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In Episode #65, we explore solving simple problems and building profitable businesses. We’re joined by Marshall Haas, Founder and CEO of Peel and Shepherd. We cover creating products, overseas recruiting, and tweaking and optimizing a business.

“It's back to basics—just be a good person and operate with some integrity, and you can be around long enough to see some success for yourself.” – Marshall Haas

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This episode is our definitive guide to solving simple problems and building profitable businesses. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:57) – Marshall's background and path to entrepreneurship

(00:04:02) – Influential books

(00:06:38) – Need/Want and creating products

(00:12:09) – Profit margin is crucial for product companies

(00:14:37) – The ups and downs of running a physical product business

(00:24:55) – On Shepherd and overseas recruiting

(00:33:10) – Tweaking and optimizing the business

(00:36:09) – Personal projects and of Haas

(00:39:11) – The core principles of business

ABOUT NEED/WANT, PEEL, AND SHEPHERD

Serial entrepreneur Marshall Haas founded and scaled Need/Want, Peel, and most recently, Shepherd. After launching a collection of products from innovative, smart bedding to wearable emoji masks under the name Need/Want in 2013, Marshall doubled down on their most successful product. That happened to be insanely thin iPhone cases that they marketed under the name Peel. A business that, nearly 10 years later, still sells hundreds of thousands of cases a year. His most recent venture is Shepherd where he helps companies around the world hire the best emerging talent from the Philippines.

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Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #64, we deconstruct Dana Dunford's peak performance playbook—from her favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on her life. Dana is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hemlane. We cover affordable housing, a love for work, and the power of saying no.

“It's important for you to think of the pros and cons of both capitalism as well as keeping culture and roots and technology, and how we can have a good balance—because I don't think there is a right answer.” – Dana Dunford

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In this episode, we deconstruct Dana Dunford's peak performance playbook—from her favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on her life. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:32) – Affordable housing and self driving cars

(00:02:40) – A love for work and avoiding comparison

(00:04:35) – The power of saying no

(00:06:46) – How the pandemic helped Dana cultivate healthy habits

(00:08:32) – Why Do I Love These People?

(00:09:15) – Lexus and the Olive Tree

(00:11:21) – Failed startups and leaving the world a better place

ABOUT DANA DUNFORD

Dana Dunford is CEO and Co-Founder of Hemlane, an online property management platform. She started her career in finance with Symantec and Apple before working in business development at Nest. Her work with Nest built up her interest in the real estate industry, and she received an angel investment directly out of business school to start Hemlane.

After Dana started to invest in rental properties more than a decade ago, she noticed that there was a massive hole in the market. As a landlord, you could either manage everything yourself, or pay someone else to manage it for you. There was no middle ground. So Dana and her Hemlane co-founder Frank Liu set out to build exactly that.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #63, we explore managing rental properties and building the rental management platform of the future. We’re joined by Dana Dunford, Co-founder and CEO of Hemlane. We cover problems in the property management industry, the current technology in that space and, and the co-founder dynamic.

“For anyone out there starting a company, just start with one pain point and build something for that. And then start layering on everything else.” – Dana Dunford

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This episode is our definitive guide to building a rental management platform. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:45) – Dana's background and path to Hemlane

(00:05:19) – Problems in the property management industry

(00:10:52) – The current technology space in real estate and property management

(00:13:57) – Hemlane's customer journey

(00:17:11) – Serving customers and alleviating their pain points

(00:26:22) – The work that led to founding Hemlane

(00:29:45) – The co-founder dynamic

(00:33:28) – Advice for founders

ABOUT HEMLANE

After starting to invest in rental properties more than a decade ago, Dana noticed that there was a massive hole in the market. As a landlord, you could either manage everything yourself, or pay someone else to manage it for you. There was no middle ground. So Dana and her co-founder Frank Liu set out to build exactly that and founded Hemlane. 

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Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #62, we deconstruct Rachel Sanders’ peak performance playbook—from her favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on her life. Rachel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Rootine. We cover data-driven health, no-call days, and learning to let go as a founder.

“Being a founder is hard. There are a lot of high highs and a lot of low lows, and just making sure that you figure out a way to deal with it is super important.” – Rachel Sanders

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In this episode, we deconstruct Rachel Sanders’ peak performance playbook—from her favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on her life. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:01) – Data-driven health

(00:01:37) – Efficiency, prioritization, and learning to let go

(00:02:29) – The Great CEO Within

(00:03:21) – No-call days and tracking biomarkers

(00:06:20) – Making an impact and continuing to learn

(00:07:39) – Really trying and putting your all into it

ABOUT RACHEL SANDERS

Rachel Sanders is CEO and Co-Founder of Rootine, a personalized micronutrient subscription service. She started her career in investment banking at Raymond James before transitioning into the healthcare space. founding her first company, Patch Health. She then connected with her co-founder, Dr. Daniel Wallerstorfer, PhD, to create Rootine.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #61, we explore building the future of vitamins, micronutrients, and data-driven health. We’re joined by Rachel Sanders, Co-Founder & CEO of Rootine. We cover why the vitamin and supplement industry is broken, the ups and downs of being a founder, and advice for women founders.

“Feedback's a gift. The worst thing that you can have as a founder is someone ghosting you or not telling you what's wrong or what's right. If you know what's wrong, you know where to focus and know where to fix.” – Rachel Sanders

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This episode is our definitive guide to data-driven changes to the future of vitamins and micronutrients. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:28) – Rachel's background and path to Rootine

(00:05:08) – The data-driven health space

(00:11:16) – How Rootine works

(00:14:01) – Important health data points

(00:17:52) – Why general multivitamins aren't a great choice

(00:19:25) – Why the vitamin and supplement industry is broken

(00:23:32) – On starting Rootine and receiving feedback

(00:28:10) – The ups and downs of being a founder

(00:32:12) – Advice for female founders

ABOUT ROOTINE

Rachel Sanders is Co-founder and CEO of next gen vitamin company Rootine. We talk about how they're rethinking the daily multivitamin and shaking up a $150 billion market. In this episode, we cover why the current one size fits all multivitamin is broken, how Rootine invented an entirely new approach that starts with understanding your genetics and current and blood levels, how they blend the perfect multivitamin for every customer, and how their approach to data-driven health and customized nutrition fits into the broader picture of the quantified health movement.

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Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #59, we explore self-reflection, self improvement, and the Socratic Method. We’re joined by Marc Champagne, author of Personal Socrates. We cover building a mental fitness practice, simplifying the Socratic method, and the writing process.

“You need to understand if you're climbing the right mountain to begin with and understand who you're optimizing to become.” – Marc Champagne

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This episode is our definitive guide to self-reflection, self improvement, and the Socratic Method. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:55) – We are one question away from a different life

(00:07:22) – Building a mental fitness practice

(00:11:33) – Marc's morning reflection routine

(00:16:00) – Behind the Human podcast

(00:20:09) – Simplifying the Socratic method

(00:28:45) – Profiles and questions in Personal Socrates 

(00:34:50) – The writing process

(00:39:28) – Pausing the autopilot of life and work

ABOUT PERSONAL SOCRATES

Personal Socrates is filled with profiles of incredible people from Cal Fussman and Robin Williams to Kobe Bryant and Maya Angelou. Each chapter contains a short profile along with a few clarifying questions you can ponder and use as a journaling prompt, questions like how could I be clearer in fewer words or my personal favorite from Cal Fussman, how can I be the most curious person in the room? This is the first book published by Baron Fig.

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Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #60, we deconstruct Marc Champagne's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Marc is the author of Personal Socrates: Questions That Will Upgrade Your Life from Legends & World-Class Performers. We cover breathwork, the dialogue about mental health, and building a life wiki with Notion.

“The thing that lights me up the most is leaving people with more energy after conversation than when they came in.” – Marc Champagne

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In this episode, we deconstruct Marc Champagne's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:00:45) – The current dialogue around mental health

(00:01:27) – Being a source of energy for others

(00:03:26) – Trusting the journey

(00:05:05) – Breathwork and questioning medications

(00:14:22) – The Notion Life Wiki

(00:16:22) – Success is waking up happy and motivated

ABOUT MARC CHAMPAGNE

Marc Champagne is author of Personal Socrates: Questions That Will Upgrade Your Life from Legends & World-Class Performers. A self-proclaimed Mental Fitness Strategist, Marc is a speaker and corporate trainer and hosts the top 50 podcast, Behind the Human. Marc previously co-founded the journaling app (KYO) which reached 86.9 million people.

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Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #57, we explore network effects and investing in network effect businesses. We’re joined by James Currier, co-founder and general partner of NfX. We cover virality vs. network effects, tweaking rules and systems to take advantage of network effects, and network effects as a business strategy.

“Every company is its own work of art, and the founder is the artist.” – James Currier

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This episode is our definitive guide to  network effects and investing in network effect businesses. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:58) – James’ background and journey to NfX

(00:07:50) – Defining network effects and why they are so powerful

(00:11:20) – Virality vs. network effects

(00:14:46) – Examples of businesses with network effects

(00:24:57) – Tweaking rules and systems to take advantage of network effects

(00:31:07) – Networks effects as a business strategy

(00:33:58) – Investing in network effects businesses

(00:40:26) – Advice for founders

ABOUT NFX

The name NfX is actually short for Network Effects, and James with his founding partner, Pete Flint, founded NfX after seeing the power of network effects, partially by doing research that confirms that 70% of all unicorns are companies with proven network effects driving their businesses. While NFX has become one of the world's leading thinkers on network effects, having published incredibly salient posts from 13 different network effects and counting, where they've now identified 16 different types of network effects, to their very popular self-help article titled Your Life is Driven by Network Effects, and their strategy is clearly working.

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Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.

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Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #58, we deconstruct James Currier's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. James is General Partner of NfX. We cover working with ADD, bonding curves, and a Buddhist perspective of success.

“I think about it from a Buddhist perspective, which is that just being present and being in joy is success, and therefore it's available to anyone.” – James Currier

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In this episode, we deconstruct James Currier's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:00:35) – Bonding curves and seeing the big picture

(00:03:14) – Working with ADD, avoiding alcohol and sugar, and finding the love of your life

(00:05:22) – Learning from Joseph Campbell and Niall Ferguson

(00:06:05) – Your Life on Network Effects

(00:09:04) – A Buddhist perspective of success

(00:10:13) – Choosing the right industry

ABOUT JAMES CURRIER

James Currier is General Partner of NFX, an early stage VC firm with a focus on startups with potential for network effects. Before founding NFX, James co-founded four successful companies: Tickle (acquired by Monster), Wonderhill (merged with Kabam), IronPearl (acquired by PayPal), and Jiff (merged with Castlight).

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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In Episode #55, we explore building the fastest email client in the world. We’re joined by Vivek Sodera, co-founder of Superhuman. We cover early failures and learnings as a CEO, empathy and the CEO role, and building an amazing team.

“I'm a big believer that a startup, at the end of the day, is a series of experiments to unlock some type of learning or user psychology.” – Vivek Sodera

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CHAPTERS

This episode is our definitive guide to building the fastest email client in the world. In it we cover:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:40) – Vivek’s background and road to entrepreneurship

(00:06:55) – On early failure and learnings as a CEO

(00:12:41) – Vivek’s connection with Rahul Vohra and Superhuman

(00:18:01) – The many roles of the non-CEO co-founder

(00:25:41) – Advice for entrepreneurs

(00:28:44) – Empathy and the CEO role

(00:33:08) – Building an amazing team

(00:39:05) – Failure is life’s greatest teacher

ABOUT SUPERHUMAN

Superhuman is the fastest email client in the world. Their Series C valued the company at $825 million. Their mission is to help the world's busiest people, including doctors, lawyers, and executives, get time back by spending less time checking and answering email.

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Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.

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ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER

Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.

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