#28: From Techstars to the Soul: Amos Schwartzfarb on Purpose, Creativity, and Abundance

What you’ll hear in this episode:Why creativity is not limited to artists—and how entrepreneurship itself is a creative actHow Techstars shaped Amos Schwartzfarb’s purpose as a mentor, leader, and guideThe difference between intuition vs. ego, and why ignoring your gut causes the biggest mistakesLessons learned from startup wins, failures, and boardroom decisionsA powerful exploration of AI, abundance, fear, and humanity’s “final exam”How psychedelics, meditation, and inner work can deprogram fear-based thinkingWhy small, daily acts of kindness may determine whether humanity thrives or collapsesAmos’s return to music as spiritual expression and creative healingA hopeful, grounded vision for how love can still conquer fearAbout Love Conquers Fear:In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/⁠Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Medium: ⁠https://databrett.medium.com⁠Follow Brett Alexander Hurt on Substack: ⁠https://brettahurt.substack.com/⁠Love Conquers Fear on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LoveConquersFear2025⁠Love Conquers Fear on Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6wngdSw7FmdibLC9mu300q⁠Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠About Amos SchwartzfarbAmos Schwartzfarb is a longtime entrepreneur, investor, and leadership coach. He served as Managing Director of Techstars Austin for nearly a decade, mentoring and investing in over 100 startups. Today, Amos works as a CEO coach and board member, helping founders and leaders grow into their highest potential through conscious leadership, intuition-driven decision-making, and purpose-aligned work.00:00 – Episode preview01:16 – Rick Rubin, creativity, and business as art03:38 – Writing books, abundance, and creative flow04:32 – Introducing Amos Schwartzfarb04:53 – Creativity in business & early inspiration07:17 – Big Magic, inspiration, and creative downloads08:53 – The War of Art and channeling creativity10:33 – Time, aging, and exponential technology12:38 – Health, vitality, and redefining age14:14 – Hearing loss, fear, and faith in future science20:29 – Techstars Austin origin story24:28 – Lessons from mentoring founders25:54 – Helping people evolve (not fixing them)28:47 – Discovering life purpose through service37:10 – Intuition vs rationalization43:12 – Childhood doubt, identity, and resilience55:56 – Psychedelics, inner work, and deprogramming fear01:04:00 – Reincarnation, consciousness, and quantum reality01:12:29 – Abundance vs fear-based scarcity01:16:03 – How kindness scales through leadership01:23:55 – CEO coaching and board work01:28:30 – Music, creativity, and healing01:34:00 – Humanity’s future & final reflectionsBooks and other resources mentioned:The Creative Act by Rick Rubin*The Way of Code: The Timeless Art of Vibe Coding* based on Lao Tzu, Adapted by Rick RubinBusiness is an ART - Keys to Success in Entrepreneurship w/ Brett Hurt (JP Newman’s podcast)Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (documentary by Daniel Schmidt)The Last Book a Human Will Ever Write by Jeff BirminghamBig Magic by Elizabeth GilbertThe War of Art by Steven PressfieldMany Lives, Many Masters by Dr. Brian WeissJourney of Souls by Dr. Michael NewtonThe Untethered Soul by Michael A. SingerLove Is Letting Go of Fear by Jerry JampolskyA Course in MiraclesThe Order of Time by Carlo RovelliNo Boundary by Ken Wilber