Building A Legacy That Transcends with Naithan Jones (Former A16z Partner & Head Of Growth, Royal)

Naithan Jones Quote - “There's a fundamental misunderstanding of how success actually happens, how success happens is, you pick something to work on, that you don't mind working on in the wee hours of the night, for 20 plus years”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren’t afraid to step into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hope to empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potential and contribute to the development of a bold and progressive black community.Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts about leaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevant afterwards.This episode features Naithan Jones, former partner at A16z and current Head of Growth at Royal. Royal enables anyone to own and earn royalties for their favorite songs. In 2011, Naithan drove out to silicon valley in his 1994 Corolla with everything he owned and went on to build Ag local, an ecommerce startup that eventually folded up.He later joined Andreessen Horowitz(A16z) where he did amazing work for seven years. Naithan is a tech executive with over 20 years background in market strategy with emphasis on entrepreneurship, startups and entertainment driven business. Listen and enjoy as Naithan talks to us about the misconceptions about being a VC and royal’s mission to redistribute the ownership of digital property. Naithan’s Twitter post ​​https://twitter.com/naithanjones/status/1550151720319303683?s=21Naithan’s reading list Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitzhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=hard+thing+about+hard+things&adgrpid=82923967095&gclid=CjCybernetics by Nobert Weinerhttps://www.amazon.com/Cybernetics-Second-Control-Communication-Machine/dp/026273009X The Human Use Of Human Beings by Nobert Weinerhttps://www.amazon.com/Human-Use-Beings-Cybernetics-Society/dp/0306803208Inner Engineering by Sadhguruhttps://www.amazon.com/Inner-Engineering-Yogis-Guide-Joy/dp/0812997794Man's Search For Meaning https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/080701429XThe Black Jacobins by C.L.R James https://www.amazon.com/Black-Jacobins-Toussaint-LOuverture-Revolution/dp/0679724672Power vs Force by David Hawkins https://www.amazon.com/Power-Force-David-Hawkins-M-D/dp/1401945074Psychology Of Unconsciousness by C.G Jung https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Unconscious-C-G-Jung/dp/0486424995Show Notes 5:32 What inspired the mindset behind the tweet 11:25 How serving has changed Naithans’s perspective on life and humanity17:11 Journey to Tech 24:43 Misconceptions about being a VC33:15 Advice to founders40:48 The role healing/therapy plays in dealing with past trauma 46:46 Royal’s mission52:33 Naithan’s Reading list The Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, or wherever you get your podcasts.Want to learn more about Afropolitan? Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/Afropolitan Community - https://linktr.ee/afropolitangroup