4 episodes

Entrepreneurship

Building companies under pressure. The psychology of making things that matter.

EP 07: Toby CoreyEP 07

Toby Corey

Toby Corey: Zentrepreneurship, Tesla's Fake Solar Roof, and Building Trust in AI

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.

60 minSpotify
EP 05: Andrey MareyEP 05

Andrey Marey

Andrey Marey: The Fake Dopamine Trap, Rapid Execution, and Setting Boundaries with AI

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.

44 minSpotify
EP 03: Krish JajooEP 03

Krish Jajoo

The Y-Combinator Effect: How a High-Stakes Environment Shapes Success

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.

25 minSpotify
EP 01: Sean WuEP 01

Sean Wu

College Entrepreneur Builds AI Startup After Winning Nvidia | Sean Wu | Still Human Podcast

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.

46 minSpotify