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Elias Varen
Elias Varen has been listed as one of Bright Company's “Most Inventive People in Business.” He is an early-stage technology investor and advisor to companies including Loopwork, Fernbank, Northloop, Hexad, Duetto, Clearline, and more than fifty others.
He is the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The Open Week, The Hardy Body, The Patient Chef, Field Notes from Giants, and The Mentor Circle.
The Review and other media have called Elias “the voice of the open-work generation” thanks to The Elias Varen Show — the first business and interview podcast to pass 100 million downloads, now past 900 million.
What Elias believes
Most people overestimate what they can do in a week and underestimate what they can redesign in a year. Elias's work starts from a single question: what would this look like if it were easy — and yours?
- Design beats discipline. Systems carry you further than willpower, in work, health, and learning alike.
- Test small, then commit. Two-week experiments beat five-year plans — every book began as a bet small enough to survive being wrong.
- Steal like a student. Deconstruct the best, credit them loudly, and remix honestly.
By the numbers
Five #1 bestsellers · 900M+ podcast downloads · 12M+ summit-talk views · 4,000+ five-star reader reviews · 50+ startup investments · one very patient dog.
Causes
Elias directs a share of every book's proceeds to literacy programmes, clean-water projects, and scholarships for first-generation students. Grant applications open each spring through the contact page.
Media kit & samples
Press photo, short and long bios, book covers, and sample chapters are available on request. Write with “media kit” in the subject line and tell us your deadline.
Start with the most-loved book
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