PROJECT NEWZ

PROJECT NEWZ

by Leo Sartogo & Vail Brokaw
Season 1

Steve Jobs was no smarter than you. So how did he change the world?

As a teenager, Steve Jobs looked up the home number of HP's CEO, cold-called him, and 20 minutes later walked away with the parts he wanted and a summer job. Picture cold-calling Tim Cook today. The man who redefined innovation was a broke, adopted college dropout who "stole" his best ideas and refused to quit. We break down how he did it, and what a generation raised to consume can copy to start building again.

Gen Z is innovating less than previous generations. Why? and what can we do about it?

In 1989, more than one in ten under-30s owned a piece of a business. By 2013, it was about one in thirty. The generation that grew up with the most tools in history is taking the fewest swings, and the reasons are more fixable than you'd think.

Innovation is not over. It's our turn.

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By Gen Z, for Gen Z. Two 18-year-olds. One question. Why did our generation stop innovating? Project Gen Z is where we bring innovation back to life. In a world drowning in noise, distraction, and surface-level opinions, we want to rediscover what made people build, create, and question in the first place. Every episode we discuss the minds and ideas that move the world forward, from the innovators who shaped history to the thinkers redefining tomorrow. This isn’t about politics or trends. It’s about curiosity, depth, and the energy that built everything around us… and how we can bring it back. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM