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#178 Friday 5: Five Lessons on Investing from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger

#177 Essay Breakdown: Jony Ive's Introduction to "Designed by Apple in California"

#176 Friday 5: Five Lessons on Simplicity from Steve Jobs

#175 Book Breakdown: "Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success" by Ken Segall (Part 2 of 2)

#174 Book Breakdown: "Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success" by Ken Segall (Part 1 of 2)

#173 Essay Breakdown: "Imitators take note — Steve Jobs was more than a showman" by Michael Moritz

#172 Book Summary: "I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words" by George Beahm

#171 Investor Letter Breakdown: "The Anxieties of Business Change" by Warren Buffett | 1985 Shareholder Letter from Berkshire Hathaway

#170 Friday 5: Being larger than the situation, loving the work, and the problem you face when your dreams come true

#169 Book Breakdown: “Turning the Flywheel” by Jim Collins

#168 Essay Breakdown: “How To Do Great Work” by Paul Graham

#167 Friday 5: Timeless vs time-bound knowledge, why ambition requires risk, and the recipe for breakthroughs

#166 Book Breakdown: “The Essays of Warren Buffett” by Lawrence Cunningham (Part 2)

#165 Book Breakdown: “The Essays of Warren Buffett” by Lawrence Cunningham (Part 1)

#164 Essay Breakdown: “The Playing Field” by Graham Duncan

#163 Andy Budd, Design Thinker & Founder of Clearleft: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as a Designer, Superpowers, and More

#162 A Masterclass in Product Design with Andy Budd (Founder of Clearleft)

#161 Bill Moses, Founder & CEO of Kevita and Flying Embers: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as a Serial Founder, Superpowers, and More

#160 Kevita & Flying Embers: Building Functional Beverage Companies from Kevita’s $200M+ Acquisition to Flying Embers Big Bet on Fermented Alcoholic Drinks | Bill Moses, Founder & CEO

#159 Eric Tarczynski, Founder & Managing Partner of Contrary: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as an Investor, Superpowers, and More

#158 Contrary: Using Software and Scouts to Invest in People, Before They Ever Start Their First Company | Eric Tarczynski, Founder & Managing Partner

#157 Ari Tulla, Founder & CEO of Elo Health: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as a Serial Founder, Superpowers, and More

#156 Elo Health: Personalized Daily Nutrition using Blood Tests, Activity Data, and Dietician Support | Ari Tulla, Founder & CEO

#155 Michael Sheetz, Space Reporter at CNBC: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as a Reporter, Superpowers, and More

#154 A Masterclass in the Business of Space with Michael Sheetz (CNBC’s Space Reporter)

#153 Jimmy Soni, Bestselling Author, Speaker, & Speechwriter: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as an Author, Superpowers, and More

#152 The Founders (Book Summary): The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley from Elon Musk to Reid Hoffman to Peter Thiel | Jimmy Soni, Bestselling Author & Former Huffington Post Managing Editor

#151 Leo Polovets, Founder & General Partner at Susa Ventures – Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as an Investor, Superpowers, and More

#150 Susa Ventures: How They’re Building the Next Great Seed-Stage Venture Capital Firm and Investment Platform

#149 Jannick Malling, Founder & Co-CEO of Public: Favorite Books, Lessons Learned as a Serial Founder, Superpowers, and More

#148 Public: How They’re Building the Future of Investing from Fractional Shares to Alternative Assets and Social Investing

#146 Ezra: Bringing Fast and Affordable Early Cancer Detection to Everyone | Emi Gal, Founder & CEO

#145 Emi Gal, Founder & CEO of Ezra - Tracking 150 Biomarkers, Annual Challenges, Peak Health by 40, Becoming More Disciplined, and More

#144 Kettle & Fire, Perfect Keto, and Surely Wine: Spotting Trends and Building D2C Brands to Own Them | Justin Mares, Serial Entrepreneur

#143 Kettle & Fire's Justin Mares | Identifying Trends, 5-Minute Mini Workouts, 6 To Dos Per Day, Favorite Books, and More

#142 The Laws of Creativity: How to Unlock Your Originality and Awaken Your Creative Genius | Joey Cofone, Author & Founder of Baronfig

#141 Joey Cofone, Founder & CEO of Baronfig | Favorite Baronfig Products, Skill vs Renown, Daily Disciplines, Favorite Books, and More

#140 Snow Leopard: How Legendary Writers Create a Category Of One | Nicolas Cole, Author and Co-Founder of Category Pirates

#139 Nicolas Cole, Co-Founder of Category Pirates and Ship 30 for 30 | Favorite Books and Writing Tools, Enduring Boring Things, and Why Great Writing Changes the Reader

#138 ShipBob: Building and Scaling a Fulfillment Business with Handcrafted Algorithms | Jivko Bojinov, Co-Founder

#137 Jivko Bojinov, Co-Founder and SVP of Strategic Projects at ShipBob: On Playing Professional Tennis, Putting in the Work, Resilience, and Taking Things from Zero to One | 20 Minute Playbook

#136 Primetime Partners: AgeTech, The Ripple Effects of Living Longer, and Investing in the Future of How We Age | Abby Miller Levy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner

#135 Abby Miller Levy, Co-Founder of Primetime Partners and Thrive Global | On Living to 100, Getting to the Key Issue, and Choosing What to Major and Minor In

#133 Experiment Without Limits: Achieving Peak Performance Through Experimentation | Chris Sparks, Author & Founder of Forcing Function

#134 Chris Sparks, Author of Experiment Without Limits: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#132 Ben Blumenrose of Designer Fund: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#131 Designer Fund: Building the World’s First Design Centric Venture Capital Firm | Ben Blumenrose, Co-Founder & Managing Partner

#130 Robert Cantwell of Compound Kings: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#129 Compound Kings: Lessons Learned as an Investor and Emerging Manager | Robert Cantwell, Portfolio Manager

#128 Fount’s Andrew Herr: How the Brain Works Under Stress, The Commonalities of Peak Performance, Working with Navy SEALs, and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#127 Fount: Bringing the Performance Secrets of the U.S. Navy SEALs to Everyone | Andrew Herr, Founder & CEO

#126 Saad Alam of Hone: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#125 Hone Health: On Testosterone, Telehealth, and Building a Modern Men’s Health Platform | Saad Alam, Founder & CEO

#124 Andrew Carter of Smallhold: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#123 Steve Vassallo of Foundation Capital: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#122 Smallhold: Growing the World’s Best Mushrooms in High-Tech Mini Farms Right in Restaurants and Grocery Stores | Andrew Carter, Co-Founder & CEO

#121 Forward’s Adrian Aoun: Being Stubborn and Persuasive, Fiction and Factfulness, Cycling as Meditation, Being Problem Focused, and More

#120 Foundation Capital: Reinventing a 27 Year Old Venture Capital Firm | Steve Vassallo, General Partner

#119 Trailer: HVMN’s Michael Brandt: Barefoot Running, Synesthesia in Branding, Finding More Mentors, Favorite Books, and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#118 Forward: Bringing Healthcare as a Product to a Billion People | Adrian Aoun, CEO and Founder

#117 Adam Nash of Daffy: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#116 HVMN and Ketone-IQ: Next-Level Metabolic Health with Ketones for the U.S. Navy SEALs and The Rest of Us | Michael Brandt, Co-Founder & CEO

#115 Milind Mehere of Yieldstreet: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits and More | 20 Minute Playbook

#114 Daffy: Reinventing Charitable Giving and Building a Modern Platform for Giving | Adam Nash, Co-Founder & CEO

#113 Mo Islam: On Learning from the Apollo Era, Killing Them with Kindness, and How Humility Saves Startups | Co-Founder of Payload

#112 Yieldstreet: Building the Alternative Investment Platform of the Future Across Income, Equity, and Real Estate | Milind Mehere, Co-Founder & CEO

#111 – 20 Minute Playbook: Illia Polosukhin of NEAR Protocol and Unchain Fund

#110 Payload – Building a Media Brand to Cover the Business and Policy of Space | Mo Islam, Co-Founder

#109 20 Minute Playbook: Alex Simon – Co-Founder and CEO of Elude

#108 NEAR Protocol – Building a High Speed, Climate Neutral, Low Fee Blockchain with Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder

#106 Elude – Building a New Search Engine and Brand for Global Travel with Alex Simon, Co-Founder and CEO

#107 20 Minute Playbook: Howie Schwab – Lead Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Growth at Driehaus Capital

#105 20 Minute Playbook: Gokul Rajaram – Prolific Angel Investor and Product and Business Helper at DoorDash

#104 Investor Spotlight: Driehaus Capital – Investing in Emerging Markets and The Great Pendulum Shift with Howie Schwab, Lead Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Growth

#102 Investor Spotlight: Gokul Rajaram – The Prolific Angel Investor on Speed, Small Teams, Product Management, and Decision Making

#103 20 Minute Playbook: Andrew Jamison – CEO and Co-Founder of Extend

#101 20 Minute Playbook: Alex Rubalcava – Partner at Stage Venture Partners

#100 Founder Spotlight: Extend – The Power of Virtual Cards with Andrew Jamison, Cofounder and CEO

#99 20 Minute Playbook: Eric Markowitz, Worm Capital’s Head of Research | Conviction vs Opinions, Two-Step Research Process, Favorite Books, and More

#98 Investor Spotlight: Stage Venture Partners – Investing Where Others Aren’t Looking with Alex Rubalcava

#97 20 Minute Playbook: Ben Boyer – Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of R-Zero

#96 Worm Capital: Value Investors Focused on the Future with Eric Markowitz, Head of Research | Outlier Investors

#95 20 Minute Playbook: Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK and O2E Brands: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits, and More

#94 Founder Spotlight: R-Zero – Pioneering with 100+ Year Old Technology with Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Ben Boyer

#93 20 Minute Playbook: Edward Sullivan – CEO and Managing Partner of Velocity Coaching

#92 Willing to Fail (WTF): How Failure Can Be Your Key to Success | Brian Scudamore, Author & Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK

#91 20 Minute Playbook: Alexandra Zatarain – Co-Founder and VP of Brand and Marketing at Eight Sleep

#90 Spotlight: Velocity Coaching – Helping Hyper-Growth Founders Scale with Edward Sullivan

#88 Spotlight: Eight Sleep – Sleep Fitness and Category Creation with Alexandra Zatarain

#87 20 Minute Playbook: Jessica Schaefer of Bevel and Acorns

#89 20 Minute Playbook: Mike Clare of Mood Health

#86 How They Built In: Mood Health - Reinventing Mental Healthcare, Therapy, and Solving the Access Problem

#85 20 Minute Playbook: Robbie Bent of Othership: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits, and More

#84 How They Built It: Bevel - A Masterclass on PR and Crafting a Business Narrative

#83 20 Minute Playbook: Brett Goldstein of Launch House

#82 How They Built It: Othership - The Power of Breathing, Breathwork, and Creating Belonging | Robbie Bent, Co-Founder & CEO

#81 20 Minute Playbook: Luke Gromen, The Forest for the Trees - My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits, and More

#80 How They Built It: Launch House - Building the Next Y Combinator

#79 20 Minute Playbook: Mike Sall of Goldfinch - My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits, and More

#78 Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees: On Inflation, Retail Investors, Precious Metals, and Bitcoin