{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Cyan Banister:  The Future is Cool Again \/ Falling in Love with Technology \/ A Brush with Star Wars","description":"Cyan Banister of Long Journey Ventures is truly one of the most successful and interesting early stage venture investors. And by \u2018successful investor\u2019, I mean \u201cinvested early in Uber and SpaceX\u201d kind of successful. She overcame a challenging childhood that included periods of homelessness (a surprisingly uplifting story, covered deeply in Tim Ferriss\u2019 interview with Cyan). Here we discuss Cyan\u2019s journey from these early struggles to becoming a prominent figure in Silicon Valley. Along the way she learns to program computers, and co-founds Zivity \u2013 an early social networking site one might compare to OnlyFans.&amp;nbsp; She was a partner at VC juggernaut Founders Fund (the VC fund founded by Peter Thiel, that invested in AirBnB, Spotify and OpenAI among others).&amp;nbsp; She also is author of \u201cThe Ugly Duckling\u201d substack. This episode also includes her brush with Star Wars\u2019 \u201cLucasfilm\u201d (the singular matters), her meeting with Marc Andreesen and her (incredible) plans for the future. Ugly Duckling Long Journey Ventures Something Ventured 8-Bit Capital ","author_name":"Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/somethingventured.us","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/35371440\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/184814400"}