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Josh Friedman

Cofounder, Canyon Partners, LLC

Search every verified Josh Friedman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Josh Friedman, cofounder at Canaan Partners, appeared on the Dual Coast Podcast on June 16, 2026. During the conversation, Friedman discussed his dislike of corporate work, stating, "I realized that I hated being told what to do. I hated corporate." He also commented on the traditional nine-to-five work model, saying, "The nine to five is actually getting like almost old. Uh, it's outdated and you're going to see that more and more." Friedman spoke about GLP-1 peptides, describing them as "a very very strong peptide" and noting that starting them "right off the bat isn't always the best move." He said that for some people, "it's not as simple as just taking the GLP and you're just wasting your money." Friedman also discussed his own health, stating, "I'm incredibly healthy. My blood work is some of the best blood work my doctor's ever seen." He claimed that Meta was censoring his posts about peptides, saying, "I believe that uh you know someone's paying Meta to to censor people and to to take people's post off and I started getting my account banned."

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“The management fees um can serve as one of my friends said, they can serve as a drug. You know, you you and you've got investors who want their money put to work and they want to earn. So So what happens is that becomes a priority and they become asset gathering firms.”

“I don't think that exists any longer, right? I I think it just doesn't exist in contracts because people go out of their way to figure out how am I going to do something? How's this the sponsor goes out of their way to figure out how am I going to go do something to really screw the creditors so that I can get another shot here, right?”

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