Justin GordonFounder, The LA Grind & The SF Grind

The Underrated Power of Being In-Person

21 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A shares a recent conversation with Jacob Jaber, co‑founder of Philz Coffee, who is highly optimistic about investing in in‑person businesses, especially as AI advances. He argues that the physical gathering of people—such as residencies in San Francisco—creates an unparalleled energy that will become even more valuable alongside AI developments. Speaker B reflects on the philosophical angle, emphasizing that with only one life to live, surrounding oneself with legendary, flow‑state creators in person is the optimal way to spend that life, despite the convenience of remote work.

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I just talked to Jacob Jaber, who's the co-founder of Philz Coffee. He's so bullish on everything in-person and like investing in those businesses, especially with AI, 'cause AI's gonna do some phenomenal things. But the in-person aspect of building things, getting together, community, all of that is gonna become even more important when you have this world of AI as well. Which is having your residency in person, we're in SF right now, people are all here, the energy of that in person, it's unparalleled. It's a huge advantage you have, it seems like.
I mean, the way that I think about it is you only have one life to live. And yeah, getting a bunch of people in person is a lot of work, way easier to do stuff remote. If you only have one life live, and you could be living surrounded by like the most legendary people that you've ever met who are all in their flow creating. That is the optimal state.