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Links:Bret Kugelmass on LinkedInLast EnergyTitans of Nuclear PodcastEnergy Impact PodcastMarc Andreesen regulatory capture podcast episodeThe Energy Impact CenterDecouple PodcastInvest your money alongside ours in high-tech, high-growth startups: Rolling.fun Rolling Fun Podcast episodes:Rolling Fun Ep. 1Rolling Fun Ep. 2Rolling Fun Ep. 3Rolling Fun Ep. 4Sponsors:Athena: Get a free first month (Worth $3k!) when you sign up with my code: athenago.me/eric-jorgensonListen and Learn more about Athena here: Creative EA Delegation with Athena on the PodcastTopics:(5:42) - “The more nuclear meltdowns, the better!”(11:06) - Working with regulators on nuclear fission(12:10) - Making regulation capability a competitive advantage in nuclear(16:09) - Bret’s previous startup (drones)(22:14) - Starting The Titans of Nuclear Podcast(24:41) - The process of learning a new industry(26:27) - Factions inside the nuclear industry?(27:52) - Nuclear evangelist Dr. Chris Keefer(29:46) - How did you form Last Energy’s strategy?(37:26) - Avoiding supply chain risks in nuclear(42:59) - Perceptions vs realities of nuclear waste, and Cognitive Biases(44:29) - Public Opinion is more and more pro-nuclear(49:16) - How do you see the next 50 years playing out for the Energy sector?(51:42) - Renewables are fine, Nuclear is magic(54:14) - The beauty of Nuclear(55:37) - Hiring people without a background in nuclear industryTo support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners 

Links:Austen on TwitterAl on TwitterBloomtech (Formerly Lambda School)Becoming Trader Joe by Joe CoulombeRolling.funRolling Fun Podcast episodes:Rolling Fun Ep. 1Rolling Fun Ep. 2Rolling Fun Ep. 3Rolling Fun Ep. 4Creative EA Delegation with Athena on the PodcastSponsors:Athenago.comMadeByBread.comTopics:(6:29) - Warming up & Austen escaping San Francisco(13:35) - Catching up on Bloomtech’s growth(24:34) - Hiring horror stories and strategies(37:02) - A lot of advice is bullshit(50:10) - How to deal with hypergrowth(1:00:05) - Will VR be a real thing?(1:05:43) - AI’s early investment in Bloomtech(1:13:32) - Bottlenecks for future growth(1:18:09) - Work/Life… balance?To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners

Links:The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley RindsbergAshley on TwitterAshley on SubstackAshley’s writingSponsor:MadeByBread.comGiveWell.orgTopics:(5:02) - The impact of Balaji’s love for your book(6:54) - When did you realize this book needed to be written?(10:35) - Rejected by publishers(11:44) - What changed? How did this get published?(13:51) - The research and writing process(18:01) - Examples: Holocaust, Fidel Castro, Vietnam, Atomic Bomb… (30:45) - Who is responsible for the failures?(34:45) - Is misreporting happening in other legacy media companies?(39:15) - Like a real-life ‘Succession’(43:15) - Do people know about these lies?(46:04) - Ashley’s broad personal perspective(52:10) - How Ashley reads the news(54:27) - The future of legacy media(57:07) - Building Alitheum to solve these problems(1:04:58) - Final thoughtsTo support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Or at least give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners!

Links: Domo.soGrace on TwitterMitchell on TwitterDomo on TwitterJorgenson’s Soundbox #38 with AthenaJorgenson’s Soundbox #52 with Zach Pettet  Sponsor: Athenago.comGivewell.org  Topics: (5:21) - Introducing Grace and Mitchell(5:58) - Who are your heroes?(8:27) - How did you discover there was a need for Domo?(17:22) - How are you thinking about incorporating fiat-based companies with Domo?(21:18) - Who are the customers for this and how would you get accounting done for this?(25:41) - What kind of real world applications do you envision for Domo?(31:49) - Is invoicing one of the bigger features?(32:22) - How did you start the company?(36:44) - DAO Tooling(37:43) - Domo’s ability to build horizontally or vertically(40:53) - The decades outlook for crypto & blockchain(54:03) - How differently do these chains behave?(58:32) - Has anything gotten measurably harder at the end of 2022 vs. the beginning?(1:00:35) - Are you getting inbound interest from accountants?(1:03:57) - What is the next step to getting crypto bookkeeping to the ideal person?(1:08:20) - Grace’s experience hiring with Athena(1:13:10) - Manifesting the crypto future(1:15:18) - How can people reach you?   To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners 

Links: Ambiologix Rolling Fun SBIR requirements Participating governmental agencies State funds for SBIR  Topics: (6:00) - Maria’s origin story & the founding of Orbis(12:03) - What is this technology?(13:46) - What was Corey’s breakthrough?(16:06) - How many months of burn did you have from the seed round?(17:42) - What was the process of running down your first 4 contracts?(18:49) - When did grant funding come into the picture and how do people go about getting this type of funding?(27:51) - What happens to your options when you secure a phase 1 grant?(30:10) - What was your experience pursuing these sources of funding?(34:00) - What are some of the technologies you see coming into contact with grant funding?(35:44) - How and where are you submitting requests for grants?(37:03) - How are proposals filtered through the acceptance process?(37:55) - How often is the motivation for funding so that agencies can become customers?(39:38) - How much of your funding came from equity investors and then from grants?(44:47) - How long does it take from start to finish in order to secure grant funding?(48:15) - How many times the funding in a deck come down to minute details within a proposal?(49:58) - What process do you walk entrepreneurs through when they want to work with you about securing grant funding?(55:56) - How do you think about acquisition coaching?(1:01:35) - What was your experience being acquired?(1:05:27) - How can other founders position themselves for a sale?(1:07:07) - How do you think about managing a team through an acquisition?(1:08:59) - How did the licensing inflection point tie into the acquisition?(1:11:58) - What are some facts from your industry that would blow people’s minds?(1:13:55) - How far can this technology go?(1:14:47) - What happens to an IP of a technology like Orbis? To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners 

Links:Rolling Fun #1Rolling Fun #2Rolling Fun #3PortfolioAl on TwitterBo on TwitterPositive Food Co.OmellaTonic AudioStell EngineeringNSIONGently.comGlyphTerran RoboticsTopics:(5:34) - Crypto has imploded, thanks FTX! What’s the long-term play?(21:00) - Life and news updates(23:20) - Q4 Investment updates(1:01:00) - Elon and Twitter(1:06:22) - Discussing the pros and cons of an uncapped Convertible Note and investment philosophies(1:31:27) - Fund Growth Updates>> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners 

Links:Zach on Twitter & LinkedInMoney 20/20For Fintech’s Sake PodcastTripleBlindRule 1033PropelTrafficked with Mariana Van ZellerTopics:(4:25) - Recap the last episode with Zach and Eric(5:34) - Fintech Industry Overview(15:21) - Money 20/20 – the Biggest Fintech Conference in the world(24:02) - Regulation looms over Fintech, always(27:12) - The “Off The Record” Stage at Money 20/20(29:28) - The CFPB and Rule 1033(43:15) - Stripe, Adyen, Warren Buffett, and The Media(49:01) - Behind the scenes at Money 20/20(59:20) - How do you get Serena Williams on stage?(1:01:58) - Holding the keys to so much potential ROI(1:04:33) - Defining the relationship between a fintech org and a bank(1:11:21) - Entrepreneurs buying their own community banks(1:16:58) - The intersection of Crypto and Fintech(1:27:11) - Is OnlyFans only a bad thing?(1:35:34) - What is the overarching story that Money 20/20 tells?(1:41:50) - Wrapping up>> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners 

Topics:(5:29) - Max’s background and career(14:15) - Is it reasonable to use Neural Net, Deep Learning and Machine learning interchangeably?(26:37) - The Future of AI(39:18) - Google & AI Writing(49:42) - Hiring AI for help in our personal lives(55:02) - How Improvements in Robotics will massively push things forward(57:12) - Computers being able to smell and taste(1:04:56) - Scarier futures of AI(1:08:13) - Is there a new field of opportunities you’re paying attention to now in Computer Vision?(1:16:03) - Prompt Engineering(1:24:54) - Final recap Links:Max on TwitterMaxOlson.comMax’s Newsletter, Blog & Podcast - FutureBlindBerkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders from Max OlsonMashginLEX AIGPT-3Juggernaut AILife 3.0 by Max TegmarkTuring TestMidjourney community showcaseJasper AICopy AI   >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners >> Name-your-price subscription monthly, annual, or one-time: https://app.omella.com/o/9Bufa >> Follow me on Twitter: @ericjorgenson>> Get in touch about sponsoring this podcast by replying to an email or DMing me on Twitter.

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-Led Business, Kobe Bryant, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Balaji(36:49) - The genius of Berkshire Hathaway & The power of Twitter(51:24) - Creator Economics & Story time with David Senra(1:06:38) - Eric’s impact on David(1:09:48) - Mitchell’s career model & Building a bookkeeping business(1:28:11) - Focusing career growth(2:04:32) - Thoughts on TikTok(2:16:43)- How the guys spend their time (Finding operational leverage)(2:21:29) - Trying to convince Mitchell to start a podcast(2:24:34) - David’s thoughts on his new business model (2:33:38) - Wrap Up Links:- The Founder’s Podcast w/ David Senra- Connect with Mitchell Baldridge- Mitchell Baldridge on Twitter- David Senra on Twitter- BetterBookkeping.com- David’s appearance on Jorgenson’s Soundbox- Mitchell’s appearance on Jorgenson’s Soundbox- Trung Phan on Twitter- Sam Hinkie- WorkWeek- Coked Up Options on Twitter- Ed Thorpe on The Tim Ferriss Show- Business Breakdowns - Berkshire Hathaway- Money20/20- George Mack on Twitter- Frank Niu on TikTok To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners >> Name-your-price subscription monthly, annual, or one-time: https://app.omella.com/o/9Bufa >> Follow me on Twitter: @ericjorgenson>> Get in touch about sponsoring this podcast by replying to an email or DMing me on Twitter.

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 for Q3: Omello, Ohm, Driv.ly & Glyph(49:35) - Closing out Q3(50:28) - Updates on old portfolio companies: StableCoin, Terran, Gently (55:23) - How to get involved with Rolling Fun! Links:Rolling Fun #1Rolling Fun #2PortfolioAl on TwitterBo on TwitterWongo PuzzlesPositive Food Co.OmellaSmart OhmDriv.lyGlyph To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun>> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter>> Text the podcast to a friend>> Give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners >> Name-your-price subscription monthly, annual, or one-time: https://app.omella.com/o/9Bufa >> Follow me on Twitter: @ericjorgenson>> Get in touch about sponsoring this podcast by replying to an email or DMing me on Twitter.