Beyond The Known

Valerie Orsoni - Biohacker, Longevity expert

Brett Hurt started coding at 7, built bulletin board systems at 10, and went on to found six companies including Coremetrics, Bazaarvoice, and data.world. But at 50, something shifted — and the serial entrepreneur turned his attention from systems to the soul. In this episode, Jitesh Vaswani talks with Brett Hurt about his USA Today bestselling book Love Conquers Fear, the terrifying math behind nuclear weapons, and why the most important code humanity will ever rewrite is its own. Equal parts entrepreneurship, philosophy, and spiritual reckoning — this one will stay with you.

Brett A. Hurt is an Austin-based serial entrepreneur, investor, and author. He founded and led Coremetrics, which Forrester Research rated the #1 web analytics solution; IBM acquired it in 2010. He then co-founded Bazaarvoice and led it as CEO through its 2012 IPO, a follow-on offering, and two acquisitions. He was most recently CEO and co-founder of data.world, which raised over $150 million and served customers in every major vertical, from federal to financial services. The company was a Certified B Corp and a public benefit corporation from its 2016 launch, and ServiceNow acquired it on July 7, 2025. He is now CEO of Love Conquers Fear, a new holding company focused on helping humanity reach what he calls the Age of Abundance for All. His new book, Love Conquers Fear: Humanity, AI, and the Age of Abundance for All, is published by Do More Good, and his work centers on AI, leadership, and human values. His earlier book, The Entrepreneur's Essentials, draws on his investments in 127 startups and 40 venture funds; all proceeds go to UT Austin's Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute. He has also served on the board of Conscious Capitalism.

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After days of meditating 10 to 12 hours a day on a silent retreat, Jitesh Vaswani came home with a letter he had written to himself from a place of deep clarity. In this solo episode, he reads it aloud for the first time. He unpacks two of its most powerful lines, tracing them back to old heartbreak, unconscious people-pleasing, and a quiet but profound realization about what winning on a spiritual path actually looks like. If you have ever felt behind, burnt out, or like your inner voice has gone quiet, this one was made for you.

Lahna Turner is a stand-up comedian, musician, filmmaker, and co-director of 'Come What May,' the documentary about her late husband Ralphie May. In this episode she speaks with rare honesty about what it is like to love someone through addiction, raise children inside that chaos, and then find the courage to rebuild. If you have ever tried to save someone who did not want to be saved, or you are quietly drowning while someone loud beside you gets all the help, this conversation is for you.

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Elan Gepner-Dales was 11 years old when a classmate died of leukemia and his world fell apart. What followed were years of depression, nihilism, burnout, and a relentless search for something that could hold. What he found was breath. Now as Executive Director of SKY Schools USA, Elan has brought breathwork and social-emotional learning into 265 schools across 29 states, responding to a youth mental health epidemic where 30% of graduating seniors carry diagnosable anxiety disorders. This conversation is about what we owe our children, what ancient wisdom offers that no pill can, and why the most powerful tool for the next generation has been inside them all along.

Kanwal Rekhi was two years old when he stood alone in a flood during the Partition of India, separated from his family in a temple. Decades later, he would stand equally alone as the first Indian-American to take a venture-backed company public on NASDAQ. In this conversation with host Jitesh Vaswani, Kanwal traces the full arc: the glass ceilings he hit as an engineer, the moment a former employee became an entrepreneur and dared him to do the same, and what it really took to build Excelan and co-found TiE. His memoir is called 'The Groundbreaker.' This episode will remind you why it is not a shame to fail as an entrepreneur but it would be a shame never to try.