Full Tilt Investing

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[00:02:06] – (First Question) – Recap of Anthony’s military career

[00:04:07] – Most memorable experience while deployed

[00:05:27] – Transition out of the military and how it shaped his investing philosophy

[00:11:19] – Investing philosophy of Full Tilt, starting with deal economics

[00:10:00] – Attributes of an ideal founder

[00:13:50] – Where you actually learn the attributes that make you a good founder

[00:14:40] – Time that Anthony has taken the biggest risk in life

[00:16:45] – What is the viewpoint that Full Tilt has today that gives it alpha in the market

[00:18:47] – Why tokenized securities could be advantageous for investors in a company

[00:19:51] – Anthony’s explanation of a tokenized security and what needs to happen for this idea to be fully realized in the market

[00:22:22] – What could be the impact on the markets of making liquidity in venture so readily available

[00:24:39] – What are tokenized securities actually invested in in the real world

[00:27:42] – What does Anthony think about the commodity risk

[00:29:04] – Describing Standard American Mining, a company they incubated

[00:29:58] – Exploring the shift from a CPU world to a GPU world

[00:31:49] – Getting involved in places where we haven’t caught up with the rest of the world

[00:33:05] – Anthony’s interest in Barstool Sports

[00:39:02] – What lessons from Full Tilt world would Anthony share with others in the more traditional business world

[00:40:35] – Kindest thing anyone has done for Anthony