Garry Tan — Building the world you want to live in
Paradox Podcast
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Garry talks about how we should remember how our institutions reacted to the pandemic and how society's that respect science like South Korea and Taiwan but also individual liberty.

Garry talks about what he and his partner Alexis refer to as the "fifth estate" or the rise of citizen journalism powered by the Internet to get better information, faster.

Garry talks about Initialized's remote-first set up and software enabled voting.

Garry talks about how an early love for computers changed the entire trajectory of his life and lifted him out of a tough upbringing.

Garry talks about what he misses about being a founder and engineer now that he is a full-time investor.

Garry shares a story about how he turned down the opportunity to start a company with his friends and Peter Thiel to stay at Microsoft and how that mistake cost him $200M.

Garry talks about his worldview and why being an immigrant gives you certain advantages as a founder.

Garry talks about his friend Chris Dixon's blog post about the idea maze and what's he's doing to help map it for founders.

Garry talks about the challenges and rewards of balancing fatherhood and work.

Garry talks about how he was inspired to start making YouTube videos to share advice with founders after meeting Casey Neistat.

Kyle talks about a blog post he wrote in 2014 about a "high rate of learning" being the highest form of compensation at a startup and whether he still believes that today.

Garry talks about how he believes the meme around there being "too much capital chasing too few ideas" is wrong.

Garry shares a piece of advice he received from an early employer of his about not being limited by one job title.



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