A plainspoken look at the gap between mission, market, and honesty.
Matt Bertulli and Ronsley Vaz lean into a simple but stubborn question: what does it really cost to build around a mission instead of a slogan?

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What if we were not alone as entrepreneurs, artists, athletes & creatives? We are trained to believe that if we are not doing something productive at every moment of every day that we are failing, that we are being left behind. That we are not working towards success. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, hosted by Ronsley Vaz, brings to the public discussion insights from New York Times bestselling authors, founders of multi-million dollar companies, Olympic athletes, clinical psychologists, professors, high profile musicians and performing artists. Ronsley and his guests will cover every perspective and angle there is on the internal workings that...
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A plainspoken look at the gap between mission, market, and honesty.
Matt Bertulli and Ronsley Vaz lean into a simple but stubborn question: what does it really cost to build around a mission instead of a slogan?

Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.

Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.

Naval Ravikant on epistemology, startups, and crypto, from David Deutsch to Vitalik Buterin.

Alex Theuma interviews SaaS founders and investors on scaling to $10M-plus ARR.

Guy Raz traces founders' origin stories and fields live advice-line calls from entrepreneurs.

Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Justin Buzzi describes shifting from "betting on the business" to betting on himself after eight years as an entrepreneur.
Bree Seeley, author of "Permission to Leap," tells host Ronsly Vaz that mental stamina starts with a "temperature check" of your first morning thought.
Tina Tower launches twice a year, going "open cart" for eight days, then spends six months not selling.
"Nothing is happening to you": Erik Huberman says entrepreneurs who frame stress as victimhood chose the job.
Jane Vadiveloo, CEO of Children's Ground and a forensic psychologist, describes a 25-year systems-change strategy for First Nations children.
Alexandra Carter, a Columbia Law School clinical professor and mediation director, frames negotiation through mediation and her book "Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything." She argues that women and other underserved groups can negotiate effectively without being the loudest person or having a military background, citing workplace patterns where men talk over women and receive credit for shared ideas.
Psychology of Entrepreneurship examines when repeated noes damage relationships, using Carly Ryan’s parenting example and the film Yes Day.