The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Ken Burns — A Master Filmmaker on Creative Process, the Long Game, and the Noumenal (#386)
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Ken Burns — A Master Filmmaker on Creative Process, the Long Game, and the Noumenal (#386)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with renowned documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (@KenBurns). Since his Academy Award-nominated film Brooklyn Bridge from 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including The Civil War; Baseball; Jazz; The Statue of Liberty; Huey Long; Lewis & Clark; …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Kevin Systrom (#369)
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Kevin Systrom (#369)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Kevin Systrom (@kevin), an entrepreneur and the co-founder (with Mike Krieger) of Instagram. While at Instagram, Kevin served as the CEO, where he oversaw the company’s vision and strategy and daily operations. Under his leadership, Instagram grew to over one billion users and launched dozens of products including …

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Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users (#369)
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Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users (#369)

“I think a big part of knowing that you’re right is working as hard as you can to prove that you’re wrong. And if you can’t, well, there’s only one option left, which is: you’re probably right.” — Kevin Systrom Kevin Systrom (@kevin) is an entrepreneur and the co-founder (with Mike Krieger) of Instagram. While …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Graham Duncan (#362)
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Graham Duncan (#362)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Graham Duncan (@GrahamDuncanNYC), the co-founder of East Rock Capital, a multi-family office investment firm that manages $2 billion for a small number of families and their charitable foundations. Graham graduated from Yale with a B.A. in ethics, politics, and economics. He is a member of the Council …

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Graham Duncan — Talent Is the Best Asset Class (#362)
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Graham Duncan — Talent Is the Best Asset Class (#362)

“Everyone’s genius is right next to their dysfunction.” — Graham Duncan Graham Duncan (@GrahamDuncanNYC) is the co-founder of East Rock Capital, a multi-family office investment firm that manages $2 billion for a small number of families and their charitable foundations. Before starting East Rock 14 years ago, Graham worked at two other investment firms and …

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Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath (#361)
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Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath (#361)

“I’m not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the method to study human systems because there’s great data.” — Jim Collins My guest for this episode is the incredible (and somewhat reclusive) Jim Collins. This was a rare treat, as Jim rarely does any media or interviews. I’ve wanted …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tobi Lütke (#359)
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tobi Lütke (#359)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Tobi Lütke (@tobi), founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shopify. Tobi was named The Globe and Mail‘s 2014 CEO of the Year; has served as Chair of the Digital Industries Table, an advisory board commissioned by the federal government to provide recommendations on how to turn Canada into a digital …

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Tobi Lütke — From Snowboard Shop to Billion-Dollar Company (#359)
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Tobi Lütke — From Snowboard Shop to Billion-Dollar Company (#359)

“Feedback is a gift.” — Tobi Lütke Tobi Lütke (@tobi) is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shopify. In 2004, Tobi began building software to launch an online snowboard store called Snowdevil. It quickly became obvious that the software was more valuable than the snowboards, so Tobi and his founding team launched the Shopify …

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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Peter Mallouk (#356)
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The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Peter Mallouk (#356)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Peter Mallouk (@PeterMallouk), President of Creative Planning, which provides wealth management services to clients, manages over $36 billion for clients in all 50 states and abroad, and has been featured as the number one independent wealth management firm in America by Barron’s (2017). Peter is also the co-author (with …

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Peter Mallouk — Exploring the Worlds of Investing, Assets, and Quality of Life (#356)
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Peter Mallouk — Exploring the Worlds of Investing, Assets, and Quality of Life (#356)

“You spend the first 20 years of being rich accumulating all of this stuff. And then you’ll spend the next 20 years trying to get out of one thing after another to simplify your life.” — Peter Mallouk Peter Mallouk (@PeterMallouk) is the President of Creative Planning, one of the largest independent wealth management firms in …

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