Show Notes

(00:01:44) - Welcome to Making Markets

(00:01:48) - First Question - He explains the acquisition of WallStrip to CBS

(00:04:27) - How he was phantom fired from CBS

(00:04:58) - Comedy and his career path background

(00:07:41) - Why he likes comedians

(00:09:49) - How he plays the social media game well

(00:11:15) - Fred Wilson and the early days of Youtube

(00:12:13) - Going from TheStreet to Twitter

(00:16:28) - The trade off of sharing investment pros and cons publicly on Stocktwits

(00:18:45) - His public investment process versus his private investment process

(00:21:31) - He explains how the market is rigged

(00:23:58) - Passing on the opportunity to invest in early Twitter

(00:26:38) - The Cabal and the investment process

(00:29:32) - Founder scenarios that keep him from making deals

(00:35:10) - Network effects amongst sharing venture capital and how it works

(00:38:41) - Advice he has for new founders looking for venture capitalists

(00:42:24) - Support and advice for his family wanting to found startups

(00:44:18) - Challenges and joys in private and public investing

(00:47:58) - He explains the rich man, angry man, degenerate man investment theme

(00:51:17) - Sports betting and it’s market effects

(00:53:18) - His view on crypto investments and Mt. Gox

(00:57:19) - The Luckin Coffee fraud and his opinion on market opportunities

(01:00:49) - His optimism for the future