Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch, former YC partner and investor talks with Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase and partner at a16z, about a wide range of topics, including:
-startup and cloud cities
-silicon valley
-decentralization
-crypto
-media tech
-social networking
-china
-machine learning
-digital privacy
-creator economy
-remote work
-network state
-wokeness
-future
0:00 Intro
1:04 City-building, the reverse diaspora and the tech solar eclipse
22:00 Woke, Communist and crypto capital Pt. I
37:56 China’s reform, Deng Xiaoping and FDA
55:40 The decentralization and unbundling of big tech
1:12:14 Crowd choice, remote work and the network state
1:24:29 Woke, Communist and crypto capital Pt. II
1:36:19 Our future is our past
Calm app Chief Medical Officer and Head of Sales Omar Dawood joins SBD’s Andrew Levin to discuss the company’s deal with LeBron James, its Big Ten initiative and other mental health dynamics amid the global pandemic.
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Our friends from Spotify + Google explain how the cloud is used to scale audio content to millions across the world with unique and personalized experiences.
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Podcast 🎧 with Melanie Whelan, SoulCycle and Tony Robbins September 2019
Excerpt: Chances are, you’ve either been to SoulCycle or have at least heard someone raving about their experience. Because it has taken the fitness world by storm. And one of the key players behind this new fitness phenomenon is CEO Melanie Whelan.
Melanie has served as SoulCycle’s CEO since June of 2015. And in just this short time, she has helped take the company from 7 operating locations to 70 jam-packed studios across the nation serving over 4 million people a year. And they are still growing at an exponential rate.
So what makes SoulCycle such a powerhouse? How did they create so many raving fans? And how have they managed to consistently maintain their revolutionary customer experience while scaling at such a massive rate?
These are just some of the questions that are answered in this episode, as Tony and Melanie delve into SoulCycle’s innovative workout culture, their unique hiring process, and the customer experience that they’ve built so consciously that it has created raving fans in every location.
Podcast with Nick Foles and Tony Robbins August 2019
Excerpt: In this episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast, you will hear a very special conversation between Tony and Eagles Quarterback, Nick Foles. Now this interview happened after Nick helped lead the Eagles to their Super Bowl Championship in 2018, where he was also named the game’s MVP. But what you’ll see is that even in spite of his incredible accomplishments, Nick’s sense of past failures and mistakes is never too far from his mind.
Nick reveals his constant battles with self-doubt and a fear of failure. In fact, it was this fear that almost kept him out of the NFL entirely. But through his faith and his family, Nick found a greater sense of purpose and strength that have helped him move forward. And he’s even adopted an entirely new perspective when it comes to fear.
He’s a firm believer that if he hadn’t experienced failure and pain in his past, he wouldn’t be where he is today. And along his journey, he’s seen how immensely important it is to be open, honest and transparent about your weaknesses. Because by acknowledging and even embracing your deepest fears, you actually free yourself, and can then grow into the person you were meant to be.
The Fight with UFC's Dana White Podcast with Tony Robbins July 2019
Outspoken, charismatic and unabashedly unapologetic, it’s fair to say that there are not many leaders of major sporting organizations quite like Dana White. Coming from humble beginnings in the Northeast, his fight to the top was an unlikely one – and nothing short of a roller coaster ride.
Dana talks to Tony about the serendipitous mix of events that catapulted him from the bottom, all the way to the top of the UFC – and the risky decisions he made along the way that led the UFC to its ultimate comeback. Like the decision to embrace regulation instead of run from it, to move away from Pay-Per-View and broadcast fights on free TV, and perhaps the biggest decision of all, the one that changed the face of the sport – to allow female fighters into the organization.
Dana has achieved success on a massive scale – he sold UFC for a whopping $4 billion back in 2017. But his fight isn’t over – and as he tells Tony in this special interview, he feels he hasn’t even scratched the surface of his total impact.