Geoffrey Woo and Jake Paul Spent Three Hours With the U.S. President
Jeffrey Wu · Jake Paul: Traditional VC is Toast & Attention is More Valuable than Cash · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Apr 18, 2026 · at 33:19
Geoffrey Woo, co-founder of Anti Fund, describes observing high-level focus and context-switching during a three-hour meeting with the U.S. President.
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“I think we're, we got to spend, like, three hours with the president a couple weeks ago”
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