Keepin Kozy

Bitcoin Billionaire Venture Capitalist Tim Draper, who has invested in companies like Twitter, Robinhood, Skype, and Elon Musk's SpaceX/Tesla, and Rapper Lil B, who many cite as being one of the most influential musicians in the modern era for pioneering internet rap come together on Keepin Kozy to talk about Crypto, Hip Hop, the Bay Area, Capitalism, and what it means to inspire people.  In this Rare, Unique, and most importa...

Check out our new interview with MIT and Forbes 30 under 30 prize winners Daniela Blanco and Myriam Sbeiti!

They Refect on competition culture and this idea of "Reverse Friends and Family."

"Friends and Family" is a stage in venture funding when entrepreneurs raise money from their friends/family.

For some entrepreneurs, however, their financial situation means that they need to make money while pursuing ...

This week, Jacob Kozhipatt spoke with Professor of Philosophy Richard Kearney, famed for his work on returning to religion and physical touch, about the idea of excarnation (i.e. human touch going from physical to digital).  Prof. Kearney is the Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy at Boston College and has taught at University College Dublin, the Sorbonne, the University of Nice, and the Australian Catholic University. He i...

Jacob spoke with famed investor Jim Rogers during the 14th episode of Keepin Kozy. Jim Rogers is one of the most well-known investors of the 20th century having co-founded the Quantum Fund and the George Soros Fund with another legendary investor George Soros. Outside of finance, he is probably better known for leaving the world of finance to travel the actual world in his memoirs Adventure Capitalist and Investment Biker.  In...

Welcome back to the 13th Episode of Keepin Kozy. Our host Jacob Kozhipatt speaks with Legendary Billionaire Venture Capitalist Tim Draper. Draper's grandfather was the first Venture Capitalist in California. He has made major investments in companies like Hotmail, Robinhood, Baidu (google of China), Twitch, and Twitter. He is perhaps most famously now known for his Bitcoin advocacy. He's a major owner, and believe's it will transfo...

Had the privilege of speaking with one of America's great military generals and diplomats, General David Petraeus.

He's a very fascinating character, very precise in his responses. In fact prior to the podcast, he suggested I send over a draft of my questions. He totally shredded the first draft-mainly saying that questions that have "ands" in them make for poor conversation. So two drafts later, here's the finished product.

I enjo...

In the ninth episode of Keepin' Kozy, we spoke with Akshay Bhargava, the Chief Product Officer at Malwarebytes, a member of Forbes' Technology council, and a first-generation immigrant to the United States.

This episode focused on the changing dynamic of cybersecurity, and the novel ways in which Millenials are specifically targeted by hackers.

We also spoke on his immigration story to California and the changing ...

Welcome back to the 6th episode of Keepin' Kozy! This week we welcome John McAfee, founder of McAfee, LLC. You might also know him as an infamous international fugitive, and we use his unique perspectives on life to tackle some really interesting topics- like on education, politics, & following your heart.

Disclaimer: The Keepin' Kozy podcast's relationship with John McAfee is limited to this  episode and the correspo...

Mahbod Moghadam is one of the founders of the most popular internet lyrics company, Genius. Raised in LA to Persian immigrants, Mahbod went to Yale to study history. There he graduated Magna Cum Laude, and eventually went on to study law at Stanford. It was in California that he founded Rap Genius with his college friends, during his time furloughed from the law firm he worked at. After a “controversial” departure from Genius, Mahb...

Our guest for this week is Father James Martin. He was born in Pennsylvania, and went to Wharton School of Business for his undergraduate degree. Upon graduating he moved to Manhattan where he worked in finance for GE Capital. After finding himself dispassionate for the corporate world, he was inspired by the monk Thomas Merton to become a member of the clergy, and he became a Jesuit priest. He has since become the Pope’s Secretari...

Today’s guest is Jim Roosevelt, born in California as the grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he has become one of the most respected members of the health insurance industry. After studying at Boston College’s noisy neighbor Harvard for both his undergrad and law degrees, he served in the military, ran for Congress, and held the position of CEO of Tufts Health Plan, one of the biggest health insurance companies in Mas...

Our first guest is John LaMattina, one of the most respected members of the Pharmaceutical Industry. He is the former President of Research and Development at Pfizer, where he worked for over 30 years, and is presently a partner at Pure Tech pharmaceuticals. Outside of work, he is the author of two books “Drug Truths, Dispelling The Myths Of R&D (Wiley, 2008) and Devalued And Distrusted: Can The Pharmaceutical Industry Restore ...