Episode 1222

Berkshire vs. Bitcoin & Amazon buys MGM with Acquired.FM’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1222

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Show notes:

00:00 Start

00:59 Catching up on Jason's Taylor Lorenz interview E1217

05:55 What the Acquired team make of Bitcoin's price fall

10:08 Tiny Capital - Sell your wonderful internet business at https://tinycapital.com/thisweek

11:38 Does it make sense to use margin when investing?

14:27 How Acquired flips between researching Berkshire and Bitcoin

19:46 David explains Uniswap

23:53 Rippling - Onboard hires in 90 seconds see how at https://rippling.com/twist

25:50 The post-pandemic release & recovery

29:11 Is Warren Buffet too old to understand cryptocurrency?

32:26 Berkshire's old school portfolio

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39:34 Amazon acquires MGM & the James Bond franchise

48:26 How Amazon's operational capability can make better use of back IP catalog

51:58 World-building

56:56 Just nerding out on Star Wars

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