Kevin Chu: Products for the most sophisticated economic minds
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Here are some relevant links from the conversation:
- Bridgewater Associates
- Ray Dalio
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Young, Gifted, and Non-dominant
- CORE at Columbia
- ABRA, a cryptocurrency startup
- Richard Feynman
- Rachel Syme, a writer
Show notes:
- 1:29 100+ hours of user interviews
- 2:49 Interviewing a Bletchley park code breaker
- 4:11 How payments in the US differ from Europe
- 5:32 What is Bridgewater Associates?
- 7:09 The culture at Bridgewater
- 8:23 Discovering blind spots
- 14:42 Building product at Bridgewater
- 18:16 How Kevin landed his position
- 21:19 Growing up in Southern California
- 21:39 Kevin's love of reading
- 27:20 Kevin's first job working with city's Community and Parks Dept.
- 28:42 Co-founding Young, Gifted, and Non-Dominant
- 32:27 Serving as President of CORE at Columbia University
- 38:38 How Kevin plans to make future career decisions
- 40:25 "Seek out the counter-cultural. Live out your counter narrative. And dare to imagine better."
- 44:41 Kevin's perfect day
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