Burning Man
other on 25 shows · 9 statements across 7 episodes · said 148 times in 77 episodes since 2016
TBPN 26 
Top Founders 18 
Lenny's Podcast 17 
My First Million 17 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 14 
20VC 10 
All-In 8 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 5 
No Priors 5 
Sourcery 4 
the Knowledge Project 3 
BigDeal 3 
How I Built This 3 
Cheeky Pint 2 
We Live to Build 2 
Latent Space 2 
WTF is with Nikhil Kamath 2 
Acquired 1 
Mixergy 1 
American Optimist 1 
Invest Like the Best 1 
Capital Allocators 1 
the a16z Podcast 1 
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2026 5 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
- Clay’s Unusual Path to Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Company · Invest Like The Best
- You Don’t Need To Innovate To Be Successful | FarmVille Creator
- Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns
- Elon Musk & The SpaceX IPO: Largest Wealth Event in History? | Shaun Maguire, Sequoia · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
- The Jamie Dimon Apple Card, Greenland Ideas, WB-Paramount, TBPN x Vanity Fair | Diet TBPN
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2025 36 mentions in 13 episodes 3 per episode
- Brian Chesky's secret mentor who scaled Airbnb (after dying 9 times & building a hotel empire)
- Weekly Recap: Taylor Swift Gets Engaged, SpaceX Launches Falcon 9, Dr. Drew
- ⚡️ Building the AI Hardware Engineer with Matthias Wagner, Co-founder of Flux
- Casey Handmer of Terraform Industries on solar maximalism, hard tech, and reclaiming the Salton Sea
- Elad Gil of Gil Capital, Gil & Co. & Enigma Global · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
- Secret Monk Practice To Stop Anxiety & Overthinking! | Dandapani
- Inside Silicon Valley’s VC Playbook | WTF is Venture Capital? - 2025 Edition | Ep. 24 · Nikhil Kamath
- Dr. Drew on Tech, COVID, and Living a Happy Life
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2024 26 mentions in 11 episodes 2 per episode
- The "Switzerland of AI" is Crazy (ep3)
- It’s The Most Taboo Business Model We’ve Ever Seen
- How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17)
- CHRISTIANITY: Why it's making a comeback (ep23)
- The Secret Billionaire Party (ep6)
- FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14)
- Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12)
- Fact-Checking The Information (ep10)
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2023 26 mentions in 13 episodes 2 per episode
- Billion-dollar Acquisitions, Private Jets, and the Art + Science of Persuasion
- No Priors Ep. 10 | With Copilot's Chief Architect and founder of Minion.AI Alex Graveley
- 4 Profitable Business Ideas That Men Are Sleeping On | ft. Codie Sanchez (#512)
- Crafting a compelling product vision | Ebi Atawodi (YouTube, Netflix, Uber)
- How to drive word of mouth | Nilan Peiris (CPO of Wise)
- Info Diets, OG Content Creators, and 7-year Lifespans
- How Holdco Legend Michael Girdley is Playing Multi-Decade Games (and Winning)
- An inside look at Deel’s unprecedented growth | Meltem Kuran Berkowitz (Head of Growth)
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2022 19 mentions in 12 episodes 2 per episode
- Keeping it Real with Danny Trinh
- Brad Gerstner: How I Pick Companies; Lessons from Warren Buffet; Chamath vs Gurley | E935 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- E94: NFT volume plummets, California's overreach, FBI meddling, climate change & national security
- How much revenue do Jason and SaaStr make?
- How To Pick Startup Winners With Jason Calacanis
- 20VC: The Founding of General Catalyst, What it Takes to Build a Firm That Stands the Test of Time, Why VCs Need to Give Founders Greater Permission to Go For It & Why Venture Capital is Like Tennis with David Fialkow, Co-Founder @ General Catalyst
- 35% Calmer in 20 Minutes: Why VR Beat the Top Meditation App
- Beautyblender: Rea Ann Silva
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2021 19 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- Topia Hosted Virtual Burning Man in 2020, Now Paying Artists to Create Digital Worlds, 4k Conversations per Week
- E24: Markets trend down, political pandemic manipulation, stimulus breakdown, biological Patriot Act
- E57: Understanding Omicron, tech stocks plummet, VC's great resignation, Jack Dorsey's departure
- How to Make Billions with a DTC Niche Clothing Line | My First Million #219
- Why Direct-to-Consumer Companies Are Awesome to Own | My First Million #217
- A Discussion on Sam & Shaan's Recent Investments | My First Million #195
- 4 Big Trends and $0 to $1 Billion Startup Idea Frameworks | My First Million #191
- Andrew Callaghan of All Gas No Brakes Goes Independent
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2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2018 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2017 7 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- 802: Crypto VC: After $10m Raised in ICO for Fund 3, Now Demand High for $250m Fund 4
- #1524 When does a startup founder need a COO?
- Communicate with Users, Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt · Y Combinator
- 755: Want to Invest in BitCoin But Don't Understand It? Listen to This.
- The Technical Advisor for Silicon Valley on HBO: Ed McManus · Y Combinator
- 20VC: Why Venture Is A Service Product? Why There Is No Such Thing As Product Market Fit & Why Startups Need To Be More Design Orientated with Ben Blumenfeld, Co-Founder & General Partner @ Designer Fund
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2016 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Why You Have To Be A Good Long Term Actor To Succeed in VC & How Owning An Esports Team Could Be A $Bn Outcome with Clinton Foy, General Partner @ Crosscut Ventures
- 20VC: Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory on What Is Missing In EdTech? What Does The Integration Of AI & Education Look Like & The Core Pillars Of Optimising Memory
- How Fun Fun Fun Fest Went From 3,000 to 16,000 Attendees in Under 5 Years, EP 275 - Graham Williams
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9 statements about Burning Man, every show
Chip Conley helped establish the governing board of Burning Man
“I helped found the board of Burning Man.”
Coogan: VCs resent Burning Man for having high NPS but zero monetization
“Burning Man, I mean, I know why he hates it. Extremely high NPS, but can't invest in it. Because if you ever talk to somebody who goes to Burning Man, dude, you gotta go, it's so amazing. Extremely high NPS. But, they haven't scaled, they haven't monetized.”
Sam Lessin: Burning Man's gift economy makes me appreciate capitalism
“It makes me appreciate capitalism, right? Where like we use this thing called money and trade for things and services with each other.”
Jessica Lessin: Starlink and ubiquitous internet ruined Burning Man
“Burning Man is over. Thanks to Starlink.”
Sam Lessin: Burning Man died because it became mainstream culture
“Well, it's also like, I mean, it's like usually things die because they win, and then they become the mainstream, so the problem is everything is now Burning Man, so Burning Man is nothing.”
Ellwood: Waiting 30 days turns post-event clarity into actionable wisdom
“Write it all down as explicitly as you possibly can. And then wait 30 days. And if you still want to do any of those things, do it on the 31st day. And it was such a, it was such great advice, because it allowed the experiences I had to metastasize into wisdom…”
Puri: Businesses enabling adults to act like kids will consistently thrive
“And also it's an excuse to act like a kid. And I'm bullish on anything that gives people an excuse to act like a kid. I think that's why Burning Man is popular. I think that's why Halloween is popular. And you know, even things like the ice cream museum and st…”
Topia Hosted Virtual Burning Man For 25,000 Five Months After Writing Code
“We were one of the co-hosts of it in 2020. We had over 25,000 people come to the event. And this was like five months after we actually wrote the first line of code.”