We are two students, friends, and venture partners for Contrary Capital devoted to learning as much as possible across multiple disciplines. While we value education, we believe that university alone doesn't teach all the tools needed to make sense of the world. We call these Mental Models - concepts, frameworks, or world-views taken from different fields and applied to the world around us. We want to build a toolbox of these models - from some of the greatest thinkers in the world. Support ...
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Finding Your Tribe w/ Former Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil
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29:43We sit down with Former Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil to explore the world of data, his interests within healthcare, and the importance of people and context in data science --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypergrowth/support
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Venture Capital, Normal Distributions w/ KPCB's Andy Chen
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19:29We sit down with Andy Chen, a Partner at Kleiner Perkin's Cauldfield Byers, to talk about the extreme world of Venture Capital, Luck as a function of optionality and modeling the world on normal curves.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypergrowth/support
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The Relationships Economy w/ Philz Coffee CEO Jacob Jaber
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19:30For our second episode, we sit down with the CEO of Philz Coffee, Jacob Jaber to talk about the power of authenticity, Philz' vision for the future of coffee and the importance of relationships--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hypergrowth/support
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Design, Empathy and Uncertainty w/ Don Norman
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18:33For our pilot episode, we sit down with design pioneer Don Norman for our pilot on the importance of empathy and the benefits of the Human-centered Design process. Norman is a pioneer in the field of the design, having created design institutes at Northwestern and UCSD, leading the first UX efforts at Apple, and an integral half of the Nielsen-Norm…
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