On this episode we’ve got not one, but two legends; Eren Bali and Russell Fradin. They’re both working together on a company called Carbon Health. Eren founded it and Russell invested in it. Eren’s last company, Udemy, recently filed to go public. Russell was an investor in Udemy. We can’t talk much about Udemy since …

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Yesterday I got an updated pitch on a nice looking investing app in Japan. The founders (in Tokyo) worked at Twitter and Coinbase. I don’t know much about the demographics of Japan or the investing environment. I do know that Japanese stocks have gone mostly nowhere for decades and that the Japanese are big savers …

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Before I get started…the story below is all ‘first world’ and I what now call ‘Patagonia Vest Problems’. I hope/intend to highlight a huge opportunity in fintech/tradefi with respect to offering choices, closing the risk gaps and providing liquidity to companies and shareholders. I imagine tokens and blockchains can be integral in solving these gaps. …

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Good morning… As a reminder, Marketsmith (by Investor’s Business Daily) is now a sponsor of the weekly show. All the charts you have been seeing in the videos and will continue to see are from Marketsmith. They are offering my readers a three week trial for $19.95. Click this link if you would like to try it out. The …

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Happy Sunday morning everyone… It’s good to be back in Phoenix where the weather continues to be fantastic right now. I thought this was a funny thread on Twitter that sums up why I still love to use the product so much….goofing off around the Miami Mayor’s tweet: Ellen and I are watching ‘Maid‘ on …

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Stablecoins were a big topic of discussion at the Multicoin conference this week. They are an amazing innovation in crypto and they hold a LOT of promise. Here is Investopedia on Stablecoins. Of course, the government is getting involved as they proliferate. My friend Ben Milne who started Dwolla in the payments space sent me …

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It has been a fun few days in Miami. Perfect weather although I have been inside a lot. It has been fun to spend time learning more about Web 3 from team Multicoin and seeing a lot of friends who happen to be LP’s as well. I got to say hello to Matthew Ball who …

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Quick note…I gave a bad link to Ben Thompson’s excellent piece on Twitter a couple of days back. Here it is. Onwards… Good morning from Miami…. In a Panic with Friends first, I give myself the applause dub for some advice I’d passed to Justin back in 2014. I told him there are so many …

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Before I get started… This Saturday (December 4th) Stocktwits is having their second annual ‘Chips For Charity’ poker tournament. You can register here. Compete to win $5000 in crypto while raising awareness for and promoting diversity throughout the financial sector. Proceeds from this event will go to Wall Street Bound. It is just $200 as …

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Good morning everyone. I wake up every morning and I check the trending bar on Stocktwits. Yes, it’s sad, but habits are habits and it’s better for me at age 56 than eating a bowl of Lucky Charms. Yesterday I saw Twitter trending and that Jack Dorsey was ‘stepping down’ which meant that Eliot Management …

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