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Lon Harris joins Jason Calacanis to discuss concepts in business, drawing parallels from Moneyball. The two dive into the significance of embracing paradigm shifts (15:38),first-principle thinking (27:16), Billy’s 'Adapt or Die' philosophy (48:54), and the turning point for the A's (1:11:20).
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(0:00) Lon Harris joins Jason
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(8:53) Moneyball cast breakdown
(15:38) Paradigm shifts in Moneyball: Comparing the Oakland A's situation to startups vs. incumbents
(21:19) Paradigm shifts in Moneyball: Making data-driven decisions
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(27:16) The important concept of "First-Principle Thinking”
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(36:34) Globalization's impact on startup opportunities and the importance of a unified team vision
(48:54) Billy's philosophy: Adapt or Die!
(59:20) The "burn the boats" moment and the importance of commitment in business
(1:11:20) The turning point for the A's and their historic winning streak
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Business Breakdowns: Moneyball's first-principles, paradigm shifts, and ‘burn the boats’ | E1909

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Jason joins Palantir&#39;s Shyam Sankar to discuss how the US has avoided another terrorist attack since 9/11 (7:59), the role of AI and robotics in the battlefield (22:34), the future of defense tech (53:48), and more!
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(0:00) Jason joins Shyam Sankar of Palantir.
(3:04) - Silcon valley’s shift in perception around defense tech and Palantir.
(5:09) - Palentir being born out of 9/11 and the realization of the countries vulnerabilities.
(7:59) How the US has managed to avoid another terrorist attack and what role Palantir&#39;s products played.
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(10:48) One major failure regarding 9/11 attack.
(11:55) The Gotham Platform: Palantir&#39;s first product and how it borrowed from PayPal.
(18:12) The most valuable role software could play in defense tech.
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(19:52) How defense tech data collection has changed over the years.
(22:34) The role of AI and robotics play in the battlefield.
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(30:38) The autopilot approach of LLMs at Palantir and the analogy of self-driving cars.
(33:28) Palantir&#39;s huge early wins with AI integration.
(38:01) The defense potential of LLMs and real time interpretation in the field.
(39:51) The importance of RF in the modern battlefield.
(45:32) Discussing Putin’s serious threat.
(48:54) How the defense industrial base was managed and consolidated after WWII
(53:48) The future of defense tech, the speed of innovation and enemy adaptation.
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Mission Over Money & The State of Defense Tech with Palantir's Shyam Sankar | E1908

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(1:15) VC returns have been leaked, including returns from Sequoia Capital and Union Square Ventures
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(17:35) Bearish signs for the startup employment market
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(26:12) The emergence of the first one-person unicorn
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(38:10) Founders &amp; investors are now returning to San Francisco
(47:35) Rapid-fire segment on recent investments
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Sequoia & Union Square Returns, the Post-AI Labor Market, and the Return of SF? | E1907

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(0:00) David Clark joins Jason.
(2:41) Looking at the data behind VenCap’s approach to alpha vs beta, managers and their over 500 investments to date.
(5:25) What distinguishes longevity and success in VC.
(9:15) Analyzing the data from David&#39;s chart covering 12,000 companies and the power law.
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(12:43) Portfolio strategy and finding that 1% of fund returners.
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(33:05) Managing successful GPs and having them ‘stay in the game’.
(41:49) The misunderstandings of the J-Curve.
(48:43) Preparing with founders for when things may go south.
(58:36) Founder Fridays message from Jason.
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Unlocking the Power of Data with VenCap’s David Clark | E1906

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(1:14) Tommy asks about getting a degree in fintech in order to join startups
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(8:48) Sam asks about common mistakes for first time founders
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(17:32) Clint asks about startups surviving the period before VC investments
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(34:23) Daniel asks about startups pivoting in the wrong direction
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Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905

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(1:17) What went wrong with Google’s AI: Model training, RLHF, or guardrails? Plus, how Google can look to Meta for a solution
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(15:00) More examples of bias in Google’s Gemini model
(20:19) Explorer.Globe.Engineer: an AI-powered research assistant
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(29:01) Reka’s impressive multimodal functionality
(33:51) Apple starts slowly releasing AI-powered features in its most popular apps
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(39:39) Sora demos from OpenAI, and what this means for the film industry
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Google's AI emergency, Apple's lowkey AI moves, amazing Sora demos & more with Sunny Madra | E1904

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(22:02) Consumer vs. enterprise AI
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(38:18) Sam Altman’s venture capital fund and the future of the AI ecosystem
(1:05:06) Rapid fire segment on recent investments
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https://www.solace.health/
https://www.agentio.com/
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https://originalcapital.com
https://silentvc.com
https://www.getrecall.ai
https://www.micro1.ai
https://www.melengo.com
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Reddit’s IPO, Consumer vs. Enterprise AI, and Sam Altman’s New Fund and more! | E1903

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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason joins seven strong startup pitches from LAUNCH Accelerator.
(1:11) Jacqui kicks off the demo day.
(1:40) Introductions to the guest jugdes.
(4:40) Justin pitches Melengo
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(34:01) Kash pitches TaxGPT
(40:56) George pitches Fanfare
(46:31) Jam pitches Monic.ai
(52:05) Our panel of judges pick their top three pitches.
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ebrawer@podcastai.com
Daniel Gjokaj &amp; Tolt
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgj/
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Rae Lambert &amp; River
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Kashif Ali &amp; TaxGPT
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George Lam &amp; Fanfare
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Jam Mirzakhalov &amp; Monic.ai
http://monic.ai/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirzakhalov/
mirzakhalov@monic.ai
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Minnie Ingersoll - TenOneTen
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Nicole Seah - Costanoa
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Stella Zhang - Conductive Ventures
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Startup Pitches! LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day | E1902

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Jordan Stein from Cresset Partners joins Jason to discuss the firms motivation for investing in venture capital (1:12), the state of venture tourism (12:45), the Power Law and risk-taking in VC (29:26), and much more!
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(1:12) Cresset Partners’ motivation for investing in venture capital
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Jordan Stein from Cresset Partners on VC dynamics, evaluating emerging managers, & more! | E1901

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The future of public safety via rapid drone response with Aerodome's Rahul Sidhu | E1900

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(45:56) F-Prime&#39;s 2024 State of Fintech Report, the IPO market in 2024, and early stage fintech
(54:47) Kleiner Perkins and how a firm reboots
(1:03:01) The apprenticeship model in Venture Capital, and mistakes GPs make when interacting with LPs
(1:17:44) Rapid-fire segment on top recent investments
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Mentioned on the show:
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ivps-new-fund-shows-growth-investors-are-ready-to-get-off-sidelineshttps://techcrunch.com/2024/02/03/mamoon-hamid-and-ilya-fushman-of-kleiner-perkins-more-than-80-of-pitches-now-involve-ai/
https://fprimecapital.com/blog/the-2024-state-of-fintech-report
https://www.bland.ai
https://kuberahealth.com
https://www.stonealgo.com
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Mark Suster and Samir Kaji on the 2024 Venture Market, IPOS, and Secondaries | E1899

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Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors joins Jason to discuss fund of funds and their place in the venture ecosystem (1:28), ownership in relation to fund size (8:34), picking winners (25:08), generating liquidity for LPs (40:08), and much more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Slipstream Investor’s Alex Edelson joins Jason
(1:28) Alex explains what a fund of funds is and why people choose to invest in fund of funds rather than invest directly
(8:34) Why early stage funds overperform and ownership in relation to fund size
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(13:09) What Alex looks for when picking venture funds, ownership, and why people invest in fund of funds cont.
(19:49) Evaluating ability to compete for deals at seed vs pre-seed stage
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(25:08) Picking winners: Identifying promising companies early and tracking them
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(40:08) Generating liquidity for LPs and picking emerging fund managers
(56:47) Competing for deals at the seed stage, the differentiation between pre-seed and seed, and deciding when to double-down
(1:01:41) Alex turns the tables and asks Jason some questions. But, first why is optimal fund size important?
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How LPs identify top emerging fund managers with Slipstream’s Alex Edelson | E1898

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Sunny Madra joins Jason to demo Google’s rebranded Gemini Advanced (30:21), Apple’s MGIE (46:31), and to explore the significance of Microsoft’s Copilot (53:27), plus Lucite, AgentHub, Quilter and more!
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(1:56) Super Bowl viewership numbers compared to YouTubers like Mr. Beast.
(6:23) Sunny demos AgentHub.
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(12:32) The secrets behind all these media and tech layoffs.
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(21:23) Sunny demos Lucite.
(22:54) There is a need for AI that fact-checks other AI.
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(30:21) The rebranding of Google’s Bard to Gemini while Sunny attempts to demo Gemini Advanced.
(40:15) Sunny demos Quilter.
(46:31) Sunny demos Apple’s MGIE.
(50:41) Answering who will win between Microsoft and OpenAI vs Apple and Meta.
(53:27) The significance of Microsoft Copilot.
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Apple’s MGIE, Google’s Gemini Advanced, Microsoft’s Copilot and more! | E1897

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Jason speaks to Brian Singerman of Founders Fund about tips for emerging venture capitalists (6:40), a missed opportunity by an overconfident LP (15:49), self-awareness, strategy, the state of venture capital (40:47), and more!
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(0:00) Jason speaks to Brian Singerman of Founders Fund.
(2:31) “Adapt or die!” and the unique approach and strategy at Founders Fund.
(6:40) Brian&#39;s tips for emerging venture capitalists on making investments.
(10:09) Imagine AI LIVE - Get 20% off tickets at http://www.imagineai.live/twist
(11:24) Brian reflects on his career&#39;s trials and triumphs
(15:49) Brian shares an anecdote about a gloating LP who passed on one of the greatest venture funds in history.
(21:36) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at http://www.openphone.com/twist
(23:04) Brian’s approach for securing a deal with founders.
(28:03) The sharp mind of Sean Parker.
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(32:37) The character of founders who change the world and how to work with them.
(37:30) Regulation and the anti-competitive landscape of large companies in the US.
(40:47) Self-awareness, strategy and the state of venture capital.
(44:00) Keith Rabois&#39;s transition from Founders Fund back to Khosla Ventures.
(47:27) Reflecting on Ikigai and finding joy and value in one&#39;s passion.
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Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on building a legendary VC firm, “Adapt or Die” and "Ikigai" | E1896

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(29:33) Performing due diligence on funds and the persistence of VC Returns
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(51:41) Rapid-fire segment on top recent investments
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Dry Powder in Venture Capital, VC Ratings, and more with Grady Buchanan and Victor Gutwein | E1895

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Sunny Madra joins Jason to demo an AI that analyzes human expression (2:07), a generative gaming platform (23:26), Hugging Faces Assistants (39:12), and much more!
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(2:07) Hume AI - AI toolkit to measure, understand, and improve how technology affects human emotion
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(20:25) AI Bet Update - Small model deployed on iphone/android
(23:26) FRVR AI - Generative AI to streamline game creation
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(35:19) Calling GPTS with @
(39:12) Hugging Face Assistants - LLM-powered assistants specialized in the Hugging Face ecosystem
(45:05) Eleven Labs ChatGPT
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Hume: https://beta.hume.ai
FRVR: https://beta.frvr.ai
Hugging Face Assistants: https://huggingface.co/chat/assistants
Eleven Labs ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-h0lbLuFF1-elevenlabs-text-to-speechhttps://twitter.com/dnystedt/status/1754323506056266149
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th3vzKTE0O8
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AI Demos: AI that interprets human emotion, Hugging Face Assistants, and more! | E1894

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Jason talks with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian about their pending IPO (2:48), advice he tells young people starting out at his firm (13:51), then Ron Biscardi discusses the future of the iConnections conference (47:01), and more! 
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Todays show:
Beeper&#39;s Eric Migicovsky joins Jason to discuss Beeper&#39;s mission of providing a universal chat app (1:32), Apple blocking Beeper Mini after just 3 days (13:35), fighting back against Apple as a startup founder (18:31), and much more!
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(0:00) Beeper’s Eric Migicovsky joins Jason
(1:32) Beeper and its mission of providing a universal chat app
(6:30) How Apple locks people into iMessage and makes it hard to switch from iPhone
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(18:31) Fighting back against Apple as a startup founder
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(22:18) The fight against Apple and thoughts on the outcome
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(36:17) Apple&#39;s response to recent court rulings requiring App Store changes
(38:54) Speculation on whether Apple&#39;s AR glasses will succeed
(41:35) Eric&#39;s vision for the future with open protocols for messaging and Beeper&#39;s business model

 

Mentioned on the show:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23995150/beeper-imessage-android-apple-statement
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/getpebble/pebble-2-time-2-and-core-an-entirely-new-3g-ultra
https://37signals.com/podcast/this-again-apple/
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Beeper's fight to break Apple's stronghold on messaging with Eric Migicovsky | E1892

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Today’s show:
Jason kicks off the show with an update on the late-stage VC market (1:44). Then, Terra Kaffe’s Sahand Dilmaghani joins to discuss Terra Kaffe’s super-automatic machines (19:35), scaling the B2C business (29:59), and much more!
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(11:49) Sahand Dilmaghani on his decision to start Terra Kaffe
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(24:29) What is takes for a super-automatic machine to make great coffee
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Cendana’s Michael Kim joins Jason for a deep dive on fund of funds (3:32), how to examine alpha, beta, and quality indices in early-stage investing (28:38), current market trends, future startup outlook (45:11), and more!
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(7:01) Attraction factors for investors in pre-seed and seed startups.
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(35:29) The significance of portfolio management as networks and building a ‘why&#39; for founders to pick you as an investor.
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(45:11) Current market trends, future startup outlook.
(48:08) Things have shifted and Michael explains why seed is the new series-A and pre-seed is the new seed.
(52:10) Demographics of founders seeking investment.
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Watch other episodes with Micheal Kim:

 E1075: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSOhe-FnTJE
 E1879: https://youtu.be/1Dcu5BfnE_c?feature=shared

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