#479 Jeff Morris Jr on Investing In Product Companies

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Jeff Morris Jr is the founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One. He was previously the VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder In this conversation, we discuss the product thinking that built the highest grossing app in the app store, why Jeff is so product focused as an investor, what makes a good product, and what Jeff has learned as a solo-capitalist. ======================= The Stacks 2.0 mainnet launched on January 14, 2021. Stacks, which you may recognize as Blockstack, is a layer-1 blockchain that uses the Bitcoin blockchain as a secure base-layer and enables developers to harness its power in new ways. Stacks makes Bitcoin more than digital gold, enabling apps and smart contracts on Bitcoin--unlocking innovation, new value, and a new way to earn BTC. Visit http://www.stacks.co for more information. ======================= Coinbase Wallets are adding support for .crypto and .zil domains through their partnership with Unstoppable Domains. Unstoppable Domains provides an all-in-one solution for blockchain domains. You can send money using these new domains instead of long Bitcoin wallet addresses, while also storing your domain in Coinbase's collectibles section. Go to unstoppabledomains.com in the dapp browser to register and manage your domains. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 120,000 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, simply the best podcast out there. Let's kick this thing off.
0:12.2	Jeff Morris Jr. is the founder and managing partner of Chapter 1. He was previously the vice president of revenue product at Tinder.
0:20.4	In this conversation, we discussed the product thinking that built the highest grossing app in the app store,
0:26.0	why Jeff is so product focused as an investor, what makes a good product,
0:30.6	and what Jeff has learned as a solo capitalist.
0:33.7	I really enjoyed this conversation with Jeff, and I hope you do as well.
0:38.2	Before we get into this episode, though, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.
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0:44.5	Apps and smart contracts are coming to Bitcoin along with a brand new way to earn Bitcoin.
0:50.2	Stacks 2.0 will give developers powerful new tools, including a smart contract language called Clarity that was made for Bitcoin and jointly developed with Algaran, as well as a new consensus mechanism that rewards the network with both Stacks tokens and Bitcoin.
1:06.0	Stacks, which you may recognize as Blockstack, unlocks new use cases and functionality for the world's
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2:14.2	Bitcoin wallet addresses while also storing your domain in Coinbase's
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