The Warrior Poet
**Get yourself unstuck and be a leader.** Andrew "Sri" Sridhar is a former Navy SEAL, Harvard MBA, Wall Street escapee, and technologist. He interviews top military leaders, academic thinkers, and business phenoms to up your game. The Warrior Poet is a tightly woven tapestry of leadership expertise, philosophical inquiry, and pop culture. It's a portmanteau of Brainpickings, Wait But Why, and (Sri only wishes) Seinfeld. Yes, Sri sometimes writes haikus.
The Warrior Poet
Latest Episodes
#101: Founder Cries in Supermarket at 24, Later Exits || Adam Rossi
Sri talks with Adam Rossi, who set a 2-year clock on founding a company after he graduated college. At 24 he started his entrepreneurial journey along with his young wife Laila. They eventually sold to a public company, achieving the exit every...
#100: NFL Wide Receiver Raises $4MM Seed Round || Kevin Jurovich
From the San Francisco 49ers to $4M Seed Round: Kevin Jurovich on Surviving "The Desert"Kevin Jurovich's NFL career ended with a dropped pass in the fourth quarter. Seven ye...
#99: Harvard Business School Professor on Lucky Underwear and Everyday Romance | Michael Norton
Harvard Business School professor and behavioral scientist Mike Norton breaks down why rituals—small, often “irrational” actions—carry outsized emotional weight. From his own black binder “totem” for teaching, to sports routines a...
#98: $70M in 8 months! Then the warehouse burned 🔥 | (Phil Neil)
Phil Neil scaled a business to $70M in ~8 months—then watched a warehouse fire erase uninsured inventory. Phil is a serial entrepreneur and former pro football player. He...
#97: Pro Basketball Player on True Grit | Chris Eversley
Sri talks with Chris Eversley, former professional basketball player and expert on resilience. Chris reinvented himself after sports through an arduous journey learning to walk again at the age of 33. He gives you the secrets of eli...