This book is an authorized biography that delves into the life of Elon Musk, from his tumultuous childhood in South Africa to his rise as a visionary entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Ashlee Vance captures Musk's journey through his various ventures, including PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. The book examines Musk's unique personality, his insatiable drive, and his ability to thrive through hardship. It also explores the broader context of American innovation and the challenges of global competition, positioning Musk as a contemporary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Steve Jobs.
The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future based on a provocative theory of American history. The authors identify a distinct pattern where modern history moves in cycles, each lasting about the length of a long human life, composed of four twenty-year eras—or 'turnings'—that comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. The book offers bold predictions about how America’s past will predict what comes next, particularly focusing on the roles of Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials during times of upheaval.
Episode 500: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) talks to Jason Yanowitz (https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz) founder of Blockworks, which covers crypto news, information and analytics. Jason shares the revenue numbers behind Blockworks, the secret to hosting profitable events, and why he would put 100% of his portfolio in crypto.
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com/
Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/
• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant
• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing
• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/
• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Intro
(1:45) Blockworks revenue and profitability
(4:00) How to crush it with a conference
(10:00) Conferences are really 3-day marketplaces
(15:00) Jason's accidental MLM success story
(23:00) The difference between MLMs and pyramid schemes
(27:00) How Sam Ovens inspired Blockworks
(30:00) The fallacy of founder origin stories
(35:00) How Sam is optimizing his life
(42:00) Business Idea: Beehiiv for Conferences
(45:00) Business Idea: Hair transplants for the masses
(48:00) Blockworks Research
(55:00) Where is Jason putting his money?
(1:00:00) How Sam thinks about crypto
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Links:
• Blockworks - https://blockworks.co/
• Blockworks Research - https://www.blockworksresearch.com/
• Blockworks Twitter - https://twitter.com/blockworks_
• Jason’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz
• Sam Ovens Consulting company - https://www.consulting.com/
• Peter Turchin - https://peterturchin.com/
• beehiiv - https://www.beehiiv.com/
• Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com/
• Splash - https://splashthat.com/
• Hopin acquisition - https://tinyurl.com/2zn2kk3p
• ‘Elon Musk,’ by Walter Isaacson - https://tinyurl.com/bde53vpr
• Jeff Bezo’s Regret Minimization Framework - https://tinyurl.com/m34hmyfk
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