The Dock with Omar Waseem
a founder podcast that isn't boring, maybe.
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Oct 5, 2022 • 1h 29min
E4 Erik Dunteman: AI Taking Over The World, Rejection Therapy, And Doing An Iron Man
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Erik Dunteman (@erikdoingthings), founder of banana.dev, to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on the world, moving to Mexico City, his ML infra startup Banana, dealing with rejection, how he trained for an Iron Man, his Citi Bike conspiracy theory, and more...
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Links:
· Erik's Twitter
· Banana
· The Dock
Show Notes:
0:38- Banana Name Origin
3:03 - Moving To Mexico City
4:12 - Winning Crypto
7:38 - Finding Banana Co-Founder
10:24 - When To Leave A Startup
12:16 - Software 2.0 Explained
14:42 - Future Of AI
21:46 - Stable Diffusion
26:26 - Is A College Degree Important?
31:37 - GPT3 Explained
34:08 - Open AI/Whisper
37:22 - Robocalls
39:03 - Smart Home Tech
45:00 - Twitter Segment Intro
48:11 - Rejection Therapy
54:07 - How To Train for An Iron Man
55:56 - Erik’s Startup Journey
1:01:03 - Remember Clubhouse?
1:07:14 - Toilet Paper Startup
1:13:33 - Erik’s Running Process
1:23:48 - SF City Bikes Conspiracy
Sep 26, 2022 • 1h 5min
E3 Abhishek Bhargava: The Social Dilemma and Using AI to Create Friendships
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) takes a seat with Abhishek Bhargava (@abhargava20) and talk about how his startup Covalent uses AI to start meaningful relationships, building a cloud gaming platform, and the wonderful world of Greek Yogurt and clean energy.
Links:
· Abishek's Twitter
· Covalent
· The Dock
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
1:20 - The Social Dilemma
3:28 - Mirror Exposure Effect
7:55 - Covalent Intro
11:05 - Foundational Value Alignment
12:54 - Covalent’s Main Thesis on Creating Relationships
17:00 - Tivity Intro
20:00 - Omar's Parking Story
22:00 - The Facebook Algorithm
25:37 - Covalent's Pivot
31:30 - Early-stage startup culture
34:04 - Work Background as an Intern
36:13 - Educational Background
37:50 - Gaming Startup
40:33 - Startup Lessons
42:05 - Why He Started Covalent
44:45 - F.Inc Community Building
48:41 - Startup Investments
50:50 - Slack Read Receipts
51:35 - VectorDash Business Learnings
53:25 - Yogurt Startup?
57:16 - Industrial Revolution
59:09 - Electricity Startup Idea
Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 6min
E2 Johnny Dallas: Becoming the Youngest Engineer at Amazon, Raising $4.3 Million
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Johnny Dallas (@_johnnydallas_) and discuss how he started working in startups at 14, became the youngest engineer at Amazon, and built his DevOps startup Zeet.
Links:
· Johnny's Twitter
· Zeet
· thedock.fm
Show Notes:
1:30 - Johnny’s Startup background
4:15 - Not going back to High School
8:52 - Youngest Engineer at Amazon
10:40 - Transitioning to Twitch Work Environment
11:42 - Zeet Company Overview
18:35 - Building the Zeet Team
31:23 - Daily Routine
41:15 - What Motivates Johnny
44:40 - Uber Conspiracy Theories
50:00 - Music Interests
54:14 - Pitching a Startup Segment
57:15 - Taking Zoom Calls in the Shower?
Aug 28, 2022 • 1h 40min
E1 Labib Yasir: From Google Reject to Reinventing Social Fitness, Losing 120 lbs in 6 Months
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Labib Yasir (@labibyasir) to talk about going from YouTuber to reinventing social fitness with MMA and his startup, Kayyo.
Links:
· Labib's Twitter
· REACT YouTube Channel
· Kayyo
· thedock.fm
Show Notes:
6:13 - What is Kayyo
13:26 - 41k waitlist sign-ups pre-launch
17:00 - Getting rejected from Google
28:15 - Losing 120lbs
35:00 - How to find the right cofounder
1:06:00 - Labib’s First MMA Fight
1:32:00 - Pitching horrible startup ideas to Labib
