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My second interview with Olaf Hichwa, Co-Founder & CTO of Neros Technologies. 0:38 Redesigning a production line from scratch 1:15 Building 1,200 drones per week 1:43 Drones cause 70% of all casualties in Ukraine 3:10 China sells millions of drones to Russia 6:40 Focusing on operators 9:12 Archer AI...

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My second interview with Jim Belosic, Founder of sendcutsend. 0:15 Beating China in manufacturing requires scale 1:10 Automation is not a magic bullet 2:12 Scaling profitably 4:31 Delivering a great customer experience 8:44 Why SCS raised $110M 11:20 Expectations are promises 15:33 Increasing speed and capacity 18:46 Focusing on customers 22:20 Frugality and generosity 25:06 Creating The Anything Factory 26:33 3pm is the new midnight 27:49 Figuring out the next bottleneck 30:37 Finding buildings with enough power 35:21 Lowering prices 37:36 Gambling to turn on factories faster 39:03 Aim for perfection and you’ll end up at excellence 40:04 Maintaining a maniacal sense of urgency through impatience 41:30 Seeding SCS DNA at new factories 43:08 Solving challenges 45:32 Finding great capital partners 48:40 Focus on customer pain 51:59 Learning from Home Depot 54:16 Bringing manufacturing back to America 55:11 Building capacity creates demand 57:01 Handling demand surges 58:21 Being default skeptical and sensing bullsh*t 1:00:27 Getting back to building
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My second interview with Jim Belosic, Founder of sendcutsend. 0:15 Beating China in manufacturing requires scale 1:10 Automation is not a magic bullet 2:12 Scaling profitably 4:31 Delivering a great customer experience 8:44 Why SCS raised $110M 11:20 Expectations are promises 15:33 Increasing speed and capacity 18:46 Focusing on customers 22:20 Frugality and generosity 25:06 Creating The Anything Factory 26:33 3pm is the new midnight 27:49 Figuring out the next bottleneck 30:37 Finding buildings with enough power 35:21 Lowering prices 37:36 Gambling to turn on factories faster 39:03 Aim for perfection and you’ll end up at excellence 40:04 Maintaining a maniacal sense of urgency through impatience 41:30 Seeding SCS DNA at new factories 43:08 Solving challenges 45:32 Finding great capital partners 48:40 Focus on customer pain 51:59 Learning from Home Depot 54:16 Bringing manufacturing back to America 55:11 Building capacity creates demand 57:01 Handling demand surges 58:21 Being default skeptical and sensing bullsh*t 1:00:27 Getting back to building

Ti Morse

72,782 views • 3 months ago

My first interview with Shaun Maguire, Partner Sequoia Capital. 0:30 How Elon works 8:11 Execution speed 15:40 The 15 levels of mathematicians 25:52 How Shaun assesses founders 29:31 Starting the next Bell Labs 32:43 Why it was so hard to invest in SpaceX in 2019 36:26 Working at Neros 42:36 What Elon looks for in capital partners 44:43 Why people underestimate Boring Company 51:37 Stepping into the fire 56:00 Playing CS:GO competitively 1:03:56 Dropping out of high school 1:07:20 Getting renamed in 7th grade 1:14:02 Lord of the flies 1:21:23 How people like Gwynne Shotwell work with Elon 1:25:07 Why Elon is one of the greatest capital allocators of all time 1:30:59 Underestimating Jensen Huang
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My first interview with Shaun Maguire, Partner Sequoia Capital. 0:30 How Elon works 8:11 Execution speed 15:40 The 15 levels of mathematicians 25:52 How Shaun assesses founders 29:31 Starting the next Bell Labs 32:43 Why it was so hard to invest in SpaceX in 2019 36:26 Working at Neros 42:36 What Elon looks for in capital partners 44:43 Why people underestimate Boring Company 51:37 Stepping into the fire 56:00 Playing CS:GO competitively 1:03:56 Dropping out of high school 1:07:20 Getting renamed in 7th grade 1:14:02 Lord of the flies 1:21:23 How people like Gwynne Shotwell work with Elon 1:25:07 Why Elon is one of the greatest capital allocators of all time 1:30:59 Underestimating Jensen Huang

Ti Morse

296,097 views • 9 months ago

First interview with Saurav Shroff (@SauravShroff5), co-founder & CEO of Starpath (Starpath). We talk about what it takes to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, creating rocket propellent production plants on the Moon and Mars, and selling solar panels to satellite companies. 0:40 Inputs to create a self-sustaining city on Mars 3:53 Creating rocket propellent production plants 6:21 How much a Nasa rover costs to build 8:02 Building solar panels 15:51 Scaling Starship production 17:56 Why it’s important to make life multi-planetary 24:16 Starting Starpath 26:53 Creating the first 10 Starpath rovers 31:20 Rover testing 33:09 How to simulate Martian soil on Earth 35:11 What if SpaceX didn’t exist 40:14 Keeping fast iteration loops as you scale 49:19 How many Starships it takes to make Mars viable 1:02:43 What are Starpath’s biggest risks 1:11:31 Finding talent that’s aligned with the mission 1:15:30 Living on Mars 1:18:46 Idiot index in the space industry
1:25:50

First interview with Saurav Shroff (@SauravShroff5), co-founder & CEO of Starpath (Starpath). We talk about what it takes to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, creating rocket propellent production plants on the Moon and Mars, and selling solar panels to satellite companies. 0:40 Inputs to create a self-sustaining city on Mars 3:53 Creating rocket propellent production plants 6:21 How much a Nasa rover costs to build 8:02 Building solar panels 15:51 Scaling Starship production 17:56 Why it’s important to make life multi-planetary 24:16 Starting Starpath 26:53 Creating the first 10 Starpath rovers 31:20 Rover testing 33:09 How to simulate Martian soil on Earth 35:11 What if SpaceX didn’t exist 40:14 Keeping fast iteration loops as you scale 49:19 How many Starships it takes to make Mars viable 1:02:43 What are Starpath’s biggest risks 1:11:31 Finding talent that’s aligned with the mission 1:15:30 Living on Mars 1:18:46 Idiot index in the space industry

Ti Morse

13,657 views • 10 months ago

64 Arguments Against Democratic Socialism Timestamps: 0:00 Definitions 2:28 Hyper-individualism 5:44 Universality 9:30 He Who Pays the Piper, Calls the Tune 12:37 Welfare State Turns Humans From Assets to Liabilities 15:18 Against Me 16:25 Trump Test 18:29 Zero Sum Thinking 21:05 Forcible Depravation 22:46 Monopoly Contradiction 25:27 Vilifying Producers 28:03 Competition Protects People 32:03 The Secret to Mass Consumption = Mass Production 34:30 Decreasing Prices in the Private Sector & Potential Competition 39:35 The Myth of the Rational Voter: Fake Power vs. Real Power 50:02 Social Contract Myth 53:29 "Which Happens First?" 58:45 Static Thinking Fallacy 1:03:20 Metrics for Standard of Living & Time Prices 1:07:58 Humans Are Inherently Self Interested 1:12:53 Recognizing Rights as Reciprocal 1:14:49 We Are Not the Government 1:17:29 More Power = Better Outcome Assumption 1:21:19 The Myth of "Free" 1:23:50 Iron Law of Oligarchy 1:26:50 Praxeology 1:37:55 Inequality & Trickle Down Economics 1:44:41 Domestic Imperialism 1:48:56 Regulatory Capture 1:50:48 Abolish the Police 1:53:02 The Empirical Case 1:54:08 "Me Being X Doesn't Affect You" 1:56:01 Material Mindset 1:59:16 Capital Financing Shift 2:00:30 The Value of the Capitalist 2:03:47 Opposition to Voluntary Solutions 2:07:45 Apartheid Entitlement 2:14:36 Democracy and Delegating Rights 2:17:02 The Expert Problem 2:23:45 Capitalist Time Preference 2:31:41 Capitalist Productivity 2:34:15 Self-Ownership 2:38:15 Who Defines What "Service X" is? 2:41:57 Inevitability of Scarcity 2:46:35 The Angel Argument 2:49:04 The Crimes of the 99% 2:51:09 "Poverty Causes Crime" 2:53:04 Intentions Over Results 2:57:41 Free Association = The Ultimate "Check and Balance" 3:00:31 Surplus Value 3:04:39 Firms Reduce Transaction Costs 3:08:21 Collective Action Problem 3:10:09 Empiricism, the High Cost of Experimentation, and the Difficulty in Isolating Variables 3:12:46 Each According to Their Ability? Need? 3:15:51 Disparities Prove Discrimination 3:23:58 Comparing Theory to Reality 3:31:42 Nirvana Fallacy 3:34:41 Which Collective? 3:39:20 Argument From Tolerance 3:39:50 Prices: Signal & Incentive 3:42:58 Catastrophizing 3:46:43 Stock Diversification 3:48:17 Press Conference Bias 3:50:20 Divorce and Discrimination 3:53:38 Discouraging Savings
3:58:46

64 Arguments Against Democratic Socialism Timestamps: 0:00 Definitions 2:28 Hyper-individualism 5:44 Universality 9:30 He Who Pays the Piper, Calls the Tune 12:37 Welfare State Turns Humans From Assets to Liabilities 15:18 Against Me 16:25 Trump Test 18:29 Zero Sum Thinking 21:05 Forcible Depravation 22:46 Monopoly Contradiction 25:27 Vilifying Producers 28:03 Competition Protects People 32:03 The Secret to Mass Consumption = Mass Production 34:30 Decreasing Prices in the Private Sector & Potential Competition 39:35 The Myth of the Rational Voter: Fake Power vs. Real Power 50:02 Social Contract Myth 53:29 "Which Happens First?" 58:45 Static Thinking Fallacy 1:03:20 Metrics for Standard of Living & Time Prices 1:07:58 Humans Are Inherently Self Interested 1:12:53 Recognizing Rights as Reciprocal 1:14:49 We Are Not the Government 1:17:29 More Power = Better Outcome Assumption 1:21:19 The Myth of "Free" 1:23:50 Iron Law of Oligarchy 1:26:50 Praxeology 1:37:55 Inequality & Trickle Down Economics 1:44:41 Domestic Imperialism 1:48:56 Regulatory Capture 1:50:48 Abolish the Police 1:53:02 The Empirical Case 1:54:08 "Me Being X Doesn't Affect You" 1:56:01 Material Mindset 1:59:16 Capital Financing Shift 2:00:30 The Value of the Capitalist 2:03:47 Opposition to Voluntary Solutions 2:07:45 Apartheid Entitlement 2:14:36 Democracy and Delegating Rights 2:17:02 The Expert Problem 2:23:45 Capitalist Time Preference 2:31:41 Capitalist Productivity 2:34:15 Self-Ownership 2:38:15 Who Defines What "Service X" is? 2:41:57 Inevitability of Scarcity 2:46:35 The Angel Argument 2:49:04 The Crimes of the 99% 2:51:09 "Poverty Causes Crime" 2:53:04 Intentions Over Results 2:57:41 Free Association = The Ultimate "Check and Balance" 3:00:31 Surplus Value 3:04:39 Firms Reduce Transaction Costs 3:08:21 Collective Action Problem 3:10:09 Empiricism, the High Cost of Experimentation, and the Difficulty in Isolating Variables 3:12:46 Each According to Their Ability? Need? 3:15:51 Disparities Prove Discrimination 3:23:58 Comparing Theory to Reality 3:31:42 Nirvana Fallacy 3:34:41 Which Collective? 3:39:20 Argument From Tolerance 3:39:50 Prices: Signal & Incentive 3:42:58 Catastrophizing 3:46:43 Stock Diversification 3:48:17 Press Conference Bias 3:50:20 Divorce and Discrimination 3:53:38 Discouraging Savings

Voluntaryist Keith

325,100 views • 1 month ago

No one can watch this and STILL THINK we went to the moon. NO ONE. The people who want to maintain their beliefs will NEVER watch this. All-in-one moon landing debunk doc: American Moon (English Version) Timestamps & Chapters 3:19 - 3:50 NASA Simulator 20:58 - 21:21 NASA Simulator 21:24 - 24:47 - 10 Years of Propaganda 24:48 - The Moon hoax Theory 59:58 - 1:14:55 Van Allen Radiation Belt - Ralph Rene 46:29 - 50:28 - How They Faked It 52: 51 - 56:44 - Moon Simulator 1:17:38 - 1:20:49 Engine Dust Imprint 1:20:39 - 1:23:05 Dust Foot Pads 1:26:59 - 1:30:29 Engine Noise 1:30:36 - 1:25:36 LEM Schematics & Lost Tapes 1:35:50 - 1:40:31 Radio Delay 1:40:32 - 1:46:38 Rover TV Broadcast 1:46:38 - 1:56:16 Lunar Dust and Footprints 1:56:16 - 2:04:20 Steel Wires 2:04:29 - 2:16:41 Air on the Moon 2:16:42 - 2:31:03 Photography & No Radiation Damage 2:31:05 - 2:36:03 Photography - Thermal Contraction 2:36:03 - 2:37:26 Photography - Brittle 2:37:27 -2:49:10 Photography - Artificial Light vs Sunlight 2:49:10 - 2:57:29 Photography - Shadows 2:57:20 - 3:00:25 Photography - Soft Edges 3:00:27 - 3:21:55 Photography - Backlight 3:22:03 - 3:23:19 Photography - Reshoot 3:23:19 - 3:00:00 Conclusion - Astronots Interviews
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No one can watch this and STILL THINK we went to the moon. NO ONE. The people who want to maintain their beliefs will NEVER watch this. All-in-one moon landing debunk doc: American Moon (English Version) Timestamps & Chapters 3:19 - 3:50 NASA Simulator 20:58 - 21:21 NASA Simulator 21:24 - 24:47 - 10 Years of Propaganda 24:48 - The Moon hoax Theory 59:58 - 1:14:55 Van Allen Radiation Belt - Ralph Rene 46:29 - 50:28 - How They Faked It 52: 51 - 56:44 - Moon Simulator 1:17:38 - 1:20:49 Engine Dust Imprint 1:20:39 - 1:23:05 Dust Foot Pads 1:26:59 - 1:30:29 Engine Noise 1:30:36 - 1:25:36 LEM Schematics & Lost Tapes 1:35:50 - 1:40:31 Radio Delay 1:40:32 - 1:46:38 Rover TV Broadcast 1:46:38 - 1:56:16 Lunar Dust and Footprints 1:56:16 - 2:04:20 Steel Wires 2:04:29 - 2:16:41 Air on the Moon 2:16:42 - 2:31:03 Photography & No Radiation Damage 2:31:05 - 2:36:03 Photography - Thermal Contraction 2:36:03 - 2:37:26 Photography - Brittle 2:37:27 -2:49:10 Photography - Artificial Light vs Sunlight 2:49:10 - 2:57:29 Photography - Shadows 2:57:20 - 3:00:25 Photography - Soft Edges 3:00:27 - 3:21:55 Photography - Backlight 3:22:03 - 3:23:19 Photography - Reshoot 3:23:19 - 3:00:00 Conclusion - Astronots Interviews

Shane St Pierre

410,649 views • 2 years ago

From Airbnb to the Trump Administration's DOGE initiative—my conversation with Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia covers his remarkable journey and what's next. 0:00 - Introduction 1:14 - Joe’s background 3:13 - First website 4:57 - Airbnb foudning 11:07 - First guests 15:04 - South by Southwest 17:48 - Trough of sorrow 18:56 - Selling cereal to keep dream alive 20:43 - Holding a grudge 21:13 - First investor pitch 23:54 - Building trust 24:37 - Greatest unforeseen challenge 26:59 - Favorite Airbnb 30:48 - Backing President Trump 32:19 - Macrobiotic diet 34:00 - Make America Healthy Again 34:37 - Biden’s border crisis 36:47 - America’s Chief Design Officer 39:43 - Improving the retirement process 41:46 - National Design Studio 45:46 - The private sector versus government 46:50 - First government website redesign 48:39 - Serving in the Trump Administration 50:37 - Being a billionaire 55:50 - Rapid fire questions 57:51 - Would You Rather 59:52 - Departing Airbnb 1:01:29 - Worst idea 1:02:07 - Best investment 1:02:38 - Genuine intentions 1:04:27 - Dream dinner party 1:06:02 - Next endeavor
1:06:48

From Airbnb to the Trump Administration's DOGE initiative—my conversation with Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia covers his remarkable journey and what's next. 0:00 - Introduction 1:14 - Joe’s background 3:13 - First website 4:57 - Airbnb foudning 11:07 - First guests 15:04 - South by Southwest 17:48 - Trough of sorrow 18:56 - Selling cereal to keep dream alive 20:43 - Holding a grudge 21:13 - First investor pitch 23:54 - Building trust 24:37 - Greatest unforeseen challenge 26:59 - Favorite Airbnb 30:48 - Backing President Trump 32:19 - Macrobiotic diet 34:00 - Make America Healthy Again 34:37 - Biden’s border crisis 36:47 - America’s Chief Design Officer 39:43 - Improving the retirement process 41:46 - National Design Studio 45:46 - The private sector versus government 46:50 - First government website redesign 48:39 - Serving in the Trump Administration 50:37 - Being a billionaire 55:50 - Rapid fire questions 57:51 - Would You Rather 59:52 - Departing Airbnb 1:01:29 - Worst idea 1:02:07 - Best investment 1:02:38 - Genuine intentions 1:04:27 - Dream dinner party 1:06:02 - Next endeavor

The Katie Miller Podcast

1,266,089 views • 11 months ago