Episode 1203

Altimeter's Brad Gerstner on taking Grab public in largest SPAC ever, fixing broken IPOs | E1203

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Show notes:

00:00 Start

00:58 Why the IPO is a broken process

06:33 "Power to the people" business models like Zillow & online travel

09:39 Tiny - Sell your wonderful internet business at https://tinycapital.com/thisweek

11:02 Zillow's Zestimate backstory

12:55 How Altimeter won over Grab's board by deconstructing the IPO

18:14 Brad's take on low-quality SPACs

20:34 Rippling - For an easier way to run your startup remotely visit https://www.rippling.com/twist

22:12 Investor safety implications of retail traders + social media

35:22 Secureframe - Get a SOC 2 in weeks not months. Get $2000 off at https://secureframe.com/offer/twist

36:55 How Brad would encourage good investing practices

38:55 Grab, the largest announced SPAC to date

42:00 Back to the Future - the revival of instant commerce

50:50 Making everyone an owner - how to demonstrate capitalism's effectiveness

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