Iron Foundry

Ivan Selin is the Chief Product Officer of Alltrails. In this conversation with Kyriakos Eleftheriou, he discussed his previous experience building world-class products with Apple, Airbnb, and Uber and how he is currently shaping the future of the outdoors with Alltrails.Chapters00:00 Intro02:52 Career06:01 Lessons from Leading the Best Product Companies12:04 Joining AllTrails17:54 User Experience21:09 Product Focus23:55 Organizational Structure27:02 Growth Planning31:23 SEO35:43 AI38:29 Competition40:19 Crafting a User-Centric Product44:31 Culture49:08 Technology's Role in Outdoor Experiences51:01 Mental Models

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/alltrails-cpo-ivan-selin

Kyriakos is joined by Kian Sadeghi, the CEO of Nucleus Genomics, the leading company in the world, in genome testing.

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/ceo-of-nucleus-kian-sadeghi

As of today, Nucleus has raised $32m, from some of the best investors in the world, such as Founders Fund, Seven Seven Six, and many more. 

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson: How the deal happened

05:40 Make America Healthy Again in Fox News

08:00 How to generate attention

21:20 How Nucleus started

28:00 Raising the first $

33:00 How Kian raised from Keith Rabois from Founders Fund

45:25 'The modern day emperor is founders'

48:40 'The companies that win don't care about trends'

49:30 'The two startup models'

52:00 'AI is a negative signal'

55:50 'Join the founder that is insane'

56:50 Nucleus product evolution

57:20 The 23andMe acquisition

1:08:00 'DNA future and family planning'

1:16:00 Raising the Series A

1:21:00 Deadlifts

In the latest podcast, Vanessa, who leads design engineering at Terra, in a discussion on how to speak to users and create products

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/Stalk-your-users

In the latest podcast,Kyriakos Eleftheriou is joined byGeorge Hadjigeorgiou, who's the cofounder of ZOE, efood, GoldenGroup and others, in their discussion at Imperial College London.

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/Live-Interview-Cofounder-of-ZOE-George-Hadjigeorgiou

00:00 Intro

4:10 Founding ZOE

10:10 Launching the biggest study in the world in nutrition

13:45 How to convince a scientist to join

19:55 Using clinical studies as an early version of the product

23:20 COVID and go to market

26:12 Scaling the go to market

27:00 Thinking of product lines - Supplements for the Gut

29:10 Culture is what you do, not what you say

34:15 What to eat for longevity

36:45 How to invest

39:15 Action produces information

42:20 Take on the 'founder mode'

47:40 Q&A

In the latest podcast,Kyriakos is joined by Matt Robinsonwho's a partner at Accel, and the cofounder of GoCardless and Nested, in their discussion at Imperial College London.

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/Co-founder-Gocardless-Nested-Matt-Robinson

00:00 Intro

2:12 Launching GoCardless

7:10 Leaning into real relationships

8:48 'If you take everything you need to do in a successful business, we did the opposite.'

12:08 There's no idea that two smart people can't tear apart in a day

13:35 Finding the best idea is an irrational endeavor

18:13 Paul Graham and Sam Altman as advisors in @ycombinator  

22:15 Be a King or Rich

24:35 Ensure you understand how a VC functions

29:10 Customers knew before we did 

31:27 Overcorrecting as a second-time founder

35:50 Everything you do creates culture

39:00 'Being the angel investor I wanted as a founder'

40:39 Founder archetypes

43:30 Angel vs VC

46:10 Life is really easy

48:25 If you change one thing you change everything

49:45 Life is not a 0 sum game

52:10 Q&A

In this conversation, Kyriakos discusses with Vadim - CEO of Bioniq on his journey from being a professional athlete to leading the personalised health supplement company.Vadim shares insights on fundraising challenges, the significance of early adopters, and the impact of celebrity endorsements, particularly https://twitter.com/Cristiano Ronaldo's involvement with Bionic. He also explores the future of personalized supplements and the need to address the broken food system that necessitates supplementation.Chapters00:00 Introduction01:58 Vadim's Personal Journey from Athlete to CEO08:50 Lessons from a Billion Dollar Company13:05 The Search that led to Founding Bioniq23:44 Shifting from Blood Tests to Questionnaires30:17 Integrating Wearables for Data-Driven Insights32:00 How Does it Work32:58 Making It Scale37:26 Navigating Fundraising for Complex Businesses41:42 Make or Break: First 1000 Users43:23 Cristiano Ronaldo Used Bioniq for Years49:10 Vadim's Take on the Future of Supplements50:43 Future Plans of Bioniq52:07 Addressing the Broken Food System

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/ceo-and-cofounder-bioniq-vadim-fedotov

On the first Terra Health day, ⁠Kyriakos⁠ - CEO of ⁠Terra⁠, is joined by ⁠Lance Armstrong⁠, who shares his story with 300 Y Combinator founders, live from San Francisco.

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/Lance-Armstrong-Cycling-Legend-Investor-Podcaster

Lance shares his remarkable journey from a young athlete to a world-renowned cyclist, detailing his early struggles, his battle with cancer, and his eventual rise to fame. He discusses the challenges of competing in the Tour de France, the mindset required for success, and the impact of his fall from grace. Lance also reflects on the importance of resilience, the power of content creation in rebuilding his life, and his experiences in investing, particularly in Uber, Docusign, Terra, and others.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

03:30 The Early Years: From Swimming to Triathlon

05:52 Transition to Cycling and Olympic Aspirations

10:00 Facing Cancer: A Life-Changing Diagnosis

12:20 The Comeback: Returning to Cycling

14:51 The Challenge of the Tour de France

18:00 Winning Mindset: The Drive for Success

20:00 From Hero to Zero: The Fall from Grace

24:04 Rebuilding Life: The Power of Content Creation

24:20 Investing in Uber: The Chris Sacca Story

27:00 Investing in Docusign and Terra

30:06 Podcasting Success: Keys to Engaging Content

33:00 Reimagining the Future of Cycling

36:20 How to bet on people

36:42 Adapting Training as We Age

40:20 Reflections on Competition and Legacy

42:38 The Balance of Range and Consistency

45:30 'I Love Golf'

47:00 The Future of American Cycling

50:30 Motivation Beyond Winning

54:02 The Long Game in Venture Capital

57:30 Thoughts on Mindset

Full podcast and writeup → Lance Armstrong on winning seven Tours, falling from grace, and turning a $100K Uber bet into a top-performing fund

“Don’t Die is the only practically relevant framework that is equal to this moment in time considering the birth of superintelligence.” For the first Terra Health Day, Bryan Johnson educated 300 Y-Combinator founders about longevity. Here’s the full discussion:

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/dont-die-bryan-johnson

03:20 The thought experiment from the 25th century

04:00 Transitioning from Die to Don’t Die

06:15 Sleep is the most important thing in our lives

13:45 Never ask yourself to have willpower

14:40 We are a family of sleep

22:35 What the evidence says about lifespan and healthspan

27:00 Don’t trust any doctor

29:00 Stem Cells

31:00 Irony is the biggest risk in Bryan’s life

39:00 Longer living species have lower basal temperature

42:25 The healthcare system is shockingly bad

44:55 The genocide score

49:30 Travel is very expensive biologically

The host: https://twitter.com/kyriakoselMore on Blueprint: http://blueprint.bryanjohnson.comMore on Terra: https://tryterra.co

Full podcast and writeup → Bryan Johnson on becoming the world's most measured human, mastering sleep as a profession, and why Don't Die is the philosophy of our time

"The best companies are bought, not sold." In the latest podcast, Kyriakos is joined by @RealAnttoni, CEO of @veristable, the company that helps users discover better metabolic health, who just completed an acquisition with @ouraring. 03:55 How Veri Started11:00 The first Growth Hack12:10 The First Launch15:45 Evolution of the Product22:07 Meal Scores Using LLMs26:30 From the First Users to Fifty Thousand Users34:00 Initial discussions with Oura for an acquisition37:55 How to think about an acquisition44:00 Tactical acquisition advice for founders49:05 Take on The Future of Health Tech53:37 What To Expect From the Future Products of Oura55:21 Looking Back 100 Years From the Future

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/CEO-co-founder-of-Veri-Anttoni-Aniebonam

'If you find cancer too early, we as doctors might not know what to do with it.' In the latest podcast, we discuss with @andrewlacy, founder and CEO of @prenuvo, the company that helps find conditions before they become crises.01:30 Midlife crisis06:40 the ‘Secret Society’08:30 Quote from a doctor: ’ If you find lung cancer too early, I don’t know what to do with it.’09:28 Bootstrapping the business early on11:00 The first clinic12:35 Early-stage growth16:30 Differences in MRI and CT18:10 Where CT scan is better19:10 The main innovations in MRI24:30 What technologies are funded in healthcare26:05 Convincing investors27:00 Learnings for entrepreneurs29:40 How Prenuvo became viral to celebrities33:40 ‘The way we do healthcare is completely wrong’

Full episode and show notes: https://tryterra.co/podcast/ceo-and-founder-of-pernuvo