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How to Destroy Bad Ideas Without Killing Relationships [The Dionysus Program with Sean Devine]
Sean Devine, founder and CEO of XB and author of The Dionysus Program, joins Eric Jorgenson to discuss his framework for organizational learning and adaptation. Devine has built and scaled a bootstrap…
The Next Renaissance, AI Reality vs Hype, and a Movement of Hope with Zack Kass
Zach Cass is the former head of GoToMarket for OpenAI and author of The Next Renaissance, a book that argues AI represents abundance and community renewal rather than doom. Having worked alongside bui…
The Book of Elon - Part 4
This audiobook presents Eric Jorgenson's compilation of Elon Musk's philosophy on purpose, success, and humanity's future. Jorgenson, author of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant and The Anthology of Balaj…
The Book of Elon - Part 3
This transcript features Eric Jorgenson, author of The Book of Elon A Guide to Purpose and Success, introducing his third free book following the success of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, which reache…
The Book of Elon - Part 2
This transcript features Eric Jorgenson, author of The Book of Elon A Guide to Purpose and Success, presenting a free audiobook compilation of Elon Musk's insights on leadership, manufacturing, and bu…
The Book of Elon - Part 1
This audiobook presents Eric Jorgensen's compilation of Elon Musk's ideas, featuring a foreword by Naval Ravikant who calls it "the only audiobook an entrepreneur needs." Jorgensen, author of The Alma…
The Book of Elon launches today
Eric Jorgenson, author of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, presents his latest compilation work The Book of Elon, distilling five years of research into Elon Musk's entrepreneurial strategies and philos…
My Conversation with Naval Megasode
Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson recorded over four hours of conversation to celebrate the five-year anniversary of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, updating and expanding the key ideas from the book t…
Jonathan Swanson: Scaling Thumbtack, 10x Delegation, and Designing an Ideal Life
This conversation features Jonathan Swanson, founder of Thumbtack and current CEO of Athena, speaking with an unnamed host who is both a longtime friend and investor. Jonathan previously founded Thumb…
Danielle Strachman: What Makes a Thiel Fellow
Danielle Strachman is the co-founder and general partner of 1517, a venture capital fund backing technology startups founded by dropouts, renegade students, and sci-fi scientists. She was previously t…
Brad Feld: Founding Techstars, Giving First, and Mentorship
Brad Feld is a renowned venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author, best known as co-founder of Techstars and the Foundry Group. He has been at the center of startup investing for decades, shaping c…
Cal Riley: Special Ops, Grief, and Why Your Business Needs a Heart
Cal Riley is a combat-tested officer from US Army Special Operations Command who transitioned into civilian entrepreneurship as CEO of his family's general contracting firm. He recently published Entr…
My Conversation with Naval on Building Judgement
This conversation marks the five-year anniversary of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, featuring Naval Ravikant himself alongside the book's author Eric Jorgenson. The discussion spans over four hours, u…
My Conversation with Naval on Saving Yourself
Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson reunite for a special edition celebrating five years since The Almanac of Naval Ravikant first launched. The book has grown through word-of-mouth to reach millions of…
My Conversation with Naval on Learning Happiness
Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson recorded over four hours of conversation to create a special fifth anniversary edition expanding on The Almanac of Naval. This represents Naval's latest thinking on h…
My Conversation with Naval on Philosophy
This special edition conversation celebrates five years since The Almanac of Naval was first published, featuring Naval Ravikant in an extended four-hour discussion with the book's compiler. Naval sha…
My Conversation with Naval on Building Wealth
Naval Ravikant and Eric Jorgenson celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, which has reached millions of readers across 40 languages as a word-of-mouth phenomenon. This specia…
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