Tim Sae Koo | Founder, Angel Investor, and Ayahuasca Facilitator

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We talk:

• The hard pivot he made from B2C to B2B for his first startup.

• The growth hacks he did to bootstrap to millions of ARR and get acquired, and how the product is still running and making money today!

• Some of his angel investments like Third Wave and Weekend Fund (as an LP).

• Why he invests in plant-based alternatives both for personal reasons as well as from a thesis point of view.

• The life hard pivots he made from tech founder to nomad to ayahuasca facilitator.

• The upbringing which led to the chip on his shoulder, and how it went away.

• Background on the founder of Reunion, Brad, who built a hundred million dollar+ company over 25 years, did ayahuasca, which prompted him to sell his company to a PE firm, come out of the closet as a gay man, and together with his wife amicably conclude their 25-year marriage.

• The difference between religion, which is necessarily coupled with power structures versus plants, which have no ego.

• The three common personas of people who do ayahuasca retreats.

• How he explains what he does to his Christian, Asian immigrant mom.

• What advice he has for founders, creators, and leaders hard pivoting.

• Why people in the normal western world are addicted to food, their phones, alcohol, and work.

• How psychedelics are really a crusade against pharmaceutical world: anti depressants, SSRIs, anti anxiety, etc.

• How plant medicine lets people reinterpret the relationships and narratives they have with trauma.

• How entrepreneurs can weave surrender, spirituality, and consciousness into their startups and lives, leading to magic and intention.