How Can Google's Technology Be Used to Solve Our Most Pressurizing Environmental Problems?

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"I put 30 40 hours into the prep and I asked all my friends what are the key questions," he says. "The problem is when he explained how Google's technology could solve our most pressing environmental problems, I was completely unequipped to follow that on with another question" The interview in front of like a thousand plus people 'was fine' -- they got 20 really good answers,. But it, you know, in an ideal interview, I would ask a question about ... where does Google Maps go from here? Can it ever get better? Or is this like the max?"

Elliot Bisnow is an entrepreneur. He is the co-creator of Summit and Summit At Sea - an international conference that has featured speakers like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Gary Vaynerchuk. Bisnow has invested in almost 50 early-stage startups, including Uber, Coinbase, Warby Parker & Allbirds.

He is the co-author of Make No Small Plans: Lessons on Thinking Big, Chasing Dreams, and Building Community

I stumbled across Elliott because he is the featured mentor in The Third Door by Alex Banayan.

Learn why he got into business, why people don’t change, how to live in gratitude, mentoring, balance, hosting a dinner party, and why he messed up his interview with Eric Schmidt.

(0:00) Intro

(3:12) Finding Out About Business

(13:20) Dropping Out Of School

(22:45) Living In Gratitude

(27:14) Family Business

(31:42) Seeing People As They Are

(34:14) Why Don’t People Change?

(40:08) Storytelling

(44:50) Interviewing Kobe Bryant

(49:31) Why Do People Hit Us?

(51:16) “I Like People Who Create”

(54:51) Forbes 100 For Balance