EP 23: Non-Crypto Talk with Zach Weinberg plus Interview with Acquired Podcast’s Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
In the 23rd episode, Logan interviews Acquired FM’s Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal on how they built their show, their favorite moments and the state of venture. Plus Zach Weinberg joins for a non-crypto segment. He and Logan discuss the founder vs VC approach in the current market, and Zach offers advice and insight to his fellow founders. Plus the Keith Rabois fight had to be discussed.
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Show Notes
Time Stamps:
(1:18) Introducing Zach Weinberg
(2:44) Web2 celebrity status
(7:22) Frozen tech market
(10:33) Investor perspective
(14:06) Current market state
(25:07) Advising founders
(34:24) Bill Magnuson Story
(38:13) Founder characteristics)
(42:37) Zach vs Keith Rabois
(49:13) Acquired FM intro
(50:09) Acquired FM history
(1:04:43) The state of podcasts
(1:08:48) Logan’s backstory
(1:23:52) Creating episodes
(1:33:55) Three priorities of Acquired
(1:46:28) Acquired’s best moments
(1:49:10) Production process
(1:54:36) Increasing blast radius
(2:00:29 State of venture
(2:08:14) The Tiger/SoftBank approach
(2:17:37) Parting thoughts
Links:
Keith Rabois – Barrels and Ammunition clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fyGOBy38c
-Zach Weinberg vs Keith Rabois - https://medium.com/@KirbyAWallace/fact-checking-a-vcs-tweets-about-covid-19-clinical-trials-86cdef1b0ff4
-Acquired FM - https://www.acquired.fm/
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music Griff Lawson
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