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Elad Gil was an early investor in 40 unicorns, including major AI companies like Perplexity. I asked him what’s next for software companies now that AI can code better than humans, and what he’d invest in after AI.

Joining me is an entrepreneur who’s been in the news quite a bit because he raised a bunch of money. But before all that, the company failed on many ways with many early customers. Today’s guest is willing to talk openly with me about that. Vivek Sharma is the founder of Movable Ink...

Today’s guest didn’t think of himself as an entrepreneur but he found himself building a company that actually saved lives using technology. We’ll find out how he did that in this interview. But the thing that he’s really excited about these days is his new company which...

Two weeks ago I saw the news story “Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200 million”. So I immediately contacted the founder of the company to do an interview. And he said, “Come on, man. Let’s do it, but give me a little bit of time.” And so we waited a...

Today I have David Rubenstein, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist. But one of the things that I’m most excited to talk to him about is his book, How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEO’s, Founders and Game Changers, where he sat down with people like...

Joining me is someone who essentially launched his business on Upwork and made over $1M dollars on the platform. I had to fact-check that with other sources because I couldn’t believe it. I invited him here to find out how he did it. Evan Fisher is the founder of Unicorn Business Plans,...

Today’s guest came up with the idea to scrape the internet’s audio and video to find pirated content. But he had one major problem: no investor would touch it. We’ll find out how everything changed for him just days before filing bankruptcy. If you have an idea that investors...

Joining me is an entrepreneur who created a company called Compare. I feel like he should be really boastful the fact that he got one of the toughest domains out there. Andrew Rose is the founder of Compare.com, a place to compare auto insurance prices. We’re going to find out how he came...

Toptal’s CEO was accused of not giving options to employees who felt they were entitled to it, even though their legal agreements stated they were conditional. I asked him to do an interview, expecting him to say no way, but instead he said, glad to. My summary of his response. Regarding...

Joining me is entrepreneur who started his company back in 1999. It was a period of raising money, changing the world, and being changed by the world. There was a lot of evolution and a lot of obstacles in Germany at the time. I want to understand how today’s guest built a company in that...

Nathan Lustig is the co-founder of Magma Partners, an early-stage investment firm that supports the best Latin American entrepreneurs to launch and scale in the US. Nathan literally wrote the book on what it’s like to do business in different parts of Latin America. It’s called...

Joining me is an entrepreneur who had an insight. How many times have you seen a motorcyclist with his phone strapped to his bike? Well today’s guest thought that was too distracting and knew there had to be a better way. Marcus Weller is the founder of Skully Technologies, an Augmented...

Joining me is an entrepreneur who says today’s startups have new options for raising money. He’s helping startups raise money through crowdfunding where anyone can invest. His goal is to get 80% of the population to start investing. Kendrick Nguyen is cofounder of Republic, an investment...

A while back we had a sponsor called StartEngine and I was really excited about it. The reason was because it was a new way to raise money. But what really got my attention was the bio section of the founder. His background was fascinating. I invited him here to talk about the revolutionary...

You might recognize today’s guest because he was on Mixergy back in the early days of Mixergy Interviews. I learned so much from that interview. One of the best lessons was when he said, “Everybody says to work your way up to the big guys. Screw that. I want to go after Walmart,...

I’m so excited about today’s guest. Years ago he created a software that allowed a group of people to talk to one another over text. It was called GroupMe and it felt like as soon as I even heard about the company it was sold in a life-changing exit. I always admired how they did it....

I’m so freaking obsessed with chat bots because I think it’s the future of online engagement. We’re spending more time in chat apps than we are in email and even social media. The guest I have for you today was running a successful businesses but he too became so obsessed with chat bots...

You’d think after 1,500 interviews I’d understand where all the interesting businesses are, where all the revenue is, but I still don’t. I’m still surprised by pockets of opportunity. Today’s guest is a perfect example. Joining me is Kristel Kruustuk. She’s...

This is what I love about San Francisco: I was out with my son and I met another father who was a founder. He was telling me about his new startup but what amazed me was the way he thought about it and how he thought about entrepreneurship in general. Today’s guest is a guy who thinks the...