Skip to content
HeyJared

Divot

Divot brings you weekly conversations with the people building the future—founders, creators, athletes, and visionaries pushing the limits of business, technology, sports, and entertainment.We go beyond success stories to explore the real moments that define a journey—the…

Podcast · By Derek Andersen · American English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
11
Latest publication
Sep 23, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 8, 2026

Latest episodes

  1. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    Steve Young: Why Super Bowls Don’t Define His Legacy & How He Measures a Successful Life (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    Steve Young is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, two-time NFL MVP, and Super Bowl MVP who threw six touchdown passes to lead the San Francisco 49ers to victory in Super Bowl XXIX. From eighth on BYU’s quarterback depth chart to the NFL’s biggest stage, he built a career under extraordinary pressure. His book, The Law of Love, explores what success means beyond the scoreboard. In this episode with Derek Andersen, Steve reveals what Bill Walsh understood about building winning teams: talent

  2. Episode · Sep 16, 2026

    How Google X Makes Radical Innovation Repeatable by Rewarding Intelligent Failure (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    Astro Teller is the entrepreneur, AI scientist, and Captain of Moonshots who has led X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, for more than 15 years. Under his leadership, X helped incubate Google Brain, Waymo, Wing, and Verily, breakthroughs spanning artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, drone delivery, and precision health. In 2026, Waymo alone raised $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation. In this episode with Derek Andersen, Astro explains how X makes radical innovation repeatable. Teams brai

  3. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    From His Darkest Moment to 50M Followers: How MDMotivator Turned Pain Into Purpose (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

    Read excerpt

    Zachery Dereniowski, better known as MDMotivator, left medical school after the pandemic, a devastating breakup, a torn ACL, and crushing isolation pushed him to the lowest point of his life. Today, his videos about kindness, mental health, and human connection reach more than 50 million followers, have generated over 40 billion impressions, and helped raise more than $5 million for strangers. In this episode with Derek Andersen, Zachery reveals how two strangers saved his life by sitting with h

  4. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    The Lean Startup's Creator on Why Good Companies Go Bad & How to Make Yours Incorruptible (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    Eric Ries created the Lean Startup methodology and wrote "The Lean Startup," a New York Times bestseller that has sold more than a million copies in over 30 languages, teaching a generation of founders the MVP and build, measure, learn. He later founded the Long Term Stock Exchange, an SEC-approved exchange that has raised over $170 million, and just published his newest bestseller, "Incorruptible." In this episode with Derek Andersen, Eric explains why "Lean Startup" has held up in the AI era,

  5. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    The Modern Dating Problem No One Is Actually Talking About Honestly - Shark Tank Dating Coach (opens the original)

    Episode notes

    Read excerpt

    Blaine Anderson is the Shark Tank dating coach for men who built Dating by Blaine from a COVID-forced career pivot into a company with 7,000 clients and over 1 million followers. She accepted Mark Cuban's $100,000 offer on stage and became the first credible female voice on social media telling men the truth about what is actually going wrong in their dating lives. In this episode with Derek Andersen, Blaine breaks down why the most accomplished men often have the worst dating lives, and what it

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Divot