From Founders to Fundings: Navigating Wealth and IPOs

Jason Wilk is the Founder and CEO of Dave, the greatest turnaround in the public markets of the last 12 months. Dave went public with a market cap of $4BN, just months later the company had a market cap of $50M. Today, they are back with a market cap of $1.1BN. In 2024, CNBC named Dave the best-performing financial stock in the country, achieving 900% growth.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: 

04:09 Do Rich Founders Make Better Founders

07:45 The Best Performing Fund Would Only Invest in YC Founders on Their Second Time

11:25 “We Went Public Too Late, It Was a Big Mistake”

17:53 Why Did Jason Choose to SPAC? 

24:21 Why Does Jason Believe SPACs are Unfairly Demonised and Will Comeback?

29:47 How Does AI Change the Margin Structure of the Next Generation of Companies

33:14 Is Trump Better for Business than a Biden Administration?

38:35 Are We Heading into a Recession? Predictions for Next 12 Months?

46:26 Why Have No Neobanks Reached the Heights of Revolut in the US?

48:08 Why is the Opportunity in Low Income Banking Not High Income in the US?

50:07 Why Short Sellers Should Be Stopped and How Immoral They Are