$35 Million for Twitch Co-Founder's NFT Marketplace
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Fractal, a gaming NFT marketplace founded by Justin Kan, raised $35 million in a seed round.
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JetBlue buys Spirit for $3.6 Billion
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Jet Blue wants to grab more of the US airline market. Spirit deal could be big.
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Hypebeast SPAC: Should You Invest?
#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
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$100 Billion valuation for SHEIN
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Apparently, Chinese e-commerce giant Shein is raising $1 billion from Tiger, Sequoia, and General Atlantic.
Excelerate Energy IPO: Should You Invest?
#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
Dubai Electric & Water Authority IPO: Should you invest?
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 on How to Sell Startups (founder of Drip and TinySeed)
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
Dave SPAC disapoints
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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
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Is Fast the next Startup meltdown?
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Raise $124 million and can’t get to $1 million in revenue? Yikes
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Charts that Predict a Recession
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?
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$16 billion for Nielsen
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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.
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Corebridge Financial IPO: Should You Invest?
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
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PAG IPO: Should You Invest?
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
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How Sam Parr Builds Businesses (like The Hustle)
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
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Coincheck SPAC: Should You Invest?
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
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Global Forge SPAC: Should You Invest?
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
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Play Magnus: Should You Invest?
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
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Stocks and Bonds explained
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
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Ramp worth $8 Billion
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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.
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Gladstone: Should You Invest?
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
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"Energy is Life" w/ Doomberg
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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