
23 episodes

Okay, Computer. RiskReversal Media
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4.8 • 18 Ratings
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Each week our tricked-out team of tech investors and former operators breakdown the biggest headlines and themes in both public and private markets, with a specific focus on the intersection of web2 and web3. We will be joined by some of the most influential voices in tech, media, and crypto leaving listeners with fresh perspectives on increasingly complicated topics impacting their lives and investment portfolios.
Okay, Computer. Podcast is hosted by Dan Nathan, Katie Stanton, Rick Heitzmann & Packy McCormick with contributors Jarrod Dicker, Meltem Demirors, Cleo Abram, and Sally Shin. RiskReversal's resident luddite, Guy Adami stops in occasionally for Okay, Boomer segments.
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FakePlastic NFTs: A Conversation with Meltem Demirors of CoinShares & Not Boring’s Packy McCormick
Dan, Meltem and Packy discuss volatility in the stock markets (2:57), bitcoin’s correlation to tech stocks (4:47) and the NFT sales flatlining (35:55).
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Mark It Zero: An Interview with Adam Singolda, CEO of Taboola
Dan talks with Rick Heitzmann, FirstMark Capital’s Founder & Managing Director, about the risk of the Fed overcorrecting at this week’s FOMC meeting (1:34), if the markets are close to bottoming out (6:27), the tailspin for “at home” stocks likely getting worse (11:28), CEOs being forced to correct their capital & strategic plans (14:58) and how the losers of crypto and web3 are already being revealed. Later, Dan speaks with Taboola founder & CEO Adam Singolda about starting his founder’s journey living with his parents while watching TV (29:51), building an advertising platform outside the “walled gardens” of Google and Facebook (34:12), how Netflix can successfully build an ad-based subscription (52:16), the future of Twitter’s content moderation under Elon Musk (58:15), and how “killing cookies” is disrupting the digital ads industry (1:04:54).
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Everything in the Wrong Place with Twitter: A Conversation with FirstMark Capital’s Rick Heitzmann
Dan speaks with Rick Heitzmann, FirstMark Capital’s Founder & Managing Director, about growing chaos and anxiety in the markets (0:56), what could come next from the Fed after its expected 50 bps rate hike (8:48), where Elon Musk goes from here after buying Twitter (13:55), whether Big Tech will flop in a pivotal earnings week (20:02), growing distress in the private markets (26:19), and if a combined Netflix & Spotify would make a match in heaven.
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All This Nonsense for an Edit Button: Interviews with Alex Roetter of Moxxie Ventures & Jarrod Dicker of The Chernin Group
Dan interviews Alex Roetter, Moxxie Ventures General Partner & Twitter’s former Senior Vice President of Engineering, about the migration of capital and startups out of Silicon Valley (6:20), developing electric, flying taxis as the president of Kitty Hawk (9:59), how he hired current Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal (14:40), and why he thinks Elon Musk won’t make any meaningful impact on Twitter (21:27). Later, Dan speaks with The Chernin Group’s Jarrod Dicker and they discuss Jarrod’s undying love of Phish concerts (39:15), Twitter’s responsibility to moderate content (48:10), if decentralized social media platforms are feasible (53:17 ), why Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post brought Jarrod to work at paper, and whether Ethereum will actually get “fixed.” (1:01:57)
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Elon Needs a Hug and a Conversation with Dan Teran of Gutter Capital
Dan and Rick discuss the fallout from inflation soaring to a four-decade high (2:03), Elon Musk rattling cages at Twitter (15:06), if the IPO market can recover from a cold start in 2022, if private companies still think it’s worth it to go public (21:05), and whether Philadelphia 76ers fans should “trust the process” as the NBA Playoffs begin. Later, Dan sits down with Dan Teran, co-founder of Gutter Capital, and they talk about his unusual path to entrepreneurship (35:32), selling his company Managed by Q to WeWork at the perfect time (41:31), more founders ditching Silicon Valley (47:45), why gig economy businesses don’t interest him (53:13), and growing unionization pushes at big companies like Amazon and Starbucks (57:08).
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The Edit Button Fixes This with Meltem Demirors and Packy McCormick, plus an Interview with Scott Lynn of Masterworks
Dan and Packy discuss Elon Musk joining Twitter’s board of directors and his 9.2% stake in the company (1:41). Meltem sounds off with Dan and Packy on a former SEC official calling the bulk of web3 a “scourge & scam” (16:29), Lightning Labs raising $70M to “bitcoinize” the U.S. dollar (20:53), a little covered, but big potential opportunity in web3 right now (24:47), and whether the Tether stablecoin is at risk of a run (28:19). Dan interviews Masterworks founder & CEO Scott Lynn on how inflation is impacting demand and prices for art (45:32), the boom in NFTs and their disruption to the art market (38:00), art becoming a viable asset class with investors (52:12), and whether sanctions against Russia could trigger fire sales of high-value artworks (57:39).
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Customer Reviews
Great cast
Really looking forward to hearing from all of these thought leaders!