Erik Torenberg @eriktorenberg
Founder @turpentinemedia | Co-founder/founding team @beondeck, @villageglobal @producthunt eriktorenberg.com SF Joined June 2013-
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@nicolaygerold @nbashaw 1. Focus on one C-level buyer persona 2. Launch in partnership with communities that already target that persona 3. Take a market map from an investor for that vertical and go category by category - do it objectively and speak to real customers
Pick up basketball guy who just watched Lebron’s podcast
.@pmarca on the one thing he believes that very few others believe: "The decline and fall of the United States is completely overblown. The 21st century will be another American century."
Came back on @BanklessHQ for a heated 2-hour debate between myself and @eriktorenberg on AI risk. EA vs e/acc 🥊💥 This is one of the most important questions of our time. But I also believe it's been over politicized (I explain on the pod). Who do you think won the debate?👇
Came back on @BanklessHQ for a heated 2-hour debate between myself and @eriktorenberg on AI risk. EA vs e/acc 🥊💥 This is one of the most important questions of our time. But I also believe it's been over politicized (I explain on the pod). Who do you think won the debate?👇
LIVE NOW -- Tech Acceleration vs Deceleration: The ea vs e/acc debate w/ @hosseeb and @eriktorenberg Can Advancing Too Fast Destroy Us? Should we accelerate or decelerate our tech progress? How about when it comes to something as powerful as AI? This isn't just a debate in…
.@PalmerLuckey calls on the U.S. to create a Space Force Navy. "Patrol the high seas of space to ensure freedom of communication, freedom of movement and freedom of operation in space."
US Manufacturing Has a Huge Labor Problem Embracing American Dynamism, Oden CEO @WillemSundblad shares more on their recent $28.5M Series B to upgrade US manufacturing production 🎧 Full episode below This conversation covers: - Average 50% 3-month retention rate for workers -…
Amazed by what @eriktorenberg has been building with Turpentine. We had a great conversation about startup ideation that I was quite proud of. Check it here...
Amazed by what @eriktorenberg has been building with Turpentine. We had a great conversation about startup ideation that I was quite proud of. Check it here...
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Last weekend, I gathered with 200+ family, friends, & neighbors to make an announcement. An announcement rooted in my family's story, and the story of so many immigrant families who moved to the US to seek a better life. I'm running for the SF Board of Supervisors this Nov! 🧵
Thanks to @eriktorenberg for interviewing me on his excellent @MediaEmpiresPod podcast show. We talked about TechCrunch’s history and strategy for an hour, and here are my favorite highlights: 🧵 1/
In this episode of Turpentine VC: @eriktorenberg sits down with @jasonlk, the founder and CEO of @saastr, a venture firm, podcast network, event series, and the world’s largest community for B2B/SaaS founders. This candid conversation focuses on SaaStr's business model at the…
“I know people who are big funders of all of the pro-crime District Attorneys, and they really believe that they are going to heal the nation, and heal the world, and achieve racial harmony, if they let all the criminals out of jail… They are, in my view, responsible for this…
New episode from @MOZ_Podcast! @bryan_johnson on living forever, AI, and new religions. 1. @antoniogm confesses to using Bryan’s olive oil 2. Bryan on how longevity will render every pre-existing ‘game’ pointless 3. If “Don’t die” is big enough to fill the God-shaped hole
IMO Clubhouse nailed the right format, it just so happens that the format only worked for ~1K great people. Which is why it didn't work at scale, and why Twitter Spaces doesn't either. Someone should recreate OG Clubhouse. Not as a venture business, but as a valuable network.
IMO Clubhouse nailed the right format, it just so happens that the format only worked for ~1K great people. Which is why it didn't work at scale, and why Twitter Spaces doesn't either. Someone should recreate OG Clubhouse. Not as a venture business, but as a valuable network.
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86K Followers 996 Following Founder of @carryhq_. Founded @teachable (sold to @hotmart). Investor in 100+ companies @thevibecap. On a mission to help people be better with money.Semil @semil
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2K Followers 297 FollowingToday’s episode of Moment of Zen is a debate from @BanklessHQ on the opposing viewpoints of Effective Accelerationism (E/ACC) and Effective Altruism (EA). Hosted by @RyanSAdamsb and @TrustlessState and featuring @hosseeb and our own @eriktorenberg, the podcast discusses…
something is bubbling lately. A new world is struggling to be born
I was ethnically cleansed out of San Francisco. I got out after Democrats started posting signs saying “die techie scum” and smashing the windows of Google buses. I got out before Democrats graduated to letting Asians get randomly attacked in the streets. I couldn't in good…
@nicolaygerold @nbashaw 1. Focus on one C-level buyer persona 2. Launch in partnership with communities that already target that persona 3. Take a market map from an investor for that vertical and go category by category - do it objectively and speak to real customers
My podcast listening habits have changed. This is my current AI podcast listening stable with @AIBreakdownPod @CogRev_Podcast , @latentspacepod and @thursdai_pod having pride of place but also valued OGs like @twimlai that I've listened to for years. Who am I missing out on?
This week on Upstream: @eriktorenberg, @labenz of The Cognitive Revolution podcast and @psychosort, a machine learning engineer who recently founded the Alliance for the Future, talk about Brian's efforts in Washington, D.C. to influence AI policy based on informed AI optimism.…
@gbrl_dick @eriktorenberg @cjgustafson222 @ttunguz @afc @tanayj @VPujji I have so many photos, notes, and incredible anecdotes in my head that I want to share before I die I think the people who did the real work should too!
@NateSilver538 The funniest, most interesting take is Curtis Yarvin on the missed opportunity with blue checks☑️. on @MOZ_Podcast with @eriktorenberg
Fun conversations with @eriktorenberg about our mutual obsession with the online reputation space
In this conversation of Request for Startups: @JoeFernandez, Co-Founder and CEO of allUP, joins @eriktorenberg as he discusses building in the online reputation space. They explore the ever-increasing importance of trust in the age of AI and the unique challenges of building a…
@ricburton @eriktorenberg @cjgustafson222 @ttunguz @afc @tanayj @VPujji breaking my veil of irony to say that i want to hear this story
@eriktorenberg @cjgustafson222 @ttunguz @afc @tanayj @VPujji Would love to help do this for the early days of Stripe Feels like it is a story that needs to be told Even to the thousands of people who work there!
@eriktorenberg @cjgustafson222 @ttunguz @afc @tanayj @VPujji You’re rocking it
In this episode of History 102, @whatifalthist and @eriktorenberg explore the rise of Rome, from its origins as a small settlement in Central Italy to becoming a dominant force in the known world, drawing parallels between historical events and modern-day societal patterns.…
@eriktorenberg @cjgustafson222 @ttunguz @afc @VPujji Congrats guys! CJ is the man 🫡
In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution: @WSummerlinAI and @sergiynest, founder of @quilterai (backed by @benchmark), discuss designing PCB circuit boards end-to-end using reinforcement learning. "Autopilot" host Will Summerlin and Nesterenko cover how current PCB boards…
I think this is true to a degree which few realize. Everyone needs to feel a sense of purpose through their own perception of their hero’s journey, and issues/conflicts will be manufactured to fill that vacuum if they don't otherwise exist.
@eriktorenberg @cjgustafson222 @ttunguz @afc @tanayj @VPujji Love this idea