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"Dig Through Your Couches. SpaceX Needs It." Cyan Banister on Luke Nosek's Pitch

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"Dig Through Your Couches. SpaceX Needs It." Cyan Banister on Luke Nosek's Pitch

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Cyan Banister put her entire IronPort exit into SpaceX when the rockets were still blowing up on the launchpad. She never sold. It became the best investment of her life. She is Co-Founder and General Partner at Long Journey Ventures, spent 4 years as a pa...

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Cyan Banister, co-founder and general partner at Long Journey Ventures, shares her unconventional investment philosophy and the stories behind her most successful bets, including SpaceX, Uber, and Niantic. She discusses how she sources deals by paying attention to overlooked details, the importance of trusting intuition over rigid theses, and her focus on emerging technologies like nanotech and biotech.
00:00
Luke Nosek convinced her to invest all of her IronPort exit proceeds into SpaceX.
01:18
Cyan Banister prefers dark spaces.
02:17
She discovered him on Instagram after recognizing his 3D glasses.
07:32
The lizard brain triggers fear and resistance to change.
08:11
The bellwether leads the flock.
10:41
Observing sounds, eye movements, and alliances is key to winning.
15:42
Lying in Mafia is challenging.
16:32
Strong family-like bonds within the PayPal Mafia
21:32
Over 30 camera crew members
22:33
Mafia breaks down barriers and reveals how people operate
28:58
She successfully bluffed against Phil Hellmuth.
34:16
Curiosity and wonder are choices, not fixed traits.
51:38
Centralized AI control is a weapon.
1:01:57
Picking favorites is like choosing among children
1:04:28
Failure is a necessary part of engineering progress.
1:12:53
Diamond Foundry's potential in industrial diamonds is overlooked.
1:18:43
Avoid hot deals, find cheap moonshots with high ownership.
1:19:24
Performance is shaped by relationships and mentors.
1:23:01
Openness to the universe presenting solutions.
1:24:01
Overusing labels dilutes their meaning.

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Cyan Banister, Long Journey Ventures
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Inside Long Journey HQ
01:13
The wild story behind the office mural
02:17
What Cyan's actual house looks like
05:32
What the Long Journey logo actually means
08:08
How Cyan became one of Mafia's breakout stars
10:41
The first time she's ever had to lie to win
15:42
What really happens off-camera at Mafia
16:30
The blooper reel nobody's seen yet
18:58
The one thing Mafia is missing
22:33
Inside Brian Singerman's $40-a-month boardgame club
23:54
Cyan's Serendipity
31:36
The "why" behind her biggest investments
43:56
Full list of Cyan's investments
1:01:57
All-in on SpaceX
1:04:28
Why she never sold a single SpaceX share
1:08:57
Top Bets: Becoming Bio + Substrate
1:12:53
Why America's reindustrialization moment is now
1:15:52
The mentors who shaped who she is today
1:19:16
Manifesting Rick Rubin
1:22:54
Real take on the Peter Thiel events
1:24:00

Transcript

Molly O'Shea: Congrats on SpaceX, Thank you. Cyan Banister: That was my first check. Luke came over to our house and he's like, Banisters, I need you to dig through your couches. Anything liquid you have, I need it. SpaceX needs it. So Luke and Scott conv...