Definitely one of the greatest, and probably most underrated, startup icons who has consistently risen in a career full of the greatest challenges in Silicon Valley and the world....
Chamath is Warren Buffet#no2 the guy need to publish Refugee to Billionaire for Dummies a real modern day Genius wish I get the opportunity to follow some of his simple life principles and investment ideas a genuinely blessed human being
A quick summary: 1. How these things start really small and nobody can say for sure that this is going to succeed. "Star alignment" isn't a hokey. Hard work is the nitro booster. 2. How having good mentors and people to reach out to is so important 3. There are errors of omissions, sometimes deliberate, sometimes naive. You learn, and learn to wriggle out of answering about it. :)
I'm an immigrant in EU. Before trying to change the world and want to make an impact, you need to make a lot of wealth and money. Like he said, it's an instrument of change. Be careful to think the opposite. You don't want to be a hero and make an impact before creating resources to do those things.
an old precursor for the ALL-IN pod i suppose.. great value in seeing these old interviews, you surely is a boss Jason, Chamath on fire too.. got one with friedberg? if not please do one, im sure his production board is a discussion worthy.
At about 0:48:50 Chamath mentions his mentors: Peter Thiel and John Doerr. Who is the third one, did anyone get the name of the third one Chamath mentions?
4. What someone successful in tech world thinks about bringing about change in financial services incentive systems and structures 5. You could have made it big in start-up and Internet space, but your first generation immigrant parents with blue collar work-ex may still say "Hmmm, now you should get an MBA". :) 6. You never forget about derivative structuring, even if you did it for 1 year before moving on to become Zuckerberg's right hand man. :)
