Show Notes
Pomp and I worked together at Facebook a decade ago before he became an investor, best-selling author, and public company CEO with an audience of 3.3M. We had a great chat about how to build an extraordinary career and life and how he's building Silvia, an AI CFO for independent investors, to take on the AI labs.
Pomp and I talked about:
(00:00) Why Pomp never had a career plan (04:43) Why an audience is the best way to win deal flow (10:33) Paid work trials instead of job interviews (18:35) Hire for revenue, not margins (20:32) Silvia: An AI CFO for independent investors (25:00) How AI found a tax strategy worth $100Ks a year (32:05) How a team of under 10 plans to compete with the AI labs (35:58) Pomp’s latest take on Bitcoin (39:21) How Pomp teaches his four kids to solve problems
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