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82: David Senra (Founders Podcast): Business of Podcasts & Lessons From Steve Jobs, Arnold, Kobe & more. Oct 19, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:53) - Who is David?
(00:17:26) - Making Content For The Most Successful People Of The World
(00:29:17) - Eric Jorgenson: The Almanack Of Naval & Balaji's Book
(00:39:13) - Code, Capital & Media
(00:41:41) - Podcast as a Medium
(00:44:14) - Youtube + Podcasts
(00:53:20) - Driving people from social media to a podcast
(01:00:51) - CNBC
(01:06:38) - NIA live & daily?
(01:08:50) - Socrates, Focus & Lessons From The Greats
(01:14:50) - Steve Jobs, Jony Ive & Focus
(01:24:57) - Rapid Fire Lessons
(01:26:36) - Kanye & Why Comedians Are Truth Tellers
(01:30:12) - Learning From Good + Evil
(01:34:04) - Jay-Z, Johan Cruyff & Francis Coppola
(01:48:31) - Arnold Schwarzenegger
(01:51:11) - Eric Jorgenson
(01:53:18) - Podcasting, Equipment & Keeping It Simple

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Founders Podcast: https://pod.link/founders

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81: PayPal SCREWS UP, TMZ Business Breakdown, AI-Gen Podcasts Oct 12, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:02:29) - Meme Of The Week: Paypal
(00:04:41) - Paypal AUP Overreach
(00:27:40) - Draymond Green Punch Video
(00:30:27) - Why TMZ Always Gets The Tape
(00:35:21) - How Hollywood Was Managed
(00:41:17) - TMZ.com Beta (2005)
(00:45:52) - The Ethics Of TMZ
(00:56:43) - TMZ's Vault
(01:06:35) - AI-Gen podcast - Joe Rogan with Steve Jobs

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80: Mr Beast's $1bil Offer, Kim Kardashian vs. SEC & AMA Oct 05, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:02:36) - Trung's Meme In Elon's Group Chat
(00:05:55) - Breaking: Elon Musk Latest Price To Buy Twitter
(00:09:52) - Mr. Beast Declined A $1bil Offer
(00:21:49) - Kim Kardashian vs. SEC
(00:30:48) - Real Estate
(00:37:36) - San Francisco Properties
(00:41:59) - AMA: What Did You Get Done This Week?
(00:45:04) - Network Stake
(00:47:11) - OpenSEA Vs LooksRare
(00:49:55) - Why Bilal Shut Down The Arsenal Blog
(00:54:25) - One Thing You Changed Your Mind On
(01:01:24) - Most Valuable Things We've Learned From Each Other
(01:08:48) - Other Forms Of Media We'd Like To Explore
(01:11:05) - Bilal's Creator Lab Research Process
(01:13:52) - Working At Startups

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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79: GBP Collapse, Hello Kitty’s $89B empire & Gautam Adani Richer Than Bezos Sep 27, 2022

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The NIA boys discuss the British Pound (GBP) collapsing, Hello Kitty's $89bil empire & Gautam Adani overtaking Jeff Bezos to become the second richest person in the world.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:12) - Meme Of The Week + GBP Collapse
(00:09:30) - Crypto vs. GBP
(00:11:17) - Dollar Milkshake Theory
(00:13:48) - Lifetime Franchise Revenue Top 10 + Hello Kitty’s $89B empire
(00:23:14) - Sanrio's Approach
(00:32:13) - Licensing
(00:36:21) - Low Price Point
(00:43:37) - Gautam Adani Richer Than Bezos
(00:52:03) - Gujaratis In The UK
(00:59:49) - Modi's Rockefeller
(01:02:13) - Mr 10%

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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78: Why Jack LOVES Figma, Porsche IPO & The Biggest Short Squeeze Ever (VW) Sep 21, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro + Preview on Porsche IPO
(00:02:32) - Figma Acquired by Adobe
(00:24:40) - Figma Easier And Better Than Adobe
(00:29:09) - Is cloning Figma harder than cloning Slack?
(00:35:44) - Is Figma Worth $20bil to Adobe?
(00:47:59) - The Relationship Between VW And Porsche
(00:50:35) - Why Jack Loves Porsche
(00:53:13) - Porsche Valuation & Greatest Short Squeeze Ever

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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77: Jon Wu on Ethereum Merge, Starbucks/Polygon & Kanye’s Business Deals Sep 14, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro + Meme Of The Week
(00:03:19) - Burning Man Highlights
(00:05:59) - Ethereum Merge In Simple Terms
(00:10:39) - Pros & Cons Of Proof Of Stake
(00:12:49) - Store Of Value
(00:16:01) - Examples of Bad Behavior in Proof Of Stake Mechanism
(00:20:31) - Merge, Surge, Verge, Purge, And Splurge
(00:23:08) - Verkle Trees + Polygon
(00:32:28) - Should We Be Worried?
(00:35:19) - Polygon Powering Starbucks Loyalty
(00:38:28) - Jon Wu's Case Study on Starbucks
(00:47:39) - Will Starbucks Call Them NFTs?
(00:50:02) - Kanye’s Business Deals & Negotiating in Public

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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76: Mr. Beast Burger, Andrew Tate DEPLATFORMED & Where Memes Come From Sep 07, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Meme Of The Week
(00:01:07) - Summer Is Over + Long Weekend
(00:03:44) - Mr. Beast Burger Launch in Mall Of America
(00:07:03) - Mr. Beast Reinvests $1mil Per Video
(00:16:18) - George Clooney & Ryan Reynolds Examples
(00:20:57) - Kevin Hart - Hart House
(00:22:40) - Will Mr. Beast's Content Evolve?
(00:26:31) - Kobe Bryant Bought 10% of BodyArmor in 2014
(00:27:10) - KSI
(00:33:32) - Andrew Tate DEPLATFORMED
(00:45:48) - Takeaways
(00:48:08) - How Memes Spread Through The Internet

What Is Not Investment Advice?

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75: Vitalik Packing Heat, AI & Hollywood, Ryan Reynolds Wrexham AFC, Euro Energy Crisis Aug 31, 2022

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This week the NIA boys discuss:

– vitalik's meme

– can AI crack hollywood?

– ryan reynolds & wrexham afc

– influence vs capital

– european energy crisis

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:02:23) - Meme Of The Week: Vitalik Packing Heat
(00:04:29) - Can AI Crack Hollywood?
(00:26:35) - Ryan Reynolds Doc + Influence vs Capital
(00:36:20) - WAGMI United
(00:42:01) - Football + Inelastic Demand
(00:55:23) - European Energy Crisis

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Links Mentioned:

Trung’s AI Hollywood writeup in Bloomberg:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-08-16/will-artificial-intelligence-ever-crack-the-code-for-hollywood-blockbusters#xj4y7vzkg

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74: AMA - Favorite Books & Pods, Crypto Tribalism, MBA vs. Startups, Businesses To Start, Next Trillion Dollar Company Aug 23, 2022

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Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:00:50) - Tribalism in Crypto
(00:12:23) - Resource From Jack
(00:14:49) - Another Resource From Trung
(00:15:54) - Easiest Business Opportunities
(00:33:12) - Storytelling in Marketing
(00:40:35) - Next Trillion Dollar Company
(00:45:42) - Physical Routines
(00:52:16) - Favorite Books + Movie
(01:05:43) - MBA worth it?
(01:08:53) - Bilal's Take On MBA
(01:11:58) - Underrated BBQ

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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Links Mentioned:

Permissionless Apprentice (Resource)
Eric Jorgenson + Bilal Creator Lab Interview (Podcast)
Hitch-22 (Book)
Hitchens - Arguably Essays (Book)
Hardcore History (Supernova from the East) (Podcast)
C Thi Nguyen (Ezra Klein podcast)
Getting Real - Have an Enemy (Blog)
Rework (Book)
Inner City Pressure: The Story Of Grime (Book)

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73: Tetranode (9-figure Whale) on ETH Merge, Bitcoin, DeFi & NFTs Aug 16, 2022

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Tetranode went from a dishwasher to a 9-figure crypto whale. We talk through why Saylor was wrong about ETH, what it's like operating in DeFi at his scale, the upcoming ETH merge, some not investment advice price predictions & audience questions.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:03:46) - Saylor, DeFi & Skin In The Game
(00:09:17) - Bitcoin settlement layer of value?
(00:11:46) - The Merge
(00:15:14) - Tetranode’s First $100k + First Million
(00:18:24) - Ethereum Is Shattering Every Single Metric Except Market Cap
(00:20:57) - Fair Criticism of Ethereum
(00:22:25) - Evaluating Protocols On Ethereum
(00:24:44) - Real DeFi
(00:27:37) - 3AC Tweet & Vitalik in the group chat
(00:33:07) - Antifragility & Convex
(00:37:10) - What % of your portfolio is not crypto?
(00:37:58) - “Web 2.0 Puts Me To Sleep”
(00:42:10) - Levels of Security & Financial Sovereignty
(00:48:20) - Being A Public Figure
(00:50:02) - Tetranode on Pomp
(00:54:29) - Will Bitcoin Evolve?
(00:56:44) - Turning NFTs into DeFi
(01:03:40) - Yield Comes From Speculation & Leverage
(01:04:45) - Longer Term Vision For DeFi
(01:12:24) - When Tetranode Got It Wrong
(01:18:50) - Alternative Layer 1s
(01:26:43) - Second & Third Order Effects of The Merge
(01:34:13) - Projects That Could Last A Decade
(01:37:42) - Quick Break Before Twitter Q&A
(01:38:44) - Tetranode's Day-to-Day & Decentralization vs Control
(01:42:44) - Price Prediction For ETH
(01:45:23) - Project That Has Not Been Created That You'd Like To See Happen
(01:47:12) - Who cares about decentralization?
(01:49:40) - Dishwashing Skills to Trading
(01:52:06) - Most Contrarian Trade
(01:54:35) - Is Tetranode One Person?
(01:58:03) - Where To Live
(02:01:52) - Favorite Books & CryptoPunk

What Is Not Investment Advice?

Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.

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