Entrepreneurship

Tiago Forte is the founder of Forte Labs.

James Beshara is the host of the Below the Line podcast and co-founder of Tilt.

Ben Horowitz is a co-founder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz

Sam Altman is the former president of Y Combinator and current CEO of OpenAI.

Jim, Jake, and Jordan DeCiccco are the founders of KITU Super Coffee. In just three years, the brothers have taken the company from a college dorm room to being the #1 selling bottled coffee in the U.S. and a business worth over $100 million.

Jim is the author of 8 books that have together sold 10+ million copies worldwide, including Good to Great, Good to Great and the Social Sectors, Built to Last, How the Mighty Fall, Great by Choice, and his newest work, Turning the Flywheel.

Leah Busque Solivan is the founder of TaskRabbit and a venture capitalist with Fuel Capital

Jason Calacanis is the host of the This Week in Startups podcast and one of the best angel investors of all-time.

Chase Jarvis is the founder of CreativeLive and the host of the Chase Jarvis LIVE Podcast. He's also the author of the new book, "Creative Calling."

Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle, one of the fastest-growing media companies in America

Marc McCabe is a fundraising coach who has been helping companies navigate the process of raising money for the past year. To date, he's closed 10 rounds and raised over $100 million.

Kelly Starret is a CrossFit trainer, physical trainer, and mobility expert. He's the co-founder of MobilityWOD and San Francisco CrossFit.

In this episode, James answers listener voicemails in celebration of the podcast reaching 40,000 downloads. He also shares a personal letter he wrote to himself in December of 2016.

Erik Torenberg is a General Gartner at Village Global, a founder of OnDeck, the host of Venture Stories podcast and just an overall swell guy.

Bill Gurley is a General Partner at Benchmark Capital and widely considered to be one of the best venture investors of all time.