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 - Intro5:08 - On Investing vs Operating and Being a Player7:34 - Trust and Direct Distribution10:45 - Legacy Media and the Techlash17:24 - What is Turpentine18:41 - Lessons From 1000 Interviews20:59 - The Printing Press, Barbells, and the Future of Media25:22 - Pre-Internet Journalism and Survival of the Fittest Ideas28:44 - Creator Monetization and Price Discrimination34:55 - Does Media Have a Direction?41:44 - Tailwinds and Turpentine at Scale49:37 - Creating More Startups and Understanding Risk54:24 - Is Entrepreneurship Founder or Market Limited?59:04 - What Do Most People Get Wrong About Community Building?1:01:34 - Probabilistic vs Deterministic Mindsets1:04:29 - On Faith over Logic1:08:06 - Modernity and God Shaped Holes1:10:44 - The Hypocrisy of Elites1:13:30 - Asking Erik Questions He Asks People1:15:40 - What Should More People be Thinking About?

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