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The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pomplianowww.anthonypompliano.com
Host Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano talks to the most interesting people in business, finance, and Bitcoin. From billionaires to cultural icons, Pomp helps you get smarter every day.
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#269: Dan Fleyshman Reveals the Secrets of Influencer Marketing

Dan Fleyshman is the Founder of Elevator Studio, a social media agency that's handled celebrity & influencers campaigns for products ranging from top tier fitness & apparel brands to mobile apps like Postmates & Lyft. In this conversation, Anthony and Dan discuss the story behind the "Who's Your Daddy" brand, how Dan became the youngest CEO to take a company public, what the early days of influencer marketing entailed, how he currently assesses each social media platform, the importa...

Apr 14, 202059 min

#268: Jeff Booth on Why We Need to Embrace Deflation

Jeff Booth is the author of the new book titled The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation Is the Key to an Abundant Future. In this conversation, Anthony and Jeff discuss the difference between inflation and deflation, why technology is inherently deflationary, how easy credit has led to a massive asset bubble, why the world will need to move to a deflationary economy, and how Jeff is currently thinking about the economic crisis we are facing. =============================== Crypto.com is the only al...

Apr 13, 202059 min

#267: Preston Byrne on Constitutional Rights During the Quarantine

Preston Byrne is a partner at Anderson Kill, where his practice focuses on early-stage technology companies with complex cross-border legal issues, including industrial cryptography, cryptocurrency and interactive computer services businesses. In this conversation, Anthony and Preston discussLibertarian politics, the US Constitution, various recent government actions and whether they violate the constitution or not, and what citizens need to pay attention to in order to ensure the government doe...

Apr 12, 202054 min

#266: Ruben Harris on The Future of Education and Training

Ruben Harris is the Co-host of the Breaking Into Startups podcast, he is also the CEO of Career Karma, an organization that matches people who want to learn to code with the right support circle and coding boot camp for their needs. In this conversation, Anthony and Ruben discuss the current unemployment numbers, what part of the workforce is most affected, how individuals can gain new skills, what the job prospects in technology look like, how education will change in the future, and what peopl...

Apr 10, 202054 min

#265: Ali Hamed on Seeking Value in Today’s Private Credit Market

Ali Hamed is the co-founder of Coventure, an asset management firm focused on deploying capital across venture capital and unique credit strategies. In this conversation, Anthony and Ali discuss the private credit market, how borrowers and lenders are treating each other, where the areas of opportunities will be, how founders can respond to the pandemic, and how source data in advertising and e-commerce has given Ali a better sense of the trends in those industries. =============================...

Apr 09, 20201 hr 3 min

#264: Dan Primack on How Covid-19 will Impact the Early-Stage Investment Climate

Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios and author of the daily Axios Pro Rata newsletter and podcast, where he covers the world of dealmakers across VC, PE and M&A. In this conversation, Anthony and Dan discuss the current economic crisis, the approved stimulus package, how small businesses are affected, the current impact on private equity and venture capital companies, and what limited partners are saying. =============================== Crypto.com is the only all-in-one platform that...

Apr 08, 202046 min

#263: Robert Kiyosaki on How The World’s Wealthiest Invest Their Money

Robert Kiyosaki is an American businessman and author. Kiyosaki is the founder of Rich Global LLC and the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal finance and business education to people through books and videos. His book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, is the number 1 personal finance book of all time. In this conversation, Anthony and Robert discuss the current global economy, why the Fed is a cartel, what every individual needs to understand about finance, where you...

Apr 07, 20201 hr 12 min

#262: Tim Kennedy on Individual Freedom and Responsibility During The Crisis

Tim Kennedy is the Founder of Sheepdog Response, a company focused on training in self-defense, martial arts, and weaponry. Kennedy is also a Ranger qualified Special Forces Sniper with almost 20 deployments under his belt. Prior to his retirement from professional mixed martial arts, Tim was ranked among the top Middleweights in the UFC, while also fighting in almost every competitive MMA league that exists. Tim has been featured on many television shows, most recently “Hunting Hitler” on the H...

Apr 06, 20201 hr 14 min

#261: CZ explains Why Binance is Paying A Rumored $400 Million for CoinMarketCap

CZ is the founder of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volume. In this conversation, Anthony and CZ discuss how COVID-19 is impacting Binance, why CZ is paying a rumored $400 million for CoinMarketCap, what trends Binance is seeing in non-US countries, and why CZ wants to potentially turn Binance into a Decentralized Autonomous Organization. =============================== TaxBit is a refund-maximizing, cryptocurrency tax software you can depend on. Visit taxbit.com/in...

Apr 05, 20201 hr 1 min

#260: Andy Bromberg on How the Crypto Economy is Withstanding the Coronavirus Crisis

Andy Bromberg is the CEO of CoinList, a trusted platform for running compliant token sales. In this conversation, Andy and Anthony discuss crypto companies being pandemic proof, how investor communication has to change, what the difference in city-by-city responses has been, how Coinlist has been growing, and what is next for them over the coming months. =============================== BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to your...

Apr 04, 202046 min

#259: Josh Constine on the Future of Video Sharing - TikTok vs. YouTube

Josh Constine is the Editor-At-Large at TechCrunch, where he analyzes social and consumer products. In this conversation, Josh and Anthony discuss the falcon at his wedding, what his main critiques of Twitter are, whether YouTube will be able to compete with TikTok, how he thinks about Bitcoin, and why he believes VR arcades will be popular in the future. =============================== BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as collateral, and receive a USD loan funded directly to you...

Apr 03, 20201 hr 21 min

#258: Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya on How To Invest Through This Crisis

Chamath Palihapitiya is the CEO of Social Capital, the Chairman of Virgin Galactic, and the owner of the Golden State Warriors. In this conversation, Chamath and Anthony discuss how billionaires quarantine, where Chamath currently has capital invested, how he thinks we can solve the structural issues in health and economics, why being a patient investor will pay off, where he is looking for opportunity right now, what he thinks should happen with the NBA, and how the world is going to change aft...

Apr 02, 20201 hr 25 min

#257: Polina Marinova on Building Resilience in Times of Uncertainty

Polina Marinova is the Founder of 'The Profile', a weekly newsletter featuring the best long-form profiles of the world's most successful people and companies. She previously worked at Fortune, where she wrote the popular 'Term Sheet' on a daily basis. In this conversation, Polina and Anthony discuss their recent engagement, growing up in Bulgaria, moving to the United States, leading a mass walkout in college, her 5 years at Fortune Magazine, and making the jump into entrepreneurship during a g...

Apr 01, 20201 hr 15 min

#256: Matt D'Souza on the Upcoming Bitcoin Halving, Miner Sell Pressure, and Why it's Important

Matt D'Souza is the CEO of Blockware Solutions, a blockchain infrastructure company specializing in Bitcoin mining hardware procurement, mining rig colocation, as well as professional Mining & Staking Pool operations. In this conversation, Anthony and Matt discuss Blockware's recent analysis of miner selling pressure, how profitable various miners are around the world, what to expect during the Bitcoin halving, and how hash rate should fluctuate over the next few months. ====================...

Mar 31, 202046 min

#255: Matt Luongo on Bridging the Gap between Bitcoin and the Real-World

Matt Luongo is the CEO of Thesis, a cryptocurrency venture production studio that includes Fold App, Keep, and tBTC. In this conversation, Anthony and Matt discuss bringing the worlds of Bitcoin and Ethereum together, how Matt is a monetary maximalist, what tBTC is and why it should be valuable to the DeFi community, and how crypto companies are prepared for working through the COVID-19 crisis. =============================== BLOCKFI-----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as colla...

Mar 30, 202037 min

#254: Ben Askren on the Evolution of MMA and Wrestling

Ben Askren is a retired professional mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler. In this conversation, Ben and Anthony discuss his views on Bitcoin, involvement in the NCAA and Olympic wrestling communities, challenges facing small businesses due to the COVID-19 outbreak, transitioning from wrestling to MMA, Jon Jones' arrest, and his take on rising stars in the UFC. =============================== CRYPTO.COM-----The only all-in-one platform that allows you to BUY / SELL / STORE / EARN / L...

Mar 27, 202052 min

#253: Julie Maupin & David Sønstebø on Enabling the true Internet-of-Things through the Machine Economy

This is episode #7 in the Automation Series. You can learn more about the Automation Series here. You can learn more about IOTA on their website. David Sønstebø and Julie Maupin of the IOTA Foundation join Anthony Pompliano for this special episode of the Automation Series. David, the Co-Founder and Julie, the Director of Social Impact and Regulatory Affairs dive into the intersection of distributed ledger technology. In this conversation, Julie, David, and Anthony discuss the philanthropic miss...

Mar 27, 202050 min

#252: Mark Yusko on How we got to QE Infinity from the Fed

Mark Yusko is the Founder and CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Management. In this conversation, Mark and Anthony discuss what is driving the current market chaos, how we got to QE infinity from the Fed, where we are in the economic cycle, who the winners and losers are right now, how institutions are currently thinking about their portfolio, and what certain assets should do over the next 5-10 years. =============================== BLOCKFI-----BlockFi allows you to keep your crypto, put it up as col...

Mar 26, 20201 hr 10 min

#251: Brent Johnson, The Originator of the Dollar Milkshake Theory

Brent Johnson is the CEO of Santiago Capital and the originator of the Dollar Milkshake Theory. In this conversation, Brent explains the dollar milkshake theory, what impact the strong dollar will have on other assets, why comparison's of currency strength are all relative, how gold and Bitcoin should perform moving forward, and what would change Brent's mind about a strong dollar outlook. =============================== CRYPTO.COM-----The only all-in-one platform that allows you to BUY / SELL /...

Mar 25, 202052 min

#250: Peter Schiff on Why The US Dollar Is Unsustainable and The Fed Has to Print Infinite Dollars

Peter Schiff, the CEO and Chief Global Strategist at Euro Pacific Capital Inc. He previously made a number of great calls during the Global Financial Crisis and it looks like he is turning out to be right again this time. In this conversation, Anthony and Peter discuss what happened in 2008, why that crisis has led to the current one, what the Fed's actions right now mean, why they are likely to be ineffective, and what the world will look like in 5-10 years. =============================== BLOC...

Mar 25, 202043 min

#249: Preston Pysh Explains Why Bitcoin's Volatility is a Feature, Not a Bug

Preston Pysh is a financial investor the host of the podcast, We Study Billionaires. In this conversation, Anthony and Preston discuss his past as a former Apache helicopter pilot, the current liquidity crisis, stock-to-flow model, the Fed's monetary stimulus plans, the proposed digital dollar for UBI, how currencies have historically failed, and why Bitcoin's volatility is a feature, not a bug. =============================== CRYPTO.COM-----The only all-in-one platform that allows you to BUY / ...

Mar 24, 20201 hr 29 min

#248: Jason Williams, Operational Challenges in Healthcare Around COVID-19

Jason Williams is the Co-Founder of Morgan Creek Digital. Previously, Jason was the Founder and CEO of FastMed, the second largest ambulatory care system in the United States. In this conversation, Anthony and Jason discuss all things healthcare and operations. Jason provides a walkthrough into how the healthcare system works, what their operational questions are, where they're being stressed tested currently, and how the economics of a hospital system and the healthcare services are being chall...

Mar 23, 202054 min

#247: James Todaro, MD on Coronavirus, What Makes it Unique, and Potential Vaccines

James Todaro is the Managing Partner at Blocktown Capital and a Physician with a Medical Degree from Columbia University. In this conversation James and Anthony discuss the Coronavirus, applying existing medication to treat it, timelines for potential cures, how we can prevent it from spreading, and what to expect in the coming weeks. =============================== LEDGER----- Ledger hardware wallets empower you to optimally secure, own and control your crypto. Visit ledger.com and give yoursel...

Mar 20, 202043 min

#246 David Sonstebo - The Power of Technology to Transform Human Progress

This is episode #6 in the Automation Series. You can learn more about the Automation Series here. You can learn more about IOTA on their website. David Sonstebo is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for any kind of technology that can push human progress forward. In this conversation, Anthony and David dive into the intersection of distributed ledger technology and automation. Specifically, around digital currencies, digital wallets, machine to machine transactions, and how distributed ledger ...

Mar 19, 202046 min

#245 Meb Faber - Understanding the Current Market Mayhem

Meb Faber is co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management. In this conversation, Meb and Anthony discuss if these crazy markets are outside the norm historically, why global asset allocation is important, how passive and active strategies stack up, what people need to know about share buybacks and bailouts, and why Meb is so heavily invested in farmland. =============================== Resources from this conversation: Meb’s books and white papers (free downloads)...

Mar 19, 20201 hr 36 min

#244 Michael Novogratz on Consumer Confidence in Markets

Mike Novogratz is the founder of Galaxy Digital, a merchant bank focused on the digital asset and blockchain industry. He is an ex-hedge fund manager, formerly of the investment firm Fortress Investment Group. In this conversation, Anthony and Michael discuss the current macroeconomic chaos, coronavirus and its impact on society, various social justice issues, how Mike is personally navigating the uncertainty, and how he thinks Bitcoin and digital assets are affected by recent market movements. ...

Mar 18, 202039 min

#243 Scott Adams on the Coronavirus and the Upcoming Presidential Election

Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. His recent books include Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America (2019) and Win Bigly (2017). In this conversation, Anthony and Scott discuss the Coronavirus, the impact on the healthcare system and the economy, how he evaluates President Trump's response, what his current thoughts on the November election are, why he recently sold Bitcoin, and what ...

Mar 17, 20201 hr 24 min

#242 Cock Foster Twins - Nifty Gateway: the Future of Digital Collectibles

Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster are the founders of Nifty Gateway which was recently acquired by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss' Gemini crypto exchange. In this conversation, Anthony and the Cock Foster twins discuss what it was like growing up together, why they pursued startups, how NFTs work, why Nifties are likely to be so valuable in the future, how the Gemini acquisition came together, and what artists are launching collections on their new US dollar centralized NFT exchange. ================...

Mar 17, 20201 hr 19 min

#241 Caitlin Long - Coronavirus: The Pin that Popped the Credit Bubble

Caitlin Long is the Founder of Avanti Bank, a new US bank based in Wyoming that intends to serve the digital asset industry with new products and services that are not currently available in US dollar markets. In this conversation, Anthony and Caitlin discuss the structural issues in the legacy finance world, why coronavirus is the pin that popped the credit bubble, what is happening in the repo market, why banks should immediately go raise equity capital, how the government is forced to respond...

Mar 16, 20201 hr 23 min

#240 Christoph Strnadl - The Intersection of Distributed Ledger Technology and IoT

This is episode #5 in the Automation Series. You can learn more about the Automation Series here. You can learn more about IOTA on their website. Christoph F. Strnadl is the VP of Innovation & Architecture at Software AG. In this conversation, Anthony and Christoph dive into the intersection of distributed ledger technology and automation. Specifically, around digital currencies, digital wallets, machine to machine transactions, and how distributed ledger technology will empower the full pot...

Mar 13, 202054 min
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