Update your beliefs. Sharpen your edge.
Welcome to Show Your Priors Podcast, a business and strategy podcast hosted by Michael Nichols and Jason Thompson.
In Venture Capital and decision science, your "priors" are the initial beliefs you bring to the table before the data starts talking. On this show, we don't just talk about business news—we show our work. We bring the presentations, the data, and the frameworks we’re using to navigate a rapidly shifting global economy.
From Fortune 500 infrastructure to the latest in tech policy and market volatility, we’re here to challenge our own assumptions and yours.
What to expect:
New Podcast every Tuesday: Raw, remote deep-dives into the week's biggest business stories and deep dives into enterprise discussions.
Bayesian Thinking: How to update your business strategy in real-time as the world changes.
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Excited for the newest episode! It's our best yet. Have been working on the new thumbnail format over this past week. We wanted something cohesive to the rest of the branding and something that will be recognizable for viewers. Love to hear feedback, let us know what you think! If there are any topics you'd like to hear let us know that too.
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Updating our look a bit today, with more to come in the next few weeks! Let me know what you all think!
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Episode 4 of Show Your Priors is LIVE and this one is a must watch! Jason and Mike dig into one of the most talked about problems in AI right now, sycophancy, and why your AI might be quietly feeding your worst ideas instead of telling you the truth. They break down the Dorian Gray Effect, what a $5 billion satellite disaster teaches us about modern tech hype, and whether space data centers are the next great corporate folly. Go check it out and tell us in the comments, has your AI ever told you something was a great idea when it definitely was not?
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McDonald's isn't a fast food company. It's a real estate empire.
Ever wonder why there's always a Burger King right next to a McDonald's? McDonald's got so good at finding high-traffic locations that Burger King literally stopped doing their own research and just followed them instead.
And by owning the land under their franchise locations, they've been able to enforce quality standards across the entire globe. Lose your lease if you don't comply. Simple as that.
We break this down in the latest clip from Episode 3. Watch it and let us know... did you already know this, or did it catch you off guard? Drop it in the comments.
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Episode 3 is up now! This is our best one yet! Researching Five Guys was fun in itself, and seeing how a business can hyper focus on craft above everything else and succeed, gives me hope in this age of slop + attention overvaluation. Hope you enjoy! If you know of any other interesting business case studies we can do, leave them in the comments -- we'd love to hear! That's me actually using an em dash, not AI. - JT
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I've started an A/B test for episode 2. Which Thumbnail and title do you prefer??
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Just a quick BTS before we started recording episode 2. You have to lose it gracefully, at least in my opinion! I know I spend a lot less time on grooming - JT
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Ep. 2 is now available! This was a fun one, I didn't really have to do much I just let Michael share his incredible insights into business strategies. I've attached an alternate thumbnail that didn't quite turn out as well as the one we ended up using. All that Napoleon talk had me thinking back to the cult classic Napoleon Dynamite! -JT
Check out the full episode now! https://youtu.be/7-0E0hK6Whg
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