Bryan Johnson
Tech Entrepreneur, Braintree Founder, Longevity Pioneer
About Bryan Johnson
Bryan Johnson - Biography
Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur and investor who founded Braintree, sold to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, and later launched OS Fund and Kernel to advance biotech and neurotechnology.
Bryan Johnson began his entrepreneurial path after serving as a Mormon missionary in Ecuador at age 19. He graduated with a BA in International Studies from Brigham Young University in 2003. Johnson founded Braintree in 2007, which grew significantly and was sold to PayPal for $800 million in 2013. He then founded OS Fund in 2014 to back scientific ventures and launched Kernel in 2016 to develop neurotechnology. Johnson is also known for Project Blueprint, a rigorous anti-aging initiative.
Learn from Bryan when you're...
- Starting a company with limited resources
- Scaling a startup to significant growth
- Creating a distinctive company culture
- Identifying investment theses in emerging fields
- Navigating career failures before success
- Transitioning from operating roles to investing
- Understanding emerging fields like neurotechnology
- Adopting data-driven approaches to health
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Best for these goals
- ✓Entrepreneurship And Startup Building
- ✓Payment Systems And Financial Technology
- ✓Venture Capital And Deep Tech Investing
- ✓Company Culture And Organizational Leadership
Core frameworks
- •Adopt the 811 daily routine - Commit to 8 hours of sleep, 1 hour of exercise, and 30 minutes of meditation every single day.
- •Don't die - Treat personal existence as the ultimate priority, rejecting behaviors that shorten life.
- •Declare the mind is dead - Bypass your mind's short-term cravings by automating decisions with predefined systems and habits.
- •Entrepreneurship And Startup Building
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