In this hybrid episode Andy first gives a run down of the recent move to leverage Erik Prince (founder of private military company Blackwater) to Haiti to quell gang violence, the University of Michigan Chinese Espionage case, in which two individuals smuggled an agricultural weapon into the US that could have devastated crops and livestock, and touches on the implications of Ukraines daring strike deep inside Russia.
In the second half of the episode Andy sits down with BowTied Bills, an anonymous former FAANG/Big Tech Engineer turned entrepreneur with a successful SEO business and e commerce brand centered around Creatine Gummies. Andy and Bills discuss breaking out from corporate, starting your own thing, and what it takes to get a business off the ground in 2025.
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