VC market overview, Vision Fund impact, Amazon's core businesses & more with Acquired | E1530 This Week in Startups

Acquired's Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal join the show to discuss how they think about public market investments (1:43), VC token sales (27:25), a VC market overview (45:40), the Vision Fund's impact on Silicon Valley (1:00:33), and Amazon's core pillars! (1:13:21)

(0:00) Jason intros today's guests and topics: Crossover Pod with Acquired!

(1:43) Private markets overview, Jay Trading, Ben's investment thesis for TSMC and Shopify

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(14:52) Jason makes two live Jay Trades, better solutions for employee stock options

(26:14) Dell - Apply for Dell for Startups and get an additional 10% off Dell Latitude products at https://dell.com/twist 

(27:25) Crypto regulation, VC token sales

(39:33) Zapier - Try for free today at https://zapier.com/TWIST

(41:02) The burden of going public, final ideas on digital asset regulation

(45:40) Major takeaways from PitchBook's Q2 US VC Monitor: exit value collapse, deal volume down, seed not impacted as much, signs of life in the early-stage

(1:00:33) Reflecting on Masa's precarious position and the impact that SoftBank's Vision Fund has had on the VC industry

(1:13:21) Ranking the most impressive pillars of Amazon's business: AWS, Prime, marketplace, advertising