Michael Brandt

Everything Michael Brandt said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Prediction Held up

Brandt: The human enhancement industry will produce multiple billion-dollar companies

“This is the tip of an iceberg for something really big, and that we're seeing a larger trend around human enhancement, that there's going to be multiple billion dollar companies in the space, that there's going to be real really interesting stuff, really novel…”

Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:35 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself

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Brandt: Nootrobox aims to provide daily cognitive enhancers superior to coffee

“And basically the entire notion of NutraBox is predicated on the idea of like, hey, is there something better than coffee that like everyone should be having access to on a daily basis?”

Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:49 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself

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Brandt: Yerkes-Dodson law shows over-arousal impairs mental performance

“There is a sense, like, this is a well-documented psychological phenomenon. It's called the Yerkes-Dodson curve, where if you're too activated, you actually, your performance on mental tasks decreases. If you're overly alert you do worse.”

Michael Brandt Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:38 a16z Podcast | Nootropics and the Best Version of Your Brain, Yourself

The other half of the tape: Michael Brandt's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 1 time in 1 episode across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Jeffrey Wu 1

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Michael's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Co-Founder and CEO, Ketone-IQ	1	3	100% 2/2	full record on the a16z Podcast →