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#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship
Lex Fridman Podcast
Feb 15, 2021
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2 hr 17 min
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Jason Calacanis is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and co-host of All-In Podcast and This Week in Startups. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave:
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:52) - WallStreetBets and Robinhood (17:58) - How does the WallStreetBets saga end? (21:09) - Capitalism (26:30) - Ideas vs Execution (27:38) - Learning to learn (33:06) - Risk-aversion (39:07) - Robinhood (47:33) - Parler and AWS (49:59) - Social networks (56:33) - Leadership (1:01:21) - Work-life balance (1:09:44) - Great leaders lead by example (1:17:30) - Advice for startup founders (1:21:57) - Clubhouse (1:22:42) - When will we fully re-open the economy (1:33:20) - Augmented reality (1:36:48) - When should a startup raise money? (1:43:44) - David Goggins (1:45:40) - Disagreement with Chamath Palihapitiya (1:58:52) - Story about Elon Musk's darkest moments (2:07:08) - Friendship
