The Quest Pod with Justin Kan
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The Quest Pod with Justin Kan
Join Twitch co-founder, Justin Kan (aka your favorite founder's favorite founder), on a quest to discover the human stories behind icons in tech, business, sports, music, and beyond. Let’s F**king Grow.
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@Michelle Phan Shares the Value of Owning Your Vulnerabilities
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 42 with Michelle Phan.
Michelle is a pioneer of the online makeup and beauty genre. Since joi...
ZoomInfo Founder & CEO @Henry Schuck Discusses Imposter Syndrome | The Quest Pod with Justin Kan
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 40 with Henry Schuck.
Henry is the founder and CEO of ZoomInfo, a go-to-market intelligence s...
@Matthew Stoltz Explains His Transformational Ayahuasca Experiences | The Quest Pod with Justin Kan
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 39 with Matthew Stoltz.
Matthew is a curandero, healer, renegade anthropologist and world tra...
Inside @Sahil Bloom’s Mind: Buying the X Games as a DAO & Finding Meaning
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 38 with Sahil Bloom.
Sahil spent 7 years at Altamont Capital Partners, an investment fund man...
@Balaji Srinivasan Explains His Vision of The Decentralised World
It’s Balaji’s world, and we’re all just living in it. If you’ve been hanging out on tech Twitter long enough or listen to any other tech podcasts, the...
Eren Bali Explains How He Founded Two $2B+ Companies
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 37 with Eren Bali.
Eren was the founding CEO of Udemy, an open online course provider which now offer...
James Beshara & Justin Kan Explain How to Eliminate Bad Habits
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 36 with James Beshara.
James is the founder of Magic Mind (https://magicmind.co/) and co-founder of T...
How @Scott Harrison’s Water Charity Served 13,000,000+ People
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 2: Episode 35 with Scott Harrison: the founder and CEO of charity: water.
After working as a nightclub p...
Storytime: Five Lessons I Learned This Year
I always like to practice gratitude, especially on my birthday. The past year has been tumultuous for us all, but I'm fortunate enough to have taken...
How @Eric Glyman Re-Wrote the Credit Card Playbook at Ramp
Welcome to The Quest Pod Season 1: Episode 34 with Eric Glyman: a two-time fintech founder shares his advice for innovating in a crowded market.
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How @Sriram Krishnan Broke Into Silicon Valley’s Top 1%
Sriram Krishnan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He’s also the popular host of the Good Time Show, a late-night Clubhouse event that has f...
The OnlyFriends Show: Billionaire Tax, Antiwork, FaZe Clan SPAC and Paternity
Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss the Billionaire tax, the antiwork ph...
Braintrust: The Crypto Token That Helps You Find Jobs @Adam Jackson and Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski
Adam Jackson and Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski are the co-founders of Braintrust, a decentralized talent network connecting freelancers with organizations. T...
The Coach Behind Silicon Valley's Best CEOs @Matt Mochary
Matt Mochary is an operator, investor and coach to top tech leaders at companies including Coinbase, Opendoor, Bolt and Clearbit. He is the best in th...
The OnlyFriends Show: The Great Resignation, Facebook's Metaverse and YC Applications
Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss my new companies, our new advice se...
Storytime: The Airbnb Story You've Never Heard About
Airbnb almost didn't make it. Here's the story of how they got into Y Combinator, after a few screw-ups, tons of breakfast cereals sold, an improbable...
The OnlyFriends Show: My New Startups, Spicy Advice, Coinbase and Crypto Gaming
Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss my new companies, our new advice se...
Meet The Chainsmokers @Alex Pall & Drew Taggart (2020)
In this episode I get “Closer” with Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, known to the world as the DJ duo The Chainsmokers. I love the energy that Alex and Dre...
The OnlyFriends Show: Is Facebook Unethical? China's Crypto Ban, Theranos and Fraud
Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss China banning crypto, the Theranos t...
From Twitch to Y Combinator CEO @Michael Seibel (2020)
I sat down with my Justin.tv cofounder, Michael Seibel, to talk about how we turned our live reality show Justin.tv into the global platform that even...
Storytime: Books That Changed My Life (with Jason Tan)
You are sabotaging your own personal and professional growth if you're not finding time to read. Today I'm joined by my good friend Jason Tan (previou...
Substack Founder on How to Monetize Your Ideas @Chris Best
Chris Best is the CEO and founder of Substack, an online publication platform that provides independent writers with distribution, payment, analytics,...
Storytime: We Burned $140 Million Learning What Not to Do in a Startup (with James Beshara)
We burned through $140 million dollars making these mistakes, so you don't have to.
On this bonus episode, I'm joined by my friend Jame...
Storytime: I Break Down My Most Popular Tweets
I explain the thinking behind some of my best tweets: starting with the product v. distribution debate.
Check out the tweets here:
Steve Huffman: Reddit, Y-Combinator, Ask Me Anything (2020)
Steve Huffman is the founder and CEO of Reddit. I’ve watched his whole journey since we both started as entrepreneurs in 2005: from founding Reddit, g...
Sasha Grey: Adult Entertainment, Twitch, Content Creator, Author, Musician
Sasha Grey is one of the coolest personalities on the internet. While she is probably best known for her legendary tenure in the porn industry, she ha...
Alexandra & Andrea Botez: Twitch, Chess, Startups, Content, YouTube
Alexandra and Andrea Botez are my favorite content creators in the game right now. The sisters run BotezLive, one of the biggest chess-streaming chann...
Alexis Ohanian: Reddit Founder, Y-Combinator, Seven Seven Six, Parenting, Investing
I’ve known Alexis Ohanian for almost fifteen years, ever since we were in the trenches together as part of the first Y Combinator cohort. He is best k...
Austen Allred: Lambda School, Y-Combinator, Free Education, Programming and Code
Austen Allred is the founder and CEO of Lambda School, an online coding school that doesn’t charge students tuition until they get hired. Growing up M...
Matteo Franceschetti: Eight Sleep, Tech, Y-Combinator, Health, Fitness and Longevity
Matteo Franceschetti is the CEO and co-founder of Eight Sleep, a smart mattress company focused on optimizing sleep quality, duration, and recovery th...
Twitch Co-Founders Reunion (Bonus Episode) | with Michael Seibel, Emmett Shear, and Kyle Vogt
When Justin.tv launched in 2007, we had no idea what it would eventually become.
Don’t be fooled; the journey was far from glamorous. In...
Conor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 2) | Roam Research, Climate Change, Community, Empowerment
Missed Part 1 of this conversation? Check out last week’s episode, or head over to The Quest YouTube channel for the full episode.
Last...
Conor White-Sullivan: Networked Thought (Part 1) | Roam Research, Evangelical Churches, Augmenting Collective and Individual Intelligence
You are listening to Part 1 of the episode. The full uncut conversation is available on The Quest Youtube Channel.
Conor White-Sullivan is the f...
Gary Vaynerchuk - The GaryVee Story | YouTuber, Social Media, CEO, Entrepreneur, Mentor
Gary Vaynerchuck (aka GaryVee) is the truest sense of the word ‘entrepreneur’ and has established himself as one of the most dynamic and charismatic b...
Robin Chan: The GOAT | Angel Investor, Climate Change, Venture Capital, Uber, Twitter
Robin Chan is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and one of my best friends. Last year, we co-founded Goat Capital, a $50 million seed fund. He ha...
Odunayo Eweniyi: Breaking Barriers | Nigeria, Women in FinTech, Challenging Expectations, Forbes Africa 30 Under 30
Odunayo Eweniyi is an inspiring and refreshing ambassador for female founders around the world, and I’m very excited to bring you her story. The co-fo...
Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 2) | Network States, Building Cities, the Digital Frontier, and Wokeness
You are listening to Part 2 of the episode. The full uncut conversation is available on The Quest Youtube Channel. Join the conversation there and dro...
Balaji Srinivasan: Balaji’s World (Part 1) | Crypto, China, Capitalism, and a Decentralized Creator Economy
You are listening to Part 1 of the episode. The full, uncut conversation is available on The Quest YouTube Channel. Help us get to 50 comments on YouT...
The Quest University #3: The Story of Atrium | Justin Kan's Storytime
My first company, Twitch, sold for almost a billion dollars. My second one lost $75 million in 36 months. People love talking about success, but today...
Laura Deming: Solving Immortality | Longevity, Venture Capital, Life Science and Biotech
Laura Deming is not your typical VC. She is the founder and partner of The Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm focused on the study of aging and li...