Mike Solana is the founder of media brand Pirate Wires and an entrepreneur in residence at Founders Fund where he's worked with Peter Thiel for 10+ years. With almost 250,000 followers, Solana is one of the leading voices in the tech-media space. You can find him on Twitter @MicSolana and subscribe to Pirate Wires here.

1:03 - 16:02 — Pirate Wires

16:02 - 22:01 — Working with Peter Thiel

22:01 - 30:03 — Thoughtcrime

30:03 — END — Tech Twitter

Jason Levin is the writer behind Cyber Patterns, a newsletter with 7,000+ subscribers focused on content strategy and career hacks for creatives. You can find him insights and memes on ⁠Twitter⁠ and subscribe to Cyber Patterns here.

Venkatesh Rao is an essayist and author focused on organizational psychology and strategies for freelancers. I've been a fan of his work for almost 2 years and wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to have this conversation. Highly recommend you check out his new book The Art of Gig Volume 2.  Venkatesh can be found on Twitter and Substack. 

2:15 - 5:30 Intellectual Sparring

5:35 - 8:10  Being Slightly Evil

8:10 - 9:50 SBF v. Elon

9:56 - 10:30 Effective Altruism

10:40 - 13:30 Cold-blooded Listening

13:30 - 17:50 Charismatic Megagigs 

18:00 - 21:00 Upward Managing your Clients

21:10 - VGR’s Average Day

24:15 - 26:10 Deep work

Jason Levin is the writer behind Cyber Patterns, a newsletter with 2,500+ subscribers focused on how to win the great online game. You can find him posting growth tactics and dumb tech bro jokes on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Abhishek Shah is the writer behind Psychology of Marketing, a newsletter with over 17,000 subscribers. He's quickly built up a Twitter audience of over 40,000 followers by sharing thoughtful marketing tips and tactics. Hope you enjoy this conversation.

2:10 - 2:55 LinkedIn or Twitter?

4:13-5:41 Finding ads for newsletters

7:00-10:00 Legacy Media v. Creators

10:00-12:30 India as a Tech Powerhouse

12:30-15:00 Twitter giveaways

15:00-16:00 Day in the life

16:50- 17:20 The grind of Twitter

Jason Levin is the writer behind Cyber Patterns, a newsletter with 2,000+ subscribers focused on how to win the great online game. You can find him posting growth tactics and dumb tech bro jokes on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Danny Miranda runs The Danny Miranda Podcast where he interviews the happiest, healthiest, and wisest people in the world.  We chatted about growing a podcast, our favorite guests, and our journeys as creators. Find Danny on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Don't forget to subscribe to my newsletter Cyber Patterns and hit me on Twitter.

Jon Finkel is the award-winning author of Hoops Heist, The Life of Dad, Jocks In Chief, The Athlete, Heart Over Height, “Mean” Joe Greene and more. His books have been endorsed by everyone from Mark Cuban and Tony Dungy to Spike Lee, Kevin Durant and Chef Robert Irvine. He has written for GQ, Men’s Health, Yahoo! Sports, The New York Times and has appeared on CBS: This Morning, Good Morning Texas, and hundreds of radio shows, podcasts and streams.

@BoredElonMusk is a pseudonymous creator with 1.7 million followers on Twitter.  He's the founder of blockchain video game company BoredBox and an angel investor.

Alex Banks writes Through the Noise, a popular newsletter about startups and venture capital.  He also hosts a sister podcast under the same name.  Alex and I chat about how he grew his Twitter to 88,000+, the difference between signal v. noise, favorite books, and much more.

Billy Oppenheimer is a writing/research assistant to author Ryan Holiday.  We chatted how he cold emailed his way into a dream job.

Today, I spoke with Justin Alanis and JP Alanis, the cofounders of StoryDAO.  

Richard Socher is the founder and CEO of You.com, the search engine you control.