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The Generalist

Mario Gabriele

Powerful insights from businesses shaping the future.

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00:34:11

Phantom: The Quest to be Crypto’s Multichain Champion

The Generalist ·

2022/12/31

The crypto wallet has won the Solana ecosystem. It’s now coming for Ethereum – and MetaMask’s throne.Brought to you by Phantom The first time I used Phantom’s crypto wallet, I was blown away. Founders Brandon Millman, Francesco Agosti, and Chris Kalani have built a beautiful, intuitive product with leading-edge safety features. It makes interacting with web3 – whether you’re sending tokens, staking SOL, or buying an NFT – 100x less stressful and more enjoyable. There’s a reason the company has

00:36:26

TSMC: Semiconductors and Borders of Light

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2022/12/28

The world’s largest semiconductor foundry is expanding beyond Taiwan, investing $40 billion in a U.S. factory. It’s a move with immense political and commercial ramifications. Brought to you by Sardine If you’re a fintech shooting for “default alive,” fraud prevention should be at the top of your priority list. Fraud is a huge, growing threat. Last year, losses to scams increased by as much as 70%. Companies that don’t have adequate fraud prevention may find themselves in trouble quickly. Especially

00:44:49

The Generalist: Year Two

The Generalist ·

2022/12/23

A look back at the highs, lows, and lessons of running a media company. Brought to you by Vauban from Carta To succeed as an angel or VC, you need the right platform Thankfully, Vauban from Carta has you covered – whether you’re writing your first check or running a $1 billion fund. Though there’s a lot of power under the hood, here are three key features investors should know about: Scale your VC. Start by launching a Delaware SPV from your couch and graduate to running a billion dollar VC fund

00:23:12

Endless Media

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2022/12/07

ChatGPT is the latest step towards a world of infinite, customizable content, all generated by artificial intelligence. Its advent will impact how we create, consume, and commercialize media. Brought to you by Masterworks The Ultra-Wealthy Are Falling in Love with This Secure Investing App (Here’s Why) Masterworks.com, the $1B fintech unicorn, lets you invest in the booming art market. Millionaires love this app, but you don’t need to be one to sign up. In fact, membership is 100% free. Even better,

00:13:08

The Wisdom List: Ravish Naresh, Khatabook

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2022/11/29

The $600M fintech grew rapidly by digitizing an existing behavior. CEO Ravish Naresh shares his lessons and why profitability is his new focus. Brought to you by Vauban from Carta To succeed as an angel or VC, you need the right platform Thankfully, Vauban from Carta has you covered – whether you’re writing your first check or running a $1 billion fund. Though there’s a lot of power under the hood, here are two key features investors should know about: Easy SPVs. There are different ways VCs get

00:30:01

The Casino and the Genie

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2022/11/19

Reflections on crypto and trying to make sense of a nonsensical week. Brought to you by Masterworks Microsoft Co-Founder’s $1.5B+ Sale Highlights Real Asset Resilience Last week, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s historic art collection shattered the record for largest ever sale in auction history. The fact that the blue-chip art market is still setting records amid major drawdowns in financial markets, and macroeconomic turmoil, highlights why it can be such a strong alternative diversifier. In

00:29:36

What to Watch in AI

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2022/11/11

Reid Hoffman, Saam Motamedi, Sarah Guo, Lan Xuezhao, Matt Turck, Leigh Marie Braswell, Nathan Benaich, Rob Toews, Cat Wu, and Michael Dempsey highlight the AI trends to keep an eye on. Brought to you by Sardine Scams only work if people believe they’re real. Scams hide in plain sight. The email outlining an investment opportunity or the phone call promising paid work may seem like good fortune. But more likely than not, they’re attempts to defraud you. The sophistication of these scams means that

00:16:05

Modern Meditations: Ann Miura-Ko

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2022/11/02

The Midas List investor talks about religion, cyber warfare, and David Swensen. Brought to you by Sardine Fraud isn’t a problem until it becomes your only problem. Getting better at fraud prevention is mission-critical to scaling revenue. That means you need the right tools for customer onboarding and compliance to protect your business while also ensuring a top-notch customer experience. But doing all these things is hard, and they typically require months of implementation across multiple vendors,

00:44:46

Sea is Operating at the Edge

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2022/10/27

The e-commerce and gaming conglomerate was worth more than $200 billion a year ago. It has since lost $177 billion of its peak market cap and is leaving key geographies – but it still has one of the highest ceilings in the business world. Brought to you by Sardine Fraud isn’t a problem until it becomes your only problem. Scaling your business for growth means strengthening fraud prevention, having the right tools in place for customer onboarding and compliance, and creating better customer

00:39:48

Sardine: Fintech’s Great Detective

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2022/10/24

The rapidly scaling startup is more than just a fearsome fraud prevention platform for fintech and crypto. It’s laying the foundation to become a payments giant. Brought to you by Sardine If you’re a fintech or crypto company, you should be using Sardine. It is that simple. The fraud prevention and payments provider protects your customers from malicious scammers while improving your conversion rates. Companies like FTX, Brex, AtoB, MoonPay, Autograph, and others use Sardine to stop fraud and

00:30:53

The Way of Cosmos

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2022/10/19

The “internet of blockchains” believes tomorrow’s builders will prioritize specialization and sovereignty. It represents a distinct view of crypto’s future and is gaining momentum. Brought to you by Masterworks After injecting trillions of dollars into the financial system…What could go wrong? Try the worst inflation in 40 years, the stock market in a tailspin, and a dark crypto winter. Yet, there are still some asset classes that the Fed can’t print more of. Like fine art – a $1.7 trillion-dollar

00:43:47

Sturgeon Capital: Venture at the Frontier

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2022/10/07

The venture firm has succeeded by focusing on geographies in which most investors dare not tread. It is positioned to become a dominant force in emerging markets. To find the original piece, published September 28, 2022, follow this link. Subscribe to this podcast, and to our newsletter at readthegeneralist.com. You can also follow @mariogabriele and @thegeneralistco on Twitter for updates.

01:02:29

Softbank: Twilight of an Empire

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2022/10/05

Five years after Masayoshi Son’s $100 billion fund shook the financial world, Softbank’s venture firm is crumbling. Can it be saved? Brought to you by Fintech Nexus London Calling! Join Fintech Nexus for its Merge conference October 17-18 at Tobacco Dock in London, and witness the impact web3 is having on financial institutions and fintechs. Hear from industry leaders and innovators as they reveal how they’re thinking about — and implementing — web3 solutions to gain a competitive edge. In

00:31:01

Aave: The Crypto Conglomerate

The Generalist ·

2022/09/28

With over $5.6 billion in total value locked, Aave is one of DeFi’s most dominant players. Its ambitions extend far beyond lending, with stablecoins and social media in its sights. Brought to you by Masterworks The near-zero interest rates and sub-two percent inflation that fueled the record bull market of the last ten years are gone. In their place, volatility and fear rule. How can you prepare? Ultra-high-net-worth investors are increasing their exposure to an asset class that outpaced the S&P

00:14:10

The Wisdom List: Sam Bankman-Fried

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2022/09/24

FTX’s CEO shares his thoughts on management, staying focused, keeping up with the competition, scaling himself, hiring mistakes, and building a generational business. Brought to you by FTX US Here’s a puzzler for you: what do Tom Brady, GameStop, and chess god Magnus Carlsen have in common? The answer is, surprisingly, FTX US. The cryptocurrency exchange boasts Brady as an investor (and extremely watchable ambassador), GameStop as a new partner, and Magnus Carlsen as a player in its inaugural

00:36:10

Goldman Sachs: The Quest for Eternal Youth

The Generalist ·

2022/09/14

The firm has spent billions attempting to transform itself into a tech company, exploring lending, savings, investing, and beyond. The initiative shows the opportunities and challenges of innovating from within. Brought to you by FTX US When I first wrote about FTX in The Generalist, I said the company was building an “everything exchange.” One comprehensive platform to invest in different assets spanning crypto and traditional finance. With FTX US’s launch of stock trading earlier this summer,

00:44:12

The Business of Barcelona

The Generalist ·

2022/09/04

The $5 billion football club is amidst a high-risk transformation. Its strategy reveals the tricky economics of running a sports franchise and the potential teams see in web3. Brought to you by Masterworks Solve your “zero return crisis” with this fintech platform realizing 27.9% Vanguard, a $7.2 trillion money manager, calculated that stocks will return as little as 3.4% over the next ten years. With 8.5% inflation, that means negative real growth on your money. Yes, less than zero. But there's

00:35:19

What to Watch in Crypto

The Generalist ·

2022/08/19

Fifteen investors share crypto's highest-potential projects featuring Cosmos, Toucan, Farcaster, Maple Finance, Axelar, and many more. Brought to you by Eco Eco may be one of the most innovative startups in the world. It’s not just improving the customer experience, it’s revolutionizing the financial system from the ground up. Built on a sophisticated crypto-native backend, Eco offers a simple way to spend, save, and earn money. The result is a product that operates like a checking account but with

00:17:49

Modern Meditations: Bryan Pellegrino

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2022/08/15

In this new series, we ask the most interesting, unobvious questions we can think of to one of tech’s most fascinating people. Before founding crypto company LayerZero, Pellegrino played professional poker, sold a machine-learning tool to a Major League Baseball team, and published AI research. Brought to you by FTX US Last week, FTX’s CEO Sam Bankman-Fried summarized the company better than I ever could. He said... Right now on FTX you can: a) invest in stocks b) invest in crypto c) make credit

00:14:13

Timeless Lessons from Great Investors

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2022/08/04

Ten habits of some of venture capital’s most successful firms. This piece is brought to you by FTX US. It’s been a tough year for the markets – crypto is no exception. Amidst the mayhem, FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried have been quietly executing and stabilizing. For example, FTX provided a $250 million credit facility to BlockFi to help steady the market. It is one of the more remarkable examples of a new business taking on an industry leadership role. FTX is able to take on this mantle

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