Subversion with 1517
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
033. $50K Investments in Ideas/R&D: Danielle Talks Invisible College
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Invisible College is an idea/R&D stage investment program that 1517 is launching this summer and fall to support founders who would rather bui...
032. 1517 at Home: Alex Gladstein on Why Bitcoin Matters for Human Rights.
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Gladstein joins 1517 Fund for a 1517 at Home conversation about how Bitcoin protects human rights, its applications around the world, and the com...
031. 1517 at Home: Ryan Kulp on Fitness for Hackers, Mindset, and Accountability
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Kulp is a self-taught developer, marketer, musician, founder of Fomo and Fork Equity, and the author of Fitness for Hackers. He joins a live audi...
030. 1517 at Home: Samo Burja on Why Civilizations Collapse
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are at least 12 identifiable Dark Ages in the recorded history of human civilization. Although we are all fascinated with the idea of the collap...
029. 1517 at Home: Byrne Hobart on the Mimetic Theory of Bubbles
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why do economic bubbles happen? Historically, theorists have proposed competing theories like the efficient market hypothesis, the easy money theory, ...
028. Updates! New Podcast, New Channels, New Content Coming Here
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We give some updates for our subscribers on our new podcast, Founders First, what we'll be doing on this podcast soon, and some new distribution chann...
027. Physics for Poets: Frederick Turner on Healing the Divide Between Science and the Arts
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Frederick Turner is a poet, philosopher and the Founders Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has authored more than two dozen poetry bo...
026. Mark Lutter on How and Why to Invent Your Own Charter Cities
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Lutter is the founder and executive director of the Center for Innovative Governance, where he studies, advocates for, and helps build charter ci...
025. Devon Zuegel on NIMBYism, YIMBYism, and the Life of Great Cities
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Devon Zuegel (@devonzuegel) joins Michael Gibson (@WilliamBlake) to discuss urbanism, the life and death of great cities, NIMBYism vs. YIMBYism, and w...
024. Jason Brennan on When You Can Violently Resist the Government
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Brennan joins Michael and Zak for the 23rd installment of Subversion. He is the author of When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State...
023. Balaji Srinivasan on Voice, Exit, and Earning Money Pseudonymously
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Balaji Srinivasan is the CTO of Coinbase and the cofounder of Earn.com (formerly 21.co). He joined the 1517 Fund Assembly in October, 2017 to make the...
022. Rene Girard, Mimetic Theory, and Christianity with David Gornoski
30 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Gornoski is a scholar of Rene Girard and a talk radio host in the Orlando, Florida area. He joins Subversion to discuss what founders and those ...
021. Thiel Fellow Josh Sakhai on Bootstrapping, Raising VC Pre-Launch, and the Value of Media
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thiel Fellow Josh Sakhai on Funding Pre-Product, Startup Media, and Disappearing Tattoos Josh Sakhai is the cofounder and CEO of Ephemeral Tattoos an...
020. The Truth About Angel Investors with Greg Schroy
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Schroy is an investor with Locke Mountain Ventures and the cofounder of nTopology, a 1517 Fund portfolio company. He joins the podcast to talk ab...
019. Thiel Fellow Micah Green on Building a Robotics Company and Moving To Austin
31 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Micah Green is a Thiel Fellow and the founder, CEO, and president of Maidbot. He joins Subversion to talk about what it's like founding a hardware com...
018. Marie Schneegans on Starting a Company in Europe and Doing Business Abroad
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Schneegans is the founder and CEO of Never Eat Alone (NeverEatAlone.io), an app that helps employees meet each other at major companies. She run...
017. Joe Thomas of Loom on Building a Consumer Product, Pivoting, Launching on ProductHunt
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Thomas, CEO and co-founder of Loom (useLoom.com) joins Subversion to talk about building a consumer-facing product, pivoting from a totally differ...
016. How to Find Out What People Will Pay For with Shriya Nevatia
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shriya Nevatia joins Subversion with 1517 to discuss how startups and founders can do customer discovery research and UX research. Shriya studied Com...
015. Tam Pham on How to Land Your Dream Internship & Network (Even If You Aren't Qualified)
21 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tam Pham is the author of two books and a 1517 Community member. He joins Subversion with 1517 to discuss how a young person, even a dropout with no f...
014. Nick Arnett on Starting in a Technical Industry With Little Expertise
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Arnett, 1517 Fund's Community Partner, joins for Part II of his conversation on getting taken seriously as a young person, starting a highly tech...
013. Thiel Fellow Tom Currier on the Future of Regional Transit
08 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Currier is the cofounder and CEO of Cabin, a solution to long travel times between regional cities. Tom joins the podcast to discuss why American ...
012. Nick Arnett on Being Taken Seriously as a Young Person & Starting Up in the Midwest
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Arnett is the Community Manager for 1517 Fund and a college opt-out. Nick tells his story of how he got started as a teenager and built an unconv...
011. Shastri Mahadeo on Founding a Tech Company with Zero Tech Experience
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shastri Mahadeo is the cofounder and CEO of Union Crate, a tech company that provides analytics for consumer goods companies. Shastri doesn't have you...
010. Max Lock on the Perks of Being a Solo Founder
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Max Lock is the founder and president of Fleet, in Portland, OR. He's a solo founder and makes the case in this conversation that maybe that's the bes...
009. Janett Liriano on How to Combat Loneliness As a Founder or Dropout
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Loomia CEO Janett Liriano joins the podcast to discuss how to think about loneliness as a dropout or founder, how to build a better relationship with ...
008. BONUS. Happy Graduation! How to Make Sense of the Real World
22 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Once you get out of school and into the real world, you'll have to learn a lot of skills that school conditioned out of you, like making friends (espe...
007. Thiel Fellow Dylan Field on Dropping Out, Hiring, and Finding a Cofounder
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
2012 Thiel Fellow and Figma cofounder Dylan Field joins Michael to discuss how to find a cofounder, dropping out, and how to make the first important ...
006. Double Shot: How Should You Contact Investors You Don't Know?
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How should you go about emailing or reaching out to early stage investors you've never met? Danielle Strachman sits down to discuss the do's and don't...
005. Double Shot: How Can You Find Angel Investors, and What Should You Look For?
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What should you look for in angel investors and how should you find them? In this week's episode of Doubleshot, Danielle Strachman discusses how angel...
004. Double Shot: What Do Early Stage Investors Look For?
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What do early stage investors look for in investments? In this week's installment of Subversion: Double Shot, Michael Gibson discusses how early stag...
003. Double Shot: How Should You Interact With Your Board?
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How should you treat your board and interact with them? Is your board there to give you advice? How should you request advice from your board members?...
002. Double Shot: How Should You Split Equity and Roles?
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Double Shot: short conversations about how to start and run your own venture-backed startup. In this conversation, 1517 Fund cofounder Mi...
001. The Rational Irrationality of the Past
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Looking back at the past and making sense of practices from primitive societies is no simple task. It’s easy to see the weird, the odd, and the seem...