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Steve Wozniak: The Engineer Who Built Apple [Outliers] Nov 4, 2025 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 0:16 Shane Parrish Then he did something that Silicon Valley still doesn't quite understand, something that violated every rule of how you're supposed to win in the Valley. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:32 Shane Parrish Silicon Valley didn't exist in 1957. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 41:58 Shane Parrish Something that revealed the fundamental difference between Steve Wozniak and almost everyone else in Silicon Valley.

Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport Aug 5, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 7:21 Shane Parrish So if we think of the beats between being in China and ending up in Silicon Valley, what are they? 2 times in the scene

Netflix Founder Reed Hastings on Scaling High-Trust Culture & Bold Judgment Jun 10, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:15 Shane Parrish Discover in this conversation how he builds and protects A-player cultures, outflanks giants by rewriting the rules, and ports Silicon Valley principles into brick-and-mortar ventures and classrooms alike.

Andy Grove: Only The Paranoid Survive [Outliers] May 20, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 17:55 Shane Parrish Silicon Valley's origin traces back to December, 26, 1947, when three scientists at Bell Laboratories created the first working transistor. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 23:59 Shane Parrish The exodus had begun with the traitorous eight engineers who had abandoned Shockley's lab to form Fairchild, and now Fairchild itself was spawning a second generation of Silicon Valley startups. 3 times in the scene

Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World May 13, 2025 · 1 mention

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Turning Ambitious Misfits into Founders Apr 29, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 2:22 Shane Parrish If you're curious about Silicon Valley secrets, the present and the future of AI or how true innovation gets funded, this conversation is for you.
  • ▶ 24:05 Shane Parrish Why Silicon Valley?

Timothy Eaton: How to Build an Empire (And Why It Crumbled) [Outliers] Feb 11, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:31 Shane Parrish Before Silicon Valley invented data analytics, Eaton's was using catalog orders to predict demand.

How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash Jan 21, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:00 Shane Parrish My guest is Alfred Lin, one of Silicon Valley's most successful operators turned investors.

Jerry Colonna: The CEO Whisperer Oct 17, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:29 Shane Parrish Colonna is a certified professional coach, but before all of that, he played a prominent role in the early development of Silicon Valley.

Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success Aug 22, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:36 Shane Parrish His unique perspective was honed during his 30 year career bridging Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and family offices.

Frank Slootman: Doing Less, Doing Better Aug 8, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:13 Shane Parrish Today, my guest is Frank Slootman, one of the most incredible operators that Silicon Valley has ever seen.

#121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity Oct 5, 2021 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 20:52 Shane Parrish I like the idea of these pockets of sort of innovation that crop up, whether it's Britain or Florence or Silicon Valley. 3 times in the scene

#107 Matt Ridley: Infinite Innovation Mar 23, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 45:47 Shane Parrish I mean, for the last 50 years it's been, say, Silicon Valley in California, and that seems to be coming to an end right now, and before that it was Victorian Britain, and then, you know, before that it was Renaissance Italy, um, and at…

#81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk Apr 14, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:21 Shane Parrish This conversation focuses on poker, investing, decision-making, the culture of Silicon Valley,

#79 Esther Wojcicki: The “TRICK” to Raising Successful People Mar 17, 2020 · 1 mention

#56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success Apr 16, 2019 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:21:21 Shane Parrish I mean, you're, you're, Silicon Valley is one of the hotbeds of the world for talent. 3 times in the scene

#32 Patrick Collison: Earning Your Stripes May 2, 2018 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 1:25:55 Shane Parrish I want to talk a little bit about the future of e-commerce and maybe Silicon Valley culture, uh, and I know we've got to end soon, but talk to me about how payments, you foresee them changing from not only the customer perspective, but…
  • ▶ 1:38:24 Shane Parrish Would you, how would you make an argument right now that San Francisco or Silicon Valley is doing that? 4 times in the scene
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