In episode 35 we have the very first live and on-stage Cartoon Avatars from Primary's New York City Summit. Logan talks with New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien about the modern state of journalism and its function as a business. Plus the crypto debate picks up once again as Zach Weinberg debates Bankless Co-Founder David Hoffman on crypto, with Sahil Bloom moderating in front of a live audience.

(0:00) Intro

(1:06) Rashad and pickleball

(5:56) College football

(9:03) Elon Andreessen leaked email

(10:54) Cathie Wood’s ARK investment fund

(19:25) Welcoming Zach, David and Sahil

(20:04) David Hoffman’s view on Web3

(21:58) Zach Weinberg’s view on Web3

(24:29) Web3 vs existing tech

(27:39) Why contracts are complicated

(31:24) Layering a financial system

(34:09) Crypto in unstable regimes

(36:45) How brands use Web3

(41:12) Crypto broad scope

(43:09) Why are VCs backing crypto?

(47:06) SEC regulation

(49:10) Introducing Meredith Kopit Levien

(53:47) NYT’s online subscription model

(58:32) Mile markers for achievements

(1:02:25) Being product-led in journalism

(1:05:22) The Daily

(1:11:48) Is polarization good for business?

(1:15:20) Setting long-term goals

(1:17:25) Rapid fire questions

(1:19:04) Outro

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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.

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