Jul 28
Sam Altman - How to Make an Abundant Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP.484]
My guest today is Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. It's a conversation spanning the history, present, and future of OpenAI, from the origin of ChatGPT through Codex, hardware, and their new Jalapeno chip. We discuss the early decision to buy compute at a scale nobody thought was ration ... Show More
53m 33s
Jul 21
Matthew Smith — Natural Gas: The Next Bottleneck - [Invest Like the Best, EP.483]
My guest today is Matthew Smith. Matthew is the founder and CIO of Chronometer Partners, which invests in energy, industrials, materials, power and utilities, and related infrastructure. For the last 18 months he and his team have modeled nearly every natural gas well, pipeline, ... Show More
56m 37s
Jul 14
John Kim - How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars - [Invest Like the Best, EP.482]
Today my guest is John Kim. John is one of the world's top and most prolific fundraisers. He was chief client officer at General Catalyst, where he helped raise many of the firm's flagship funds. He is now chairman and president of corporate development at Lila Sciences, a compan ... Show More
50m 20s
Feb 2025
142. Bridgewater Co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour on on The Future of Investing, AI, and Beating the Market
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Wall Street Skinny, we are beyond thrilled to welcome the incredible Karen Karniol-Tambour, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Bridgewater, the world's largest hedge fund. Karen is one of the most powerful and influential figures in finance tod ... Show More
31m 58s
May 2024
Talk Your Book: Growth Stage Debt Investing
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Kyle Brown, CEO, President, and CIO of Trinity Capital to discuss how the Trinity Capital structure works, how venture debt investing works, understanding execution risk vs technology risk, Trinity's 5 income-generati ... Show More
33m 4s
Aug 2024
89. The Real Life “Billions": Equity Long/Short Hedge Fund Legends feat. Kat Sosnick
Send us Fan Mail We had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Kat Sosnick, a woman whose impressive career spans three decades running portfolios of up to a billion dollars at some of the world’s most legendary Equity Long/Short Hedge Funds, including Tiger Management, Pequ ... Show More
1h 18m
Mar 2024
FTX: Inside the Restructuring - [Business Breakdowns, EP.153]
This is Matt Reustle. Today we are releasing a bonus episode of Breakdowns. While we typically love to cover businesses, this was an interesting opportunity to cover a special situation around a business. And in this case, the FTX bankruptcy. I was joined by Erin Broderick, Head ... Show More
48 m
Apr 2021
80. Rebecca Liu Doyle on Being a Minority Woman in the Venture Capital Industry, Features of an Investor Bankable Business, and the Importan
In this episode, you'll hear from Rebecca Liu, a principal investor at Insight Partners focusing on areas such as high-growth software, marketplaces, and consumer internet. Rebecca shares how she went from majoring in politics and economics and working on Capitol Hill to entering ... Show More
49m 50s
Jul 2024
Transitioning From Gymnast to Investor with Aly Raisman
<p>Former gymnast and current investor Aly Raisman joins general partner Julie Yoo and investment partner Daisy Wolf of a16z Bio + Health.</p><p>In this episode, Aly Raisman shares her quest for healthier living—physically, mentally, and financially—on her journey from gymnast to ... Show More
21m 39s
Oct 2023
Talk Your Book: The State of Venture Capital
On today's show, Michael and Ben are joined by Samir Kaji, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Allocate to discuss: what start-up prices look like today, if the free money era is gone forever, VC return dynamics and the power law, and much more!
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41m 30s
My guest today is Katherine Boyle, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Katherine started her career as a reporter for The Washington Post before moving into VC at General Catalyst. She now leads a practice at a16z called American Dynamism, investing in companies that are solving critical issues in areas like defense, housing, and education.
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