#8: Personal Loss and Tragedy: Rebuilding Life After Losing Everything In Palisades Fire
His family lost their home, memories, and peace — in minutes. What came next would define his legacy. Rich Raddon, co-founder and co-CEO of ZEFR, opens up about losing everything in a wildfire — and w...
23 Apr 202543min
#7: Investor Behind 45 Exits & 40,000 Jobs — AI, Karma, and How to Sell a Startup
What does it take to create $100B+ in value while staying grounded, humble, and deeply human?In this episode of Divot, Derek sits down with one of Silicon Valley’s most respected VCs — a former founde...
16 Apr 20251h 37min
#6: How Stephen Curry & Analytics Broke the NBA — and What Comes Next
What if the biggest problem in the NBA today was also the key to unlocking its future?In this episode, we sit down with Kirk Goldsberry — bestselling author of SprawlBall and Hoop Atlas, current Unive...
9 Apr 20251h 14min
#5: StockX, ghostwrite, and Economics Behind The Hype Economy
How do you go from sneakers to $4B in sales, revolutionize collectibles, and invent a new market for toys? In this episode, Josh Luber, co-founder of StockX and the creator of Ghosts, breaks down his ...
2 Apr 20251h 10min
#4: The Brand Wizard Shaun Neff On Building Multiple +100M Culture Driven Brands
How does a creative entrepreneur go from selling beanies to becoming the "Branding Whisperer" behind some of the most culturally iconic brands of our time? Shaun Neff is the legendary brand builder an...
26 Mars 20251h 4min
#3: From $700 to Silicon Valley’s #1 Seed Investor – Pejman Nozad’s Unbelievable Journey
How does someone go from washing cars and selling rugs to investing in billion-dollar startups like Dropbox and DoorDash? Pejman Nozad arrived in America with $700, no English, and zero connections, b...
19 Mars 202556min
#2 Twitch Co-Founder: Net Worth, Self Worth, Gratitude, and the Hedonic Treadmill
Justin Kan built Twitch, sold it for nearly $1 billion, and still felt unfulfilled. In this episode, he shares the truth about money, success, and happiness—and how to break free from the endless chas...
12 Mars 20251h 2min
#1: Sequoia’s Doug Leone: Trauma, Hardship, Purpose, and Silicon Valley’s Top Firm
Doug Leone believes that the toughest challenges create the strongest people. From immigrating to the U.S. at age 11 and struggling through his teenage years to becoming the global leader of Sequoia C...
5 Mars 20251h 2min
