#382: Alex Konrad on The Best Stories In Tech

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Alex Konrad is a Senior Editor at Forbes covering venture capital, cloud and enterprise software out of New York. He also edits the Midas List, Midas List Europe, Cloud 100 list and 30 Under 30 for VC. In this conversation, we discuss the various stories Alex has written, including Dustin Moskovitz, Lee Fixel, Masayoshi Son, Chris Sacca, Canva, Clubhouse, Zoom, and Snowflake. =============================== ExpressVPN lets you access the internet as if you’re from a different country. There are hundreds of VPNs out there, but ExpressVPN is ridiculously fast. You can stream everything in HD quality with zero buffering! If you use my link right now at EXPRESSVPN dot com slash pomp, you can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free! That’s https://www.expressvpn.com/pomp =============================== Bybit currently has over 300,000 users, with the number growing in double-digit percentages monthly. The exchange has no overloads during volatility and low latency trading plus 24/7 customer live support. At Bybit, we listen, care, and improve to provide the best possible trading experience and create a faster, fairer, and more human trading environment. Visit Now! =============================== Pomp writes a daily letter to over 50,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language, while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://www.pompletter.com

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp podcast.
0:06.0	Simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off.
0:10.0	Alex Conrad is a senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital, cloud, and enterprise software out of New York.
0:17.0	He also edits to Midas List, Midas List Europe, Cloud 100 list, and 30 under 30 for venture
0:23.3	capital. In this conversation, we discussed the various stories Alex has written, including Dustin
0:28.7	Moskowitz, Lee Fixel, Masayoshi Sun, Chris Saka, Canva, Clubhouse, Zoom, and Snowflake.
0:38.3	I really enjoyed this conversation with Alex,
0:40.3	and I hope you do as well.
0:42.3	Before we get into this episode, though,
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