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Top Founders 33
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every year every show Top Founders 33 the a16z Podcast 30 20VC 16 Lenny's Podcast 7 Mixergy 5 My First Million 3 How I Built This 3 All-In 3 
Acquired 2 
Latent Space 2 
Founder's Journal 1 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 1 
Capital Allocators 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: passages where Foundations comes up on Top Founders, the a16z Podcast, 20VC, Lenny's Podcast, Mixergy
Podcast Crossover: AIE, AGI, frontier lab strategy with @matthew_berman and @swyxtv
- ▶ 15:32 Shawn Wang More of what you see in Foundation, you know, the TV show?
1929 vs 2025: Andrew Ross Sorkin on Crashes, Bubbles & Lessons Learned
- ▶ 44:03 David Sacks By the way, the book is foundation, the foundation series. 2 times in the scene
Greg Brockman on OpenAI's Road to AGI
- ▶ 33:01 unnamed speaker I was listening to your old Lex Friedman interview and you kind of mentioned, um, back in the day foundation by Asimov.
Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, founder mode, more | Anneka Gupta
- ▶ 1:07:01 Anneka Gupta I really like the Foundation series, so starting with that is, is really good. 2 times in the scene
David Cahn: Why Servers, Steel and Power Are the Pillars Powering the Future of AI | E1186 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 46:16 David Cahn And, you know, I'm, I'm a big fan of Isaac Asimov's foundation, right? 3 times in the scene
$20M In ONE Day?! (#544)
Picking sharp problems, increasing virality, and unique product frameworks | Oji Udezue (Typeform)
- ▶ 1:08:17 Oji Udezue Or Foundation by Asimov. 3 times in the scene
Monetizing passions, scaling marketplaces, and stories from a creator economy vet | Camille Hearst
- ▶ 57:01 Lenny Rachitsky I've been watching foundation, which is also another series I've been excited to see, but it's like, I don't know what's going on. 2 times in the scene
Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
- ▶ 50:57 David Senra So do you guys remember foundation?
Dara Khosrowshahi: How I Became CEO of Uber; Uber Eats vs DoorDash; The Postmates Acquisition | E994 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 41:46 Dara Khosrowshahi Um, I'd probably say favorite book is Isaac Asimov's Foundations, just because it got me into sci-fi and my passion around science and engineering.
Building the Right Product, At the Right Time, For the Right People - with Jack Butcher
- ▶ 27:29 Greg Isenberg We haven't talked about web three and we will, but you're selling things on foundation, NFTs, et cetera.
ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis · Acquired
- ▶ 2:08:54 David Rosenthal But, but I like the format, and like Kevin Rose used to do the Foundation series, and like.
Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
- ▶ 48:47 Manish Gandhi It competes with broader NFT marketplaces like OpenSea and LooksRare and other more verticalized NFT places such as Soperare and Foundation.
E87: Emerging markets, Sri Lanka, 9.1% CPI, market sentiment, NASA's Webb telescope & more
- ▶ 1:11:59 Jason Calacanis Between the new season of Doctor Who and the Foundation series.
20VC: Startups Fail Because They Do Not Take Enough Risk, Why A/B Testing is Inefficient and Slows You Down, Why It is Impossible To Hire Good PMs so Stop Trying & 3 Key Signals The Best Engineers Present with Grant LaFontaine, Founder & CEO @ Whatnot
- ▶ 34:00 Grant LaFontaine The Foundations trilogy.
Ethereum 101 & How It Could Top Bitcoin in Cryptocurrency
- ▶ 19:55 Alex Lieberman If you want to check out the platforms where you could buy, trade, and showcase the NFTs you own, check out Foundation,
Why DAOs Matter for Digital Art
- ▶ 4:44 People Pleaser And then later that week, I basically listed the, uh, video for auction as an NFT on foundation.
- ▶ 12:08 People Pleaser And the, this time the proceeds will be committed to charities involved with autism advocacy information and support, and will be minted and listed for auction on foundation after my talk, which is now or end of it.
NFTs and the Creator Economy
- ▶ 0:15 unnamed speaker Kayvon Turanian from Foundation is going to be giving us an overview, as I mentioned, of the creator economy. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 0:41 Kayvon Turanian This is Foundation. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:05 Kayvon Turanian Which means that the content in this, in this network is not locked onto foundation.
- ▶ 3:12 Kayvon Turanian So in this case, you're seeing these are all artworks that are live on Foundation. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:09 Kayvon Turanian Um, and that's really, that's kind of memes on Foundation. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:03 Kayvon Turanian Raphael Rosendahl in his two month career so far in foundation has made over 1.3 million dollars sending, selling five NFTs. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:36 Kayvon Turanian Um, he's been able to make hundreds of thousands of dollars selling his photography on Foundation. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:24 Kayvon Turanian Um, the, there really is no limit at the moment to the creativity and ingenuity that is possible in this new creative economy, and a lot of this is happening on Foundation, and I encourage you to visit and experience it at foundation.app,…
- ▶ 14:44 Kayvon Turanian So on Foundation, without a doubt, you are watching creators able to make sizable sales, and you are watching the likes of Raphael Rosendahl, which is the, who is one of the most successful artists on Foundation, immediately funnel his… 6 times in the scene
The Future of NFTs
- ▶ 1:26 Chris Dixon It's a, you know, a digital artist created that on, on foundation.
Furqan Rydhan on What It's Like Co-founding a $20B Company | My First Million #180
- ▶ 1:19:14 Shaan Puri oh cool, instead of just posting this for free on Twitter for likes, I'll post this on Foundation, and I'll sell it, and he's sold some of these for 60, 70,000 dollars each, um, and so he's made, you know, a lot of money this year just…
Khan Academy: Sal Khan
11 SaaS Companies, Dane Takes Paperless Pipeline to $2m Revenues, Launches Start From Zero Framework
- ▶ 1:40 Nathan Latka He was fired from Ernst & Young, failed at 11 businesses, figured out what worked, and then taught those patterns, helped create 15 millionaires via his old company called The Foundation, or I believe actually still active. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:03 Nathan Latka So, so the foundation, I feel like when you launched this with what is the one word and Andrew Warner was all over it. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:20 Nathan Latka Foundation students? 3 times in the scene
20VC: The Framework to Scale A Team From 20 to 190 in 24 Months, How To Structure The Perfect Investor Updates & How To Create A Culture of Distributed Ownership with Radical Transparency with Jean-Charles Samulian, Co-Founder & CEO @ Alan
- ▶ 30:45 Jean-Charles Samoulian I think science fiction is foundations from Asimov, which is really amazing on how to think about society and the different shapes and
994 Why Forbes Uses Quizzes Instead of "Opt In Landing Pages"
- ▶ 4:07 Josh Haynam So we did one with, uh, the foundation a while back
20VC: Kevin Rose on Putting The Entire Fund Into Uber, The Future For Mobile & Whether Angels Should Have Super Pro-Rata Rights?
- ▶ 2:36 Harry Stebbings Kevin, it's such a pleasure to have you on the show today, having heard the most wonderful things from both Phil and Tony, and then having listened to pretty much every Foundation episode.
- ▶ 18:11 Harry Stebbings Uh, I do want to ask one particular thing though, in particular, with regards to your podcast, you did the foundation. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:44 Kevin Rose I've had a few over the years, and I think part of the reason I do that foundation podcast is to really kind of pick the brains of those people that I really respect. 2 times in the scene
#1417 How Sam Ovens is helping everyday people start their own consulting businesses
- ▶ 4:02 Andrew Warner And at the time that you and I met, you were like the big success story at the foundation. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:27 Sam Ovens Well, back when I was in the foundation, I think it took me three months before I started making calls to the property management.
20VC: Dave Morin on Why Building A Fund Is Like A Company, Why Venture Is A Craft & The Journey To Establish Slow Ventures
- ▶ 1:05 Harry Stebbings I also have to thank two people for today's interview, and that first one is Sam Lesson for making the intro to his partner Dave at Slow Ventures, and then to Kevin Rose, whose interview with Dave on the foundation, an interview that was…
- ▶ 25:23 Harry Stebbings Well, Dave, I have to say again, as I said to you in pre-emails and in the intro, I was so inspired by hearing you on Kevin Rose's The Foundation, and it really was such a pleasure to have you on today, and hear the incredible journey…
EP 339: The $10M Website Seller Empire Flippers
- ▶ 20:22 Justin Cooke He's done a ridiculously good job, in my opinion, on content marketing, and I listened to a podcast he did not that long ago with the guy from the foundation, and he talked kind of about how instead of going after the paid, uh, traffic and…
Under 30, Made $5m, Tells Me He Loves Me Dane Maxwell Ep 2
- ▶ 0:51 Nathan Latka Now, Dane is the co-founder of the software as a service entrepreneurial community, The Foundation. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:24 Nathan Latka So tell us more about the foundation and, and specifically what its goal is and how long you've been focused on it.
- ▶ 4:15 Nathan Latka Walk me through, let's talk about the why behind the foundation. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:41 Nathan Latka So, I want to focus in on kind of the last cohort you described, the third kind of go at it, but walk me through, um, to date, what, how many total students have you guys taught kind of this framework to via the foundation? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:51 Nathan Latka So help me understand what is the total amount of revenue that you've been able to create, um, from the foundation itself, you and your team. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:44 Dane Maxwell Uh, but like when people graduate the foundation, there's so many different buckets of people. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 17:11 Nathan Latka We've only focused on the foundation, but you've been in real estate before. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:55 Dane Maxwell Um, I, I think that if people really wanted to get, like, you know, doses of this kind of insight, you can, you can go to thefoundation.com is the, the great place. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Tyler Willis on How To Be Innovative With Customer Acquisition and The Future Of Innovation
- ▶ 20:38 Tyler Willis Uh, yeah, I'm looking at my book, I'm looking at my bookcase right now, and like, you know, Foundation by Asimov jumps out, and Accelerando by Strauss jumps out.
20 VC FF 018: Brian Wong, Founder @ Kiip on Raising $30m in VC Funding by 24
- ▶ 4:47 Harry Stebbings Now, moving back to when you, you moved to the US from Canada, I remember listening to you on the foundation, and you said, with Kevin Rose that was, and you said that one of the first people you wanted to meet was Fred Wilson.