Podcast: INDIE AUDIOEpisode: At Home with Karri Saarinen, Cofounder of LinearPub date: 2024-09-13A few years back, I got a DM from a founder wanting to meet and swap stories about adventures in entrepreneurship. Despite being backed by some of the top VCs in the world, they were taking a very different approach from the classic VC blitzscaling playbook. As we sat on the back patio of a bar in Brooklyn, it was clear that how Jori and his founding team at Linear were building was very aligned with

Podcast: The Journal. (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Fraudulent Online Returns Cost Retailers BillionsPub date: 2024-09-13Scammers are exploiting retailers’ online return programs like never before, fueled by websites and messaging apps. WSJ’s Liz Young reports on the bind retailers now find themselves in, stuck between helping their customers and stopping the fraud.Further Reading: - Online Returns Fraud Finds a Home on Telegram, Costing Retailers Billions - Brick-Filled

Podcast: Motley Fool Money (LS 67 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Rich Signals from BerkshirePub date: 2024-09-13Normally people love reaching a milestone – but Berkshire Hathaway hitting $1T might’ve triggered a different kind of thinking for Warren Buffett and his lieutenants.(00:21) Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss:- The signs execs at Berkshire Hathaway believe the market is rich – Ajit Jain reducing his Berkshire stake, and the company winding down its buyback activity.-

Podcast: Planet Money (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Rate ExpectationsPub date: 2024-09-13The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to get inflation under control. One side effect is that taking out a mortgage to buy a home has gotten very expensive. That's especially a problem for some homeowners who managed to get a lower mortgage rate years ago. They have a sort of... champagne problem. Or, "golden handcuffs" as it's called.These homeowners may find they are "locked in" to

Podcast: Built to Sell Radio (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Ep 459 Alex Bean on Why He Was Miserable After Selling Divvy for $2.5B: Raising Capital vs. Going It Alone, Talking to Kids About Money, the Happiness Trap, and the Disease of MorePub date: 2024-09-13Alex Bean sold his company, Divvy, for $2.5 billion. But after reaching this monumental milestone, why didn’t the sale bring him the happiness he expected? In this episode, Alex shares his journey and the lessons he learned

Podcast: The Logan Bartlett Show (LS 47 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: EP 117: Parker Conrad (CEO, Rippling) His Opinion on Founder Mode, Fundraising, and VC AdvicePub date: 2024-09-13Parker Conrad has spent the last 8 years building Rippling into a $13B company, marking his redemption after being ousted from Zenefits. In his second appearance on the podcast, Parker and I discussed Paul Graham's "founder mode" essay and how he operationalizes it at Rippling. He also reflected on the key

Podcast: The Skift Travel Podcast (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: The Most Powerful People in TravelPub date: 2024-09-12Who’s the first phone call when a power player wants to make something big happen in the travel industry? Who moves markets and shapes trends with a single sound bite? Skift attempted to answer these questions and more in our first ever Skift Power Rankings.Seth and Sarah are joined by Airlines Editor Gordon Smith and Senior Hospitality Editor Sean O'Neill to discuss

Podcast: Business Breakdowns (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Rakuten: Rewiring Japan's Digital Economy - [Business Breakdowns, EP.182]Pub date: 2024-09-11Today, we are breaking down the Japanese internet conglomerate Rakuten. I'm joined by Matt Brett, the lead manager of the Japan Trust at Baillie Gifford, which has continuously invested in Rakuten since 2005.Rakuten is the unique Japanese conglomerate that wasn't started over a hundred years ago and instead was part of the late

Podcast: The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast (LS 50 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: FILE 018: PART I - The 9/11 Survivor Turned CIA Usama Bin Laden Tracker - Surviving 9/11Pub date: 2024-09-11PART ONE: SURVIVING 9/11. On May 2, 2011, officials with a “need to know” monitored the highly sensitive US operation against the most wanted terrorist in the world in real time. But for a CIA officer named Kevin watching that night, the mission against Al Qaeda’s seniormost leader had a uniquely

Podcast: The Economics of Everyday Things (LS 58 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 62. Title InsurancePub date: 2024-09-09Almost everyone who buys a home spends thousands of dollars on title insurance. Most of them don’t understand it, and almost none of them use it. So why does it exist? Zachary Crockett closes the deal. SOURCES:Christy Bieber, personal finance writer.Laurie Goodman, institute fellow at the Urban Institute Housing Finance Policy Center.Kathy Kwak, chief operating officer of

Podcast: How I Built This with Guy Raz (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: Groupon and Descript: Andrew MasonPub date: 2024-09-09Andrew Mason was a 27-year-old with a degree in music when he co-founded one of the fastest growing companies of all time: Groupon. Its deep discounts on everything from sushi rolls to plastic surgery soon became a ubiquitous part of life in cities across the world. In 2011, just three years after launching, Groupon had the largest internet IPO since Google,

Podcast: The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files(LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: S4-E22 - Lonely Planet Travel Guidebook: Taiwan (1997-1998)Pub date: 2024-09-05Lonely Planet travel guidebooks provided some of best info on a new destination in the pre-internet era, and the late Robert Storey (1954-2017) wrote quite a few of them... including the first four editions for Taiwan. Robert Storey’s Lonely Planet Taiwan editions are funny, sarcastic, and insightful, and they now serve

Podcast: Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11) (LS 39 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: That time we accidentally created national healthcare infrastructure, with Dave KastenPub date: 2024-09-05In this episode, Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Dave Kasten, to discuss their experiences building VaccinateCA, a charitable effort that collected, collated, and distributed vaccine distribution information during the COVID-19 pandemic. (If you Googled for the vaccine, the search

Podcast: Founders (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: #363 Li Lu and Charlie Munger and Warren BuffettPub date: 2024-09-06I sent a friend this text: I'm working on another Li Lu episode but this one is about his remarkable investing career. Can be summarized by: 1. Studied Buffett and Munger. 2. Did that. Last episode was about how Li Lu survived one of the most horrific childhoods imaginable. This episode covers how he thinks about investing and entrepreneurship—in his own

Podcast: Built to Sell Radio (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Ep 458 Inside the Mind of an Acquirer with Tim SchumacherPub date: 2024-09-06On this week’s Built to Sell Radio, John Warrillow talks to Tim Schumacher, co-founder of SaaS Group, about the mindset of an acquirer.  Tim shares Peter Thiel’s “zero to one” versus “one to ten” concept and how knowing which one you are can shape your business. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from John Warrillow, which is the

Podcast: Financial Independence Podcast (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Valuable Lessons from My Eighth Year of FreedomPub date: 2024-09-03In 2021, I decided to stop doing annual updates. At that time, I thought I had FI figured out and was just living a “normal” life (so no need to talk about it anymore). Well, a lot has changed since then. Turns out, I didn’t have everything figured out :/ I explain more in today’s short podcast episode!The podcast and artwork embedded on this

Podcast: This Week in Startups (LS 64 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: Superhuman 2.0: The AI edge, top productivity hacks, and the future of email | E2002Pub date: 2024-09-04This Week in Startups is brought to you by…NetSuite. The number one cloud financial system that unifies accounting, financial management, inventory, and HR into a single platform. Giving you ONE source of truth. Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning today! Visit https://www.netsuite.com/twist Lemon.io -

Podcast: Award Travel 101 (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Chicago Seminars; Second City, but First in Points and MilesPub date: 2024-08-30We are less than a month away from this year’s Chicago Seminars, the oldest and largest gathering of points and miles aficionados. Joe and Mike talk about the event and give a preview of lectures both Joe and I will be giving. There is also a survey  Also discussed are strategies to prepare for a potential Alaska and Hawaiian airlines merger now

Podcast: Founders (LS 61 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)Episode: #362 Li LuPub date: 2024-08-26Charlie Munger said that Li Lu was the only outsider he ever trusted with his money.  Decades before Li Lu made Munger half a billion dollars, Li survived one of the most horrific childhoods imaginable:Born into poverty, abandoned, hungry, beaten, surrounded by death. Persistent. Smart. Disciplined. Intensely curious. Obsessed with reading and learning. Determined to escape. This is a story you

Podcast: How I Write (LS 37 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: How Ben Thompson Built a Writing EmpirePub date: 2024-08-21What if writing a newsletter could pay your rent? Well, it can. And today, you’re going to learn how.Ben Thompson makes millions of dollars a year with his writing. He’s the OG of subscription-based newsletter writers. Maybe that’s your dream, too, but you’re plagued by questions like: “What should I write about?” “What’s my business model?” “How do I make my first dollar