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Rich Zou came to the Bay Area a year ago with $1000 in his bank at 20 years old.He share his story of growing up in NYC with a single mom, dropping out of Northeastern, and his journey from getting rejected to all investment banking internship to joining xAI and now starting his own talent investin…

My conversation with Nicole Summer Hsing, founder of Arcarae. She shares her story of trying to understand the mind, and how to build technology that helps us actually discover who we are. 0:00 Brutality of public hate while building what you love 3:07 Discarding stress at a Tibetan Buddhist ret…

TechJoyce is the funniest Gen Z tech content creator, with 6M followers across platforms. Part 2 conversation about the reality of her life. 0:00 How she knew she wanted to be a Youtuber 0:44 Growing up in scarcity 3:10 Evolving relationship with money 5:26 Falling off, losing touch with reality …

Verda shares the real story of how she skipped college, moved to SF, and started underground robot fighting. We talk about breaking out of frameworks, being an autonomous human being, and writing scripts for your own life. 0:00 Starting in Michigan5:11 Why she didn't go to college7:02 Moving out at…

TechJoyce is the funniest Gen Z tech content creator, with 6M followers across platforms. She's a 19 year old with everything she could want. We talk about the reality of her life. Timestamps: 0:00 Buying a house at 19 1:14 Living with freedom 3:59 Misery in high school 5:29 No one cares about yo…

I ask Roy about ego, reputation, the 2 year time period between getting rescinded from Harvard and transferring into Columbia, learning everything for the first time in front of the world, and more. 00:00 Authentic people are disliked5:00 Reputation with 10 vs 10 million people8:45 Risk framework w…

My conversation with Jackson Denka, founder of Azura. Jackson on X: https://x.com/jacksondenkaSarah on X: https://x.com/srachaWYRD Show: https://www.wyrd.show/ Timestamps:0:33 Dropping out of UChicago with a full-ride scholarship 2:26 Falling through the cracks of society 9:12 Why AI is disturbing …

If you don't hit a life crisis, it's coming for you. My conversation with Danielle Strachman, cofounder of 1517 Fund and Thiel Fellowship. 1:02 The terrifying role luck plays in success8:16 The pursuit of excellence is exhausting15:39 Finding her mission of bringing freedom & autonomy to young …

Viraj Ala is a 21-year old, San Francisco-based content creator. He creates vox-pop, street interview-driven content that democratizes Silicon Valley by bringing conversations with top founders, investors, and creators to aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals.Shout out to Viraj for allowing me t…