Shows
The Andy PodE8: Gabriel Ginorio Hypergrowth.
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Thrasio: https://www.thrasio.com/
Stock options resource 1: https://carta.com/blog/category/equity-education/
Stock options resource 2: https://manual.withcompound.com/
Guru knowledge management system: https://www.getguru.com/
Gabriel Contact: gginorio@alum.mit.edu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielginorio)
2022-09-1756 min
Unlimited PartnersSpecial Episode: Andy Trattner (The Andy Pod) Interviews Thomas McGannonIn this episode, Thomas McGannon joins Andy Trattner on his podcast as his guest. We are reposting in our feed. Andy is a great dude and recent friend of Thomas. He's an MIT grad, living in Ecuador, building a Venmo-type company. Please enjoy!
Topics:
-Thomas attending Creighton University
-His views on religion
-The Three-Body Problem (book) and how it shaped his thoughts on religion
-His move into software investing
-Capitalism
-Relationship building
-Waldorf method
-Stop Stealing Dreams
-Tegus Expert Network
Links:
https://andytrattner.com/
https://theandypod.com/
up-pod.com
Twitter: @uppodpod
Instagram: @uppodpod
Email us: show@up-pod.com
2022-06-1453 minThe Andy PodE7: Thomas McGannon Religiously optimistic.
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Thomas’s “Unlimited Partners” podcast: https://up-pod.com/
Tegus expert network: https://www.tegus.com/
The Three-Body Problem: https://smile.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Cixin-Liu/dp/0765382032
Stop Stealing Dreams: https://seths.blog/2014/09/the-shameful-fraud-of-sorting-for-youth-meritocracy/
Waldorf method: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education
2022-06-0350 minThe Andy PodE6: Nikhil Buduma All debt and no tech, solving problems, and responding to life.
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Nikhil’s books: https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/6389
Nikhil’s company: https://ambiencehealthcare.com/
Early exposure: https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/08/05/san-jose-student-wins-gold-at-international-biology-olympiad/
How we met: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/college-game-plan/mit-students-use-their-smarts-create-texting-hotline-prevents-suicide-n528796
Your Name: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5311514/
No Country For Old Men: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/
Anish Athalye: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishathalye
Marjorie Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Liu
Bill...
2022-05-2442 minThe Andy PodE5: Arun Prasad Bringing thought, word, and deed into alignment.
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Arun’s first Hacker News post: https://arunkprasad.com/log/on-my-incandescent-hacker-news-stardom/
Writing as a tool for thinking: http://paulgraham.com/words.html
Timing App: https://timingapp.com/
Arun on Perfectionism (how we met): https://arunkprasad.com/log/unlearning-perfectionism/
The Mind Illuminated: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Illuminated-Meditation-Integrating-Mindfulness/dp/1501156985
SF Zen Center: https://www.sfzc.org/
2022-04-0853 minThe Andy PodE4: Alexis Sirkin and Lucas Kasle Prepping for a big American road trip.
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Camp: https://marimeta.com/
Zion National Park Utah: https://www.nps.gov/zion/index.htm
White Sands National Park New Mexico: https://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm
Mountain View Arkansas: https://www.arkansas.com/mountain-view
Tellico Plains Tennessee and Great Smoky Mountains: https://www.tellicoplainstn.com/, https://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm
Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky: https://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm
Domes on AirBnb: https://www.airbnb.com/s/homes?category...
2022-03-0147 minThe Andy PodE3: Tiger Shen Reality is the best teacher.
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4000 Weeks book: https://smile.amazon.com/Four-Thousand-Weeks-Management-Mortals/dp/0374159122
Top 2 Things essay: https://brettcvz.com/posts/53-managing-product-requests-from-customerfacing-teams-top-2-things
Oliver Burkeman: https://www.oliverburkeman.com/
Interact Community: https://joininteract.com/
Graham Duncan article - What’s going on here, with this human?: https://grahamduncan.blog/whats-going-on-here/
Seth Godin on emotional labor: https://seths.blog/2017/05/emotional-labor/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFf-CvoIJc&t=36s
Cedric and his -isms: https://commoncog.com/blog/start-here/
Welcome Virtual Events: https://www.ex...
2022-02-0831 minThe Andy PodE2: Brad Bachu On transitioning from academia to industry with a theoretical physics PhD.
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7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness book: https://smile.amazon.com/Strategies-Wealth-Happiness-Americas-Philosopher/dp/0761506160
Atomic Habits book: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
Deep Work book: https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/
Mexican Hat Potential: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_symmetry_breaking#Sombrero_potential
Brad’s Website: https://bradbachu.droppages.net/index.html
2022-02-0352 minThe Andy PodE1: Mina Fahmi and Drew Bent Weekly magazines, The Trailblazer List, and podcast gossip.
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Points of You book: https://smile.amazon.com/Points-You-Four-Friends-Growing/dp/1731065582/
Trailblazer List: https://trailblazerlist.xyz/
Apple Folklore: https://www.folklore.org/
All-in Pod (E63-64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbeHyN15HQE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9n9db373e8
Schoolhouse.World: https://schoolhouse.world/
2022-01-2942 min
Yup and ComingMission Driven with Jeffrey LiLeaving college early, finding a career niche between engineering and product, turning down the offer to join management at a unicorn startup, and balancing impact against aesthetics. Jeffrey is currently tinkering in and around the passion economy.
2021-04-091h 04Yup and ComingRigorously Venturing with Leigh Marie BraswellGrowing into a top-tier mathlete, jumping from trading to tech, building a multi-billion dollar business out of college, and tasting the worms while fishing. @LM_Braswell is an investor at Founders Fund and formerly the founding product manager at Scale AI.
2021-04-0144 minYup and ComingHands On with Wendy TrattnerBuilding a solar car and nearly dying in it, talking with customers to discover your startup won't work, and being orphaned at age 7. Wendy is a mechanical engineer at Treau on a COVID gap year from MIT.
2021-03-271h 04Yup and ComingSpiritual Seeking with Reiman BledsoeCasting aside the allure of fame and fortune, going down the rabbit hole of meditation, eating a tarantula on Survivor, and looking at death differently. Reiman is a former derivatives trader and reality TV star who hosts the podcast Redeeming Disorder.
2021-03-171h 19Yup and ComingProduct Pro with Nancy GaoPlaying to your strengths, fighting the fear of change, hustling to break into tech, and hardcore hiking through the Rocky Mountains. Nancy is an MBA candidate at Harvard Business School who has worked in product management at Google, LinkedIn, and Cloudflare.
2021-03-111h 00Yup and ComingMotivational Medicine with Joyce KangLooking beyond Tennessee, peer counseling past midnight, poop gene sequencing sorcery, and climbing the academic totem pole as a woman scientist. Joyce is an MD-PhD student at Harvard / MIT.
2021-03-041h 20Yup and ComingAn Expanding Universe with Brad BachuBadminton from the playground to the PanAms, conquering Caribbean Hogwarts as a first-generation college student, and walking in Einstein's minimalist shoes. Brad is a PhD candidate at Princeton University studying high energy particle physics.
2021-02-262h 04Yup and ComingTeaching The World with Drew BentExploring and exploiting internships, dangers of the digital Sabbath, getting hit by a bus, and coming to grips with reality. Drew is co-founder and CTO/COO of Schoolhouse.World, a free peer-to-peer tutoring platform led by Sal Khan of Khan Academy.
2021-02-101h 55Yup and ComingWinning Bets with Tiger ShenProfessional fantasy sports, finishing high school at 16 to work full-time as a software engineer, persevering in the face of flames, and learning like a machine. Tiger is co-founder and CTO of Welcome, a virtual events platform born from YC's COVID batch. See tigerthinks.com for contact info.
2021-02-102h 02Yup and ComingSocial Studies with James BollingerGrowing up in northern Virginia, cleaning toilets at Harvard, ignoring your friends to work at the world's largest beer company, and caffeinated conversations with lawyers. James is a product manager at Jenzy and co-host of this podcast!
2021-02-042h 14