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Viral by Design: Why Founders Need to Be Prioritizing Distribution Alongside Product From Day 1

In this episode, we're hosting Joseph Lee, the CEO and co-founder of SupaDemo. Joseph shares his entrepreneurial journey, from his early days of buying and selling electronics on Craigslist to co-founding Freshline (formerly Coastline Market) and eventually starting SupaDemo. Joseph discusses his‮…

Shaun Merritt

Shaun Merritt is the Co-founder and CTO of ⁠Toucan⁠.  Toucan is an immersive language learning browser extension tool that was acquired by the cross platform language learning company Babbel in 2023. → Listen on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube, etc:sumofallpeople.com/subscribe Timestamps (0:00) In‮…

The Dominant Digital Propaganda Space, AoT#451

The new political propaganda machine did not just appear overnight. It's been a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this wee‮…

The Age of Transitions 2-21-2025

The Age of Transitions 2-21-2025AoT# 451It’s a long road built in a relatively short period of time, and we are speeding down it now. If you just merged onto this freeway be warned, nothing is as advertised on the billboards. Topics include: no Uncle show this week, 2009 Singularity Summit, Peter ‮…

Augustus Doricko: Solving Water Scarcity in the American West Through Cloud Seeding

My conversation with Augustus Doricko, founder of Rainmaker. Augustus shares his thoughts on higher education, what makes a successful founder, and his ambitious vision to "green the Great American Desert." Timestamps: 00:00:00 - College admissions issues and higher education 00:04:01 - Leavin‮…

The Child Prodigy Teaching Other People How To Learn

Andrew Hsu has been something of a legend for most of his life. In 2007, The Seattle Times published a story documenting Hsu’s graduation from the University of Washington. He was only 16 and had just picked up three degrees in neurobiology, biochemistry and chemistry. But stories of Hsu’s academi‮…

E12: Dropping out of MIT to Thiel Fellowship, Founders Fund and Space Factories w/ Delian Asparouhov

New Year’s Eve special: I recorded this one at the Founders Fund office on Nov 6, 2024, right after election day. It was originally scheduled to be over zoom but I read Delian’s blog post called “Thirty Observations at Thirty” where one of the things he talked about was prioritizing in-person when‮…