Podcast appearances and mentions of ryan breslow

Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I'm Alex Johnson, joined by Jason Mikula, and we are once again unable to resist the siren call of Bass Island. Tour we must. First up on BaaS Island, Increase is trying to buy a tiny Washington state bank to build the BaaS Warp Core of the future: tight tech + charter in one stack. We explore what this means for infrastructure players trying to outgrow their middleware roots. Next, California drops a consent order on Hatch Bank…without the FDIC. Are states taking the lead on BaaS enforcement, or is this just D.C. chaos fallout? Meanwhile, the cracks keep spreading. We tour banks that bet on building their own stacks and lost—just as Fiserv quietly deepens its reach into embedded finance via Thread Bank and its Finxact core. Is BaaS headed toward a two-lane future: tech-forward banks vs. core providers? Then it's time for a Vegas flashback: Ryan Breslow's latest Bolt reboot is here. The payments super app now offers crypto, debit rewards, peer-to-peer payments, ecomm tracking (and a sweet Spotify playlist). We're getting serious Echo déjà vu. Do we need this?  And finally, the weirdest fintech lawsuit yet: TomoCredit doctored blog posts to claim a trademark on “cash score”, a term Prism (a Petal spinout) was actually applying for. Prism caught them. Tomo admitted it. It's part fraud, part farce, and a reminder that fintech grift is alive and well.. Rants, recaps, and a little righteous fury…just how we like it! Newline™ by Fifth Third is an innovative, API-first platform that enables fintechs to launch embedded payment, card and deposit solutions directly with Fifth Third Bank. Visit ⁠Newline53.com⁠ to see how Newline can elevate your business. The world needs MoR. With ⁠Paddle⁠ as your Merchant of Record (MoR), the global growth is yours. The risk, compliance and accountability are ours. Simple. Paddle offers all the benefits of an enterprise-grade billing system but with MoR flexibility, MoR control, and MoR focus on your core product. Visit ⁠paddle.com⁠ to learn more. Sign up for Alex's Fintech Takes newsletter for the latest insightful analysis on fintech trends, along with a heaping pile of pop culture references and copious footnotes. Every Monday and Thursday: https://workweek.com/brand/fintech-takes/  And for more exclusive insider content, don't forget to check out my YouTube page. Follow Jason: Newsletter: https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmikula/   Follow Alex:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgfH47QEwbQmkQlz1V9rQA/videos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhjohnson Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/AlexH_Johnson

Ryan Breslow is once again the CEO of Bolt, the fintech company told TechCrunch on Wednesday. Bolt shared a communication that recently went out to investors in which Breslow wrote that “following a challenging few years,” he had been reinstated as Bolt's CEO with “unanimous approval” of the board of the one-click checkout company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(0:00) Bestie intros! Jason goes "Founder Mode" (1:03) All-In Summit lineup announcement (9:01) Understanding "Founder Mode" (32:52) Bolt is back in the news as Ryan Breslow goes "Founder Mode" (52:28) Tech's Section 230 protections might be in danger after new ruling (1:08:45) DOJ charges two Russians with infiltrating US media company (1:22:42) Kamala's economic pivot Follow the besties: https://x.com/chamath https://x.com/Jason https://x.com/DavidSacks https://x.com/friedberg Follow on X: https://x.com/theallinpod Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theallinpod Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theallinpod Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allinpod Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://x.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://x.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html https://x.com/chamath/status/1831003871344501069 https://www.google.com/finance/quote/PANW:NASDAQ https://a16z.com/on-micromanagement https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679762884 https://www.google.com/finance/quote/ABNB:NASDAQ https://www.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Fable/dp/0787960756 https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/14/online-checkout-bolt-decacorn https://www.businessinsider.com/bolt-ceo-calls-stripe-ycombinator-mob-bosses-twitter-silicon-valley-2022-1 https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/bolt-ceo-ryan-breslow-steps-down/618058 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/business/bolt-start-up-ryan-breslow-investors.html https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/21/bolt-ex-ceo-ryan-breslow-subject-of-sec-probe https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/06/bolt-ceo-discusses-moving-on-after-sec-probe https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bolt-once-worth-11-billion-slashes-price-97-in-buyback?rc=pxkrxo https://www.axios.com/2024/08/22/bolt-investors-baffled https://x.com/MikeSacksEsq/status/1828795866590896599 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-30/is-tiktok-responsible-if-kids-diedoing-dangerous-viral-challenges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JTcxIVlQfU https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1830440852411326782 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1366266/dl https://www.axios.com/2024/09/05/putin-harris-trump-2024-election-russia-interference https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/tech/2020-election-russia-disinformation/index.html https://www.natesilver.net/p/nate-silver-2024-president-election-polls-model https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-rise-of-vince-lombardi-democrats

The Bolt founder claimed a group of investors had signed off on the company's chaotic $450 million raise, but some said they hadn't. Now, BlackRock and other investors have moved to stall the round. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, could be in talks to raise a massive tranche of cash. The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI may be close to closing a fundraising round led by Thrive Capital, a previous investor, that'd value the AI company at over $100 billion; One-click checkout tech company Bolt is still waiting to find out if shareholders will sign off on a proposed funding round with stipulations that founder Ryan Breslow would return as CEO; Apple released the new developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 Sequoia. With this update, the company is launching new Apple Intelligence features including the ability to remove objects from photos; New Enterprise Associates is getting back into the secondaries game.  The Silicon Valley-based VC raised more than $468 million for NEA Secondary Opportunity Fund, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise closed on July 3, according to a source familiar with the matter, but hasn't received much attention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Tom McCullough, Chairman and CEO of Northwood Family Office stops by to talk all things Family Office.Tom is often referred to as the "godfather" of family offices in Canada. He shares his journey from a successful career at Dominion Securities to founding Northwood Family Office, where he has spent over two decades helping families manage their wealth and complex financial needs. The discussion covers the evolution of the family office industry, the importance of building trust with clients, and Tom's insights into intergenerational wealth transfer and the growing complexity of wealth management in today's world.We also are joined by friend-of-the-pod John Ruffolo of Maverix Private Equity to discuss the week's news (including Ripple's recent Fund III announcement)About Tom McCulloughTom McCullough is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Northwood Family Office, a Toronto-based multi-family office that serves the comprehensive needs of families with significant wealth. Tom has been a pioneering force in establishing one of Canada's leading independent family offices. Northwood Family Office has been consistently recognized as the top independent family office in Canada by Euromoney in its global private banking survey. Tom is also the co-author of three influential books on wealth management: Wealth of Wisdom: The Top 50 Questions Wealthy Families Ask, Wealth of Wisdom: Top Practices for Wealthy Families and Their Advisors, and Family Wealth Management: 7 Imperatives for Successful Investing.Before founding Northwood Family Office in 2002, Tom spent two decades at RBC Dominion Securities, where he held senior executive roles. His experience at RBC, combined with his personal insights into the needs of wealthy families, led him to establish a boutique-style, client-focused family office that provides objective and customized services. Tom's commitment to education and thought leadership in wealth management is evident through his role as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, where he teaches an MBA course on the management of private wealth. He is also actively involved with the Ultra High Net Worth Institute, serving on its board and faculty.Tom's contributions to the field have been widely recognized, including being awarded ‘Best Individual Contribution to Thought Leadership in the Wealth Management Industry (North America)' at the 2020 Family Wealth Report Awards. He holds an MBA from York University's Schulich School of Business and certifications such as the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) and Certified International Wealth Manager (CIWM). In addition to his professional endeavors, Tom is actively involved in philanthropic activities, particularly focusing on poverty alleviation in the developing world.In this episode, we discuss:(00:57) Announcement of the third fund from Ripple Ventures and promotion within the team(02:50) The saga of Bolt and its founder Ryan Breslow(07:00) Stripe's new buyback tender offer and its implications(09:07) Canadian government consultations on the 2024 federal budget(13:00) The U.S. Federal Reserve's upcoming rate decisions and economic impact(17:30) 20VC podcast insights with Aiden Gomez from Cohere—(22:34) The interview with Tom McCullough(23:00) Starting out at Dominion Securities and the early days of his career(24:00) The epiphanies that led him to leave Dominion Securities and start a family office(25:20) The early challenges of the family office business(26:08) What is a family office and how it serves high-net-worth families(28:09) The story behind landing his first client(30:01) The changing landscape of family offices in Canada.(32:31) What sets Northwood Family Office apart from bank-run family offices.(36:00) The most common questions wealthy families ask and how Northwood addresses them(41:19) Balancing professional advice with personal relationships in family office management(43:56) The seven imperatives for successful investing in the new world order(46:50) Teaching and thought leadership in wealth management and family office services(48:45) Practical tools and exercises from Tom's new book, Wealth of Wisdom(52:10) How families can maintain transparency and communication across generations(55:15) The evolving role of family offices in managing global wealth and complexity.(58:00) The impact of technology on wealth management and family offices.(1:04:38) The most rewarding aspects of Tom's career in wealth management.(1:08:02) Advice for those looking to start their own family office or wealth management firm.Fast Favorites:

On this week's episode of The Riff, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg discuss the Silicon Valley Canon, impact of tech on traditional markets, the evolution of smart contracts, risks of currency carry trades and more.

Ashesh Shah, CEO of The London Fund, leads a $450 million fundraising initiative for Bolt, focusing on innovative marketing strategies. The London Fund, a U.K.-based venture firm managing over $1 billion, aims to enhance Bolt's market presence despite recent challenges. The proposal includes a $250 million cash and marketing services investment, utilizing marketing credits for influencer visibility and co-marketing efforts. Shah believes this strategy can boost Bolt's brand akin to successful partnerships in the industry. He emphasizes the importance of Ryan Breslow's return as CEO for driving the company's growth. The potential deal aims to strengthen Bolt's market position and increase shareholder value, though its outcome remains uncertain.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan Breslow returns as CEO of Bolt, aiming to raise $450 million at a $14 billion valuation from investors in the UAE and U.K. This follows a share buyback earlier this year that valued the company at $300 million. Bolt previously raised $355 million in 2021, reaching an $11 billion valuation during the online retail growth due to the pandemic. The company faced challenges including lawsuits, internal conflicts, and leadership changes, which resulted in layoffs and the departure of former CEO Maju Kuruvilla. Existing investors must increase their investment to maintain preferred status, risking their shares if they do not comply. Bolt has attracted nearly $1 billion in investment from firms like General Atlantic and Tribe Capital. Future internal conflicts and challenges are anticipated.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bennett and Cas discuss Wyre, another cryptocurrency payments processor involved with fraud. Protos coverage of Ryan Breslow's many disasters Protos coverage of Wyre problems This episode was recorded on October 20th, 2023.

Welcome back to Common Sense Medicine! For the post, skip down ~2 scrollsLong time, no see, you say. Well, that's true. I've been busy and not-so-busy these past few years, and the long overdue post about “where have you been, Shree?” is coming—I promise. But first, a reflection. Since 2018, when I started this show, the world of healthcare, and my own perspective about it, has changed tremendously. However, there is one constant: talking to people who are “in the weeds” (to borrow a corporate phrase) of the work is the best way to get up to speed in the space. There is so much happening in the world of healthcare like Generative AI, electronic health records, and biotech, and I want to write more about all of it. As I'm in a more “chill” part of medical school, I've been taking the time to talk to founders of interesting HealthTech startups to build a framework about where the industry is headed.When can I expect more posts?, you say. First of all, I'm not sure anyone is asking for more emails in their mailbox, but I hope that if you're subscribed, I'm providing some value. I'm not trying to clutter your email—I think there's a space for interesting conversations about healthcare around 1 time a month. Plus, most people just skim anyway so I'll try and keep the show notes and insights on the shorter side. Alright, now that I've gotten the niceties over with, here are the show notes.Forwarded this email? Subscribe below for musings about healthcare conversations with people who are much smarter than me.What is Anja Health? Anja Health is a health and technology company that provides cord blood, cord tissue, and placenta banking. They are one of the few companies in the world that offer these services. Anja Health's services include: * Freezing umbilical cord and placenta stem cells* Sending a kit to soon-to-be parents in preparation for their birth experience* Safely collecting and storing your baby's stem cells for future cell treatments* Providing an easy to use collection kit with FDA-approved materials* Manual lab processing for maximum stem cell volume* 20 years of secure cryogenic storage at -180°C* Personal support from a banking or birth expertAnja Health's mission is to create one more treatment option through the power of stem cells. Anja Health was founded by Kathryn Cross, just over a year after graduating from Wellesley. Kathryn shared her personal story of founding the company in memory of her brother Andrew, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after a near-death accident with me on Common Sense Medicine, and below is a summary of our conversation. Show Notes (with timestamps)* [00:02:18] Cord blood stem cell space.* Kathryn talks about a Duke University study which was a randomized, double-blind crossover trial on cerebral palsy (CP) treatment with autologous cord blood (CB). It didn't show statistically significant results between the study and control groups, but a significant difference was found between the group that received infusions with a higher dose of (>2.5 * 10^7 cells) versus those who did not. * Providers historically have not been educated about giving information about cord blood banking, and social media is easier to go direct to the customer to educate them about the cord blood banking. She spoke about creator-led businesses, which have greater trust (especially in the beginning) when they have relatability and value capture on their side. This was the enabling factor to gaining and acquiring their first few customers. * [00:07:45] Lessons from team members.* She was a younger founder, and she needed to read a lot of material around management to “learn the ropes.” She touches each part of business, but she has been decreasing her involvement with ops to focus on growth and marketing. She tried to find someone who is better than she is at parts of the business, and then aligning with them to achieve the goals which she has for Anja. * [00:11:19] Fundraising process and mistakes.* Kathryn talked about using a process to fundraise for a startup using Ryan Breslow's book Fundraising. He recommends to only fundraise for 3 months, and make sure that you don't fundraise too early before you have product-market fit because the growth will be very painful if so. Kathryn thought that she fundraised too early, and this was partly because she didn't have a process going into her fist fundraising round. * [00:15:17] Private blood banking - why should parents use it? * Kathryn says that most pregnant people should be using cord blood banking because the placenta and the cord blood bank can act as a sort of “insurance” against a worst case scenario. Physicians can use stem cells to prepare treatment and then Anja Health is able to release a patient's units to the provider, and then it's used to give the patient the stem cell treatment. * Shree's take: I'm not convinced that doing this by way of a private blood bank vs. a public blood bank is still reasonable in this day and age, because the cost doesn't justify the evidence which is currently available. If you're bullish on storing on a private blood bank, look for one which is AABB accredited (by the FDA, like Anja is). The one drawback from a public bank which I had noticed is that you might not get your cells if someone else had already used it, but looking at the Duke University study and others in the space, the blood collected might not be useful if you only have one child to do an autologous stem cell transplant—as most of the research is done in preclinical models. However, that's part of Anja's allure, because you might be able to use it in the next 20 years for therapies which haven't been discovered today. * [00:24:24] Using placenta stem cells.* When someone actually donates a blood bank sample, they can increase the density by first sorting it manually. Anja Health mentions that they can do it manually but other companies say that the automatic sorting helps them get rid of contaminants.* Shree's take: I think that this is a function of marketing—if Anja Health is able to capture more of the market and convince their buyers that automatic sorting = bad, and that manual sorting = personalized, then they can effectively control the narrative that their method is better. Kathryn also mentions that she doesn't have any statistics about how many people actually use their stem cells, which gives me pause. How useful could this be if people aren't using it and it's mostly a function of marketing? In fact, one paper shows that automatic sorting actually increases the yield of the cord blood separation. * [00:28:05] Stem cell research in pregnancy.* She's excited about more general parts of women's health related work — infertility and PCOS which came to mind. She also thinks that you shouldn't consume your placenta, ya nasty. * [00:29:24] Scaling content and creator burnout.* It's really hard to scale content because there's a threshold to how much content you can produce. She batches a lot of content, but it's hard to scale them. She had a consigliere who fed her research about content, but now she just does her own thing. She also interviews a lot of people in the space, like doulas, midwives, and lactation consultants. Kathryn thinks that now, she's more able to do speak about her interests “off the cuff” because she's just had so much experience in the space. * [00:34:07] Consuming information and deciphering.* Interestingly she says that lower-income families do a lot more research, read everything, and are more anxious with childbirth rather than those who come from a higher-income family. So, she tries to recommend evidence-based organizations to help families distinguish signal from noise. * [00:36:00] Recruiting. * She's still figuring out how to best recruit, but one of the things that she has to do in order to really put herself in a position for recruiting the best talent is to interview the person and make sure they gel with everyone on the team, whether they have the skills for the particular role that she's hiring for, and gradually hiring into the role (contractor to employee)* Another book from Ryan Breslow which she recommends is Recruiting* [00:45:57] Favorite guest and learning experiences.* Kathryn's question for me! Listen to the podcast to learn more. Thank you for subscribing to Common Sense Medicine! If you have any comments / questions, please reply to this email to let me know what you think. Also, I'm also on the hunt for new podcast guests. If you know anyone who you think would be a good fit (think people in healthtech or healthcare doing interesting, innovative things) feel free to let me know. That's all folks! Remember, it's just common sense. — Shree “I will never eat a placenta” Nadkarni This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.shreenadkarni.com

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Ryan Breslow grew up in north Miami working jobs at his dad's driving range and bagging groceries at Publix, all the while graduating first in his high school class. He soon discovered Bitcoin and started the Stanford Bitcoin Club and had an idea for a payments startup that would eventually become Bolt, the "buy now" button service competing with Amazon that's valued at around $11 billion. His newest venture is Love DAO, a collective to help find and develop cures for diseases in a way that's outside the traditional pharmaceutical industry. This episode originally aired in September 2022See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ryan Breslow dropped out of Stanford to found payment startup Bolt, which later on raised $1.3 billion dollars at an $11 billion valuation - making Ryan one of the world's youngest self-made billionaires (according to Forbes)   Now, Ryan is on the mission of improving the health and wellness of the world with alternative medicine like natural remedies, by making them more accessible to all and giving them the credibility they need via clinical trials.  Today on Blockcrunch, Ryan shares with us: What exactly is Love DAO Why a DAO over the traditional company structure How Love fits in with crypto Tips for founders that are raising   Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.   Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Introduction to Ryan Breslow (00:05:04) – Journey to founding Love DAO (00:08:18) – Funding health products with Love DAO (00:18:00) – LoveDAO as an impact organization (00:25:22) – DAO as the optimal organizational structure   (00:28:49) – How LoveDAO fits in with crypto (00:30:28) – Difference between running a DAO & regular company (00:32:23) – Ryan's tips for raising funds (00:35:48) – LoveDAO's upcoming roadmap   More Resources: Guest Love's Website: https://www.love.com/ Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryantakesoff   Blockcrunch Blockcrunch VIP: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/ Blockcrunch Twitter: https://twitter.com/theBlockcrunch Jason Choi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi   Disclaimer: The Blockcrunch Podcast (“Blockcrunch”) is an educational resource intended for informational purposes only. Blockcrunch produces a weekly podcast and newsletter that routinely covers projects in Web 3 and may discuss assets that the host or its guests have financial exposure to. Views held by Blockcrunch's guests are their own. None of Blockcrunch, its registered entity or any of its affiliated personnel are licensed to provide any type of financial advice, and nothing on Blockcrunch's podcast, newsletter, website and social media should be construed as financial advice. Blockcrunch also receives compensation from its sponsor; sponsorship messages do not constitute financial advice or endorsement.   Full disclaimer: https://blockcrunch.substack.com/about  

This week, Natasha chatted with Alex about ego, how recent news from Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes gives us a window into how it works, and impacts on the tech and venture landscape.We talked about:What Holmes and Bankman-Fried have in common, from centralized ownership to a cult of personalityThe differences between the two entrepreneurs, and why their stories tend to blur togetherHow Adam Neumann, Elon Musk and others fit into the conversationLearning lessons from startups from a chaotic, and main-character-driven yearWe have a lot of really fun stuff coming up in the next week or two. Thanks for sticking with Equity in 2022, and we cannot wait for 2023.Equity drops every Monday at 7 a.m. PT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m. PT, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, a show that details how our stories come together and more!

Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Breslow to discuss Bolt, Love, and the AI Singularity. Follow Ryan on Twitter 6:48 - Stanford Bitcoin Group 11:21 - Building Bolt 15:08 - Pain points in Bolt 17:25 - Making API for merchants 21:15 - Engaging with VCs as a founder 26:46 - What value to look for in an investor 28:36 - Bitcoin companies are long term game 31:38 - Bolt started as a Bitcoin wallet 35:27 - Optimism 43:03 - AI art and the singularity 47:13 - Getting addicted to tech 53:17 - Ryan's new venture, Love 1:02:25 - Final words of wisdom Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Ryan Breslow blickt auf viele erfolgreiche Gründerjahre zurück: Bolt (11 Mrd. Bewertung), Eco (Unicorn) und nun love.com konnte er reichlich Erfahrungen auf dem Weg zum Erfolg sammeln, die er jetzt mit dir teilt. Mit Fabian spricht er über den Einfluss des Silicon Valley, die Bedeutung von Rückschlägen, seinen größten Fehler und die perfekte Unternehmenskultur.Was du lernst:Welches Mindset & Skillset brauchst du, um außerhalb des erfolgreichen Ökosystems ein stabiles Unternehmen zu gründen?Ist es möglich, voll remote ein erfolgreiches Business aufzubauen?Wie erreicht man den optimalen Product Market Fit & welche Tipps hat Ryan vor allem für Early-Stage-Gründer:innen?Worauf kommt es bei einem Impact-getriebenen Unternehmen vor allem an?Kapitel:(00:00:41) Ist das Silicon Valley eine Mafia?(00:02:24) Wie hat die Ablehnung durch das Silicon Valley Ryans Weg als Gründer beeinflusst & siehst du sie eher als Chance oder als Herausforderung?(00:04:26) Welches Mindset & Skillset hältst du für hilfreich, wenn man ein Unternehmen von einem Ort aus aufbauen möchte, der nicht perfekt im Ökosystem integriert ist?(00:05:28) Ist es wichtig, Gleichgesinnte persönlich zu treffen oder kannst du ein solides Netzwerk auch rein online aufbauen?(00:07:22) Kann man remote überhaupt eine gute Unternehmenskultur aufbauen?(00:08:36) Auf welchen wichtigen Eckpfeilern baust du eine gute Unternehmenskultur, die auch während der Wachstumsphase gut funktioniert?(00:10:30) Wie misst du den Impact eines Unternehmens und worauf kommt es beim Impact an?(00:12:42) Wie findest du die richtige Balance zwischen dem Drang, Ergebnisse zu erzielen und der Zeit für die Veränderungen im Unternehmen auf dem Weg dorthin?(00:18:50) Was sind die Vor- und Nachteile davon, gleichzeitig ein neues Unternehmen aufzubauen und andererseits als Gründer Content zu produzieren?(00:22:32) Was ist dein Nordstern bzw. deine Vision, die dich antreibt?(00:25:44) Was sind die Besonderheiten deines neuen Unternehmens love.com?(00:31:01) Wie möchtest du Product Market Fit mit love.com erreichen & welche Tipps gibst du dahingehend anderen Early-Stage-Gründer:innen? Ryans Rezept für Product Market Fit (00:35:25) Von allen Dingen, die du erreicht hast: Worauf bist du am meisten stolz?(00:36:02) Was war der härteste Kompromiss, den du auf dem Weg zum Erfolg eingehen musstest?(00:36:44) Was war dein größter Fehler (bis jetzt)?(00:38:08) Was ist eine Sache über dich, die Menschen häufig missverstehen?(00:41:02) Was ist deine größte Stärke im Unternehmen & was ist der Bereich mit am meisten Potential für Verbesserungen?(00:42:18) Du hast viele Menschen in deiner bisherigen Laufbahn getroffen - wer hat dich am meisten beeindruckt?(00:45:31) Ryans Ratschläge für Gründer:innenRyan BreslowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryantakesoff/ Love Health: https://www.love.com/ Darüber haben Ryan und Fabian noch gesprochen:Ryans Twitter Profil: https://twitter.com/ryantakesoff Ryans Buch über Fundraising: https://amzn.to/3F3odjARyans Buch über Recruting: https://amzn.to/3ij8ZOsWHATSAPP NEWSLETTER:1-2x wöchentlich bekommst du eine persönliche Sprachnotiz oder Inhalte von mir, die dich zu einem besseren Gründer machen, melde dich jetzt mit einem Klick an: https://bit.ly/ub-whatsapp-newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan Breslow looks back on many successful founding years: Bolt (11 billion dollar valuation), Eco (Unicorn), and now love.com. He gained plenty of experience on the road to success, which he now shares with you. He talks to Fabian about the influence of Silicon Valley, the importance of setbacks, his biggest mistake, and the perfect company culture. What you'll learn: What mindset & skillset do you need to start a stable business outside the flourishing ecosystem? Can a successful business be built entirely remotely? How do you achieve the optimal product-market fit & what tips does Ryan have for early-stage founders in particular? What matters most in an impact-driven business? Chapter: (00:00:41) Is Silicon Valley a mafia? (00:02:24) How has Silicon Valley rejection affected Ryan's journey as a founder & do you see it more as an opportunity or a challenge? (00:04:26) What mindset & skillset is helpful when building a business from a place that's not part of a flourishing ecosystem? (00:05:28) Is it necessary to meet like-minded people in person, or can you build a solid network purely online? (00:07:22) Can you build a good company culture remotely at all? (00:08:36) On what important cornerstones do you build a good company culture that works well during the growth phase? (00:10:30) How do you define and measure the impact of a company? (00:12:42) How to find the right balance between achieving results and investing until growth is visible? (00:18:50) What are the pros and cons of simultaneously building a new business and, on the other hand, producing content as a founder? (00:22:32) What is your north star or vision that drives you? (00:25:44) What are the specifics of your new company love.com? (00:31:01) How do you want to achieve product-market fit with love.com & what tips do you have for other early-stage founders? Ryan's recipe for product market fit (00:35:25) What accomplishments are you most proud of? (00:36:02) What was the most challenging compromise you had to make to succeed? (00:36:44) What was your biggest mistake (so far)? (00:38:08) What is one thing about you that people often misunderstand? (00:41:02) What is your greatest strength in the company & what is the area with the most potential for improvement?(00:42:18) You've met many people in your career so far - who has impressed you the most? (00:45:31) Ryan's advice for founders. Ryan Breslow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryantakesoff/ Love Health: https://www.love.com/ Ryan and Fabian talked about this some more: Ryan's Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/ryantakesoff Ryan's book on fundraising: https://amzn.to/3F3odjA Ryan's book on recruiting: https://amzn.to/3ij8ZOs WHATSAPP NEWSLETTER: 1-2x a week, get a personalized voice note or content from me that will make you a better founder. Sign up now with one click: https://bit.ly/unicorn-bakery-newsletter

Ryan Breslow grew up in north Miami working jobs at his dad's driving range and bagging groceries at Publix, all the while graduating first in his high school class. He soon discovered Bitcoin and started the Stanford Bitcoin Club and had an idea for a payments startup that would eventually become Bolt, the "buy now" button service competing with Amazon that's valued at around $11 billion. His newest venture is Love DAO, a collective to help find and develop cures for diseases in a way that's outside the traditional pharmaceutical industry. Follow Love DAO on Twitter Follow Ryan on Twitter The Love web site

Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: This podcast episode is sponsored by Contis, the European leader in Banking-as-a-Service. Contis is proud to deliver process-pay, a brand-new standalone processing solution ready to cater for any organisations card processing needs. To find out more visiting www.contis.com today! NEWS HIGHLIGHT Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, is back as CEO of Love. Love is still in its early stages, but in August it raised $7.5 million at a $180 million valuation from MaC Venture Capital and Human Capital. Breslow is running a new funding round, raising another $10 million, this time at a $300 million plus valuation. Link here. #Payments PayQuicker launched Payouts OS. PayQuicker's API connects to more than ten payout partners, enabling payouts in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 40 currencies. Link here #FinTechInnovation Front launched an API platform. The firm allows emerging FinTech companies access to a unique network of 250+ global integrations with brokerages and exchanges. Link here DIGITAL BANKING NEWS #BankingIndustry Kuda incurred a loss of over ₦6 billion in 2021. Kuda MFB, a neobank operating under the Nigerian microfinance bank licence, has recorded losses for the past two years. Link here. #Partnerships Goldman partnered with Modern Treasury. The partners say they will help joint customers seamlessly embed and scale domestic and international payments into their products. Link here #BankingInnovation Zengin-Net, will make its system available to operators of mobile payment services. The expansion of eligibility to participate in the Zengin-Net system comes amid the spreading use of payment apps such as PayPay. Link here Paysend launched an instant payment service. Paysend's Open Payment Network orchestrates the end-to-end pymnt flow including payment initiation, processing, FX and settlement. Link here

DoorDash is ending its delivery partnership with Walmart; Facebook is losing its grip as a ‘Top 10' app as BeReal and TikTok grow; Bolt founder Ryan Breslow isn't going away

DoorDash is ending its delivery partnership with Walmart; Facebook is losing its grip as a ‘Top 10' app as BeReal and TikTok grow; Bolt founder Ryan Breslow isn't going away

Founders Book Movement. Revisión del libro: Fundraising. Autor: Ryan Breslow. Revisor: Ronald Hernandez - Cofounder/CEO en Pardux No olvides comentarnos: ¿Qué es lo más importante que te llevas de esta revisión?, ya sea en la caja de preguntas y respuestas en Spotify o en un post a través de Twitter o LinkedIn. Puedes etiquetarnos como @bookmovementco para que sigamos la conversación. Si quieres ver la grabación en video, puedes hacerlo por Youtube: https://youtu.be/x2hcQs6l2AA

Ryan Breslow is the Chairman at Bolt, a decacorn online checkout startup.  While he's built one of the fastest growing startups in Silicon Valley, Ryan Breslow is perhaps most famous for his twitter threads about the so-called "Silicon Valley Mob".  Auren and Ryan dive into the various claims Ryan made about the Silicon Valley juggernauts like Y Combinator, Stripe and Sequoia. They also dive into company building and the alternative approaches available to young entrepreneurs out there just starting their journey. World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph. For more episodes, visit safegraph.com/podcasts.You can find Auren Hoffman on Twitter at @auren and Ryan Breslow at @theryanking.

First, we discuss Bolt's declining customer base and struggles with The Information's Malique Morris (02:50). In addition, we discuss Fast, Amazon's "Buy with Prime," ShopPay (25:35) and all the other developments in online checkout. Next, we cover a massive spike in Ethereum gas prices from Yuga Labs and Solana's bot attack (55:12). We wrap with our Startup of the Day: Gravity Sketch, a 3D design platform (1:11:35). (00:00) Jason and Molly introduce today's show (02:50) Last Thursday, The Information's Malique Morris published an article on Bolt's declining customer base and struggles, he joins us to discuss (12:19) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (13:26) Speaking to Domm Holland and Ryan Breslow, how are they different? (24:19) Fiverr - Sign up for https://Fiverr.com/Business free for the first year and save 10% on your purchase with promo code JASON (25:35) Amazon's “Buy with Prime” and their Amazon Basics monopoly (32:12) First Republic Bank - Discover what a long-term financial relationship can do for you. Visit https://firstrepublic.com/startup today to learn more. (33:08) Stripe doing their own Fast checkout, competing against their own investment? (46:20) Wrapping up with Malique Morris (48:50) Spring energy in New York (55:12) WEB 3 is going great update (1:11:35) We Live in the Future with our Startup of the Day: Gravity Sketch, a 3D design platform Read Malique's Article: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bolt-a-checkout-startup-worth-11-billion-has-been-losing-customers-as-revenue-stalls FOLLOW Malique: https://twitter.com/luxeoflique FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

Trying something different with this episode, folks. Instead of the usual late-night show, Steve and I will talk gig news over breakfast. Can't make it? No problem, Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/OhXx4VBLu280:00 INTRO7:27 Masks no longer required on planes, trains after judge rules CDC mandate 'unlawful' https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...8:27 Uber and Lyft drop mask requirements for drivers, passengers https://cnb.cx/3jPLaM3 15:18 Just Eat Takeaway is exploring a sale of Grubhub barely a year after buying the company https://cnb.cx/3OsnR8T 19:34 Bolt founder Ryan Breslow blasts ‘vicious' Instacart backer Sequoia Capitalhttps://retailtechinnovationhub.com/h...28:56 Seattle proposes minimum wage for DoorDash, Rover, other gig workers https://crosscut.com/politics/2022/04...35:35 AD FOR DRIVERS UTILITY HELPERhttps://bit.ly/duhgigtube36:15 DoorDash releases DEI stats for corporate workers and contractors https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/do...41:01 Elon Musk's Ex-Wife Sued After Her Dog Allegedly Attacked DoorDash Delivery Driver https://radaronline.com/p/elon-musk-e...49:58 Grocery Shoppers Buy These Items The Most With Peanut Butter, According to Instacart https://www.eatthis.com/news-instacar...51:50 This Is the Most Popular Grocery Item Sold on #Instacart, New Data Says https://www.eatthis.com/news-instacar...1:00:23 AD FOR MAXYMOhttps://bit.ly/maxymo1:02:00 What's up with these BJ's orders? No fuel assistance and both customers tipped in Pennyshttps://www.reddit.com/r/InstacartSho...1:08:21 @Aphid Cart video about Costco and Instacart: https://youtu.be/B6mbN64XgeM 1:10:36 OUTRO

All news show. First, we discuss Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announcing that Elon has reversed his decision to join Twitter's board (04:10) and the NYT's Editor telling reporters to stop tweeting so much in an internal memo (31:29). Then, we discuss Ryan Breslow's latest series of threads, including one claiming that Instacart's CEO was shadow-fired by Sequoia (44:35). (00:00) Jason on meeting Harrison Ford (01:42) Jason and Molly catching up (04:10) Elon reverses decision to join Twitter board, according to CEO Parag Agrawal (12:09) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups (13:44) Molly's take on Elon's deleted tweets and board seat story (20:30) Assure - To get 20% off your first Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) visit https://Assure.co/twist (22:04) Is Twitter dying and why? (30:08) Microacquire - Sell your business with no fees at https://try.microacquire.com/twist (31:29) NYT told its reporters to stop tweeting so much in an internal memo from executive editor Dean (44:35) Ryan Breslow posted another series of threads over the weekend, including one claiming that Instacart's CEO was shadow-fired by Sequoia FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

All news show. First, we discuss Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announcing that Elon has reversed his decision to join Twitter's board (04:10) and the NYT's Editor telling reporters to stop tweeting so much in an internal memo (31:29). Then, we discuss Ryan Breslow's latest series of threads, including one claiming that Instacart's CEO was shadow-fired by Sequoia (44:35).

(00:20) NFT LA and Nikita's parties(01:50) Onlyfans ideal for SPAC which surprisingly isn't a sex thing(15:40) Twilio programmers great at programming, terrible at insider trading(25:20)  Ryan Breslow exclusive interview(30:57) How Ryan got good at Twitter(33:34) Is the Silicon Mob real??(38:40) Why one-click checkout is impossible to explain but very cool(44:11) Is blocking competition conspiracy or just good strategy(49:57) Surprising controversy over early exercise options loans Follow the show:https://twitter.com/3cartoonavatarshttps://www.instagram.com/3cartoonavatars/https://www.tiktok.com/@3cartoonavatars Follow the hosts:https://twitter.com/zck?s=21https://twitter.com/nikitabier?s=21https://twitter.com/loganbartlett?s=21 Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff LawsonREFERENCE LINKS:Onlyfans can't find investors: https://www.axios.com/onlyfans-investors-struggle-9cc92523-6607-40ad-9893-4175e7966b52.htmlTwilio insider trading: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/28/sec-charges-twilio-engineers-with-insider-trading-.htmlStripe / YC Mob thread: https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784823641755648?s=20&t=IFRaBDRDtA8J2wTXruhPpQRB - Meditation tweet:https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1501953781046689801?s=20&t=IFRaBDRDtA8J2wTXruhPpQNB response tweet: https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/1501991588246917130?s=20&t=IFRaBDRDtA8J2wTXruhPpQRB – Stock options tweet:https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1493390167461224451?s=20&t=bvE0FGOApel_hUwqVdwU7ALB – Stock options tweet:https://twitter.com/loganbartlett/status/1503893316710146053?s=20&t=6s6MaxQikG6l76htdBlEKQ

Founder and executive chairman of Bolt Ryan Breslow joins us for an interview with BigCommerce CEO Brent Bellm about the checkout experience. What does it mean for merchants and their customers when the buying process is as simple as one click? Hear about the effects of an optimized checkout on this episode of the Make it Big Podcast. To learn more about how Bolt and BigCommerce work together, please visit: https://www.bigcommerce.com/bolt-one-click/ — Ryan Breslow is Founder and Executive Chairman of Bolt: www.bolt.com — Want even more Make it Big insights? Get inspired by more industry experts at the Make it Big 2021 conference — available on demand today. www.bigcommerce.com/make-it-big

(00:30) Nikita's Family and first good use of Twitter(01:32) Bain Capital Crypto's self own(05:12) Ryan Breslow's crypto pharma start-up will not feature psychedelics initially and that's a real sentence(07:50) Buying domains and trips to Oklahoma to meet website brokers(22:05) Alumni Ventures and the "standard" vc terms(32:32) Twitter's podcast platform and the best social app creator(39:30) Tiger partners funding seed managers with $1b over next 3 years https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-09/bain-capital-s-stefan-cohen-is-sorry-for-men-only-tweet-on-women-s-day https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bolts-breslow-teams-with-psychedelics-founder-on-crypto-pharma-startup?rc=kulqhd https://observer.com/2022/03/scoop-sec-fines-sketchy-ivy-league-vc-firm-what-took-so-long/ https://www.sec.gov/litigation/admin/2022/ia-5975.pdf https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/04/twitter-podcast-tab-spaces/?tpcc=tcplustwitter https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiger-global-partners-commit-1-billion-for-early-stage-tech-funds?rc=kulqhd

Jason and Molly discuss Ryan Breslow's new startup Love.com (2:03), Bain Capital Crypto's new $550M fund announcement that backfired on Twitter (14:49). Then, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman join to discuss the current real estate market and how policies are are promoting a nation of renters (54:28). Plus, Glenn turns the tables on Jason and Molly to ask them a few questions. Show Notes: 00:00 Jason and Molly intro the show: Ryan Breslow news, Bain Capital Crypto's unaware tweet, diversity in the workplace, Interview w/ Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman 02:03 Ryan Breslow's new startup: Love.com 10:49 Fiverr - Sign up for https://Fiverr.com/Business free for the first year and save 10% on your purchase with promo code JASON 12:22 Psychedelic startups 14:49 Bain Capital Crypto posts unaware tweet on International Women's Day 23:21 Notion - Go to https://Notion.so and use promo code TWIST to get $250 off its annual team plan 24:53 Diversity in the workplace and how to make forward progress 36:05 Marlow - Get 15% off your individual or team memberships at https://getmarlow.com/twist. 37:31 Taking a chance on unproven talent and open minded to blindspots 54:28 Catch up w/ Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin 01:07:40 Housing price increases are sustainable 01:32:00 Supply and demand in housing 01:49:20 Shift from urban living to the suburbs 02:02:00 Jason, Molly, and Glenn on flying 02:06:37 Goodbyes from the TWIST team Check out Redfin: https://www.redfin.com FOLLOW Glenn: https://twitter.com/glennkelman FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

Jason and Molly discuss Ryan Breslow's new startup Love.com (2:03), Bain Capital Crypto's new $550M fund announcement that backfired on Twitter (14:49). Then, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman join to discuss the current real estate market and how policies are are promoting a nation of renters (54:28). Plus, Glenn turns the tables on Jason and Molly to ask them a few questions.

News Is it finally time to retire WordPress Multisite?   Rob Howard wrote an article over on MasterWP that Multisite is a solution to a problem that no longer exists. The cool things that Multisite offered like sharing themes and single sign on just don't seem as important to developers these days. Rachel Cherry tweeted a response that it may just be too early to consider removing Multisite as there is still a big audience in higher education that would be impacted by this. (p.s. Subscribe to Matt Report to hear an upcoming interview with Howard, new owner of MasterWP.) Early in February the community had many discussions about Diversity in WordCamps and Meetups. Allie Nimmons wrote a great post on MasterWP about a better journey to diversity. Go read Allie's important article to help get a better understanding on how to approach and discuss diversity. Sarah Gooding over on the WPTavern writes that Strattic has acquired the WP2Static plugin. Strattic plans to relaunch the plugin on WordPress.org to improve its discovery, installation, and update process. From Our Contributors and Producers Jetpack has released a new way to build your own Jetpack. Release 10.7 includes My Jetpack, a brand new dashboard for managing your Jetpack products and plans in a single place. With all of the nervous watch on the war in Ukraine, it seems that Namecheap is kicking out their Russian customers, with a 6 day notice. Konstantin Kovshenin tweeted the news.  Andrew Palmer was recently on the Matt Report discussing Artificial Intelligence for WordPress. If you want to check out the exciting direction of AI you can download the bertha.ai plugin from the repository and listen to this podcast to see what's next in WordPress & Gutenberg. Ryan Breslow continues the Shopify discussion this week on how they are eating their ecosystem. This is another interesting thread/perspective on Shopify's end-to-end commerce platform. Next Up You are on the Creator Clock with Joe Casabona “YouTube Thumbnails” by Joe Casabona Thanks to all of the members who shared these links today:  Jeff ChandlerBirgit Pauli-HaackDaniel SchutzsmithMichelle Frechette ★ Support this podcast ★

Catalyzed by a Ryan Breslow viral tweetstorm, we break down the arguments for if companies should loan money to employees to allow them to exercise their stock options early (1:42). Then, we briefly cover Nvidia's attempted Arm acquisition falling through and what it might mean for the SoftBank-owned chip designer (30:21). Finally, Molly interviews Craig Zingerline from Growth University, a LAUNCH Accelerator founder (38:00)! (0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's topics: Bolt CEO strikes again, Nvidia's failed Arm acquisition, interview with LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 24 founder Craig Zingerline (1:42) Jason breaks down employee stock options and how equity works at early-stage startups (10:29) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist (11:27) How has Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow changed equity options for his employees? Is this new model smart or way too risky? (21:19) RealGoodFoods - Go to https://realgoodfoods.com and use code TWIST for $15 off! (22:41) VC response to Bolt's new stock option plan, Jason's final thoughts (30:21) Nvidia's failed acquisition of Arm, is this another SoftBank flop? (35:21) Teeing up the Craig Zingerline interview (36:50) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (38:00) Molly interview current LAUNCH Accelerator portfolio founder Craig Zingerline about his startup Growth University Check out Growth University: https://growthuniversity.io/ FOLLOW Craig: https://twitter.com/craigzingerline FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood Ryan Breslow's Tweet in Question: https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1493390167461224451

Catalyzed by a Ryan Breslow viral tweetstorm, we break down the arguments for if companies should loan money to employees to allow them to exercise their stock options early (1:42). Then, we briefly cover Nvidia's attempted Arm acquisition falling through and what it might mean for the SoftBank-backed chip designer (30:21). Finally, Molly interviews Craig Zingerline from Growth University, a LAUNCH Accelerator founder (38:00)!

TechCheck's Deirdre Bosa spoke with Ryan Breslow, founder of the “one-click” checkout tech company Bolt Financial, to chat about fintech competition and his recent Twitter thread arguing that accelerator program Y Combinator and Stripe are the “mob bosses of Silicon Valley.”

Today we discuss the Kim and Kanye controversy, St. Valentine's scam, Kirkland Signature's market reach, Bolt's CEO's bolt from the company, Peloton's possible buyout, the future of work hours, and China's Winter Olympic torch ceremony. Timeline of what was discussed: Is Kanye winning the battle of public opinion? [3:08]  Why would anyone buy Peloton?! [11:57]  You can't pick fights and then step down. [17:04]  Will Spotify drop Joe Rogan? [22:01]  The fascination with ‘Kirkland Signature'. [33:16]  Ad Break. [38:34]  The challenge with flexible work schedules. [40:34]  What does Valentine's Day mean to you? [1:00:29]  China is playing chess and everyone else is playing basketball. [1:06:10]  What does the future of the Olympics look like for America? [1:10:41]  Group Chat Shout Outs. [1:18:42]  Related Links/Products Mentioned  Kanye West Alleges Kim Kardashian Accused Him of ‘Putting a Hit Out on Her' Amid Public Feud  Peloton stock surges on reports Amazon and Nike are among potential buyers  Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO — and he says it's his choice  Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Addresses Joe Rogan's 'Hurtful' Use of Racial Slurs  Why every Costco product is called 'Kirkland Signature'  Visit Liquid I.V. for the exclusive offer for Group Chat listeners! **Promo code “GROUPCHAT” at checkout**  Workers Care More About Flexible Hours Than Remote Work  How much Americans are planning to spend on Valentine's Day  Uyghur skier, 20, who became the face of China's Winter Olympics and carried the Olympic torch 'disappears' after finishing 43rd in her Nordic combined debut  Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content

It's episode 600 of Fintech Insider and our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Jonas Templestein, Co-Founder/CTO, Monzo Bank Alex Marsh, Head, Klarna UK Ruth McCarthy, CEO, Fexco Corporate Payments We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Next up in Apple's plan for financial domination: Turning iPhones into payment terminals - 4:15 Wayflyer becomes latest Irish tech unicorn after $150m fundraise - 17:15 11:FS sits down with Monzo Co-Founder/CTO Jonas Templestein - 30:20 Jack Dorsey's Block completes $29bn Afterpay acquisition - 56:20 Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO - 58:00 Serena Williams backed fintech Esusu hits unicorn status, procures $130M to bridge racial wealth gap - 59:50 Predicting Fintech Insider Episode 6000! - 1:01:30 This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world's largest fintech meetings-only event! That's right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket (https://fintechmeetup.com/) Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates, who are joined by a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Alex Marsh, Jonas Templestein, and Ruth McCarthy.

Today we discuss the Kim and Kanye controversy, St. Valentine's scam, Kirkland Signature's market reach, Bolt's CEO's bolt from the company, Peloton's possible buyout, the future of work hours, and China's Winter Olympic torch ceremony. Timeline of what was discussed: Is Kanye winning the battle of public opinion? [3:08]  Why would anyone buy Peloton?! [11:57]  You can't pick fights and then step down. [17:04]  Will Spotify drop Joe Rogan? [22:01]  The fascination with ‘Kirkland Signature'. [33:16]  Ad Break. [38:34]  The challenge with flexible work schedules. [40:34]  What does Valentine's Day mean to you? [1:00:29]  China is playing chess and everyone else is playing basketball. [1:06:10]  What does the future of the Olympics look like for America? [1:10:41]  Group Chat Shout Outs. [1:18:42]  Related Links/Products Mentioned  Kanye West Alleges Kim Kardashian Accused Him of ‘Putting a Hit Out on Her' Amid Public Feud  Peloton stock surges on reports Amazon and Nike are among potential buyers  Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO — and he says it's his choice  Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Addresses Joe Rogan's 'Hurtful' Use of Racial Slurs  Why every Costco product is called 'Kirkland Signature'  Visit Liquid I.V. for the exclusive offer for Group Chat listeners! **Promo code “GROUPCHAT” at checkout**  Workers Care More About Flexible Hours Than Remote Work  How much Americans are planning to spend on Valentine's Day  Uyghur skier, 20, who became the face of China's Winter Olympics and carried the Olympic torch 'disappears' after finishing 43rd in her Nordic combined debut  Connect with Group Chat! Watch The Pod #1 Newsletter In The World For The Gram Tweet With Us Exclusive Facebook Content

Some of the best moments from this week of My First Million. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (00:50) - Ryan Breslow, founder of Bolt, shares why he called out Stripe and YC (11:12) - Nathan Barry says how to become a billion dollar creator (24:00) - Ryan Holiday shares why he works with a traditional book publisher and how he stays a top-selling author ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

This week we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenSSF's new project and Tim Bray's take on Cloud. Plus, some thoughts on data gravity… Rundown Earnings Apple tops earnings expectations on strong iPhone sales (https://www.axios.com/apple-earnings-top-estimates-strong-iphone-4a850376-e1f2-445f-90b4-2d3216a1e36f.html) Microsoft Azure exceeded $40 billion in annualized revenue (https://twitter.com/jordannovet/status/1486876801314000903?s=21) Alphabet crushes earnings, announces 20-for-1 stock split (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/alphabet-crushes-earnings-announces-20-212516853.html) Docker makes comeback with over $50M in ARR two years into restructuring (https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/01/docker-makes-comeback-reaching-over-50m-in-arr/) OSS Security Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) (https://openssf.org/) OpenSSF Announces The Alpha-Omega Project to Improve Software Supply Chain Security for 10,000 OSS Projects (https://openssf.org/press-release/2022/02/01/openssf-announces-the-alpha-omega-project-to-improve-software-supply-chain-security-for-10000-oss-projects/) Citrix goes private (https://www.citrix.com/news/announcements/jan-2022/takeprivate.html) Tim Bray's take on Cloud (https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/01/30/Cloud-Lock-In) Relevant to your Interests Confluent and AWS just announced a "Strategic Collaboration Agreement." 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As if it weren't covered enough already, Seth + Matt discuss Ryan Breslow's tweet storm about Stripe + YC Then, the boys discuss business opportunities for Smart Cities, including: (4:33) Sidewalk Labs: Google's failed smart city project (11:00) Telosa: a new city founded by Marc Lore (19:42) EPCOT: the OG smart city (29:13) Helium...but selling excess energy to neighbors (47:09) Carve Outs

The year of gaming consolidation is upon us, with Sony snapping up Bungie. Not EXACTLY related, but the NYTimes has acquired Wordle. Did the CEO of Bolt's tweets lose him the top job at the company he founded? You can no longer roll through stop signs in your Tesla. And the best use of augmented reality I've heard in a while.Sponsors:Do.co/trhTodayInDigital.comLinks:Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion (GamesIndustry.biz)SONY'S BUNGIE ACQUISITION IS ALL ABOUT FORTNITE (The Verge)Microsoft Deal for Activision to Be Reviewed by FTC in U.S. (Bloomberg)Pinterest Adds Augmented Reality Feature for Home Decor (WSJ)Wordle has been bought by The New York Times, will ‘initially' remain free for everyone to play (The Verge)Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO — and he says it's his choice (TechCrunch)Tesla recall: ‘Full Self-Driving' software runs stop signs (AP)Pinterest Adds Augmented Reality Feature for Home Decor (WSJ)World Cup of Entrepreneurs On YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@theSamParr) talk about how to learn any skill, whether Dan Price is legit or a fraud, Dave Friedberg and Cana, and what a chicken wing actually is. They are then joined by Ryan Breslow (@theryanking) of Bolt to talk about the latest controversy surrounding his Twitter thread, and why he's trying to take down what he considers to be silicon valley's tech mafia. ----- * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (00:30) - The Hustle's New Podcast (03:45) - Podcasting and how to learn any skill (07:10) - The Day You Became A Better Writer (10:50) - Maven and Shaan's Power Writing Course (14:30) - Is Dan Price a fraudster? (20:00) - Dave Friedberg and Cana (32:00) - Ryan Breslow joins the show and explains his background (43:45) - The Y Combinator controversy (01:27:45) - Sam and Shaan recap the Ryan interview ----- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

On this week's episode, we are talking about: - Ryan Breslow vs Stripe & YC - Calendly link = power move - Did you watch Eternals - Pung's worst trade, Matthieu worse trade - The exodus of Spotify artists (Neil Young and Joni Mitchell) Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pungme https://twitter.com/originalmatth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/uuu-uuu/message

In this episode, Silicon Valley's next Bill Campbell (Matt Mochary) and the first CEO he coached (Ryan Breslow (CEO of Bolt)) share the lessons they've learned. In part 1 of 3, Matt and Ryan take a look at fundraising while going over key components to successful fundraising that are outlined in Ryan's book.Get the inside scoop on what it takes to become a successful fundraiser and unlock your organization's full potential.FULL VIDEO

Ryan Breslow, the founder and CEO of Bolt — a technology company that has raised more than $600 million and 18x'd its valuation in 18 months, joins Scott to discuss scaling the company, fundraising, and his approach to company culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As The Great Reshuffle continues to disrupt workplaces, what should our cadence or schedule of work look like? With a five-day work week, there's minimal opportunity to recharge...and a lot of capacity for burnout. Ryan Breslow, CEO of technology company Bolt, joins Jessi to discuss his company's experiment in shortening the work week without scaling back on the work itself.

In this episode, Silicon Valley's next Bill Campbell (Matt Mochary) and the first CEO he coached (Ryan Breslow (CEO of Bolt)) share the lessons they've learned. In this episode Matt and Ryan tackle leadership and what it takes to effectively lead a team in a high growth environment.If you want to be a better leader and get valuable insight into what it takes to lead a multi-billion dollar tech company, then you need to listen to this.FULL VIDEO

Christine Lagorio-Chafkin continues her conversation with Ryan Breslow and asks him about how he interviews potential employees.

Christine Lagorio-Chafkin talks with the founder and CEO of the company that ranked No. 64 the 2021 Inc. 5000, Ryan Breslow. The company is called Bolt, and it is one-click checkout for retailers. Ryan started Bolt in 2014 as an offshoot of his cryptocurrency research at Stanford, and after years of product development and fundraising and slow growth, the company has hit an inflection point and is growing wildly, with over 10 million shoppers on the Bolt network.

Today we dove into the world of checkout. Everybody is familiar with check-out - it's the last step in the purchase process when you're buying something whether in person or online. A less known fact is that purchase process drop-off is a $10 trillion problem for businesses worldwide. And checkout software is not nearly as easy of a problem as meets the eye. This week I chatted with my friend Ryan Breslow - Founder & CEO of Bolt. Bolt has created a full Checkout Operating System to help merchants unify / shoppers go through checkout. In this episode, we unpacked a lot of the network effects that they will now be able to take advantage of. Bolt has grown its valuation 18x in 18 months to $6B and with 10 million shoppers on their platform has hit escape velocity to reach the next level of growth.

First, Jason covers Sequoia's VC-redefining transition to an evergreen fund (1:54). He continues Q3 earnings coverage with Robinhood (13:38) and Twitter (21:10). Then, Ryan Breslow from Bolt joins to discuss transitioning to a 4-day work week, open-sourcing their company handbook and running a startup effectively (28:07).

Our anchors kick off the morning with Kindred Ventures Co-Founder Kanyi Maqubela on today's trendiest stories including Instagram putting its kids product on hold and Google Cloud slashing its marketplace fees from 20 percent to just 3 percent. Maqubela also shares his take on Amazon and Square. Then, CNBC's Leslie Picker is here to cover hedge funds ramping up their stake in private markets. Next, Bank of America Analyst Nat Schindler joins to talk all things Netflix after the company's first-ever fan event this past weekend. We also cover the return home of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou after years of house arrest in Canada. And later, Bolt Founder and CEO Ryan Breslow joins as the company begins experimenting with a 4-day workweek.