A number of people figured this out that were very smart. And for a period of time, there was a set of people who worked hard to maximize their own economic outcomes from this. I mean, once people start getting greedy around that, all of a sudden more and more habits became a playbook. That accelerated because of a very classic phenomena that's in the greed cycle. We're going to do a token. What does that have to do with this core business? They're like, yeah, well, we can raise all this money. And they're like, no, no, we ICO this, public buys it. It becomes a playbook.
(0:00) Jason Kicks off the show
(2:49) Brad Feld, Co-founder of Foundry, talks about starting out in investing
(13:30) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/angel
(14:56) Brad’s thesis for whom he’ll get in the “trenches” with
(20:48) MasterClass - Get 15% off an annual membership at https://masterclass.com/startups
(22:22) Fighting to the end + Investing through the dot-com bubble
(38:13) Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(39:43) Surviving the GFC
(44:23) Brad’s perspective on the investor/CEO dynamic + being a leader in a down market
(1:00:02) Reflecting on the speculative asset bubble
(1:16:44) Looking forward into 2023
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