In the Know with Amol Sarva
Amol Sarva
Amol Sarva's series with changemakers and innovators in longevity, tech, and ideas
Episodes
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Jun 14, 2019 • 42min
Philip Tetlock, the guru of Superforecasting, seeing the future, and the foxes and hedgehogs of decisionmaking
Jun 14, 2019 • 52min
John Nesheim, the guru of Silicon Valley art and science, National Semiconductor, Venture Capital and Cornell professor
Jun 12, 2019 • 34min
Warren Hatch, superforecaster, PhD Kremlinologist, hedge fund manager and President of Good Judgment Inc on the Fox and the Hedgehog
Jun 4, 2019 • 41min
Michael Ruse, philosopher of science, evolution, foxes and hedgehogs kicks off my series on styles of thinking
Apr 15, 2019 • 29min
David Klein of CommonBond on tackling the student debt apocalypse; $2.5bn down, $2 trillion to go
David Klein started Common Bond because grad school was too expensive. He went from McKinsey and Corporate America to homeless as he scratched together Common Bond, which now serves over 100,000 people in their mission to make higher ed cost less. We dive right into the In The Know interview with host Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder).
Apr 15, 2019 • 32min
Heini Zachariassen, creator of the world’s largest wine platform (Vivino) and from one of the world’s tiniest states
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to learn how to make things big...and how to keep things small. The wine community founded by Heini Zachariassen blew up, slowly. A few uses to a few millions daily. Bonus: learn about the Michelin-starred Faroe Islands restaurant that competes in a way the big boys never can. Stay small, stay beautiful.
Apr 11, 2019 • 52min
Fabrice Grinda, 400X angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and manyX co-founder of Auclan, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ Labs
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with with the angel and founder Fabrice Grinda about his 100s of startup experiences and mainly about systems -- the system for selecting the right businesses for Fabrice, originally his 9 Business Selection Criteria along with its brand new update, and about happiness. Fabrice is a world-recognized expert on happiness, and we talk about the happiness of groups, not just individuals.
Apr 11, 2019 • 43min
Alex Mashinsky, visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talks about making things big
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Alex Mashinsky who has repeatedly dreamt big and hit big using information networks to disrupt telecom, Wall St, banks, taxis, and more. Listen to the visionary founder of Arbinet, the proto-Lyft/Uber GroundLink, Transit Wireless and now a crypto bank talk about the bets you must make to make things big. More about Alex: http://www.mashinsky.com/
Apr 6, 2019 • 44min
Will Herman, author of The Startup Playbook, 2x billion-dollar founder, 200x startup-advisor on how to lead people to greatness
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to talk with Will Herman, the Boston founder who dropped out of college, started at Digital Equipment Corporation in the hallowed early days of computing and followed his destiny to 100s of startups: public, private, scale, and varied. Plus, he drops science on people and ego -- the heart of helping people work out their differences.
Apr 6, 2019 • 35min
Dane Madsen, wiseman of transformation who led YellowPages.com, on how to transform yourself and your people
Amol Sarva (Knotel cofounder) takes In the Know to visit Dane Madsen in a conversation that finds him far away from the centers of the commerce, in his retreat, talking travel, transformation, teams, and asking why.
