The Pomp Podcast

Balaji Srinivasan is an entrepreneur and an investor. He was the former chief technology officer at Coinbase, a former general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and he also has a number of nine figure exits as a founder of companies. In this conversation, Balaji and I discuss the current banking crisis, the potential of hyperinflation, what happens to the U.S. dollar moving forward, why he made a $1 million bitcoin bet over the next 90 days, and what exactly Balaji thinks has led up to this scenario. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

Raoul Pal is the co-founder & CEO of Real Vision, he is also the brilliant mind behind Global Macro Investor. In this conversation, we talk about the recent bank failures, macro environment, how the Fed can respond, why quantitative easing is coming back, and what will happen to bitcoin in that scenario. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

Banks are failing. Interest rates are rising. Bitcoin is pumping. What is going on in the economy? Anthony Pompliano gives an in depth explanation of what we are seeing in the economy so far in 2023.    ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

Mike Solana is the editor-in-chief of Pirate Wires, an independent media company that continues to question the public narrative and talk about all of the topics that people care about. He is also an entrepreneur in residence at Founders Fund, and is one of the best independent and critical thinkers. This conversation was held at Lyceum Miami, it covers all the insanity of the last couple of years, and tries to seek out truth and fact. Topics include COVID, politicians vs citizens, evaluating situations, crime, AI, and what he believes is going right.  ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/ ======================= TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:38 - Insane world - what happened? 4:53 - Pirate Wires 8:13 - Information changing 12:00 - COVID 16:14 - Evaluating situations 21:22 - Politicians vs citizens 24:17 - What is going right? 27:20 - Crime 30:18 - Topics not written about 32:52 - Artificial intelligence 43:20 - Use cases of AI 46:23 - Follow online

These individuals are some of the top earning folks from the adult film industry, we have Brandi Love, Lisa Ann, Eva Lovia & Damon Dice. This conversation was held at Lyceum Miami. These four individuals are pioneers in technology adoption, business, and investment portfolios. This is a fascinating conversation that includes the adult film business, starting other businesses, balancing identities, writing books, social media, OnlyFans, and how big of a team they each have when it comes to reviewing financials.   ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/ ======================= TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:42 - Adult film business 6:38 - Cameo & sports 8:30 - Starting a business 11:20 - Transferring to social media 13:25 - Balancing identities 14:59 - Real estate investing 18:44 - Writing books 23:12 - Social lifestyle traps 25:10 - Customer feedback 28:05 - OnlyFans 33:35 - Comments 34:31 - Owning equity 36:22 - Utilizing social media 38:13 - Raising money & demographic 41:36 - Deciding to retire 45:54 - Creator economy 48:39 - The team & reviewing financials 54:37 - Closing statements

Codie Sanchez is the founder of Contrarian Thinking, and has a goal of creating one million financially free individuals.  This conversation was held at Lyceum Miami. Topics include preparing for a recession, the benefits of investing in private markets & "boring" businesses, the importance of winning the war for attention, how to negotiate business deals effectively, her financial Fridays, her daily schedule & how she conducts meetings, strategies for finding talent & scaling through automation, questions about her MBA, running a business while working a full-time job, and emphasizes the importance of building an online presence.  ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/ ======================= TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Preparing for a recession 2:48 - Private markets 5:35 - Boring businesses 7:03 - War for eyeballs 8:50 - Business deals 11:46 - Levels of operating the business 13:53 - Financial Fridays 15:55 - Favorite tools to utilize 18:48 - Questions to ask yourself 20:57 - Daily schedule 22:30 - Meetings 23:47 - Finding talent 28:00 - Scale & automation 30:07 - MBA - would you get it again? 32:31 - Running a business with full-time job 34:50 - Find online

Cathie Wood is the founder, CEO, and CIO of Ark Investment Management. This conversation was recorded at Lyceum Miami. Topics include investing in innovative companies & technologies, volatility in the market, dealing with critics, investment horizon in oil & energy, bitcoin & the crypto market, regulation, and importance of thinking indecently.  ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

Vivek Ramaswamy is the co-founder of Strive Asset Management, and he is a 2024 Presidential Candidate. This conversation was recorded at Lyceum Miami. Topics include exploring the meaning of “wokeness” and being adopted by corporations, the last ten years of politics, national identity & what it means to be an American, and why Vivek decided to run for President. ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

Kris Krohn is a real estate investor, a business coach, and owns more than 400 different companies. I have never met someone who has created so many systems, processes, and continues to acquire so much real estate. Topics include learning from successful people, how to hire CEOs, managing businesses, social media, and what his most important metric in life is.  ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/

John Shahidi is the president of Happy Dad, Shots Podcast Network, & NELK Boys. In this conversation, we talk about the rise of the NELK Boys, how they make money, what the business is behind all the content. This includes the Full Send Podcast, SteveWillDoIt being banned from YouTube, how they interviewed Elon Musk, sales figures & product plan for Happy Dad. Happy Dad is one of the fastest growing seltzers in the world. John is one of the greatest minds when it comes to scaling products when a creator is providing all the distribution.  ======================= Pomp writes a daily letter to over 200,000+ investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy-to-understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/