#311 James Cameron

**David Senra** (0:00)
One of the most unique things about this podcast is that I know the founder of every company that advertises on founders, all of them listen to founders, and so that makes building a relationship a lot easier. But I also do this because I only want supporters of the podcast that live and breathe their product. In every case, we share the same obsession for the quality of the products that we make and the businesses that we are building. And so 8 Sleep is one of the supporters of this episode, and the founder Mateo and I live in the same city. A few months after I started using 8 Sleep, I randomly ran into Mateo at a restaurant, and I was with some friends, and I went over to say hi. When I got back to my table, my friend asked me who I was talking to. And I said, oh, that's Mateo, the founder of 8 Sleep. And my friend replied that, oh, he looks like he gets good sleep. And that's because Mateo is living and breathing his product. I've never had the ability to change the temperature of my bed before I had an 8 Sleep. I had no idea how much that one feature could improve the quality of my sleep. I keep my 8 Sleep ice cold and it's cold before I get into bed. So I fall asleep faster and I wake up less during the night. That feature alone is worth 10 times the price. There are very few no-brainer investments in life. An 8 Sleep is one of them. You can get yours by going to 8sleep.com forward slash founders, use that link, you get $150 off. They're shipping all over USA, Canada, the UK, parts of Europe and Australia. So go to 8sleep.com forward slash founders. And just two more quick things before we jump into this episode on James Cameron. I just listened to this entire episode. I'm actually really proud of it.
It's like, it's a little over an hour long. I probably spent 50 times that amount reading and researching and living inside the mind of James Cameron. I was absolutely obsessed. I hope you enjoy it. So the first thing I wanna tell you about is I've made something that is exclusively for the enthusiasts of founders, for people that completely understand the benefit of this intense studying of the great people and the great work that came before us and how valuable that is to apply to whatever it is that you're working on. If that is you, I recommend you sign up for the Private Founders AMA feed. I've been making these short episodes every week based on questions that I get from other members. If you become a member, you'll be able to ask me questions directly. There's a private email address that you get access to. And I read every single one of these emails myself. I don't have an assistant look over them. I read every single one myself. The questions I get from these emails, I turn into short AMA episodes. So that allows other members to learn from questions of other members. And you can also add your name and a link to your website with your question so that other members can check out what you're working on. That feature alone is worth the investment. So far, I've made 28 episodes. I'm recording the next one tomorrow. And I plan on making several episodes every week. If you consider yourself an enthusiast of Founders Podcast, I highly recommend that you become a member. You can join by using the link that's in the show notes in your podcast player. I also have it at founderspodcast.com. And the last thing that I want to tell you about before we jump into this episode, my friend Jeremy just went on Invest Like the Best. You have to listen to this episode. It's episode 336 It's called Special Situations in Private Markets. It's 90 straight minutes of insight after insight. Jeremy's a friend of mine. I spent a lot of time talking to him. He's unbelievably bright. And his episode on Invest Like the Best is one that I'm going to re-listen to many, many times in the future. You can just search for it in whatever podcast player you're listening to this, but I will also leave a link down below.
After James Cameron's avatar made $2.7 billion, the director found the deepest point that exists in all of the Earth's oceans and dove to it. When Cameron reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench, he became the first person in history to descend the 6.8-mile-distance solo. Since then, others have followed. Most prominently, a private equity titan and former Naval Reserve intelligence officer turned explorer named Victor Vescovo.