Intellectual Software

Abhishek Kumar
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Into the software of the smartest brains

  1. 12/30/2021

    Mike Merrill: Human IPOs, NFTs, ConstitutionDAO, Military, Plato and growing up in a town of population 10

    With Bitcoin, it feels like a lot of the early adoption around that was as a counter to what was happening in the United States economically with the financial crash and fiat currency being used by the government to prop certain people up and not others. And I think when people are struck with a real sense of unfairness, they start to get motivated to take action --- Mike SHOW NOTES 02:54 - Introduction and how the invisible hand of the market guided my IPO 06:02 - Bitcoin and the unfairness of capitalism  08:03 - The chaos of the early internet brought people together 13:01 - Are we not going to teach people philosophy?  17:05 - NFTs are certificates of authenticity for an idea 22:35 - DAOs are online Co-ops 27:00 - Growing up in a town of population 10  30:16 - Experiencing community after a decade of isolation 33:00 - Deconstructing the military machine 37:31 - Oregon, counter-culture and small businesses vs Walmart 41:49 - Plato and sandwich 43:43 - Daily routine  46:08 - Leveraging the wisdom of the crowds 49:38 - How to operate in the fringes of technology ------------------------------------------------------------- You can connect with Mike here (https://www.mike-merrill.com/) My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

    52 min

  2. 09/19/2021

    John Coogan: Big Tobacco, YC, Theranos, Marxism, Memetics, entrepreneurship and civilization

    What really makes me pause at this point is not that someone has that unique of a thought process, it's that they've been able to distill it in a really memorable way, like Dawkins memetics. Like the idea of being on your deathbed and having no regrets; that's a very basic concept. I feel like a lot of people throughout history have had that idea, but Jeff Bezos put it into The Regret Minimization Framework and that sticks. -- John Coogan SHOW NOTES 03:32 - Introduction 04:40 - Big tobacco and the end of cigarettes 07:00 - Society needs Einstein's as well as generalists and those building different knowledge sets 11:10 - From high school rivals to co-founders   14:17 - Fake it till you make it in silicon valley 18:02 - Distilling complex ideas like Jeff Bezos and Paul Graham 21:30 - I had an empty calendar and read books for weeks in YC 24:57 - America should have a very high customer satisfaction rate 30:17 - At what point did Theranos become a fraud? 35:25 - The main Marxist critique is capitalists are well off than workers 40:16 - We don't have enough founders working on multi-decade problems 43:21 - The second-order effects of building tech infrastructure 45:21 - There's lack of fragmentation in the college education market 51:40 - 3 books that will have a huge impact on civilization  ------------------------------------------------------------- You can connect with John here (https://twitter.com/johncoogan) Check out his Youtube here --> https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnCooganPlus My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

    56 min

  3. 07/30/2021

    Dave Nemetz: Side projects, Deep work, Unbundling of media, Pomp, Sam Parr, censorship and the future

    I've known Dave for a few months now and It was good to finally have him on the show. We talked about a bunch of stuff ( mentioned in the show notes ) from media in the past to where it's going and everything in between. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  SHOW NOTES 03:19 - Bleacher report became my lifeline when I was stuck in the drudgery of a full-time job 09:14 - Lessons from my failure at Inverse and building Audience Builders from first principles 12:40 - Building distribution networks in legacy media brands 17:47 - Deep work and blocking your calendar like Jerry Seinfeld 23:21 - People who shaped my worldview - Kubrick, Scorsese, Lucas, Jake Lodwick, Kevin Rose 29:00 - Taking advantage of platform growth mechanics while building an original voice  30:55 - Sam Parr is successful because he is a student of history 34:18 - Building a media empire like Pomp  37:31 - Self-censorship 41:02 - Great brands create an entire world to build deeper fan experiences 45:12 - The promise of the creator economy 49:30 - Creators will start to look more like media companies and media companies will become more like record labels 52:00 - Bringing novelty into interview podcasts  You can connect with Dave here (https://twitter.com/davenemetz) My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

    56 min

  4. 07/12/2021

    Jonathan Domsky: Accidental entrepreneur, China, Books and Capitalism

    Steal My Marketing is back after a long break of self-reflection and doubt. This conversation with Jonathan was recorded a few months back and has everything that I love about podcasting. It allows this 26-year-old to talk to someone I've never met about things I'm deeply interested in. The world is a fascinating place. It feels good to be back :) SHOW NOTES 01:30 - The accidental entrepreneur 04:30 - Why I bought a 1-way ticket to China right after college 10:00 - Entrepreneurship in China in 1994 13:19 - Business schools teach you working for companies, not entrepreneurship  16:57 - How we rebuilt our business after the 2008 financial meltdown 23:10 - The markets are the same, the channels have shifted 25:20 - No country matches China's combination of infrastructure & efficiency 28:43 - The miracle of McDonald's is that fries taste the same in London or Beijing  39:24 - Untangled Coaching 46:15 - Why American capitalism will always triumph over Chinese capitalism You can connect with Jonathan here (https://untangled-coaching.com/about-jonathan/) My DMs are open for conversations (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd)

    52 min

  5. 05/09/2021

    Chris Hladczuk: How to connect with billionaires, crush it on Twitter and build atomic habits

    Chris Hladczuk has interviewed billionaires, built a loyal following of thousands from his awesome Twitter threads, and built atomics habits like reading 365 days in a row, deep work, and sacred hours. In this episode, he shares his exact method of connecting and strengthening his relationship with billionaires, his sources for Twitter threads and how to craft threads that pick up millions of impressions, and building systems for success. It's the same mindset that brought him on the radar of Shaan Puri and other successful entrepreneurs. I loved how candidly he spilled all his secrets. Let him know what you learned from this :) Here are the show notes :) 02:00 - How I started working with Shaan Puri and lessons on creating 100X content  08:06 - My schedule for writing tweet threads, engineering social proof, and why you should spend 50% of your time writing headlines 13:05 - How you can reach out to millionaires and billionaires 16:24 - Building a world-class network with ASS framework  18:43 - Crushing it on zoom calls with strangers 21:50 - How to strengthen your relationship with extremely busy people 24:07 - The exact system I use to keep track of my network  26:01 - How I built my atomic habit for reading daily, deep work, and my sacred hours  34:52 - Why First Principles is useless to most people - Michael Seibel 37:27 - How to never run out of tweet ideas again 42:25 - Why I've bookmarked Sam Altman's essay on how to be successful for the past 2 years You can also follow me on Twitter for similar stuff. My DMs are open (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd) Chris on Twitter (https://twitter.com/chrishlad) Yale Speaker Series (https://open.spotify.com/show/0KUKSQ65nhZsB9fSFfD8Dv) Chris' website (https://chrishlad.com/)

    45 min

  6. 04/25/2021

    Sachit Gupta: The Third Door to Mark Cuban, Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, and Andrew Warner; and Podcasting, Poker nights and hacking conferences

    Sachit Gupta is THE best super-connector I know. He started with nothing almost 8 years back and has since worked with Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, and Andrew Warner. His show Conscious Creators reached #1 in entrepreneurship last year and he led the On Deck Podcasting Fellowship. I wanted to bring him on the show to learn his strategies of finding third doors to network with the biggest names in any industry. He shared how he started working with Andrew, told a beautiful story of writing a letter to Tim Ferriss and the exact email he's going to send to Chris Sacca. He's also hosted a ton of poker nights for these influencers and shared his tips on hosting your own poker nights or dinners to increase your network. I also asked him how one could do these on Zoom. And he told us what you should do to connect with someone like Tim or Andrew if they're speaking at a conference. In short, he shared a TON of secrets.  Here are the show notes :) 05:08 - Cold emailing Mark Cuban, Chris Guillebeau, and Jonathan Fields 09:00 - How I’ll email Chris Sacca and lessons from 1000s of cold emails 14:18 - Standing out in the crowd of 100s of people trying to get attention from your heroes 19:34 - What I learned from Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, and Andrew warner 22:12 - One starts to build an audience when one gives up the need to build an audience 23:55 - Conversations that are casual and intimate are functions of production, not editing. 27:27 - A cold outreach strategy that will change your life 32:10 - How to connect with your heroes hosting poker nights/dinners 36:44 - Writing a letter Tim Ferriss and a hack to connect with speakers in conferences 43:55 - How to reach out to big publications for collaborations I share all the articles/podcasts/books I consume during researching my guests as well as other stuff I find interesting in the newsletter (https://stealmymarketing.substack.com) You can also follow me on Twitter for similar stuff. My DMs are open (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd) Sachit on Twitter (https://twitter.com/sachitgupta) Conscious Creators Show (http://www.creators.show/)

    47 min

  7. 04/05/2021

    The worldview of Danny Miranda: Lessons and Habits from the man who's grown his podcast from 0 to 55k downloads in 6 months

    Danny Miranda is an inspiration and the host of the Danny Miranda podcast. He's gone from 0 to 55,000 downloads in the past 6 months, published 87 awesome conversations, and has shared countless stories of his hustle on Twitter. This conversation goes beyond what Danny has done with his podcast and captures his overall personality, his habits, and his worldview. He's done a lot in 6 months, but I cannot imagine the places he'll go in 6 years and beyond. Hope you can learn from him as much as I did.  Here are the show notes :) 02:14 - Getting a reply from Mark Cuban 03:32 - Tyler Cowen and my heavy focus on research 06:39 - 75 hard and how I started thinking long term 08:38 - Making friends on the internet is a superpower 09:46 - The role of my parents in my success 10:30 - Gary vee, Kanye West, and Rick Ross 11:50 - Failing in public and Shooting your shots 13:12 - Spotting trends and people early 14:09 - Consistency and my relationship with my audience 15:02 - Setting internal goals 16:39 - Podcasts are you reviewing a person 18:11 - I studied Larry king and Tim Ferriss to learn the skill of interviewing 19:25 - The radical Shopify course I made 21:05 - Happiness comes from struggle 23:11 - I'd love someone to help me with video clips 23:48 - Meditation is letting thoughts go through me 24:32 - My first million YouTube game 25:22 - Having phone calls with my 8k followers 28:39 - Sharing your authentic journey online 31:15 - 3 guests I'd love to interview in stadiums I share all the articles/podcasts/books I consume during researching my guests as well as other stuff I find interesting in the newsletter (https://stealmymarketing.substack.com) You can also follow me on Twitter for similar stuff. My DMs are open (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd) Danny on Twitter (https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda) The Danny Miranda Podcast (https://dannymiranda.com/podcast)

    34 min

  8. 03/23/2021

    Audience Builders: Dave Nemetz, Polina Marinova, Jonathan Hunt and Brian Morrissey

    This conversation is led by Bleacher Report founder Dave Nemetz, featuring Polina Marinova (The Profile Dossier), Jonathan Hunt (Complex), and Brian Morrissey (Digiday Media). The lessons compressed in this conversation are wide-ranging and if there's anything you need to learn about content-led growth, this is it. It was originally held on Clubhouse for Dave's awesome show, The Audience Builders, and I reached out to him requesting to post this on Steal My Marketing 2 days back. And BOOM. Enjoy the conversation :) And btw, I spent last night reading through some of the best essays I've read in a while on Dave's blog. Tons of material on the early days of Bleacher Report. Check it out - (https://davenemetz.com/essays) Here are the show notes :) 02:17 - How I scaled The Profile Dossier to tens of thousands of subscribers 08:51 - Convincing Morning Brew newsletter with 2.5 million subscribers to collaborate with me 10:44 - Complex: the convergence of culture and how we built a business around it 16:15 - Going full time with your creative projects and the systematic bias toward strong networks 20:44 - Substack severely lacks creator tools and how to improve it 27:16 - Retaining talent in the media space after they become stars 29:18 - Paid podcasts marketplaces in China and funding creators like startups 36:12 - Every couple of years, someone proclaims that websites are dead. They’re not. 40:35 - Why publishing everything at midnight gives Digiday a leverage 44:17 - Creating evergreen content and the power of long-tail 47:07 - Evergreen Profiles by Polina: Elon Musk and Charlie Munger I write a few awesome emails a month here (https://stealmymarketing.substack.com) You can also follow me on Twitter for similar stuff. My DMs are open (https://twitter.com/AbhishekLpd) Dave Nemetz (https://twitter.com/davenemetz) Polina Marinova (https://twitter.com/polina_marinova) Jonathan Hunt (https://twitter.com/jonathan_h) Brian Morrissey (https://twitter.com/bmorrissey)

    48 min
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Into the software of the smartest brains

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  • Creator
    Abhishek Kumar
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Abhishek Kumar
  • Show Website
    Intellectual Software