The Danny Miranda Podcast

Sriram Krishnan and Aarthi Ramamurthy are two of technology's leading voices. They are also podcasters. Aarthi has worked at Clubhouse, Facebook, Netflix, and Microsoft. Sriram is an investor for Andreessen Horowitz. They have interviewed people like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Hawk, Palmer Luckey, and A.R. Rahman. (0:00) Welcome To Show (1:45) Starting Podcast (6:02) Outsider vs. Insider (15:02) Early Technology (31:54) Interviewing (45:04) Sriram’s Love of WWE (58:10) Public vs. Private (1:01:32) In-Person vs. Online Interviews (1:14:30) Interviewing Elon Musk (1:22:53) More People In Tech? (1:25:45) Aarthi’s Mission (1:28:47) Challenge Sriram & Aarthi Links Sriram's Twitter: https://twitter.com/sriramk Aarthi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarthir YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheGoodTimeShowAarthiSriram My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Visakan Veerasamy is a writer. He describes himself as a “friendly, ambitious nerd.” In this wide-ranging conversation, you’ll find out why. We discussed lessons from tweeting 212,000 times, how to make the world a more loving place, why you should consult your inner newsfeed, and how writing a book helped him evolve. (0:00) Lesson From COVID (5:43) Thoughts On Work (15:19) Coaching (20:03) Tweeting (26:37) Greatness (29:38) Online Fame (38:12) What Bothers Visa? (46:03) Consult Inner Newsfeed (49:00) Creativity (53:03) Ruts (58:31) Similarities of Humans (1:07:39) Loving World (1:19:27) Nuance (1:30:20) Trauma (1:47:18) Parenting (1:49:39) Challenge Visa’s Links Website: https://visakanv.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/visakanv My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Adam Gilbert is the creator of MyBodyTutor. Over the past 15 years, he’s coached thousands of people on creating better habits with their health. In this episode, Adam explained... • How he built his business • How he and Noah Kagan have become friends • Lessons from coaching thousands • Common mistakes he finds most people make in their 20s • Adam’s spiky perspective on therapy • How to find your purpose ...and much more. He even gave me a gift! (0:00) Joining Corporate America (3:44) Dad Passing Away (5:10) Noah Kagan (6:38) First Few Clients (7:53) Accountability (8:43) Early Growth Strategies (12:07) Social Media (17:11) My Body Tutor vision (17:43) Gregg Poppovich (18:53) Self-Sabotage (22:40) Systems (26:30) Mindset, Psychology, Habits (31:01) Hope (32:58) Common Mistakes In 20s (34:04) Finding What You Love (37:15) Adam’s Perspective on Therapy (40:38) Meditation (43:30) Non-Scale Victories (44:28) Pleasure vs. Happiness (49:00) Fitness First (51:45) Finding Purpose (57:30) Discomfort Is Your Compass (1:00:00) Connecting With Adam (1:00:48) Gift From Adam Adam’s Links MyBodyTutor: https://www.mybodytutor.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyBodyTutor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mybodytutor/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Sid Yadav is the creator of Circle, the all-in-one community platform for creators & brands. In this conversation, Sid talks about his early days as a creator himself, working at Teachable, the importance of sending cold emails, how he raised money, how he found product-market-fit, and his challenge to people listening: (0:00) Early Blogging Days (7:13) Creating (10:18) United States (18:08) Cold Emails (23:01) Teachable (29:10) Employee vs. Entrepreneur (31:10) Multiple Skillsets (33:42) Building Circle.so (43:21) Raising Money (52:44) $10k ARR to $1M ARR (59:55) Challenge Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/sidyadav Website: https://circle.so/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Kyle Offutt is a creator. He is attempting to eat a meal with someone in every state (currently halfway through his journey). In this conversation, we spoke about Kyle not feeling understood in his hometown, his transition from planner/engineer to letting go, his perfect day, why taking little steps is important, life as music, and his experience at Creator Camp. (0:00) 50 Meals, 50+ Strangers (9:47) Present Moment (12:10) Changes From Traveling (15:10) It All Works Out (18:55) Two Kyles (20:03) Shark Tank (22:44) Quality Vs. Quantity (26:48) Shortform Content (29:03) Not Feeling Understood (32:40) Original Thinker (35:09) Traveling (38:00) Creator Camp (45:38) Life As Music (47:08) Perfect Day (51:21) Little Steps (53:55) Challenge (56:23) Inward Journey Kyle’s Links TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylegoesoff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KyleGoesOff Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylegoesoff My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Ocho, a company focused on helping you learn everything you need to build wealth as an entrepreneur, freelancer, consultant, or independent business owner. He is also the creator of Teachable, which has helped over 100,000 creators monetize through courses. Ankur sold Teachable in March 2020 for a "healthy 9-figure amount." In this conversation, we spoke about the early days of Teachable, how Ankur made money on personality quizzes on Facebook, what creators can do to differentiate themselves, the importance of writing, his four keys to happiness, and his goal for 2023.  (0:00) Making Money Online (3:33) Childhood Signs (4:32) Moving To America (6:27) Young People Have Power (9:18) Early Days of Teachable (12:00) Growth Marketing (15:54) Parents (19:59) No “Making It” Moment (21:41 Culture (26:02) Big Ideas (27:41) Immigration (31:01) USA (33:04) 4 Keys For Happiness (35:41) Vagabond Era (39:43) Younger Politicians (42:45) Play Like A Child (47:05) India (49:03) Creators (51:21) Goal For 2023 (55:13) Building Next Company (56:58) Stress As CEO (58:45) Build In Public? (1:00:13) Retirement (1:03:02) Most Important Skills (1:04:30) Pet Peeves (1:06:18) Writing (1:10:13) How Will Ankur Be Different? (1:11:24) Imposter Syndrome (1:13:38) Legacy (1:16:41) Challenge Ankur's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal Ocho: https://www.ocho.com/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Nik Sharma is a brand builder. He's the creator of Sharma Brands (a marketing agency that's worked with MrBeast and Emma Chamberlain). In this conversation, we spoke about not going to college, how he's used Twitter effectively, the two skills everyone should learn if they're about to graduate college, and how he got in contact with Mark Cuban via cold email. (0:00) Bob The Builder (2:16) Nik’s Childhood Teacher (6:39) Skills To Learn (9:49) Mark Cuban Email (13:45) Vibes (14:40) David Perell Friendship (16:08) Saving Cousin’s Life (18:49) Death (21:11) Building A Brand (26:55) Working With MrBeast (33:30) Working With Emma Chamberlain (37:04) Small Inflection Points (40:45) Not Going To College (47:00) Gary Vaynerchuk (49:55) Scaling Sharma Brands (53:39) Twitter (59:20) Challenge Nik's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsharma Cold Email Thread: https://twitter.com/mrsharma/status/1463205121979002890 My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Jack Raines is the writer of YoungMoney.co, a blog/newsletter with more than 20,000+ readers. Jack covers finance and career advice and has quickly built it up over the past 18 months.   In this conversation, we spoke about how Jack has met his heroes, what it's like to lose $150,000 in a day, getting mentioned in Tim Ferriss' newsletter, why you should travel more, and how he hopes to be remembered. (0:00) Humble Beginnings (4:23 Would Jack Change Anything? (6:27) Inspirations (9:00) Meeting Heroes (11:43) Online Networking (17:48) Losing $150,000 (28:28) Dopamine (Twitter vs. Money) (32:12) Consuming vs. Creating (38:01) The Case For Traveling More (43:31) Getting Over The Hump (45:40) Writing/Creating (51:12) Tim Ferriss Mention (55:41) Early Metrics (57:01) Books (58:53) Legacy (59:56) Challenge Resources Three Sides of Risk – https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/ Jack’s Satirical Viral Writing – https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines/status/1584977015605964800 The Case for Traveling More by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/case-traveling How I Write by Jack Raines – https://www.youngmoney.co/p/write Jack's Links Website: https://YoungMoney.co Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jack_Raines LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackraines My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Noah Huisman is a modern-day renaissance man. He’s an author, venture capitalist lawyer, gym owner, and fitness connoisseur.  In my two weeks in Austin, Noah served as a tour guide. He took me through workouts, allowed me to use his gym, and helped me explore the different sights. He also opened my mind to new perspectives and ideas. He's one of the smartest and strongest people I know.   In this wide-ranging conversation, we discussed Noah’s near-death experience, different stories from philosophy, finding the ideal, and the heroes you want to be.   (0:00) Thank You To Noah  (2:40) Near-Death Experience  (12:01) Noah’s Fire  (15:03) Night In Jail  (26:01) The Good Wolf  (39:13) Finding The Ideal  (51:01) Abraham Lincoln  (54:03) Feed The Flame  (57:13) Beauty  (1:04:19) Is-Ought Problem  (1:06:43) God  (1:12:58) Drawn To Story  (1:16:22) One Book Per Year  (1:20:04) Soul  (1:32:21) Own Greatness  (1:35:58) Trait To Pass Along  (1:36:33) Challenge   Noah's Links  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noahhuisman3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoahHuisman3 Website: https://www.noahhuisman.com My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

Joe Foster is the founder of Reebok. In this conversation, he discussed the early days (his first 21 years in business), why he never got a job, his most important lesson, the importance of a name, what rapid growth feels like, and what he thinks of his American counterpart, Phil Knight. (0:00) Welcome Joe (1:15) World War II (6:10 Father’s Failing Company (9:11) Badminton (11:14) Early Days of Reebok (21:14) Importance of Name (25:01) Why Joe Never Got A Job (33:24) Going To America (50:57) Angel Martinez (55:05) $9 Million To $1 Billion In 5 Years (1:00:51) Giving Up Company (1:05:11) Phil Knight (1:09:34) Question From George Heaton (1:11:10) Curiosity About Technology Joe's Links New Book (Shoemaker): https://www.amazon.com/Shoemaker/dp/1471194043 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reebokthefounder/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda