i really think we don't spend enough time thinking about the language that we use, as well as the re framing. The word entrepene i think needs to be broken down into so many sub groups. I definitely also believe though, that if you're a quant, you call it aeristic. And rule of thumbs develop because they work. Do they work all the time? There's so much to unpack there. It is absolutely true. One of the challenges there, in my opinion, is that peoplebe label thinkers. When you're a label thinker, you're not really thinking at all. In my opinion. D thats hat youhave a very special individual.
Description:George Mack is a creator who writes about the intersection of mental models, marketing, and technological tools and tactics. His marketing agency “Multiply” has helped grow some of the fasted growing businesses in the world backed by VCs like Stripe, YC, Sequoia, and LVMH.
Show Notes:
- Specific knowledge and technology
- Rise of TikTok
- Bringing people closer to tech
- Regulation slowing down tech innovation
- High agency filters
- A self-made teenage billionaire?
- New forms of education
- Word of mouth 2.0
- The best marketer doesn’t look like a marketer
- Elon’s 21 second pause
- Optimizing for luck
- The smart friend razor
- Superpower in being weird
- How to build a porn site
- Assess others to assess yourself
- The issue with personality tests
- Advice to the young
Books Mentioned:
- Zero to One; by Peter Thiel
- Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
- The Bhagavad Gita