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Eight Sleep

By Eight Sleep

8 recommend/use · 7 sourced episodes

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RecommendsHard truths about building in the AI era

“I am an investor and somewhat biased in eight sleep, but it transforms people's lives.”

Speaker: Keith Rabois▶ Watch at ~1:19:00approx.

UsesFrom skeptic to true believer: How OpenClaw changed my life

“we've got the Aura, we've got the Apple Watch, and then we have the Eight Sleep”

Speaker: Claire Vo▶ Watch at ~1:36:27approx.

UsesHow to break out of autopilot and create the life you want

“I actually bought to e sleep and it was just too much”

Speaker: Graham Weaver▶ Watch at ~1:06:00approx.

UsesMeta’s Head of Product (and 29th employee) on working with Mark Zuckerberg, early growth tactics, why PMs are like conductors, and more

“we have the eight sleep we have eye masks we have blackout Shades”

Speaker: Naomi Gleit▶ Watch at ~1:13:00approx.

RecommendsBecoming a conscious leader: Leading without fear, finding your life’s objective function, and getting better at vision and strategy

“if you haven't checked out eat sleep H great product”

Speaker: JM Nichols▶ Watch at ~1:12:00approx.

RecommendsHow to measure and improve developer productivity

“my big one is probably sleep eight”

Speaker: Nicole Forsgren▶ Watch at ~1:11:00approx.

UsesHow to measure and improve developer productivity

“yeah ate sleep yeah the other way around um yeah so that one's fun because it cool it makes the bed cold”

Speaker: Nicole Forsgren▶ Watch at ~1:11:00approx.

RecommendsLessons from scaling Ramp

“I love my eight sleep uh I'm a big fan and uh they're around customers as well”

Speaker: Sri Batchu▶ Watch at ~1:12:30approx.

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