E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay, future of fintech & more
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
All-In Podcast, LLC
4.0 • 10.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Show Notes:
0:00 Big week for the besties: Friedberg's new raise, Sacks' new fund & more
16:30 Innovative venture strategies: internal mark ups, venture studios, deployment strategies
30:44 Zymergen's implosion: role of diligence, how to make deep tech sustainable, finding frauds
43:26 How personal risk impacts decision making on a grand scale, narratives and fundraising
59:12 Chamath & Jason share Theranos stories, Jason calling out frauds
1:07:36 Financial deplatforming, Square acquires Afterpay, Square's savvy move, fintech's future, Jack Dorsey's unique position of power
1:28:05 New Yung Spielburg banger: "Friedberg Index"
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Referenced in the show:
CNBC - Early Google exec got Larry Page's backing to build a start-up factory focused on saving the planet
Medium - Announcing Craft III: $1.1 Billion for SaaS and Marketplaces
CNBC - Synthetic biology company Zymergen plunges 68% after saying product revenue will be 'immaterial' in 2022, removing CEO
Zymergen - Zymergen Provides Business Update
Reuters - U.S. charges Nikola founder Trevor Milton with lying to investors
CNBC - Square to buy Australia's Afterpay in $29 billion deal as 'buy now, pay later' trend takes off
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | He's optimizing the view. |
| 0:01.6 | Now I'm optimizing for shade actually. |
| 0:05.2 | Trying to get out of the. |
| 0:07.2 | Oh, |
| 0:08.3 | Christ, you look like a moron. |
| 0:10.1 | I mean, this dipshit showed up. |
| 0:13.2 | He showed up to my beach club yesterday. |
| 0:15.3 | And it was basically like someone had taken a mummy and then wrapped a mummy inside of a white sheet |
| 0:21.6 | and then presented it in at this place. |
| 0:23.9 | Oh, |
| 0:24.1 | he lathered in his like SPF 500. |
| 0:27.2 | And so I |
| 0:27.9 | lathered at one point. |
| 0:28.9 | I said at one point, let's go for a walk. |
| 0:31.6 | And this asshole had the nerve to grab his cell phone and a battery pack for the cell phone. |
| 0:37.4 | I force him to leave the phone. |
| 0:38.5 | He felt naked. |
| 0:39.6 | Then I made him take off his shoes and socks. |
| 0:41.9 | And then I tried to get him to take a shirt off. |
| 0:43.6 | We got almost all the way there. |
| 0:45.2 | Yeah, that's that makes sense. |
| 0:46.2 | All right, everybody. |
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