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Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land of the Giants – The Disney Dilemma – focuses on Disney’s ability to weather the ups and downs of the business cycle and changing tastes and explores what has kept it successful for over 100 years. The entertainment giant has leveraged nostalgia and its intellectual property to build a beloved brand, but after an acquisition spree that included Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox, can it sus ...
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Pieter Levels joins John Collison to discuss building successful online businesses as a digital nomad, thoughts on European accelerationism, and Pieter’s unconventional methods and philosophy as a bootstrapped founder making over $3 million per year.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:37 Pieter’s resume
01:33 Trying to make money online as a 12 year old
02:43 Being one of the first YouTube creators
03:18 Who should indie hack
04:31 What Pieter hates about VC-backed businesses
07:51 Who is digital nomading for?
09:15 Learning from @patio11
10:17 125k tweets and the brand of @levelsio
10:59 Getting referrals from ChatGPT
11:43 What Pieter automates with AI
13:02 Investing and home country bias
15:05 Hacking thermostats
15:57 EU acceleration movement
18:34 Entrepreneurship in the EU
19:26 Pieter's reflections on Stripe’s API
21:21 Looking 5 years into the future
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