"World of DaaS"

Adam Nash, co-founder and CEO of Daffy, shares his insights from a robust career in fintech. He discusses the anticipated trends shaping the industry by 2030, including the rise of online platforms and the unbundling of financial services. Adam highlights how Daffy's affordable donor-advised funds democratize charitable giving, contrasting them with traditional options. He also emphasizes the significance of user interface design in building trust within fintech, and discusses the entrepreneurial landscape, offering wisdom for aspiring founders.

Jason Bordoff, expert on energy and geopolitics, discusses solar future, shale oil impact, critical minerals, and clean energy transition on World of DaaS podcast with Auren. They explore solar cost dynamics, challenges, societal rewiring, shale revolution, extreme protest actions, critical minerals, AI energy usage, and conspiracy theories.

Chris Best, Co-founder and CEO of Substack, discusses attention, quality, and gatekeepers in media, building an audience, using AI as a creative tool, and the state of freedom of speech. The podcast explores Substack's challenges, niche content, cultural attitudes towards paying for content, network structures, and the impact of AI tools on content creation.

Dr. Robert Cialdini, renowned psychologist, and Auren discuss influence in tech and marketing, deceptive tactics, persuasive technology, and algorithms. They cover scarcity, authority, online consumer behavior, influencers, tribalism, communication strategies, humor, incentives in decision-making, authenticity in politics, and diverse persuasive approaches.

Fundrise CEO Ben Miller discusses democratizing private investing, SEC regulations, real estate data, and the convergence of public/private markets. Topics include technology, data centers, warehouses, single family rentals, economic indicators, housing shortage, and challenging conventional wisdom on following one's passion.

Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify, discusses the surge in small business creation post-2020, entrepreneurial renaissance, nonobvious brand success stories, Shopify's ecosystem, Canadian entrepreneurship, and embracing optimism in life.

Brent Beshore, Founder of Permanent Equity, discusses acquisitions without leverage or fees, business incentives, and efficiency. They talk about running a PE firm long-term, tech, data, and values in business.

Mark Gerson, co-founder of GLG, discusses measuring charity impact, strategic philanthropy, entrepreneurship, talent acquisition, societal impact, qualities in a life partner, fascination with Elvis, and embracing decisiveness in this entertaining podcast.

Michael Batnick, from Ritholtz Wealth Management, talks about mega caps, crypto, retail investors, index funds, Fintech vs legacy finance, investing mistakes, and life lessons in this entertaining podcast episode.

Anand Sanwal, Founder of CB Insights, discusses tech narratives vs data, AI integration, future of data businesses, CEO transitions at 1 to N companies. Tech competition dynamics and challenges in emerging markets, data selling strategies, efficiency of AI in data processing, CEO succession planning, personal branding, rethinking education, and dynamics of hiring and empowering people in business.