Mental Models of Successful People

Newer episodes will be on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelye Furqan was the CTO of Bebo (acq. by Twitch for $25M) & Applovin (worth over $2B). We talk about the science behind virality, packaging company functions, & more.

New Episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelye John Coogan is the co-founder of Soylent (raised over $70M from Google Ventures & a16z) - it's the OG foodtech company that kickstarted the biohackers community by replacing all food with just a drink. We talk about cargo cults, the exploit vs explore tradeoff in AI & how that applies to decision making, self-help vs stealth-help, & more.

New Episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelye Ashutosh and I breakdown key lessons learned in his 7 year journey of constantly pivoting & iterating, then finally building Sunsama (YC W19) which is now the "Superhuman for Daily Planning". We talk about pivoting 3+ times, power law distributions in relationships, vectors of thought suppression, & more.

Michael Ioffe, founder of a leading education non-profit, discusses the flaws of Coursera, the future of micro-learning, challenges in non-profit organizations, and the importance of a learner-centric approach in education.

New Episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michaelye --- In this episode, we talk about: - How John Pollaers turned 2 different billion-dollar companies (Pacific Brands & Fosters Group)'s trajectory around from a decline - Stories of talking with CEO of Ford on innovation & working with the Australian Prime minister - Levels of Consciousness - & more!