By the age of 25, David Lee survived stage 4 lymphoma. Not only did he not let it stop him, he worked early in Google, became a partner at SV Angel during the Airbnb / Twitter / Dropbox / Snapchat era, and now leads Samsung Next. In the latest discussion with Kyriakos Eleftheriou in Los Angeles, they discussed:
CHAPTERS
(00:00) Introduction
(02:30) Why digital health still hasn't had its "reusable rocket"
(07:00) "Law school is coding for your mind"
(08:30) How Elon, Dorsey and Belichick boil any problem down to 3 things
(11:00) Telling Yo-Yo Ma from a college cellist — how to spot real talent
(14:00) The NFL gets the #1 pick wrong 50% of the time — so how do you pick founders?
(16:30) Most pro athletes are scared in big games
(19:30) Without a killer product, you have no strategy
(22:00) Vanity beats health — why no one wears the clunky device
(29:00) Your kids will never do what you tell them — they copy what you do
(32:30) Jensen Huang, Saturdays, and why the top person sets everything
(37:30) The "red zone of intelligence" AI will never touch
(38:30) Why the great fitness instructor gets paid more in the AI era
(40:30) Why VC is the wrong financing model for the next decade
(41:30) Mike Ovitz and CAA — the playbook for winning in AI
Full podcast and writeup → David Lee on Samsung Next, picking founders, and building inside a giant
