Aaron Watson

#shorts Fractal, a gaming NFT marketplace founded by Justin Kan, raised $35 million in a seed round.

#shorts Jet Blue wants to grab more of the US airline market. Spirit deal could be big.

#Hypebeast Ltd. is bringing its stock to the U.S. through a merger with a #SPAC that will value the lifestyle and culture company at more than $530 million after the investment, according to people familiar with the matter. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction 04:26 Stats 05:41 Competitors 07:52 Meme Factor 09:14 Bull vs Bear

#shorts Apparently, Chinese e-commerce giant Shein is raising $1 billion from Tiger, Sequoia, and General Atlantic.

#shorts 9.2% worth $3.5 billion and a board seat.

#ExcelerateEnergy Inc, which provides floating terminals to allow the importing of liquefied natural gas (LNG), on Monday announced plans for an #IPO which would be the first major U.S. listing since the invasion of Ukraine. Founded in 2003 by oil and gas tycoon George Kaiser, Excelerate Energy aims to raise up to $384 million through an IPO that could value the Texas-based LNG company at about $2.54 billion. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 06:02 Stats 08:45 Competitors 11:20 Meme Factor 15:19 Bull vs Bear

#shorts Interoperability Protocol Startup

Prepare for the #DEWA IPO. The Dubai Electricity Company is a private service infrastructure company. Their IPO is the first of 10 state-owned companies in the United Arab Emirates that plan to go public. 00:00 intro 01:12 DEWA 04:33 Numbies 06:36 Competitors 08:37 Meme Factor 10:04 Bull & Bear

Rob Walling is an investor, writer, podcaster, and serial entrepreneur. His last startup, Drip, was an email marketing software company that was bought by Leadpages for millions in 2016. He also has been helping bootstrapped startup founders since 2005 and now runs the first startup accelerator for SaaS bootstrappers, TinySeed. Rob also hosts the podcast “Startups for the Rest of Us”, which has over 10 million downloads Rob and Aaron discuss how to level up in entrepreneurship, the personal growth required to take bigger swings, and the balancing act of parenthood & entrepreneurship in this interview. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:41 How Rob Walling Started 08:01 How To Upgrade Your Services 10:20 Rob Walling's Life-Changing Event 11:30 How Did Rob Walling Expand His Business 13:58 Principles in Making Sales 16:30 Rob Walling on Taking Risks 18:30 Secret to Success of TinySeed 22:00 Rob Walling on Falling Inlove with Entrepreneurship 25:25 Where is the Prudent Place to Start 30:00 Rob Walling on MicroConf 33:30 Managing Your Schedule 37:10 What is MicroConf? 38:20 Rob Walling Call To Action

#shorts Dave (June '21 SPAC presentation): We will do $377 million in revenue in 2022 Dave (its first earnings call as a public company): We will do $200-$230 million in revenue in 2022

#shorts Raise $124 million and can’t get to $1 million in revenue? Yikes

In this episode Aaron will talk about the Inversion of the Treasury yield curve that has a correlation with a future recession. What is a Treasury yield curve and the other indicators of a possible future recession?

#shorts Media measurement firm Nielsen accepted a $16 billion buyout bid from Elliott Management and Brookfield Asset Management, just one week after rejecting an offer that was around 10% lower.

Prepare for the #CorebridgeFinancial #IPO. #Investment American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) today announced that it plans to rebrand SAFG Retirement Services, Inc., the parent company of its Life & Retirement business, as Corebridge Financial, Inc. when it becomes a public company. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRODUCTION 08:55 STATS 09:52 COMPETITORS 12:20 MEME FACTOR 13:55 BULL VS BEAR

Prepare for the #PAG private equity IPO in Hong Kong. PAG has around $50 billion in assets under management. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 04:57 Stats 06:12 Competitors 08:09 Meme Factor 09:59 Bull vs Bear

Sam Parr founded The Hustle, which he eventually sold to Hubspot for tens of millions of dollars. The Hustle was born from a conference he started, called Hustle Con, that showcased non-technical startup founders and their strategies for success. The Hustle ended up garnering an audience of millions of subscribers and was able to operate profitably as a new media startup that was not overburdened by outside capital In this interview, Sam and Aaron discuss the early stages of Sam’s career, his tips for selling, and finding meaning after selling your company. 0:00 Introduction 0:42 The Hustle Story 18:30 What’s the scary thing to sell now? 22:48 Would you consider yourself post-economic? 29:00 Perpetual idea machine 44:49 Personal Challenge

Prepare for the #Coincheck SPAC. Coincheck, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Tuesday it had agreed to go public in the U.S. by merging with special purpose acquisition company Thunder Bridge Capital Partners in a deal valued at about $1.25 billion. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 04:43 Stats 06:08 Competitors 08:24 Meme Factor 10:20 Bull vs Bear

Reviewing the #GlobalForge SPAC. Private securities marketplace Forge Global saw its stock price more than double by midday on its first day of trading. The company completed its merger with SPAC Motive Capital Corp. and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, opening at $11.06, slightly above its previous closing price of $10.06. By midday Tuesday, Forge was trading at $23.42. The SPAC merger closed on Monday, giving Forge $215.6 million in gross proceeds. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 06:53 Stats 08:26 Competitors 10:01 Meme Factor 12:20 Bull vs Bear

Play Magnus is a commercial computer chess mobile app available for the iOS and Android mobile operating systems. The software is named after World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and features adjustable difficulty levels for chess players of various skills. It has been available since 2014 and is developed by the Norwegian company Play Magnus AS which was founded by Carlsen TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 INTRODUCTION 05:57 STATS 07:07 COMPETITORS 10:31 MEME FACTOR 12:37 BULL VS BEAR

In this video, you’ll learn the difference between a stock and bond. You’ll also learn why you invest in a bike and why you invest in a stock. 0:00 Stocks vs Bonds 3:53 Pros and Cons

#shorts Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 billion.

The Gladstone company plans to IPO. The firm has $4 Billion assets under management as of the end of 2021. They plan to raise $50m. Stock Tickers ● Gladstone Companies (GC) ● Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) ● Gladstone Land Corp (LAND) ● Gladstone Commercial Corporation (GOOD) ● Gladstone Capital Corporation (GLAD) ● Gladstone LD Term Pref Shs (LANDM) 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Summary: Gladstone 4:07 Numbies 7:08 Comps 9:20 Meme Factor 11:21 Bull vs Bear

Doomberg is the anonymous publishing arm of a bespoke consulting firm. Their firm provides advisory services to family offices and c-suite executives The firm’s principals apply decades of experience across heavy industry, private equity, and finance to deliver innovative thinking and clarity to complex problems. They maintain their anonymity to ensure the privacy of their clients, the sovereignty of their personal lives, and the In this episode, Doomberg and Aaron discuss the idea that energy is life, forthcoming instability in major nations, and the optimism required to make a difference. They also cover the principles of prepping your home for calamity. timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:23 The Origins of Doomberg 11:05 Pessimism always sounds smart 16:31 Energy is Life: Platitudes vs Physics 23:43 Prediction: Western Countries will collapse 38:45 World's Crisis - Made in China 44:24 Justin Trudeau's Dark Movement 54:53 What Canada Means for Crypto 1:10:00 Personal Challenge

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