This is an episode of The Pomp Podcast with host Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano and guest, Liron Shapira, the co-founder and CEO of Relationship Hero. He’s a serial entrepreneur, founding his first company at age 21, which raised over $130 million.

In this conversation, we discuss the YCombinator experience, rationality community, superintelligence artificial intelligence, Relationship Hero, investing in Coinbase, and Bitcoin.


Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Background
01:50 - Losing 170 Million Dollars
03:42 - Relationship Hero
05:31 - Customer Execution
06:55 - Monetization and Pricing Structure
09:55 - Lessons Learned
11:04 - Focusing on Tactical Advice
12:18 - How To Write The Perfect Text Message
14:27 - Bitcoin
16:08 - Investment Strategy
18:21 - Coinbase Investment
20:47 - Going Through YCombinator
21:50 - Best and Worst of YC
23:26 - Bloated MVP Blog
27:02 - Modern Rationality
30:08 - Mental Framework
33:56 - A.I.
40:09 - Applying Rationality
41:46 - Relationship Hero Outlook
45:38 - Most Important Book You've Read?
45:12 - Aliens. Believer?
48:26 - Question For Pomp
50:40 - Where To Find Liron