Rajit's Show

https://twitter.com/divalbanerjee (Dival) and I discuss what it will take to invent the future, the promise of hardtech startups, and the need for tech optimism.

https://divalbanerjee.com/ (Dival Banerjee) is the founder of https://www.vuecason.com/ (Vuecason), a startup developing a way to 3D print metal like plastic. He attended the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in computer engineering and participated in their https://t.co/FD7cd62eua?amp=1 (Hyperloop) team. He is also a member of the infamous https://genzmafia.com/ (genzmafia).

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https://nasjaq.com/ (NASJAQ) and I talk about creating for yourself, building something no one else can, and how the internet enables him to create leverage.

NASJAQ has more than 800K https://www.tiktok.com/@nasjaq?lang=en (Tiktok) followers at the time of this writing. He posts videos about deeptech companies and projects and reinvests the money he earns into moonshot companies.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/praneet-kedari (Praneet Kedari) and I discuss why we want to work at startups, understanding what gets you in flow, and designing your life around what you care about.

Praneet is a second-year CS major at Georgia Tech. He is the Director of http://startup.exchange/ (Startup Exchange), a student entrepreneur community at Georgia Tech.

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https://twitter.com/jerryxfeng (Jerry Feng) and I talk about why we dislike the term "content creator," the emerging ecosystem powering the passion economy, and the remote work revolution.

Jerry Feng a University of Southern California alumnus and an OnDeck Writer fellow. Right now, he is the Head of Marketing at https://tonebase.co/ (Tonebase). He writes a wonderful newsletter on https://feng.substack.com/ (Substack) and rumor has it that he's building a music edtech startup.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiranec/ (Kiran Cherukuri) and I discuss the creator economy, what a creator truly is, and the emerging ecosystem to support them.

Kiran is a Masters Student at the University of Pennsylvania studying artificial intelligence and machine learning. Before he returned to school, he was a Product Engineer at https://tilda.bio/ (Tilda), focusing on automating medical research.

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https://alexmasmej.com/ (Alex Masmej) and I discuss the future of social media, how power is escaping from financial, media, and technological institutions, and how we can leverage the blockchain to create communities from the bottom-up.

Alex Masmej raised $20K when he https://www.coindesk.com/man-who-sells-himself-now-wants-buyers-to-control-his-life (tokenized himself), letting people invest in his future earnings and granting them control over his life. Alex is the founder of https://tryshowtime.com/ (Showtime), a social platform for digital items backed by https://medium.com/tryshowtime/showtime-manifesto-solving-the-social-dilemma-375045771592 (cryptocurrency).

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https://drewface.medium.com/ (Andrew Roberts) and I discuss identifying how you can use your unique gifts to push the world forward, how difficult it is to find good career advice, and following non-traditional paths.

Andrew Roberts was the first employee and is a Software Engineer at https://culdesac.com/ (Culdesac), a post-car real estate development startup. He is also a recipient of the Flinn Scholarship, which is how he met Culdesac's CEO, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanjohnsonaz/ (Ryan Johnson).

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https://nikolas.xyz/ (Nikolas Huebecker) and I discuss how we can warp our realities by living intentionally, how https://genzmafia.com/ (genzmafia) got started, and how he hacked high school.

Nikolas is the founder at https://nikolas.xyz/shh (REDACTED). In high school he was a Program Manager at https://www.srnd.org/ (CodeDay), a worldwide app-making event. He also interned at https://shrug.vc/ (Shrug Capital), where he shaped Gen Z products.

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https://dvassallo.com/ (Daniel Vassallo) and I discuss how to structure your life around what you care about, getting comfortable with uncertainty, and what it means to spend time well.

Daniel Vassallo left his $500K per year job at Amazon to work for himself. He's "quarter-time" at https://gumroad.com/ (Gumroad), where he sold https://gumroad.com/l/twitter-audience (Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience) and https://gumroad.com/l/aws-good-parts (The Good) Parts of AWS. Right now, he's building https://userbase.com/ (Userbase), a way for developers to add user authentication to static sites.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasmansingh20/ (Jasman Singh) and I discuss the stigma around gap years, how to understand what you truly want, and how to take control of your education.

Jasman is a Public Policy and International Affairs major at Princeton University who's on a gap year. Right now, he's a product intern at https://www.nabis.com/ (Nabis) and an investment partner at the https://www.dormroomfund.com/ (Dorm Room Fund).

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