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Show Notes

(00:01:21) - (First question) - Todays regulatory efficiency versus history

(00:06:56) - The area of finance he would like to investigate the most

(00:09:09) - The access he has to both public and private finance for his articles

(00:09:51) - His relationship with his readers

(00:10:38) - Responses from the individuals he writes his columns about

(00:11:54) - Legalization of unregulated activities making for the most interesting articles

(00:14:01) - His reason for defending finance and banks

(00:16:49) - His view on whether derivatives around financial securities are a net positive

(00:17:52) - His view of himself and how he would categories what he does

(00:18:46) - What it’s like being an opinion writer for Bloomberg

(00:21:05) - His view on large companies owning individual writers IP’s

(00:24:54) - Twitter's relevance in today's society and its continued impact on social culture

(00:26:09) - Replacements for Twitter and where journalists look for interesting writing topics

(00:26:58) - Topics he feels trapped into writing about due to their popularity

(00:29:57) - His knowledge of special purpose acquisition companies or SPACs

(00:31:22) - His perspective on the fallout from SPACs

(00:35:04) - His process of researching topics he finds most interesting to write about

(00:36:30) - Strategies he uses to choose topics he wants to write about

(00:37:21) - The moment he knew readers were interested in his opinions

(00:38:55) - Analytics and the importance of how his columns preform

(00:40:33) - Performance reviews he receives from Bloomberg

(00:41:32) - How writing columns has detached him from his previous financial careers

(00:42:54) - His future in writing and whether he plans to change or expand his endeavors

(00:44:26) - Harnessing the power of his readers and expanding his reach with media

(00:46:03) - The transition from traditional media career paths to creator lead career paths

(00:49:58) - Debrief