Greg's New Music - June '24

In Amsterdam right now, love this place so much. Have been looking forward to this Europe trip for a while so it's great to finally be here and be back in the city I love. 

00:00:20 Amsterdam
00:06:32 Ice breaker questions
00:16:32 Hanging w/ Jackie
00:24:08 Greg's New Music
00:30:34 Spotlight: Terence McKenna

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This is the second part of my time with Rene. This was recorded in Mexico City earlier this year. If you haven't already heard part 1, you should lsiten to that first. 

00:00:40 Rene's story
00:07:48 Podcasting
00:16:06 Embracing failure
00:24:24 Belonging to something
00:32:56 500 Startups low point
00:39:58 500 moving forward

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Rene is a partner at 500 LATAM, one of the biggest tech accelerators in Latin America. We have been friends for a few years now. This episode is me as a guest on Rene's podcast, and next week's episode will be Rene as a guest on Spiraling Up.

00:00:20 Intro
00:03:00 Who is Greg?
00:09:04 Fired from McDonald's
00:12:52 Blind life
00:16:36 Why I invest
00:35:32 Assessing founders
00:41:24 Investing in LATAM today
00:52:08 Closing thoughts

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Quick life update before leaving for Europe, also a new segment! Enjoy the Podcast Spotlight. 

00:00:20 Living Update
00:03:20 Future of VC
00:07:04 Kratom update
00:15:12 Upcoming life
00:16:04 Podcast Spotlight: Tim Dillon - Cracker Barrel

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I met Roam when I was working at KeepTruckin and he was in the Navy. We became fast friends and while we don't get to see each other very often, our conversations are super high quality. We have a very direct way of talking to each other that ends up leading to fast moving, interesting conversations across a wide variety of topics. Hope you enjoy this.

00:00:00 Extended Intro
00:03:20 Welcome Roam!
00:09:28 Prove it
00:30:00 Relationships
00:37:06 First impressions
00:50:32 David Goggins
01:00:30 Torture
01:11:10 Mission Planning

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Michelle is another energy person who I met on my trip in Mexico a few months ago. She has a lot of life in her voice, and has a lot of interesting nuance in the way she speaks. 

00:00:20 Places that feel like home
00:08:08 Thoughts on Michelle
00:18:46 The Oracle
00:21:42 Human Zoo
00:30:56 Michelle's healing journey
01:00:48 Energetic Sex

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Ender is not this guests real name, but he asked that his identity be kept private due to some of the content of this episode. Ender is my longest friendship. We met in kindergarden and it's been a pretty crazy experience to watch both of us grow up and develop as people. 

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Ryan's second appearance on the pod.

00:00:40 Whale Wars
00:05:58 Ryan is dating!
00:18:04 Codependence
00:26:22 Politic
00:45:40 Therapy
01:04:58 Austin, London & China
01:16:56 Living with money
01:21:00 Developing expertise
01:33:20 Who could you fall for?
01:45:22 I don't like your friends
01:56:56 Festivals
02:07:02 Building our teams

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Pretty meaty life update. Talk through my recent travels, Celeste, Andres, and my conversation with Jackie.

00:00:30 Columbia
00:03:38 Celeste
00:14:08 Andres
00:28:18 Detroit
00:29:50 Expanding the guest list
00:35:50 Drank vs. Kendrick
00:43:32 Jackie debrief

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L is a great interview. I am keeping his name private due to some of the work he does, but his name is said in the episode. This conversation took a ton of turns and almost felt like 3 or 4 distinct episodes. Can't wait to have him on again. 

00:00:30 Welcome L!
00:04:16 Bangladesh
00:19:08 Middle East
00:33:10 Kosovo
00:58:00 ISIS
01:05:14 Jumping into Cannabis
01:29:48 Neuralink & Elon
02:11:52 Emerging tech
02:20:54 AI & GPT
02:49:10 Ketadream

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