In Episode #80, we explore building the Y combinator of the future with hack and launch houses. We’re joined by Brett Goldstein, Co-Founder of Launch House. We cover investing early in Bitcoin and Ethereum, how innovation happens, and the future of communications technology.“If you can create a strong vibe where people feel deeply connected, deeply indebted to the community and the mission, you're set. Nobody wants to join another professional networking group anymore. They're looking for a good vibe.” – Brett GoldsteinEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/building-next-y-combinator-launch-house-brett-goldstein-ig-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/building-next-y-combinator-launch-house-brett-goldstein-transcript CHAPTERSThis episode is our definitive guide to building the Y combinator of the future. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:59) – Brett's background as a product manager (00:05:31) – On investing early in Bitcoin and Ethereum (00:11:07) – Mergers and acquisitions (00:14:21) – The origins of Launch House (00:19:32) – How innovation happens (00:22:18) – The future of communications technology (00:27:03) – The future of education (00:34:15) – Y Combinator vs. Launch House (00:42:21) – Vibes as a moat (00:47:59) – The outlook for Launch House ABOUT LAUNCH HOUSELaunch House is building a new launchpad or accelerator for founders and engineers, both around the world and in the metaverse. Launch House started as a crazy experiment where the founders rented a mansion in Tulum, Mexico for one month and invited a bunch of founders and engineers they knew to come and stay with them. What they found was surprising. By focusing on human connection and having everyone live in the same house together for a month, everyone in the program wasn't just making incredible progress on what they were building. They were making incredible friends. Early Launch House alumni have already gone on to raise venture capital funding from top tier firms like Sequoia, a16z and First Round Capital. Launch House quickly seized that opportunity and today they run Launch Houses for founders and Hack Houses for engineers in Los Angeles and New York CIty.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #79, we deconstruct Mike Sall's peak performance playbook—from their favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on their life. Mike Sall is the Co-Founder of Goldfinch. We cover technological revolutions, overcoming shyness, and building with impact in mind.“Change the perspective of doing something not despite the fact that it's uncomfortable, but because it's uncomfortable, because that's the only way to learn.” – Mike SallEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/goldfinch-mike-sall-20mp-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/goldfinch-mike-sall-20mp-transcript CHAPTERSIn this episode, we deconstruct Mike Sall’s peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:51) – Technological Revolutions, storytelling, and overcoming shyness (00:06:20) – Starting the day with an hour of fun (00:08:45) – Learning from Principles and Antifragile (00:10:13) – Gmail Snooze, art subscriptions, and building with impact in mind ABOUT MIKE SALLMike Sall is co-founder and CEO of the decentralized lending protocol Goldfinch, which went live on Coinbase and other crypto exchanges on January 11th under the ticker symbol GDFI. Goldfinch is part of the DeFi movement, which aims to displace traditional banks and financial institutions with fair, decentralized, community controlled protocols. When it comes to DeFi, one of the hardest problems to solve has been lending against real world assets globally. These are things like businesses and real estate in a truly decentralized way. Because that problem is incredibly hard to solve.You need to figure out how to vet borrowers from all around the world, how to KYC lenders from every country imaginable, and how to underwrite loans based on the actions of thousands and even millions of users. And this is exactly what Goldfinch has done. They recently closed a second round of financing, valuing their network at $400 million, which was led by A16Z, and they've proven they can fill multimillion dollar loans in mere hours instead of days.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #78, we explore inflation, retail investors, precious metals, and Bitcoin. We’re joined by Luke Gromen, Founder of The Forest for the Trees. We cover Luke’s perspectives on inflation, investing in alternative assets, and interpreting investment data.“My sense of where we are is... we're basically in the first bursting global sovereign debt bubble in 100 years.” – Luke GromenEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/perspectives-data-analysis-inflation-fftt-luke-gromen-ig-show-notesFULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/perspectives-data-analysis-inflation-fftt-luke-gromen-ig-transcript CHAPTERSThis episode is our definitive guide to inflation, retail investors, precious metals, and Bitcoin. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:02) – Luke's experience as an analyst at investment research firms (00:09:37) – Interpreting and presenting investment data (00:12:05) – How Luke started The Forest for the Trees (00:17:22) – Luke's take on the current financial climate (00:20:34) – The importance of owning assets in today's climate (00:23:58) – Perspectives on inflation (00:41:15) – Investing in alternative assets (00:50:54) – Gold and Bitcoin (00:54:53) – Recommended books and resources ABOUT THE FOREST FOR THE TREESLuke Gromen publishes a weekly macro research report read by institutional and individual investors alike, called Tree Rings. And he's also the author of Mr. X Interviews volume one and two.After working as an analyst for 20 plus years, Luke founded the Forest for The Trees in 2014. Luke is known as one of today's best macroeconomic thinkers. His view is that as data becomes increasingly commoditized, free thinking becomes priceless. And that's exactly why I wanted to have him on the show. After an incredibly tumultuous 2021, I wanted to sit down with Luke to get his thoughts on the last year, the road ahead, and some of the toughest challenges we're facing today, from a multi decade high in inflation to shifts in how we collectively think about money. 💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #77, we deconstruct Joey Krug's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Joey Krug is the Co-CIO at Pantera Capital and Cofounder at Augur and Eco. We cover design in crypto, soft skills, and keeping a list of failures.“I actually keep a list of big mistakes I've made, so I don't forget them.” – Joey KrugEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/pantera-capital-joey-krug-20mp-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/pantera-capital-joey-krug-20mp-transcript CHAPTERSIn Episode #77, we deconstruct Joey Krug's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:55) – CRISPR, Layer Two, and design in crypto (00:04:00) – Synthesizing information and learning soft skills (00:08:05) – Superhuman and Apple Notes (00:09:45) – A list of failures and aiming for a positive impact ABOUT JOEY KRUGCrypto legend Joey Krug is a co-founder of Auger, which is a global, no limit betting platform for anything. He's also a co-founder of Eco, which raised more than $86 million dollars from A16Z, light speed, and L Catterton, all to build a new type of bank built entirely on crypto rails. Joey's also the co CIO of Pantera Capital, which was founded by Dan Moorehead in 2013 and was the first institutional money manager in the crypto space. To date Pantera has amassed over $6 billion in capital alongside absolutely eye popping returns.Pantera invests both in new crypto defying web three protocols and projects, and they also manage a liquid more mature crypto portfolio. As the co-founder of multiple high profile projects, as well as the co-CIO of over 6 billion in crypto assets, Joey sits in an incredibly unique position, which is why I was so excited to get them on the show.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #78, we explore building the world's first decentralized lending platform. We’re joined by Mike Sall, Co-Founder and CEO of Goldfinch. We cover why raising capital in emerging markets is so difficult, assessing comfort levels with borrowing in crypto, and crypto regulations and compliance.“I don't think it's necessary to just get all the data all up front, no matter what. It's important to know exactly what questions that data's going to help answer.” – Mike SallEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/crypto-loans-emerging-markets-goldfinch-mike-sall-ig-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/crypto-loans-emerging-markets-goldfinch-mike-sall-ig-transcript CHAPTERSThis episode is our definitive guide to building the world's first decentralized lending platform. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:58) – How Goldfinch is helping entrepreneurs (00:05:38) – Mike's background and interest in data science (00:09:50) – Mike's experience at Coinbase (00:15:12) – The origins of Goldfinch (00:19:54) – Why raising capital in emerging markets is so difficult (00:22:47) – Assessing comfort levels with borrowing in crypto (00:35:10) – Mike's previous businesses and learnings (00:45:11) – The Goldfinch Flight Academy (00:47:01) – On crypto regulations and compliance ABOUT GOLDFINCHGoldfinch is a decentralized lending protocol, which went live on Coinbase and other crypto exchanges on January 11, 2022 under the ticker simple GDFI. Goldfinch aims to displace traditional banks and financial institutions with fair, decentralized community controlled protocols. And when it comes to DeFi, one of the hardest problems to solve has been lending against real world assets globally. Things like businesses in real estate in a truly decentralized way, because that problem is incredibly hard to solve. You need to figure out how to vet borrowers all around the world, how to KYC lenders from every country imaginable, how to determine when to underwrite a loan based on the actions of thousands and even millions of users.This is exactly what Goldfinch has done. They recently closed a second round of financing, valuing their network at a $400 million, which was led by a16z, and have proven they can fill multimillion dollar loans in near hours instead of days. 💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #75, we deconstruct Jason Crawford's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Jason Crawford is the Founder and CEO of The Roots of Progress. We cover the Gutenberg press, startup failures, and recommended apps.“I would say the single most powerful technique that I have found is when you start your day, rather than checking email or or anything, start by pulling out a blank sheet of paper, whether that's literal paper or whether, like me, you use an electronic note-taking system, and just think on paper about your day. How's it going? What's up? What am I going to do today? What are my priorities and so forth?” – Jason CrawfordEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/roots-of-progress-jason-crawford-20mp-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/roots-of-progress-jason-crawford-20mp-transcript CHAPTERSIn this episode, we deconstruct Jason Crawford's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:24) – Research on the Gutenberg press (00:03:51) – Learning, planning the day, and improving sleep (00:10:09) – Recommended apps, including Bear, Readwise, and Anki (00:12:27) – Startup failures, sci-fi books, and success on your own terms ABOUT JASON CRAWFORDJason Crawford is one of the researchers and writers at the forefront of the progress studies movement, which seeks to understand what's driven human progress historically in order to cultivate and accelerate moving forward, which is to say the least absolutely fascinating. Jason Crawford, through his blog and nonprofit Roots of Progress has studied and written about everything from the invention of the bicycle, to the smallpox vaccine. He's one of the world's leading thinkers on how progress happens, why it seems to have slowed or at least narrowed in recent years, and what we need to do to accelerate it in the coming years.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #74, we explore building the world's first crypto hedge fund and growing to $6B in AUM. We’re joined by Joey Krug, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Pantera Capital. We cover lessons from investing in volatile markets, DeFi and the future of prediction markets, and branding in crypto.“When you're investing and you have a position that you think you have conviction in, where you think it's very high odds that you're right, take a big swing at it.” – Joey KrugEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/building-6b-hedge-fund-crypto-pantera-capital-joey-krug-ig-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/building-6b-hedge-fund-crypto-pantera-capital-joey-krug-ig-transcript CHAPTERSThis episode is our definitive guide to building the world's first crypto hedge fund. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:02:35) – Joey's daily work at Pantera, Augur, and Eco (00:04:35) – Joey's start in mining Bitcoin (00:09:28) – Joining Pantera and investing (00:17:18) – Lessons learned as an investor in volatile markets (00:20:13) – Pantera's active trading and early stage venture bets (00:23:41) – Perspectives on risk (00:29:24) – On scaling Ethereum (00:31:10) – DeFi and the future of prediction markets (00:35:35) – A peek into Eco (00:37:29) – Branding in crypto (00:41:20) – Technical analysis in trading ABOUT PANTERA CAPITALPantera Capital was founded by Dan Morehead in 2013 and became the first institutional investment manager in the Crypto space. Today, Pantera has amassed over $6 billion in capital, alongside absolutely eye-popping returns. Pantera invests in new Crypto, DeFi and Web 3 protocols and projects, and they also manage a liquid more mature Crypto portfolio. They live in a very interesting position within the space. As the co-founder of multiple high-profile projects, as well as the co-CIO of over $6 billion in assets.For more on Pantera, visit panteracapital.com. I also highly recommend subscribing to their monthly newsletter where they share their commentary and thoughts on the broader Crypto market. I've been a subscriber for years, and I've always really enjoyed reading through it.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode #54, we deconstruct Dave Eisenberg's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Dave is Founding Partner at Zigg Capital. We cover recruiting executive talent, the wisdom of Winston Churchill, and using negative feedback for growth.“I do believe in direct feedback and specifically from a good place where you want the person to improve, it is one of the most helpful things you can do for someone.” – Dave EisenbergEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/dave-eisenberg2-outlier-academy-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/dave-eisenberg-outlier-academy-transcript CHAPTERSIn this episode, we deconstruct Dave Eisenberg's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:23) – Daily family time as an important habit (00:03:28) – Favorite tools including Twitter, Superhuman, and Peloton (00:04:28) – Recruiting executive talent and detail orientation (00:07:16) – The wisdom of Winston Churchill (00:09:17) – Baby Unplugged (00:10:47) – Using negative feedback for growth (00:13:04) – Live at the intersection of things you enjoy and things you’re good at ABOUT DAVE EISENBERGDave Eisenberg is Founding Partner at Zigg Capital, a venture capital firm investing in real estate and construction technology. Before founding Zigg, Dave spent twelve years as an operator at Bonobos, TellApart, Floored, and CBRE. He started his career at Bain & Company, then moved on to found Red Swan Ventures.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Replay Episode, we explore democratizing access to elite investment strategies and the future of public markets with Joe Percoco, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Titan. We cover the frustrations in investing that led Joe to build Titan, investing in crypto, and understanding your company OS and hiring the right people for your tribe.“There's often a binary debate occurring in society, which is about crypto assets—is the asset class a zero? And it's a bit of the wrong debate to be having. The right question to ask here is, are there crypto-assets that deserve a weighting in your portfolio?” – Joe PercocoEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/joe-percoco1-outlier-academy-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/joe-percoco-outlier-academy-transcript CHAPTERSThis episode is our definitive guide to democratizing access to elite investment strategies. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:25) – Joe’s background and insights learned at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey (00:07:42) – The frustrations in investing that led Joe to build Titan (00:16:43) – Investing in international markets (00:19:37) – Building a platform that makes investing accessible to all (00:29:52) – Investing in crypto with Titan (00:38:54) – Understanding your Company OS and hiring the right people for your tribe ABOUT TITANTitan is the investment platform of the future and one of the most fascinating FinTech companies today, having just closed a new round of financing, valuing them at $450 million.💌  FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Replay Episode, we explore lessons learned as a founder, investor, and bestselling author with Scott Belsky, author and venture capitalist. We cover how the desire to buy an education led to Scott’s interest in investing, seeing an investment grow from Seed to IPO, and startups avoiding the fate of the “one-hit wonder.”“Great opportunities never have ‘great opportunity’ in the subject line.” – Scott BelskyEPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED)https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/scott-belsky-outliers-show-notes FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPThttps://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/scott-belsky-outliers-transcript CHAPTERSThis episode is our guide to lessons learned as a founder, investor, and bestselling author. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:42) – Scott’s learnings from his start at Goldman Sachs (00:07:11) – On co-founding Behance, and attempting to manage the “most disorganized community on the planet” (00:10:51) – Tactics for entrepreneurs and their teams (00:15:03) – The transition from startup (Behance) to large company (Adobe) (00:18:10) – How the desire to buy an education led to Scott’s interest in investing (00:20:35) – Seeing an investment grow from Seed to IPO (00:24:23) – How design can move the needle for a business (00:30:12) – Scott’s foray into venture capital and finding his ideal role melding investing with company-building at Benchmark (00:35:40) – On writing Making Ideas Happen and The Messy Middle (00:40:48) – Startups avoiding the fate of the “one-hit wonder” (00:45:08) – Investment trends that Scott is focusing on ABOUT SCOTT BELSKY AND THE MESSY MIDDLEScott Belsky is currently the chief product officer at Adobe, as well as a venture partner at the world renowned venture capital firm, Benchmark. He began his career at Goldman Sachs before leaving to found Behance, which he later sold to Adobe for $115 million. Scott is also the best selling author of Making Ideas Happen and The Messy Middle, two of my all time favorite books. And he's an investor in an incredible roster of companies, including Uber, Pinterest, Airtable, Carta and Sweetgreen.💌 FREE NEWSLETTERhttps://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter🎙 LISTEN ONiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMYLearn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK.Website: https://www.outlieracademy.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademyABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNEROutlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts.Website: https://www.danielscrivner.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices