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We discuss:
- The coming Airbnb IPO
- Are there any likable tech CEOs?
- WeWork’s latest PR nightmare
- Rich people say they’re raising cash
- Is this one of the hardest investing environments ever?
- Do interest rates impact private markets?
- Why no one will ever buy Twitter
- YouTube influencers
- Better finance analogy: sports or investing?
- Jim Grant’s predictions
- Finance Instagram
- When social media overwhelms
- Poems from T. Boone and much more
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Stories mentioned:
- Inside Airbnb, employees eager for big payouts pushed it to go public
- Talk your book: Investing in private companies with EquityZen
- The next recession
- Adam Neumann’s over the top style at WeWork
- Wealthy families say they’re stockpiling cash
- The slow-burning success of Disney’s Bob Iger
- WeWork and the great unicorn delusion
- The Peggy show
- Football coaches are still flunking on 4th down
- Go for it
- WeWTF
- Finmeme influencers
- A final message from T. Boone Pickens
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