David Friedberg, every mention

ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis · Acquired Oct 4, 2022 · 15 mentions

• ▶ 18:37 Jason Calacanis Then we, we were, the pandemic starts to happen, like, well, Sax has some ideas about masks, and then Friedberg.
• ▶ 18:44 David Rosenthal Sax and Friedberg weren't, there was no besties originally, right?
• ▶ 18:48 Jason Calacanis No, no, and to be the truth, like, uh, Friedberg and I weren't besties before All In.
• ▶ 18:55 Jason Calacanis I was besties with Sax and Chamath, and now Friedberg is a bestie, um, and, but he, he played in the game, obviously, and we had just started to have a developer friendship, but anyway,
• ▶ 19:21 Jason Calacanis And I had had Saxon many times, and Chamath, so I was very comfortable with them, and at the poker game, we break chops, and I make jokes, um, and Chamath's a great host, and we're just very comfortable with each other, uh, and, and…
• ▶ 25:13 Jason Calacanis And, you know, Freeberg didn't even have a Twitter handle.
• ▶ 27:05 Jason Calacanis Well, I mean, for Friedberg,
• ▶ 27:52 Jason Calacanis So I'd be like, alright, I'll put Brad Kersner in, if you can't make it, I'll try to get Bill Gurley to show up, or whoever Draymond, to fill in for him, you know, and it was always like, I wonder if Freebird will show up, but he's…
• ▶ 42:20 Jason Calacanis And Friedberg and Chamath read the stories, or they're well-read.
• ▶ 44:52 David Rosenthal How did the, um, Freeburg Host episode come about?
• ▶ 1:38:43 Jason Calacanis Friedberg still has a stack.
• ▶ 1:39:36 Jason Calacanis You know, Friedberg's a little bit of a blocker for it, but I might turn him around, and we'll have a vote maybe in the fall.
• ▶ 1:41:01 Ben Gilbert If it had that kind of prestige, it seems like Friedberg would want to do it.
• ▶ 1:41:30 Jason Calacanis Uh, and if I already, Freeburg already said, if you do it on your own with a different name, I'll come and support you and I'll show up to do a talk or do an interview or whatever.
• ▶ 1:42:31 Jason Calacanis If Chamath or Sachs or I or Friedberg were to get but one more deal out of it, and it's an Uber, the economic value is nine figures.