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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…
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Steve Young: Why Super Bowls Don’t Define His Legacy & How He Measures a Successful Life (opens the original)
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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
How Google X Makes Radical Innovation Repeatable by Rewarding Intelligent Failure (opens the original)
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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
From His Darkest Moment to 50M Followers: How MDMotivator Turned Pain Into Purpose (opens the original)
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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
The Lean Startup's Creator on Why Good Companies Go Bad & How to Make Yours Incorruptible (opens the original)
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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,
The Modern Dating Problem No One Is Actually Talking About Honestly - Shark Tank Dating Coach (opens the original)
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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
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