Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchE52: Trump's SPAC, peak venture liquidity, tech as an economic ladder, Dems overplaying their hand
Show Notes:
0:00 Bestie weight loss strategies, poker recap
13:19 Trump SPAC, how he can leverage the capital intelligently, building vs. acquiring, …
4 years, 6 months ago
E51: Supply Chain Shortages, Inflation, DeSantis, Ted Sarandos Netflix Memo, Cancel Culture, Fan Q&A
Show Notes:
00:00 Cold Open
01:19 Titles
01:01 Intro Banter
04:24 Supply chain, labor shortage,
34:04 Taiwan
43:14 Sacks Desantis
47:00 Dave Chappel…
4 years, 6 months ago
E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
Show Notes:
0:00 Mercury is in retrograde & impacting the besties
2:01 Sacks on Solana, sophisticated crypto strategies, crypto deep dive
26:23 Build…
4 years, 7 months ago
E49: Coinbase CEO reflects on controversial blog, state of the markets, 1000 unicorns, tax reform & more
Show Notes:
0:00 Brian Armstrong follows up on his one-year old blog post "Coinbase is a mission focused company"
19:27 Authoritarianism on the left
…4 years, 7 months ago
E48: The role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more with Bestie Guestie Balaji Srinivasan
Show Notes:
0:00 Bestie Guestie Balaji Srinivasan is introduced
6:01 Balaji's day in the life, Coinbase background, comparing crypto with early 2000'…
4 years, 7 months ago
E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom's win, frauds & more
Show Notes:
0:00 Besties intro, TPB Symposium recap, rapid generations in tech
7:00 UBI, incentives for success, social safety nets
19:45 Newsom's re…
4 years, 7 months ago
E46: False Ivermectin narratives, regulatory grift, wartime mentality in solving issues & more | LIVE from TPB Symposium!
Show Notes:
0:00 Open: LIVE from TPB Symposium
1:18 False Ivermectin story fools Rolling Stone, Rachel Maddow & more
15:47 Biden's recently announced…
4 years, 7 months ago
E45: Theranos & VC fraud risks, China bans video games, Texas SB8, Apple app store, CA fires, Rogan
Episode 45
Show Notes:
00:00 Besties recap, it's Chamath's Birthday, Callin app
08:58 What should protocol be for conferences & live events?
12:58 Fake it befor…
4 years, 8 months ago
E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
Show Notes:
0:00 Intro & Italy recap
12:06 An embarrassment in Afghanistan: breaking down how it happened
34:49 China's potential checkmate in Afghan…
4 years, 8 months ago
E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires AfterPay, future of fintech & more
Show Notes:
0:00 Big week for the besties: Friedberg's new raise, Sacks' new fund & more
16:30 Innovative venture strategies: internal mark ups, vent…
4 years, 9 months ago