Marcus Milione is an entrepreneur. He is the creator of Minted New York.

Dan McCormick is the creator of Create – perhaps the world's first creatine company.

Zach Pogrob is an entrepreneur and writer.

Neema Naz is a comedian.

Lisa Ann is a former adult film actress and current author and radio personality.

In this conversation, we spoke about challenges in the industry, communication, her relationship with her parents, living in survival, and her new book.

(0:00) Intro

(3:35) Writing

(7:31) First Impressions

(10:21) First Time Lisa Had Weed

(11:49) Social Media

(15:49) Peggy (Lisa’s Earliest Role Model)

(21:45) Relationship With Parents

(28:43) Survival To Self-Love

(36:33) Leaving Porn (Minimalism)

(46:14) Lisa Ann’s Morning Routine

(53:41) Lisa’s Entrepreneurial Itch

(1:02:02) Advice To Younger Version

(1:04:39) Getting Into Sports Media

(1:09:45) Communication

(1:13:43) What Are You Running From/Toward?

(1:21:54) Dating For Lisa Ann

(1:27:10) The Life Back

(1:33:03) Challenge

Lisa's Links

Leon Hendrix is a YouTuber and entrepreneur.

In this conversation, we spoke about early moments in Leon's journey, why it was so important for him to create a community, getting phone calls from MrBeast, spending time with billionaire Bryan Johnson, and what it's like to have 500,000 subscribers.

(0:00) Your First Memory

(4:01) Improvement

(5:43) Tony Robbins

(7:31) Old Versions

(9:02) Making It Back To Australia

(14:33) Flipping Negative To Positive

(21:48) Creating A Community

(26:21) DRVN

(33:03) MrBeast

(34:23) Blowing Up

(37:51) Bryan Johnson

(43:00) Figuring Out Your Strengths

(52:58) 500,000 Subscribers

(53:41) Challenges With Business

(56:42) Going From Good To Great On YouTube

(1:01:02) Dad Going Into Debt

(1:04:39 Sleep (Do The Fundamentals)

(1:10:52) Increased IQ Thanks To Forgiveness

(1:17:34) Two Parts Of Self

(1:22:36) Challenge

Resources:

Leon’s Links

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leonjhendrix

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonjhendrix

DRVN: https://thedrvn.co

Steph Smith is the host of the a16z Podcast.

(0:00) Intro

(2:10) Discipline vs. Flowing

(4:22) How Steph Became The a16z Podcast Host

(5:58) Becoming Better At Spotting Trends

(8:09) Favorite Questions

(10:54) Downsides Of Having A Following

(15:21) Having A Smarter Sister

(17:20) Parenting

(20:51) Compliments

(22:22) Scarcity (and Ice Cream)

(26:13) Analyzing The World vs. Listening

(30:18) Podcasting & Identity

(37:49) Scholarships

(41:39) How To Spot Talent

(48:28) Convincing Husband To Code

(50:33) Create Content To Sell Something Else

(54:43) Falling Off The Non-Fiction Cliff

(56:33) Building A Narrative (Fictional Influencer)

(1:00:43) How Do You Know If Your Content Is Working

(1:01:54) Common Mistakes New Tweeters Make

(1:04:39) Steph’s Instagram Travel Account

(1:07:09) Getting Better As A Traveler

(1:11:55) Challenge

Resources

Steph's Links

Steezy Kane is an independent filmmaker.

In this conversation we spoke about the law of attraction, letting his team go, early days of creating, his father as an inspiration, the month he blew up, and his 1 hour ritual...

(0:00) Intro

(1:04) Steezy’s English Teacher

(4:08) The Power of Imagining

(8:03) Steezy’s 1 Hour Ritual

(10:31) Why Does Law of Attraction Work?

(11:58) Building A Persona

(14:41) The Month Steezy Blew Up (September 2018)

(21:03) Steezy Letting Team Go

(24:33) Speaking Truth To Serve Yourself

(31:45) Online vs. Offline

(34:23) 10 Years To 1,000,000 Subscribers

(42:02) Early Days of Creating

(44:02) Manson’s Law of Avoidance

(50:05) The Thoughts Create The Reality

(53:36) Common Mistakes From Newer YouTubers?

(56:56) Reprogramming Your Subconscious Mind

(1:07:31) Seeking Truth

(1:09:34) What Does Steezy Know For Sure?

(1:13:42) Challenge 

Steezy's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/steezykane

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I put out on Twitter a special form asking listeners...

Then I got to dialing.

It was an incredibly fun experience – and I hope to do it again.

Brad Lancaster is a YouTuber.

He runs the channel Discover Connection, which has more than 570,000 subscribers. On the channel, he runs interesting experiments and documents them… like crossing America on $0, asking Mexicans to cook dinner at their home, getting a tattoo with a stranger, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(1:20) What Is Connection?

(7:10) Brad’s Stress

(9:39) Feeling Isolation

(17:03) Working For Yes Theory

(27:31) Where Does Insecurity Come From?

(34:51) Free Car

(37:01) There Are No Bad People 

(41:01) Humanity Is All The Emotions

(43:39) The Problem With Modern Communities

(50:55) Feeling Not Wanted

(55:58) Different Lenses

(1:00:01) Meeting Random People

(1:03:41) Getting A Stranger’s Face Tattooed

(1:08:02) Creating Serendipity

(1:12:00) Panic Attack In Mexico

(1:15:02) Consuming Too Much

(1:16:33) Loving Yourself

(1:19:21) Growth = Friends Becoming Mentors

(1:24:05) Challenge

(1:25:52) Second Phone

Resources:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverconnection