The Crazy Ones
Founders, friends and fellow builders Alex Lieberman & Jesse Pujji know what it is to be a founder. The irrational confidence, relentless grind and creative ecstasy needed to build something. In this show, they dole out unfiltered opinions and advice on how to build businesses, and how the current state of the world helps or hurts founders.
Recent Episodes
What is Measured Discomfort and Why Founders Need It
May 25, 2023
Episode 53: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) talks about being uncomfortable with being comfortable. Yup, that’s right. Sometimes being too comfortable can mean being complacent. Taking risks and stepping outside of your …
Building Technology With Infinite Scale
May 23, 2023
Episode 52: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) chats with Brett Adcock ( @adcock_brett ), founder of Vettery, Archer, and Figure. Figure is a cutting edge AI robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid robot to p…
“Build An Elite Navy Seals of Business” - Lessons from Airbnb’s Founder
May 18, 2023
Episode 51: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) shares his 9 lessons from Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. From its scrappy start to its forced restructuring from the pandemic, these are lessons you can use to build your own empire.…
How Founders Should Be Integrating AI to their Businesses
May 16, 2023
Episode 50: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) are in-studio for the first time ever! They riff on the hottest topic in business today: generative AI. They imagine how it could be integrated int…
Why The Grass Isn’t Always Greener
May 11, 2023
Episode 49: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) opens up about his innate need to compare himself to other founders, namely his co-founder at Morning Brew. The lesson here is realizing that the grass isn’t always greener on …
Is it Time To Pivot ‘The Plunge’?
May 9, 2023
Episode 48: Alex Lieberman ( @businessbarista ) and Jesse Pujji ( @jspujji ) discuss if it’s too early to pivot on The Plunge after realizing the game might be too difficult for people. Alex thinks about whether he should do…
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