This product by Chemex came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Max Levchin. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
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The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies — Max Levchin
“Chemex is probably the best one of those. It's really the most controllable.”
“Chemex. Why Chemex? Chemex is probably the best one of those. It's really the most controllable.”— Max Levchin
The guest here is Max Levchin: Cofounder of PayPal and founder/CEO of Affirm; Soviet-Ukraine-born engineer-turned-CEO, cryptography enthusiast, obsessive cyclist, and prolific tech investor (sci-fi.vc). Affirm and PayPal cofounder Max Levchin on marriage, cycling, fighting socialism, building buy-now-pay-later, and his obsessive coffee philosophy.
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