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Aug 5, 2024 • 53min

Smart Humans: Alliance CEO Ben Reinberg on commercial real estate and medical office investing

Ben Reinberg is the Founder & Chief Executive officer of Alliance Consolidated Group of Companies, LLC, which specializes in medical office investing. He is a prominent figure in commercial real estate acquisition and investment and a widely recognized expert in the development and structuring of commercial real estate transactions. Ben brings immense value to the dealing process in his ability to build trust quickly, raise equity efficiently, solve problems, and bridge the gap between buyers and sellers.
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Jul 22, 2024 • 41min

Smart Humans: Hiive's Sim Desai on trading private securities and launching a new private market index

Sim Desai is the Founder and CEO of Hiive, the first true marketplace for private company stock. Before founding Hiive, Sim spent over a decade at Setter Capital, where he founded and led the firm’s venture capital secondaries team since 2015. He grew this business from a new entrant to VC/unicorn trading to its current position as a major global hub. Sim holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology from UBC and a JD/MBA from the University of Toronto.
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Jul 8, 2024 • 54min

Smart Humans: Affirm's Max Levchin on entrepreneurship, angel investing, and the future of finance

Max Levchin, founder of Affirm and PayPal, shares insights on entrepreneurship, angel investing, and the future of finance. Topics include challenges in raising money, reflections on cryptocurrency, importance of yield-oriented assets, innovative credit solutions, complexities of lending, and the evolution of companies like PayPal and Affirm.
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Jun 24, 2024 • 54min

Smart Humans: Groundfloor's Brian Dally on capturing yield via real estate investing and predicting the US economy

Over a 25-year entrepreneurial career that spans IP communications, wireless telecom, and finance, Brian Dally has pushed the boundaries of how disruptive Internet technologies can be applied to solve large-scale consumer problems and distribute value to all.As the co-founder and CEO of Groundfloor, a wealth tech platform that allows everyone to build wealth through real estate, Brian has helped make private capital markets radically more accessible to new participants. Under his leadership, Groundfloor became the first company qualified by the SEC to offer direct real estate debt investments via Regulation A to non-accredited investors and accredited investors alike. In 2020, Groundfloor made its debut on Inc. Magazine’s prestigious list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America. It’s now been on the Inc 5000 list four years in a row. Most recently, Groundfloor was named to the 2024 Forbes Fintech 50 as one of the most important innovators changing the way people save, spend, and invest. Brian has also been recognized for his entrepreneurial leadership by many organizations.
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Jun 12, 2024 • 60min

Smart Humans: Percent CEO and Founder Nelson Chu on private credit investing and optimizing yield

Nelson Chu is an experienced serial entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Percent, the modern credit marketplace. After witnessing the inefficiencies in the private credit markets, Nelson was inspired to transform this industry for the better and founded Percent in 2018. He and his team have built an end-to-end credit platform unlike any other, empowering borrowers, underwriters, and investors to transact with confidence through governance, asset transparency, and market standardization. Nelson has been recognized by Private Debt Investor as a Rising Star in their annual list of the top 40 individuals shaping the future of private credit.
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May 23, 2024 • 39min

Smart Humans: Carry Founder Ankur Nagpal on tax optimization and getting the best return from your investments

Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Carry and previously founded Teachable, which he scaled to $60M+ in ARR. Ankur also runs a venture fund, Vibe Capital and has invested in 100+ startups.
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May 13, 2024 • 38min

Smart Humans: Issuance CEO Darren Marble on equity crowdfunding, "Going Public" and storytelling for entrepreneurs

Darren Marble is a serial entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Darren is the co-founder and CEO of Issuance, a leading software as a service (“SaaS”) platform for online capital raising. Issuance has processed more than $250 million from retail investors across its offerings to date. He is also an Executive Producer of Going Public, a groundbreaking original series that follows the stories of founders on their capital-raising journeys. For the first time, viewers globally can Click-to-Invest in featured companies while they watch.
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Apr 24, 2024 • 53min

Smart Humans: 3i Members' Mark Gerson on their investing network, the importance of community, and accessing unique alternative investments

Mark Gerson is an investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He co-founded Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), Thuzio, and most recently, 3i Members. Mark is also the Co-Founder and Chairman of United Hatzalah, a network of volunteer medics in Israel, and the African Mission Healthcare Foundation.3i Members is an investing network of 400+ investors—all who have exited a company or lead a family office. Members participate in monthly deal meetings, regional events, diligence discussions, and more. 3i deal flow is characterized by its high-yielding nature (15-20%+ IRRs), underwritable, uncorrelated, and off-market alternatives with asymmetric return profiles.See here:https://bit.ly/44ff6r1
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Apr 8, 2024 • 43min

Smart Humans: Forge Capital's Kelly Rodriques on private market investing, navigating IPOs, and how to find the next breakout companies

Kelly Rodriques is the CEO of Forge Global, a leading global private securities marketplace. He’s accrued decades of domestic and international experience founding and successfully operating growth companies in the financial technology sector and his fintech experience spans both investing and financial services leadership. Formerly, he was the CEO of Pensco, Totality and Novo and was an Operating Partner with Ignition Growth Capital; He founded and remains managing partner of Operative Capital, an early stage financial technology investment fund.
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Mar 28, 2024 • 50min

Smart Humans: Republic’s Kendrick Nguyen on the last few years in venture, revisiting his predictions and the massive opportunities that lie ahead

Kendrick Nguyen, CEO of Republic, discusses the evolution of AI in operations, web three financial firms, and retail adoption in cryptocurrency. He explores Republic's growth, share drops, Reddit's potential IPO, and global expansion plans. Kendrick also shares personal investment recommendations for the future and insights on diverse topics like note-taking apps and digitizing assets.

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