Joe Lonsdale · Business

Joe Lonsdale

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Episodes

The speakers discuss their experiences with venture capital investments, noting that educational software and healthcare IT have historically yielded the least success due to systemic barriers and "kludgy" payment systems. They also touch upon other "too popular" investment areas like green tech and marijuana-related b...

Lean Startup vs. Fat Startup: How to Succeed like Palantir & SpaceX

21 Apr 2025

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Joe and Steve Blank discuss the application of Lean Startup principles to the defense sector, contrasting it with traditional Silicon Valley approaches. Steve Blank uses SpaceX as an example of an "ambidextrous organization" that balances operational excellence with rapid innovation, even through "blowing stuff up." Th...

Tariffs, DOGE & Fixing America: Peter Thiel's Skeptic Solutions

17 Apr 2025

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This episode explores the challenges of progress in various sectors of American society and the opportunities arising from systemic dysfunction. Against the backdrop of a conversation between Joe Lonsdale and Peter Thiel, the discussion highlights the stagnation in fields like education and healthcare, contrasting the...

Peter Thiel on Trump’s Trade and Tariff Policy

14 Apr 2025

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The United States is initiating a radical reset of its economic relationship with China through aggressive tariff policies to address deep-seated trade imbalances and geopolitical rivalries. China accounts for approximately half of the U.S. trade deficit when accounting for both bilateral trade and indirect component a...