Risk tracking (00:19:56) - Finding LP...

#089 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #6 : Writing the Founders’ Book, Building Natural-fit Businesses, and Craft

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:52) - The Founder's book project (00:04:06) - Effort and building relationships (00:11:20) - The value of self-p...

#088 Toby Rush: $100M Exits, Splitting Companies, Timing Startups, and Ideem Killing 2FA

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:45) - Who are your heroes? (00:05:16) - What is something you’ve had to teach yourself that’s become a core p...

#087 Nat Eliason: From Blogging to Sci-Fi Novels, Writing Books That Last, and Owning Your Audience

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro   (00:00:45) - Introducing Nat Eliason   (00:01:27) - Nat's Diverse Career and Writing Journey   (00:01:47) - The...

#086 Jim O’Shaughnessy: Learning to Learn, AI Disruption, and the Future of Publishing

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:30) - What’s the most important thing you’ve ever learned? (00:07:23) - Learning to Learn (00:11:20) - How learn...

#085 Ben Reinhardt: How to Discover New Technology, Playing the Longest Game, and Philanthropy in Technology

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:05:25) - Studying both Medieval History and Engineering (00:09:48) - Founding Speculative Technologies (00:11:25) - Def...

#084 Augustus Doricko: How to Terraform Earth, The History of Weather Control, and The Mandate of Heaven

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:13) - Catching up (00:13:14) - Making Earth (even more) Habitable by Controlling Weather (00:26:54) - Doug Burgum: N...

#083 Klaus Kleinfeld: How to Lead Fortune 500 Companies, Manage Energy, Inspire Teams

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:24) - Watching the moon landing (00:07:32) - Klaus’ career (00:10:08) - Why Klaus wrote Leading To Thrive (00:15:1...

#082 Paul Millerd: Profits in Publishing, Why Self-Publish, How Authors Make Big Money

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Scribe Media Paul’s website The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd Good Work by Paul Millerd Paul on X Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:15) - In...

#081 The Next Industrial Revolution w/ J. Storrs Hall [Replay]

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a replay of episode 34 of this podcast. Links:  Josh’s Bio - Autogeny.org Where is my flying car? By J. Storrs Hall Little Fuzzy by H. B...

#080 Solocast #3: Nuclear, Nanotech, and the next Industrial Revolution [Replay]

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a replay of episode 22 of this podcast. Links:  Eric’s Blog Eric’s blog post on digital scarcity Eric’s Blog post on The Co...

#079 Andrew Wilkinson: De-risking Leverage, Investing vs. Operating, and the Best Part About Business [Replay]

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

[This is a replay of episode #002] Andrew Wilkinson is the co-founder of Tiny, a venture capital firm that has helped to build over 25 profitable inte...

#078 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #5: David’s Private Conference, Writing Books, and Building Networks

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:24) - Recapping FoundersOnly Conference (00:36:36) - Helping others first (00:44:32) - Baldridge updates & the power...

#077 Alex Komoroske: Systems Thinking, Builders vs Gardeners, and Working In Large Organizations

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:52) - The Gardener of Systems (00:07:43) - Builders vs. Gardeners (00:11:09) - Who are the best farmers of miracles?...

#076 The Alliance of Entrepreneurs and Scientists with Arkady Kulik of RPV

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:43) - Russian interpretations of friendship (00:09:28) - Thoughts on the state of society and its rate of technologi...

#075 Flywheel Masterclass, Flying Planes, and Building For Creators with Nathan Barry of Convertkit

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:05:10) - The decision to live in Idaho (00:08:21) - Nathan’s flying hobby (00:15:09) - Building Flywheels (00:46:07) ...

#74 Rolling Fun #8: New LPs, Mark-ups, Giant Guns for Space Cargo, How to Find a Lead Investor, Software for Manufacturing, AI for Ecomm.

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Join us in Rolling Fun! Hear our other Rolling Fun eps! Rolling Fun GPs: Al Doan - Founder of Creativity Inc., a $100m+ collection of e-commer...

#073 Rolling Fun #7: Q4 Updates: Nuclear Fusion, AI for Kids, AI Manufacturing — and how founders can find lead investors

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Join us in Rolling Fun! Hear our other Rolling Fun eps! Rolling Fun GPs: Al Doan - Founder of Creativity Inc., a $100m+ collection of e-commer...

#072 The First Artificial Human Arm with Tyler Hayes of Atom Limbs

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Atom Limbs Waitlist Crowdfunding Round - Wefunder Tyler on X Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:19) - Inside building Atom Limbs   (00:18:37)...

#071 Robotic Delivery Tunnels with Garrett Scott of Pipedream Labs

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Garrett Scott on X Pipedream Labs Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:00) - Pipedream (00:08:33) - What’s the existing infrastructure for this...

#070 Rolling Fun #6: Investing in Robotic Prosthetics, 10x Batteries. Al meets MrBeast.

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Join us in Rolling Fun! Hear our other Rolling Fun eps! Ouros AltHQ Zencastr Atom Limbs General Fabrication Company Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro...

#069 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #4: Old Books, New Events, and A Surprise CEO Job

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Links: David Senra on X Mitchell on X Founders Podcast Better Bookkeeping Mentioned on the episode: Fiftyyears.com Foundersonly.com Poor Charlie’...

#068 Behind the Scenes of a Nuclear Microreactor Startup with Matt Loszak, Founder CEO of Aalo Atomics

29 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links for Matt’s stuff: Aalo.com Matt on Twitter Aalo on Twitter Aalo Job Board Link to invest alongside Eric in deals like Aalo: rolling.fun Link...

#067 Room-Temperature Superconductors and Nuclear Fusion with Andrew Cote

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Andrew on Twitter Andrew’s Substack The AI Salon Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez Topics: (00:00:00) Eric we...

#066 World-Changing Potential of Next-Gen Batteries with Eli Dourado and Ethan Loosbrock (Ouros Energy)

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Center for Growth and Opportunity Where’s my Flying Car by J. Storrs Hall Eli on Twitter Eli’s Substack Ethan on Twitter Ouros Energy Episo...

#065 David Senra + Mitchell Baldridge #3: Recap Capital Camp, Lunch with Sam Zell

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: David on Twitter Mitchell on Twitter Founders Podcast Stuff mentioned: Jocko Go Drink Capital Camp People mentioned: Jeremy Giffon on Twitter...

#064 The Synthesis of Media and Ecommerce with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links Epic Gardening Kevin Espiritu on YouTube Creator Capitalists post from Eric Kevin’s first appearance on Smart Friends Scribemedia.com/consult...

#063 Turning Discoveries Into Companies with Sam Arbesman of Lux Capital

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (00:04:26) - Who are your influences? (00:08:57) - When Facts Expire: The Half-life of Knowledge (00:22:57) - The Playbook behind Boston Dynam...

#062 Meeting Charlie Munger and Starting RE Costseg with David Senra and Mitchell Baldridge

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: David on Twitter Mitchell on Twitter Founders Podcast Invest like the best How to Take Over the World Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of...

#061 How CEOs Build with AI - Sean Devine of XBE

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: XBE Sean on Twitter & LinkedIn ChatGPT ChatGPT-4 BarelyKnown.com OpenAI CoPilot Ben’s Bites newsletter BaeKayla.com Support our Sponsor: Br...

#060 Making Data Honest (and Valuable) with Omar ElNaggar (Weavechain) and Zach Pettet (Money20/20)

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (4:21) - Introducing Omar & Zach (nerds) (5:30) - Why will Web3 data take 100% of the market? (7:22) - What are data flows? (14:40) - Does the...

#059 Rolling Fun #5: Investing in Nuclear, Ecommerce Data, and AI Productivity

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Helpful Links: The Rolling Fun(d) Al on Twitter Bo on LinkedIn Matt Loszak on Twitter Midjourney ChatGPT Portfolio companies Mentioned: FasterBette...

#058 Scaling Nuclear Energy, Saving The World – Bret Kugelmass of Last Energy

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Bret Kugelmass on LinkedIn Last Energy Titans of Nuclear Podcast Energy Impact Podcast Marc Andreesen regulatory capture podcast episode The E...

#057 Startup To Scale, What CEOs Learn - Austen Allred (Bloomtech) and Al Doan (Missouri Star Quilt Co)

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Austen on Twitter Al on Twitter Bloomtech (Formerly Lambda School) Becoming Trader Joe by Joe Coulombe Rolling.fun Rolling Fun Podcast episod...

#056 New York Times’ Radical Distortions and Fabrications with Ashley Rindsberg, Author of “The Gray Lady Winked”

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links: The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg Ashley on Twitter Ashley on Substack Ashley’s writing Sponsor: MadeByBread.com GiveWell.org To...

#055 Crypto Business Banking and Long-Term Blockchain Applications with Grace Guo of Domo and Mitchell Baldridge

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Links:   Domo.so Grace on Twitter Mitchell on Twitter Domo on Twitter Jorgenson’s Soundbox #38 with Athena Jorgenson’s Soundbox #52 with Zach Pet...

#054 Engineering an Acquisition, Grant Funding, and Nanotech Pharma with Maria Flynn

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Ambiologix Rolling Fun SBIR requirements Participating governmental agencies State funds for SBIR   Topics:   (6:00) - Maria’s origin...

#053 Rolling Fun #4: Q4 Portfolio Recap, Crypto Long-view, Uncapped Notes, and Fund Growth

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Rolling Fun #1 Rolling Fun #2 Rolling Fun #3 Portfolio Al on Twitter Bo on Twitter Positive Food Co. Omella Tonic Audio Stell Engineering NS...

#052 Money 20/20, Fintech Innovations, and Interviewing Legends with Zach Anderson Pettet

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Zach on Twitter & LinkedIn Money 20/20 For Fintech’s Sake Podcast TripleBlind Rule 1033 Propel Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller Topics: (4...

#051 AI Evolution: ComputerVision, Olfactory Computation, and Neural Nets with Max Olson

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (5:29) - Max’s background and career (14:15) - Is it reasonable to use Neural Net, Deep Learning and Machine learning interchangeably? (26:3...

#050 Growing Podcasts, Bookkeeping Biz, and Creator-Led Companies with David Senra and Mitchell Baldridge

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (4:12) - David on how to grow a podcast & Mitchell as a connector (13:32) - David on changing the structure of his podcast (15:58) - Creator-L...

#049 Rolling Fun #3: Q3 Portfolio Recap and Life Updates: Crafting, Smart Kitchens, the API for the Auto Industry

18 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (1:05) - Life updates and catching up from Al’s Quilting Capital: Hamilton, MO (20:08) - Fund updates for end of Q2 (25:15) - Fund updates ...

#048 Balaji’s Most Epic, Personal, In-Depth Interview Ever (Transhumanism, Investing, and more)

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (5:53) - Start of Balaji Interview (6:24) - How would you introduce yourself to a stranger? (8:19) - Do you think of your work as “whatev...

#047 Track Zach Marshall #4: The Services Trap, Firing Customers, Chicken-and-Egg Problems

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (7:05) - Updates from Zach: hiring, firing, building software, and finding PMF (13:41) - What drove the decision to focus more on the marketp...

#046 Finding Your Peak of Productivity: Ultraworking with Sebastian Marshall

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (1:46) - Who are your heroes?   (7:25) - Sebastian’s affinity for studying history, sports, art & professional gamers   (11:30) - How d...

#045 The Future of Nuclear Energy: Politics, Culture, and Technology with Mark Nelson

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (3:15) - Mark’s career & background   (4:40) - Do you think there is a popular renaissance behind Nuclear Energy?   (6:27) - Realizing ...

#044 Brainstorming Bologna with Matt Ferrel and Ben Bator

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (5:14) - Matt & Ben’s friendship origin   (8:42) - Starting Texts From Last Night   (18:17) - Matt’s early career with Google, Coache...

#043 Automation and Delegation to buy $500 million+ of real estate, with Rohun Jauhar of JT Capital

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links: Rohun on Twitter JT Capital The Sovereign Individual by James Davidson CBRE JLL 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Loom Maven The Fear Se...

#042 Black Swans, The End of Jobs, and Long Volatility with Taylor Pearson of Mutiny Fund

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (6:21) - What is your specific knowledge?   (7:20) - Taylor’s career   (12:38) - Transaction Cost Economics   (20:02) - The work behin...

#041 Devouring Founder’s Biographies, Self-Belief, and the Power of Podcasting with David Senra of Founders Podcast

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (3:48) - David Hijacks the podcast: Eric’s Heroes, Munger as a copywriter and “Jeffisms”   (8:31) - How did you start Founders Pod a...

#040 Customer-Driven Products: How Brett Kopf built “Slack for Schools” and launched Omella

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (7:11) - Brett’s earliest memories of his strengths   (9:58) - Understanding different skills and abilities   (13:36) - Brett’s early...

#039 Track Zach Marshall #3: 10x-ing your company in 4 Months

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

(2:29) - How clear is the picture of how far you’ve come in the past 4 months? (3:27) - Recapping Track Zach #2 (10:36) - What are customers buying ...

#038 Creative EA Delegation, the Corporation of You, and Personal Leverage with Robert Hayes and Chris Ho of Athena

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics: (4:56) - Chris’ background and work at Athena (6:53) - What does a Chief Client Officer do? (10:20) - Robert’s background and work at Athe...

#037 Inside Buying & Selling Internet Businesses with Thomas Smale, Founder/CEO of FE International

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The sponsor for this week’s episode is Founders Podcast.   David Senra, the host of Founders Podcast, is a biography-reading machine. If you don’...

#036 Rolling Fun #2: Q1 Portfolio Recap, Q2 Updates, Right Kind of Risks and more with Al Doan and Bo Fishback

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics:   (2:11) - Tech Gossip about Elon, Twitter & Fast    (9:26) - Q1 Portfolio Recap: Gently & Terran Robotics   (28:36) - Q2 Portfolio Update...

#035 EA Delegating w/ Michelle Penczak: Founder of Squared Away - Military Spouses becoming Top Tier Virtual Assistants

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The sponsor for this week’s episode is Founders Podcast.   David Senra, the host of Founders Podcast, is a biography-reading machine. If you don’...

#034 The Next Industrial Revolution w/ J. Storrs Hall: Nuclear Energy, AI and Nanotechnology

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The sponsor for this week’s episode is Founders Podcast.   David Senra, the host of Founders Podcast, is a biography-reading machine. If you don’...

#033 Channeling Anger to Fix the Finance Industry with Deregulation, Technology, and Crypto with Zach Pettet

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The sponsor for this week’s episode is Founders Podcast.   David Senra, the host of Founders Podcast, is a biography-reading machine. If you don’...

#032 Solocast #3: Nuclear, Nanotech, and the next Industrial Revolution (Book Recap: “Where is my Flying Car?”)

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links:  Where Is My Flying Car? By J. Storrs Hall WTF Happened in 1971?   To support this costs of producing this podcast:  Buy a copy of the Nav...

#031 I’m Building an Early-Stage Fund with Al Doan and Bo Fishback (Rolling Fun #1)

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links:  Rolling.Fun Alan Doan Bo Fishback Airtasker Lambda   Additional Episodes If You Enjoyed: Chris Powers: Starting a Real Estate Empire at 17,...

#030 Self-reinvention & building leverage in podcasts with Chris Williamson

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links:  Modern Wisdom Podcast Chris Williamson on Twitter Eric’s leverage course Jordan Peterson & Chris Williamson Podcast Mathew Fraser on Instag...

#029 Bringing Real Estate onto the Blockchain with Natalia Karayaneva & Adam Brown of Propy

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Links:  Propy NAR (National Association of Realtors) Natalia on Twitter Natalia on LinkedIn Adam on LinkedIn   Additional Episodes If You Enjoyed: ...

#028 Finding an edge in HR & Culture for growing Startups, with Jeannine Seidl of Density

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 During this conversation on Jorgenson’s Soundbox, I have my beautiful and brilliant fiancé Jeannine on as my guest, and we talk about all things ...

#027 Finding the 100 highest-quality public businesses in the world with Will Oliver and Will Barnes, founders of In Practise

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Will Barnes and Will Oliver are two fantastic individuals I met through Latticework and got to know by bonding over our fandom of Charlie Munger. They...

#026 Jason Hitchcock #2 w/ Four Moons: structuring a DeFi Fund, Liquid Staking & How to get involved in Web3

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a conversation about investing in the DeFi space with my previous podcast guest Jason Hitchcock and his partners of Four Moons Capital...

#025 Shane Mac: Building Messaging Protocol for Web3 (XMTP), Company Culture, and Scaling Trust

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Jorgenson’s Soundbox, I continue exploring the world of web3 with my friend and former coworker Shane Mac. Shane is now the cofou...

#024 SquidDAO: Web3 Project Deep-Dive: Part Crypto Hedge Fund, Part NFT DAO. An Anonymous Conspiracy for Mutual Enrichment

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

SquidDAO is an “Economic Flywheel denominated in Ethereum.” What does that mean? Good question, I wondered too. It’s basically a conspiracy amon...

#023 Tim Hwang: Trade Journal Cooperative, Robot Lawyers, Bubble in Digital Ads, Zuck Being Quantitatively Weird, and Misinformation as Warfare

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Hwang is the most interesting man on the internet. He runs a project called the Trade Journal Cooperative, which I've subscribed to for years. We ...

#022 Solocast #2 - Web3 by a Winter Fire

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s podcast is my second SoloCast, and during the episode, I share my thoughts and some predictions on the potential impacts and implementat...

#021 Track Zach Marshall #2: Focusing on customers, building MVPs, and creating trust as a new startup.

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second episode of Track Zach, a series of quarterly podcast episodes in which we will be following Zach’s journey as he starts and sc...

#020 Chris Powers: Starting A Real Estate Empire at 17, Focus, Podcast Flywheels

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode, we discussed alternative assets, and in this episode, we take a deep dive into the career of Chris Powers, the master of one spec...

#019 Phil Huber: Crazy Alternative Assets, Crypto for Financial Advisors & the Book Writing

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk with Phil Huber, the Chief Investment Officer at Savant Wealth Management and author of the new book The Allocator’...

#018 Bram Kanstein: Effing around on the internet - MicroStartups, Crypto/NFT’s & Course Building.

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bram Kanstein has become a professional at fucking around on the internet. He has built dozens of products, three of which he successfully sold, and h...

#017 Chris Sparks: High-stakes Poker, the training regimen of a world-class mental athlete, and coaching the top 0.01%

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris says he isn’t the best poker player in the world, but he may be the most profitable.  Pro poker player Chris Sparks is training for the highe...

#016 Kevin Espiritu: Bootstrapping Epic Gardening to 8 figures by mixing Media + D2C Biz models. Oh and Poker, Pink Pineapples, and Male Models

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest is my friend, Kevin Espiritu. Kevin is the founder of Epic Gardening, the world’s biggest gardening education platform. We becam...

#015 David Perell: Intellectual Openness, Mental Models for Success, and Peculiar Ways of Looking at The World

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s guest is David Perell. David is a creator, a writer, and a teacher at his massively successful online writing course, called Write of Pa...

#014 Dan Reecer: What Is Polkadot And Why It’s The Future of Web3

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today, my guest is Dan Reecer. Dan joined the crypto world 3 years ago instead of going to get his MBA, and is now VP of Growth for Acala, the Defi Ne...

#013 Cliff Kuang: Optimizing User Interface And The Massive Opportunities Within Design

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today my guest is Cliff Kuang, author of a fantastic book called User Friendly: How The Hidden Rules of Design are Reshaping The Way We Live, Work, an...