
Ivan Burazin is the co-founder and CEO of Daytona , the AI infrastructure company building computers for AI agents . His 16-person engineering team rebuilt its product with a radical rule: no manually written code. With...


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Hosted by Derek Andersen · business · EN-US
Divot brings you weekly conversations with the people building the future—founders, creators, athletes, and visionaries pushing the limits of business, technology, sports, and entertainment.We go beyond success stories to explore the real moments that define a journey—the risks, the failures, the breakthroughs, and the lessons that can help you on your path.Stories of people making their mark, and how you can too.New episodes every Wednesday.#DivotPodcast #Business #Tech #Sports #Entertainment #Innovation
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Signup to Generate a PitchDivot brings you weekly conversations with the people building the future, founders, creators, athletes, and visionaries pushing the limits of business, technology, sports, and entertainment. We go beyond success stories to explore the real moments that define a journey, the risks, the failures, the breakthroughs, and the lessons that can help you on your path.
Divot is hosted by Derek Andersen. The show has published 70 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The $1B Startup Betting on Software’s Next Users: AI Agents" (21 October 2026, 61 minutes), "Ex-Facebook Engineer & Former Dropbox CTO: Is the Superintelligence Era Here?" (14 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "Steve Young: Why Super Bowls Don’t Define His Legacy & How He Measures a Successful Life" (23 September 2026, 67 minutes).
Divot publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 70 episodes.
Booking probability for Divot is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Divot requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Divot's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Divot are Business & Management Consulting. Divot has a business audience.
Derek Andersen hosts Divot, a business podcast with 70 episodes published.
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Ivan Burazin is the co-founder and CEO of Daytona , the AI infrastructure company building computers for AI agents . His 16-person engineering team rebuilt its product with a radical rule: no manually written code. With...

Aditya Agarwal helped build early Facebook and scaled Dropbox’s engineering team from 25 to 1,000. The former Dropbox CTO is now a General Partner at South Park Commons, a venture firm with $2 billion in assets under...

Steve Young is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, two-time NFL MVP, and Super Bowl MVP who threw six touchdown passes to lead the San Francisco 49ers to victory in Super Bowl XXIX. From eighth on BYU’s quarterback...

Zachery Dereniowski, better known as MDMotivator, left medical school after the pandemic, a devastating breakup, a torn ACL, and crushing isolation pushed him to the lowest point of his life. Today, his videos about...

Episode #48
Eric Ries created the Lean Startup methodology and wrote "The Lean Startup," a New York Times bestseller that has sold more than a million copies in over 30 languages, teaching a generation of founders the MVP and...

Episode #47
Blaine Anderson is the Shark Tank dating coach for men who built Dating by Blaine from a COVID-forced career pivot into a company with 7,000 clients and over 1 million followers. She accepted Mark Cuban's $100,000 offer...

Episode #45
Grant Cardone grew up in the bayous of Louisiana with no money, no connections, and no plan, and spent a decade battling drug addiction before rebuilding from scratch. Today, his privately held companies generate $750...

Episode #44
Mark Manson is a three-time NYT number one bestselling author whose book "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" has sold more than 20 million copies across 65 languages, hitting number one in 14 countries. He co-wrote...

Episode #43
Greg Isenberg is the entrepreneur and AI strategist behind Late Checkout, a portfolio of AI-native businesses powered by agents and online communities. He founded FiveBuy, acquired by StumbleUpon, and built Islands...

Episode #42
Nick O’Neill is the entrepreneur, software developer, and creator behind Choose Rich, the provocative online character that transformed crypto commentary, luxury satire, and internet outrage into a media business...

Episode #41
Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar and helped build the creative engine behind some of the most beloved films of the last 30 years, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up. Long before...

After more than 50 episodes of Divot, Derek Andersen celebrates conversations that have inspired, educated, and reached millions. This special recap features Doug Leone, former Global Managing Partner at Sequoia...

Ali Ansari is the founder and CEO of Micro1, the human data engine helping AI labs train foundational models and enterprises build better AI agents. With more than 5M people screened, Micro1 provides expert data...

Episode #38
Charlie Rocket believes your dream may already be done; time just has not caught up yet. In Part 2 of this conversation, the Dream Machine Foundation founder explains how the things that light you up can become a...

Episode #37
Charlie Rocket helped create major cultural moments in hip hop, working with artists like 2 Chainz, contributing to Grammy-winning campaigns, winning an Emmy, and managing some of the biggest names in music. But after...

Episode #36
James Dumoulin built School of Hard Knocks into a 22M-follower business media empire by turning street interviews into a new form of financial education. By 23, he had interviewed 52 billionaires and major icons like...

Episode #35
Justin Kan helped build Twitch into one of the most influential companies in internet history, changing gaming, streaming, and creator culture forever. After selling the company for nearly $1 billion to Amazon, becoming...

Navin Chaddha is the Managing Partner of Mayfield, one of Silicon Valley’s most legendary venture capital firms with over $3B under management and more than 120 IPOs. A 17-time Forbes Midas List investor, Navin was an...

Episode #33
David Spinks spent years building one of the most respected communities in Silicon Valley, co-founding CMX, advising top companies on belonging, and helping define an entire industry around community building. But...

Episode #32
Shardul Shah has backed some of the most important technology companies of the last decade. From Datadog to Wiz, his investments have helped shape the future of cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, artificial...
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Chief Developer Experience Officer, Daytona
Founder, Startup Grind
global head of employee experience and leadership assessments, Concordia University Irvine
creator of the Lean Startup method, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, author of Incorruptible, Long-Term Stock Exchange
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