#098 Danielle Strachman: What Makes a Thiel Fellow

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Danielle Strachman discusses the Thiel Fellowship, its impact, and the traits of successful young founders.

Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:46) - Deep dive into the Thiel Fellowship (00:07:04) - Success stories and impact of Thiel Fellows (00:11:04) - Challenges and controversies (00:16:01) - Evolution and future of fellowship programs (00:18:39) - Early days of building the Thiel Fellowship (00:23:36) - Traits of a Thiel Fellow (00:33:24) - Nurturing genius (00:39:57) - Screen time & children (00:40:30) - Big screens vs. small screens (00:43:12) - Quality time and engaging activities (00:45:42) - Emotional depth and resilience in young founders (00:54:02) - The traits of innovators (01:04:08) - The journey of 1517 Fund (01:10:05) - Join the 1517 community Links: Rolling Fun — https://www.rolling.fun To support the costs of producing this podcast: >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanack: www.navalmanack.com/ >> Buy a copy of The Anthology of Balaji: https://balajianthology.com/ >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Jorgenson

Guest: Danielle Strachman

Topics covered

• Thiel Fellowship
• success stories
• challenges
• traits of innovators
• young founders
• screen time
• emotional resilience

Keywords

• Thiel Fellowship
• Danielle Strachman
• young founders
• innovation
• screen time
• emotional resilience
• 1517 Fund

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Thiel Fellowship, 1517 Fund, Rolling Fun

Products: Navalmanack, The Anthology of Balaji

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