Beat The Odds with Dre, Rodney, & Brylan

Dre, Rodney, and Brylan discuss the hype around OpenAI's new API chatGPT, the downsides of trusting AI too early, how Google Search is under attack, if Apple is too dominant to compete against, and much more.     ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the sentencing of Elizabeth Holmes, new updates on the FTX collapse, the pressures of venture capital, and much more. ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Rodney, and Brylan discuss the rapid collapse of FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and our thoughts on the list of demands from the Brooklyn Nets for Kyrie Irving.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the hard lessons of being a startup founder, Elon's recent takeover of social media giant Twitter, how black founders raised less than 1% of funding in Q3, and much more.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the recent news of Adobe purchasing Figma for $20B, Apple exploiting its market position, Polygon building the future of financial infrastructure, and why Steve Jobs looked up to Edwin Land.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how a small company started in 1995 grew to be worth $50B with $2B in annual profit, steps to take for building a personal brand, the corporate headwinds faced by Kanye West, Google's kill switch and much more.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how second time founders get more chances at bat, how Mailchimp went from zero to a $12B exit without taking VC money, and highlights from LA Tech Week.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Rodney, and Brylan talk about a financial conference making $100M annually, crazy use cases for how AI could replace human creativity, how Disney+ surpassed Netflix, and if LinkedIn can crack the creator economy. 

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss navigating through a recession as an early-stage founder, whether Facebook should worry about TikTok, and what's happening at LA Tech Week.