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The Frontrunners
Competing to be The Peel with Turner Novak's next guest
| # | Nominee | Tags | Votes | Recent Voters | |
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| 1 | EM  Elon Musk @elonmusk | The Twitter Acquisition+2 | 1 |
| 2 | KS Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen | Linear+2 | 1 |
| 3 | SC Siqi Chen @blader | Runway Financial+2 | 1 |
| 4 | TL  tobi lutke @tobi | Shopify's Early Days+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF  Dylan Field @zoink | Figma+2 | 1 |
| 6 | DH David Hsu @davidmhsu | Internal Tools Market+2 | 1 |
Why a Chemist Left $7B to Bet on Physical AI Before Everyone Else | Bilal Zuberi, Red Glass Ventures
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<p>Bilal Zuberi spent 18 years investing hard tech, most of it as a GP at Lux ($7B AUM), before starting @RedGlassVC in 2025 to bet on AI that touches the physical world.</p><p><br></p><p>Bilal was making defense tech investments 15 years ago, and he led the Series A in Applied Intuition, now a $15
From Nearly Bankrupt to $5B+ Revenue, with Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff
with Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff
<p>Jamie Siminoff built the first WiFi video doorbell in his garage, got rejected on Shark Tank, and nearly went bankrupt "at least four times" while growing Ring into one of the largest consumer hardware businesses in the world.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about the $1.15B sale to Amazon, coming back
How Gusto Built a $9.5B Company with Co-founder Tomer London
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<p>Tomer London is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Gusto.</p><p><br></p><p>We go deep on how Gusto builds product, from obsessing over customers to shipping Gusto Cofounder with AI in eight weeks. We also get into what AI is doing to small businesses, surviving COVID, the manual world of
Building a Venture Firm Like a Product | Jeff Morris Jr, Chapter One
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<p>Jeff Morris Jr is the founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One. Previously, he was employee 50 at Tinder and started Chapter One from his desk before quitting to go full-time on investing.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about running a venture firm more like a product team, running 50 experiments ev
How Databricks Went $1M to $7B+ ARR in 10 Years | Ron Gabrisko, CRO
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<p>Ron Gabrisko might have the best sales seat in software. He joined Databricks as CRO at less than $1M in revenue, and built it into a $7B+ ARR business over the next decade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Almost no one has built a revenue engine this big this fast, so he's the right person to walk throu
How Athletes Get Into the Top VC Funds | Ryan Nece, Next Legacy
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<p>Ryan Nece runs Next Legacy, a $4 billion fund of funds that connects athletes and philanthropists with the top venture capital firms in the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Ryan is the only player in NFL history to win a Super Bowl as a rookie and go 0-16 in his final season. His dad, Hall of Famer Ronnie
