140: John McAfee – COVID-19, and the Best Chapter of Life

Invest Like a Boss

Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz

Business, Investing

4.8 • 518 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

John McAfee is a US computer programmer, businessman and fugitive millionaire, who is well known for his antivirus software company McAfee. John McAfee is wanted in the US for various crimes and he is in hiding.

In this episode, Sam and Johnny FD, talk with John McAfee about his life in hiding, his view on coronavirus pandemic and his predictions about cryptocurrency future. Hear John McAfee tells stories from the early days of McAfee antivirus company and how he escaped jail in Guatemala. Listen to the episode till the end to learn what Sam & Johnny FD predict about the future of the economy after the coronavirus outbreak is over.

Where we are:

Johnny FD - Sri Lanka
Sam Marks - Charlotte
John McAfee - Undisclosed Location

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Time Stamps:

00:30 - INTRO: Quarantine update from Sri Lanka and North Carolina
13:45 - Conversation with John McAfee
17:30 - What is a success: a point of view from John McAfee
24:33 - Stories from McAfee company's early days
31:30 - The most exciting chapter of John McAfee's life
34:00 - John McAfee's opinion on coronavirus
36:00 - John McAfee's predictions on cryptocurrency
37:20 - OUTRO: Discussing John McAfee's interview, world economy future after COVID-19 and cryptocurrency potential

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0:00.0	Hey guys, this week sponsor is Automation Finance, and it's open to both accredited and non-accredited investors.
0:06.8	We'll tell you more about them during the break.
0:11.7	Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Marks, and I'm Johnny FD.
0:15.5	We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss.
0:20.2	Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners,
0:24.3	and multimillionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash.
0:30.5	Hey bosses, this is Johnny and welcome to episode 140 of the Invest Like a Boss podcast.
0:36.4	I am in quarantine here in Sri Lanka. Sam, where are you?
0:39.9	I'm in quarantine in Charlotte. There's no sunshine. I'm locked in a cold room and I want to be
0:46.0	surfing on a beach right now, Johnny. I would also like to be surfing on a beach. But they've
0:51.0	been locking us in place for basically three days on and then one day we can go out. We're supposed to go out for groceries, but I go for a surf instead. Nice, nice. I remember when we were talking about this the other week, you're like, this is actually the perfect place to be quarantined. No, there's not a mad rush. There's not tons of tourists, got a surfing beach. But it just seems like it's becoming real now, right? Like a week ago, you could still do a lot of things. In Charlotte, you can still do a lot of things. Today is the first official day that it's actual lockdown. We can't ride a bike. We can't really go for a walk. And I'm just like 21 days. It's going to be in Charlotte, 21 days. And that's to start it. So things are getting real, Johnny. Wow. So
1:29.3	21 days, you cannot go outside at all, or can you go to the grocery store? Can you still kind of
1:33.7	stretch your legs? You know, they published a really long article that includes the entire law about what's
1:38.8	going on. I haven't gotten through it yet. What it looks like at a glance is that you can go to
1:43.4	medical facilities and grocery store, I think twice a week or three times a week. And then if you have an animal, you can get a special pass to walk your animal. But other than that, I think it's pretty much, you better be in your room unless you have a really good excuse. Yeah. What's the rule there in Sri Lanka? Is it any different? Yeah, it's very different. But it sounds
2:01.4	like if I was where you are, I would, it sounds like it's a good time to get a dog. I mean, for some
2:07.7	company. Yeah. Seriously, for some company, but also as an excuse, go for a walk every day. If I can go for
2:14.4	a 20 minute walk every day, I would be very, very happy. I think it's the confines of the
2:19.5	house or the space that drives you crazy. Yeah. And we have a little patio here that gets good sunshine.
2:25.3	So I was actually thinking of setting up like a desk out there and just making that the daytime space.
2:29.9	But the last seven days in a row have been rainy and cloudy here, which is not helping my
2:34.5	quarantine mood. Yeah, I can imagine that. I'm very fortunate. It's sunny here in Sri Lanka. I'm
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