Bryan Johnson: Current Business Ventures After Selling His Comp…
About This Episode
Bryan Johnson details his transition from selling Braintree for $800 million to investing his fortune into "Blueprint," a data-driven project to optimize human health and longevity. The discussion covers his history with door-to-door sales, his philosophy on internal goal alignment, and the future of neuroimaging with his company Kernel.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 03:25- Background starting w/Braintree
- 15:30- Financial plans and life changes
- 21:45- Where do you put your money
- 27:05- What does Kernel do
- 36:55- Blueprint blog
- 57:40- Ideas for others to go and do
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- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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- Additional episodes you might enjoy:
- #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
- #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
- #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
- * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
- #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
- Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
- How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Links
- * Braintree
- * Kernel
- * Blueprint
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Key Takeaways
Use "system deconstruction" to find business opportunities by identifying where industries are opaque or deceptive and offering radical transparency as a competitive advantage.
Eliminate decision fatigue and self-harming behaviors by "firing" the impulsive versions of yourself and allowing biological data to dictate your dietary and lifestyle choices.
Prioritize liquidity as an entrepreneur to maintain the flexibility needed for long-term deep tech projects that require decades of capital and focus.