TIP363: The Game of Investing w/ Bing Gordon

The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network

Stig Brodersen

Business, Education, Investing

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In today’s episode, Trey Lockerbie sits down with Bing Gordon. Bing is a legend in the silicon valley world, having first been a co-founder of Electronic Arts (EA), then went on to be a director at Zynga, Audible, Zume, Duolingo, and others. For the last 18 years, he’s also sat on the board at Amazon. He’s now sitting on the other side of the table, as a partner at the prestigious VC firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: (04:01) The gaming industry and how it’s evolved since his time at EA (19:21) What it’s been like to sit on the board of Amazon and how that opportunity materialized (49:52) What makes a great investment and how founders should be protected at all costs *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. 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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:30.0	I'm going to talk about the game industry and how it's evolved since its time at EA.
0:34.0	What has been like to sit on board at Amazon and how that opportunity materialized?
0:38.0	What makes a great investment and how founders should be protected at all costs?
0:43.0	And so much more.
0:44.0	Being is one of the most interesting people I've interviewed so far.
0:47.0	He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to everything from entrepreneurship, to fundraising, to investing, and beyond.
0:54.0	I know you will enjoy this as much as I did, so sit back and enjoy this discussion with a fantastically brilliant, being Gordon.
1:02.0	You are listening to THE Investors Podcast.
1:06.0	Where we study the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires the most.
1:14.0	We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.
1:17.0	Welcome to THE Investors Podcast. I'm your host, Trey Lockerbie, and today I'm honored to have with me.
1:33.0	Being Gordon. Welcome to the show, Bing.
1:35.0	Thanks, Trey.
1:37.0	When I was kind of looking into your background, I got to tell you, it was one of the most interesting bios I've come across.
1:43.0	You're a pretty interesting dude. You know, started working in Disneyland and then went into commercial fishing, ended up in gaming and everything else.
1:51.0	And I even read that you go to Africa on occasion to study tribal dance.
1:55.0	Is this true? Is this all true?
1:57.0	Yeah, I thought there was photographic evidence of many of the above.
2:03.0	Incredible. So why don't you tell us a little bit about through all that, how you came to be an executive at EA?
2:09.0	There's the really, really, really long story. There's a long story. There's a long story.
2:15.0	The short story is that I became enamored of the concept of virtual worlds.
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