Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders
Conversations with leading entrepreneurs, non-profit founders, award winning designers, educators, artists and everything else in between.
We dig deep into their stories, have honest conversations about how they made their ideas come to life and the lessons learned along the way.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 81 minutes
- Episodes
- 93
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2023
Eric Jorgenson // Philosophy of Wealth + Happiness // The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
In this conversation, we explore:
- Eric's approach to writing a book entirely made up of Naval's words
- philosophy around wealth + happiness
- eastern vs western approaches
- permissionless leverage + own…
Future Of Advertising: Google + YouTube Breakdown
Bilal breaks down the secret sauce that makes Google + YouTube two of the greatest businesses of all time.
We discuss the ad auction, how Google understands intent better than anyone, the future of …
Mary Grove // Google For Startups + Bread and Butter Ventures
Mary Grove is Managing Partner of Bread and Butter Ventures. She brings nearly two decades of leadership experience in technology, early-stage investing, and startup ecosystem growth.
She began her …
Ryan Berckmans // Ethereum Deep Dive, Earning Yield From Staking, Exploring DeFi + Alternatives
Ryan Berckmans is an ex-Amazon + fintech startup engineer. He's been involved with the Ethereum community for many years + invests in the crypto space.
He recently published a bullish thesis for inve…
Crypto Crash Recap, Decentralized Social Networks + A Special Guest // Not Investment Advice
Bilal Zaidi is joined by Jack Butcher, Trung Phan & Alex Cohen to discuss the latest in business, technology & memes.
Listen to the full convo on "Not Investment Advice":
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Lenny Rachitsky, Lenny's Newsletter + Ex AirBnb // Growth Engines, Early Traction + Creator Economy
Lenny writes the #1 business newsletter on Substack (Lenny's Newsletter) and previously sold his company, Localmind, to Airbnb.
He then spent 7yrs at Airbnb leading product + growth teams and now ang…
Anti-Life Portfolio, European Super League + Meme School + // Not Investment Advice
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Ben Tossell, Makerpad // No Code + Paid Learning Communities
Ben Tossell is the founder of Makerpad, the leading online community for No Code.
His company was recently acquired by Zapier, a $5bil+ tech company. Ben is also an educator + investor in the no cod…
Trung Phan, Jack Butcher + Bilal Zaidi // Not Investment Advice
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZNFxICgbkuY
Let us know what you think on Twitter:
@bzaidi @jackbutcher @trungtphan
This is an experimental episode w/ Trung Phan & Jack Butcher di…
Kevin Chou, Rally + Kabam // Evolution Of Gaming, Crypto + The Creator Economy
Kevin is the co-founder + CEO of Rally, a platform that allows creators to launch their own digital currency + build independent economies with their communities.
He's also Chairman of Gen.G, an esp…
Noah Kagan, AppSumo // Growing On YouTube + Building An 8-Figure Business
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Alex Lieberman, Morning Brew // Building A Digital Media Empire, Growth Playbooks + A $75mil Sale
Alex Lieberman is the co-founder & CEO of Morning Brew. They're a leading new media startup with over 2.7mil newsletter subscribers, making them one of the largest daily newsletters around.
Alex & hi…
Dru Riley, Trends.vc // Meta-Trends, Paid Newsletters + Crypto
Dru Riley is the founder of Trends.vc, a community + newsletter that helps 35,000 entrepreneurs discover new markets + ideas.
Trends makes tens of thousands of dollars/month in subscription revenue +…
Lexi Lewtan, Centered & AngelList // Hiring For Startups & Tools For Mental Health
Lexi Lewtan the founder of Centered, where she's building the Masterclass for Mental Health.
Previously she ran operations for AngelList's Talent Platform, scaling it from zero to $20m in revenue.
Sh…
Jake Gibson, NerdWallet + Better Tomorrow Ventures // Investing In The Future of Fintech
Jake Gibson is the co-founder of NerdWallet & Founding Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures, a $75mil venture fund, investing in the future of Fintech alongside Sheel Mohnot.
He's been involved in fin…
Ana Fabrega, Synthesis // The Future Of Education & Using Games To Educate Kids
Ana Lorena Fabrega is an EDUpreneur and former teacher known by little ones as Ms. Fab.
She's currently the Chief Evangelist of Synthesis School, an innovative online enrichment club started by the d…
Nick Huber, Sweaty Startup // Deep Inside The Real Estate Game + The Philosophy Of What Matters
Nick Huber is a real estate entrepreneur, self-storage owner & operator.
His commercial real estate portfolio is approaching $30mil in assets (as of 2021) & he's built a name for himself by championi…
Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness Labs // How We Learn, Neuroscience Myths + Productivity Mental Models
Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, a community for knowledge workers to be more productive and creative while taking care of their mental health.
She's an ex-Googler and holds a MSc in …
Jack Butcher, Visualize Value (Live) // Part 2: Q&A
Watch the full convo and Q&A on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gSVQHw-da5s This is part 2, the Q&A of the live convo with Jack Butcher from Visualize Value. Listen to the previous episode to hear our li…
Jack Butcher, Visualize Value (Live) // Part 1: How To Actually Get Paid In The Creator Economy
Watch the full convo and Q&A on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gSVQHw-da5s
Jack Butcher is the founder of Visualize Value, a company that builds content, community & courses for building independent incom…