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10 statements across 8 episodes · 3 bullish · 6 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jan 20, 2020 by Beezer Clarkson · said 87 times in 48 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year, the whole family
brought up most by Ted Seides (12), Ali Hamed (11), Chris Dixon (8), James Clear (6), Paul Rabil (5), Olaf Carlson-Wee (4), Anthony Pompliano (3), Morgan Housel (2)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2024 8 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Alexis Ohanian – From Reddit to 776, a Technology Company that Deploys Venture Capital (EP.388)
- Brett Barakett - Digging for the Puck at Tremblant Capital (EP.386)
- Chris Dixon - Empty Rooms: Web3 After the Fall (EP.380)
- Graham Weaver – People-Driven Private Equity at Alpine (EP.391)
- Dan Tennebaum - The Case for India at India Capital (EP.387)
- every mention in 2024, scene by scene →
2023 5 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
- Chris Sacca – Hustling to Save the Planet at Lowercarbon (Capital Allocators, EP.321)
- Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
- Eric Resnick – Ski, Golf, and Vacation Investing at KSL (EP.322)
- Rod Wong – Empty Rooms: Innovation in Biotech at RTW (Capital Allocators, EP. 310)
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 27 mentions in 10 episodes 3 per episode
- Ali Hamed – Novel Venture Investing at CoVenture, Venture is Eating the Investment World 5 (Capital Allocators, EP.233)
- Chris Dixon – Frameworks and Investing at Scale (EP.258, Crypto for Institutions 2, EP.05)
- Olaf Carlson-Wee – The Future of Crypto (EP.257, Crypto for Institutions 2 – EP.04)
- Charley Ellis - Figuring Out Investing and Vanguard (Capital Allocators, EP.286)
- Frank Brosens – Culture and Partnership at Taconic Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.282)
- Charles Van Vleet – Thinking Differently with Pensions at Textron (Capital Allocators, EP. 283)
- Allan Jean-Baptiste and Marco DeMeireles – Under-covered Venture Markets and Teams at Ansa Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.36)
- Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 14 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- James Clear – Mastering Habits (Capital Allocators, EP.171)
- a16z Podcast with Linda Xie and Jesse Walden - All About NFTS (Capital Allocators, EP.189)
- Chris Dixon – The Future of Blockchain at a16z (Capital Allocators, EP.172)
- Stefan Kaluzny – Sycamore Partners [Manager Meetings, EP.16]
- Alex Rodriguez – Business after Baseball (Capital Allocators, EP.198)
- Jeff Housenbold – Inside Softbank Vision Fund (Capital Allocators, EP.186)
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
2020 7 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
- Ted Seides - Capital Allocators Year in Review (Capital Allocators, EP.170)
- Taimur Hyat – After the Great Lockdown (Capital Allocators, EP.149)
- Greg Fleming – Building and Running Rockefeller Capital Management (Capital Allocators, EP.125)
- Mike Mauzé - Escape Velocity for CPG Brands at VMG Partners (First Meeting, EP.16)
- Doug Phillips – Middle of the Fairway at the University of Rochester (Capital Allocators, EP.123)
- Peter Kraus - Widening the Aperture on Alpha (First Meeting, EP.14)
- Beezer Clarkson – Sapphire Gem of Early Stage Venture (Capital Allocators, EP.120)
- every mention in 2020, scene by scene →
2019 12 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- Paul Rabil - Lacrosse and Entrepreneurship (Capital Allocators, EP.95)
- Jason Karp – From Hedge Funds to Health and Wellness at HumanCo (First Meeting, EP.12)
- Ash Fontana – Investing in Artificial Intelligence at Zetta Ventures (First Meeting, EP.11)
- Jay Girotto – Farmland Opportunity (First Meeting, EP.10)
- Jonathan Tepper - Variant Perception of Capitalism (Capital Allocators, EP.110)
- Thomas Russo – All About Google (Capital Allocators, EP.90)
- Chris Ailman – CalSTRS' Venerable CIO (Capital Allocators, EP.86)
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2017 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Instagram, oldest first
Jan 20, 2020 negative
Clarkson: Facebook and Instagram should be off-limits for LP due diligence
“I don't know if Facebook and Instagram are fair places to do diligence on people since it becomes so personal. I feel like that should be a bit of a safe space. Some people use it very mindfully, and that's great, but I say a lot of people are just sharing pic…”
Feb 24, 2020 negative
Jan 4, 2021
James Clear: Choosing what to consume directly shapes your future thoughts
“Almost every thought that you have is downstream from what you consume. And so when you are choosing Who to follow on Twitter or Instagram or whatever. When you're choosing what books to read, what news station to watch, or what articles to read, you are choos…”
Apr 15, 2021 positive
Walden: NFTs establish permanent cryptographic provenance for internet media
“Whereas today, think about an image you see on Instagram. You could screenshot that, you know, crop it, and then paste it on another platform. So like, repaste it on Facebook. And as soon as you do that, you break its entire history, its entire provenance. You…”
Apr 15, 2021 bullish
Walden: Open NFT media libraries let developers build the next Spotify
“One way to think about what's happening with NFTs is we're building this universal open media library on top of which any developer can build the next Spotify or build the next Instagram or build the next Facebook. And when there's a lot more competition, ther…”
Jan 31, 2022 positive
Hamed: YouTube beats Instagram by sharing programmatic ad revenue with creators
“YouTube content is good because YouTubers make money. They use that money to reinvest in production. And you have people like Mr. Beast producing incredible stuff. Instagram is so hard to make money on because Instagram doesn't roll out programmatic ads at sca…”
Jan 31, 2022 bearish
Jun 23, 2022 negative
Web2 creators are held hostage by the distribution platforms they rely on
“I just think this is one of the big broken pieces of the internet today, is that YouTubers who make their entire career on YouTube don't like YouTube. They have a bad relationship with YouTube. People on Instagram who make their whole career posting on Instagr…”
Jun 27, 2022 negative
Oct 20, 2025 negative
Housel: Spending on experiences is often a trap for social status
“One that seems very harmless and innocent is the spend money on experiences. I think it's bad for two reasons. One, a lot of times the experience that you want is what will make a good Instagram picture. That's especially true for young people. And you're not …”