Evis Drenova is the CEO and Cofounder of Neosync, a YC-backed open source data anonymization and synthetic data platform. In this episode we talk about stories from his career, what it's like to be a founder, getting into Y Combinator, and more. Please like and subscribe if you like the video, more content coming soon! Evis' Socials: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@evisdrenova LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evisdrenova X: https://X.com/evisdrenova Ben's Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benwolfson TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@benswolfson X: https://X.com/benjwolfson 00:00 Teaser 0:38 Intro 1:02 How to get rich in Silicon Valley? 2:47 Evis' Path 4:43 MBAs and Intuition 8:40 Founder Mode vs. Manager Mode 13:30 Hardest part about being a Founder 19:02 Trust and Responsibility 25:21 Y Combinator 34:26 Lessons from Silicon Valley 37:51 Having a Wife and Running a Startup 43:42 Cryptocurrency 46:11 Finding alpha 49:00 Social media and dopamine detoxing 54:19 Podcasting 1:00:11 Time management 1:03:18 Startup Decisions and Intuition 1:08 Coding and AI 1:13:35 Exploration and finding meaning 1:17:20 Evis' Albanian Origins 1:20:23 Tech Bros