#10 → Eric Jorgenson: Playing the Long Game

Eric Jorgenson is a product strategist, writer and (rarely) an Angel investor. He is on the founding team of Zaarly, and has been publishing online since 2014. His business blog, Evergreen, has educated and entertained over a million readers.

He's also the author of the soon-to-be-released "Almanack of Naval Ravikant", a book of Naval's most valuable thoughts, tweets, and pieces of wisdom from the past decade.

He and Asher discuss how he came up with the idea of writing the Navalmanack, his first experience writing online with Evergreen, and reflecting on lessons learned after nine years with Zaarly.

[1:01]: Dropping out of school to join Zaarly in 2011

[2:34]: Why Eric would work for Bo Fishback—the founder of Zaarly—in a McDonald's

[4:02]: Narrowing Zaarly's focus to home service providers

[5:44]: How Eric's role within the company has evolved over time

[6:42]: Reflecting on 9+ years at Zaarly

[10:40]: How the idea for the "Almanack of Naval Ravikant" was born

[13:47]: Eric's favorite pieces of advice from Naval

[16:25]: Curating timeless business advice at Evergreen Library

[21:06]: Course Correctly and Eric's next project after he finishes the Navalmanack

[24:45]: Eric's love for "Poor Charlie's Almanack" and "The Systems Bible"

Eric's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricJorgenson

Navalmanack Website: https://www.navalmanack.com/

Evergreen Library: https://medium.com/evergreen-business-weekly

Course Correctly: http://coursecorrectly.com/

Eric's Personal Website: https://www.ejorgenson.com/