Building companies under pressure. The psychology of making things that matter.
EP 07Toby Corey
Toby Corey has been at the center of three tech waves — the dot-com boom (USWeb, $3B valuation), the clean energy transition (SolarCity, Tesla Energy), and now AI. He testified under oath that Tesla's Solar Roof tiles were never connected to the grid, laid off 4,000+ people, and created Zentrepreneurship — a 21-principle framework for building companies with consciousness, taught at Stanford for 11 years. Now he's building BrandCapsule: verifying identity in an AI world where hallucinations are the default.
EP 05Andrey Marey
20-year-old serial founder Andrey Marey on building fast without losing your humanity — the fake dopamine trap of small goals, why he refuses to use AI for personal communication, and the moment he almost quit everything.
EP 03Krish Jajoo
Krish Jajoo — CS major at Santa Clara University and leader of AI Collaborate — on growing up in Silicon Valley's pressure cooker, why the best future leaders need both technical mastery and emotional intelligence, and whether AI will make learning to code obsolete.
EP 01Sean Wu
A conversation with Varsity Wrestling Champion Sean Wu about his journey from high school wrestling to winning at Nvidia, and the art of staying sharp when everything feels overwhelming.