The problem is all o these financial services companies are essentially an arbitrage on rates, right? When rates are zero, they take that money at zero % and then they can go and execute a business model. But when their cost of capital is two or two and a half or three %, the whole business imploses on them. So you're going to see bunch of these financial service companies get under pressure. And in all this, what is the salvation in a moment like this? It's being healthy gross margins, healthy contribution margins and an realistic path to profitability,. which means being ebit deposited this year or within the next two years. Set another way, if you're profitable,
0:00 Bestie Guestie Brad Gerstner is filling in for Friedberg
1:34 Understanding public SaaS and Internet multiples, Instacart's cuts its valuation by 40%, understanding reality of overvalued late-stage companies
21:52 Capital allocators at fault, how crossover funds are reacting, late-stage price discovery, investor and founder behavioral psychology
40:37 Sacks' burn multiple, managing growth spend, new VC qualifications, lessons from the COVID bubble
53:58 Russia/Ukraine: US potential non-ceasefire strategy, Zelenskyy's revelations in CNN interview, rhetoric getting more aggressive
1:08:58 How will Putin withdraw without redacting the sanctions? What is the offramp? Zelenskyy's posture on global war
1:24:18 Understanding China's recently announced tax cuts, All-In Summit talk
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-21/china-embraces-supply-side-economics-with-tax-cuts
