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Bill Gurley spent years on Wall Street, built his career as a partner at Benchmark, worked through Uber’s hypergrowth era, and now serves on the board of the Santa Fe Institute, where he studies complexity and systems thinking. Public Release: June 9. Members have access now.Join us. Coming Soon: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts … The post Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley a…

Mark Pincus built Zynga into one of the biggest gaming companies in the world and helped shape the early era of social products on the internet. Public Release: June 2. Members have access now.Join us. Coming Soon: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Transcript In this conversation, he breaks down how great founders spot … The post Proven, Better, New: Mark Pincus on the Rules of Innovation appe…

Chung Ju-yung built Hyundai because he refused to be stopped. Public Release: May 19. Members have access now.Join us. He is known for turning Hyundai into an industrial force that helped transform South Korea. The company built highways, ships, cars, and entire industries. At its peak, Hyundai accounted for 16% of South Korea’s economic output. … The post [Outliers] Chung Ju-yung: The Hyundai Fo…

Winston Weinberg is the CEO and co-founder of Harvey, the AI platform built for the legal industry. Public Release: May 12. Members have access now.Join us. Coming Soon: YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Transcript In this episode, Winston explains how AI is reshaping legal work, why judgment becomes more valuable as routine work … The post Winston Weinberg: Speed, Stress, and Better Decisions…

The AI race, the future of AGI, and the inside story of OpenAI. Greg Brockman is the co-founder and President of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and GPT-5. He was the first engineer at Stripe before leaving in 2015 to help start OpenAI. In this rare conversation, Greg goes inside the moments that built, and nearly … The post Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI appeared…

How does one engineer run 40,000 people with 10 daily numbers, zero hobbies, and a $1 billion bet he made in his first year as CEO? Mario Harik is the CEO of XPO, one of the largest trucking companies in the world. He started as employee #3, learned from Brad Jacobs (who built eight multibillion-dollar … The post Mario Harik: Playing to Win appeared first on Farnam Street .

Joe Liemandt is the principal of Alpha School and the founder of Trilogy Software and ESW Capital. Liemandt dropped out of Stanford to build Trilogy, became the youngest member of the Forbes 400, then vanished from public life for 25 years. But he didn’t stop building. Through ESW Capital, he quietly became one of the most prolific acquirers of software businesses in the world. Now he’s back with…

Connor Teskey is CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investors, managing about a trillion dollars across infrastructure, power, real estate, private equity, and credit. In this exclusive interview, his first as CEO, we explore his approach to capital allocation, isolating variables, and building a business designed for long-term growth. Featured clips Your Work Ethic is…

Robinhood’s co-founder reveals the brutal reality of surviving an 80% market crash, going “founder mode” to cut corporate bloat, and what actually happened during GameStop. Featured clips Setting the Scene: GameStop Inside Robinhood Internal AI at Robinhood Deciding What to do Next Vlad Tenev is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood. Not only did he navigate the unprecedented GameStop crisis, but h…

Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. He is responsible for managing $2.1 trillion. That’s roughly 1.7% of every listed company on earth. Featured clips American vs. European Mindset Can You Teach People to Change Their Minds? What’s Gotten Harder in Investing? Slowing Down Decisions In this episode, we explore the intersection …

Michael Ovitz co-founded CAA and helped reshape Hollywood, then took the same playbook into tech investing and advising founders. Featured clips How People Go Wrong Meeting Marc Andreessen Failure The Genius of Patrick Collison Available Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | X | Transcript In this conversation, he breaks down the operating rules that kept CAA from losing clients, and the pers…

James Clear is the author of Atomic Habits, a global bestseller that has shaped how millions of people think about habits, consistency, and long-term change. Featured clips The Role of Identity in Habits The Confidence to Start Maintaining Focus on What You Want What is a Habit? Complexity Vs. Simplicity In this conversation, James explains how habits shape identity, why progress often stays invi…

We released a special episode of TKP this week with Pierre Poilievre. While we don’t often tackle politics on the show, we are trying to improve political discourse by offering a platform for both sides to speak with depth and nuance. Featured clips What is the Role of Government? Second & Third Order Consequences Fighting for Canada Long Term What Role Does the Media Play? Maintaining Hope in Po…

Ogilvy Vice Chairman Rory Sutherland reveals the formula for persuasion, why people make decisions and how you can use psychology to your advantage. Featured clips AI and Decision Making Why Is Dyson So Effective at Marketing? Warren Buffett’s Approach to Choosing Management How to Write Good Copy Rory is the world’s leading advertising strategist. He spent almost four decades at Ogilvy studying …

Charlie Munger spent his life studying one question: why do smart people make bad decisions? In this episode, I explore his timeless framework, The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, and the 25 psychological forces that quietly distort thinking. Available Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript | X

My guest today is Ron Shaich, founder of Panera and chairman of CAVA. The headlines will tell you that Ron built Panera into a $7.8 billion company, but the real story is far more interesting.  Available Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript | YouTube | X His philosophy is simple: Be long-term greedy, not short-term stupid. + Members have … The post Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera a…

Steve Wozniak is the engineer who built Apple.  Then he did something Silicon Valley still doesn’t understand: he gave millions of his own money away to early employees, walked away from power, and refused to play the game everyone else was playing. While HP rejected his design and competitors built walled gardens, Wozniak’s philosophy of open architecture, … The post [Outliers] Steve Wozniak: Th…

Anthony Scilipoti is one of the sharpest minds in investing. He’s the President and CEO of Veritas Group of Companies. He called the collapses of both Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Nortel before they happened, and now he has some thoughts on AI. We talk about asking better questions, reading the fine print, the role of short … The post Anthony Scilipoti: Reading the Footnotes appeared first on Farn…

The incredible story of Jim Clayton and how he built Clayton Homes. When the bank forced him into bankruptcy at 27, he started rebuilding the very next day, following an unconventional playbook: refusing to lower standards, vertically integrating everything, and playing relentless offense during downturns.​​ While the home industry collapsed in the 1970s, 1990s, and 2000s, Clayton … The post [Out…

Tracy Britt Cool is the co-founder of Kanbrick where she is applying what she learned at Berkshire Hathaway to the middle market.   In this episode, you’ll learn how she went from writing a cold letter to Buffett to being sent in to fix struggling Berkshire subsidiaries, how to evaluate a business, the types of people to avoid at … The post Tracy Britt Cool: Building Great Businesses appeared fir…