Varun Mayya https://www.youtube.com/@VarunMayya en Science and business follow the same principles and are practically the same thing - you experiment, you observe, you make conclusions, and you repeat. I help entrepreneurs build software, content, small companies, and freelancing careers with actionable advice. I try my best to distill new developments in technology for the masses. Most importantly, I practice what I preach. I failed countless times on countless projects with a few small wins, and I have come to realise that this is the norm :)Collabs: teamvarunmayya@gmail.comLinks:Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayya https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/4c49a708-b6f7-11f1-ac36-7fc143fd6674/image/3d111637683f8ad4027561a4ec492412.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Varun Mayya https://www.youtube.com/@VarunMayya no episodic Varun Mayya Science and business follow the same principles and are practically the same thing - you experiment, you observe, you make conclusions, and you repeat. I help entrepreneurs build software, content, small companies, and freelancing careers with actionable advice. I try my best to distill new developments in technology for the masses. Most importantly, I practice what I preach. I failed countless times on countless projects with a few small wins, and I have come to realise that this is the norm :)Collabs: teamvarunmayya@gmail.comLinks:Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayya Science and business follow the same principles and are practically the same thing - you experiment, you observe, you make conclusions, and you repeat.
I help entrepreneurs build software, content, small companies, and freelancing careers with actionable advice. I try my best to distill new developments in technology for the masses. Most importantly, I practice what I preach. I failed countless times on countless projects with a few small wins, and I have come to realise that this is the norm :)

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]]> Varun Mayya wauntedlabrador7777@gmail.com Career Advice For A World After AI AI is reshaping careers faster than we can blink, and it's not just about coding anymore. With AI now outperforming 93% of programmers, the job market is shifting dramatically. This video breaks down how the landscape is changing, exploring why distribution and customer insights are becoming the new superpowers, and how content creators might just be the next big winners. We're diving into the evolution of traditional coding jobs, the rise of AI management roles, how to adapt your skills for the AI era, and the unexpected winners in this new landscape. Whether you're a student, professional, or just tech-curious, this video is your quick guide to navigating the AI-driven future of work. Ready to future-proof your career? Hit play and let's explore the tech that's reshaping our professional world. Uploaded 01-10-2400:00 - The tutorial maker trap01:05 - Predicting AI's impact on creativity04:34 - Experimenting with AI agents07:38 - GPT o1 reasoning breakthrough08:34 - The end of traditional coding09:28 - Shifting to outcome-based work11:55 - Why I became a content creator13:09 - Our AI content production system16:18 - Pyjama Profit: Right and wrong17:57 - The power of independent thinking20:01 - Embracing managerial responsibility21:04 - Aligning with true customer needs22:23 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya AI is reshaping careers faster than we can blink, and it's not just about coding anymore. With AI now outperforming 93% of programmers, the job market is shifting dramatically. This video breaks down how the landscape is changing, exploring why distribution and customer insights are becoming the new superpowers, and how content creators might just be the next big winners. We're diving into the evolution of traditional coding jobs, the rise of AI management roles, how to adapt your skills for the AI era, and the unexpected winners in this new landscape. Whether you're a student, professional, or just tech-curious, this video is your quick guide to navigating the AI-driven future of work. Ready to future-proof your career? Hit play and let's explore the tech that's reshaping our professional world. Uploaded 01-10-2400:00 - The tutorial maker trap01:05 - Predicting AI's impact on creativity04:34 - Experimenting with AI agents07:38 - GPT o1 reasoning breakthrough08:34 - The end of traditional coding09:28 - Shifting to outcome-based work11:55 - Why I became a content creator13:09 - Our AI content production system16:18 - Pyjama Profit: Right and wrong17:57 - The power of independent thinking20:01 - Embracing managerial responsibility21:04 - Aligning with true customer needs22:23 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices AI is reshaping careers faster than we can blink, and it's not just about coding anymore. With AI now outperforming 93% of programmers, the job market is shifting dramatically. This video breaks down how the landscape is changing, exploring why distribution and customer insights are becoming the new superpowers, and how content creators might just be the next big winners. We're diving into the evolution of traditional coding jobs, the rise of AI management roles, how to adapt your skills for the AI era, and the unexpected winners in this new landscape. Whether you're a student, professional, or just tech-curious, this video is your quick guide to navigating the AI-driven future of work. Ready to future-proof your career? Hit play and let's explore the tech that's reshaping our professional world.

Uploaded 01-10-24

00:00 - The tutorial maker trap
01:05 - Predicting AI's impact on creativity
04:34 - Experimenting with AI agents
07:38 - GPT o1 reasoning breakthrough
08:34 - The end of traditional coding
09:28 - Shifting to outcome-based work
11:55 - Why I became a content creator
13:09 - Our AI content production system
16:18 - Pyjama Profit: Right and wrong
17:57 - The power of independent thinking
20:01 - Embracing managerial responsibility
21:04 - Aligning with true customer needs
22:23 - Conclusion



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]]> 1611 no How to make a Human Apex Predator Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 894 no How Distribution Can 10x Your Luck, Career and Income | KATA 10 Check Out GenC: https://forms.genc.club/r/wv7y08?utm_source=vm_julyUploaded 16-07-26In this Kata, we talk about one of the most important ideas we've learned after building content for years: distribution. We discuss why it's often more valuable than the product itself, how it creates opportunities that you can't predict, and why building an audience is really about building trust over time, not just chasing views.We also break down how people actually make decisions. From buying products to hiring people, we explore why repeated exposure matters, why content rarely gives instant results, and how trust is built through consistent touchpoints across different platforms. Along the way, we share practical ways to think about content, personal branding, and growing a business in the long run.Finally, we look at what separates content that performs from content that doesn't. We discuss the metrics that actually matter, common mistakes companies make, why many businesses still underestimate content, and why playing the long game almost always wins. If you're trying to build a company, grow your career, or simply get more people to know your work, this Kata is a good place to start.00:00 Intro00:57 Distribution is 10x more valuable than product04:07 How we made superstars out of nobodies05:04 All your success is luck07:46 Build yourself a lightning catcher09:51 What a big audience actually gets you12:42 The difference between content and distribution15:47 Is trust even measurable20:49 The exact number of touchpoints you need27:25 How to know if your content is working34:54 Why marketing managers won't do this37:54 Summary and closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Check Out GenC: https://forms.genc.club/r/wv7y08?utm_source=vm_julyUploaded 16-07-26In this Kata, we talk about one of the most important ideas we've learned after building content for years: distribution. We discuss why it's often more valuable than the product itself, how it creates opportunities that you can't predict, and why building an audience is really about building trust over time, not just chasing views.We also break down how people actually make decisions. From buying products to hiring people, we explore why repeated exposure matters, why content rarely gives instant results, and how trust is built through consistent touchpoints across different platforms. Along the way, we share practical ways to think about content, personal branding, and growing a business in the long run.Finally, we look at what separates content that performs from content that doesn't. We discuss the metrics that actually matter, common mistakes companies make, why many businesses still underestimate content, and why playing the long game almost always wins. If you're trying to build a company, grow your career, or simply get more people to know your work, this Kata is a good place to start.00:00 Intro00:57 Distribution is 10x more valuable than product04:07 How we made superstars out of nobodies05:04 All your success is luck07:46 Build yourself a lightning catcher09:51 What a big audience actually gets you12:42 The difference between content and distribution15:47 Is trust even measurable20:49 The exact number of touchpoints you need27:25 How to know if your content is working34:54 Why marketing managers won't do this37:54 Summary and closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Check Out GenC: https://forms.genc.club/r/wv7y08?utm_source=vm_july

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In this Kata, we talk about one of the most important ideas we've learned after building content for years: distribution. We discuss why it's often more valuable than the product itself, how it creates opportunities that you can't predict, and why building an audience is really about building trust over time, not just chasing views.

We also break down how people actually make decisions. From buying products to hiring people, we explore why repeated exposure matters, why content rarely gives instant results, and how trust is built through consistent touchpoints across different platforms. Along the way, we share practical ways to think about content, personal branding, and growing a business in the long run.

Finally, we look at what separates content that performs from content that doesn't. We discuss the metrics that actually matter, common mistakes companies make, why many businesses still underestimate content, and why playing the long game almost always wins. If you're trying to build a company, grow your career, or simply get more people to know your work, this Kata is a good place to start.

00:00 Intro
00:57 Distribution is 10x more valuable than product
04:07 How we made superstars out of nobodies
05:04 All your success is luck
07:46 Build yourself a lightning catcher
09:51 What a big audience actually gets you
12:42 The difference between content and distribution
15:47 Is trust even measurable
20:49 The exact number of touchpoints you need
27:25 How to know if your content is working
34:54 Why marketing managers won't do this
37:54 Summary and closing



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]]> 2707 no How to Automate ANYTHING with AI (N8N Tutorial) Head over to https://hostinger.com/in/varun and use the promo code VARUN to get 10% off on 12 months and above plans and use VARUN15 to save 15% for 24 months and above plans at checkout!Uploaded 25-09-25In this video, we show you how to use n8n, an open-source visual workflow automation tool that’s quickly becoming the go-to alternative to Zapier in the AI era. Because instead of writing code, n8n lets you drag and drop nodes to connect apps, services, and APIs, making it easy to automate complex workflows across marketing, tech, or personal use cases.We’ll start with the basics… what n8n is, how workflows work, and how you can set up your own automation server on Hostinger for unlimited workflows at a fraction of the cost of cloud solutions. From there, you’ll learn step by step how to build a simple workflow, followed by a more advanced one that integrates Telegram, Google Calendar, and AI agents to automatically schedule meetings.Then, we’ll also go beyond just theory. Debugging errors, working with JSON templates, setting up APIs, and showing you exactly how automation plays out in real time. You’ll also see how to bring in AI decision-making with models like Google Gemini, and how to handle both text and voice inputs in your automations.Finally, we’ll explore a second, more creative workflow: using n8n to turn Reddit posts into fully automated AI-generated videos with avatars, voiceovers, and auto-publishing pipelines.Watch the video till the end to understand everything you need to start building your own workflows and running parts of your life or business on autopilot.Links to the workflows: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17x8MESQyQCuxrPnZN_-2hrWBwY4NVcl_?usp=sharing00:00 - Introduction00:50 - What is n8n and core concepts (JSON, workflows, nodes)02:46 - Setting up n8n with Hostinger03:58 - Creating the first workflow05:56 - Understanding workflow and debugging errors17:11 - Setting up API credentials21:03 - Exploring existing n8n workflow templates22:48 - Advanced workflow: Reddit to AI video automation27:04 - Best practices and knowing when to use automation vs humans28:09 - Final thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Head over to https://hostinger.com/in/varun and use the promo code VARUN to get 10% off on 12 months and above plans and use VARUN15 to save 15% for 24 months and above plans at checkout!Uploaded 25-09-25In this video, we show you how to use n8n, an open-source visual workflow automation tool that’s quickly becoming the go-to alternative to Zapier in the AI era. Because instead of writing code, n8n lets you drag and drop nodes to connect apps, services, and APIs, making it easy to automate complex workflows across marketing, tech, or personal use cases.We’ll start with the basics… what n8n is, how workflows work, and how you can set up your own automation server on Hostinger for unlimited workflows at a fraction of the cost of cloud solutions. From there, you’ll learn step by step how to build a simple workflow, followed by a more advanced one that integrates Telegram, Google Calendar, and AI agents to automatically schedule meetings.Then, we’ll also go beyond just theory. Debugging errors, working with JSON templates, setting up APIs, and showing you exactly how automation plays out in real time. You’ll also see how to bring in AI decision-making with models like Google Gemini, and how to handle both text and voice inputs in your automations.Finally, we’ll explore a second, more creative workflow: using n8n to turn Reddit posts into fully automated AI-generated videos with avatars, voiceovers, and auto-publishing pipelines.Watch the video till the end to understand everything you need to start building your own workflows and running parts of your life or business on autopilot.Links to the workflows: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17x8MESQyQCuxrPnZN_-2hrWBwY4NVcl_?usp=sharing00:00 - Introduction00:50 - What is n8n and core concepts (JSON, workflows, nodes)02:46 - Setting up n8n with Hostinger03:58 - Creating the first workflow05:56 - Understanding workflow and debugging errors17:11 - Setting up API credentials21:03 - Exploring existing n8n workflow templates22:48 - Advanced workflow: Reddit to AI video automation27:04 - Best practices and knowing when to use automation vs humans28:09 - Final thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Head over to https://hostinger.com/in/varun and use the promo code VARUN to get 10% off on 12 months and above plans and use VARUN15 to save 15% for 24 months and above plans at checkout!

Uploaded 25-09-25

In this video, we show you how to use n8n, an open-source visual workflow automation tool that’s quickly becoming the go-to alternative to Zapier in the AI era. Because instead of writing code, n8n lets you drag and drop nodes to connect apps, services, and APIs, making it easy to automate complex workflows across marketing, tech, or personal use cases.

We’ll start with the basics… what n8n is, how workflows work, and how you can set up your own automation server on Hostinger for unlimited workflows at a fraction of the cost of cloud solutions. From there, you’ll learn step by step how to build a simple workflow, followed by a more advanced one that integrates Telegram, Google Calendar, and AI agents to automatically schedule meetings.

Then, we’ll also go beyond just theory. Debugging errors, working with JSON templates, setting up APIs, and showing you exactly how automation plays out in real time. You’ll also see how to bring in AI decision-making with models like Google Gemini, and how to handle both text and voice inputs in your automations.

Finally, we’ll explore a second, more creative workflow: using n8n to turn Reddit posts into fully automated AI-generated videos with avatars, voiceovers, and auto-publishing pipelines.

Watch the video till the end to understand everything you need to start building your own workflows and running parts of your life or business on autopilot.

Links to the workflows: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17x8MESQyQCuxrPnZN_-2hrWBwY4NVcl_?usp=sharing

00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - What is n8n and core concepts (JSON, workflows, nodes)
02:46 - Setting up n8n with Hostinger
03:58 - Creating the first workflow
05:56 - Understanding workflow and debugging errors
17:11 - Setting up API credentials
21:03 - Exploring existing n8n workflow templates
22:48 - Advanced workflow: Reddit to AI video automation
27:04 - Best practices and knowing when to use automation vs humans
28:09 - Final thoughts



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]]> 2009 no I Review My Own 2017 Book On Freelancing In 2017, Abhinav Chhikara (founder of 10K Designers) and I wrote "Pyjama Profit" - a book that predicted the remote work revolution years before the pandemic made it mainstream. This book provided a blueprint for building a sustainable freelance career and became a guide for thousands of young professionals in India. 7 years later, we revisit our predictions and explore deep insights about creativity, personal branding, and building trust online - all predicted years before they became mainstream concepts. From pioneering remote work strategies to accurately forecasting the rise of AI, we break down what we got right and wrong about the future of work. We also share invaluable lessons about building sustainable careers on the internet and why community matters more now than ever. An insider's perspective on how freelancing has evolved from a niche concept to a global movement, and where the next opportunities might emerge.Uploaded 08-11-240:00 - Introduction to "Pyjama Profit" book from 20174:25 - Original motivation behind writing the book about freelancing10:34 - Freelance economy predictions and remote work evolution19:36 - Evolution of design industry and UI/UX transformation30:35 - Content writing and marketing industry changes41:30 - Why Product Management failed as a freelance category51:00 - Why cold emailing is no longer effective for freelancers1:18:06 - AI predictions from 2017 and their accuracy today1:22:24 - New predictions for the future of work and freelancing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:45:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In 2017, Abhinav Chhikara (founder of 10K Designers) and I wrote "Pyjama Profit" - a book that predicted the remote work revolution years before the pandemic made it mainstream. This book provided a blueprint for building a sustainable freelance career and became a guide for thousands of young professionals in India. 7 years later, we revisit our predictions and explore deep insights about creativity, personal branding, and building trust online - all predicted years before they became mainstream concepts. From pioneering remote work strategies to accurately forecasting the rise of AI, we break down what we got right and wrong about the future of work. We also share invaluable lessons about building sustainable careers on the internet and why community matters more now than ever. An insider's perspective on how freelancing has evolved from a niche concept to a global movement, and where the next opportunities might emerge.Uploaded 08-11-240:00 - Introduction to "Pyjama Profit" book from 20174:25 - Original motivation behind writing the book about freelancing10:34 - Freelance economy predictions and remote work evolution19:36 - Evolution of design industry and UI/UX transformation30:35 - Content writing and marketing industry changes41:30 - Why Product Management failed as a freelance category51:00 - Why cold emailing is no longer effective for freelancers1:18:06 - AI predictions from 2017 and their accuracy today1:22:24 - New predictions for the future of work and freelancing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In 2017, Abhinav Chhikara (founder of 10K Designers) and I wrote "Pyjama Profit" - a book that predicted the remote work revolution years before the pandemic made it mainstream. This book provided a blueprint for building a sustainable freelance career and became a guide for thousands of young professionals in India. 7 years later, we revisit our predictions and explore deep insights about creativity, personal branding, and building trust online - all predicted years before they became mainstream concepts. From pioneering remote work strategies to accurately forecasting the rise of AI, we break down what we got right and wrong about the future of work. We also share invaluable lessons about building sustainable careers on the internet and why community matters more now than ever. An insider's perspective on how freelancing has evolved from a niche concept to a global movement, and where the next opportunities might emerge.

Uploaded 08-11-24

0:00 - Introduction to "Pyjama Profit" book from 2017
4:25 - Original motivation behind writing the book about freelancing
10:34 - Freelance economy predictions and remote work evolution
19:36 - Evolution of design industry and UI/UX transformation
30:35 - Content writing and marketing industry changes
41:30 - Why Product Management failed as a freelance category
51:00 - Why cold emailing is no longer effective for freelancers
1:18:06 - AI predictions from 2017 and their accuracy today
1:22:24 - New predictions for the future of work and freelancing



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]]> 6148 no A GOOD PITCH DECK... | METASTARTUP #26 Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 28-03-19Avalon and I are not affiliated with FrontApp in any way. Don't sue me.Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 28-03-19Avalon and I are not affiliated with FrontApp in any way. Don't sue me.Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r

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Avalon and I are not affiliated with FrontApp in any way. Don't sue me.

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]]> 1240 no Why children NEED fairytales Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 375 no Indian Superman Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 398 no The Big Bang is still happening Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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]]> 375 no Hacking Neuroscience to be Happy Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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]]> 428 no HOW TO REACH ANY EDITOR AT FORBES: Cold Email 101 If you like this and want to learn more, don't forget to follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayya/Uploaded 12-07-18Tbh, email made me who I am today.Learn how drip emailing works, with a live example. Here, I show you how to use powerful email tools and common sense to help you do sales, land projects and reach absolutely anyone.Follow me on Instagram at instagram.com/thevarunmayya for more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya If you like this and want to learn more, don't forget to follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayya/Uploaded 12-07-18Tbh, email made me who I am today.Learn how drip emailing works, with a live example. Here, I show you how to use powerful email tools and common sense to help you do sales, land projects and reach absolutely anyone.Follow me on Instagram at instagram.com/thevarunmayya for more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If you like this and want to learn more, don't forget to follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayya/

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]]> 665 no Career Advice for People Who Feel Lost | Kata 7 In this session, we talk about confusion and why it is such a common problem, especially early in your career. We look at how having too many options, constant exposure to new opportunities, and fear of making the wrong choice keeps people stuck. The idea is simple, most people are not lacking ability, they are just unable to decide and commit.Uploaded 29-03-26We then break down how to deal with this. Instead of chasing everything, we focus on choosing one thing and sticking with it long enough for it to work. We also talk about the difference between being confused and actually diversifying, and why doing too many things too early reduces your impact.Finally, we look at how decisions should be made in practice. When to move fast, when to take time, and why taking action matters more than overthinking. The core idea is that clarity does not come before action, it comes after you decide and start.00:00 - Highlights00:55 - The Confusion01:23 - Hyper Gambling04:05 - Confusion vs. Diversification04:46 - Peter Thiel's 4 Quadrants08:49 - Greg McKeown's Essentialism10:43 - Gary Keller's The One Thing11:44 - The Freelancer's Trap18:57 - Clarity as Your Competitive Edge28:47 - The Anti-Confusion Playbook29:07 - One-Way Doors vs. Two-Way Doors32:34 - The Rule of Three34:03 - Growth Rate vs. Absolute Scale35:46 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this session, we talk about confusion and why it is such a common problem, especially early in your career. We look at how having too many options, constant exposure to new opportunities, and fear of making the wrong choice keeps people stuck. The idea is simple, most people are not lacking ability, they are just unable to decide and commit.Uploaded 29-03-26We then break down how to deal with this. Instead of chasing everything, we focus on choosing one thing and sticking with it long enough for it to work. We also talk about the difference between being confused and actually diversifying, and why doing too many things too early reduces your impact.Finally, we look at how decisions should be made in practice. When to move fast, when to take time, and why taking action matters more than overthinking. The core idea is that clarity does not come before action, it comes after you decide and start.00:00 - Highlights00:55 - The Confusion01:23 - Hyper Gambling04:05 - Confusion vs. Diversification04:46 - Peter Thiel's 4 Quadrants08:49 - Greg McKeown's Essentialism10:43 - Gary Keller's The One Thing11:44 - The Freelancer's Trap18:57 - Clarity as Your Competitive Edge28:47 - The Anti-Confusion Playbook29:07 - One-Way Doors vs. Two-Way Doors32:34 - The Rule of Three34:03 - Growth Rate vs. Absolute Scale35:46 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this session, we talk about confusion and why it is such a common problem, especially early in your career. We look at how having too many options, constant exposure to new opportunities, and fear of making the wrong choice keeps people stuck. The idea is simple, most people are not lacking ability, they are just unable to decide and commit.

Uploaded 29-03-26

We then break down how to deal with this. Instead of chasing everything, we focus on choosing one thing and sticking with it long enough for it to work. We also talk about the difference between being confused and actually diversifying, and why doing too many things too early reduces your impact.

Finally, we look at how decisions should be made in practice. When to move fast, when to take time, and why taking action matters more than overthinking. The core idea is that clarity does not come before action, it comes after you decide and start.

00:00 - Highlights
00:55 - The Confusion
01:23 - Hyper Gambling
04:05 - Confusion vs. Diversification
04:46 - Peter Thiel's 4 Quadrants
08:49 - Greg McKeown's Essentialism
10:43 - Gary Keller's The One Thing
11:44 - The Freelancer's Trap
18:57 - Clarity as Your Competitive Edge
28:47 - The Anti-Confusion Playbook
29:07 - One-Way Doors vs. Two-Way Doors
32:34 - The Rule of Three
34:03 - Growth Rate vs. Absolute Scale
35:46 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 2610 no How To Take Risk Like Rich People Do (1 Hour Masterclass) | Kata 9 In this Kata, we break down how risk actually works in real life, especially in careers and business. We move away from the idea that success comes from taking big risks, and instead focus on understanding risk properly, reducing it over time, and making better decisions.Uploaded 20-04-26We then look at how decisions should be made in practice. Instead of overthinking or guessing, the focus is on running small experiments, learning from real results, and adjusting as you go. We also cover the gap between what people say they want and what they actually do, and why observing real behavior gives better clarity.Finally, we bring it together into a simple approach. Keep your downside limited, avoid decisions that close future options, and only scale what is working. The idea is not to remove risk, but to manage it in a way where you stay in the game long enough to benefit from the upside.0:00 - Intro 2:55 - What this episode covers3:33 - Everything in life is risk6:03 - Content dampens effect of luck7:05 - Stated vs revealed preference7:59 - Spot permanent behavior shifts9:29 - Timeless human nature stays constant13:06 - Risk is what you missed14:35 - Think in probabilities, not binaries16:18 - GTO: cheap experiments, high payoff18:08 - Startup funding stages explained23:24 - How Aeos staged its risks27:40 - Two-year career outcome modeling33:40 - Never burn irreversible bridges35:05 - Fake vs real optionality40:06 - Second-level thinking on crowds41:38 - Always have shock absorbers45:12 - Three stories on risk and randomness 48:15 - Infosys shares story49:35 - How venture backed founders make money 50:56 - Loss aversion hurts more53:31 - Keep 80-90% ultra safe56:12 - Medium risk wipes you out57:43 - Productive paranoia in good times1:00:10 - Skill domains vs random domains1:02:01 - The antidote to risk1:07:14 Summary and closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this Kata, we break down how risk actually works in real life, especially in careers and business. We move away from the idea that success comes from taking big risks, and instead focus on understanding risk properly, reducing it over time, and making better decisions.Uploaded 20-04-26We then look at how decisions should be made in practice. Instead of overthinking or guessing, the focus is on running small experiments, learning from real results, and adjusting as you go. We also cover the gap between what people say they want and what they actually do, and why observing real behavior gives better clarity.Finally, we bring it together into a simple approach. Keep your downside limited, avoid decisions that close future options, and only scale what is working. The idea is not to remove risk, but to manage it in a way where you stay in the game long enough to benefit from the upside.0:00 - Intro 2:55 - What this episode covers3:33 - Everything in life is risk6:03 - Content dampens effect of luck7:05 - Stated vs revealed preference7:59 - Spot permanent behavior shifts9:29 - Timeless human nature stays constant13:06 - Risk is what you missed14:35 - Think in probabilities, not binaries16:18 - GTO: cheap experiments, high payoff18:08 - Startup funding stages explained23:24 - How Aeos staged its risks27:40 - Two-year career outcome modeling33:40 - Never burn irreversible bridges35:05 - Fake vs real optionality40:06 - Second-level thinking on crowds41:38 - Always have shock absorbers45:12 - Three stories on risk and randomness 48:15 - Infosys shares story49:35 - How venture backed founders make money 50:56 - Loss aversion hurts more53:31 - Keep 80-90% ultra safe56:12 - Medium risk wipes you out57:43 - Productive paranoia in good times1:00:10 - Skill domains vs random domains1:02:01 - The antidote to risk1:07:14 Summary and closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this Kata, we break down how risk actually works in real life, especially in careers and business. We move away from the idea that success comes from taking big risks, and instead focus on understanding risk properly, reducing it over time, and making better decisions.

Uploaded 20-04-26

We then look at how decisions should be made in practice. Instead of overthinking or guessing, the focus is on running small experiments, learning from real results, and adjusting as you go. We also cover the gap between what people say they want and what they actually do, and why observing real behavior gives better clarity.

Finally, we bring it together into a simple approach. Keep your downside limited, avoid decisions that close future options, and only scale what is working. The idea is not to remove risk, but to manage it in a way where you stay in the game long enough to benefit from the upside.

0:00 - Intro
2:55 - What this episode covers
3:33 - Everything in life is risk
6:03 - Content dampens effect of luck
7:05 - Stated vs revealed preference
7:59 - Spot permanent behavior shifts
9:29 - Timeless human nature stays constant
13:06 - Risk is what you missed
14:35 - Think in probabilities, not binaries
16:18 - GTO: cheap experiments, high payoff
18:08 - Startup funding stages explained
23:24 - How Aeos staged its risks
27:40 - Two-year career outcome modeling
33:40 - Never burn irreversible bridges
35:05 - Fake vs real optionality
40:06 - Second-level thinking on crowds
41:38 - Always have shock absorbers
45:12 - Three stories on risk and randomness
48:15 - Infosys shares story
49:35 - How venture backed founders make money
50:56 - Loss aversion hurts more
53:31 - Keep 80-90% ultra safe
56:12 - Medium risk wipes you out
57:43 - Productive paranoia in good times
1:00:10 - Skill domains vs random domains
1:02:01 - The antidote to risk
1:07:14 Summary and closing



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]]> 4469 no SOME FOLLOW-UP TIPS FOR SALES | METASTARTUP #27 Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 04-05-19Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 04-05-19Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r

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]]> 354 no ALL THE PARTS OF A STARTUP! | METASTARTUP #17 I HAVE EXCITING NEWS! DO NOT FORGET to follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 01-01-19Want to know what a startup is made of? Here you go!Join the Facebook group (it's free): https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya I HAVE EXCITING NEWS! DO NOT FORGET to follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 01-01-19Want to know what a startup is made of? Here you go!Join the Facebook group (it's free): https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices I HAVE EXCITING NEWS! DO NOT FORGET to follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayya

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]]> 2044 no Why Indian Startups Are Unprofitable | KATA 6 Welcome to the sixth session of the 16-Kata series. This one takes on one of the most quietly destructive problems in business and life: attribution. Figuring out what's actually responsible for your success or failure, and why most people get it completely wrong.Uploaded 09-03-26The session walks through how Nike lost $25 billion by chasing what was easy to measure over what actually built the brand, why Indian startups stay unprofitable by overdosing on performance marketing, and why tools like coupon codes, ROAS, and "how did you hear about us" forms give you garbage data. It also applies the same lens to life, challenging ideas like "hard work leads to success" and "the best product wins" as textbook poor attribution, and asking a room spending 10 lakhs on degrees whether those degrees had anything to do with where they are today.Whether you're in marketing, building a company, or just trying to figure out why certain decisions aren't paying off the way you expected, learning how to attribute correctly changes how you spend your money, your time, and your energy. If you're optimizing the wrong inputs in your business or your life, this one's for you.00:00 - Highlights00:59 - What Is Attribution?03:40 - Creators Who Steal Credit05:06 - ROAS Is Killing Your Brand07:50 - How Nike Lost $25 Billion09:52 - The Performance Marketing Death Spiral13:20 - Your Survey Data Is Lying to You16:50 - The Proxy Attribution Hack18:31 - Shares Are the Only Metric That Matters20:48 - How People Actually Buy Things24:00 - Bad Products Advertise for Competitors25:08 - The Only Attribution Method That Works26:36 - Did Your Degree Even Matter?29:00 - There's No Single Path to Success34:32 - Hard Work Is Not Enough36:00 - The Actual Formula for Business Success37:43 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Welcome to the sixth session of the 16-Kata series. This one takes on one of the most quietly destructive problems in business and life: attribution. Figuring out what's actually responsible for your success or failure, and why most people get it completely wrong.Uploaded 09-03-26The session walks through how Nike lost $25 billion by chasing what was easy to measure over what actually built the brand, why Indian startups stay unprofitable by overdosing on performance marketing, and why tools like coupon codes, ROAS, and "how did you hear about us" forms give you garbage data. It also applies the same lens to life, challenging ideas like "hard work leads to success" and "the best product wins" as textbook poor attribution, and asking a room spending 10 lakhs on degrees whether those degrees had anything to do with where they are today.Whether you're in marketing, building a company, or just trying to figure out why certain decisions aren't paying off the way you expected, learning how to attribute correctly changes how you spend your money, your time, and your energy. If you're optimizing the wrong inputs in your business or your life, this one's for you.00:00 - Highlights00:59 - What Is Attribution?03:40 - Creators Who Steal Credit05:06 - ROAS Is Killing Your Brand07:50 - How Nike Lost $25 Billion09:52 - The Performance Marketing Death Spiral13:20 - Your Survey Data Is Lying to You16:50 - The Proxy Attribution Hack18:31 - Shares Are the Only Metric That Matters20:48 - How People Actually Buy Things24:00 - Bad Products Advertise for Competitors25:08 - The Only Attribution Method That Works26:36 - Did Your Degree Even Matter?29:00 - There's No Single Path to Success34:32 - Hard Work Is Not Enough36:00 - The Actual Formula for Business Success37:43 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome to the sixth session of the 16-Kata series. This one takes on one of the most quietly destructive problems in business and life: attribution. Figuring out what's actually responsible for your success or failure, and why most people get it completely wrong.

Uploaded 09-03-26

The session walks through how Nike lost $25 billion by chasing what was easy to measure over what actually built the brand, why Indian startups stay unprofitable by overdosing on performance marketing, and why tools like coupon codes, ROAS, and "how did you hear about us" forms give you garbage data. It also applies the same lens to life, challenging ideas like "hard work leads to success" and "the best product wins" as textbook poor attribution, and asking a room spending 10 lakhs on degrees whether those degrees had anything to do with where they are today.

Whether you're in marketing, building a company, or just trying to figure out why certain decisions aren't paying off the way you expected, learning how to attribute correctly changes how you spend your money, your time, and your energy. If you're optimizing the wrong inputs in your business or your life, this one's for you.

00:00 - Highlights
00:59 - What Is Attribution?
03:40 - Creators Who Steal Credit
05:06 - ROAS Is Killing Your Brand
07:50 - How Nike Lost $25 Billion
09:52 - The Performance Marketing Death Spiral
13:20 - Your Survey Data Is Lying to You
16:50 - The Proxy Attribution Hack
18:31 - Shares Are the Only Metric That Matters
20:48 - How People Actually Buy Things
24:00 - Bad Products Advertise for Competitors
25:08 - The Only Attribution Method That Works
26:36 - Did Your Degree Even Matter?
29:00 - There's No Single Path to Success
34:32 - Hard Work Is Not Enough
36:00 - The Actual Formula for Business Success
37:43 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 2727 no Quantum Suicide Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 630 no WHAT TYPE OF STARTUP ARE YOU? | METASTARTUP #16 Download the slide deck in the Facebook group below:https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889/Uploaded 21-12-18Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaIn this video we talk products vs services, and hybrid startups! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 01:45:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Download the slide deck in the Facebook group below:https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889/Uploaded 21-12-18Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaIn this video we talk products vs services, and hybrid startups! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Download the slide deck in the Facebook group below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889/

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In this video we talk products vs services, and hybrid startups!



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]]> 882 no 5 Apps I Built With AI to Run My 500-Person Company Try Lovable here: https://lovable.link/4zzDmvc, they're the sponsors of today's video but regardless the usecases displayed in the video are ones we use every day.Uploaded 06-07-26In this video, we explore how AI coding tools have evolved and what they actually mean for software teams today. Instead of talking about the future in theory, we walk through the internal tools we’ve built at AEOS using Lovable, and where this approach genuinely works today.We show how we built dashboards to track content performance, onboarding systems for new employees, equipment management tools, internal knowledge bases, and hiring software, all with AI-assisted development. Along the way, we discuss where AI can already replace weeks of development work, where human engineers are still essential, and how teams can think about risk when deciding what to build with these tools.More than anything, this is a conversation about how software development is changing. We discuss what the role of engineers could look like in the years ahead, why building internal tools has become much easier, and how businesses of every size can use AI to move faster without needing massive engineering teams. If you’ve been wondering where AI coding tools actually fit into the real world, this is a good place to start.00:00 - Introduction02:45 - App 0107:13 - App 0214:03 - App 0318:38 - App 0421:18 - App 0527:41 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Try Lovable here: https://lovable.link/4zzDmvc, they're the sponsors of today's video but regardless the usecases displayed in the video are ones we use every day.Uploaded 06-07-26In this video, we explore how AI coding tools have evolved and what they actually mean for software teams today. Instead of talking about the future in theory, we walk through the internal tools we’ve built at AEOS using Lovable, and where this approach genuinely works today.We show how we built dashboards to track content performance, onboarding systems for new employees, equipment management tools, internal knowledge bases, and hiring software, all with AI-assisted development. Along the way, we discuss where AI can already replace weeks of development work, where human engineers are still essential, and how teams can think about risk when deciding what to build with these tools.More than anything, this is a conversation about how software development is changing. We discuss what the role of engineers could look like in the years ahead, why building internal tools has become much easier, and how businesses of every size can use AI to move faster without needing massive engineering teams. If you’ve been wondering where AI coding tools actually fit into the real world, this is a good place to start.00:00 - Introduction02:45 - App 0107:13 - App 0214:03 - App 0318:38 - App 0421:18 - App 0527:41 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Try Lovable here: https://lovable.link/4zzDmvc, they're the sponsors of today's video but regardless the usecases displayed in the video are ones we use every day.

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In this video, we explore how AI coding tools have evolved and what they actually mean for software teams today. Instead of talking about the future in theory, we walk through the internal tools we’ve built at AEOS using Lovable, and where this approach genuinely works today.

We show how we built dashboards to track content performance, onboarding systems for new employees, equipment management tools, internal knowledge bases, and hiring software, all with AI-assisted development. Along the way, we discuss where AI can already replace weeks of development work, where human engineers are still essential, and how teams can think about risk when deciding what to build with these tools.

More than anything, this is a conversation about how software development is changing. We discuss what the role of engineers could look like in the years ahead, why building internal tools has become much easier, and how businesses of every size can use AI to move faster without needing massive engineering teams. If you’ve been wondering where AI coding tools actually fit into the real world, this is a good place to start.

00:00 - Introduction
02:45 - App 01
07:13 - App 02
14:03 - App 03
18:38 - App 04
21:18 - App 05
27:41 - Conclusion



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]]> 2215 no HOW TO PICK A WINNING STARTUP IDEA? | METASTARTUP #20 Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 13-01-19Here's how to pick a winning idea -- from my experiences and research from the biggest VCs and accelerators in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 13-01-19Here's how to pick a winning idea -- from my experiences and research from the biggest VCs and accelerators in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r
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Here's how to pick a winning idea -- from my experiences and research from the biggest VCs and accelerators in the world.



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]]> 1452 no Here's How You Can Use ChatGPT To Get Smarter Is AI making you dumber? New research is starting to show how AI tools actually affect the way our brains think, focus, and remember. In this video, we break down real studies, including an MIT experiment and large education research, to explain why using AI sometimes hurts learning and sometimes helps it a lot.Uploaded 24-01-26The difference is not AI itself, but how you use it. We look at what happens when AI does the work for you versus when it helps you think, why vague prompts lead to boring, generic answers, and how relying on AI without real effort weakens understanding. The video also explains how AI can slowly push everyone toward the same average ideas if you do not bring your own context and experience.We also touch upon the two modes of using tech: consumer mode and creator more. And how using an AI PC powered by Intel®️ Core™️ Ultra Processors can help you regain your lost creativity.If you use any AI tool for studying, writing, or work, this video shows how to use it in a way that actually makes you better at thinking, instead of replacing your thinking altogether.Learn more about Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors here: https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html00:00 - MIT Study - AI's Impact on Brain Activity03:06 - Context Problem with AI04:20 - AI is Making You Generic06:10 - Why Everyone Gets Same Answers06:55 - Real World Experience First10:21 - Closing thought Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Is AI making you dumber? New research is starting to show how AI tools actually affect the way our brains think, focus, and remember. In this video, we break down real studies, including an MIT experiment and large education research, to explain why using AI sometimes hurts learning and sometimes helps it a lot.Uploaded 24-01-26The difference is not AI itself, but how you use it. We look at what happens when AI does the work for you versus when it helps you think, why vague prompts lead to boring, generic answers, and how relying on AI without real effort weakens understanding. The video also explains how AI can slowly push everyone toward the same average ideas if you do not bring your own context and experience.We also touch upon the two modes of using tech: consumer mode and creator more. And how using an AI PC powered by Intel®️ Core™️ Ultra Processors can help you regain your lost creativity.If you use any AI tool for studying, writing, or work, this video shows how to use it in a way that actually makes you better at thinking, instead of replacing your thinking altogether.Learn more about Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors here: https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html00:00 - MIT Study - AI's Impact on Brain Activity03:06 - Context Problem with AI04:20 - AI is Making You Generic06:10 - Why Everyone Gets Same Answers06:55 - Real World Experience First10:21 - Closing thought Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Is AI making you dumber? New research is starting to show how AI tools actually affect the way our brains think, focus, and remember. In this video, we break down real studies, including an MIT experiment and large education research, to explain why using AI sometimes hurts learning and sometimes helps it a lot.

Uploaded 24-01-26

The difference is not AI itself, but how you use it. We look at what happens when AI does the work for you versus when it helps you think, why vague prompts lead to boring, generic answers, and how relying on AI without real effort weakens understanding. The video also explains how AI can slowly push everyone toward the same average ideas if you do not bring your own context and experience.

We also touch upon the two modes of using tech: consumer mode and creator more. And how using an AI PC powered by Intel®️ Core™️ Ultra Processors can help you regain your lost creativity.

If you use any AI tool for studying, writing, or work, this video shows how to use it in a way that actually makes you better at thinking, instead of replacing your thinking altogether.

Learn more about Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors here: https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html

00:00 - MIT Study - AI's Impact on Brain Activity
03:06 - Context Problem with AI
04:20 - AI is Making You Generic
06:10 - Why Everyone Gets Same Answers
06:55 - Real World Experience First
10:21 - Closing thought



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]]> 922 no What if Mickey Mouse was conscious? Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 428 no Best Skill to Learn in 2026 (AI Can't Replace This) Try Warp for free today at my link ➞ https://oz.dev/varunyt Uploaded 17-02-26In this video, we explain how most people misunderstand writing because they treat it as self-expression, when it is really applied psychology. We break this down through the Soham Parekh cold email example, showing how great writing works like a psychological program. We then get into the core lesson here: world-building. How the goal is not what we want to say, but what the reader actually reads.We then connect this directly to AI and prompting. How a vague prompt produces generic output because the model fills gaps with defaults, while a detailed prompt creates a clear universe with rules the AI can operate inside.The takeaway is that writing well and prompting well are the same underlying skill, and why controlled framing is one of the highest-leverage form of communication.00:00 : Intro00:48 : How To Write03:46 : Startup Founders and Conviction06:50 : World Building14:33 : Creating a New World20:28 : Storytelling Inconsistencies in Superheroes27:40 : The Power of Concrete Examples in Storytelling31:00 : Game Development Challenges33:10 : LLMs: Crafting Prompts for AI39:55 : Concluding Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Try Warp for free today at my link ➞ https://oz.dev/varunyt Uploaded 17-02-26In this video, we explain how most people misunderstand writing because they treat it as self-expression, when it is really applied psychology. We break this down through the Soham Parekh cold email example, showing how great writing works like a psychological program. We then get into the core lesson here: world-building. How the goal is not what we want to say, but what the reader actually reads.We then connect this directly to AI and prompting. How a vague prompt produces generic output because the model fills gaps with defaults, while a detailed prompt creates a clear universe with rules the AI can operate inside.The takeaway is that writing well and prompting well are the same underlying skill, and why controlled framing is one of the highest-leverage form of communication.00:00 : Intro00:48 : How To Write03:46 : Startup Founders and Conviction06:50 : World Building14:33 : Creating a New World20:28 : Storytelling Inconsistencies in Superheroes27:40 : The Power of Concrete Examples in Storytelling31:00 : Game Development Challenges33:10 : LLMs: Crafting Prompts for AI39:55 : Concluding Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Try Warp for free today at my link ➞ https://oz.dev/varunyt

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In this video, we explain how most people misunderstand writing because they treat it as self-expression, when it is really applied psychology. We break this down through the Soham Parekh cold email example, showing how great writing works like a psychological program. We then get into the core lesson here: world-building. How the goal is not what we want to say, but what the reader actually reads.

We then connect this directly to AI and prompting. How a vague prompt produces generic output because the model fills gaps with defaults, while a detailed prompt creates a clear universe with rules the AI can operate inside.

The takeaway is that writing well and prompting well are the same underlying skill, and why controlled framing is one of the highest-leverage form of communication.


00:00 : Intro
00:48 : How To Write
03:46 : Startup Founders and Conviction
06:50 : World Building
14:33 : Creating a New World
20:28 : Storytelling Inconsistencies in Superheroes
27:40 : The Power of Concrete Examples in Storytelling
31:00 : Game Development Challenges
33:10 : LLMs: Crafting Prompts for AI
39:55 : Concluding Thoughts



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]]> 2871 no What Consciousness is according to Modern Science (2019) Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 831 no Demis Hassabis On AGI, Advice For Indian Engineers, AI In Gaming and More I was honoured to sit down with Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Prof. Govindan Rangarajan, Director of IISc, to discuss how breakthroughs like AlphaFold could accelerate medicine, healthcare, and scientific progress in India.Uploaded 19-02-26We then go deeper into a harder question: scientific taste. What helps great scientists choose the right problems, and why intuition and curiosity are still so difficult for machines to replicate. We also touch on mentorship, experimentation, and why the future belongs to people who can connect ideas across disciplines rather than staying inside silos.Finally, we zoom out to discuss bigger shifts like AGI, robotics, and AI in the physical world, and what all of this means for engineers, students, and India’s role in global tech.00:00 Introduction and Audience Welcome01:33 AlphaFold's Impact on India03:17 How to Build Scientific Taste07:04 The Future of Medical AI09:40 AI and Gaming's New Golden Era13:50 How to Be a Polymath20:14 Demis Hassabis on AGI22:50 Balancing Google's Commercial Pressure vs DeepMind's Research25:00 The Future of Indian Engineers in the Age of AI28:30 The Next Big AI Breakthrough30:44 Should AI Replace or Complement Human Intelligence?34:35 Demis Hassabis on Learning to Learn35:32 Memory in LLMs vs Human Memory39:05 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya I was honoured to sit down with Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Prof. Govindan Rangarajan, Director of IISc, to discuss how breakthroughs like AlphaFold could accelerate medicine, healthcare, and scientific progress in India.Uploaded 19-02-26We then go deeper into a harder question: scientific taste. What helps great scientists choose the right problems, and why intuition and curiosity are still so difficult for machines to replicate. We also touch on mentorship, experimentation, and why the future belongs to people who can connect ideas across disciplines rather than staying inside silos.Finally, we zoom out to discuss bigger shifts like AGI, robotics, and AI in the physical world, and what all of this means for engineers, students, and India’s role in global tech.00:00 Introduction and Audience Welcome01:33 AlphaFold's Impact on India03:17 How to Build Scientific Taste07:04 The Future of Medical AI09:40 AI and Gaming's New Golden Era13:50 How to Be a Polymath20:14 Demis Hassabis on AGI22:50 Balancing Google's Commercial Pressure vs DeepMind's Research25:00 The Future of Indian Engineers in the Age of AI28:30 The Next Big AI Breakthrough30:44 Should AI Replace or Complement Human Intelligence?34:35 Demis Hassabis on Learning to Learn35:32 Memory in LLMs vs Human Memory39:05 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices I was honoured to sit down with Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, and Prof. Govindan Rangarajan, Director of IISc, to discuss how breakthroughs like AlphaFold could accelerate medicine, healthcare, and scientific progress in India.

Uploaded 19-02-26

We then go deeper into a harder question: scientific taste. What helps great scientists choose the right problems, and why intuition and curiosity are still so difficult for machines to replicate. We also touch on mentorship, experimentation, and why the future belongs to people who can connect ideas across disciplines rather than staying inside silos.

Finally, we zoom out to discuss bigger shifts like AGI, robotics, and AI in the physical world, and what all of this means for engineers, students, and India’s role in global tech.

00:00 Introduction and Audience Welcome
01:33 AlphaFold's Impact on India
03:17 How to Build Scientific Taste
07:04 The Future of Medical AI
09:40 AI and Gaming's New Golden Era
13:50 How to Be a Polymath
20:14 Demis Hassabis on AGI
22:50 Balancing Google's Commercial Pressure vs DeepMind's Research
25:00 The Future of Indian Engineers in the Age of AI
28:30 The Next Big AI Breakthrough
30:44 Should AI Replace or Complement Human Intelligence?
34:35 Demis Hassabis on Learning to Learn
35:32 Memory in LLMs vs Human Memory
39:05 Closing Thoughts



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]]> 2762 no Your brain is scamming you Credit to https://twitter.com/foone for inspiring me to do this video. Uploaded 12-07-19Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Credit to https://twitter.com/foone for inspiring me to do this video. Uploaded 12-07-19Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Credit to https://twitter.com/foone for inspiring me to do this video.

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Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 635 no The Ultimate Guide To Cold Calling | Metastartup #24 If you're in a rush and don't want to know the stats, the sequence starts at 9:50Uploaded 10-02-19Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889More reading:https://www.saleshacker.com/cold-call-statistics/http://www.gong.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cold-Call-Deck.pdfhttps://www.gong.io/blog/cold-calling-tips/https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2015/04/sales-hierarchy-lead-data-needs-gp.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya If you're in a rush and don't want to know the stats, the sequence starts at 9:50Uploaded 10-02-19Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889More reading:https://www.saleshacker.com/cold-call-statistics/http://www.gong.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cold-Call-Deck.pdfhttps://www.gong.io/blog/cold-calling-tips/https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2015/04/sales-hierarchy-lead-data-needs-gp.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices If you're in a rush and don't want to know the stats, the sequence starts at 9:50

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http://www.gong.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cold-Call-Deck.pdf
https://www.gong.io/blog/cold-calling-tips/
https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2015/04/sales-hierarchy-lead-data-needs-gp.html



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]]> 1485 no Peyush Bansal on UPI Payments in Glasses, IPO Criticism and More! In this episode, Peyush Bansal sits down to talk about Lenskart’s IPO, the debate around its valuation, and why he believes the company has been priced fairly despite market chatter. He explains how Lenskart’s profitability, strong unit economics, and sustained growth make it stand apart from most consumer tech listings that were still loss-making when they went public.Uploaded 02-11-25We then get into how the company grew from a small tech-led eyewear startup into a global brand through vertical integration, manufacturing, and customer obsession. Peyush also discusses the next frontier, smart glasses, built in partnership with Qualcomm, and how India could lead this new form factor by developing full-stack hardware and software locally.The conversation then goes beyond business metrics to explore his Shark Tank experience, lessons in scaling culture, counterintuitive insights on Indian consumers, and how he stays grounded amid success, criticism, and the chaos of IPO day.00:00 - Intro00:52 - IPO Launch Day Experience02:18 - The Valuation Debate08:22 - Shark Tank Impact09:48 - Lenskart Origin Story13:49 - Evolution from Startup to Global Company16:38 - Smart Glasses and Future of Computing25:29 - The Road to Profitability29:05 - Post-IPO Team Motivation32:37 - Counter-Intuitive Consumer Insights38:04 - Dealing with Success and Criticism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this episode, Peyush Bansal sits down to talk about Lenskart’s IPO, the debate around its valuation, and why he believes the company has been priced fairly despite market chatter. He explains how Lenskart’s profitability, strong unit economics, and sustained growth make it stand apart from most consumer tech listings that were still loss-making when they went public.Uploaded 02-11-25We then get into how the company grew from a small tech-led eyewear startup into a global brand through vertical integration, manufacturing, and customer obsession. Peyush also discusses the next frontier, smart glasses, built in partnership with Qualcomm, and how India could lead this new form factor by developing full-stack hardware and software locally.The conversation then goes beyond business metrics to explore his Shark Tank experience, lessons in scaling culture, counterintuitive insights on Indian consumers, and how he stays grounded amid success, criticism, and the chaos of IPO day.00:00 - Intro00:52 - IPO Launch Day Experience02:18 - The Valuation Debate08:22 - Shark Tank Impact09:48 - Lenskart Origin Story13:49 - Evolution from Startup to Global Company16:38 - Smart Glasses and Future of Computing25:29 - The Road to Profitability29:05 - Post-IPO Team Motivation32:37 - Counter-Intuitive Consumer Insights38:04 - Dealing with Success and Criticism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, Peyush Bansal sits down to talk about Lenskart’s IPO, the debate around its valuation, and why he believes the company has been priced fairly despite market chatter. He explains how Lenskart’s profitability, strong unit economics, and sustained growth make it stand apart from most consumer tech listings that were still loss-making when they went public.

Uploaded 02-11-25

We then get into how the company grew from a small tech-led eyewear startup into a global brand through vertical integration, manufacturing, and customer obsession. Peyush also discusses the next frontier, smart glasses, built in partnership with Qualcomm, and how India could lead this new form factor by developing full-stack hardware and software locally.

The conversation then goes beyond business metrics to explore his Shark Tank experience, lessons in scaling culture, counterintuitive insights on Indian consumers, and how he stays grounded amid success, criticism, and the chaos of IPO day.

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - IPO Launch Day Experience
02:18 - The Valuation Debate
08:22 - Shark Tank Impact
09:48 - Lenskart Origin Story
13:49 - Evolution from Startup to Global Company
16:38 - Smart Glasses and Future of Computing
25:29 - The Road to Profitability
29:05 - Post-IPO Team Motivation
32:37 - Counter-Intuitive Consumer Insights
38:04 - Dealing with Success and Criticism



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]]> 2925 no How to Build a Global Brand from India (Lessons from a Unicorn Founder) In this episode, Naveen Tewari opens up about the near-collapse of InMobi (when the company lost 40% of its revenue overnight and was weeks away from shutting down). He breaks down what it’s like to lose everything you’ve built, and how in just 45 days, he rebuilt the company from scratch.Uploaded 16-10-25He then talks about the moment he realised no one was coming to save him, how survival forces real clarity, and why the best founders think “heaven” even when they’re in hell.From getting rejected by 40+ VCs, to raising $200 million from Masa Son, to building Glance AI… this episode is a raw, unfiltered look into what it takes to stay alive when everything’s falling apart.Tune in to listen to Naveen’s timeless principles that enables him to create companies like Glance and InMobi… in today’s episode.0:00 - Introduction0:50 - Building two unicorns and raising $800M across InMobi and Glance 3:00 - Four failures before InMobi when startups meant "unemployable"5:00 - Pivoting from SMS search to mobile internet in 20088:48 - Every VC rejected mobile internet as the future11:26 - Raised $7.1M with only ₹20,000 in bank account22:55 - Decision to build globally, not just India30:00 - Lost 40% business, burned $20M per quarter41:47 - The legendary Masa story52:27 - Mukesh Ambani wanted 10 paisa calls vs McKinsey's ₹1.5058:03 - Reliance Jio invested $200M in Glance1:00:30 - InMobi today: global ads and Glance AI platform1:12:00 - Build global AI software, not just local solutions1:21:44 - At ₹10-20 crores wealth, play the biggest game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this episode, Naveen Tewari opens up about the near-collapse of InMobi (when the company lost 40% of its revenue overnight and was weeks away from shutting down). He breaks down what it’s like to lose everything you’ve built, and how in just 45 days, he rebuilt the company from scratch.Uploaded 16-10-25He then talks about the moment he realised no one was coming to save him, how survival forces real clarity, and why the best founders think “heaven” even when they’re in hell.From getting rejected by 40+ VCs, to raising $200 million from Masa Son, to building Glance AI… this episode is a raw, unfiltered look into what it takes to stay alive when everything’s falling apart.Tune in to listen to Naveen’s timeless principles that enables him to create companies like Glance and InMobi… in today’s episode.0:00 - Introduction0:50 - Building two unicorns and raising $800M across InMobi and Glance 3:00 - Four failures before InMobi when startups meant "unemployable"5:00 - Pivoting from SMS search to mobile internet in 20088:48 - Every VC rejected mobile internet as the future11:26 - Raised $7.1M with only ₹20,000 in bank account22:55 - Decision to build globally, not just India30:00 - Lost 40% business, burned $20M per quarter41:47 - The legendary Masa story52:27 - Mukesh Ambani wanted 10 paisa calls vs McKinsey's ₹1.5058:03 - Reliance Jio invested $200M in Glance1:00:30 - InMobi today: global ads and Glance AI platform1:12:00 - Build global AI software, not just local solutions1:21:44 - At ₹10-20 crores wealth, play the biggest game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, Naveen Tewari opens up about the near-collapse of InMobi (when the company lost 40% of its revenue overnight and was weeks away from shutting down). He breaks down what it’s like to lose everything you’ve built, and how in just 45 days, he rebuilt the company from scratch.

Uploaded 16-10-25

He then talks about the moment he realised no one was coming to save him, how survival forces real clarity, and why the best founders think “heaven” even when they’re in hell.

From getting rejected by 40+ VCs, to raising $200 million from Masa Son, to building Glance AI… this episode is a raw, unfiltered look into what it takes to stay alive when everything’s falling apart.

Tune in to listen to Naveen’s timeless principles that enables him to create companies like Glance and InMobi… in today’s episode.

0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Building two unicorns and raising $800M across InMobi and Glance
3:00 - Four failures before InMobi when startups meant "unemployable"
5:00 - Pivoting from SMS search to mobile internet in 2008
8:48 - Every VC rejected mobile internet as the future
11:26 - Raised $7.1M with only ₹20,000 in bank account
22:55 - Decision to build globally, not just India
30:00 - Lost 40% business, burned $20M per quarter
41:47 - The legendary Masa story
52:27 - Mukesh Ambani wanted 10 paisa calls vs McKinsey's ₹1.50
58:03 - Reliance Jio invested $200M in Glance
1:00:30 - InMobi today: global ads and Glance AI platform
1:12:00 - Build global AI software, not just local solutions
1:21:44 - At ₹10-20 crores wealth, play the biggest game



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]]> 5661 no How to obtain Optimum Neurotransmission Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

Uploaded 12-07-19

Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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More:

At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 645 no Mastercard CTO on The Past And Future Of Finance (Absolute Finance Masterclass 2024) Ed McLaughlin, CTO of Mastercard discusses the fascinating evolution from paper money to digital neural networks that now protect trillions in global transactions. Ed opens up about Mastercard’s AI system that uses over 1.6 trillion parameters, processes decisions in 50 milliseconds, runs in 210 countries and prevented $20 billion in fraud this year. We explore the deep lessons from his startup days - from operating with zero revenue to transforming how billions of people pay today. From unbreakable payment networks to the future of digital transactions, Ed shares invaluable insights about building technology that powers economies. He breaks down why learning to learn matters more than specific skills, and why the best products don't make markets - they unlock existing demand. An insider's perspective on how payments has evolved and where the next breakthrough might come from.Uploaded 29-10-2400:00 - Intro0:54 - Varun's early experience with cashless transactions2:41 - Difference between money and wealth4:13 - State of the financial system in 2005 when Ed joined MasterCard10:12 - Ed's predictions from 20 years ago that came true17:23 - Ed's early career and path to becoming CTO of MasterCard21:55 - Where Ed sees payments and financial technology heading in the next 5 years28:10 - Discussion of MasterCard's work with crypto and blockchain technology28:12 - Explanation of tokenization and its applications33:26 - MasterCard's AI-powered decision management platform for fraud prevention41:32 - future of contextual commerce and embedded payments44:18 - How AI can enable greater financial inclusion46:08 - Predictions for the next big consumer fintech innovations in India49:22 - Career advice for young people interested in fintech and payments53:56 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:45:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Ed McLaughlin, CTO of Mastercard discusses the fascinating evolution from paper money to digital neural networks that now protect trillions in global transactions. Ed opens up about Mastercard’s AI system that uses over 1.6 trillion parameters, processes decisions in 50 milliseconds, runs in 210 countries and prevented $20 billion in fraud this year. We explore the deep lessons from his startup days - from operating with zero revenue to transforming how billions of people pay today. From unbreakable payment networks to the future of digital transactions, Ed shares invaluable insights about building technology that powers economies. He breaks down why learning to learn matters more than specific skills, and why the best products don't make markets - they unlock existing demand. An insider's perspective on how payments has evolved and where the next breakthrough might come from.Uploaded 29-10-2400:00 - Intro0:54 - Varun's early experience with cashless transactions2:41 - Difference between money and wealth4:13 - State of the financial system in 2005 when Ed joined MasterCard10:12 - Ed's predictions from 20 years ago that came true17:23 - Ed's early career and path to becoming CTO of MasterCard21:55 - Where Ed sees payments and financial technology heading in the next 5 years28:10 - Discussion of MasterCard's work with crypto and blockchain technology28:12 - Explanation of tokenization and its applications33:26 - MasterCard's AI-powered decision management platform for fraud prevention41:32 - future of contextual commerce and embedded payments44:18 - How AI can enable greater financial inclusion46:08 - Predictions for the next big consumer fintech innovations in India49:22 - Career advice for young people interested in fintech and payments53:56 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ed McLaughlin, CTO of Mastercard discusses the fascinating evolution from paper money to digital neural networks that now protect trillions in global transactions. Ed opens up about Mastercard’s AI system that uses over 1.6 trillion parameters, processes decisions in 50 milliseconds, runs in 210 countries and prevented $20 billion in fraud this year. We explore the deep lessons from his startup days - from operating with zero revenue to transforming how billions of people pay today. From unbreakable payment networks to the future of digital transactions, Ed shares invaluable insights about building technology that powers economies. He breaks down why learning to learn matters more than specific skills, and why the best products don't make markets - they unlock existing demand. An insider's perspective on how payments has evolved and where the next breakthrough might come from.

Uploaded 29-10-24

00:00 - Intro
0:54 - Varun's early experience with cashless transactions
2:41 - Difference between money and wealth
4:13 - State of the financial system in 2005 when Ed joined MasterCard
10:12 - Ed's predictions from 20 years ago that came true
17:23 - Ed's early career and path to becoming CTO of MasterCard
21:55 - Where Ed sees payments and financial technology heading in the next 5 years
28:10 - Discussion of MasterCard's work with crypto and blockchain technology
28:12 - Explanation of tokenization and its applications
33:26 - MasterCard's AI-powered decision management platform for fraud prevention
41:32 - future of contextual commerce and embedded payments
44:18 - How AI can enable greater financial inclusion
46:08 - Predictions for the next big consumer fintech innovations in India
49:22 - Career advice for young people interested in fintech and payments
53:56 - Conclusion



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]]> 3761 no Why Indians Don't Attempt (And Stay Average Forever) | KATA 4 Welcome to the fourth session of the 16-Kata series, where the focus shifts from building systems to reading people. This episode introduces a practical way to evaluate competence, both in yourself and in others, using the idea of “power levels” borrowed from Dragon Ball. The core question is simple: who can actually get things done when real risk is involved, and who only talks about it.Uploaded 10-01-26The session explains how real competence is built through a specific pattern: believing in something, taking a visible high-risk swing, facing skepticism, and either failing cleanly or pulling it off. These attempts permanently change how the world values you. It also shows why prediction, opinion, or confidence without personal risk produces very little real status, and why one true execution, even after many failures, upgrades your access to money, talent, and opportunity.Finally, the episode breaks down why India systematically misreads competence by overvaluing niceness, humility, and conflict avoidance, while undervaluing people who sell, resolve conflict, and push things forward. If you want raises, leverage, better teams, or serious opportunities, this session explains how they are actually earned.00:00 - Introduction 01:30 - What Are Scouters? 03:16 - How to Read and Gain Competence05:12 - The Two Startup India's06:31 - How I Got Into Startup India 110:54 - The Importance of Taking Attempts14:10 - The Gap Between Thinking and Doing17:42 - Proving It vs Believing It19:12 - Why Excuses Don't Matter at Higher Levels20:55 - The Five Scouter Levels Explained26:30 - The Indian Competence Blindspot28:47 - The Role of Luck and Attempts30:38 - Action Produces Information36:32 - What Successful Founders Actually Do40:02 - How to Accurately Read Competence45:22 - The Niceness Trap in Indian Culture49:15 - Quick Tips to Raise Your Scouter Level50:41 - Using Scouters in Hiring and Choosing Bosses52:30 - Co-founders, Friends and Schadenfreude53:48 - Clustering with High Competence People Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Welcome to the fourth session of the 16-Kata series, where the focus shifts from building systems to reading people. This episode introduces a practical way to evaluate competence, both in yourself and in others, using the idea of “power levels” borrowed from Dragon Ball. The core question is simple: who can actually get things done when real risk is involved, and who only talks about it.Uploaded 10-01-26The session explains how real competence is built through a specific pattern: believing in something, taking a visible high-risk swing, facing skepticism, and either failing cleanly or pulling it off. These attempts permanently change how the world values you. It also shows why prediction, opinion, or confidence without personal risk produces very little real status, and why one true execution, even after many failures, upgrades your access to money, talent, and opportunity.Finally, the episode breaks down why India systematically misreads competence by overvaluing niceness, humility, and conflict avoidance, while undervaluing people who sell, resolve conflict, and push things forward. If you want raises, leverage, better teams, or serious opportunities, this session explains how they are actually earned.00:00 - Introduction 01:30 - What Are Scouters? 03:16 - How to Read and Gain Competence05:12 - The Two Startup India's06:31 - How I Got Into Startup India 110:54 - The Importance of Taking Attempts14:10 - The Gap Between Thinking and Doing17:42 - Proving It vs Believing It19:12 - Why Excuses Don't Matter at Higher Levels20:55 - The Five Scouter Levels Explained26:30 - The Indian Competence Blindspot28:47 - The Role of Luck and Attempts30:38 - Action Produces Information36:32 - What Successful Founders Actually Do40:02 - How to Accurately Read Competence45:22 - The Niceness Trap in Indian Culture49:15 - Quick Tips to Raise Your Scouter Level50:41 - Using Scouters in Hiring and Choosing Bosses52:30 - Co-founders, Friends and Schadenfreude53:48 - Clustering with High Competence People Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome to the fourth session of the 16-Kata series, where the focus shifts from building systems to reading people. This episode introduces a practical way to evaluate competence, both in yourself and in others, using the idea of “power levels” borrowed from Dragon Ball. The core question is simple: who can actually get things done when real risk is involved, and who only talks about it.

Uploaded 10-01-26

The session explains how real competence is built through a specific pattern: believing in something, taking a visible high-risk swing, facing skepticism, and either failing cleanly or pulling it off. These attempts permanently change how the world values you. It also shows why prediction, opinion, or confidence without personal risk produces very little real status, and why one true execution, even after many failures, upgrades your access to money, talent, and opportunity.

Finally, the episode breaks down why India systematically misreads competence by overvaluing niceness, humility, and conflict avoidance, while undervaluing people who sell, resolve conflict, and push things forward. If you want raises, leverage, better teams, or serious opportunities, this session explains how they are actually earned.

00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - What Are Scouters?
03:16 - How to Read and Gain Competence
05:12 - The Two Startup India's
06:31 - How I Got Into Startup India 1
10:54 - The Importance of Taking Attempts
14:10 - The Gap Between Thinking and Doing
17:42 - Proving It vs Believing It
19:12 - Why Excuses Don't Matter at Higher Levels
20:55 - The Five Scouter Levels Explained
26:30 - The Indian Competence Blindspot
28:47 - The Role of Luck and Attempts
30:38 - Action Produces Information
36:32 - What Successful Founders Actually Do
40:02 - How to Accurately Read Competence
45:22 - The Niceness Trap in Indian Culture
49:15 - Quick Tips to Raise Your Scouter Level
50:41 - Using Scouters in Hiring and Choosing Bosses
52:30 - Co-founders, Friends and Schadenfreude
53:48 - Clustering with High Competence People



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]]> 3682 no Why 90% of Companies Break After 50 People | Kata 2 Welcome to the second session of the 16-Kata series, where I continue breaking down what I have learned about building and scaling companies over the past decade.Uploaded 24-12-25In this session, we focus on the hardest problem that emerges after early growth: coordination at scale. We examine why quality degrades as teams grow, why most services businesses fail when they scale too fast, and how leadership, incentives, and clear communication reduce coordination costs across large organizations. The session also explains why caring deeply about customers outperforms aggressive expansion, how leaders propagate standards through layers of teams, and why writing, incentives, and mastery matter more than control.If you are leading teams, scaling an organization, or trying to understand how alignment actually works inside growing companies, this session is designed to give you a practical mental model.00:00 - Introduction 00:53 - The Challenge of Scaling Quality08:20 - What Really Drives People?11:58 - The Coordination Cost Framework15:36 - Generating Current as a Leader18:30 - The Power of Stories and Incentives22:38 - Setting Incentives Effectively28:20 - The Quest for Mastery33:34 - The Leader's Toolkit34:54 - Human-Related Blockages40:05 - Avoiding Leader Burnout44:52 - The Secret Weapon49:13 - Rules and Enforcement51:08 - The Four Horsemen of Closed Systems55:09 - Why Coordination Matters58:04 - The 100% Coordination Myth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Welcome to the second session of the 16-Kata series, where I continue breaking down what I have learned about building and scaling companies over the past decade.Uploaded 24-12-25In this session, we focus on the hardest problem that emerges after early growth: coordination at scale. We examine why quality degrades as teams grow, why most services businesses fail when they scale too fast, and how leadership, incentives, and clear communication reduce coordination costs across large organizations. The session also explains why caring deeply about customers outperforms aggressive expansion, how leaders propagate standards through layers of teams, and why writing, incentives, and mastery matter more than control.If you are leading teams, scaling an organization, or trying to understand how alignment actually works inside growing companies, this session is designed to give you a practical mental model.00:00 - Introduction 00:53 - The Challenge of Scaling Quality08:20 - What Really Drives People?11:58 - The Coordination Cost Framework15:36 - Generating Current as a Leader18:30 - The Power of Stories and Incentives22:38 - Setting Incentives Effectively28:20 - The Quest for Mastery33:34 - The Leader's Toolkit34:54 - Human-Related Blockages40:05 - Avoiding Leader Burnout44:52 - The Secret Weapon49:13 - Rules and Enforcement51:08 - The Four Horsemen of Closed Systems55:09 - Why Coordination Matters58:04 - The 100% Coordination Myth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome to the second session of the 16-Kata series, where I continue breaking down what I have learned about building and scaling companies over the past decade.

Uploaded 24-12-25

In this session, we focus on the hardest problem that emerges after early growth: coordination at scale. We examine why quality degrades as teams grow, why most services businesses fail when they scale too fast, and how leadership, incentives, and clear communication reduce coordination costs across large organizations. The session also explains why caring deeply about customers outperforms aggressive expansion, how leaders propagate standards through layers of teams, and why writing, incentives, and mastery matter more than control.

If you are leading teams, scaling an organization, or trying to understand how alignment actually works inside growing companies, this session is designed to give you a practical mental model.

00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - The Challenge of Scaling Quality
08:20 - What Really Drives People?
11:58 - The Coordination Cost Framework
15:36 - Generating Current as a Leader
18:30 - The Power of Stories and Incentives
22:38 - Setting Incentives Effectively
28:20 - The Quest for Mastery
33:34 - The Leader's Toolkit
34:54 - Human-Related Blockages
40:05 - Avoiding Leader Burnout
44:52 - The Secret Weapon
49:13 - Rules and Enforcement
51:08 - The Four Horsemen of Closed Systems
55:09 - Why Coordination Matters
58:04 - The 100% Coordination Myth



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]]> 4018 no HOW TO CONVINCE A VC | METASTARTUP #25 Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 28-02-19Loosely based on Paul Graham's essay + my own experiences. If you're in a rush and don't want to know backstory, the sequence starts at 9:30Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 28-02-19Loosely based on Paul Graham's essay + my own experiences. If you're in a rush and don't want to know backstory, the sequence starts at 9:30Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r

Uploaded 28-02-19

Loosely based on Paul Graham's essay + my own experiences.

If you're in a rush and don't want to know backstory, the sequence starts at 9:30

Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayya
Metastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889



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]]> 1655 no Gemini 3 Full Review and Mind-Blowing Use Cases Higgsfield just dropped its Black Friday deal, and you get 65% off on an entire year of unlimited 4K image generations! The sale is live only for 3 days so make sure you check out https://higgsfield.ai/?utm_source=varunytnbUploaded 22-11-25Gemini 3 is finally here, and Google claims it’s the most capable model yet. But the real question is what it can actually do. So in this video, we put it through practical, end-to-end tests: generating complete websites, recreating real landing pages from screen recordings, building functioning apps, assembling PC-builder tools with compatibility logic, and even producing small games with external sprites.And the results were surprising. Front-end developers, junior engineers, designers, and even no-code SaaS builders are staring at the most rapid compression of their field so far. Tasks that once took days or months now collapse into minutes. Meanwhile, the bottleneck shifts upward: idea selection, synthesis, distribution, and domain expertise become the real differentiators, not writing code line by line.This video breaks down why implementation is being commodified, why simple SaaS products are racing to zero, and why the advantage now moves to people who can combine domain knowledge with fast iteration instead of writing everything from scratch. We’ll also explore how Gemini handles UI recreation from video, whether it truly fixes the “purple crypto website” problem, how well it reasons about compatibility chains, and why small interactive experiences might become a new marketing format for brands.Links to the prompts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16rtcG4WCt9i8ftLtPDog4IRq9qaYrIpOrYhHoVoJu9U/edit?usp=sharing00:00 - Introduction01:50 - Website Generation06:26 - Sponsor message (Higgsfield)07:48 - Building from Reference12:06 - Cloning Popular Apps17:33 - Building Complex Tools23:10 - Interactive Projects28:25 - More Demos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Higgsfield just dropped its Black Friday deal, and you get 65% off on an entire year of unlimited 4K image generations! The sale is live only for 3 days so make sure you check out https://higgsfield.ai/?utm_source=varunytnbUploaded 22-11-25Gemini 3 is finally here, and Google claims it’s the most capable model yet. But the real question is what it can actually do. So in this video, we put it through practical, end-to-end tests: generating complete websites, recreating real landing pages from screen recordings, building functioning apps, assembling PC-builder tools with compatibility logic, and even producing small games with external sprites.And the results were surprising. Front-end developers, junior engineers, designers, and even no-code SaaS builders are staring at the most rapid compression of their field so far. Tasks that once took days or months now collapse into minutes. Meanwhile, the bottleneck shifts upward: idea selection, synthesis, distribution, and domain expertise become the real differentiators, not writing code line by line.This video breaks down why implementation is being commodified, why simple SaaS products are racing to zero, and why the advantage now moves to people who can combine domain knowledge with fast iteration instead of writing everything from scratch. We’ll also explore how Gemini handles UI recreation from video, whether it truly fixes the “purple crypto website” problem, how well it reasons about compatibility chains, and why small interactive experiences might become a new marketing format for brands.Links to the prompts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16rtcG4WCt9i8ftLtPDog4IRq9qaYrIpOrYhHoVoJu9U/edit?usp=sharing00:00 - Introduction01:50 - Website Generation06:26 - Sponsor message (Higgsfield)07:48 - Building from Reference12:06 - Cloning Popular Apps17:33 - Building Complex Tools23:10 - Interactive Projects28:25 - More Demos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Higgsfield just dropped its Black Friday deal, and you get 65% off on an entire year of unlimited 4K image generations! The sale is live only for 3 days so make sure you check out https://higgsfield.ai/?utm_source=varunytnb

Uploaded 22-11-25

Gemini 3 is finally here, and Google claims it’s the most capable model yet. But the real question is what it can actually do. So in this video, we put it through practical, end-to-end tests: generating complete websites, recreating real landing pages from screen recordings, building functioning apps, assembling PC-builder tools with compatibility logic, and even producing small games with external sprites.

And the results were surprising. Front-end developers, junior engineers, designers, and even no-code SaaS builders are staring at the most rapid compression of their field so far. Tasks that once took days or months now collapse into minutes. Meanwhile, the bottleneck shifts upward: idea selection, synthesis, distribution, and domain expertise become the real differentiators, not writing code line by line.

This video breaks down why implementation is being commodified, why simple SaaS products are racing to zero, and why the advantage now moves to people who can combine domain knowledge with fast iteration instead of writing everything from scratch. We’ll also explore how Gemini handles UI recreation from video, whether it truly fixes the “purple crypto website” problem, how well it reasons about compatibility chains, and why small interactive experiences might become a new marketing format for brands.

Links to the prompts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16rtcG4WCt9i8ftLtPDog4IRq9qaYrIpOrYhHoVoJu9U/edit?usp=sharing

00:00 - Introduction
01:50 - Website Generation
06:26 - Sponsor message (Higgsfield)
07:48 - Building from Reference
12:06 - Cloning Popular Apps
17:33 - Building Complex Tools
23:10 - Interactive Projects
28:25 - More Demos



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]]> 2379 no LinkedIn CEO on Which Jobs Will Matter in 5 Years, Getting Hired, Advice for Indians and More In this conversation, I sat down with Daniel Shapero, CEO of LinkedIn, and got him to reverse engineer his entire career on a whiteboard. Yes, a whiteboard where he walks us through starting a company as a math student back in 1998, watching three startups collapse one after another, getting an MBA to regroup, spending four years at Bain doing due diligence on companies for private equity deals, and then landing at LinkedIn almost by luck, where he built a sales org from just himself to a team of 1,500 people before working his way up to COO and eventually CEO.Uploaded 30-08-26The whiteboard session also gets into the skills he didn't have at every stage, the people who took a bet on him when it mattered, and the decisions that looked reckless at the time but ended up defining his career.We then get into where jobs are actually headed with AI. What should a 22 year old in India be doing right now. Which roles are quietly disappearing. Why entrepreneurship, healthcare, and data center jobs are booming while old-school skill sets are getting wiped out fast. Daniel pushes back on the "AI is cheating" mindset some people online have, explains why real skill still beats knowing how to prompt, gives advice to someone in their 40s who feels like they're falling behind, and talks about where LinkedIn is headed with video, short-form content, and paying creators directly.00:00 Highlights00:59 Reverse-Engineering the LinkedIn CEO’s Career14:23 Becoming CEO After 18 Years at LinkedIn16:28 What Changes When You Go from COO to CEO?19:41 What Should a 22-Year-Old in India Do in the AI Era?21:21 Which Industries Are Growing in India?24:20 Does a College Degree Still Matter?27:23 How LinkedIn Is Adapting to New AI-Era Jobs29:08 Open to Work and the Changing Culture of Employment31:31 How LinkedIn Makes Money and Why India Matters33:10 How AI Agents Are Changing Job Applications and Hiring36:33 Which Jobs Are Growing and Which Are Fading?41:49 Are Colleges Leaving Graduates Behind on AI?44:43 LinkedIn’s Strategy for Creators and Video49:26 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this conversation, I sat down with Daniel Shapero, CEO of LinkedIn, and got him to reverse engineer his entire career on a whiteboard. Yes, a whiteboard where he walks us through starting a company as a math student back in 1998, watching three startups collapse one after another, getting an MBA to regroup, spending four years at Bain doing due diligence on companies for private equity deals, and then landing at LinkedIn almost by luck, where he built a sales org from just himself to a team of 1,500 people before working his way up to COO and eventually CEO.Uploaded 30-08-26The whiteboard session also gets into the skills he didn't have at every stage, the people who took a bet on him when it mattered, and the decisions that looked reckless at the time but ended up defining his career.We then get into where jobs are actually headed with AI. What should a 22 year old in India be doing right now. Which roles are quietly disappearing. Why entrepreneurship, healthcare, and data center jobs are booming while old-school skill sets are getting wiped out fast. Daniel pushes back on the "AI is cheating" mindset some people online have, explains why real skill still beats knowing how to prompt, gives advice to someone in their 40s who feels like they're falling behind, and talks about where LinkedIn is headed with video, short-form content, and paying creators directly.00:00 Highlights00:59 Reverse-Engineering the LinkedIn CEO’s Career14:23 Becoming CEO After 18 Years at LinkedIn16:28 What Changes When You Go from COO to CEO?19:41 What Should a 22-Year-Old in India Do in the AI Era?21:21 Which Industries Are Growing in India?24:20 Does a College Degree Still Matter?27:23 How LinkedIn Is Adapting to New AI-Era Jobs29:08 Open to Work and the Changing Culture of Employment31:31 How LinkedIn Makes Money and Why India Matters33:10 How AI Agents Are Changing Job Applications and Hiring36:33 Which Jobs Are Growing and Which Are Fading?41:49 Are Colleges Leaving Graduates Behind on AI?44:43 LinkedIn’s Strategy for Creators and Video49:26 Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this conversation, I sat down with Daniel Shapero, CEO of LinkedIn, and got him to reverse engineer his entire career on a whiteboard. Yes, a whiteboard where he walks us through starting a company as a math student back in 1998, watching three startups collapse one after another, getting an MBA to regroup, spending four years at Bain doing due diligence on companies for private equity deals, and then landing at LinkedIn almost by luck, where he built a sales org from just himself to a team of 1,500 people before working his way up to COO and eventually CEO.

Uploaded 30-08-26

The whiteboard session also gets into the skills he didn't have at every stage, the people who took a bet on him when it mattered, and the decisions that looked reckless at the time but ended up defining his career.

We then get into where jobs are actually headed with AI. What should a 22 year old in India be doing right now. Which roles are quietly disappearing. Why entrepreneurship, healthcare, and data center jobs are booming while old-school skill sets are getting wiped out fast. Daniel pushes back on the "AI is cheating" mindset some people online have, explains why real skill still beats knowing how to prompt, gives advice to someone in their 40s who feels like they're falling behind, and talks about where LinkedIn is headed with video, short-form content, and paying creators directly.

00:00 Highlights
00:59 Reverse-Engineering the LinkedIn CEO’s Career
14:23 Becoming CEO After 18 Years at LinkedIn
16:28 What Changes When You Go from COO to CEO?
19:41 What Should a 22-Year-Old in India Do in the AI Era?
21:21 Which Industries Are Growing in India?
24:20 Does a College Degree Still Matter?
27:23 How LinkedIn Is Adapting to New AI-Era Jobs
29:08 Open to Work and the Changing Culture of Employment
31:31 How LinkedIn Makes Money and Why India Matters
33:10 How AI Agents Are Changing Job Applications and Hiring
36:33 Which Jobs Are Growing and Which Are Fading?
41:49 Are Colleges Leaving Graduates Behind on AI?
44:43 LinkedIn’s Strategy for Creators and Video
49:26 Closing Thoughts



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]]> 3394 no How to Get Hired Faster Than Everyone Else | Kata 8 In this Kata, we break down how to hire and also, how to get hired. The focus is on what companies really look for, what actually matters, and why most people misunderstand the process.Uploaded 09-04-26We talk about why hiring is not about treating people as replaceable, but about building teams where each person brings something unique. We also explain what companies look for beyond just skills, like attitude, learning ability, judgment, and whether someone can actually do the work instead of just talking about it.A big part of this Kata is understanding why people struggle to get hired. We look at how CVs often do not mean much anymore, why portfolios and proof of work matter more, and how referrals and real experience play a role. The overall idea is simple: what you say matters less than what you can show.00:00 – 00:37 Highlights01:34 -- Intro04:22 -- How Different Companies Hire06:33 - Fungibility Fallacy15:16 - Live Exercise with Hiring Team27:16 - CHAMPR Framework30:05 - Entry vs Senior Level Hiring31:37 - Hiring Mistakes37:20 - A B C Players and Retaining Talent42:00 - Red Flag Syndromes49:03- Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this Kata, we break down how to hire and also, how to get hired. The focus is on what companies really look for, what actually matters, and why most people misunderstand the process.Uploaded 09-04-26We talk about why hiring is not about treating people as replaceable, but about building teams where each person brings something unique. We also explain what companies look for beyond just skills, like attitude, learning ability, judgment, and whether someone can actually do the work instead of just talking about it.A big part of this Kata is understanding why people struggle to get hired. We look at how CVs often do not mean much anymore, why portfolios and proof of work matter more, and how referrals and real experience play a role. The overall idea is simple: what you say matters less than what you can show.00:00 – 00:37 Highlights01:34 -- Intro04:22 -- How Different Companies Hire06:33 - Fungibility Fallacy15:16 - Live Exercise with Hiring Team27:16 - CHAMPR Framework30:05 - Entry vs Senior Level Hiring31:37 - Hiring Mistakes37:20 - A B C Players and Retaining Talent42:00 - Red Flag Syndromes49:03- Closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this Kata, we break down how to hire and also, how to get hired. The focus is on what companies really look for, what actually matters, and why most people misunderstand the process.

Uploaded 09-04-26

We talk about why hiring is not about treating people as replaceable, but about building teams where each person brings something unique. We also explain what companies look for beyond just skills, like attitude, learning ability, judgment, and whether someone can actually do the work instead of just talking about it.

A big part of this Kata is understanding why people struggle to get hired. We look at how CVs often do not mean much anymore, why portfolios and proof of work matter more, and how referrals and real experience play a role. The overall idea is simple: what you say matters less than what you can show.

00:00 – 00:37 Highlights
01:34 -- Intro
04:22 -- How Different Companies Hire
06:33 - Fungibility Fallacy
15:16 - Live Exercise with Hiring Team
27:16 - CHAMPR Framework
30:05 - Entry vs Senior Level Hiring
31:37 - Hiring Mistakes
37:20 - A B C Players and Retaining Talent
42:00 - Red Flag Syndromes
49:03- Closing



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]]> 3442 no 10 Projects I've Built and 1 Thing I Learned From Each Overhaul your legacy code with https://modelcode.ai/morph Use my code "VARUNMAYYA" to get 50% off your first year!Uploaded 27-06-26In this video, we look back at 10 projects we built over the last 19 years, from early startups and games to AI products, content businesses, and everything in between. Some of them worked, some failed, some got acquired, and some taught lessons that ended up shaping everything we do today.We talk about what it was like building products in very different eras of the internet, how our thinking changed over time, and why distribution, timing, and execution often mattered more than the technology itself. Along the way, we discuss projects like Jobspire, Avalon Scenes, God-in-a-Box, AI Avatars, Autocode Pro, Video Vault, and Unleash The Avatar, sharing what went right, what went wrong, and what we’d do differently if we were starting today.More than anything, this is a conversation about experimentation. Why running lots of small bets teaches you more than chasing one perfect idea, how to think about competition, product-market fit, and timing, and why many of the lessons that built AEOS today came from projects that never became big businesses. If you’re building something of your own, or trying to figure out what to build next, there’s probably something here for you.00:00 - Intro01:04 - Jobspire 05:08 - Avalon Scenes11:24 - Wolfang13:18 - Mumbai Main Ek Haadsa 15:19 - God In A Box18:22 - AI Avatar23:23 - Autocode Pro 27:53 - VideoVault31:10 - Unleash The Avatar40:23 - Aeos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Overhaul your legacy code with https://modelcode.ai/morph Use my code "VARUNMAYYA" to get 50% off your first year!Uploaded 27-06-26In this video, we look back at 10 projects we built over the last 19 years, from early startups and games to AI products, content businesses, and everything in between. Some of them worked, some failed, some got acquired, and some taught lessons that ended up shaping everything we do today.We talk about what it was like building products in very different eras of the internet, how our thinking changed over time, and why distribution, timing, and execution often mattered more than the technology itself. Along the way, we discuss projects like Jobspire, Avalon Scenes, God-in-a-Box, AI Avatars, Autocode Pro, Video Vault, and Unleash The Avatar, sharing what went right, what went wrong, and what we’d do differently if we were starting today.More than anything, this is a conversation about experimentation. Why running lots of small bets teaches you more than chasing one perfect idea, how to think about competition, product-market fit, and timing, and why many of the lessons that built AEOS today came from projects that never became big businesses. If you’re building something of your own, or trying to figure out what to build next, there’s probably something here for you.00:00 - Intro01:04 - Jobspire 05:08 - Avalon Scenes11:24 - Wolfang13:18 - Mumbai Main Ek Haadsa 15:19 - God In A Box18:22 - AI Avatar23:23 - Autocode Pro 27:53 - VideoVault31:10 - Unleash The Avatar40:23 - Aeos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Overhaul your legacy code with https://modelcode.ai/morph
Use my code "VARUNMAYYA" to get 50% off your first year!

Uploaded 27-06-26

In this video, we look back at 10 projects we built over the last 19 years, from early startups and games to AI products, content businesses, and everything in between. Some of them worked, some failed, some got acquired, and some taught lessons that ended up shaping everything we do today.

We talk about what it was like building products in very different eras of the internet, how our thinking changed over time, and why distribution, timing, and execution often mattered more than the technology itself. Along the way, we discuss projects like Jobspire, Avalon Scenes, God-in-a-Box, AI Avatars, Autocode Pro, Video Vault, and Unleash The Avatar, sharing what went right, what went wrong, and what we’d do differently if we were starting today.

More than anything, this is a conversation about experimentation. Why running lots of small bets teaches you more than chasing one perfect idea, how to think about competition, product-market fit, and timing, and why many of the lessons that built AEOS today came from projects that never became big businesses. If you’re building something of your own, or trying to figure out what to build next, there’s probably something here for you.

00:00 - Intro
01:04 - Jobspire
05:08 - Avalon Scenes
11:24 - Wolfang
13:18 - Mumbai Main Ek Haadsa
15:19 - God In A Box
18:22 - AI Avatar
23:23 - Autocode Pro
27:53 - VideoVault
31:10 - Unleash The Avatar
40:23 - Aeos



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]]> 2988 no Two ways we can become immortal Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

Uploaded 12-07-19

Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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More:

At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 1441 no Zuckerberg's Secret Plan To WIN The AI Race | Meta AI Chief Reveals Future In this episode, we sit down with Alex Wang, former founder of Scale AI and now Chief AI Officer at Meta, to understand what Meta Superintelligence Labs is actually building. We talk about how Meta is designing its AI organisation from scratch, focusing on research depth, talent density, and long-term scientific foundations instead of short-term wins.Uploaded 26-02-26We then understand how Meta balances frontier research with real-world products, and how models, infrastructure, and consumer applications all work together. They focus then shifts to AI agents, including wearables like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.Finally, we talk about leadership, what it is like working with Mark Zuckerberg. So if you’re someone even remotely interested in AI, this conversation has it all.00:00 - Highlights00:57 - Introduction01:46 - What is Meta Super Intelligence Labs?03:31 - Balancing Research vs Product05:17 - What's the team structure at MSL?06:16 - Why Meta is betting big on personal agents07:05 - What is Meta's identity in the AI race?08:21 - The hardware vision beyond the phone09:28 - When will Meta Ray-Bans get modern AI?11:22 - Lessons from being an 18-year-old entrepreneur vs. today13:54 - Why Alex left Scale AI to join Meta16:18 - Alex's Unconventional Views on AI18:10 - Should Meta have a chief philosopher for AI?19:21 - What's it like working with Mark Zuckerberg?21:12 - Closing thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this episode, we sit down with Alex Wang, former founder of Scale AI and now Chief AI Officer at Meta, to understand what Meta Superintelligence Labs is actually building. We talk about how Meta is designing its AI organisation from scratch, focusing on research depth, talent density, and long-term scientific foundations instead of short-term wins.Uploaded 26-02-26We then understand how Meta balances frontier research with real-world products, and how models, infrastructure, and consumer applications all work together. They focus then shifts to AI agents, including wearables like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.Finally, we talk about leadership, what it is like working with Mark Zuckerberg. So if you’re someone even remotely interested in AI, this conversation has it all.00:00 - Highlights00:57 - Introduction01:46 - What is Meta Super Intelligence Labs?03:31 - Balancing Research vs Product05:17 - What's the team structure at MSL?06:16 - Why Meta is betting big on personal agents07:05 - What is Meta's identity in the AI race?08:21 - The hardware vision beyond the phone09:28 - When will Meta Ray-Bans get modern AI?11:22 - Lessons from being an 18-year-old entrepreneur vs. today13:54 - Why Alex left Scale AI to join Meta16:18 - Alex's Unconventional Views on AI18:10 - Should Meta have a chief philosopher for AI?19:21 - What's it like working with Mark Zuckerberg?21:12 - Closing thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, we sit down with Alex Wang, former founder of Scale AI and now Chief AI Officer at Meta, to understand what Meta Superintelligence Labs is actually building. We talk about how Meta is designing its AI organisation from scratch, focusing on research depth, talent density, and long-term scientific foundations instead of short-term wins.

Uploaded 26-02-26

We then understand how Meta balances frontier research with real-world products, and how models, infrastructure, and consumer applications all work together. They focus then shifts to AI agents, including wearables like the Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

Finally, we talk about leadership, what it is like working with Mark Zuckerberg. So if you’re someone even remotely interested in AI, this conversation has it all.

00:00 - Highlights
00:57 - Introduction
01:46 - What is Meta Super Intelligence Labs?
03:31 - Balancing Research vs Product
05:17 - What's the team structure at MSL?
06:16 - Why Meta is betting big on personal agents
07:05 - What is Meta's identity in the AI race?
08:21 - The hardware vision beyond the phone
09:28 - When will Meta Ray-Bans get modern AI?
11:22 - Lessons from being an 18-year-old entrepreneur vs. today
13:54 - Why Alex left Scale AI to join Meta
16:18 - Alex's Unconventional Views on AI
18:10 - Should Meta have a chief philosopher for AI?
19:21 - What's it like working with Mark Zuckerberg?
21:12 - Closing thoughts



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]]> 1662 no 99% of You Prompt AI Wrong In this video, we’re going over some of the best prompt tips I’ve come to know. We first look at how prompt engineering is kinda like “world-building” where you give the AI so much context, reference, and examples that it’s forced to be creative.Uploaded 02-12-25From meta-prompting, deep research, and asking AI to write like you… to using it to spot gaps in your own thinking… we’ve covered it all.And then finally, we explain why all of this matters for students and works best on an AI PC, because instead of asking your parents for monthly subscriptions, you can just get an AI PC powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors and run open-source models like Llama locally.Learn more about Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html00:00 - Introduction01:52 - World Building05:44 - Deep Research08:41 - Meta Prompting10:34 - Personas12:39 - Gap Finder14:21 - Preventing Hallucination15:11 - Using Voice Notes15:52 - Erase Stains Of AI17:33 - What's Next To Learn19:31 - Emotional Prompting22:29 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this video, we’re going over some of the best prompt tips I’ve come to know. We first look at how prompt engineering is kinda like “world-building” where you give the AI so much context, reference, and examples that it’s forced to be creative.Uploaded 02-12-25From meta-prompting, deep research, and asking AI to write like you… to using it to spot gaps in your own thinking… we’ve covered it all.And then finally, we explain why all of this matters for students and works best on an AI PC, because instead of asking your parents for monthly subscriptions, you can just get an AI PC powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors and run open-source models like Llama locally.Learn more about Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html00:00 - Introduction01:52 - World Building05:44 - Deep Research08:41 - Meta Prompting10:34 - Personas12:39 - Gap Finder14:21 - Preventing Hallucination15:11 - Using Voice Notes15:52 - Erase Stains Of AI17:33 - What's Next To Learn19:31 - Emotional Prompting22:29 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this video, we’re going over some of the best prompt tips I’ve come to know. We first look at how prompt engineering is kinda like “world-building” where you give the AI so much context, reference, and examples that it’s forced to be creative.

Uploaded 02-12-25

From meta-prompting, deep research, and asking AI to write like you… to using it to spot gaps in your own thinking… we’ve covered it all.

And then finally, we explain why all of this matters for students and works best on an AI PC, because instead of asking your parents for monthly subscriptions, you can just get an AI PC powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors and run open-source models like Llama locally.

Learn more about Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html

00:00 - Introduction
01:52 - World Building
05:44 - Deep Research
08:41 - Meta Prompting
10:34 - Personas
12:39 - Gap Finder
14:21 - Preventing Hallucination
15:11 - Using Voice Notes
15:52 - Erase Stains Of AI
17:33 - What's Next To Learn
19:31 - Emotional Prompting
22:29 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 1738 no How I Manage Projects End To End (1 Hour Masterclass) In this Kata, we break down how to manage projects when you don’t have all the answers from the start. We explain why traditional project management methods no longer work as well, how clarity comes from building instead of planning forever, and how we used Unleash the Avatar as a real example to develop our own way of managing projects.Uploaded 05-08-26We then walk through the entire process of turning a rough idea into a structured team. We cover how to decide what needs research, what already works, when to hire, when to outsource, when to invest in better tools, and how to use AI to keep large teams aligned. Along the way, we also share how we built different parts of Unleash the Avatar, from motion capture and photogrammetry to custom internal tools and playtesting.Finally, we talk about how projects grow over time. We discuss getting feedback early, building the right team before scaling, avoiding expensive mistakes, and why every successful project is really a series of small experiments that slowly bring more clarity. Whether you’re building a startup, an app, a game, or any large project, the ideas in this Kata can be applied almost anywhere.00:00 - Intro02:04 - You Don't Know What You're Building (Low Resolution)03:17 - Why Waterfall and Agile Are Outdated05:45 - Set a Deadline to Decide06:31 - Break Projects into Departments, Not Roles08:17 - The Minimum Viable Team09:43 - Sure Shot vs R and D14:18 - Vertical Slicing: Alpha, Beta, Gold15:58 - Building the High Resolution Team18:03 - Case Study: Photogrammetry R and D21:46 - When to Invest in Technology (The Math)25:11 - Where AI Fits in Projects27:50 - 5 Choices for Every Role31:03 - Why Distribution Helps (Feedback, Talent, Mentors)34:58 - Funding: Seed to Series B36:46 - Success Metrics: Conversion, Wishlists and TAM40:44 - The Playbook = Your Org Chart42:12 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this Kata, we break down how to manage projects when you don’t have all the answers from the start. We explain why traditional project management methods no longer work as well, how clarity comes from building instead of planning forever, and how we used Unleash the Avatar as a real example to develop our own way of managing projects.Uploaded 05-08-26We then walk through the entire process of turning a rough idea into a structured team. We cover how to decide what needs research, what already works, when to hire, when to outsource, when to invest in better tools, and how to use AI to keep large teams aligned. Along the way, we also share how we built different parts of Unleash the Avatar, from motion capture and photogrammetry to custom internal tools and playtesting.Finally, we talk about how projects grow over time. We discuss getting feedback early, building the right team before scaling, avoiding expensive mistakes, and why every successful project is really a series of small experiments that slowly bring more clarity. Whether you’re building a startup, an app, a game, or any large project, the ideas in this Kata can be applied almost anywhere.00:00 - Intro02:04 - You Don't Know What You're Building (Low Resolution)03:17 - Why Waterfall and Agile Are Outdated05:45 - Set a Deadline to Decide06:31 - Break Projects into Departments, Not Roles08:17 - The Minimum Viable Team09:43 - Sure Shot vs R and D14:18 - Vertical Slicing: Alpha, Beta, Gold15:58 - Building the High Resolution Team18:03 - Case Study: Photogrammetry R and D21:46 - When to Invest in Technology (The Math)25:11 - Where AI Fits in Projects27:50 - 5 Choices for Every Role31:03 - Why Distribution Helps (Feedback, Talent, Mentors)34:58 - Funding: Seed to Series B36:46 - Success Metrics: Conversion, Wishlists and TAM40:44 - The Playbook = Your Org Chart42:12 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this Kata, we break down how to manage projects when you don’t have all the answers from the start. We explain why traditional project management methods no longer work as well, how clarity comes from building instead of planning forever, and how we used Unleash the Avatar as a real example to develop our own way of managing projects.

Uploaded 05-08-26

We then walk through the entire process of turning a rough idea into a structured team. We cover how to decide what needs research, what already works, when to hire, when to outsource, when to invest in better tools, and how to use AI to keep large teams aligned. Along the way, we also share how we built different parts of Unleash the Avatar, from motion capture and photogrammetry to custom internal tools and playtesting.

Finally, we talk about how projects grow over time. We discuss getting feedback early, building the right team before scaling, avoiding expensive mistakes, and why every successful project is really a series of small experiments that slowly bring more clarity. Whether you’re building a startup, an app, a game, or any large project, the ideas in this Kata can be applied almost anywhere.

00:00 - Intro
02:04 - You Don't Know What You're Building (Low Resolution)
03:17 - Why Waterfall and Agile Are Outdated
05:45 - Set a Deadline to Decide
06:31 - Break Projects into Departments, Not Roles
08:17 - The Minimum Viable Team
09:43 - Sure Shot vs R and D
14:18 - Vertical Slicing: Alpha, Beta, Gold
15:58 - Building the High Resolution Team
18:03 - Case Study: Photogrammetry R and D
21:46 - When to Invest in Technology (The Math)
25:11 - Where AI Fits in Projects
27:50 - 5 Choices for Every Role
31:03 - Why Distribution Helps (Feedback, Talent, Mentors)
34:58 - Funding: Seed to Series B
36:46 - Success Metrics: Conversion, Wishlists and TAM
40:44 - The Playbook = Your Org Chart
42:12 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 3004 no TOP 3 MISTAKES NEW FOUNDERS MAKE + TIPS | METASTARTUP #18 Follow me on instagram: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 02-01-19Metastartup is a free, open-source MBA alternative. Join us on Instagram!In this video I run through the top 3 mistakes I see new founders make! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Follow me on instagram: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 02-01-19Metastartup is a free, open-source MBA alternative. Join us on Instagram!In this video I run through the top 3 mistakes I see new founders make! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Follow me on instagram: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayya

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Metastartup is a free, open-source MBA alternative. Join us on Instagram!

In this video I run through the top 3 mistakes I see new founders make!



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]]> 308 no [ADVANCED] BUILDING A COMPLEX WEBSITE WITH PHOTOSHOP AND WEBFLOW | METASTARTUP A lot of you have been asking for a complex website webflow guide so I made one. This will be a part of Metastartup, but I'm not numbering this episode yet. Uploaded 31-12-18You will need to refer to my previous Webflow tutorial if you want to learn the basics. This isn't a tutorial, it's a walkthrough. You'll need to keep pausing and Googling stuff if you don't understand it - this is what makes a good designer/developer/entrepreneur. Being able to start out by understanding other people's work while using Google as a crutch to fill in knowledge gaps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:45:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya A lot of you have been asking for a complex website webflow guide so I made one. This will be a part of Metastartup, but I'm not numbering this episode yet. Uploaded 31-12-18You will need to refer to my previous Webflow tutorial if you want to learn the basics. This isn't a tutorial, it's a walkthrough. You'll need to keep pausing and Googling stuff if you don't understand it - this is what makes a good designer/developer/entrepreneur. Being able to start out by understanding other people's work while using Google as a crutch to fill in knowledge gaps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices A lot of you have been asking for a complex website webflow guide so I made one. This will be a part of Metastartup, but I'm not numbering this episode yet.

Uploaded 31-12-18

You will need to refer to my previous Webflow tutorial if you want to learn the basics. This isn't a tutorial, it's a walkthrough. You'll need to keep pausing and Googling stuff if you don't understand it - this is what makes a good designer/developer/entrepreneur. Being able to start out by understanding other people's work while using Google as a crutch to fill in knowledge gaps.



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]]> 4656 no Why Apple won and Kodak lost Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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More:

At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 289 no Unleash The Avatar - Gameplay Trailer | Bollywood Soulslike Game Wishlist on Steam below:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054220/Unleash_The_Avatar/Uploaded 22-06-26After 6 months of hard work, we're ready to show what's next.Get a glimpse of the latest gameplay trailer and story bits featuring Johnny Yong Bosch (who voices Ichigo from Bleach) as the voice actor of Vikram.This game is a work of fiction produced by an independent game studio. It is set in a fictionalized version of India and features imagined characters, organizations, locations, and events. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), groups, beliefs, or historical events is purely coincidental. In the playable game, no deity is presented without appropriate respectful context, and no disrespect is intended to any community. All cinematics and gameplay are recorded in-engine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Wishlist on Steam below:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054220/Unleash_The_Avatar/Uploaded 22-06-26After 6 months of hard work, we're ready to show what's next.Get a glimpse of the latest gameplay trailer and story bits featuring Johnny Yong Bosch (who voices Ichigo from Bleach) as the voice actor of Vikram.This game is a work of fiction produced by an independent game studio. It is set in a fictionalized version of India and features imagined characters, organizations, locations, and events. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), groups, beliefs, or historical events is purely coincidental. In the playable game, no deity is presented without appropriate respectful context, and no disrespect is intended to any community. All cinematics and gameplay are recorded in-engine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wishlist on Steam below:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054220/Unleash_The_Avatar/

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After 6 months of hard work, we're ready to show what's next.

Get a glimpse of the latest gameplay trailer and story bits featuring Johnny Yong Bosch (who voices Ichigo from Bleach) as the voice actor of Vikram.

This game is a work of fiction produced by an independent game studio. It is set in a fictionalized version of India and features imagined characters, organizations, locations, and events. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), groups, beliefs, or historical events is purely coincidental. In the playable game, no deity is presented without appropriate respectful context, and no disrespect is intended to any community.

All cinematics and gameplay are recorded in-engine.



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]]> 394 no How I Use AI (1 Hour Masterclass) | Kata 3 Welcome to the third session of the 16-Kata series, where we move from theory to execution and focus on implementing the Lightning Way using AI.Uploaded 01-01-26This session breaks down why writing is a form of thinking, why most execution failures are context failures rather than skill failures, and why both AI systems and human teams behave like literal genies when instructions are vague. We examine how clarity, examples, references, and precise specifications reduce coordination costs, improve decision-making, and align teams at scale.We then show how to apply this practically using AI for research, planning, hiring, incentive design, reporting, and creative direction, combining AI with human verification to avoid hallucinations. If you lead teams or manage complexity, this session presents a concrete framework for using AI to scale clarity, delegation, and execution00:00 - Intro01:10 - Session Overview03:03 - The Genie Thought Experiment 05:55 - AI as a Literal Genie10:40 - Practical Writing Techniques with AI16:40 - Using AI for Business Planning and Research20:18 - AI Tools for Different Tasks23:08 - Communication Best Practices30:15 - Team Management and Delegation37:25 - Leadership Clarity and Performance Management42:44 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Welcome to the third session of the 16-Kata series, where we move from theory to execution and focus on implementing the Lightning Way using AI.Uploaded 01-01-26This session breaks down why writing is a form of thinking, why most execution failures are context failures rather than skill failures, and why both AI systems and human teams behave like literal genies when instructions are vague. We examine how clarity, examples, references, and precise specifications reduce coordination costs, improve decision-making, and align teams at scale.We then show how to apply this practically using AI for research, planning, hiring, incentive design, reporting, and creative direction, combining AI with human verification to avoid hallucinations. If you lead teams or manage complexity, this session presents a concrete framework for using AI to scale clarity, delegation, and execution00:00 - Intro01:10 - Session Overview03:03 - The Genie Thought Experiment 05:55 - AI as a Literal Genie10:40 - Practical Writing Techniques with AI16:40 - Using AI for Business Planning and Research20:18 - AI Tools for Different Tasks23:08 - Communication Best Practices30:15 - Team Management and Delegation37:25 - Leadership Clarity and Performance Management42:44 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome to the third session of the 16-Kata series, where we move from theory to execution and focus on implementing the Lightning Way using AI.

Uploaded 01-01-26

This session breaks down why writing is a form of thinking, why most execution failures are context failures rather than skill failures, and why both AI systems and human teams behave like literal genies when instructions are vague. We examine how clarity, examples, references, and precise specifications reduce coordination costs, improve decision-making, and align teams at scale.

We then show how to apply this practically using AI for research, planning, hiring, incentive design, reporting, and creative direction, combining AI with human verification to avoid hallucinations. If you lead teams or manage complexity, this session presents a concrete framework for using AI to scale clarity, delegation, and execution

00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Session Overview
03:03 - The Genie Thought Experiment
05:55 - AI as a Literal Genie
10:40 - Practical Writing Techniques with AI
16:40 - Using AI for Business Planning and Research
20:18 - AI Tools for Different Tasks
23:08 - Communication Best Practices
30:15 - Team Management and Delegation
37:25 - Leadership Clarity and Performance Management
42:44 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 3074 no How Simplifying Everything Makes You Rich In this Kata, we talk about why simplicity almost always beats complexity. We discuss why so many people assume that doing more, building more, or adding more systems leads to better results, when in reality it often creates confusion, slows teams down, and makes businesses harder to scale.Uploaded 26-07-26We also look at how great companies stay simple as they grow. We cover topics like delegation, team structure, decision making, reducing unnecessary work, and why the best managers focus on making things easier for everyone around them instead of adding more layers. Along the way, we share lessons from companies like Apple, Amazon, and our own experience building and scaling teams.If you’re building a company, managing a team, or simply trying to work better, this Kata will give you a practical way to think about keeping things simple.00:00 Intro00:53 Why People Chase Complexity02:43 Steve Jobs and the Power of Focus05:20 Why Large Teams Become Inefficient06:14 Jeff Bezos’ Two-Pizza Team Rule09:31 Why You Shouldn’t Build Everything Yourself11:50 Why Simple Ideas Perform Better14:27 How Too Many Features Hurt Products18:08 The Hidden Cost of Changing Systems20:44 Why Engineers Overcomplicate Things24:02 One Person, One Responsibility25:49 Do It Manually Before Automating27:11 Final Lessons for Managers27:57 Final Takeaway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this Kata, we talk about why simplicity almost always beats complexity. We discuss why so many people assume that doing more, building more, or adding more systems leads to better results, when in reality it often creates confusion, slows teams down, and makes businesses harder to scale.Uploaded 26-07-26We also look at how great companies stay simple as they grow. We cover topics like delegation, team structure, decision making, reducing unnecessary work, and why the best managers focus on making things easier for everyone around them instead of adding more layers. Along the way, we share lessons from companies like Apple, Amazon, and our own experience building and scaling teams.If you’re building a company, managing a team, or simply trying to work better, this Kata will give you a practical way to think about keeping things simple.00:00 Intro00:53 Why People Chase Complexity02:43 Steve Jobs and the Power of Focus05:20 Why Large Teams Become Inefficient06:14 Jeff Bezos’ Two-Pizza Team Rule09:31 Why You Shouldn’t Build Everything Yourself11:50 Why Simple Ideas Perform Better14:27 How Too Many Features Hurt Products18:08 The Hidden Cost of Changing Systems20:44 Why Engineers Overcomplicate Things24:02 One Person, One Responsibility25:49 Do It Manually Before Automating27:11 Final Lessons for Managers27:57 Final Takeaway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this Kata, we talk about why simplicity almost always beats complexity. We discuss why so many people assume that doing more, building more, or adding more systems leads to better results, when in reality it often creates confusion, slows teams down, and makes businesses harder to scale.

Uploaded 26-07-26

We also look at how great companies stay simple as they grow. We cover topics like delegation, team structure, decision making, reducing unnecessary work, and why the best managers focus on making things easier for everyone around them instead of adding more layers. Along the way, we share lessons from companies like Apple, Amazon, and our own experience building and scaling teams.

If you’re building a company, managing a team, or simply trying to work better, this Kata will give you a practical way to think about keeping things simple.

00:00 Intro
00:53 Why People Chase Complexity
02:43 Steve Jobs and the Power of Focus
05:20 Why Large Teams Become Inefficient
06:14 Jeff Bezos’ Two-Pizza Team Rule
09:31 Why You Shouldn’t Build Everything Yourself
11:50 Why Simple Ideas Perform Better
14:27 How Too Many Features Hurt Products
18:08 The Hidden Cost of Changing Systems
20:44 Why Engineers Overcomplicate Things
24:02 One Person, One Responsibility
25:49 Do It Manually Before Automating
27:11 Final Lessons for Managers
27:57 Final Takeaway



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]]> 2135 no Step by Step Plan to Become 10x Smarter (For Humans) The Robot Design in the intro is designed by: Aze Λlter https://x.com/AzeAlter?s=20Uploaded 17-05-26Go to https://cyberghostvpn.com/VarunMayya to get 84% off from our sponsors CyberGhost VPN with 4 months free!In this video, we explore how the same ideas that made AI models smarter over the last few years can also help humans think and learn better. Using the evolution of large language models as a reference point, we talk about things like reasoning, learning through feedback, using tools properly, recognizing patterns, and adapting to new situations. The idea is simple: intelligence is not just talent, it’s something that can be trained and improved deliberately over time.We then go through practical ideas around thinking clearly, learning faster, building judgment, teaching others, and becoming more adaptable. The conversation touches on mentorship, creativity, decision-making under pressure, multimodal learning, and why people who can combine different skills and perspectives tend to do better in the long run. Instead of treating learning as just consuming information, we discuss how real understanding usually comes from doing, experimenting, explaining, and building things yourself.Finally, we talk about continual learning and why the ability to unlearn old ways of thinking is becoming more important than ever. A lot of people get stuck because they become too attached to old identities, old systems, or old assumptions. The people who keep growing are usually the ones who stay flexible, curious, and willing to update themselves as the world changes.00:00 - Introduction02:50 - Stage One04:50 - Stage Two08:17 - Stage Three11:28 - Stage Four14:09 - Stage Five17:12 - Stage Six19:40 - Stage Seven22:17 - Stage Eight24:32 - Stage Nine27:23 - Stage Ten30:35 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya The Robot Design in the intro is designed by: Aze Λlter https://x.com/AzeAlter?s=20Uploaded 17-05-26Go to https://cyberghostvpn.com/VarunMayya to get 84% off from our sponsors CyberGhost VPN with 4 months free!In this video, we explore how the same ideas that made AI models smarter over the last few years can also help humans think and learn better. Using the evolution of large language models as a reference point, we talk about things like reasoning, learning through feedback, using tools properly, recognizing patterns, and adapting to new situations. The idea is simple: intelligence is not just talent, it’s something that can be trained and improved deliberately over time.We then go through practical ideas around thinking clearly, learning faster, building judgment, teaching others, and becoming more adaptable. The conversation touches on mentorship, creativity, decision-making under pressure, multimodal learning, and why people who can combine different skills and perspectives tend to do better in the long run. Instead of treating learning as just consuming information, we discuss how real understanding usually comes from doing, experimenting, explaining, and building things yourself.Finally, we talk about continual learning and why the ability to unlearn old ways of thinking is becoming more important than ever. A lot of people get stuck because they become too attached to old identities, old systems, or old assumptions. The people who keep growing are usually the ones who stay flexible, curious, and willing to update themselves as the world changes.00:00 - Introduction02:50 - Stage One04:50 - Stage Two08:17 - Stage Three11:28 - Stage Four14:09 - Stage Five17:12 - Stage Six19:40 - Stage Seven22:17 - Stage Eight24:32 - Stage Nine27:23 - Stage Ten30:35 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The Robot Design in the intro is designed by: Aze Λlter https://x.com/AzeAlter?s=20

Uploaded 17-05-26

Go to https://cyberghostvpn.com/VarunMayya to get 84% off from our sponsors CyberGhost VPN with 4 months free!

In this video, we explore how the same ideas that made AI models smarter over the last few years can also help humans think and learn better. Using the evolution of large language models as a reference point, we talk about things like reasoning, learning through feedback, using tools properly, recognizing patterns, and adapting to new situations. The idea is simple: intelligence is not just talent, it’s something that can be trained and improved deliberately over time.

We then go through practical ideas around thinking clearly, learning faster, building judgment, teaching others, and becoming more adaptable. The conversation touches on mentorship, creativity, decision-making under pressure, multimodal learning, and why people who can combine different skills and perspectives tend to do better in the long run. Instead of treating learning as just consuming information, we discuss how real understanding usually comes from doing, experimenting, explaining, and building things yourself.

Finally, we talk about continual learning and why the ability to unlearn old ways of thinking is becoming more important than ever. A lot of people get stuck because they become too attached to old identities, old systems, or old assumptions. The people who keep growing are usually the ones who stay flexible, curious, and willing to update themselves as the world changes.

00:00 - Introduction
02:50 - Stage One
04:50 - Stage Two
08:17 - Stage Three
11:28 - Stage Four
14:09 - Stage Five
17:12 - Stage Six
19:40 - Stage Seven
22:17 - Stage Eight
24:32 - Stage Nine
27:23 - Stage Ten
30:35 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 2292 no 12 THINGS I LEARNED FROM MAKING MY FIRST VIDEO ADVERTISEMENT | METASTARTUP Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 15-01-19Folks - how to make an ad! (Ad dropping soon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 15-01-19Folks - how to make an ad! (Ad dropping soon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r
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]]> 1751 no What is the Fence Paradox? Are degrees important for coding roles? ft. Tanay Pratap of Microsoft Sub to tanay on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFmBuclxQPe57orKiQbyfAUploaded 28-07-19Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Sub to tanay on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFmBuclxQPe57orKiQbyfAUploaded 28-07-19Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sub to tanay on YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFmBuclxQPe57orKiQbyfA

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]]> 4427 no Secret Kata #1 Harsh Truths About India’s Social Pressure and Depression Welcome to the first session of Secret Katas. This episode looks at leadership through a biological and psychological lens and explains why mood, social safety, and perceived status matter far more than most managers realize. The core idea is simple: many problems in teams are not about skill or effort, but about people feeling socially unsafe in high-pressure environments like India, where everything feels like a rank game. Uploaded 16-01-26The session breaks down serotonin not as a “happiness chemical,” but as a signal of social safety. When people feel constantly judged, rejected, or compared, their brains shift into threat mode. Feedback feels like humiliation, silence feels like rejection, and small issues trigger big emotional reactions. This explains why fear-based companies become toxic, why people take “no” personally, and why collaboration breaks down even among talented teams.Finally, the episode translates this science into clear leadership rules. A manager’s real job is to act as a mood and safety regulator for the team. Praise in public, critique in private. Attack the work, not the person. Be clear about expectations, promotions, and evaluation. Reduce fear, increase trust, and design environments where people can take calculated risks without feeling socially defeated. The session argues that companies built on fear and rank pressure eventually collapse, while those built on safety, collaboration, and shared wins scale further and last longer.Sources and Studies Mentioned - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IK4LikV9AQYZTUJyo5iP8XFwZ_41zcHn0y8Ss9PRtNE/edit?usp=sharing00:00 - Introduction02:40 - Understanding Serotonin and Depression05:49 - Social Defeat Stress in Humans08:00 - India as a High Rank Pressure Environment12:32 - How SSRIs and MDMA Work15:20 - Animal Studies: Status and Serotonin20:39 - Leadership Takeaways: Creating Psychological Safety23:50 - Simulation: Habituating Your Amygdala26:48 - Building a Positive-Sum Ecosystem29:59 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Welcome to the first session of Secret Katas. This episode looks at leadership through a biological and psychological lens and explains why mood, social safety, and perceived status matter far more than most managers realize. The core idea is simple: many problems in teams are not about skill or effort, but about people feeling socially unsafe in high-pressure environments like India, where everything feels like a rank game. Uploaded 16-01-26The session breaks down serotonin not as a “happiness chemical,” but as a signal of social safety. When people feel constantly judged, rejected, or compared, their brains shift into threat mode. Feedback feels like humiliation, silence feels like rejection, and small issues trigger big emotional reactions. This explains why fear-based companies become toxic, why people take “no” personally, and why collaboration breaks down even among talented teams.Finally, the episode translates this science into clear leadership rules. A manager’s real job is to act as a mood and safety regulator for the team. Praise in public, critique in private. Attack the work, not the person. Be clear about expectations, promotions, and evaluation. Reduce fear, increase trust, and design environments where people can take calculated risks without feeling socially defeated. The session argues that companies built on fear and rank pressure eventually collapse, while those built on safety, collaboration, and shared wins scale further and last longer.Sources and Studies Mentioned - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IK4LikV9AQYZTUJyo5iP8XFwZ_41zcHn0y8Ss9PRtNE/edit?usp=sharing00:00 - Introduction02:40 - Understanding Serotonin and Depression05:49 - Social Defeat Stress in Humans08:00 - India as a High Rank Pressure Environment12:32 - How SSRIs and MDMA Work15:20 - Animal Studies: Status and Serotonin20:39 - Leadership Takeaways: Creating Psychological Safety23:50 - Simulation: Habituating Your Amygdala26:48 - Building a Positive-Sum Ecosystem29:59 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome to the first session of Secret Katas. This episode looks at leadership through a biological and psychological lens and explains why mood, social safety, and perceived status matter far more than most managers realize. The core idea is simple: many problems in teams are not about skill or effort, but about people feeling socially unsafe in high-pressure environments like India, where everything feels like a rank game.

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The session breaks down serotonin not as a “happiness chemical,” but as a signal of social safety. When people feel constantly judged, rejected, or compared, their brains shift into threat mode. Feedback feels like humiliation, silence feels like rejection, and small issues trigger big emotional reactions. This explains why fear-based companies become toxic, why people take “no” personally, and why collaboration breaks down even among talented teams.

Finally, the episode translates this science into clear leadership rules. A manager’s real job is to act as a mood and safety regulator for the team. Praise in public, critique in private. Attack the work, not the person. Be clear about expectations, promotions, and evaluation. Reduce fear, increase trust, and design environments where people can take calculated risks without feeling socially defeated. The session argues that companies built on fear and rank pressure eventually collapse, while those built on safety, collaboration, and shared wins scale further and last longer.

Sources and Studies Mentioned - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IK4LikV9AQYZTUJyo5iP8XFwZ_41zcHn0y8Ss9PRtNE/edit?usp=sharing

00:00 - Introduction
02:40 - Understanding Serotonin and Depression
05:49 - Social Defeat Stress in Humans
08:00 - India as a High Rank Pressure Environment
12:32 - How SSRIs and MDMA Work
15:20 - Animal Studies: Status and Serotonin
20:39 - Leadership Takeaways: Creating Psychological Safety
23:50 - Simulation: Habituating Your Amygdala
26:48 - Building a Positive-Sum Ecosystem
29:59 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 2281 no Build What Moves India: Rules and How to Participate Submission Link : https://forms.gle/Uv4JM9o1YNJJhnjm6Uploaded 21-08-26We’ve finally kicked off Build What Moves India, and in this video, we go through exactly how the hackathon will work, what you need to build, and how your project will be judged. The focus is simple: take a public service platform, rethink it from the point of view of an everyday citizen, and build a working proof of concept with ideas that actually make the experience better.We also cover the submission process, how the projects will be shortlisted, what the top 250 participants can expect, and how the mentorship round and final presentations will work.Finally, we talk about what this hackathon is really trying to do. Beyond the prizes, the larger goal is to bring together people from technology, content, and government, and hopefully turn some of these ideas into conversations that can lead to real improvements in the public services millions of Indians use.https://buildwhatmovesindia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Submission Link : https://forms.gle/Uv4JM9o1YNJJhnjm6Uploaded 21-08-26We’ve finally kicked off Build What Moves India, and in this video, we go through exactly how the hackathon will work, what you need to build, and how your project will be judged. The focus is simple: take a public service platform, rethink it from the point of view of an everyday citizen, and build a working proof of concept with ideas that actually make the experience better.We also cover the submission process, how the projects will be shortlisted, what the top 250 participants can expect, and how the mentorship round and final presentations will work.Finally, we talk about what this hackathon is really trying to do. Beyond the prizes, the larger goal is to bring together people from technology, content, and government, and hopefully turn some of these ideas into conversations that can lead to real improvements in the public services millions of Indians use.https://buildwhatmovesindia.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Submission Link : https://forms.gle/Uv4JM9o1YNJJhnjm6

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We’ve finally kicked off Build What Moves India, and in this video, we go through exactly how the hackathon will work, what you need to build, and how your project will be judged. The focus is simple: take a public service platform, rethink it from the point of view of an everyday citizen, and build a working proof of concept with ideas that actually make the experience better.

We also cover the submission process, how the projects will be shortlisted, what the top 250 participants can expect, and how the mentorship round and final presentations will work.

Finally, we talk about what this hackathon is really trying to do. Beyond the prizes, the larger goal is to bring together people from technology, content, and government, and hopefully turn some of these ideas into conversations that can lead to real improvements in the public services millions of Indians use.

https://buildwhatmovesindia.com/



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]]> 948 no Are we in a Simulation? Probably not. Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
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I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
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]]> 371 no We Tested the Best AI Model… It Got Banned In this video, we take a closer look at Anthropic’s latest model, Fable 5, and try to answer a simple question: is this yet another incremental LLM, or is it an actual jump over the previous models?Uploaded 12-06-26And instead of talking about benchmarks, we put Fable 5 through actual real-world tests. We build games, apps, research reports, simulations, and a bunch of other projects to see what the model can actually do. Along the way, we also compare it against previous models and talk about where it genuinely feels different.Finally, we zoom out and discuss what all of this means going forward. If models can already handle more and more complex tasks with little to no guidance, where does that leave software, knowledge work, and the way we build things? So whether you’re a developer, founder, creator, or just curious about AI, you cannot skip this video considering this will give you a good sense of where things are headed.00:00 - Intro01:28 - PC Builder04:34 - Building Dota14:54 - Mumbai Local Simulator15:57 - One Wish Willow Website17:19 - Stick Cricket on My Phone18:51 - The Creator Economy Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this video, we take a closer look at Anthropic’s latest model, Fable 5, and try to answer a simple question: is this yet another incremental LLM, or is it an actual jump over the previous models?Uploaded 12-06-26And instead of talking about benchmarks, we put Fable 5 through actual real-world tests. We build games, apps, research reports, simulations, and a bunch of other projects to see what the model can actually do. Along the way, we also compare it against previous models and talk about where it genuinely feels different.Finally, we zoom out and discuss what all of this means going forward. If models can already handle more and more complex tasks with little to no guidance, where does that leave software, knowledge work, and the way we build things? So whether you’re a developer, founder, creator, or just curious about AI, you cannot skip this video considering this will give you a good sense of where things are headed.00:00 - Intro01:28 - PC Builder04:34 - Building Dota14:54 - Mumbai Local Simulator15:57 - One Wish Willow Website17:19 - Stick Cricket on My Phone18:51 - The Creator Economy Report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this video, we take a closer look at Anthropic’s latest model, Fable 5, and try to answer a simple question: is this yet another incremental LLM, or is it an actual jump over the previous models?

Uploaded 12-06-26

And instead of talking about benchmarks, we put Fable 5 through actual real-world tests. We build games, apps, research reports, simulations, and a bunch of other projects to see what the model can actually do. Along the way, we also compare it against previous models and talk about where it genuinely feels different.

Finally, we zoom out and discuss what all of this means going forward. If models can already handle more and more complex tasks with little to no guidance, where does that leave software, knowledge work, and the way we build things?

So whether you’re a developer, founder, creator, or just curious about AI, you cannot skip this video considering this will give you a good sense of where things are headed.

00:00 - Intro
01:28 - PC Builder
04:34 - Building Dota
14:54 - Mumbai Local Simulator
15:57 - One Wish Willow Website
17:19 - Stick Cricket on My Phone
18:51 - The Creator Economy Report



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]]> 1722 no Why young entrepreneurs are arrogant Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
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]]> 288 no Important Message For People In The Professional Workforce Right Now! My team and I are hiring managers across all Aeos businesses, apply here : https://bit.ly/IamverysureUploaded 18-10-24Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:45:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya My team and I are hiring managers across all Aeos businesses, apply here : https://bit.ly/IamverysureUploaded 18-10-24Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices My team and I are hiring managers across all Aeos businesses, apply here : https://bit.ly/Iamverysure

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]]> 709 no Unleash the Avatar Gameplay Trailer | Early Alpha | Watch on TV in 4K! After a year of tireless work, we're excited to reveal our next trailer (early alpha gameplay) for Unleash The Avatar.Uploaded 13-10-25Go here to find out more:https://www.unleashtheavatargame.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya After a year of tireless work, we're excited to reveal our next trailer (early alpha gameplay) for Unleash The Avatar.Uploaded 13-10-25Go here to find out more:https://www.unleashtheavatargame.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices After a year of tireless work, we're excited to reveal our next trailer (early alpha gameplay) for Unleash The Avatar.

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]]> 959 no A BRAND NEW TECHNIQUE TO LEARN ANYTHING: 3-Pass Learning! Don't forget to follow me on https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 17-07-18Remember, you're an overgrown biological computer! 3-Pass learning is a science based way to study, retain and understand absolutely any concept/topic by hijacking all that we know about human cognition and memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Don't forget to follow me on https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 17-07-18Remember, you're an overgrown biological computer! 3-Pass learning is a science based way to study, retain and understand absolutely any concept/topic by hijacking all that we know about human cognition and memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Don't forget to follow me on https://www.instagram.com/thevarunmayya

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Remember, you're an overgrown biological computer! 3-Pass learning is a science based way to study, retain and understand absolutely any concept/topic by hijacking all that we know about human cognition and memory.



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]]> 635 no 45 degrees in Time? Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
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]]> 264 no FINDING AND BUILDING YOUR FOUNDING TEAM | METASTARTUP # 22 Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 23-01-19Need help finding co-founders, setting expectations or building a core team? Or do you just need help with a founder's agreement?Either way, this video is for you.Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rUploaded 23-01-19Need help finding co-founders, setting expectations or building a core team? Or do you just need help with a founder's agreement?Either way, this video is for you.Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaMetastartup Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361737054599889 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r

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Need help finding co-founders, setting expectations or building a core team? Or do you just need help with a founder's agreement?
Either way, this video is for you.

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]]> 1049 no Instagram is the best example of the Peak Shift effect Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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]]> 328 no Guide to Scaling A Startup with Zero Funding | Kata 1 Welcome to the first session of a 16-Kata series where I break down everything I have learned about starting and scaling companies over the past decade.Uploaded 21-12-25In today’s dense session, we discuss how AEOS was built, how it was scaled from zero to a profitable organization without any external funding, the decisions, mistakes, and contrarian bets that shaped its trajectory, and what I learned along the way. The session also explains why distribution matters more than product, why talent is the real moat, and why running multiple small bets with high failure tolerance works better than chasing one perfect plan.If you are building, operating, or trying to understand how bootstrapped companies really scale, this session may have what you are looking for.00:00 - Introduction 03:00 - The 16-Kata Framework: How This Series Works04:24 - Company Origin Story and Ecosystem10:46 - First Principles and Unconventional Decisions17:03 - Act 1: The Video and Content Opportunity20:41 - Building the Video Editing School27:30 - Act 2 : YouTube as a Service (YAAS)30:08 - Act 3 : Technology Integration (Labs and AI Avatars)39:25 - Talent Pipeline (100x Engineers)48:08 - Act 4 : The Future Gaming Thesis58:55 - Personal Reflections on Fear and Bootstrapping1:02:15 - The Early Days1:16:50 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Welcome to the first session of a 16-Kata series where I break down everything I have learned about starting and scaling companies over the past decade.Uploaded 21-12-25In today’s dense session, we discuss how AEOS was built, how it was scaled from zero to a profitable organization without any external funding, the decisions, mistakes, and contrarian bets that shaped its trajectory, and what I learned along the way. The session also explains why distribution matters more than product, why talent is the real moat, and why running multiple small bets with high failure tolerance works better than chasing one perfect plan.If you are building, operating, or trying to understand how bootstrapped companies really scale, this session may have what you are looking for.00:00 - Introduction 03:00 - The 16-Kata Framework: How This Series Works04:24 - Company Origin Story and Ecosystem10:46 - First Principles and Unconventional Decisions17:03 - Act 1: The Video and Content Opportunity20:41 - Building the Video Editing School27:30 - Act 2 : YouTube as a Service (YAAS)30:08 - Act 3 : Technology Integration (Labs and AI Avatars)39:25 - Talent Pipeline (100x Engineers)48:08 - Act 4 : The Future Gaming Thesis58:55 - Personal Reflections on Fear and Bootstrapping1:02:15 - The Early Days1:16:50 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Welcome to the first session of a 16-Kata series where I break down everything I have learned about starting and scaling companies over the past decade.

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In today’s dense session, we discuss how AEOS was built, how it was scaled from zero to a profitable organization without any external funding, the decisions, mistakes, and contrarian bets that shaped its trajectory, and what I learned along the way. The session also explains why distribution matters more than product, why talent is the real moat, and why running multiple small bets with high failure tolerance works better than chasing one perfect plan.

If you are building, operating, or trying to understand how bootstrapped companies really scale, this session may have what you are looking for.


00:00 - Introduction
03:00 - The 16-Kata Framework: How This Series Works
04:24 - Company Origin Story and Ecosystem
10:46 - First Principles and Unconventional Decisions
17:03 - Act 1: The Video and Content Opportunity
20:41 - Building the Video Editing School
27:30 - Act 2 : YouTube as a Service (YAAS)
30:08 - Act 3 : Technology Integration (Labs and AI Avatars)
39:25 - Talent Pipeline (100x Engineers)
48:08 - Act 4 : The Future Gaming Thesis
58:55 - Personal Reflections on Fear and Bootstrapping
1:02:15 - The Early Days
1:16:50 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 5125 no Build a personal website WITHOUT CODING in under 30 minutes! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram!http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 06-08-18With Webflow, the time I take to build a website has dropped from a few weeks to a few hours.A personal website is your calling card - it will replace business cards, resumes and even the way you introduce yourself.In this video, we'll learn how to build a personal website from scratch, without the need to write code. You'll learn the basics of HTML and CSS without the need to actually write any. The possibilities of what you can create are endless! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Don't forget to follow me on Instagram!http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 06-08-18With Webflow, the time I take to build a website has dropped from a few weeks to a few hours.A personal website is your calling card - it will replace business cards, resumes and even the way you introduce yourself.In this video, we'll learn how to build a personal website from scratch, without the need to write code. You'll learn the basics of HTML and CSS without the need to actually write any. The possibilities of what you can create are endless! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Don't forget to follow me on Instagram!
http://instagram.com/thevarunmayya

Uploaded 06-08-18

With Webflow, the time I take to build a website has dropped from a few weeks to a few hours.

A personal website is your calling card - it will replace business cards, resumes and even the way you introduce yourself.

In this video, we'll learn how to build a personal website from scratch, without the need to write code. You'll learn the basics of HTML and CSS without the need to actually write any. The possibilities of what you can create are endless!



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]]> 1693 no Qualcomm CEO on Self-Driving in Indian Traffic, Smart Glasses Potential in India and More! In this conversation, Cristiano opens up about Qualcomm’s evolution beyond smartphones. From building AI-powered PCs with multi-day battery life to partnering with Meta on the Ray-Ban smart glasses that merge the digital and physical world. He breaks down why mobile and PC are converging into a single computing ecosystem, how gaming will be transformed by AI, and why the next wave of connected devices will emerge from markets like India, not Silicon Valley.Uploaded 11-11-25Cristiano also shares Qualcomm’s next big bet: disrupting the data center with energy-efficient AI inference chips, and bringing intelligence to cars, glasses, and everything in between. From autonomous driving and AI copilots to redefining how humans interact with technology, this is a rare look into the mind of the man rearchitecting the future of computing.00:00 - Introduction01:15 - Gaming Evolution and AI Integration07:07 - Meta Ray-Ban and Smart Glasses Future12:34 - Data Center Plans and AI Inference14:54 - Connected Cars and AI Integration20:02 - Self-Driving Technology in India22:02 - CEO Challenges and Market Timing25:36 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this conversation, Cristiano opens up about Qualcomm’s evolution beyond smartphones. From building AI-powered PCs with multi-day battery life to partnering with Meta on the Ray-Ban smart glasses that merge the digital and physical world. He breaks down why mobile and PC are converging into a single computing ecosystem, how gaming will be transformed by AI, and why the next wave of connected devices will emerge from markets like India, not Silicon Valley.Uploaded 11-11-25Cristiano also shares Qualcomm’s next big bet: disrupting the data center with energy-efficient AI inference chips, and bringing intelligence to cars, glasses, and everything in between. From autonomous driving and AI copilots to redefining how humans interact with technology, this is a rare look into the mind of the man rearchitecting the future of computing.00:00 - Introduction01:15 - Gaming Evolution and AI Integration07:07 - Meta Ray-Ban and Smart Glasses Future12:34 - Data Center Plans and AI Inference14:54 - Connected Cars and AI Integration20:02 - Self-Driving Technology in India22:02 - CEO Challenges and Market Timing25:36 - Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this conversation, Cristiano opens up about Qualcomm’s evolution beyond smartphones. From building AI-powered PCs with multi-day battery life to partnering with Meta on the Ray-Ban smart glasses that merge the digital and physical world. He breaks down why mobile and PC are converging into a single computing ecosystem, how gaming will be transformed by AI, and why the next wave of connected devices will emerge from markets like India, not Silicon Valley.

Uploaded 11-11-25

Cristiano also shares Qualcomm’s next big bet: disrupting the data center with energy-efficient AI inference chips, and bringing intelligence to cars, glasses, and everything in between. From autonomous driving and AI copilots to redefining how humans interact with technology, this is a rare look into the mind of the man rearchitecting the future of computing.

00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - Gaming Evolution and AI Integration
07:07 - Meta Ray-Ban and Smart Glasses Future
12:34 - Data Center Plans and AI Inference
14:54 - Connected Cars and AI Integration
20:02 - Self-Driving Technology in India
22:02 - CEO Challenges and Market Timing
25:36 - Closing Thoughts



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]]> 1976 no How to Build $10M SaaS in 5 Months (2026 Playbook) Having served Google as Principal Engineer, and Time as its interim CEO… today’s guest, Zack Lloyd, quit both before taking on one of the oldest problems in software engineering that no one wanted to touch: rebuilding the terminal from the ground up… and around AI agents. Uploaded 18-12-25Even if you may not immediately recognise his name, you’ve probably used Warp, the company he founded and now leads as CEO, that’s behind the first serious attempt in decades to rebuild the terminal for modern engineering teams. Its block-based execution model, real-time collaboration, and integrated intelligence stack are already shaping how thousands of developers work every day.In this conversation, Zack will break down how he approached redesigning one of computing’s oldest interfaces, why the terminal needed a fundamental rethink, and what he believes the next era of developer infrastructure will look likeCheck out Warp - https://go.warp.dev/varunytagents00:00 - Intro00:57 - Discovering Warp: Bottom-Up Adoption in India06:31 - Raising $50M from Sequoia at 5,000 Users09:06 - The AI Explosion10:45 - Top Warp Use Cases12:20 - How Developers Discover Warp14:51 - Scaling Challenges16:38 - AI SaaS Margins Problem20:37 - Consumption-Based Pricing23:08 - The Future of Coding 26:13 - Craft vs Outcome28:29 - From Engineer to Entrepreneur40:05 - Counterintuitive Insights41:55 - AGI Timeline and AI Direction44:30 - Lessons from Building Warp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Having served Google as Principal Engineer, and Time as its interim CEO… today’s guest, Zack Lloyd, quit both before taking on one of the oldest problems in software engineering that no one wanted to touch: rebuilding the terminal from the ground up… and around AI agents. Uploaded 18-12-25Even if you may not immediately recognise his name, you’ve probably used Warp, the company he founded and now leads as CEO, that’s behind the first serious attempt in decades to rebuild the terminal for modern engineering teams. Its block-based execution model, real-time collaboration, and integrated intelligence stack are already shaping how thousands of developers work every day.In this conversation, Zack will break down how he approached redesigning one of computing’s oldest interfaces, why the terminal needed a fundamental rethink, and what he believes the next era of developer infrastructure will look likeCheck out Warp - https://go.warp.dev/varunytagents00:00 - Intro00:57 - Discovering Warp: Bottom-Up Adoption in India06:31 - Raising $50M from Sequoia at 5,000 Users09:06 - The AI Explosion10:45 - Top Warp Use Cases12:20 - How Developers Discover Warp14:51 - Scaling Challenges16:38 - AI SaaS Margins Problem20:37 - Consumption-Based Pricing23:08 - The Future of Coding 26:13 - Craft vs Outcome28:29 - From Engineer to Entrepreneur40:05 - Counterintuitive Insights41:55 - AGI Timeline and AI Direction44:30 - Lessons from Building Warp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Having served Google as Principal Engineer, and Time as its interim CEO… today’s guest, Zack Lloyd, quit both before taking on one of the oldest problems in software engineering that no one wanted to touch: rebuilding the terminal from the ground up… and around AI agents.

Uploaded 18-12-25

Even if you may not immediately recognise his name, you’ve probably used Warp, the company he founded and now leads as CEO, that’s behind the first serious attempt in decades to rebuild the terminal for modern engineering teams. Its block-based execution model, real-time collaboration, and integrated intelligence stack are already shaping how thousands of developers work every day.

In this conversation, Zack will break down how he approached redesigning one of computing’s oldest interfaces, why the terminal needed a fundamental rethink, and what he believes the next era of developer infrastructure will look like

Check out Warp - https://go.warp.dev/varunytagents

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Discovering Warp: Bottom-Up Adoption in India
06:31 - Raising $50M from Sequoia at 5,000 Users
09:06 - The AI Explosion
10:45 - Top Warp Use Cases
12:20 - How Developers Discover Warp
14:51 - Scaling Challenges
16:38 - AI SaaS Margins Problem
20:37 - Consumption-Based Pricing
23:08 - The Future of Coding
26:13 - Craft vs Outcome
28:29 - From Engineer to Entrepreneur
40:05 - Counterintuitive Insights
41:55 - AGI Timeline and AI Direction
44:30 - Lessons from Building Warp



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]]> 3289 no Don't lie Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

Uploaded 12-07-19

Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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More:

At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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]]> 305 no How to Think Like Rich People (1 Hour Masterclass) In this Kata, we discuss wealth, risk, and how rich people think about money and constraints. We talk about how money changes the way you think about time, attention, risk, and opportunity. We look at why some expenses are worth paying when they remove a major problem, and why the real question is often not “how much does this cost?” but “what does this give me back?”Uploaded 14-08-26We also discuss ownership, investing, and why building wealth is ultimately about separating your time and energy from the money you create. Along the way, we look at how wealthy people think about risk, where they choose to place their bets, and how they decide what is actually worth owning. Finally, we talk about opportunity, access, and how to think about the things that limit you. The goal is not simply to have more money, but to use it in ways that give you more time, freedom, and room to do the things that matter.00:00 - Intro02:39 - "Blinking" — teleporting into people's minds03:48 - What rich people actually want08:36 - Traits of every successful person14:34 - The 4 wealth zones15:23 - ₹1 Cr — security and status18:26 - ₹10 Cr — freedom and recognition22:57 - ₹100 Cr — influence and access30:15 - ₹1,000 Cr — legacy and trust36:56 - Free market participation39:53 - Rich people buy freedom, not things48:31 - How the rich take risks54:55 - How to actually reach the rich1:02:06 - Trust and proximity to power1:10:35 - Final summary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this Kata, we discuss wealth, risk, and how rich people think about money and constraints. We talk about how money changes the way you think about time, attention, risk, and opportunity. We look at why some expenses are worth paying when they remove a major problem, and why the real question is often not “how much does this cost?” but “what does this give me back?”Uploaded 14-08-26We also discuss ownership, investing, and why building wealth is ultimately about separating your time and energy from the money you create. Along the way, we look at how wealthy people think about risk, where they choose to place their bets, and how they decide what is actually worth owning. Finally, we talk about opportunity, access, and how to think about the things that limit you. The goal is not simply to have more money, but to use it in ways that give you more time, freedom, and room to do the things that matter.00:00 - Intro02:39 - "Blinking" — teleporting into people's minds03:48 - What rich people actually want08:36 - Traits of every successful person14:34 - The 4 wealth zones15:23 - ₹1 Cr — security and status18:26 - ₹10 Cr — freedom and recognition22:57 - ₹100 Cr — influence and access30:15 - ₹1,000 Cr — legacy and trust36:56 - Free market participation39:53 - Rich people buy freedom, not things48:31 - How the rich take risks54:55 - How to actually reach the rich1:02:06 - Trust and proximity to power1:10:35 - Final summary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this Kata, we discuss wealth, risk, and how rich people think about money and constraints. We talk about how money changes the way you think about time, attention, risk, and opportunity. We look at why some expenses are worth paying when they remove a major problem, and why the real question is often not “how much does this cost?” but “what does this give me back?”

Uploaded 14-08-26

We also discuss ownership, investing, and why building wealth is ultimately about separating your time and energy from the money you create. Along the way, we look at how wealthy people think about risk, where they choose to place their bets, and how they decide what is actually worth owning.

Finally, we talk about opportunity, access, and how to think about the things that limit you. The goal is not simply to have more money, but to use it in ways that give you more time, freedom, and room to do the things that matter.

00:00 - Intro
02:39 - "Blinking" — teleporting into people's minds
03:48 - What rich people actually want
08:36 - Traits of every successful person
14:34 - The 4 wealth zones
15:23 - ₹1 Cr — security and status
18:26 - ₹10 Cr — freedom and recognition
22:57 - ₹100 Cr — influence and access
30:15 - ₹1,000 Cr — legacy and trust
36:56 - Free market participation
39:53 - Rich people buy freedom, not things
48:31 - How the rich take risks
54:55 - How to actually reach the rich
1:02:06 - Trust and proximity to power
1:10:35 - Final summary



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]]> 4692 no Session games people play Down the rabbit hole we goUploaded 12-07-19Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 02:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Down the rabbit hole we goUploaded 12-07-19Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Down the rabbit hole we go

Uploaded 12-07-19

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]]> 912 no How we wrote a #1 Amazon business bestseller - Part 2 For part 1, visit Abhinav's channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuiO3_-SBxnZ7-zAVSsShwUploaded 31-12-18Guys, we reached #1 on Amazon in the Business and Communication Bestseller list: https://www.amazon.in/Pyjama-Profit-Millennials-Sustainable-Freelance/dp/9387146847Edit: rank's gone down a bit now, but that's normal fluctuation.Follow me on insta: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaFollow Abhinav on insta: http://instagram.com/abhinavchSorry about the audio quality: our mic broke down but we decided to shoot anyway because the content being out there is more important than anything else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:45:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya For part 1, visit Abhinav's channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuiO3_-SBxnZ7-zAVSsShwUploaded 31-12-18Guys, we reached #1 on Amazon in the Business and Communication Bestseller list: https://www.amazon.in/Pyjama-Profit-Millennials-Sustainable-Freelance/dp/9387146847Edit: rank's gone down a bit now, but that's normal fluctuation.Follow me on insta: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaFollow Abhinav on insta: http://instagram.com/abhinavchSorry about the audio quality: our mic broke down but we decided to shoot anyway because the content being out there is more important than anything else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For part 1, visit Abhinav's channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOuiO3_-SBxnZ7-zAVSsShw

Uploaded 31-12-18

Guys, we reached #1 on Amazon in the Business and Communication Bestseller list: https://www.amazon.in/Pyjama-Profit-Millennials-Sustainable-Freelance/dp/9387146847

Edit: rank's gone down a bit now, but that's normal fluctuation.

Follow me on insta: http://instagram.com/thevarunmayya
Follow Abhinav on insta: http://instagram.com/abhinavch

Sorry about the audio quality: our mic broke down but we decided to shoot anyway because the content being out there is more important than anything else.



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]]> 1250 no The Most Valuable Skill After AI In this secret Kata, we start by talking about world-building and why creating your own world can sometimes be a better way to think about life and business than simply following the paths that already exist.Uploaded 12-09-26We discuss why people often get risk completely wrong, either by being too scared to try anything or by taking massive bets without really thinking them through. We also talk about FOMO, social pressure, and why doing what everyone else thinks is safe does not always mean it actually is.We then look at how we think about taking risks at AEOS, testing new ideas without betting the entire company on them, and knowing when to keep going versus when to shut something down.The goal is not to avoid risk, but to understand it well enough to take bigger swings without unnecessarily destroying yourself if things go wrong.00:00 - Intro01:10 - What a Brand Actually Is02:46 - What Triggered This Video07:51 - The Four Worlds10:07 - The Premise11:15 - Characters14:07 - Hierarchy and Power17:47 - Entry and Access20:07 - Language23:43 - Rituals28:25 - Shaming32:21 - Mechanics and Laws33:57 - Chance35:21 - The Everyday36:39 - Lore40:02 - Forking44:53 - Technology47:16 - Eras50:42 - Aesthetic and Style53:10 - Exit Penalties54:16 - Exposition vs Interpretation58:02 - Story Machine1:00:52 - Consistency1:04:55 - Retcons1:08:12 - Why World Building Makes You Successful1:13:14 - World Building Is Your Only Moat1:14:04 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this secret Kata, we start by talking about world-building and why creating your own world can sometimes be a better way to think about life and business than simply following the paths that already exist.Uploaded 12-09-26We discuss why people often get risk completely wrong, either by being too scared to try anything or by taking massive bets without really thinking them through. We also talk about FOMO, social pressure, and why doing what everyone else thinks is safe does not always mean it actually is.We then look at how we think about taking risks at AEOS, testing new ideas without betting the entire company on them, and knowing when to keep going versus when to shut something down.The goal is not to avoid risk, but to understand it well enough to take bigger swings without unnecessarily destroying yourself if things go wrong.00:00 - Intro01:10 - What a Brand Actually Is02:46 - What Triggered This Video07:51 - The Four Worlds10:07 - The Premise11:15 - Characters14:07 - Hierarchy and Power17:47 - Entry and Access20:07 - Language23:43 - Rituals28:25 - Shaming32:21 - Mechanics and Laws33:57 - Chance35:21 - The Everyday36:39 - Lore40:02 - Forking44:53 - Technology47:16 - Eras50:42 - Aesthetic and Style53:10 - Exit Penalties54:16 - Exposition vs Interpretation58:02 - Story Machine1:00:52 - Consistency1:04:55 - Retcons1:08:12 - Why World Building Makes You Successful1:13:14 - World Building Is Your Only Moat1:14:04 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this secret Kata, we start by talking about world-building and why creating your own world can sometimes be a better way to think about life and business than simply following the paths that already exist.

Uploaded 12-09-26

We discuss why people often get risk completely wrong, either by being too scared to try anything or by taking massive bets without really thinking them through. We also talk about FOMO, social pressure, and why doing what everyone else thinks is safe does not always mean it actually is.

We then look at how we think about taking risks at AEOS, testing new ideas without betting the entire company on them, and knowing when to keep going versus when to shut something down.

The goal is not to avoid risk, but to understand it well enough to take bigger swings without unnecessarily destroying yourself if things go wrong.


00:00 - Intro
01:10 - What a Brand Actually Is
02:46 - What Triggered This Video
07:51 - The Four Worlds
10:07 - The Premise
11:15 - Characters
14:07 - Hierarchy and Power
17:47 - Entry and Access
20:07 - Language
23:43 - Rituals
28:25 - Shaming
32:21 - Mechanics and Laws
33:57 - Chance
35:21 - The Everyday
36:39 - Lore
40:02 - Forking
44:53 - Technology
47:16 - Eras
50:42 - Aesthetic and Style
53:10 - Exit Penalties
54:16 - Exposition vs Interpretation
58:02 - Story Machine
1:00:52 - Consistency
1:04:55 - Retcons
1:08:12 - Why World Building Makes You Successful
1:13:14 - World Building Is Your Only Moat
1:14:04 - Outro



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]]> 4890 no Avalon Labs went to campus placements and... Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 05-01-19We went to PES University to hire some people. Here's a vlog on how it went. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52rFollow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayyaUploaded 05-01-19We went to PES University to hire some people. Here's a vlog on how it went. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Subscribe to me in one click: https://bit.ly/2Rbq52r
Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thevarunmayya

Uploaded 05-01-19

We went to PES University to hire some people. Here's a vlog on how it went.



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]]> 902 no Reacting To Your Feedback On Unleash The Avatar The new trailer for Unleash the Avatar has had an incredible response. It's gone viral with millions of views across India and China, and we're truly humbled by all the love and support.Uploaded 30-06-26But along with that, we also saw a lot of your feedback. So in this video, I'm going through some of the feedback you guys have shared, in the comments and in general on the internet. I'll show you what we've already fixed, what's intentional design and what we're still working on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya The new trailer for Unleash the Avatar has had an incredible response. It's gone viral with millions of views across India and China, and we're truly humbled by all the love and support.Uploaded 30-06-26But along with that, we also saw a lot of your feedback. So in this video, I'm going through some of the feedback you guys have shared, in the comments and in general on the internet. I'll show you what we've already fixed, what's intentional design and what we're still working on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices The new trailer for Unleash the Avatar has had an incredible response. It's gone viral with millions of views across India and China, and we're truly humbled by all the love and support.

Uploaded 30-06-26

But along with that, we also saw a lot of your feedback. So in this video, I'm going through some of the feedback you guys have shared, in the comments and in general on the internet. I'll show you what we've already fixed, what's intentional design and what we're still working on.



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]]> 2297 no "Indian Engineers Need to Wake Up." Nothing CEO on AI, India Plan and Future of Tech Jobs In this conversation, we sit down with Carl Pei, founder of Nothing, to talk about how he built a phone company from scratch in a hypercompetitive market like India. We get into how Nothing stood out not by having the biggest budget but by noticing a simple thing: all the big brands were trying to sell to everyone, which meant nobody was really selling to anyone specific.Uploaded 21-03-26We then go deep on how a phone actually gets made, from deciding what the product stands for to managing hundreds of supplier relationships, keeping cash from getting stuck in inventory, and shipping on time when delays cost millions. Carl also talks about where Nothing is headed with AI, what Essential Apps is really pointing toward, and why he thinks the entire idea of an operating system is going to change completely within the next few years.We then wrap up by talking about people and culture, why Carl brought everyone back to the office five days a week, what that did to the quality of hiring, and what he thinks the next few years mean for software engineers who are not actively paying attention. If you’re someone who wants to understand how a hardware startup actually competes, how Carl thinks about building for the long term, and where phones and AI are headed, this episode is absolutely worth your time.00:00 – Introduction02:16 – Breaking into a commodity market05:08 – How Nothing plans to be uncopyable06:25 – Beyond vibe coding07:50 – The way we build software has changed09:25 – The process of phone manufacturing15:04 – Distribution strategy21:50 – Why Nothing opened a physical store25:32 – Nothing's content playbook29:34 – First hires are never your best hires35:27 – Carl Pei's learnings41:19 – The OS that makes apps obsolete46:50 – Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya In this conversation, we sit down with Carl Pei, founder of Nothing, to talk about how he built a phone company from scratch in a hypercompetitive market like India. We get into how Nothing stood out not by having the biggest budget but by noticing a simple thing: all the big brands were trying to sell to everyone, which meant nobody was really selling to anyone specific.Uploaded 21-03-26We then go deep on how a phone actually gets made, from deciding what the product stands for to managing hundreds of supplier relationships, keeping cash from getting stuck in inventory, and shipping on time when delays cost millions. Carl also talks about where Nothing is headed with AI, what Essential Apps is really pointing toward, and why he thinks the entire idea of an operating system is going to change completely within the next few years.We then wrap up by talking about people and culture, why Carl brought everyone back to the office five days a week, what that did to the quality of hiring, and what he thinks the next few years mean for software engineers who are not actively paying attention. If you’re someone who wants to understand how a hardware startup actually competes, how Carl thinks about building for the long term, and where phones and AI are headed, this episode is absolutely worth your time.00:00 – Introduction02:16 – Breaking into a commodity market05:08 – How Nothing plans to be uncopyable06:25 – Beyond vibe coding07:50 – The way we build software has changed09:25 – The process of phone manufacturing15:04 – Distribution strategy21:50 – Why Nothing opened a physical store25:32 – Nothing's content playbook29:34 – First hires are never your best hires35:27 – Carl Pei's learnings41:19 – The OS that makes apps obsolete46:50 – Closing Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this conversation, we sit down with Carl Pei, founder of Nothing, to talk about how he built a phone company from scratch in a hypercompetitive market like India. We get into how Nothing stood out not by having the biggest budget but by noticing a simple thing: all the big brands were trying to sell to everyone, which meant nobody was really selling to anyone specific.

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We then go deep on how a phone actually gets made, from deciding what the product stands for to managing hundreds of supplier relationships, keeping cash from getting stuck in inventory, and shipping on time when delays cost millions. Carl also talks about where Nothing is headed with AI, what Essential Apps is really pointing toward, and why he thinks the entire idea of an operating system is going to change completely within the next few years.

We then wrap up by talking about people and culture, why Carl brought everyone back to the office five days a week, what that did to the quality of hiring, and what he thinks the next few years mean for software engineers who are not actively paying attention. If you’re someone who wants to understand how a hardware startup actually competes, how Carl thinks about building for the long term, and where phones and AI are headed, this episode is absolutely worth your time.

00:00 – Introduction
02:16 – Breaking into a commodity market
05:08 – How Nothing plans to be uncopyable
06:25 – Beyond vibe coding
07:50 – The way we build software has changed
09:25 – The process of phone manufacturing
15:04 – Distribution strategy
21:50 – Why Nothing opened a physical store
25:32 – Nothing's content playbook
29:34 – First hires are never your best hires
35:27 – Carl Pei's learnings
41:19 – The OS that makes apps obsolete
46:50 – Closing Thoughts



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]]> 3235 no Learn to f*cking code Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000 full Varun Mayya Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.Uploaded 12-07-19Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans. In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------More:At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people. On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Cero means "Zero" in Spanish.

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Business was my gateway drug to philosophy and understanding humans.
In these short podcasts, let's talk black holes, computing, physics, business and philosophy, and let's try to keep it short.

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At the end of the day, everything from product to marketing to sales is fundamentally about psychology.
I spend a lot of time reading research papers and running experiments in the neurosciences lab and on people.
On Instagram, I've noticed how putting out any advanced content on this type of research gets me lower engagement - so I'm going to reserve that platform to put up motivational quotes and updates, and use this playlist to put out content for people to really win at this game of life.



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