Turner Novak is a venture capitalist.

He is the creator of Banana Capital – a venture capital firm that invests globally across all sectors from pre-seed to pre-IPO. He became known on Twitter through his legendary memes.

In this conversation, we spoke about why investing, virality, common traits for successful founders, why crypto didn't make sense to him, and why he was so interested in video games. 

(0:00) Intro

(1:26) First Viral Moment

(4:02) Skipping Class For Twitter IPO

(7:10) Why Investing

(11:20) Video Games

(22:41) Venture Capital Fantasy Portfolio

(33:41) Getting Into Venture Capital

(40:49) Common Traits For Successful Founders

(46:01) How Has Turner’s Thinking Evolved?

(48:34) Crypto (“You’re Going To Get Me Cancelled”)

(54:13) Grocery Delivery

(58:02) Challenge

Turner's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak

Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc

The Split: https://www.thespl.it

My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

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Harley Finkelstein is the President of Shopify. 

In this conversation, we spoke about mentorship, loss, and working with MrBeast, what he learned from law school, and the pivotal lessons he learned from his grandmother - who was a Holocaust survivor.

(0:00) Intro

(1:20) Why Is Harley On The Show?

(2:00) Parental Encouragement

(3:40) Seth Godin

(5:37) Mentorship

(10:21) How Harley Manages Anxiety

(14:40) Managing Pressure

(17:55) Law School (& Moot Court)

(21:29) Handling Pain & Loss

(26:10) Pivotal Lessons From Grandmother (Holocaust Survivor)

(33:33) Finding Meaning

(40:52) Tobi Lutke

(44:44) MrBeast & Working With Celebrities

(51:55) Getting Better At Storytelling

(54:40) Challenge

Resources

Harley's Links

Harley’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harleyf

Shopify: https://www.shopify.com

My Links 

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 

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Greg O'Gallagher is a fitness entrepreneur and creator of Kinobody. In this conversation, we spoke about parenting, charisma, Eckhart Tolle, and the power of self-belief.

Jordan Welch is an entrepreneur & YouTuber. In this conversation, we dove deep into Jordan’s personal journey of entrepreneurship, how he’s done inner work on himself, the power and dangers of the internet, how to talk to famous people, his regrets, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(1:30) Early Content

(2:52) Confidence

(4:51) Quitting?

(5:55) Getting Job As A Busboy

(7:15) Vision

(8:28 Sneaker Convention

(11:00 Growing Up Numb

(13:01) Connection To Sebastian Ghiorghiu & Iman Gadzhi

(13:38) Iman London

(14:48 Chip On Shoulder

(15:43 Acceptance

(16:58 Practices To Help With Acceptance

(19:03) Inner Work

(21:22) Role Models

(22:53) What Makes For A Great Leader?

(24:51) Subscriber To Friend

(27:00) Employees

(28:10) Power & Danger of Internet

(31:23) Think & Grow Rich

(32:41) The Millionaire Fastlane

(33:51) Regrets

(35:51) Music

(36:58) Behind The Scenes YouTube

(38:08) What Makes For A Good Story?

(39:11) Time Capsule

(40:11) Who Does Jordan Create For?

(41:22) Wake Up

(43:40) Positive & Negative Aspects Social Media

(46:01) Fear

(48:31) Creativity

(51:32) Biggest Unlock For YouTube Growth

(56:31) YouTuber Mistakes

(58:18) How Did Having Money Change Jordan?

(1:00:02) What Does Jordan Want People To Feel?

(1:01:09) What Is Jordan Proud Of?

(1:02:04) Jordan’s Mom

(1:03:20) Not Responding To Messages

(1:04:18) Becoming The Rock Of House

(1:05:42) What’s Your Gift?

(1:07:01) How To Talk To Famous People

(1:11:21) For Those Who Want To Do YouTube

(1:14:24) Jordan Welch Roasts My YouTube Channel

(1:18:41) Challenge

Resources

Jordan’s Links

My Links 

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 

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Case Kenny is the host of the top podcast “New Mindset, Who Dis?” where he offers practical thoughts on self improvement, mindfulness and how to live your best life. In this conversation, we spoke about why men are having less sex, his optimistic attitude, what women get wrong about dating, how to be more lucky, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(2:21) Why Case’s Show Is Popular

(4:14) From Sales To Podcasting

(10:03) Case’s Relationship With Self

(13:30) Advice For 27 Year Olds

(18:33) Why Are Men Having Less Sex?

(20:38) Optimism

(26:21) How To Get Lucky

(30:20) Shoot Your Shot

(36:31) Mindfulness & Dating

(46:39) Journaling Prompts

(51:17) Overcoming Fear (Austin Rief Story)

(55:01) Improving As A Marketer

(59:47) Winning At Podcasting

(1:02:35) Challenges

Case’s Links

All Links: https://hoo.be/casekenny

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/case.kenny

My Links

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

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Annie Duke is a former poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and at one point won more money in WSOP history than any other female. She is still in the top four as of September 2021, despite being retired from poker, last cashing at a tournament 2010.

She is the author of three phenomenal books Thinking In Bets, How To Decide, and Quit.

In this conversation, we spoke about how Annie got into poker, how to decide whether to quit a job or relationship, and what she learned from Erik Seidel.

(0:00) Intro

(3:13) Getting Into Poker

(19:59) Visual Memory

(22:00) Annie’s Poker Mentor

(27:21) Breaking Down Decision Making

(30:43 Dr. Olstyn Martinez

(39:39) Maintaining Identity

(44:11) Deciding In Advance

(48:56) Quitting A Relationship Or Job

(53:30) What Does Annie Want People To Take Away?

(59:20) Challenge

Annie’s Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke

Thinking In Bets by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions/dp/0735216355

How To Decide by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/How-Decide-Simple-Making-Choices/dp/B088P4XLVB

Quit by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/Quit-Power-Knowing-When-Walk/dp/0593422996

My Links

Thinking In Bets Notes – https://dannymiranda.com/thinking-in-bets-notes-summary/

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Jacob Turner was the ninth overall draft pick in the 2009 MLB draft. He played for 11 years as a  professional baseball player.  In this conversation, we spoke about the flow state, identity change, the importance of discipline, building your second chapter, and the importance of admitting the truth.

(0:00) Intro

(1:45) First Round Draft Pick

(4:39) Early Days As A Baseball Player

(10:50) Discipline

(12:39) How Does Getting Paid Change Passion?

(14:43) Making $5.5 Million As A Minor Leaguer

(22:15) The Flow State

(28:01) Misunderstanding About The MLB

(32:12) Quitting

(36:02) Second Chapter

(43:01) Psychology of Money

(44:20) Money And Happiness

(47:10) Identity

(51:44) Admitting The Truth

(59:37) Downsides of Pro Athlete?

(1:05:58) Parenting

(1:09:21) 75 Hard

(1:13:01) Social Media

(1:16:48) Thinking Bigger

(1:30:01) Reviewing Game Footage

(1:34:18) Challenge

Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel – https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681

The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz – https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Thinking-Big-David-Schwartz/dp/0671646788

Jacob's Links 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSuddenWealth

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

TheSuddenWealth

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesuddenwealth 

My Links  

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com  

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda  

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda  

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Billy Oppenheimer is a writer. He is also the research assistant for Ryan Holiday.

In this conversation, we spoke about the future of AI and writing, playing the long game, why everything is a remix, what he learned driving Robert Greene from the airport, and why the work is the win.

(0:00) Intro

(3:02) Uncle Bill

(6:09) Ryan Holiday

(14:21) Research

(19:11) Writing Process

(22:41) Coffee Cup Theory of AI

(26:01) Improving Taste

(30:51) ChatGPT

(35:02) Creativity

(37:09) The Nerdy Dopamine Pathway

(41:20) How To Get Lucky

(46:09) Rick Rubin Connection

(50:00) Goal Setting?

(51:49) The Work Is The Win

(54:02) Robert Greene

(1:04:02) Be Okay Being The Freak

(1:07:24) Play The Long Game

(1:08:31) What Do You Admire?

(1:12:42) What Does Billy Love About Writing?

(1:15:45) Everything Is A Remix

(1:17:01) Falcon Oath (& Exploration)

(1:21:03) Challenges

Resources

The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI – https://every.to/p/the-cup-of-coffee-theory-of-ai

First We Read, Then We Write – https://www.amazon.com/First-We-Read-Then-Write/dp/1587297930

I Can’t Make This Up by Kevin Hart – https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Make-This-Up-Lessons/dp/1501155571

Billy’s Rick Rubin Thread – https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer/status/1596600415067537409

Fluke by Morgan Housel – https://collabfund.com/blog/fluke

Billy’s Links

Six at 6 Newsletter: https://billyoppenheimer.com/newsletter

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer

My Links

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

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Max Reisinger is a filmmaker.

In this conversation, we dove deep into his vulnerability, how YouTube has changed him, why his following doesn't lead to ego, what it was like to break the 5-minute mile, and what it was like to see his face on a Times Square billboard.

(0:00) Intro

(2:50) Origami Summer Camp

(4:33) Entrepreneur Vs. Artist

(7:22) Importance Of Reaching Out

(10:43) 19 Years Old

(12:18) Parents

(16:23) How Has YouTube Changed Max?

(18:45) Views

(22:12) Following ≠ Ego

(23:22) Social Media + Food Comparison

(25:28) Drive Across Country Video

(34:04) Vulnerability

(36:49) Discipline In Montana

(42:42) Breaking 5 Minute Mile

(47:42) Shifting The Energy Source

(49:38) Wild Confidence & Optimism

(56:03) Using Your Phone As A Tool

(1:00:08) What To Do If You Feel Lonely

(1:02:45) Parenting

(1:04:41) Fan Mail

(1:06:33) Seeing Face On Times Square

(1:09:20) Tapping Into Emotions/Feelings

(1:12:23) Challenge

Resources

* Max’s TED Talk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH6nOAr8vUw

* 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson – https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021

* Wherever You Go, There You Are – https://www.amazon.com/Wherever-You-There-Are-Mindfulness/dp/1401307787

* A Story About Falling In Love (Max Reisinger) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyHcLp1H7Mc

Max’s Links

* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaxReisinger

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxbrsee/

My Links

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🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

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Ryan Ng is making films for the next generation of creators. In this conversation, we spoke about building your world, manifestation, how  @ColinandSamir have impacted his journey, getting better at creating, how he increased his confidence, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(2:50) Growing Up Long Island, NY

(7:46) Mr. Brogan Believing In Ryan

(15:14) Feeling Like The Invisible Asian Kid

(17:49) Create Fearlessly

(20:13) Building Your World

(23:43) Affirmations

(28:20) Creator Camp

(35:54) Transparency & Empathy

(39:58) How Do We Get Better At Creating?

(42:07) Colin & Samir

(45:23) Manifestation

(50:18) Confidence

(52:18) Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be

(57:53) Third Space

(1:04:52) How To Maximize Creator Camp Experience?

(1:07:15) How To Bring Together People Effectively?

(1:08:48) Sniper

(1:10:02) Challenge

Ryan's Links

YouTube:  @RyanNgFilms 

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

My Links

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🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

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