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Below the Line with James Beshara
Hosted by James Beshara
Smash Notes has 258 notes from 20 episodes of Below the Line with James Beshara, hosted by James Beshara. Each note answers one question with the moment it was said, so you can read it or play just that part. Topics: Business.
Should we “aim as high as possible” or “detach from results”? Should I be content where I am or always strive for “better”? We now know a lot about the field of sports psychology — but what can the best research tell us about the nascent field of business psychology? We know…
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- 01How Do You Hire Great People for a StartupAlfred Lin — Investing in Greatness
- 02How Did Alfred Lin Outsmart Tony Hsieh of ZapposAlfred Lin — Investing in Greatness
- 03How Did Tony Hsieh Get His Entrepreneurial Start in PizzaAlfred Lin — Investing in Greatness
- 04What Makes Podcasting the Greatest Invention of All Time#Plog — Podcasting: The Truly Free Press
- 05How Did Employee Ideas Give Vlad and Webflow Leverage?#41 — Vlad Magdalin — The No-Code Movement Is Finally Here
- 06What Should Startup Founders Keep in Mind as Their Company Scales Head Count 21:47#41 — Vlad Magdalin — The No-Code Movement Is Finally Here
- 07What Is a Good Productivity Hack for Founders#41 — Vlad Magdalin — The No-Code Movement Is Finally Here
- 08Does the Best Product Always WinNir Eyal — Indistractable
- 09What Is an Example of Hook Model in the WildNir Eyal — Indistractable
- 10Why Did Nir Eyal Write the Book "hooked"Nir Eyal — Indistractable
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Intro — Why “Below The Line”?
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- #135 — the Economy of Giving — Vance Roush
- #134 — Story DAO — Justin & J.P. Alanís
- #133 — Pursuit of Clarity — Shapel Lacey
- #Voicemails — Tech Bear Market? — Below the Line
- #131 — When the Walls Close in — Emergency Pod
- #130 — With Reality, Start Small — Duncan Trussell
- #129 — Getting in the Way of Yourself — Langhorne Slim
- #128 — Optimizing Health — Dr. Molly Maloof
- #127 — No Judgements — Julien Smith
- #126 — Stand Up Philosopher — Pete Holmes
- #125 — Mixed Mental Arts — Bryan Callen
- #124 — Serving the Public Conversation — Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone
- #Voicemails — What’s Happening to the Market? — Below the Line
- #122 — the Art of Going Viral — Karen X Cheng
- The Best Tools to Increase Your Productivity — Ajay Mehta — Below The (Hot)Line
- #122 — Transformations from Good to Great — Jim Collins
- #121 — the Next Era for Logistics — Kevin Gibbon
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- Improve Your Fundraising As A 1st Time Founder — Ajay Mehta — Below The (Hot)Line #13
- #120 — #DeepDive on The Remote Workspace Utopia — Hiten Shah
- #119 — The Man behind BitClout and The DeSo blockchain — Nader Al-Naji
- #118 — the Master of Marketplaces — Jeff Jordan
- #117 — Continuing to Evolve as an Investor — Brad Feld
- #116 — Tactical Advice from a FBI Negotiator — Chris Voss
- #115 — Life Design — Debbie Millman
- #114 — A Deep Dive into The Art World — Todd Kramer
- #113 — From Navy Seal to 100 Million in Sales -- Randy Hetrick
- #112 — AdVentures at Google — Bill Maris
- #111 — Heart of a Lion — Michael Burns
- #110 — Build Your Fort — Chris Powers
- Top 10 Mistakes Founders Make With Startups — Below the (Hot)Line #12
- #109 — Nothing to Prove — Justin Kan
- #108 — the Practice: Shipping Creative Work — Seth Godin
- #107 — #DeepDive on Sales— Colin Coggins & Garret Brown
- #106 — Music to a Creator’s Ears— Guster's Ryan Miller
- The Real MVP (Minimum Viable Product) — Below the (Hot)Line #11
- #105 — Doing the Work — Steven Pressfield
- Fear Of Failure— Below the (Hot)Line #10
- #104 — Putting a Dent in Mental Illness: the Promising Results of Psychedelics — Rick Doblin
- Your New Favorite Productivity Tip: No Meetings — Below the (Hot)Line #9
- #103 — Thinking Deeply — Adam Robinson (Part 2)
- The *Actual* Bitcoin Environmental Impact — Below the (Hot)Line #8
- #102 — Thinking Deeply — Adam Robinson (Part 1)
- What to Look for in a New Hire (Qualities of a 10x Employee) —Below the (Hot)Line #7
- #101 — the Mindset of a Grandmaster — Maurice Ashley
- What is BitClout?— Below the Hotline #6
- #100 — Woman Evolve — Sarah Jakes Roberts
- The CRAZIEST (plausible) Idea I've Ever Heard — Below the Hotline #5
- #99 — the Archbishop of Crypto — Balaji Srinivasan
- Setting Boundaries: The Key to Work/Life Balance — Below the Hotline #4
- #98 — the Keys to Angel Investing — Elad Gil
- Why I Invested in Clubhouse (And is it worth $4 Billion???) — Below the Hotline #3
- #97 — How to Not Die Alone — Logan Ury
- #96 — Nutrition's Impact on Mental Health — Dr. Uma Naidoo
- What are NFTs? | Below the Hotline #1
- #95 — the Most Influential Rabbi in America — Dr Rabbi David Wolpe
- #94 —Philosophy, Theology & Ethics — Philip Clayton
- #93 — the Argument Against Reality — Dr. Donald Hoffman
- #92 — Spencer Rascoff — Founders, SPACs & Digital Junk Food
- #91 — Jeff Goodby — Pushing Through Rejection
- #90 — #DeepDive — Lee Jacobs — Starting a Venture Capital Fund
- #89 — How to 10x Your Chance at Startup Success
- #88 — Diana Chapman — Trust vs Fear
- #87 — #DeepDive — Dylan Beynon — The Innovative Future of Psychedelics
- #86 The Future of Psychadelic's w/ mindbloom's Dylan Beynon
- #86 — Dr. Carl Jung — Heroes, Alchemy, and Individuation
- #104 | Tara Viswanathan
- On Failure: Eat Your "Poison" Every Day | BTL #103
- Airbnb IPO with Lenny Rachitsky and Marc McCabe
- #DeepDive — The Age of The Newsletter — With Lenny Rachitsky
- #57 — Henry Shukman — One Blade of Grass, One Single Experience
- #56 — Alan Watts — You’re It
- #55 — Turning The Tables — James Gets Grilled (w/ChaseFeiger)
- #54 — Joseph Emmett — Surfer Monk
- #53 — Andrew Dudum — Hims & Hers, Highs & Lows
- #52 — Ravi Patel — in Pursuit of Happiness
- #Plog — Ready, Fire, Aim
- #Plog — The Secret to Getting Mentors
- #51 — Scott Kelley — Covid Under the Big Sky
- #50 — Kevin Rose — Founder Turned Angel Turned VC
- #Plog — Startups: Experiments with Truths
- #Plog — Creator Psychology (and The Desire To Exist)
- #DeepDive — The World of PR — Ed Zitron
- #Plog — Mental Wealth
- #Check-In with James Beshara
- #49 — Rahul Vohra — Superhuman Design
- #DeepDive — Space Technology — Mikhail Kokorich
- #48 — Immad Akhund — the Unlikely Banker
- #DeepDive — How To Become A Startup “Angel” Investor — Brianne Kimmel
- #46 — John Robb — What (the Hell) Is Going on Right Now?
- Andrew Wilkinson
- #Plog — The Wisdom of Insecurity — Audio Essay
- #DeepDive — WFH Productivity Hacks — Hiten Shah
- #44 — Taryn Toomey — the Healer
- #DeepDive — Growth in 2020 — Mike Duboe
- #43 — Geoff Lewis — Think Different
- #DeepDive — Responsibilities In Exponential Times — Eric Ries
- #DeepDive — “How to Monetize Creativity and Solo-preneurship” — Sahil Lavingia
- #DeepDive — The Brand New World of Climate Tech — Gustaf Alströmer & Diego Saez-Gil
- #Plog — Routines & Avoiding Stupidity
- #42 — Ben Witte — Recess Is Now in Session
- #40 — Sarah Tavel — a Peek Behind the Veiled World of Venture Capital
- #DeepDive — An Unedited Pitch Meeting: Coffee Between an Investor and a Founder — Diego Saez-Gil
- #DeepDive — An Unedited Pitch Meeting: Coffee Between an Investor and a Founder — Diego Saez-Gil
- #39 — Kamal Ravikant — Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It
- #Check-In Episode 3 with Peter Carnochan, PhD
- #38 — Serena Dugan — Art Meets Business
- #37 — Anonymous — San Francisco Police Officer
- #DeepDive — Marketplaces — Lenny Rachitsky
- #36 — Matt Mullenweg — 34% of the Web & Counting
- #35 — Beyond Coffee — Book Launch
- #34 — Dr. Andrew Weil — the Medical Nostradamus
- #33 — Justin Kan Live — Philosopher CEO (Pt 2)
- #32 — a R I Z O N a — 1 Billion Streams and Counting
- #31 — Paul Austin — Psychenaut
- #30 — Leah Busque Solivan — Founder, Leader, Creator, Backer
- #28 — Ann Miura-Ko — Path to (ad)Venture
- #27 — Christopher Lochhead — the Marketing Legend
- #26 — Dave Lomas — Prophet in the Valley
- #25 — Sam Parr — Natural Born Hustler
- #24 — Cal Fussman — Rules of Storytelling
- #DeepDive into Startup Fundraising — with Marc McCabe
- #23 — Check-In with Peter Carnochan
- #22 — Kelly Starrett — Foundational Thinking
- #40,000 — Voicemails Episode
- #20 — Chris Powers — Real Estate Mogul in the Making
- #19 — Dr. Emily Anhalt — The Doctor Will Help *You See You* Now
- #16 — Hiten Shah — Knowledge Bombs
- #15 — Eric Ries (Pt 2) — Changing The Way Startups Are Built
- #Check-In — Peter Carnochan and James
- #8 — Ryan Caldbeck — Talking Allowed
- #6 — Corby Davidson — the Entertainer
- #5 — Max Roser — Going Below The (Global) Line
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