E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more
(0:00) Bestie intros: Brad Gerstner joins in place of Sacks, and brigadoons! (2:02) Ye's current situation and acquisition of Parler (14:17) Snap drops ~30%, corporate misgovernance, super-voting shar...
22 Okt 20221h 41min
E100: Reflecting on the first 100 shows, fan questions, nuclear threat, markets, Amazon & more
(0:00) Bestie intros are back! (6:35) Reflecting on the first 100 episodes and what makes the show special (29:12) Fan questions: Building in a downturn, how to be successful in tech, importance of un...
14 Okt 20221h 29min
E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:34 Breaking down major cheating scandals: chess, poker, fishing 16:13 Twitter deal updates 30:05 AI making rapid advancements: Tesla AI Day, Meta's text-to-video tool, where this...
7 Okt 20221h 25min
E98: Big tech starts making cuts, Fed incompetency, global debt, Russia/Ukraine & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:36 Big tech starts making cuts, plus what this means for the broader economy and startups 31:09 Global debt numbers, Fed incompetency 54:06 RIP Coolio 1:00:30 Russia / Ukraine up...
1 Okt 20221h 19min
E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more
0:00 Bestie intros! 1:03 SPAC updates, state of the public/private markets 20:26 US VCs have $290B in dry powder and raised a record amount in H1 2022, is the market nearing a bottom? 31:14 Risks of b...
23 Sep 20221h 24min
E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more
0:00 Bestie intro! 0:59 Adobe agrees to acquire Figma for $20B 19:21 How Adobe might bundle Figma, regulatory implications 38:59 Analyzing Google's "one off" acquisition of YouTube 49:33 Friedberg bre...
17 Sep 20221h 31min
E95: Winter is Coming, Europe's energy crisis, Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & more
0:00 Bestie intros: Luxury brand influencers, Birthday Party stories and more! 3:34 Jason reflects on the final Kara Swisher-hosted Code Conference, All-In media and hit piece requests 12:53 Passing o...
10 Sep 20221h 15min
E94: NFT volume plummets, California's overreach, FBI meddling, climate change & national security
(0:00) Bestie intros + Burning Man debate (4:16) NFT trading volume plummets (10:20) California's new fast food wages bill, government creating bad incentives, how the free market response will furthe...
1 Sep 20221h 23min
