Founder's Journal

Episode 72: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) reflects on four lessons from the OpenAI saga. He also chats about the power of saving time and making people look good, his morning ritual, and why momentum is everything in business. 

Avoiding an OpenAI Fiasco by Successfully Building Your Board: https://link.chtbl.com/XiP9TGTI

OpenAI Saga Summary: https://twitter.com/businessbarista/status/1726677793180680392

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Episode 71: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) talks to Jesse Pujji (@jspujji), founder of GatewayX and former CEO of Ampush, about delegating effectively as an entrepreneur. The two discuss powerful frameworks like the Delegation Ladder and Task Relevant Maturity.

Jesse’s thread on delegation: https://twitter.com/jspujji/status/1453441211696484355

GatewayX: https://www.gateway.xyz/

GrowthAssistant: https://growthassistant.com/

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Episode 70: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) and guest Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett), discuss how to successfully build a startup board. Brett is a serial entrepreneur who has raised over $1 billion of venture capital and has constructed four boards during his career. He is currently building Figure, an AI robotics company, and before Figure, he built Archer, an electric vertical takeoff and landing business that was taken public via SPAC. Brett also founded Vettery, which sold to Adecco for $100 million. Brett shares his thoughts on boards and what founders must think about to intentionally build one.

OpenAI Leadership Announcement: https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition

Sam Altman Board Post: https://blog.samaltman.com/board-members

How to Create and Manage a Board: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/3w-how-to-create-and-manage-a-board

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Episode 69: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) shares a story that he told himself for nearly a decade, which made him question his self-worth and abilities despite “the world’s” perception of him as a successful entrepreneur.

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Episode 68: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) interviews Ankur Nagpal (@ankurnagpal) about maximizing your equity as a founder. Startup equity can be confusing and daunting, but it could also be the difference of millions of dollars in your pocket or the government’s pocket. There are tried and true ways to structure startup equity and Ankur knows how to do it exceptionally well. The two talk about QSBS, Charitable Remainder Trusts, and the impact of co-founders on your equity.

Carry: https://carrymoney.com/

Carry’s Blog on Founder Finances: https://carrymoney.com/learn

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Episode 67: Today, Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) is speaking about investor updates with the most qualified guest in the world. Sam Corcos (@SamCorcos) is the co-founder & CEO of Levels, a healthtech company focused on metabolic health using continuous glucose monitors. Sam is an exceptional entrepreneur, and Levels’ investor updates are the most comprehensive, thoughtful snapshot of a business that Alex has ever seen. Sam and Alex talk through Levels’ investor update, and what goes into creating a great investor update for your company.

Levels Public Investor Updates: https://app.levelshealth.com/investor-updates

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Episode 66: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) recounts a day in his life as an entrepreneur, creator, and new uncle. He reflects on the lens through which we decide to observe our life, the wisdom in children, and the beauty of presence & wonder. He shares his growth plan for Founder’s Journal, and how he feels sitting in the messy middle with StoryArb. Alex also explores three new business ideas. 

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Episode 65: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) chats with Dan Siroker (@dsiroker), a serial entrepreneur who is currently the co-founder and CEO of Rewind, a personalized AI that captures everything you’ve ever seen, said, or heard. Prior, he was the co-founder and CEO of Optimizely, a $500M Martech business doing over $110M in annual revenue. In this episode, Dan takes us through his X series, “First Time Second Time Founder,” where he shares the biggest differences he’s observed in himself as a seasoned entrepreneur vs. when he was a first time entrepreneur. 

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Episode 64: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) chats with Michael Girdley (@girdley), entrepreneur and content creator that generates $100 million in annual revenue. In this episode, they talk about an ideation process of effectuation, which is a lower-risk but high upside way to do startups using 6 key principles. 

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Episode 63: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) takes you through an exercise to recalibrate and focus on his zone of genius. The zone of genius is work that you do that brings out the best version of yourself. Follow this super easy, super quick 3-step process to find your own zone of genius.

Best Stuff Exercise: https://conscious.is/excercises-guides/the-best-stuff

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