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David Baszucki is the co-founder and CEO of Roblox, a platform built around a simple idea: give people the tools and incentives to create together. Public Release: August 18. Members have access now.Join us. In this short conversation, he shares how a health decision saved his son s life and how it changed how he eats, The post Roblox CEO: How to Make Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First…
This summer, I m revisiting one of my favorite episodes. If you haven’t heard it, now is the time. If you have, it’s a classic and worth listening to again. Brad Jacobs has built eight billion-dollar companies, completed more than 500 acquisitions, and created extraordinary returns for shareholders over four decades. Few people understand how great The post The Mindset Behind Building a Great…
John D. Rockefeller became the richest man the world had ever known by thinking differently about business, competition, and family. This episode isn’t just the story of Standard Oil. It’s about the principles that built one of history’s greatest business empires and what they can teach us today. Along the way, you’ll see the The post [Outliers] John D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The…
No company decides to fail. It drifts there one comfortable lie at a time. Kaz Nejatian took over Opendoor when it was just months away from bankruptcy and set out to rebuild it from the ground up. What happened next shocked everyone. Most turnaround stories are told years later, by the winner, after the ending The post Truth Over Feelings: Inside Opendoor s Turnaround appeared first on Farnam…
A brief, no-fluff, summary of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. If you want to learn how capitalist countries become socialist, this book will help you. Let s dive in. Atlas Shrugged: The Simple Version The world depends on a relatively small number of people who build, invent, and produce. They are the entrepreneurs, engineers, scientists, industrialists, The post The Best Summary of Atlas Shrugged…
For the next hour, the world s top mindset coach is your coach too. Dr. Gio Valiante is the world s leading performance psychologist. We discuss why most people never reach their potential, how confidence and fear shape performance, and what separates those who consistently excel from those who stay stuck. He shares practical strategies for building The post The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full…
Dr. Giulia Enders has changed the way millions of people think about the human body. As a physician, microbiome researcher, and bestselling author, she has spent years studying the surprising role the gut plays in everything from digestion and immunity to mood, sleep, metabolism, and long-term health. In this conversation, Giulia explains how your gut shapes The post How to Repair and Nourish Your…
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. Available Now: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Transcript X In this episode, Bill shares The post Mental Models That Change How You Think | Bill Gurley appeared first on…
Mark Pincus is the creator behind Farmville and Words with Friends. He built Zynga into one of the biggest gaming companies in the world and helped shape the early era of social products on the internet. Listen Now: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts X Transcript In this conversation, he breaks down how The post Proven, Better, New: Mark Pincus on the Rules of Innovation appeared first on Farnam…
Chung Ju-yung built Hyundai because he refused to be stopped. 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. This episode explores how Chung built Hyundai, how he The post [Outliers] Chung Ju-yung: The Hyundai Founder…
Winston Weinberg is the CEO and co-founder of Harvey, the AI platform built for the legal industry. Available Now: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts Transcript In this episode, Winston explains how AI is reshaping legal work, why judgment becomes more valuable as routine work gets automated, and how to build the prioritization muscle 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…
Mario Harik is the CEO of XPO, one of the largest logistics companies in the world. For years, he was the protege of legendary entrepreneur Brad Jacobs (who built eight multibillion-dollar companies from scratch). Today, Mario leads 40,000 people with a management style shaped by what he learned. It s a rare combination of smart capital The post Mario Harik: Playing to Win appeared first on Farnam…
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 The post Joe Liemandt: Alpha School and the Future of Education…
Harrison McCain learned salesmanship by talking his way into a pharmaceutical job at 22, then spent five years under legendary entrepreneur K.C. Irving, absorbing lessons in vertical integration, relentless determination, and management by suggestion. When he quit, he had no plan, no income, and two newborn kids. His brother Bob noticed that New Brunswick potato The post [Outliers] The Potato…
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. Listen and The post Brookfield CEO…
The world s largest hotel company spent its first 30 years without a hotel. It started as a root beer stand in 1927. The first room didn t open until 1957. The man behind it was J. Willard Marriott. In this episode of Outliers, we explore how Marriott turned one root beer stand into a hotel empire, The post An Unlikely Empire | J.W. Marriott appeared first on Farnam Street .
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. Vlad Tenev is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood. Not only did he navigate the unprecedented GameStop crisis, but he also completely re-engineered the fintech giant to thrive. He breaks The post Inside the Mind of Robinhood…
Phil Knight is the founder of Nike, the brand that reshaped sports and became one of the most powerful companies in the world. What would you do if your bank, your supplier, and your government all turned against you at the same time? Phil Knight didn t have to imagine it. He lived on the edge The post [Outliers] Phil Knight: The Obsession That Built Nike appeared first on Farnam Street .
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. In this episode, we explore the intersection of massive wealth, high-speed decision-making, and the psychological traits required to survive the AI revolution. Available The post Nicolai…
