The Startup Ideas Podcast

Do you have what it takes to grow your investments from good to great? Today we share why Web3 will be the best investment in your lifetime, explain how India is the future of the internet, and explore the depth of knowledge needed to trade successfully. Hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Raoul Pal, a former Goldman Sachs investment banker turned entrepreneur, who founded Real Vision and Exponential Age Asset Management. Raoul divulges the secret to becoming a special investor, explains why you need to stay true to your convictions (especially in a bear market), and shares his vision for the future of the financial world.

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SHOW NOTES

01:23 How Raoul Pal Introduced Sahil

05:25 Raoul Pal’s Origin Story & Building His Brand

9:54 Unique Ability Matters for People & Funds

13:22 The Depth of Knowledge Needed to Trade

16:45 Investor Psychology

17:44 The Best & Worst Trade Raoul’s Career

23:51 Trust Your Gut

27:20 How Your Geographic Location Helps or Hurts You

29:26 Investing for the Future

32:33 India is the Future of the Internet

36:06 The Exponential Age

40:26 What does the digital world look like in 20 years?

46:20 Space is Closer Than We Think

52:50 Why Raoul Pal is All-In on Web3

59:36 Can You Tokenize Politics and Religion

Are you stuck creating on the couch? In today's episode, we explain how one small group can change the world, debate whether these people need to meet in real life, and Delian shares why he feels start-ups must hire based on merit. Hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Delian Asparouhov, principal at the Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda. Delian explains the secret to running a billion-dollar fund while simultaneously launching his first company, shares his take on where the venture world is headed and explains how China is taking control with TikTok.

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Wealthfront is offering Where it Happens listeners a free $50 bonus with a $500 initial deposit to a new Cash Account. Go to wealthfront.com/Happens to claim your $50 and start growing your savings.

Cash account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC, Member of FINRA/SIPC. Wealthfront Brokerage is not a bank. We convey funds to partner banks who accept and maintain deposits, provide the interest rate, and provide FDIC insurance. Rate is subject to change. Investment management and advisory services--which are not FDIC insured--are provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC (“Wealthfront Advisers”), an SEC-registered investment adviser.

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SHOW NOTES

00:00 Sneak Peek

01:11 Welcoming Delian

02:23 How a Small Group Can Change the World

07:54 Hiring Based on Merit

10:14 Did ESG Create Change?

13:40 TikTok Data Rights

17:36 You Can’t Change the World from Your Couch

21:55 Greg's Unique Perspective On Working Hard and a 10-Year Bet

28:33 What is Varda and its Origin Story?

37:31 Separating Design (+) Manufacturing = Innovation

42:51 How to Become a Leader and Expert in Space

45:34 The Secret to Founding a Start-Up and Running a Fund

50:48 Delian’s Origin Story and His Prediction for the Future

56:04 Thanks for Listening

Is your content holding you back? In today's episode, we explain why authenticity is critical to the future of content creation, share how to overcome burnout, and divulge the secret to being the G.O.A.T at everything you do! Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Tom Green, host of the first real podcast and a world-class comedian. Tom explains how to take your audience on a journey, shares the future of podcasting, and offers insight from his personal experience for the next generation of creators. 

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SHOW NOTES

00:53 Welcoming the Canadian Legend: Tom Green

02:34 Embrace Your Authenticity (& Weirdness)

06:52 Media has Changed the Way People Create

08:39 Create Where You Can Be the Best

15:00 Taking Your Audience on a Journey

21:40 Being The Future of Digital Creation

29:32 Talking TO your Audience; not At the Audience

31:54 How Covid Changed Hollywood

35:37 Create in Your Own Pond

39:38 Talking Fishing

40:54 Tom’s Secret to Overcoming Burnout: Nature

45:46 Being Overwhelmed by City Life

48:26 Silence is Scary (But Necessary)

51: 07 Tom’s Creative Future: His Past?

53:30 Tom Green’s Life in Reverse

55:30 Where to Find Tom Green

58:19 Thanks for Listening 

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Tom Green: https://twitter.com/tomgreenlive

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Greg Isenberg: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg

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Are you ready to start angel investing? In today's episode, we share the secret to creating long-term wealth, explain how to become a “sophisticated” investor, and discuss the downsides of crypto. Hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Jason Calacanis, the creator behind the All-In Podcast, a serial angel investor, and a leading entrepreneurial author. Jason explains the entrance costs to investing, shares why people need to validate their research, and then everyone places their bets on this week's “hot” stocks.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

►► This episode is brought to you by Wealthfront, a saving and investing app that can help you earn more on your money and build wealth for your future. The Wealthfront Cash Account grows your savings at 1.40% APY, and offers unlimited, fee-free transfers to your external accounts — plus, a ton of other features that help you optimize your cash. So, if your money is earning less anywhere else, now might be a good time to make a move.

Wealthfront is offering Where it Happens listeners a free $50 bonus with a $500 initial deposit to a new Cash Account. Go to wealthfront.com/Happens to claim your $50 and start growing your savings.

Cash account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC, Member of FINRA/SIPC. Wealthfront Brokerage is not a bank. We convey funds to partner banks who accept and maintain deposits, provide the interest rate, and provide FDIC insurance. Rate is subject to change. Investment management and advisory services--which are not FDIC insured--are provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC (“Wealthfront Advisers”), an SEC-registered investment adviser.

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Sahil Bloom: https://twitter.com/SahilBloom

Greg Isenberg: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg

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SHOW NOTES

02:11 The Original Crypto Investor & “Sophisticated Investors”

06:28 Crypto Tokens: Public Market or Scheme

12:02 Where is Web 3.0 in Five Years?

15:35 Breaking Ownership with Web 3.0

17:55 The Downside of crypto

21:19 Default Centralized in a Crisis

23:39 Free to Mint NFTs

26:12 The Entrance Costs to Investing

30:05 Being Honest on Upsides AND Downsides

35:52 Validate Your Crypto “Research”

38:16 #JTrading & Betting on Disney

40:36 Super Forecasting and Creating Processes

46:06 SNAP: Buy or Sell?

49:19 BuzzFeed: Buy or Sell?

51:34 The Secret to a $10M Net Worth: Index Funds

55:26 Behind the Scenes with the All-In Podcast

1:02:44 What Motivates Jason?

1:05:08 Manufacturing Peak Experiences

Crypto is still the future, are you in or out? Today we discuss why the crypto market needed a reset, explain how to hack back your creativity, and divulge the secret to picking investments in a down market. Hosts Greg Isenberg and Sahil Bloom are joined by guest Li Jin, the mastermind behind the “passion economy,” the co-founder of Variant, and a fundraising savant, who was able to raise her first fund during the onset of the pandemic. Li shares the lesson investors (hopefully) learned from the fall of 3 Arrows Capital, Sahil depicts why creators must have passion for the products they build, and Greg shares the pitch story that is every founder's worst nightmare.

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►► Competition for great talent is more brutal than ever. To be able to hire better and faster, you need a trusted source of pre-vetted candidates.

Lemon.io is a place like that. They have a network of engineers from Europe and Latin America, and every candidate has already been tested and interviewed by their team.

So, how is it different from hiring on your own?

• You can have an engineer start working on your project within a week instead of months

• You don’t waste your time on candidates that are not qualified

• You’ll have easy access to global talent without having to go through dozens of job boards

• And finally, it’s more affordable than hiring local talent.

Sign up at https://lemon.io/room and get your 15% off for the first 4 weeks of work with a developer.

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Right now LMNT is offering our listeners a free sample pack with any order. That’s 8 single serving packets FREE with any LMNT order. Get yours at http://drinklmnt.com/HAPPENS. And it’s so good they have a no questions asked refund policy but you won’t need it.

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Will the Metaverse replace the internet? Today's guest brings in a diverse background at the intersection of technology, society, and creativity to help us answer this question and sort the signal from the noise. In this episode, we explore the secret to success, examine how the Metaverse will revolutionize the world, and predict just how this new world will look. Host Sahil Bloom is joined by guest Matthew Ball; the CEO of Epyllion, a managing partner at Ball Metaverse Research, and a thought leader on all things Metaverse. Matthew explains why the worlds smartest are building in Meta, shares what he looks at for investments and founders, and divulges secrets from his new book “The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize the World.”

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Competition for great talent is more brutal than ever. To be able to hire better and faster, you need a trusted source of pre-vetted candidates.

Lemon.io is a place like that. They have a network of engineers from Europe and Latin America, and every candidate has been already tested and interviewed by their team.

So, how is it different from hiring on your own?

• You can have an engineer start working on your project within a week instead of months

• You don’t waste your time on candidates that are not qualified

• You’ll have easy access to global talent without having to go through dozens of job boards

• And finally, it’s more affordable than hiring local talent.

Sign up at https://lemon.io/room and get your 15% off for the first 4 weeks of work with a developer.

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Sahil Bloom: https://twitter.com/SahilBloom

Production & Marketing Team: https://penname.co/

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Are you trying to grow your side project from hobby to profession? In today’s episode we examine how building has changed in 2022, share why so many entrepreneurs fall into the same trap, and divulge the secret to scaling a profitable business without VC funding. Hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Noah Kagan, CEO and founder of AppSumo, who was able to build his company with negative Net Working Capital. Noah shares the critical mistakes that led him to succeed, offers insights into where the next era of entrepreneurs will come from, and explains why everyone needs a personal “council of wise men.”

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►► This episode is also brought to you by LMNT (http://DrinkLMNT.com/HAPPENS). LMNT is a delicious electrolyte drink mix with all of the things you need and none of the junk. It contains a science-backed electrolyte ratio: 1000 mg sodium, 200 mg potassium, 60 mg magnesium. LMNT can help prevent and eliminate headaches, muscle cramps, fatigue, sleeplessness, and other common symptoms of electrolyte deficiency. It tastes amazing and is great after a workout or one too many drinks :)

Right now LMNT is offering our listeners a free sample pack with any order. That’s 8 single serving packets FREE with any LMNT order. Get yours at http://drinklmnt.com/HAPPENS. And it’s so good they have a no questions asked refund policy but you won’t need it.

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Are you or your business stuck between a rock and a hard place? In today’s episode, we explore why suffering actually makes you stronger, divulge the secret to getting your business started, and share how you can make your own luck. Hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Julien Smith, a NYT bestselling author turned founder (Practice.do | Breather), who raised more than $250M for his first venture. Julien shares his personal underdog story, how entrepreneurship is never as perfect as it seems, and offers insights into what allowed him to find happiness in both his life and career.

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►► This episode is brought to you by Lemon.io. Did you know that one of the top reasons startups fail is bad hiring decisions? People can be unpredictable. And developers can be unpredicted, as well. Let Lemon.io take care of hiring your software engineers. They have a hand-picked roster of engineers from Europe, and we recommend them to companies we work with.

Sign up at https://lemon.io/room for 15% off for the first 4 weeks.

►► This episode is brought to you by Fundrise. Fundrise is on a mission to use technology to build a better financial system for the individual. With over $2.4B AUM and 250k active investors, it’s the largest direct-to-investor real estate investor platform in America.

Their platform is so easy to use and they make it so easy to diversify your portfolio. For a limited time if you sign-up, you can get $10 bonus. Just go to www.fundrise.com/room

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Storytelling is the future of the brand building. How are you telling your story? In this episode, we explore what today's successful companies have in common, why brand is everything, and how to create a network from scratch. Hosts Sahil Bloom & Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Nick Saltarelli, an experienced entrepreneur and co-founder at Midday Squares, the brand that gave the world functional chocolate. Nick is unapologetically himself, and today he offers his raw insight into why everyone should be learning from mentors, how success comes to those that follow their hearts, and his hack to expedite the fundraising process.

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►► Competition for great talent is more brutal than ever. To be able to hire better and faster, you need a trusted source of pre-vetted candidates. Lemon.io is a place like that. They have a network of engineers from Europe and Latin America, and every candidate has been already tested and interviewed by their team.

So, how is it different from hiring on your own?

• You can have an engineer start working on your project within a week instead of months

• You don’t waste your time on candidates that are not qualified

• You’ll have easy access to global talent without having to go through dozens of job boards

• And finally, it’s more affordable than hiring local talent.

Sign up at https://lemon.io/room and get your 15% off for the first 4 weeks of work with a developer.

►► LMNT is a delicious electrolyte drink mix with all of the things you need and none of the junk. It contains a science-backed electrolyte ratio: 1000 mg sodium, 200 mg potassium, 60 mg magnesium. LMNT can help prevent and eliminate headaches, muscle cramps, fatigue, sleeplessness, and other common symptoms of electrolyte deficiency. It tastes amazing and is great after a workout or one too many drinks :)

Right now LMNT is offering our listeners a free sample pack with any order. That’s 8 single serving packets FREE with any LMNT order. Get yours at http://drinklmnt.com/HAPPENS. And it’s so good they have a no questions asked refund policy but you won’t need it.

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Web 3.0 is the future, ready or not; are you? In today’s episode, we explain how Twitter increases earning & job potential, the ways Web 3 is revolutionizing the fitness and insurance industries, and why young people need to follow their interests and then double down. Hosts Sahil Bloom and Greg Isenberg are joined by guest Gaby Goldberg, who has become a pioneer in crypto, an expert in Web 3, and one of the earliest investors in The Chernin Group (TCG), all by the age of 23. Today Gaby shares the personal experiences that led her down the crypto rabbit hole, why young professionals are all in on Web 3, and shares the next generations biggest predictions for the future.

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►► This episode is brought to you by Lemon.io. Did you know that one of the top reasons startups fail is bad hiring decisions? People can be unpredictable. And developers can be unpredicted, as well. Let Lemon.io take care of hiring your software engineers. They have a hand-picked roster of engineers from Europe, and we recommend them to companies we work with.

Sign up at lemon.io/room for 15% off for the first 4 weeks.

►► This episode is also brought to you by LMNT (http://DrinkLMNT.com/HAPPENS). LMNT is a delicious electrolyte drink mix with all of the things you need and none of the junk. It contains a science-backed electrolyte ratio: 1000 mg sodium, 200 mg potassium, 60 mg magnesium. LMNT can help prevent and eliminate headaches, muscle cramps, fatigue, sleeplessness, and other common symptoms of electrolyte deficiency. It tastes amazing and is great after a workout or one too many drinks :)

Right now LMNT is offering our listeners a free sample pack with any order. That’s 8 single serving packets FREE with any LMNT order. Get yours at http://drinklmnt.com/HAPPENS. And it’s so good they have a no questions asked refund policy but you won’t need it.

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Sahil Bloom: https://twitter.com/SahilBloom

Greg Isenberg: https://twitter.com/gregisenberg

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