Podcast Notes Playlist: Latest Episodes

Raoul Pal of Real Vision rejoins me on the show to talk about how Bitcoin and Macro are colliding. We talk about the incredible risk:reward opportunity of bitcoin, DCA long term, Bitcoin as better collateral, and more.

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• Go into an interview with a goal or vision in mind otherwise, youget funneled into the mainstream conversations
• “I still think storytelling is the most important thing regardless of medium and regardless of length” – Kyle Thiermann
  • “With hosting a podcast a lot of it is just about asking the right questions and getting out of the way”
• First, start with your immediate circle and find interesting people who you’re curious to learn more about
  • Interesting people also tend to have interesting friends so people you know could also introduce you to someone new
• Preparing questions and topics in advance is key
  • As you get better you’ll be able to riff and go on tangents more easily
• There is no one formula for success; interviewing is a creative process
• People will remember the ending most so you should aim to end on a high note
  • This can be a laugh, a powerful statement, or a deep insight
• With podcasts, you have the ability to form deeper connections with your audience due to the depth of conversations available
  • The unfiltered nature of podcasts also incentivizes honesty and trust
• If done well a three-hour interview will pass by in the blink of an eye for both the guest and the audience

In this episode my friend Erik Rist interviews me about the inner workings of this podcast. 

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The Motherfucker Awards

Intro music by Nashe Howe

“Life moves pretty fast ... if you don't look around once and a while, you could miss it.”

- Ferris Buller

• David loves doing magic because it brings out the inner kid in everyone:
  • “At the core of everybody, there’s like an innocent kid somewhere, maybe he got really far lost, and magic just pulls that out of people” – David Blaine 
• David learned to hold his breathe for long periods of time because kids at the YMCA could swim faster than him and David realized that if he could hold his breath longer, it would make him a faster swimmer
  • Holding your breath is all about your tolerance to CO2 buildup, not lack of oxygen
    • “If you relax and efficiently keep your oxygen and not make the CO2 build up more extreme, you can actually hold more efficiently” – David Blaine
• The longest he’s held his breath was for 20 minutes and 2 seconds. His heart rate dropped to 8 beats per minute!  
• When David was a young magician, he would go to fancy restaurants in New York City and ask if he could perform tricks for guests. There, he learned that how you interact with people is more important than the trick itself:
  • “You start to understand the psychology of the magic is way more important than the tricks” – David Blaine 
• David’s new special is called “Ascension” and premieres on YouTube live on August 31. He plans to hang on to a bunch of balloons and float up to around 25,000 feet. He’ll then let go and skydive back down.

•  The main problem in apparel: finding clothes that fit customers and that customers love
  • “Nobody was solving that core problem of how do I actually identify the clothes on this planet, out of the millions of things out there, that you specifically are going to love” – Katrina Lake
•  Price and speed of delivery are important in the apparel industry, but at the end of the day people want clothes that they like:
  • “Yes, price, speed, and delivery are important in apparel but actually more important is it right for you? Does it fit?” – Katrina Lake
• Stitch Fix is solving this problem by using data science to offer clothing recommendations that people will like
  • Stitch Fix wants to become your personalized styler:
    • “What we’re really trying to do is get to this personalized storefront for every person” – Katrina Lake
• Stitch Fix was cash-flow positive in 2014 and went from $0 to $1 billion in 5 years, and Katrina still had trouble raising money from VCs
  • “I was forced to be capital efficient. I had to make the most of our balance sheet in order to survive.” – Katrina Lake
• Two of Katrina’s superpowers as a founder was her ability to recruit amazing people to come work at Stitch Fix and her authentic leadership style:
  • “Absolutely recruiting, I never, ever, ever would have been able to do all of the things that we did without having the incredible people on the team” – Katrina Lake
  • “The only thing that I had was this ability to be authentic and connect with people and to bring people along”

8x Olympic medalist and short-track speed skating legend, Apolo Ohno chats about his origin story, recovering from multiple failures, mental training, confidence and leaving it all of the ice.

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