ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you want to grow your business, your goal isn’t to beat the competition — it’s to escape the competition altogether. No one knows this better than PayPal founder Peter Thiel. His theory? “Competition is for losers.” Thiel is a former colleague, frequent co-investor and longtime intellectual sparring partner with host Reid Hoffman.… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 11. Escape the competition, w/PayPal’s Peter Thiel
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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Hash Power – Ep. 3 – Funding, Forking, and a Creative Future
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn episodes one and two of Hash Power, we explored blockchain technology and cryptocurrency investing. In this episode, we discuss the current and potential future states of the crypto world. We cover new forms of cooperation, regulation, security and storage, and why blockchains allow systems to evolve at such a rapid pace. Be… Continue reading Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Hash Power – Ep. 3 – Funding, Forking, and a Creative Future
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Hash Power – Ep. 2 – Investing in Cryptocurrencies
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIn episode 1 of Hash Power, we explored blockchains as a technology—how they work, why tokens (also known as cryptocurrencies) are an integral part of any blockchain, and how these new networks might change the world. In episode two, we spend time with the leading investors in the field. Like any frenzied asset… Continue reading Invest Like the Best with Patrick O’Shaughnessy : Hash Power – Ep. 2 – Investing in Cryptocurrencies
Noah Kagan Presents : Meet Andrew Chen: How to Be Successful in Silicon Valley
ABOUT THIS EPISODEHow do you react when things DON’T go your way? Everything seemed great for Andrew Chen — and then it all came crashing down. In one day, 50% of his employees quit. But Andrew didn’t let that stop him: Today, Andrew is the current Head of Rider Growth at Uber and an advisor… Continue reading Noah Kagan Presents : Meet Andrew Chen: How to Be Successful in Silicon Valley
This Is Success : Dropbox CEO: How I built a $10 billion company in my 20s
ABOUT THIS EPISODEDrew Houston is the founder and CEO of DropBox, an online file storage and sharing service that just turned ten years old. DropBox has grown to over 500 million users, has been valued at about $10 billion, and generates over a billion dollars in annualized revenue. The company is probably planning to go… Continue reading This Is Success : Dropbox CEO: How I built a $10 billion company in my 20s
Masters of Scale : 6. Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
ABOUT THIS EPISODEGoogle has succeeded by innovating again and again. Their secret? They don’t tell their employees how to innovate; they manage the chaos. Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google since 2001 and now chair of parent company Alphabet, shares the controversial management techniques he created to lead an environment of free-flowing ideas — and… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 6. Innovation is managed chaos, w/Eric Schmidt of Google/Alphabet
The Tim Ferriss Show : #244: The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo
ABOUT THIS EPISODENick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) is a polymath. The breadth and depth of his interests and knowledge are truly astounding. He’s a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer best known for his pioneering research in digital contracts and cryptocurrency. The phrase and concept of “smart contracts” were developed by Nick with the goal of bringing… Continue reading The Tim Ferriss Show : #244: The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency — Nick Szabo
Yahoo Finance Presents : Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt interview
ABOUT THIS EPISODEYahoo Finance’s Jen Rogers and Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer discuss Andy’s recent conversation with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt at the SALT conference in Las Vegas. Schmidt spoke about Big Data, A.I., and his passion for machine learning and what it means for all of us.See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.… Continue reading Yahoo Finance Presents : Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt interview
Masters of Scale : 4. Imperfect is perfect, w/Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you’re Steve Jobs, you can wait for your product to be perfect. For the rest of us, If you’re not embarrassed by your first product release, you’ve released it too late. Imperfect is perfect. Why? Because your assumptions about what people want are never exactly right. Most entrepreneurs create great products through… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 4. Imperfect is perfect, w/Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
Masters of Scale : 1. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky in Handcrafted
ABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you want your company to truly scale, you first have to do things that don’t scale. Handcraft the core experience. Get your hands dirty. Serve your customers one-by-one. And don’t stop until you know exactly what they want. That’s what Brian Chesky did. As CEO of Airbnb, Brian’s early work was more… Continue reading Masters of Scale : 1. Airbnb’s Brian Chesky in Handcrafted