Hampus Jakobsson: "Think of life as a video game and other people as non-player characters"

The Struggling Stoic

In this episode, I interview entrepreneur, investor and Stoic practitioner Hampus Jakobsson. Hampus was previously the founder of TAT, which he sold to BlackBerry in 2010. He then moved onto investing in companies, and has to date invested in over 100 startups. Today, he works as a venture partner at Bluebird Capital where he focuses on climate change. Here are some of the things Hampus talks about: - Why he tries to thinks of life as a Minecraft game, and people around him as NPC’s (non-player characters) - Why he cuts down on external inputs (e.g. news) so that he can focus on the few things he actually can affect - In what situations he struggles to keep a Stoic attitude - How scaling his first company forced him to start meditating - His specific journal practices You can follow Hampus on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/hajak