Ben Miller

Co-Founder and CEO, Fundrise · 5 appearances on the record.

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He co-founded Fundrise in 2010 to expand alternative asset investing across commercial real estate, private credit, and venture capital. Prior to Fundrise, he worked in commercial real estate finance and development, serving as President of Western Development Corporation and Managing Partner of WestMill Capital Partners.

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Miller: 150 VC-funded real estate crowdfunding competitors went out of business
“In 2012, we invented the idea of raising money for real estate on the internet. And within a few years, we had a 150 copycats, a 150 different companies trying to do what we were doing with a billion dollars of venture funding. So then roll forward eight years…”
Ben Miller Aug 16, 2022 ▶ 5:49 Amazon.com · Acquired
Insight
Miller: Financial sectors can only be disrupted during an economic downturn
“My experience is you can't disrupt a financial sector except for in a downturn.”
Ben Miller Aug 16, 2022 ▶ 8:14 Amazon.com · Acquired
Prediction Open · timeframe Aug 2027
Miller: a16z and Sequoia will launch retail-accessible funds within five years
“And I'm gonna bet you that within five years, the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, also launch funds just like this.”
Ben Miller Aug 16, 2022 ▶ 8:49 Amazon.com · Acquired

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Appearances (5)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Stratechery (with Ben Thompson) · Acquired Dec 6, 2022 1m
Enron · Acquired Nov 29, 2022 1m
Qualcomm · Acquired Nov 15, 2022 1m
Amazon.com · Acquired Aug 16, 2022 2m
Walmart · Acquired Jul 19, 2022 1m

Played on the show (3)

Episodes where a recording of Ben Miller was played rather than Ben taking part, or where the tape carries an address with nobody putting questions to them. Listed because the words are on the record, kept out of every score on this page because they were not said on this show. We read this off the tape: who was spoken to, who was asked something, who answered whom.

EpisodeDateOn tapeWhat it is
Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired Oct 17, 2022 1m clip played
Benchmark Part I · Acquired Sep 28, 2022 2m clip played
Amazon Web Services · Acquired Sep 6, 2022 2m clip played
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