#52 - Erik Torenberg

Erik Torenberg is a technology entrepreneur and investor.
Presently, he’s the founder of Turpentine. Previously, he was the chairman of On Deck, co-founder and general partner at Village Global, and first employee at Product Hunt.

0:00 - Intro
5:08 - On Investing vs Operating and Being a Player
7:34 - Trust and Direct Distribution
10:45 - Legacy Media and the Techlash
17:24 - What is Turpentine
18:41 - Lessons From 1000 Interviews
20:59 - The Printing Press, Barbells, and the Future of Media
25:22 - Pre-Internet Journalism and Survival of the Fittest Ideas
28:44 - Creator Monetization and Price Discrimination
34:55 - Does Media Have a Direction?
41:44 - Tailwinds and Turpentine at Scale
49:37 - Creating More Startups and Understanding Risk
54:24 - Is Entrepreneurship Founder or Market Limited?
59:04 - What Do Most People Get Wrong About Community Building?
1:01:34 - Probabilistic vs Deterministic Mindsets
1:04:29 - On Faith over Logic
1:08:06 - Modernity and God Shaped Holes
1:10:44 - The Hypocrisy of Elites
1:13:30 - Asking Erik Questions He Asks People
1:15:40 - What Should More People be Thinking About?

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