POD OF JAKE

Ross is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. He is well known for his investments in Tesla, Bitcoin, Nvidia, and Netflix and has become one of the most influential investors on social media and in traditional media. Follow Ross on X @GerberKawasaki. [0:16] - How Ross first got into investing when he was a kid [6:30] - The origin story of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management (GK) [13:06] - How GK is differentiated from other wealth management firms [20:48] - GK’s “index + alpha” investing strategy [30:44] - Ross’s outlook on Tesla [35:43] - Why Tesla needs advertising [40:10] - Ross’s conviction in Bitcoin as digital gold For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Phil Mohun, co-creator of Bright Moments, discusses his early interests in computers and blue collar entrepreneurship. He shares his perspective on the crypto industry and explains why he likes Farcaster. Phil also talks about managing social media and phone usage, his interest in generative art, and the three phases of in-person events at Bright Moments. He concludes by sharing other crypto sectors and industry ideas that excite him.

Alan Patricof is a venture capital pioneer. He has worked in the industry since 1970 when he founded Alan Patricof Associates later known as Apax. In 2006, Alan founded his second venture capital firm, Greycroft. Most recently, in 2020, Alan founded Primetime Partners at the age of 86. Alan was an early investor in Apple, AOL, New York Magazine, Audible, SunglassHut, Venmo, Huff Post, Axios, and many other successful startups. He recently released his memoir, No Red Lights. Follow Alan on X @alanjpatricof. For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Doomberg is the pseudonymous group behind the #1 Finance Newsletter on Substack, Doomberg. The team’s background is in heavy industry, private equity, and the hard sciences. Read Doomberg at doomberg.substack.com. [0:16] - How Doomberg reinvented itself from a group of consultants to produce the #1 Finance Newsletter on Substack [4:28] - Leaving a steady and reliable career to pursue creative and entrepreneurial interests [9:15] - Replacing meetings with complete asynchronous communications, and polyphasic sleeping to write at 3am [15:11] - Why Doomberg chooses to remain pseudonymous [18:24] - Doom scrolling and defensive pessimism [21:33] - Public misunderstandings relating to energy [26:01] - Doomberg’s opinion on the optimal energy strategy [32:31] - Countering arguments against nuclear energy development [36:31] - Countries that most successfully embracing nuclear energy [38:57] - The politics around nuclear energy in The United States [42:41] - Doomberg’s perspective on the European energy crisis [47:30] - Why Doomberg predicts fossil fuel consumption will be greater in 2040 than it is today [51:28] - How energy proliferation can advance the development of humanity For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Andy is the CEO of Eco, a crypto platform for everyday transactions. Prior to Eco, Andy was a Co-Founder of CoinList and a founding member of the Stanford Bitcoin Group. Follow Andy on X @andy_bromberg. [0:16] - Andy's story, from Stanford to startups [4:47] - The origins of the Stanford Bitcoin Group and Andy’s interest in crypto [11:45] - Andy’s perspective on Bitcoin maximalism [17:45] - Introducing Eco as an improvement to existing currencies [22:44] - Characteristics of currencies: mediums of exchange, stores of value, and monetary policies [33:31] - The role of human involvement in Bitcoin [35:48] - How and why Andy joined Eco as CEO [38:38] - Eco’s product suite [43:33] - Designing Beam as a super simple payments app For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠⁠. Thank you!

Shane is an entrepreneur, investor, and the founder of Farnam Street, a renowned blog that shares timeless lessons, insights, and wisdom on fundamental topics like decision-making. He is also the host of The Knowledge Project podcast and the author of the Brain Food newsletter. Shane’s newest book, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results, is available for purchase as of October 3, 2023. Follow Shane on X @ShaneAParrish. [0:17] - Shane's story and the decisions that have shaped it [7:15] - Shane’s perspective on pseudonymity, why he started writing that way, and how he reflects on revealing his identity [14:55] - The art of positioning and its ability to improve outcomes [20:54] - Shane’s fundamentals for positioning in everyday life [26:31] - The critical nature of conscious decision-making [35:33] - Why “automatic rules” are more effective than trying to increase willpower for achieving desired behaviors and objectives For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Guest Paul Skallas, known as LindyMan, discusses living a lifestyle based on The Lindy Effect. Topics include Lindy as a lens for life, the Lindy Diet, hydration and youthfulness, drug use from a Lindy perspective, the benefits of walking for thinking, modern employment and environmental design, and the changing dynamics of modern dating.

Nir is a behavioral product designer and the author of two bestselling books, ⁠Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life⁠ and Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. He previously co-founded and sold two tech companies and taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Follow Nir on X @nireyal. [0:16] - How Nir’s interest in habit formation led him to work in behavioral design [5:15] - Behavioral factors at the route of America's obesity epidemic [12:56] - Distractions, the negative externalities of abundance [18:09] - Combining scientific research with practical advice in writing [22:03] - Writing as a means for thinking and a tool for iteration [26:15] - The psychology of human motivation and distraction [33:31] - Nir’s fundamental principles for preventing distraction [38:16] - Why identifying and controlling internal triggers is more important than limiting external triggers in conquering distraction [42:38] - Using timeboxing to turn distractions into periods of productivity [52:10] - Balancing inspiration and spontaneity with timeboxing For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Brent is the founder and CEO of Permanent Equity, a long-term focused private equity firm investing (with no intention of selling) in small to midsize, privately held companies throughout North America. He is also the author of The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers and previously operated several businesses as an entrepreneur. Follow Brent on X @BrentBeshore. [0:16] - How studying poverty in college helped Brent develop a unique investing outlook [3:07] - Brent’s takeaways from growing up in Missouri’s farmlands under the guidance of his grandmother [6:57] - Gaining wisdom from unplanned career experiences and optimizing for optionality [12:47] - Permanent Equity’s long-term private equity model [15:57] - Why Brent has avoided using debt to finance Permanent Equity’s investments [19:34] - How Permanent Equity has changed since accepting its first outside capital [22:19] - Breaking down Permanent Equity’s operating model [25:11] - How Brent determines whether to reinvest cash flows or make distributions [28:28] - Considering adjacent investments for existing portfolio companies vs. newer, riskier opportunities [33:14] - Discovering and investing in overlooked industries and businesses [40:40] - The benefits of sourcing deals using a team-based approach [45:45] - How Permanent Equity divides work with distinct operating and investing teams [49:46] - Why Brent prefers buying businesses over starting them from scratch For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Soren is a designer at Cash App where he is responsible for designing the investing product. He has become well known for posting new "sometimes unhinged, sometimes useful" design ideas daily. Soren has previously held design positions at Square and Envoy while also running his own freelance design business. Follow Soren on X @soren_iverson. [0:16] - Soren’s experience starting from scratch as a freelance designer [3:08] - Learnings from his art/business education and early startup work [12:56] - How Soren thinks about his creative work at Cash App [14:45] - Why Soren has been creating and posting daily designs on X [19:12] - Soren’s approach to prolifically producing new ideas daily [31:46] - How Soren leverages Figma as the primary tool in his work [37:24] - AI’s role in design work now and in the future [39:35] - The trade-offs of going niche when building a brand online For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!