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Transcript: Albert Wenger

Barry Ritholtz

WENGER: Yeah, that had really been my goal since my own first startup in ’96, ‘97, which was a company called W3Health that ultimately failed. From that experience, I realized that I really loved startups, but then I was never going to be good operator, but I thought I could maybe be a decent investor. Why is that?

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The Growing “Do Good” Economy

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It seems that whether you work in government, a not for profit, tech startup, corporation, or even your own business, the part of the economy that is claiming positive social impact is growing rapidly. Its founder walked away with a giant buyout package even as its valuation crashed. And I am a lover of math.

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Transcript: Steve Case

Barry Ritholtz

? ?. The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Steve Case on AOL, Startups & Venture , is below. He was instrumental in getting a number of very positive policy actions passed over the past decade. And if you are at all interested in technology, venture, startups, entrepreneurship, I suspect you will also.

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Transcript: Brad Gerstner

Barry Ritholtz

Brad Gerstner is a founder and investor in technology startups. And he had a little startup RV company called Forest River. But one of the things I learned in that first startup, I had two guys on the two investors who were not traditional venture capitalists. What can I say? Once again? I have an extra special guest.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

Barry Ritholtz

Literally the first check-in to Robinhood, which went public in 2021 at about a $34 billion valuation. Uh, Fred said to give me your number.” ” (LAUGHTER) And he goes, and then he goes like this and tell Fred not to give up my (EXPLETIVE) phone number anymore. LINDZON: Lesson number two. And hangs up off it.

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