E463 - Jason Portnoy - How to Become a Silicon Valley Success: A Humble Kid's Journey to Greatness

E463 - Jason Portnoy - How to Become a Silicon Valley Success: A Humble Kid's Journey to Greatness

Author: Junaid Ahmed December 1, 2022 Duration: 55:43
Today I got to speak with Jason Portnoy. Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author Jason Portnoy began his career at PayPal, working closely with technology icons like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Reid Hoffman. He served as the first Chief Financial Officer of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and later founded Oakhouse Partners, a top-performing venture capital firm. Jason is sought after as a trusted advisor to technology company CEOs and has spoken on topics ranging from executive leadership to the intersections of technology and humanity. He holds engineering degrees from both Stanford University (MS) and the University of Colorado (BS). This is gonna be an awesome conversation! Our Guest Jason Portnoy Website: www.jasonportnoy.com Instagram: jason.portnoy Twitter: @jportnoy Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonportnoy/ Jason’s book, Silicon Valley Porn Star: https://geni.us/SiliconValleyPornStar Hacks to take away: Find a place to tell all of your secrets.  Your secrets will hold you back. Act in alignment with yourself so you do the things that you’re interested in and passionate about.  When you do, you will become so happy and so fulfilled that you become radiant. As an entrepreneur, your business, your creation, is a reflection of you.  If your business is blocked it means you are blocked in some way.  Keep doing your internal work toward personal growth and then your business will also grow. Your business can’t grow faster than you grow, and it can’t get bigger than you.  Keep working to expand yourself. When you focus your attention on a smaller number of things, you become a lot more powerful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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