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Feb 2021
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Howard Lindzon on public vs. private inv...

Jason Calacanis
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Show notes:

1:22 Jason intros Howard Lindzon & they talk about angel investing stories from the first dot-com bubble

5:50 Creating the $ cashtag on Twitter, psychology of public vs. private investing, why VCs fled the public markets after the dot-com bust & how this relates to the SPAC movement

12:51 Odoo - Get your first app free & $1000 off your first implementation pack at https://odoo.com/twist

14:23 Are recent public market returns sustainable? Why hedge fund VCs have an advantage, how the Tinder swipe relates to SPACs

23:27 LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job free at https://www.linkedin.com/angel

24:58 How SPACs are a hedge against paternal investing laws, why active investors should push back against "set and forget" investing, how index funds enable poor executive performance

29:51 The "Great unbundling" of index funds, how Howard invested in Robinhood

34:08 Assure - Get 20% off your first SPV at http://assure.co/angel

35:41 Howard tells a Robinhood term sheet story

39:26 Deconstructing the unprecedented Robinhood situation

48:22 Pandemic, vaccine news, optimism, how the party moved from private to public markets

55:21 Disney as a conglomerate, pure-play stocks, Apple's narrative issues, investing over Zoom, Uber's recent acquisition

1:05:50 Creating a digital wall with China, Trump's Twitter ban

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