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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 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 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
37:58 OurCrowd – Join for free at ourcrowd.com/twist
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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