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Show Notes:

[00:02:30] – (First Question) – Cathie’s idea of bringing open source to Wall Street

[00:04:47] – Deep dive into the platform

[00:06:09] – White Paper on Bitcoin – Could Bitoin serve as the role of money

[00:07:43] – Why disruptive innovation is so inefficiently priced

[00:10:04] – How well does the market discount cash flow of disruptive businesses

[00:14:09] – A look at their investing strategies, starting with top-down.

[00:16:10] – How they picked their 5 categories of technological change, starting with foundational

[00:19:42] – Changes in energy

[00:21:53] – Robotics

[00:24:17] – Excitement over deep learning

[00:28:03] – How they express their top-down ideas from the bottom up

[00:36:06] – Mobility as a service as a key area of focus

[00:45:25] – The power of public mistakes

[00:46:39] – What she looks for when hiring

[00:51:14] – her philosophy on building and maintain a portfolio

[00:56:38] – Behind the growth of the company

[01:04:01] – Most exciting area for her right now

[01:07:52] – Kindest thing anyone has done for Cathie