Will Smith
person on 21 shows · 10 statements across 9 episodes · said 118 times in 55 episodes since 2017
How I Built This 47 
the Knowledge Project 16 
the a16z Podcast 8 
All-In 7 
Founder's Journal 5 
David Senra 4 
My First Million 4 
TBPN 4 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 3 
BigDeal 3 
Lenny's Podcast 3 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 3 
Acquired 2 
American Optimist 2 
the Paul Morris Podcast 2 
Startups For the Rest of Us 1 
the Neon Show 1 
the Official SaaStr Podcast 1 
Big Technology 1 
20VC 1 
We Live to Build
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How I Built This 47the Knowledge Project 16the a16z Podcast 8All-In 7Founder's Journal 5My First Million 4TBPN 4David Senra 412 more shows
2026 15 mentions in 9 episodes 2 per episode
- The Marketing Genius of Steve Stoute
- AI Isn’t Covid, FBI probes Tai Lopez, Mistral’s $2B Sweden bet | Diet TBPN
- The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
- Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | The a16z Show
- OpenAI Finally Ships Its Superapp, Meta’s AI Price War, ChatGPT Cheating At Brown
- $0 to $700M ARR in 16 Months. Inside Higgsfield's AI Growth with Alex Mashrabov, co-founder and CEO
- Ben Horowitz and David Solomon: The Sweetest Macro Spot in 40 Years
- The surprising advice from a founder who built 2 unicorns | Jason Cohen (WP Engine)
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2026 →
2025 13 mentions in 11 episodes 1 per episode
- How Michael Muller Built a Career Doing What He Loves
- How to Complete Overhaul Your Health in 2025 | Aaron Alexander
- The Confidence Expert: How To Build UNSHAKEABLE Self Confidence | Mark Manson
- Inside the $50 Trillion AI Gold Rush | Episode 1
- Advice Line: Playing to Your Strengths
- Advice Line with Troy Carter of Atom Factory
- Tucker, Shapiro & The New Right—Dave Rubin Calls for an Honest Debate · Joe Lonsdale
- How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want? | Jerry Colonna
- 3 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 14 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich
- Matthew Dicks: The Storytelling Expert
- How Gary Vee Predicts The Next Facebook (Every Time)
- “Beaming” people anywhere in the world with David Nussbaum of Proto
- Brainstorming +$1M Weird Business Ideas With Morning Brew’s CEO Austin Rief (#543)
- Sharing the 2023 HIBT Lab Highlight Reel
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2023 12 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- HIBT Lab! Hevesh5: Lily Hevesh
- Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears
- Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
- Episode 674 | SparkToro Pays Back Investors, When to Raise Fundin...
- HIBT Lab! Nas Company: Nuseir Yassin
- Ep 50: Troy Carter on Discovering Lady Gaga, Future of Music, and Speaking Out on School Choice · Joe Lonsdale
- Takeaways from Rihanna’s Career & How to Test Your Business Ideas
- Co-founders Austin Rief and Alex Lieberman on Building Morning Brew
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2022 12 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- E108: Doxing debate, Nuclear fusion breakthrough, state of the markets & more
- Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations
- Career Therapy: Mastering a Side Hustle & Full-Time Job
- How He Earns 3Cr/Year At The Age of 20? Ft. Ishan Sharma, Co-Founder of MarkitUp
- #AIS: Palmer Luckey on Anduril
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2021 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2020 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2019 12 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- a16z Podcast | Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler Cowen
- Live From The HIBT Summit: Troy Carter
- Software Engineer Turned Youtuber - Jarvis Johnson · Y Combinator
- Marques Brownlee on Building an Audience and Other Advice for Creators · Y Combinator
- a16z Podcast | Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
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2018 19 mentions in 2 episodes 10 per episode
2017 14 mentions in 2 episodes 7 per episode
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10 statements about Will Smith, every show
Narasin passed on Oura Ring because Will Smith and Prince Andrew led
“I almost invested in the first round. Interestingly, it was the round that ended up being led by Prince Andrew and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Will Smith, and I was like, I'm not paying Prince prices. These people are amateurs. I don't know what they're doing…”
Madonna, Snoop Dogg, and Will Smith Use Higgsfield for Fan Engagement
“But also there is a strong adoption by creator economy with people like Madonna, Snoop Dogg, Will Smith using Higgs field just to create engagement across their audience.”
Manson: Will Smith's real-life personality is identical to The Fresh Prince
“He is exactly like the Fresh Prince. Like that is, I spent the, I remember spending one day with him and then I went back to the hotel and called my wife and I was like, he did not act on that show. Like they literally just put him in a room. And then put acto…”
Manson: Will Smith tolerates direct insults but reacts intensely to attacks on family
“Like the women in his life are his Achilles heel. Like that's, if you want to get to him, like that's the route. Like you can talk shit about him all day, all night. He's going to sit there and laugh. You find whatever it's like, You go after his mom, his daug…”
Hevesh: Warner Bros hired me in high school to train Will Smith
“I remember I was a senior in high school, and they contacted me, I believe it was Warner Bros. And essentially, they wanted me to be on set for two weeks, setting up these elaborate domino projects for Will Smith, and kind of teach him how to build dominoes, a…”
Lynda Weinman: Wealth acts as an accelerant of existing personal traits
“Wealth is, is an accelerant. It's like, if you're a really greedy person, it makes you more greedy. If you're a really generous person, it makes you more generous.”
Carter: Will Smith relied on his conservative manager to mitigate extreme risks
“Will had this thing where his manager, JL, is the most stable person I know, like just very, very conservative, so, and those two have been together for over thirty-something years, so Will had this thing where Will would jump out the window, and JL's figuring…”
Investments from Jay-Z and the Smiths helped Carol's Daughter enter Sephora
“Yes, Jay-Z Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and the investment helped us to open up the additional store but also helped us to get into places like Sephora at the time and then subsequently Macy's.”
Price: Jay-Z and Will Smith invested in Carol's Daughter
“Yes, Jay-Z Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, and the investment helped us to open up the additional store but also helped us to get into places like Sephora at the time and then subsequently Macy's.”