Erik Torenberg is a technology entrepreneur and investor.
Presently, he’s the founder of <a href="https://turpentine.co/">Turpentine</a>. Previously, he was the chairman of <a href="https://www.beondeck.com/">On Deck</a>, co-founder and general partner at <a href="https://www.villageglobal.vc/">Village Global</a>, and first employee at <a href="https://producthunt.com/">Product Hunt</a>.

0:00 - Intro 
5:08 - On Investing vs Operating and Being a Player 
7:34 - Trust and Direct Distribution 
10:45 - Legacy Media and the Techlash 
17:24 - What is Turpentine 
18:41 - Lessons From 1000 Interviews 
20:59 - The Printing Press, Barbells, and the Future of Media 
25:22 - Pre-Internet Journalism and Survival of the Fittest Ideas 
28:44 - Creator Monetization and Price Discrimination 
34:55 - Does Media Have a Direction? 
41:44 - Tailwinds and Turpentine at Scale 
49:37 - Creating More Startups and Understanding Risk 
54:24 - Is Entrepreneurship Founder or Market Limited? 
59:04 - What Do Most People Get Wrong About Community Building? 
1:01:34 - Probabilistic vs Deterministic Mindsets 
1:04:29 - On Faith over Logic 
1:08:06 - Modernity and God Shaped Holes 
1:10:44 - The Hypocrisy of Elites 
1:13:30 - Asking Erik Questions He Asks People 
1:15:40 - What Should More People be Thinking About?

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Erik Torenberg is a technology entrepreneur and investor. Presently, he’s the founder of Turpentine. Previously, he was the chairman of On Deck, co-founder and general partner at Village Global, and first employee at Product Hunt. 0:00 - Intro 5:08 - On Investing vs Operating and Being a Player 7:34 - Trust and Direct Distribution 10:45 - Legacy [&hellip;]