Kernel's Bryan Johnson: "Measuring the mind and reengineering society"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Bryan Johnson, founder of Kernel, to talk about creating a new brain-measuring device (4:20), why he did it (7:10), launching a new layer of brain data in society (10:00), bringing the product to market (14:30), taking inspiration from Sir Ernest Shackleton (18:10), selling the Kernel Flow for smartphone price (20:40), creating new markets (24:30), funding it himself (28:00), measuring willpower (30:30), his startup as a reaction to Big Tech (35:3), choosing a Shackleton-type voyage over retiring to a farm (39:40), and Danny's brain results (43:10). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11 Feb 202254min
Pivot Bio's Karsten Temme: "Microbial factories"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Karsten Temme, co-founder of Pivot Bio, to talk about engineering microbes (4:30), the problem with fertilizer (7:50), why agriculture needs to be remade (12:00), starting a company (15:15), finding farmers (20:00), tuning their microbes (23:35), the century of biology (30:10), overcoming skeptics (31:40), raising $430 million (36:50), and when birds ruined his day (37:50). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
4 Feb 202241min
Relativity Space’s Tim Ellis: “Building the world’s first 3D-printed rocket”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Tim Ellis, co-founder of Relativity, to talk about why he chose 3D printing (5:00), reducing the ways things can go wrong (11:25), how it works (15:00), the cost difference vs traditional manufacturing (26:05), why Mars (30:10), leaving Blue Origin to start the company (40:15), raising money and getting into Y Combinator (46:25), manufacturing on Mars (52:45), selling investors on the idea (59:00), and the impending launch (1:05:30). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
28 Jan 20221h 7min
Parler's George Farmer: "Hate speech is subjective"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on George Farmer, chief executive Parler, to talk about how he started there (5:40), growing up in London (9:15), backing Brexit (14:40), getting married at Eric Trump’s winery (16:05), his plans for Parler (17:05), what’s the problem with social media (19:00), the echo chamber (23:55), how Parler moderates content (30:25), defining hate speech (32:20), the right’s victim mentality (37:40), traditional versus social media (40:05), the problem with Section 230 (45:35), diversifying (51:20), the luxury of being small (56:50), and Trump’s new social media app (59:20).Want to hear our interview with Parler's founder? It's here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parlers-john-matze-hate-speech-is-free-speech/id1233991021?i=1000494947820 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
21 Jan 20221h 1min
Celsius’ Alex Mashinsky: “This is a fight for all the money in the world”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Alex Mashinsky, founder of Celsius, to talk about creating a crypto fund manager (3:25), managing risk (8:40), growing up in Israel (11:50), buying a one-way ticket to New York (14:10), his first startup (16:10), launching a voice-over-IP company (22:50), getting kicked out of his own company (27:50), trying to build Uber before Uber (30:10), putting wifi in the New York subway (34:10), getting into crypto (37:10), getting rejected by 200 venture capitalists (42:15), going from zero to $24 billion in assets under management (44:00), “centralised finance” (48:35), why he put $300 million of his own cash into Celsius (50:25), the future of crypto (55:05), and Web 3 and the fight for the future of money (1:02:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14 Jan 20221h 9min
SeedInvest’s Ryan Feit: “The best founders are drop-outs and criminals”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Ryan Feit, co-founder of SeedInvest, to talk about creating the Robinhood for private startups (3:45), working at Lehman Brothers before the recession (6:45), scratching the entrepreneurial itch (12:45), business school (16:30), the idea for SeedInvest (18:30), getting a law passed in Congress (20:20), making the regulator’s job harder (28:45), pondering giving up (31:45), finally getting regulations passed (34:20), the average SeedInvest investor (37:50), what’s in it for founders (42:10), and frothy markets (46:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
7 Jan 202252min
Glorify's Ed Beccle: "James Corden, Michael Bublé and God"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Ed Beccle, co-founder of Glorify, to talk about his being a teenage entrepreneur (3:30), moving to London (8:00), his other businesses (10:45), starting Glorify (14:00), religion and faith (16:20), how the app took off in Brazil (20:00), raising money for a religion business (24:15), rubbing elbows with Hollywood A-listers (27:40), eyeing becoming a Christian social network (29:40), working with the church (33:00), how he met his biggest investors (35:00), Michael Ovitz (40:45) doing carpool karaoke with James Corden - and getting him to invest (45:55). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
22 Des 202148min
Benedict Evans
This week Danny speaks with Benedict Evans, a technologist. In this episode they cover a range of things including web 3.0, cryptocurrency regulating tech and the future of tech as a whole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 Des 202153min
