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Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Early Facebooker-turned-Investor Bobby Goodlatte

Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Early Facebooker-turned-Investor Bobby Goodlatte

FromThe Breakdown


Can Social Media Be Redeemed? Feat. Early Facebooker-turned-Investor Bobby Goodlatte

FromThe Breakdown

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Length:
71 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today on the Brief: President Trump wants a cut of the TikTok deal Previewing this week’s COVID-19 vaccine trade  Dave Portnoy breaks into bitcoin Our main conversation is with Bobby Goodlatte.  Bobby is the founder of Form Capital, a new seed investment firm that focuses on supporting portfolio companies with value-add design.    Bobby was an early employee at Facebook and has been an active angel investor since 2012, with investments that include Coinbase.    In this conversation, he and NLW discuss: The early days of Facebook Why angel investors don’t like new angel investors to get involved How Silicon Valley reflects larger questions of equity valuations  How social media has changed over the last decade Why politics is now “downstream from algorithms”  Why there are still possibilities to build new social networks Why today’s social networks could make different decisions that would be better for the world.  Find our guest online: Website: Form Capital  Twitter: @rsg 
Released:
Aug 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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A daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts, hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore @nlw. The Breakdown is part of The Breakdown Network.