#543: Legendary Investor John Doerr on Picking Winners — From Google in 1999 to Solving the Climate Crisis Now
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Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 3 November 2021
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Legendary Investor John Doerr on Picking Winners — From Google in 1999 to Solving the Climate Crisis Now | Brought to you by ShipStation shipping software; Allform premium, modular furniture; and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. More on all three below.
John Doerr (@johndoerr) is an engineer, venture capitalist, the chair of Kleiner Perkins, and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Measure What Matters. His new book is Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now.
John was an original investor and board member at Google and Amazon, helping to create more than half a million jobs. A pioneer of Silicon Valley’s cleantech movement, John has invested in zero-emission technologies since 2006. He’s passionate about encouraging leaders to reimagine the future, from transforming healthcare to advancing applications of machine learning.
Outside Kleiner Perkins, John works with social entrepreneurs who are tackling systemic issues across climate, public health, and education.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. I get asked all the time what I would take if I |
| 0:05.2 | could only take one supplement. The answer is invariably Athletic Greens. I view it as all |
| 0:11.3 | in one nutritional insurance. I recommended it in fact in the four hour body. This is more than |
| 0:16.0 | 10 years ago and I did not get paid to do so. With approximately 75 vitamins, minerals, and |
| 0:21.6 | whole food source ingredients, you'd be very hard pressed to find a more nutrient dense and |
| 0:25.8 | comprehensive formula on the market. It has multivitamins, multimineral greens complex, |
| 0:31.0 | probiotics, and prebiotics for gut health and immunity formula. Digestive enzymes, |
| 0:35.4 | adaptogens, and much more. I usually take it once or twice a day just to make sure I've covered my |
| 0:41.0 | bases if I miss anything I'm not aware of. Of course, I focus on nutrient dense meals to begin |
| 0:46.9 | with. That's the basis. Athletic Greens makes it easy to get a lot of nutrition when whole foods |
| 0:51.9 | aren't readily available. From travel packets, I always have them in my bag when I'm zipping around. |
| 0:57.2 | Right now, Athletic Greens is giving my audience a special offer on top of their all-in-one formula, |
| 1:02.8 | which is a free vitamin D supplement and five free travel packs with your first subscription |
| 1:08.8 | purchase. Many of us are deficient in vitamin D. I found that true for myself, which is usually |
| 1:13.9 | produced in our bodies from sun exposure. So adding a vitamin D supplement to your daily routine |
| 1:18.4 | is a great option for additional immune support. Support your immunity, gut health, and energy |
| 1:23.6 | by visiting athleticgreens.com slash Tim. You'll receive up to a year's supply of vitamin D and |
| 1:30.2 | five free travel packs with your subscription. Again, that's athleticgreens.com slash Tim. |
| 1:40.0 | This episode is brought to you by all form. If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, |
| 1:44.1 | you've probably heard me talk about Helix sleep and their mattresses, which I've been using since |
| 1:48.4 | 2017. I have two of them upstairs from where I'm sitting at this moment. Now, Helix has gone |
| 1:54.3 | beyond the bedroom and started making sofas. They just launched a new company called AllForm, |
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