How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview

[@cag1]

very good how Sam insists on the details at 10:00. That's what most podcast hosts do wrong, in my opinion: not insisting on getting specific answer but letting the guests get away with vague answers.

[@SiddhantEkale]

Yes, I caught onto that as well. Elad, obviously has answers to all of this, because seems like a very rooted guy, but that approach of interviewing where without being an a**, you can probe more, is so refreshing to watch

[@Ajay_Cheema]

Love the probing approach. Depth is where it's at. Y'all should do this more often.

[@zakgoldwasser7224]

Sam looks like he’s 3 episode away from wearing a monocle and top hat

[@samparr9899]

should i?

[@peezayp]

This is the way

[@christopheroconnell7579]

This made me lol

[@MrTobi4]

Gor for it Samwell!

[@LeonMortgage]

​@@samparr9899 couldn't hurt to try

[@GraceLaiMD]

Great interview. Would be great to have it cut to Sam and Shaan talking post-interview (or the link to the pod that then discusses...) their takeaways and how their thinking or investment strategy might have changed post- interview.

[@noahhaynes8862]

Been watching for 3+ years, never commented. But had to say: best pod in awhile. I think the high-production vs. low (Sam:Shaan) works well. Leans into your personalities more. Also, really appreciated the double/triple downing on probing questions. Depth > breadth imo. Nice to really peel back Elad’s thought process. Thanks for this one!

[@engineeredaf1920]

This episode have the same energy as the first interview between tim Ferriss and Derek sivers. (Circa 2015?). The secret sauce for these kinds of people is extreme intelligence combined with extreme thoughtfulness. Makes you great in any endeavor- business, relationships, life, etc… a true gem of a human

[@briantheoakbrookpicker578]

The look on Shaan’s face when Sam asks a meandering question and hopes the guest doesn’t end the pod right there … 😂🤣🤦‍♂️

[@adamherman5859]

which one do you mean?

[@Deestroyer82]

Lol yeah he does that sometimes, interjects nothing of substance.

[@prowez]

So they designed the Russ Hanneman character from Silicon Valley based on this guy?

[@_johndillon]

Literally had to pull over and take a nap while listening to this ep.

[@podcastwatcher2024]

Sheesh each time I listen to this guy I always feel that he sounds miserable

[@DannyDenhard]

If you are thinking about creating a startup or going to be an executive, I highly recommend Elad's book High Growth Handbook

[@chanrox69]

Sam and Shaan you're amazing.. you've to wear a cape

[@jjadvii]

I was slow to put on this ep cuz the headline/thumbnail lead me with my investment style of s&p&me to think I wasn’t gonna get much but I pulled way more. When Sam says “That’s really hard to compete with,” that highlights the biggest lesson I think. His approach isn’t different; it’s opposite. Chasing money is A-tier, but his society-first pursuit is what takes him to S-tier in business and in life.

[@KacieGalligan]

Hey everyone - I am looking for an old but recent MFM episode that I want to share w a friend but I can't find it. Who remembers the episode where they talk a lot about climbing down the mountain being one of the harder things to do? The topic was around project selection and not waisting time continuing to work on the same project if it's not a fit... you only have so much time so you have to be willing to go back down the mountain and start over. If anyone can think of which episode this was that would be super helpful lmk!

[@GregLunt]

Was it Rob Dyrdek?

[@neocuriositi]

Was it?

[@KacieGalligan]

@@GregLunt oh it might be! Thank you - I am going to try and skim listen to that one quick and see if I can find the part I am looking for. Appreciate you

[@neocuriositi]

@@KacieGalligan awesome

[@kkhdelivery6208]

40:54 him calling sam a boomer 😂😂 we need more of this guy

[@ai4marketers]

Elad is great, he needs more exposure. Thanks for having him on.

[@0xandrei]

just don't bring big shots who dont want to share...this guys is all jargon...like i am listening a politician...he bored me out of my life 😂

[@Igor-ge1py]

Came to post the same thing. This guy is lame af.

[@NaveenKumar_SF2VTZ]

I agree, he was almost like,” I’m not interested to share everything. If I do it’s going to be so vague that people would not listen to me”.

[@oopskapootz7276]

Y’all aren’t smart or experienced enough to understand the value of what Elad is saying, so you think there isn’t content.

[@krisb-travel]

Yeh I think this was the most boring pod I’ve seen on MFM, guests should be pumped to be on and share.

[@joshjamsbro]

You’re cooked. He’s brilliant he’s just monotone

[@sputnik8543]

This feels more like an interogation than podcast

[@MrTobi4]

Disagree. Guest wasnt talkative at all. I think it s his attitude. Sam & Shaan tried to stay cool & nice and asked great follow up questions to get some concrete golden nuggets from the guest. They did a great job given that the guest wasnt super cooperative and a low energy guy.

[@furnessryan9675]

On the topic of monuments, one that I've been impressed by is the African Renaissance Monument in Senegal. There is a lot of controversy around it, but it's pretty impressive. I imagine the little child on the guy's shoulder pointing to an island telling the him (in entitled British kid voice): "Look daddy, i want that one!"

[@PetePhD]

Dude didn't smile a single time in the whole video. Made the interview feel kind of stiff.

[@tomascardenasg]

That’s what locked in looks like

[@alifarah9]

That's what serving in the IDF does to you

[@Wizrady]

He smiled one time

[@EricLawtonForbes]

Elad’s crooked picture frame is driving me nuts lol

[@marcvi1a]

The unicorn rancher 😂

[@MichaelTimmons1991]

"skating where the puck is going" under rated analogy relating hockey to business.

[@hello_world_104]

7mins in as long as he doesn't keep up the phrase "society useful" (which I replace with "bs") at this pace I'll enjoy this lol

[@realEstateSagar]

Large Scale Monument to put on your radar - BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, NJ

[@Fraunzi]

Holyyy the way Sam looks at this guy 😅

[@matts9728]

Twice, I read the thumbnail as "I invested 40 unicorns".

[@neocuriositi]

Is he dead inside or is he too smart to emote? Felt like Shaan and Sam really had to go out of their to drag the conversation out of the lad. Was he forced to be there?

[@christopheroconnell7579]

Agree. I think it’s more a matter Of him having zero interest in discussing things in which he doesn’t know or understand well.

[@idabrinck-lund9744]

Shy!!! He is she and humble

[@mussen1876]

He’s just like that. Refreshing to see people who don’t get overexcited about everything.

[@AlaskaJiuJitsu]

47:01 Yes, Jiu-Jitsu does!

[@NateNordstrom]

Shaan, clean your mic bro. Hahaha

[@robodigitalis]

yes❤" For the Love of the craft"...

[@ricomcclinton2982]

He's smart to look ahead at what's coming!!

[@samrichardson6609]

Did Sam run the 50 mile race?

[@johns.777]

Looking forward to this. Thanks

[@hope4allisbest553]

In terms of monuments y’all have to look at the Arkencounter in Kentucky…Someone built a life size Noah’s ark. Or in terms of sculpture and public art look at the World War 1 Memorial that was recently unveiled in Washington D.C. created by Sabin Howard. Sabin will be coming out with a documentary about how he did it.

[@derekcarday]

0:36 "ai investing before ChatGPT came out" is this a joke? I've been obsessed with AI since 2012 when all the neural networks were gaining traction. I'm shocked at how late to the game everyone is?

[@Telencephelon]

12:15 Not sure if he got that Gil was working at Google and thus in direct contact with Googlers.

[@ChristianRoman-f9g]

Does this guy have a firm one can invest in? I got dizzy after 22 minutes

[@manuelmao4700]

shaan was locked in

[@yvonnehyatt8353]

Thoughts: start children at five years to be creative- in improving-focus on best ,health education and social economic welfare-areas. Please study Bruce Lipton and Dr. William Li thanks.

[@AlaskaJiuJitsu]

I'm at the missionary portion of my life, mostly finished being a mercenary.

[@s.d.crockett486]

Bring back the Socratic method in schools.

[@yanayprop]

Was Sam dialing in from 1983?

[@mikestaub]

The mindset shift Sam mentioned is due to going off the gold standard, as it caused massive inflation and put everyone on a hamster wheel.

[@randomswedishdude]

I clicked a thumbnail of Russ Hanneman and I was disappointed

[@gopalmajithiya1095]

shaan's hair looks so grandpa like.. like the one person at your family dinner table who always sits at the beginning of the table cz he is wiser than the rest of ya but doesnt know how to switch netflix accounts..

[@yvonnehyatt8353]

Please teach children this method -investors, and The Vice President thanks 🌎

[@sutats]

Gotta hustle to that privileged position.

[@cme2bigdaddy]

Sometimes I feel Americans don’t see outside America or Europe .. Monuments - did n’t you guys hear anything about Middle East or China ??

[@mp3michael]

The US is the outright leader in tech and there's no reason to believe that will change in the future.

[@meigustas]

clean your microphone!

[@angryconsultant]

Sam looking like Ted Mosby

[@christopheroconnell7579]

Sam had too much coffee. Stop interrupting

[@tarik_diamane]

Mossad **cough** operative **cough**

[@antoniocollins]

5.0

[@UppiliVentures]

Kewl

[@MayorSom]

Show me a VC who isn’t Yapaholics & 🧢holic and I’ll personally remortgage my house and give you the proceeds 💀

[@ishaaq7824]

Kind of a boring ahh ep. Guy might be smart and rich but he’s got no sauce 😴 😴

[@nshar786]

I wonder if this guy thinks Genocide is “societally useful”. He likely does as an Anduril investor. Disgusting.

[@0xandrei]

this guy is soo freaking boring 😴

[@Clyde.artwork]

This was the most bland, boring, and forced yet informative interview yet.

[@Harpreet06]

Why does veganism sound awful?

[@virtrav7206]

Shaan looks very weird.

[@peterdmaster]

This guy is so boring