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Matt Ober, CAIA shares his journey from data scientist at Bloomberg to becoming the head of data strategy at a hedge fund, and later transitioning into venture capital with Social Leverage. We discuss into the expanding role of data in financial services, the strategies employed by hedge funds, and the future of alternative data. A rare opportunity to rethink the business of financial market data.LINKSMatt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obermattj/Matt's Newsletter: https://www.mattober.co/Social Leverage: https://www.socialleverage.com/Initial Data Offering: https://initialdataoffering.com/
Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Howard Lindzon, a seasoned investor, entrepreneur, and founder of StockTwits, the largest social network for investors and traders. Howard is also the founder of Social Leverage, a venture capital firm that has backed great companies like Robinhood and eToro.Often called "The Larry David of Finance" for his candid, no-nonsense takes on markets and investing, his newsletter and sharp social media commentary have earned him a loyal following among investors and entrepreneurs alike – not for sugar-coating reality, but for calling it exactly as he sees it.In this episode, we discuss:Why public market investing experience makes better early-stage investorsHis philosophy and approach to missing big opportunities, including Twitter, Zynga, and CartaThe evolution of markets from Web2 to the all-consuming "degenerate economy"Markets may be rigged, but once you know the rules of the game, you can still win big... and a lot more!Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join ~70,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder and General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIp
Degenerate economy trends. The Executive orders are flying. Startups, private equity and venture capital. And our guest, Howard Lindzon, Founder of Social Leverage. NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE'S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment) Ryan Zabrowski, CFP, MSF Howard Lindzon has over 20 years of experience in both public and private market investing. He previously founded and managed the hedge fund Lindzon Capital, and is currently the founder and General Partner of the early-stage venture capital firm Social Leverage as well as the CEO at Stocktwits, the leading social platform for traders and investors. Through Social Leverage, he and his partners have been seed investors in startups like Robinhood, Beehiiv, and Manscaped to name a few. Howard was the founder of Wallstrip (acquired by CBS). Throughout his career, Howard has strongly advocated for and helped drive the decentralization and democratization of investing. He resides in Phoenix, AZ and Coronado, California. Follow @howardlindzon Learn More at http://www.ibkr.com/funds Follow @andrewhorowitz Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy - https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/tdi-strategy/ eNVESTOLOGY Info - https://envestology.com/ Stocks mentioned in this episode: (GE), (BA), (AAPL). (GOOG), (DKNG), (HOOD)
Stocktoberfest Comes Back To Coronado October 20-22, 2024 Listen & subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms. Howard Lindzon, General Partner of Social Leverage and Founder & CEO of Stocktwits, joins us to discuss the upcoming Stocktoberfest October 20-22 in Coronado, CA - a premier gathering of minds in money, investing, and technology. In this episode, Howard shares his journey in investing, entrepreneurship, media, and the many funny lessons he's learned along the way. He also provides a sneak peek into what attendees can expect at this year's Stocktoberfest. Join us in October and use the code “Howard30” for a special discount exclusive to local San Diegans.
Jake Hoselton is the CEO of Grass Clippings. Pete Wilson is the CMO of Grass Clippings. Howard Lindzon is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage.The guests talk about trying to build a new high stakes par 3 golf league.Links:2024 Grass Clippings Openhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cX0ktag2kA2024 Good Good Desert Openhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE7t7K173-UFollow the show on Twitter: https://x.com/halfkellySupport the show links:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YTMUqap_Z0D9832cOl5wYxUs16Byr6xx-iAZzrRL3VU/edit
As I mentioned when I covered how I built Wallstrip, I'm doing more origin stories over the next year. I'm covering my own projects as well as those of the ten or fifteen people from the companies I've loved and the products I've used in Web 2. There were mostly good exits, but there were also a few that we learned from. In today's episode I'm back in the hot seat covering the lessons learned from building Stocktwits in a Web 2 world. Knut and Riley join me as we talk about what worked back then, and what it will take to succeed building a company moving forward. This is a very different era. Back then money was the game in a zero interest rate world. Today I think it's more about the craft, and less about money. Do you know who your customer is? What are your margins? How are you going to make money, and how are you going to get your users? If founders and investors aren't asking those questions today, they could be looking at massive losses down the road. I hope this helps and maybe gives you a peak at what might be coming around the corner as AI seems to be eating the world right now. Enjoy! Guest - Howard Lindzon, General partner at Social Leverage and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Co-hosts - Knut Jensen and Riley Rosebee howardlindzon.com, stocktwits.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @be_rosebee @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen Rosebee.beehiiv.com linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/company/socialleverage linkedin.com/in/knutejensen #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:22) Historic look at Web 2 (01:58) Starting Stocktwits (03:25) Why I didn't wait (05:34) Creating Bloomberg on Twitter (06:54) Building the team (07:28) Coming up with the name (08:03) Raising money (09:24) The first version (12:04) Creating the branding (12:16) The cap table (15:57) Building around twitter (25:08) The cash tag (18:16) Building on our own (26:02) Early Web 2 lessons (29:56) Thoughts on AI (32:20) Valuing deals (33:56) Stocktwits culture (34:28) Predicting the future (37:57) Wrapping up (39:01) Closing thoughts (42:58)
No, you haven't entered the Twilight Zone. Yes, I'm the host of Panic with Friends, but in today's special episode, I'm the guest. My producer Knut Jensen has turned the tables and put me in the hot seat. With so many questions about how and why I started Wallstrip, I felt it was time to lay it all out. And hopefully this answers a lot of those questions. We cover the good, the bad, and the funny times building my first internet company – and how those lessons carried over when I started Stocktwits – lessons like finding the right mentor and having domain experience around an idea, and the three key ingredients: product, team and timing. It's a different spin on Panic with Friends where we're going back and telling these types of stories with our best founders, so you'll be seeing more episodes like this in the future. And of course, the big question on Wallstrip, would I do it again? You'll have to listen to find out! Guest - Howard Lindzon, General partner at Social Leverage and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Co-host - Knut Jensen howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com, stocktwits.com youtube.com/channel/UCGEU5Xa_5HKMb6gEFfGYdTw/videos Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/company/socialleverage linkedin.com/in/knutejensen #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:27) Coming up with Wallstrip (01:42) Starting with GolfNow (07:55) YouTube becomes a thing (10:27) Cold pitching Fred Wilson (11:59) Raising funds (15:08) Finding the team (18:34) The formula (22:36) Gaining traction (25:13) Would I do it again? (27:09) My ‘growth hack' (30:24) The ‘moment' it's successful (31:10) Now the pressure is on (32:36) The right kind of attention (31:54) Dealing with haters (33:56) Sell or grow (38:14) The Jim Cramer spoof (39:21) My Costanza moment (41:04) CBS acquires Wallstrip (41:30) The right people domain experience (44:29) Wrapping up (46:35) Closing thoughts (46:56)
In this episode, I'm back in the hot seat again while my producer Knut grills me on what I'm calling my ‘errors of omission'. It's part of my plan this year to cover various points in my career. Previously I've discussed details on Wallstrip and Stocktwits. Both of those episodes answered a lot of the questions I've been asked over the years. But one of the questions I'm asked most often as an investor and entrepreneur is, “Howard, what's your biggest mistake, your biggest miss?” I've been in this game for a while now – so it's a splendid idea to finally share them in a format where everyone can learn from my mistakes. I lay out my biggest errors, or what I would call errors of omission versus errors of commission, in the spirit of Bessemer Ventures “anti-portfolio” – that is some of the biggest ones they missed, like AirBnb, Coinbase, and eBay to name a few. I cover three of my biggest whiffs. It's part of the joy of investing, the irreverence, having the cojones to create a whole anti-portfolio and share it. You may have even heard of one or two of mine. Guest - Howard Lindzon, General partner at Social Leverage and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Host - Knut Jensen howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen LinkedIn: howardlindzon, socialleverage, knutejensen #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Time Stamps: Intro (00:33) Knut's biggest mistake (01:39) The anti-portfolio (02:10) Getting asked to dance (03:57) Setting the stage (05:01) First miss (06:26) Network Effects (10:20) Lesson on valuation (12:51) The next big miss (14:21) Making the same mistake (16;00) Another big miss (17:51) The lesson learned (24:58) Wrapping it up (26:38) Outro (28:18)
In this episode, Don and Joe spend time hanging out with Howard Lindzon, host of the Panic with Friends podcast and an irreverent buzz machine. Howard is a prolific blogger and serial entrepreneur and founder and general partner at Social Leverage, an eclectic seed fund. The three have fun talking, cycling, comedy, living in Canada, and investing in really interesting companies. A fun and full-ranging episode for sure.
I'm excited to finally have my friend Joe McCann on the show. He's the founder of Asymmetric, a modern-day crypto fund. Joe's probably one of the smartest people I follow on Twitter and I usually get caught up reading his monthly letters. I wanted to have Joe on the show and get his thoughts on navigating the crypto space. Nowadays most people have disdain for crypto, but the data will not go away. There's still a lot of people with significant digital assets, including myself. And at Social Leverage, we've invested in Lumida (Fund IV) – a digital asset first wealth manager. Remember, none of our conversation is investing advice, but crypto is a space you shouldn't ignore while the hype is centered on generative AI. Guest - Joe McCann, Founder, CEO, CIO at Asymmetric howardlindzon.com, asymmetric.financial Stocktwits: @joemccann Twitter: @howardlindzon, @joemccann, @goasymmetric, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/amazing-opportunity #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction. (00:36) Welcome Joe (06:11) Moving to Portland (06:29) Diving into Asymmetric (10:20) Credit Risk reminiscent of GFC (11:25) Bullish longer term (13:48) Getting in to the crypto space (13:59) Digitization of money (15:30) Open source finance (19:15) Meaningful disruption in finance (19:45) Finances' ‘Napster' moment (22:22) Crypto's Market Cap (24:17) Basic case for Bitcoin (28:18) Behavioral Finance side of crypto (31:38) Panic on real rates (33:12) Are Bank Reserves strong? (34:51) Regional Bank stress (35:15) Costs of borrowing (38:23) Addressing counterparty risk (41:38) When will the Fed ease? (44:43) Two things Joe's excited about (47:26) Wallet wars (49:05) Incorporating ChatGPT trading (50:55) Stablecoins (54:08) Wrapping up (57:27) Closing thoughts. (57:58)
Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Howard Lindzon, who is co-founder and managing partner of the early stage seed investment fund Social Leverage. Lindzon also cofounded the social network Stocktwits, which pioneered the "cashtag" and today has over 6 million monthly unique visitors; in addition, he has written several books and hosts the podcast "Panic With Friends."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Matt Ober, General Partner at Social Leverage, delves into the world of data, automation, networking, and early-stage investing.Matt shares his journey from specializing in equity derivatives at Bloomberg to hedge funds and then leveraging his expertise to navigate the complex waters of venture capital.00:00:52 Matt Ober shares his background from Bloomberg, WorldQuant, Third Point and the journey into fintech and venture capital00:02:14 Scaling WorldQuant 100x with data00:07:02 Moving to venture capital from hedge funds00:08:42 Why is data so important in fintech - access to information... and financial markets?00:09:56 AI is the next frontier00:14:52 What are the opportunities in fintech and web300:16:34 Opportunities in wealthtech00:18:09 Exciting areas for people in their studies or early careers to focus on in fintech and web300:19:14 No such thing as the perfect job00:20:09 Networking as a superpower - social leverage00:21:18 Follow the laws of karma as you go through your career00:22:28 Generalist versus specialist00:25:46 Always be learning00:26:55 Investing in people at seed stage startups00:28:29 Summary Read Matt's insight's here https://mirror.xyz/workinfintech.ethCheck out our website: https://workinfintech.com/ and subscribe to our mailing list to hear more about opportunities in fintech and web3Follow our socials: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/work-in-fintech-global/Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorkinFintechYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdS4bYoCXaHVgfVm6syUrDwNFT newsletter: https://futureloop.com/thefutureofnfts
I'm excited to have another one of our portfolio company founders on this episode of Panic. Oana is the founder and CEO of Sequel.io, which allows organizations of all sizes to host live events and webinars right on their own website. It's a no-code solution that lets marketers turn live video into leads by embedding events on their own websites. Coming from a marketing background at HP, Oana launched Sequel.io shortly before the pandemic to solve her own marketing pain points. And she's building quite a juggernaut in the live-video space. Part of the fun in being a seed investor is using many of the products in the portfolio early. We've used Sequel.io's solutions at our first post-pandemic Palooza in 2022, and again at Palooza in 2023. As many long-term subscribers know, I'm also using the platform from our portfolio company beehiiv for my daily blog posts. You might say I'm ‘eating our own cooking' – it's all part of investing for profit and joy. You'll learn a lot from this episode. Enjoy! Guest - Oana Manolache, Founder and CEO at Sequel.io howardlindzon.com, sequel.io Twitter: @howardlindzon, @Omanolache, @sequel_io, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/oana-m-manolache/ #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:32) Welcome Oana (08:44) Origin of Sequel (09:24) Importance of staying on platform (12:06) Building through the pandemic (13:57) Putting yourself in the customer's shoes (17:58) Perfect size company for Sequel (19:35) Game Changer series (20:56) Building AI with the customer in mind (22:55) Building a culture with a remote sales team (24:31) Dealing with large competitors (26:19) Challenges to remote work (28:09) The Bay Area and startup scene worldwide (29:58) Balancing digital and physical (32:37) Working with Social Leverage (33:26) Leading with Content (35:01) Wrapping up (36:27) Closing thoughts (36:58)
In this episode, I'm back in the hot seat again while my producer Knut grills me on what I'm calling my ‘errors of omission'. It's part of my plan this year to cover various points in my career. Previously I've discussed details on Wallstrip and Stocktwits. Both of those episodes answered a lot of the questions I've been asked over the years. But one of the questions I'm asked most often as an investor and entrepreneur is, “Howard, what's your biggest mistake, your biggest miss?” I've been in this game for a while now – so it's a splendid idea to finally share them in a format where everyone can learn from my mistakes. I lay out my biggest errors, or what I would call errors of omission versus errors of commission, in the spirit of Bessemer Ventures “anti-portfolio” – that is some of the biggest ones they missed, like AirBnb, Coinbase, and eBay to name a few. I cover three of my biggest whiffs. It's part of the joy of investing, the irreverence, having the cojones to create a whole anti-portfolio and share it. You may have even heard of one or two of mine. Guest - Howard Lindzon, General partner at Social Leverage and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Co-host - Knut Jensen howardlindzon.com, stocktwits.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/company/socialleverage linkedin.com/in/knutejensen #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction. (00:33) Knut's biggest mistake (01:39) The anti-portfolio (02:10) Getting asked to dance (03:57) Setting the stage (05:01) First miss (06:26) Network Effects (10:20) Lesson on valuation (12:51) The next big miss (14:21) Making the same mistake (16:00) Another big miss (17:51) The lesson learned (24:58) Wrapping it up. (26:38) Closing thoughts. (28:18)
As I mentioned when I covered how I built Wallstrip, I'm doing more origin stories over the next year. I'm covering my own projects as well as those of the ten or fifteen people from the companies I've loved and the products I've used in Web 2. There were mostly good exits, but there were also a few that we learned from. In today's episode I'm back in the hot seat covering the lessons learned from building Stocktwits in a Web 2 world. Knut and Riley join me as we talk about what worked back then, and what it will take to succeed building a company moving forward. This is a very different era. Back then money was the game in a zero interest rate world. Today I think it's more about the craft, and less about money. Do you know who your customer is? What are your margins? How are you going to make money, and how are you going to get your users? If founders and investors aren't asking those questions today, they could be looking at massive losses down the road. I hope this helps and maybe gives you a peak at what might be coming around the corner as AI seems to be eating the world right now. Enjoy! Guest - Howard Lindzon, General partner at Social Leverage and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Co-hosts - Knut Jensen and Riley Rosebee howardlindzon.com, stocktwits.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @be_rosebee @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen Rosebee.beehiiv.com linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/company/socialleverage linkedin.com/in/knutejensen #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:22) Historic look at Web 2 (01:58) Starting Stocktwits (03:25) Why I didn't wait (05:34) Creating Bloomberg on Twitter (06:54) Building the team (07:28) Coming up with the name (08:03) Raising money (09:24) The first version (12:04) Creating the branding (12:16) The cap table (15:57) Building around twitter (25:08) The cash tag (18:16) Building on our own (26:02) Early Web 2 lessons (29:56) Thoughts on AI (32:20) Valuing deals (33:56) Stocktwits culture (34:28) Predicting the future (37:57) Wrapping up (39:01) Closing thoughts (42:58)
Miguel Armaza sits down with the very genuine Rob Petrozzo, Co-Founder and CPO of Rally, an alternative investing platform for blue-chip and digital collectibles, including classic cars, sports memorabilia, watches, and NFTs, totaling over 400 assets in 19+ different categories.Founded back in 2016, Rally has grown to half a million users, actively finds, manages, and fractionalizes some of the most important collectibles and museum-grade items in the world, including vintage wine and dinosaur fossils. Although I recorded the interview from Rally's offices, unfortunately, I could NOT taste some of those top wines! They're backed by Alexis Ohanian, Anthemis, Porche Ventures, Social Leverage, Upfront and many more.We discuss:The fascinating world of collectibles. How does Rally find and secure some of the most incredible items in the world?Power of community and how Rally actively incorporates client feedback into product design and company strategyThe intersection between collectibles and digital assets like NFTsFunder mistakes from the early days of Rally… and a lot more! Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Do you prefer a written summary, instead? Check out the Fintech Leaders newsletter and join 50,000+ readers and listeners worldwide!Miguel Armaza is Co-Founder & Managing General Partner of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas. He also hosts and writes the Fintech Leaders podcast and newsletter.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIpqp
No, you haven't entered the Twilight Zone. Yes, I'm the host of Panic with Friends, but in today's special episode, I'm the guest. My producer Knut Jensen has turned the tables and put me in the hot seat. With so many questions about how and why I started Wallstrip, I felt it was time to lay it all out. And hopefully this answers a lot of those questions. We cover the good, the bad, and the funny times building my first internet company – and how those lessons carried over when I started Stocktwits – lessons like finding the right mentor and having domain experience around an idea, and the three key ingredients: product, team and timing. It's a different spin on Panic with Friends where we're going back and telling these types of stories with our best founders, so you'll be seeing more episodes like this in the future. And of course, the big question on Wallstrip, would I do it again? You'll have to listen to find out! Guest - Howard Lindzon, General partner at Social Leverage and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com youtube.com/channel/UCGEU5Xa_5HKMb6gEFfGYdTw/videos Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/company/socialleverage linkedin.com/in/knutejensen #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:27) Coming up with Wallstrip (01:42) Starting with GolfNow (07:55) YouTube becomes a thing (10:27) Cold pitching Fred Wilson (11:59) Raising funds (15:08) Finding the team (18:34) The formula (22:36) Gaining traction (25:13) Would I do it again? (27:09) My ‘growth hack' (30:24) The ‘moment' it's successful (31:10) Now the pressure is on (32:36) The right kind of attention (31:54) Dealing with haters (33:56) Sell or grow (38:14) The Jim Cramer spoof (39:21) My Costanza moment (41:04) CBS acquires Wallstrip (41:30) The right people domain experience (44:29) Wrapping up (46:35) Closing thoughts (46:56)
The stock market continued to rally on Monday, pushing higher from Friday's big gains with the technology sector leading the way. At the time of this writing, the Nasdaq Composite is up 1.67%. On today's show, Jared Dillian, editor of The Daily Dirtnap newsletter, joins Ash Bennington to discuss the overall market sentiment, why he's monitoring Tesla ($TSLA), and how he's positioning his portfolio for the months ahead. We also hear from Howard Lindzon, general partner at venture capital firm Social Leverage, who explains why he's worried about growth in 2023. Watch the entire interview here: https://rvtv.io/3k2caLi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The stock market continued to rally on Monday, pushing higher from Friday's big gains with the technology sector leading the way. At the time of this writing, the Nasdaq Composite is up 1.67%. On today's show, Jared Dillian, editor of The Daily Dirtnap newsletter, joins Ash Bennington to discuss the overall market sentiment, why he's monitoring Tesla ($TSLA), and how he's positioning his portfolio for the months ahead. We also hear from Howard Lindzon, general partner at venture capital firm Social Leverage, who explains why he's worried about growth in 2023. Watch the entire interview here: https://rvtv.io/3k2caLi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode I sit down with my producer Knut Jensen to take a look ahead as we turn the calendar to 2023. Knut's panicked about his portfolio, and we sift the current landscape to find some reasons to be optimistic, though I'm not even sure I want to look back at 2022 – everything made sense, and nothing made sense. The biggest story happened towards the end; that was crypto and fraud. But my job here at Panic with Friends is to keep talking to really smart people and stay an inch ahead, a week ahead, a month ahead of where the trends are. We have to get back to the fundamentals, pick ourselves up and push forward into the new year. So it's a good time to turn the page, clean things up, and start fresh. Host - Howard Lindzon, Managing Partner at Social Leverage, and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Sidekick - Knut Jensen, Producer of Panic With Friends Podcast howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @socialLeverage, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/in/knutejensen linkedin.com/company/socialleverage #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:15) Weighing in on FTX (02:26) Need for regulation (03:38) What worked (05:58) Bears outnumber Bulls (06:25) Addressing fraud (08:22) What's the next bull market look like? (09:57) Projecting the next trend (12:12) Where we go in 2023 (15:01) What are the catalysts? (16:06) Board governance matters (18:45) Spotting trends (19:40) Historical context of Big Tech (21:56) Consumer excitement moving into 2023? (23:35) Big Tech overlords (25:20) What excites Howard (27:55) Going after Apple, Google, etc (30:05) Filter failure (34:58) Wrapping up (35:52) Closing thoughts (39:02)
(Recorded November 2021) This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Howard Lindzon, General Partner at Social Leverage and Co-Founder of StockTwits. They talk about friendly British ghosts, the case of the missing “puffy pants,” shorting $TSLA (heh), and the only two words you need to sustain a 26-year marriage.You can find Howard on Twitter at twitter.com/howardlindzo and Alexis at twitter.com/yayalexisgay or instagram.com/yayalexisgay and twitter.com/NonTechnicalPod. You can also sign up for Alexis's email list at https://bit.ly/hellofromalexis to stay tuned for upcoming stand up shows and other exciting announcements.
The past three years have been unprecedented on many levels. For investors and venture capital in particular, rising interest rates, hyper competitiveness and the speed of innovation have changed the game.It's the end of an era, says Howard Lindzon, Founding Managing Partner of Social Leverage, an early stage seed investment fund, and co-founder of Stocktwits, a social network for investors and traders.“The world is smaller today. You are not going to see an Uber that goes into China in its second year. You are going to see valuation compression and a lot of money chasing fewer big ideas," he says.In today's episode, Howard tells Jamie and Ana why he started Stocktwits (“Twitter for stocks" as he describes it); what he looks for in a potential investment; why he focuses on seed stage companies; trends to watch in 2023; and why we need to mentor Gen Z and not criticize them.You can find show notes and other information at CarsonGroup.com/Framework
My subject for today is governance, a pet peeve of mine. The lack of governance this funding cycle hasn't been a good thing. We've got a lot of young people who've received capital and don't know how to structure governance, prepare a board deck, or interact with their advisors and investors. Most of us learned from doing, and this generation will learn too; but when you put a lot of money in people's hands you need to have governance, something we're seeing more of with the WeWork breakdown and the FTX fraud. To stem this, we have to create tools and software that makes the process of governance tenable. My guest is Surfboard (Social Leverage Fund IV) founder and CEO Chuhan Wang. Her mission is to help founders, boards, and advisors stay in the loop with a better system for communication, board deck access and retrieval, and compilation – the overall world of corporate governance. Chuhan's vision is to empower founders for success by responsibly harnessing the power of their boards and investors. With founders emerging from all corners of the world, and remote work being a trend, her modern board and investor experience will spark innovation in the next generation of founders. Guest - Chuhan Wang, Founder and CEO at Surfboard howardlindzon.com, surfboard.team Twitter: @howardlindzon, @therealchuhan, @TeamSurfboard, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/chuhan-wang #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:42) Welcome Chuhan (08:22) What is Surfboard? (09:21) Weighing in on FTX (13:04) Running a Board (14:11) Empowering founders (17:40) Finding Social Leverage (18:31) Working with Social Leverage (19:48) Valuing at seed (22:43) Starting a board early (24:31) Signing up for Surfboard (25:43) The Surfboard team (28:50) A good time for governance (30:02) Brad Feld (34:14) Now is the time to build (36:36) Wrapping up (37:09) An opportunity to start again (36:31) Closing thoughts (40:56)
Normally on Panic I'm talking with investors, venture capitalists, traders, and entrepreneurs, but on today's episode I'm bringing on professional golfer Anne van Dam. Her manager is a good friend of mine who discovered her back in her teens, and now she's an LP in Social Leverage. We get into some investment talk with her interest in real estate and cover Colony Cooks, a ghost kitchen and virtual restaurant in Los Angeles founded by her boyfriend. Anne discusses her favorite places to visit, her favorite golf courses, and of course getting Social Leverage on her bag. She's not superstitious, but with Social Leverage in her corner, I'm predicting victories this year for her on tour. Anne has a good head on her shoulders and knows what she wants to do. I hope you're as inspired by our conversation as I was. I'm looking forward to a round with her the next time she's in Phoenix. Knut has offered to caddie for me. Guest - Anne van Dam, Pro Golfer at LPGA howardlindzon.com, annevandam.com, lpga.com, ladieseuropeantour.com, colonycooks.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @Annevandam, @LPGA, @letgolf @knutjensen Instagram: @annievdam, @letgolf, @LPGA_tour #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:34) Howard jinxes Phil Mickelson (04:52) Welcome Anne (06:53) How do you pronounce Knut? (07:14) Anne's favorite city (07:32) Anne's favorite golf course (08:34) The pedal mafia (09:15) Anne's favorite US golf course (10:13) Anne's golf hero (10:56) Dealing with nerves (12:48) Winning her first tournament (15:18) LPGA prize money (16:17) Men's tour v. Women's tour (18:18) Working with sponsors (19:14) Getting started in investing (21:56) Colony Cooks ghost kitchen (25:08) Bullish on golf (27:36) The fitness side of golf (29:38) Golf superstitions (35:32) Wrapping up (37:44) Closing thoughts (38:42)
On today's show we welcome special guest, Social Leverage Founder Howard Lindzon. Social Leverage is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage and seed-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries. On the show, Howard discusses: How he initially got into investing and what is appealing about early-stage investing Key lessons learned from hits hits and misses within startups, angel investing and venture capital What he thinks is in store for NFTs, crypto and web3 in the future His thoughts on the current market environment And more
I'm excited to have Bobby Matson, founder and CEO of Payitoff.io, back on the podcast. The last time he was on the show was in April of 2020, less than a month into the global COVID panic. Since then, 45 million plus Americans with student debt have kicked the can down the road. Until now. Bobby is a self-taught coder. He and his wife had student loan debt to deal with, so they built a product called Payitoff.io to help sort it out. Their API allows financial apps to empower borrowers with ways to assess and address their student debt while freeing up cash to invest or spend. And while there's been a “pause” in repayment, student debt did not go away. The problem was just brushed aside for a couple of years. During those few years, Bobby and his team went and built other debt API products. But as repayments are starting up again, the “phones have been ringing off the hook” as everybody tries to catch up. Bobby and his team stayed in the game, didn't overspend their VC money, and kept things under control. Full disclosure – Social Leverage is an investor in Payitoff.io Guest - Bobby Matson, Founder and CEO of payitoff.io howardlindzon.com, payitoff.io Twitter: @howardlindzon, @bomatson, @payitoffapp, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/bobbymatson #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction (00:44) Welcome Bobby (08:08) What is Payitoff? (08:36) COVID hits (10:35) Demonstrating category leadership (13:34) A good type of panic (15:36) Product & Execution (16:34) Domain experience & problem solving (17:36) Debt relief options (19:26) Use case solutions (20:09) Expanding beyond student loans (24:44) Self-taught coder (25:48) Learning to build companies (27:09) Trapped with debt (29:48) Navigating student loan relief (31:33) Avoiding channel conflict (37:31) Building the Enterprise (40:56) Tailwinds come full circle (43:17) Rising interest rates & consolidation (43:31) Wrapping up (43:49) Closing thoughts (44:33)
Don't miss out on the next WeAreLATech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://wearelatech.com/podcastWelcome to WeAreLATech's Los Angeles Tech Community Spotlight! “Tyler Denk of Beehiiv”WeAreLATech Podcast is a WeAreTech.fm production.To support our podcast go to http://wearelatech.com/believe To be featured on the podcast go to http://wearelatech.com/feature-your-la-startup/Want to be featured in the WeAreLATech Community? Create your profile here http://wearelatech.com/communityHost,Espree Devorahttps://twitter.com/espreedevorahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/espreeGuest,Tyler Denkhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-denkhttps://twitter.com/denk_tweetsListener Spotlight, Joseph Holguin http://josephholguin.comFor a calendar of all LA Startup events go to, http://WeAreLATech.comTo further immerse yourself into the LA Tech community go to http://wearelatech.com/vipLinks Mentioned:Beehiiv, https://www.beehiiv.com/Morning Brew, https://www.morningbrew.com/dailyMail Chimp, https://mailchimp.com/Social Leverage, https://www.socialleverage.com/Sequoia Capital, https://www.sequoiacap.com/Snapchat, https://www.snapchat.com/Linear, https://linear.app/Growth Currency, https://growthcurrency.substack.com/People Mentioned:James Clear, https://jamesclear.com/Jake Zuke, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakezukeBen Marx, https://mobile.twitter.com/karlsjuniorCredits:Produced and Hosted by Espree Devora, http://espreedevora.comStory Produced, Edited and Mastered by Cory Jennings, https://www.coryjennings.com/Production and Voiceover by Adam Carroll, http://www.ariacreative.ca/Team support by Janice GeronimoMusic by Jay Huffman, https://soundcloud.com/jayhuffmanShort Title: Tyler Denk
Sign up for my Daily Fintech or Daily Digital Banking Newsletters here. Check out my latest podcast episode below: Welcome to a new episode of your daily FinTech podcast! NEWS HIGHLIGHT Not every company is struggling in this downturn. Despite a cooling market, corporate spend management startup Ramp reports that it has more than doubled its revenue run rate since the start of the year. FINTECH NEWS #donedeal Atlantic Money secured an additional injection of $3M seed capital to accelerate its growth having recently received its EU license. Link here. TomoCredit raised $22 million in a Series B funding round joined by Morgan Stanley's Next Level Fund and Mastercard. Link here. Fairbanc raised $4.8 million in pre-Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures. Link here. Portage Ventures closed on $655 million for its third flagship fund, its largest to date. Link here Covey closed a $2.5M seed round led by Social Leverage and Portage Ventures with participation from Cue Ball and BoxOne. Link here. #fintechinnovation Airwallex launched its Online Payments App on Shopify. Link here.
Today's guest, Matt Ober, is a really good friend of mine. We laugh about everything – but now we're laughing on the same team, which is the best. Matt joined Social Leverage as a GP a few months ago – and he's the upgrade we've needed to think about the future as the surface of tech continues to expand. Matt was most recently the Chief Data Scientist at Third Point. Prior to that he was head of Data Strategy at WorldQuant and part of the WorldQuant Ventures founding team focused on private investments. Matt is based out of New York City, which gives us boots on the ground there as the web evolves into the next web. He's also started his own company, which we talk a little bit about; I'm always excited to have people on our team who have companies – it keeps the entrepreneurial juices flowing. Matt is wicked smart and knows the business. We overachieved by bringing him on board. He's got all the gifts – he knows how to be social, and how to ask the right questions. Guest - Matt Ober, General Partner at Social Leverage howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @obermattj, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/matt-ober-caia-b2469214 #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction. (00:39) Welcome Matt. (05:19) Working with Social Leverage (06:41) Starting out at Bloomberg (07:18) Responding to a Craigslist ad (08:07) No information overload, only filter failure (09:33) Learning the startup business (11:07) Good rabbit holes and bad rabbit holes (12:40) Working with Dan Loeb at Third Point (13:51) Getting into crypto (15:12) Why crypto is enticing to smart people (17:02) Matt's startup (18:01) Consistent returns on the quant side (21:19) More freedom with a smaller firm (23:00) Concentration v. 1,000s of positions (24:17) Geography matters less now (25:02) Leveraging web3 to build the future (25:20) Talent migration (27:02) The next generation of digital natives (27:15) Staying connected by disconnecting (28:04) What Matt reads to stay ahead (30:27) It's data, content, filters, and your network (33:29) Wrapping up (35:06) Closing thoughts. (39:44)
Investor, advisor, and Twitter provocateur Howard Lindzon and Rally's own Rob Petrozzo spend an hour catching up — touching on everything from comedy to Chipotle to Tik Tok. Howard is the co-founder of StockTwits and founder of Social Leverage, where he's invested in Robinhood, Koyfin, Manscaped, and Rally.
In this episode my good friend Ryan Spoon makes his Panic debut. We've known each other forever on the internet and met in person about seven years ago when Greg Bettinelliintroduced us at the Upfront conference. Ryan is a great connector – a super connector; and a platinum Social Leverage investor in all of our funds. Ryan is an operator extraordinaire. He was a senior vice president of digital and social at ESPN for eight years. He's seen growth, he knows sports, he knows mobile, he knows entertainment. And now he's the COO of Sorare – the intersection of fantasy sports, blockchain, and community. You've heard me say it often: the world needs operators. Everybody can start a company, everybody has an idea, and until a few months ago, everybody could raise money; put all this together and no one knows what the hell they're doing and what we need are operators. Guest - Ryan Spoon, COO at Sorare howardlindzon.com, sorare.com, sorare.com/blog, Twitter: @howardlindzon, @ryanspoon, @sorare, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/ryanspoon linkedin.com/company/sorare/ #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: Introduction and a guest appearance by former President Donald Trump (00:40) Welcome Ryan Spoon to Panic with Friends (06:16) Ryan explains what it means to be a great “operator” (07:01) Why Ryan was attracted to Sorare - the NFT based fantasy sports gaming company (08:42) How Ryan met the Sorare founders through Benchmark (12:03) What Ryan has had to learn about crypto and why there's still much to learn (14:11) The role of NFTs within fantasy sports (15:44) How to get started and the onboarding experience (18:11) Leveraging soccers global reach (19:41) Why adding baseball is a no-brainer (25:14) How professional athletes increase fandom and engagement (28:55) Teaching your kids about investing (32:17) Gambling - everything is regulated but kids can YOLO their last $200 of food money over the weekend (34:26) What worries Ryan in 2022 coming out of COVID (38:03) What is it about the holy grail of data that keeps Ryan excited (40:48) Why Ryan is bonkers over Sleep 8 and getting a good night's sleep (42:13) How Benchmark and Sorare found each other (47:00) Wrapping up and closing thoughts (47:57)
The portfolio is dropping but we're not stopping. We have a special guest, Howard Lindzon of Social Leverage, to talk about $TWTR and the state of private/public markets. Check out our Mr. Market newsletter for more content on the Elon Musk-Twitter debacle.
I haven't met today's guest in person, yet I consider him a brother. He's a master of business development. He's a master at brand. Sina has seen inside the belly of the beast as Robinhood's first head of crypto during a period of hyper growth where millions are signing up and you have to hold on just to stay alive. Prior to that, he co-founded one of the earliest crypto fund of funds. But he started his career on the dark side with Morgan Stanley, and later Credit Suisse. Now Sina is performing magic in the fast-paced world of crypto on behalf of FTX. He got his BA from UC Berkeley and an MBA from USC. Needless to say, Sina will be a regular on Panic with Friends. Guest - Sina Nader, Head of Partnerships at FTX.US howardlindzon.com, FTX.US Twitter: @howardlindzon, @PanicwFriends, @FTX_US, @SinaNader33, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/sinanader #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: (00:48) – Intro (05:39) – Welcome Sina (07:42) – Crypto Fund of Funds (12:17) – 96 percent of the world still isn't in Crypto (14:37) – Bitcoin as a seat at the table (Carl Icahn) (16:45) – Genesis of a Super Bowl Commercial (22:51) – Pitching Larry David (25:20) – A "spreadsheet in the sky" (38:04) – Connecting with SBF (41:54) – Keeping the momentum going (50:37) – The importance of compliance and regulation (55:45) – Wrapping it up (56:38) – Closing thoughts
The markets are in turmoil, and while this is an evergreen podcast, I thought it was important to put this episode out now and address what's currently going on in the markets because we're having our first real Panic since March of 2020. We kept our cool back then, but this panic we're in now is very focused on a specific group of companies. It's mainly focused on technology companies that are doing well, but are just overvalued. Host - Howard Lindzon, Managing Partner at Social Leverage, and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast Co-Host - Knut Jensen, Sidekick and Producer of Panic With Friends Podcast howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @socialLeverage, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/in/knutejensen linkedin.com/company/socialleverage Odd Lots podcast with Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: (00:42) - Intro (03:27) - Listener questions (04:13) - For any Whoop employees listening (04:28) - What is the Great Roundtrip and what can we learn from it? (05:46) - Poster child ARK's Cathie Wood (06:29) - The FANG stayed intact for the most part (07:26) - We don't have a full market crash (08:22) - Great investors will find the companies that emerge (08:51) - Cloudflare, Shopify, and Zoom (09:48) - 8 to 80 brands with great margins (11:24) - Are the markets as connected as I thought? (11:44) - Private markets acting more efficiently than public (12:31) - Public market equivalent selloff of 50, 60, 70 percent (14:16) - A nasty correction in pricing for private companies (15:11) - Eventually these are connected markets (15:38) - What excites me moving forward (16:00) - Tech outperforms over the long haul (16:44) - If energy stays up, high tech will win (17:07) - Figuring out how to get rid of carbon (17:31) - While everybody chases energy, tech will win the day (18:11) - Tech stocks are not 1999 (21:45) - We need balance, but the show is about trends (22:07) - Closing thoughts
It's been a terrible few months for growth stocks. Small, unprofitable tech companies have crashed. SPACs have gotten crushed. Recent IPOs got crushed. And even the FANGs are way off their old highs. Of course, we don't have very much visibility into what's happening in private markets, so we only have anecdotes and inferences. But what's the big story? And is this the start of a big change? On this episode, we speak to Howard Lindzon, a GP at Social Leverage and the co-founder of Stocktwits, to get a sense of what's really going on. Howard launched a SPAC last year, does public market stock investing, as well as private VC investing, so he really knows the whole space very well. He discusses multiple reasons why tech turned rapidly, and why it might be awhile before it all bounces back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's 2022 and the memes will go on, but hopefully investors will get wiser and smarter. But a world in which energy is the best performing asset bores the hell out of me, so I decided to bring Justin Reis of Watchbox back for a second round of Panic. He's quickly becoming one of my favorite guests. I've long been fascinated by all things watches, and Justin is my go-to expert on buying, selling, and trading pre-owned luxury watches. I hope you enjoy our chat on creating value through the power of community and passion. (Full disclosure: Social Leverage is an investor in Watchbox through a single purpose vehicle.) Guest - Justin Reis, Co-Founder and Global CEO at WatchBox howardlindzon.com, thewatchbox.com Twitter: @PanicwFriends, @howardlindzon, @watchbox_global, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/justin-reis-633925188 #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: (00:11) – Show intro (03:16) – Introducing Justin (04:23) – The macro environment (06:05) – Changes in market conditions (06:56) – Average selling prices on Watchbox (10:06) – Bringing liquidity through a store of value (11:16) – Leveraging Brand Equity (13:19) – Building trust through community (16:34) – The pop-up model meets high-end retail (17:43) – Customer retention and building loyalty (26:11) – Looking at the underlying trends (28:45) – It isn't fun if you can't share the passion (30:16) – Size of the primary and secondary watch market (33:10) – The best watch for the beginning collector (35:02) – Howard's home address and safe combination (36:50) – Limited production timepieces (39:01) – Pros and cons of running a public company (40:13) – Your mom probably listens to Panic with Friends (43:03) – The value creation inherent in community (44:06) – Closing thoughts
This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Howard Lindzon, General Partner at Social Leverage and Co-Founder of StockTwits. They talk about friendly British ghosts, the case of the missing “puffy pants,” shorting $TSLA (heh), and the only two words you need to sustain a 26-year marriage.You can find Howard on Twitter at twitter.com/howardlindzon and Alexis at twitter.com/yayalexisgay or instagram.com/yayalexisgay and twitter.com/NonTechnicalPod.This episode is sponsored by Modern Treasury! Modern Treasury makes APIs to help companies build products that move money. Psst! They're hiring: moderntreasury.com/careers
It's our last Panic of 2021. Knut and I take a look at what's coming in 2022. But you can't look ahead without taking a look back, so we discuss what we've learned from traders and investors and operators over the past year; and some themes like Miami, NFTs, TANG, Crypto, tiny bubbles, and speculation is entertainment. Looking ahead at the new version of the web, web3 or whatever you want to call it, it's more than just ‘decentralization' and the blockchain. We'll need great companies that will be defined by skilled operators. Hosts - Howard Lindzon, Managing Partner at Social Leverage, and Host of Panic With Friends Podcast. Knut Jensen, Sidekick and Producer of Panic With Friends Podcast howardlindzon.com, socialleverage.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @SocialLeverage, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon linkedin.com/in/knutejensen linkedin.com/company/socialleverage #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
Gary Benitt is a managing partner at Social Leverage, a $99M seed fund with investments that include Robinhood, Rally Road, Kustomer and more. Gary is a serial entrepreneur who likes to invest early and lean in.
Today's guest is Rob Petrozzo. He's the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Rally. I'm a seed investor in Rally through Social Leverage going way back, and Rob knows his topic so well. He's a marketing culture person. I'm not saying you can't learn this stuff, but it really just oozes out of his skin. Collectibles are 'right now'; and it's just opened up to the masses. It feels like it's on a rocketship about to take off. There's big money looking for the best in class and finding their way back to historic rarities. That on-ramp now exists for everyone at Rally. Guest - Rob Petrozzo, Co-Founder and CPO at Rally howardlindzon.com, rallyrd.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @robpetrozzo, @OnRallyRd, @knutjensen @jetstarcapital linkedin.com/in/robpetrozzo #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
In this week's episode, I brought on Vinny Lingham – an entrepreneur, founder, prolific crypto investor, and decentralization pied piper. Vinny is an old friend who I first met back at a fintech conference in Ireland. We quickly hit it off after a round of golf and idea pitching. He has been in the crypto space since the beginning and has even been called a crypto ‘oracle' due to his accurate bitcoin predictions. I figured he would be the perfect person to catch up with and get a point of view from following the recent epic crash in crypto. Vinny puts his crypto knowledge to use as co-founder and CEO of Civic, a blockchain-powered tech company that Social Leverage was also an early investor in. I truly believe in Vinny and the work he's doing. In addition to his work at Civic, Vinny is a general partner at Multicoin Capital (a name you may recognize from past Panic guest Kyle Samani) and co-founder of the South African VC Newtown Partners. In this episode, Vinny and I talk about decentralization, crypto, the long-term scalability of bitcoin, blockchain, virtual intelligence, data privacy, and more. Enjoy! Guest - Vinny Lingham, CEO & Co-Founder of Civic howardlindzon.com, civic.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @VinnyLingham, @civickey, @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17 https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinnylingham https://www.linkedin.com/companies/civic-technologies #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
Andreessen Horowitz has launched its Crypto Fund III, a dedicated $2.2B fund for blockchain startups in their early to late stages. The VC firm has been investing in crypto since 2013 from its dedicated crypto fund. The previous crypto fund, Crypto Fund II, had come out last year.JW Player has raised $100M in a Series E funding round. Last month, this video software and data insights platform acquired live and on-demand video streaming provider Vualto. The proceeds from this fund would be used to accelerate its product innovation and to build its team.Tonkean, a business operation automation startup, has announced its $50 million Series B funding, led by Accel. The company would use its proceeds to scale its hiring process across engineering and go-to-market teams and invest in its no-code orchestration platform for business operations.Firebolt, an Israeli cloud data warehousing platform, raised $127 million in a Series B financing round. According to the company, its SQL-based solution is up to 182 times faster than existing data warehouses and is based on academic research that has yet to be applied. Its clients are already cloud-native, Big Data organizations, so it's not trying to convert them; instead, it's collaborating with those who are already there.California-based env0, a self-service cloud management platform for collaborative remote-run workflow management, has announced its $17 million Series A fundraise, led by Microsoft's Venture Fund – M12. Existing investors, Boldstart Ventures, Grove Ventures, and Crescendo Ventures, participated in the funding round. In a statement to the press, env0 stated that the funds would be used to expand its infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform, accelerate visibility, predictability and governance of cloud deployments. The funding comes amid growing demand for IaC.San Francisco-based Sanity, a structured content platform provider, has announced a $39 million Series B funding, led by ICONIQ Growth. Lead Edge Capital and existing investors – Threshold Ventures, Heavybit Industries, Alliance Venture, and Monochrome Capital- participated in the round.Illumio, a SaaS startup that provides automated cyberattack enforcement, has received $225 million in a Series F round headed by Thoma Bravo. The money will be used to grow the company's field operations and network of channel partners and develop, engineer, and produce new products. Illumio's solution is used by more than 10% of Fortune 100 companies, including Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas SA, and Salesforce, to secure their data centers, networks, and other applications.Legatics, a legal IT firm located in London, has received a USD 4.2 million growth capital investment from Mobeus. Legatics will welcome Joe Krancki, a Mobeus investor, to its board of directors. Mr. Seale launched Legatics in 2015 to revolutionize legal transactions by allowing deal teams to collaborate and close agreements in an interactive online environment. Since its inception, Legatics has been utilized by over 1,500 organizations, with more than half of the world's leading banking and finance law firms purchasing the software.Unicorn India Ventures led a $500,000 seed funding round for WINDO, a social commerce startup. WINDO is an Instagram commerce software company that assists small businesses and solopreneurs leverage consumer migration to Instagram. The Bengaluru-based company wants to be a one-stop-shop for businesses, letting them handle everything from the WINDO app, including centralization.ApnaKlub, a social commerce platform, has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Series A round led by Whiteboard Capital and Blume Ventures. The Bengaluru-based business, founded in 2020 by Harvard Business School alumni Shruti and Manish Kumar. ApanKlub claims to have served 2500+ partners over 4500 pin codes in just seven months. Classplus, a B2B educational technology firm, has secured $65 million in a Series C investment round headed by Tiger Global. Classplus, located in Noida, is a mobile-first SaaS platform that uses an app to make material distribution, payments, communication, and online assessments easier for private coaching schools and their teachers. With over 80% of users originating from Tier-II India, the firm claims that educators' total profitability rises by 2x to 3x after six months of joining the network. Gotrade, a company that aims to remove cost barriers involved in investing in US stocks, has come out of its stealth mode, raising $7 million in a seed round fund led by LocalGlobe. Social Leverage, Y Combinator, Picus Capital and Raptor Group, participated in the round. Gotrade is now available to users from 150 countries.
Welcome to our fifth News(ish) Breakdown with https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-crusan-davis/ (Lindsay Davis) andhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zachpettet/ ( Zach Anderson Pettet). Lindsay is the Head of Markets at https://atomic.financial/ (Atomic) and an all around fintech expert. https://twitter.com/robpetrozzo (Rob Petrozzo), Chief Product Officer at https://rallyrd.com/ (Rally), joins us to help break down the news of the week. This week we're covering Rally's $30 million Series B, non-fungible tokens (NFTS), and the Rally Rd. ahead to bring Wall Street to the main street. The news: $30 million Series B funding led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Upfront Ventures, Social Leverage, and others. Additionally, Rally has secured a $50M debt facility from Upper90 Capital to allow the company to efficiently offer one-of-a-kind assets across all categories.
Not only are we on the heels of our 150th episode, but we’re bringing in a new face (or rather voice) to join Knut and me in hosting Panic with Friends – Nikita Arora. Nikita is a fellow Canadian working at Social Leverage in a Principal role helping us as we raise fund four and grow our firm. In this episode of Panic, entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Zerodha Nithin Kamath calls in and joins us all the way from Bengaluru, india. Nithin spent over a decade trading the markets for a living since he was 17 years old. After feeling the fatigue of day trading, Nithin started his company Zerodha with the intention of being a catalyst for change and started a brokerage firm that traders didn't have. Zerodha focuses on building the best tools and services for traders and investors in India. In short, Zerodha basically puts Robinhood to shame. On top of the amazing work Nithin does at Zerodha, he’s also a great person to look to for thought leadership. You can check out his views and insights in building businesses and trading the markets through his podcasts, social media, and blog posts over on his website. In this episode, the Social Leverage team and I talk with Nithin about trading in indian markets, entrepreneurship, his company and their overall strategy, crypto, India’s COVID crisis and more. Enjoy! Guest - Nithin Kamath, Founder and CEO at Zerodha howardlindzon.com, xerodha.com, rainmatter.org Twitter: @howardlindzon, @Nithin0dha, @zerodhaonline, @Rainmatterin, @knutjensen, @Nikita_Arora17 linkedin.com/in/nithin-kamath-81136242 #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
In this episode I had the pleasure of bringing on Katherine Rosa, a great investor, advisor and friend. Katherine is the former Global Head of Alternative Investments at JP Morgan and a current Board Member for Social Leverage’s SPAC. She has been in the banking world for quite some time, starting out at JP Morgan as a product specialist in the early 90s. So it’s great to have someone who is as knowledgeable and experienced as Katherine not only a part of our Social Leverage team, but also as a guest on Panic with Friends. And even more exciting, this is Katherine’s first ever time on a podcast! In this episode, we talk about the world of alternative investments, retail and institutional investors, her time working at JP Morgan, the best and worst parts of her work, risk, her first great investment, what trends she’s excited about and more. Enjoy! Guest - Katherine Rosa, Board Member at NYSE: SLAC and Retired, Global Head of Alternative Investments at JP Morgan. howardlindzon.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/katherine-rosa-72732721 #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
In this episode of Infinite Loops we spoke with Howard Lindzon, Founder & General Partner at Social Leverage, and Founder of StockTwits. In this conversation we chat: Why Howard is Larry David The reasons he launched a SPAC How SPACs differ from Venture Capital His thoughts on FinTech & Crypto And MUCH more Follow Howard on Twitter (https://twitter.com/howardlindzon), and check out his website (https://howardlindzon.com/)
If you want to learn about SPACs, look to Daniel Cohen. He has been with the SPAC phenomenon since the beginning and has been a major player in really innovating this space. He even inspired me to launch Social Leverage’s SPAC. In this episode, Daniel helps give some context into how the SPAC craze got to where it is today. Daniel is the Chairman of Cohen & Company and Managing Member of FinTech Masala, two SPAC powerhouses focused on Insurance and FinTech SPACs, president and CEO at FTAC Hera Acquisition Corp, chairman of Bancorp and former CEO of RAIT Financial Trust. Daniel’s a hustler, having launched 10 SPACs since his first deal in 2015 and currently working on his next. But as impressive as his resumé is, the most impressive aspect of Daniel’s career to me is that he works with his family. In fact, Daniel’s most notable and high-profile merger deal with eToro was with his mom Betsy Cohen. In this episode, Daniel and I chat about the SPAC craze’s opportunities and areas of concern, big data, money management, COVID’s impact on tech and business travel, working with his family and more. Guest - Daniel G Cohen, President and CEO at FTAC Hera Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: HERA) and Chairman at Cohen & Company (Ticker - COHN) howardlindzon.com, cohenandcompany.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @DanielCohenFTAC, @CohenCompanyAM, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/daniel-g-cohen linkedIn.com/company/cohen-and-company-asset-management #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
Howard Lindzon is an expert in investing and has bet on a wide range of startups, from Robinhood to Manscaped. In this episode, Hamid and Howard talk about investment strategies, the problem with millennials and why Jurassic Park is a great model for the stock market. Watch the episode on the AZ Tech Podcast YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=432exTPtWYY
Howard Lindzon is the co-founder and managing partner at Social Leverage, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology businesses. Most notably, they were one of the first investors in Robinhood. Previously, Howard also co-founded StockTwits and Wallstrip.
Ed welcomes Howard Lindzon, co-founder of StockTwits back to the show, to discuss the rise of the individual investor.
We've got Howard Lindzon from Phoenix Arizona on the show today. He's the founder and managing partner at Social Leverage, an early-stage seed investment fund who's stand-out investments include Robinhood, eToro, Kustomer, Rally road & more. Many will also know him as the founder of StockTwits, the largest online community of investors and traders.
If you've spent more than one refresh on Twitter, and have a brokerage app installed on your phone, you've probably heard of the infamous Howard Lindzon.Howard has leveraged his prowess for financial markets into a notable 20 year career- pioneering the fintech industry as a startup founder, media personality, investor, father and creator of the cashtag (ex: $RIMM and $AAPL).Howard joins Bart on this episode of the full bloom to chat about the importance of using leverage in two markets- financial and social. Hear why Howard thinks we're entering a new era of social leverage, and explains why "your network is your net worth" is more true than ever before.Bart and Howard analyze the trends of the public markets. And recent CEO of $SLAC.U, gives his perspective on the unique investment opportunities SPACs create. Howard Lindzon, General Partner of SocialLeverage :: Twitter + LinkedInBart Macdonald, Managing Partner of Bloom Venture Partners :: Twitter + LinkedIn
This week’s Alpha Trader podcast features hosts Aaron Task and Stephen Alpher talking first with Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Holdings (BRPHF), and then with Howard Lindzon, co-founder of StockTwits and general partner at Social Leverage. “This GameStop (GME) squeeze is deeper than a squeeze,” tweeted Novogratz last week. “It is a revolution that started with people not trusting central authority; it is a call for transparency and fairness. It makes my more bullish crypto but more importantly more focused and committed to systems change.” De-centralization, represented mostly by Bitcoin (BTC-USD), but also by Ethereum (ETH-USD), and other blockchains may help hold the answer to some of these issues, says Novogratz, as crypto goes right after the “rent-takers.” Bitcoin, he says, is this generation’s “digital gold,” i.e. it’s going to be too clunky to be another currency, but will work perfectly as a store of value. Ethereum, he says, is the “fabric” upon which we can rebuild institutions. He’s bullish on the prices of both since both networks will continue to gain users, and more users means more value. This doesn’t mean there won’t ever be big moves to the downside - rest assured, there will be - but over time the chart direction will be upward and to the right. Next up is Howard Lindzon, an investor in Robinhood (RBNHD), who freely admits the company likely made some PR mistakes last week, but also had no choice - given the capital needs of any broker/dealer - to halt trading in a number of names. As to whether this is an existential blow to the Robinhood franchise, Lindzon notes the staggering number of Robinhood app downloads in the past few days suggests otherwise. He also reminds of major stumbles by a wide range of large-cap stalwarts over the years - they ended up being just that … stumbles. There’s plenty more, including the guests’ takes on whether the silver (XAGUSD:CUR) squeeze can work, why former global macro portfolio manager Novogratz is betting on an upside surprise in interest rates, and Lindzon’s reminder that open price discovery cures many ills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode I interview Woodrow Levin, or Woody as I like to call him. He’s a great entrepreneur, good friend and founder and CEO of Extend. His company, which was founded a little over a year ago, builds and handles extended warranties on their products in an effort to remove roadblocks for smaller merchants. Extend already works with companies like Peloton, iRobot and some 150 others. Not to mention, Woody even invested in our first fund for Social Leverage. I’m grateful for his friendship and business partnership. Woody has had the entrepreneurial bug for a while and has even had previous roles such as Vice President of Growth at DocuSign. He is also currently a board member at DraftKings (shout out to our previous Panic guest Jason Robins). In this episode, Woody and I discuss what it's like growing a company, crypto, DraftKings, Extend, dealing with failure, Shopify, markets, AppleCare and more. Enjoy! Guest - Woodrow Levin, Founder & CEO at Extend howardlindzon.com, extend.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @WoodyLevin, @HelloExtend, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/woodrowlevin #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance
In this episode, I'm speaking with Stocktwits Co-Founder and Venture Capitalist, Howard Lindzon. He's also the co-founder of VC firm Social Leverage and the founder of hedge fund Lindzon Capital, all of which means he plays in both the private and public markets. With more than 20 years of investing experience, Howard shows a passion for the decentralization and democratization of investing, which makes him the perfect guest for the Altogether Show. Notable investments include Robinhood, AngelList, Bitly, Life360, RallyRd, Manscaped, eToro, and more. We talk about how his “you do you” mindset helps him stay on his own course and maintain a positive outlook.
In this episode, I'm speaking with Stocktwits Co-Founder and Venture Capitalist, Howard Lindzon. He's also the co-founder of VC firm Social Leverage and the founder of hedge fund Lindzon Capital, all of which means he plays in both the private and public markets. With more than 20 years of investing experience, Howard shows a passion for the decentralization and democratization of investing, which makes him the perfect guest for the Altogether Show. Notable investments include Robinhood, AngelList, Bitly, Life360, RallyRd, Manscaped, eToro, and more. We talk about how his “you do you” mindset helps him stay on his own course and maintain a positive outlook.
The Voice of Wall Street you'll hear in this episode is Howard Lindzon. Howard has a knack for spotting trends and successful companies before they pop up on other people's radars. He's the co-founder of the popular social investing community StockTwits, which caught on early to investors' desire to turn to social media to share stock trading ideas and stay on top of all the buzz in the stock market. He's also a General Partner at Social Leverage, an early-stage seed investment fund. Listen here to learn about what he looks for in an investment, and why he thinks "Investing and America are stupid" right now. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voices-of-wall-street/message
Akash Magoon is the co-founder and CTO of Nayya, an AI platform that simplifies insurance decisions for business leaders and benefits managers--and improves the healthcare experience for individual employees. Nayya uses AI and data science to personalize the way that employees choose and use their benefits. Nayya helps employees promote their health and wellbeing, while maximizing financial wellness. Nayya is backed by Social Leverage, Guardian Strategic Ventures, Cameron Ventures, and Soma Capital -- and completed a top accelerator program (ERA) in New York. Connect with Akash Magoon Nayya LinkedIn Akash on Twitter Some of the Topics Covered by Akash Magoon in this Episode What is Nayya How Akash and his co-founder Sina Chehrazi started Nayya and the problem they're trying to fix The decision to leave their jobs early on in their venture The challenge of fundraising early through family and friends for Nayya Choosing an accelerator and participating in the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Getting their first customers How their product has changed based on customer discovery and identifying pain points How Akash views failure How COVID has affected Nayya, their fundraising and their industry Akash's advice for entrepreneurs looking to get seed round funding Figuring out distribution of funds Akash's role as CTO Building out the Nayya team and culture screening in hiring The issue of being under-insured in the U.S. and understanding the complexities of the industry The elements of Nayya's product Growing Nayya moving forward and balancing short versus long term planning Expectations versus reality with entrepreneurship What Akash does to recharge from work Akash's advice for entrepreneurs Links from the Episode Enigma Technologies Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator SAFE round #56: Rand Fishkin, Founder of SparkToro, Author of Lost and Founder, and Former Co-founder and CEO of Moz
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator -backed Nayya is on a mission to simplify choosing and managing employee benefits through machine learning and data transparency. The company has raised $2.7 million in seed funding led by Social Leverage with participation from Guardian Strategic Ventures, Cameron Ventures, Soma Capital, as well as other strategic angels. The process of choosing […]
On this episode of the Superpowers podcast, Bill and Chris talk with Howard Lindzon, Founder and Partner at Social Leverage. Howard is a kind-hearted Canadian entrepreneur, author, and investor whose superpower is his social intelligence and self-understanding. A product of his Jewish upbringing in Toronto, Howard calls himself a “Larry David meets venture capital.” He had a lot of side hustles as a kid and tried his hand at stand-up comedy as a teen. Eventually he earned his MBA from ASU and started his career as a stockbroker in Dallas. One day Howard cold-called an entrepreneur to pitch stocks, but the conversation took a turn. He ended up partnering with the businessman on a stress ball startup called, “The Grip.” That experience taught Howard valuable lessons in running a business, which he applied when founding a hedge fund shortly after, only to discover quickly that he preferred the lifestyle of angel investing. “I had a pretty good eye for picking winners,” Howard told the Bill and Chris. After one of Howard’s investments flourished, he built a relationship with the founder and collaborated with him to build StockTwits, a platform for investors. As Howard described, “It’s basically Twitter for investors.” A year later, Howard founded Social Leverage to advise and invest in promising tech startups. He wanted to invest in the things he cared about that make a positive difference in people’s lives. Social Leverage’s core goals include elevating the conversation on investing and educating more people on how to navigate startups.
Howard is the general partner at Social Leverage, an angel investment firm that has invested in companies like Robinhood, Wag, Angel List and Rally Rd, and Life360. Over the last 15 years, Howard has been publishing a blog to publicize and improve his thinking about his investing. His first five posts were predictive about the trends that defined the last 10 years, so being able to ask him what's coming next was invaluable.Some Quick Facts About Howard:Managed a hedge fund for 18 years.Has published over 75 podcast episodes since March.Loves a good cigar.Has written 4 books.Has appeared on CNBC.Is very active on twitter (has made 32,000+ tweets)!If you would like to read Howard's blog, you can do so here.If you want to check out his investments through Social Leverage, you can do so here.If you would like to listen to his podcast you can do so here.If you would like to reach out to us, the best way to do so is on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.If you enjoyed this episode please share it with a friend!Last, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show.Thanks for listening!
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In this episode, we sit down with Howard Lindzon, Managing Partner & Super Angel Investor at Social Leverage. Howard Lindzon is a Canadian author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. Show Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardlindzon/
Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Howard Lindzon, founder and general partner, at Social Leverage. This episode was recorded live onsite during the Canada Fintech Forum in Montreal. Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries. Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s episode with Peter Misek from Framework Venture Partners. About the host: John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He’s a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He’s in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, ‘Before the A’ Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium
Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio. In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Maor Amar, managing partner, from Impression Ventures. This episode was recorded live onsite during the Canada Fintech Forum in Montreal. Impression Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in FinTech and related technology companies located in Canada. Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s episode with Howard Lindzon from Social Leverage. About the host: John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He’s a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He’s in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to ‘Bank On It’, ‘Before the A’ Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium
Howard talks to Jason Raznick, the CEO and Founder of Benzinga. Benzinga is a content ecosystem that makes information easier to consume. From breakouts to unusual volume, analyst ratings, futures and options, Benzinga is the leading full-service, one-stop shop for investors of all stripes and styles. They discuss stocks and the early days of Social Leverage. - What is Benzinga? - Where is Benzinga? - Is the stock market open today? Connect with Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonraznick https://www.twitter.com/jasonraznick Discover Benzinga: https://www.benzinga.com
Erik is joined by Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon), GP at Social Leverage and co-founder and chairman of StockTwits, and Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi), FinTech investor at 500 Startups.They discuss:- Which spaces they’re most excited about within FinTech.- How the space has evolved over the last decade or so.- Why it’s a very difficult and crowded space to try to build a company in (hint: “CACs are ridonculous”).- Their takes on crypto and its future.- Why incumbents like Google and Amazon have done a poor job in FinTech.- Why Howard likes companies that have “weird angles of attack” into a market.- Their thoughts on ISAs.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Erik is joined by Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon), GP at Social Leverage and co-founder and chairman of StockTwits, and Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi), FinTech investor at 500 Startups.They discuss:- Which spaces they’re most excited about within FinTech.- How the space has evolved over the last decade or so.- Why it’s a very difficult and crowded space to try to build a company in (hint: “CACs are ridonculous”).- Their takes on crypto and its future.- Why incumbents like Google and Amazon have done a poor job in FinTech.- Why Howard likes companies that have “weird angles of attack” into a market.- Their thoughts on ISAs.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
Gary Benitt has been an entrepreneur for almost two decades, founding teams in the B2B and consumer spaces. Most recently, he spent 3 years as COO of Desk.com after his company, Assistly, was acquired in 2011 by Salesforce.com. Gary has been an active investor in early stage companies since 2011, with over 20 investments including Classy, Getaround, Gusto, Gyft and Stitch Labs. Show Notes: - Why did Gary become a Venture Capitalist? - Where did Gary Benitt get his business experience? - How did he get involved in Social Leverage and meet Howard Lindzon? - How do you maintain business relationships with partners? - What should you look for before investing in a business? - Why do investors get worried when Salesforce acquires a business? - What's it like working with Howard Lindzon? - Why did Social Leverage invest in Manscaped? - What makes Kustomer.com work so well? - How big does a company get before it has it's own ecosystem of companies? - How to pitch your company to Social Leverage? Don't forget to "like" and subscribe to get notifications every time a new episode is released! Connect with Gary Benitt on Twitter: @garybenitt https://twitter.com/garybenitt On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garybenitt/ Connect with Howard Lindzon on Twitter: @howardlindzon https://twitter.com/howardlindzon Follow along on Howard's Blog: http://howardlindzon.com/
Howard Lindzon, the founder of Social Leverage and Stock Twits, has a discussion with Matt Z about his decision-making process when it comes to investing, risk management and market trends.
Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech. You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Chris Bruno, co-founder and the CEO of Rally Rd. Rally Rd. designs and develops an application that lets members invest in individual blue-chip collector automobiles. Breaking vintage cars into securitized assets. They've attracted investors such as Anthemis Group and Social Leverage to fund this opportunity. Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's episode with Erkin Adylov from Behavox About the host: John is the host of the twice-weekly “Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite at offices of Carpenter Group, a creative services agency focused on the financial services industry. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter or on Medium
"The next Warren Buffett is out there and we want to teach them." - Howard Lindzon I am so excited to share this episode with you all! Howard Lindzon stopped by the studio to answer questions on Lyft's IPO, investing in Tesla, why many investors struggle to make money, and so much more! I've been a big fan of Howard ever since I discovered StockTwits almost 10 years ago. We are excited to announce that Howard will be coming out with his own podcast so keep an eye out! There will be more details about what to expect within this episode. Howard is the co-founder and chairman of StockTwits, partner at Social Leverage, author of The Wallstrip™ Edge, The Next Apple, The StockTwits Edge, and Trend Following 2.0. He is also the father of two and loves his Dachshunds. Show Notes: How Do You Find People Who Invest In Stocks What Is It Like Seeing Your Project Come To Life Comparing Yourself To Your Competitors What Is StockTwits? Progression Of eTrade How Is YouTube Changing the Talking Head? Investment Timeline How Did Howard Lindzon Find Skyler Irvine? How Do You Value Twitter? How To Make Money Without Losing Users In Advertising How Are Softwares Breaking the Law The Power of Google and Apple Can the Government Regulate the Digital War? Why You Should Buy Domains Lyft and Uber IPO How Many Stocks Should You Own Tesla How To Monetize Users Howard Lindzons Podcast How To Find Your Golden Investment How To Learn From Your Worst Investment Connect With Us: Howard, Instagram: @howardlindzon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howardlindzon Twitter: @howardlindzon Website: https://www.howardlindzon.com StockTwits, Instagram: @stocktwits Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StockTwits/ Twitter: @StockTwits Website: https://www.stocktwits.com Thank you for listening to this episode of The Skyler Irvine Show! If you loved what you heard today take 2min to write us a review and subscribe! We greatly appreciate it!
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Brad Birnbaum is the Founder & CEO @ Kustomer, the first intelligent platform for customer experience that enables you to know everything about every customer. To date Brad has raised over $38m in funding for Kustomer from some of the very best in the SaaS business including Tomasz Tunguz @ Redpoint, Ed Sim @ Boldstart, Canaan Partners, Box Group and Social Leverage just to name a few. Previously he was the Co-founder of Assistly, which was acquired by Salesforce and became Desk.com. Prior to that, he was CTO for Talisma and Co‑founder & CTO of eShare Technologies. In addition, Brad was also the CTO @ Sean parker’s Airtime and VP of Engineering with Salesforce. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: How Brad made his way into the world of customer experience and SaaS over 20 years ago? This is Brad’s 4th time at the roadshow, what does Brad believe are the core benefits of repeat entrepreneurship? How did his prior experience change his operating mentality with Kustomer? What has he done differently this time? What worked and he has kept the same? Brad has made the transition from CTO to CEO, how did he find this transition? What were some of the most challenging elements? What have been some of the biggest surprises? What advice would Brad have for other CTOs who have made or are thinking about making the transition? Brad initially served SMBs with Kustomer but now primarily focuses on mid-level, what would Brad’s biggest advice be when it comes to finding the right go-to-market strategy for you? How did their transition alter their approach to pricing, product, messaging and distribution? Where does Brad see many people go wrong on go-to-market? Brad’s 60 Second SaaStr: What does Brad know now that he wishes he had known at the beginning? When is the right time to pour fuel on the company fire? What would Brad most like to change in the world of SaaS? Read the full transcript on our blog. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Brad Birnbaum
Gary Benitt is a General Partner at Social Leverage LLC, an established early stage venture capital firm specializing in web-scaled startups. Gary works with their portfolio companies to help them operationalize the business and find ways to scale faster and higher. Prior to his time at Social Leverage, Gary was the founder and COO of … Continue reading "Ep29: Gary Benitt (Social Leverage) Successful Exit as a Founder, Stays in the Ecosystem as an Investor"
In Episode 84, we welcome investor and entrepreneur, Howard Lindzon. Howard starts by giving us his background. He was a broker who felt the pain of the ’87 crash. In the aftermath, he got the angel investing and entrepreneurial bugs. He’s currently an investor in Robinhood, and he started StockTwits – which you might think of as Twitter-for-finance. He also runs a fund, Social Leverage. Given that Howard has spent plenty of time in the public markets, Meb starts by asking about his public market framework, and how he approaches markets today. Howard tells us that he likes to see which investments are doing well, then try to join in – in his words “classic trend following.” He uses the analogy of the great white shark and the pilot fish. Howard is a pilot fish, following the great white. He likes this approach as “there’s so many ways the markets are rigged that I think it’s best to just follow along the trends.” Howard believes this approach of following the great whites also works in the private markets. Meb asks about something Howard wrote in regards to learning to invest – it was something along the lines of “open an account, lose money, get a mentor.” Howard expounds on that, focusing on how everyone needs a mentor. Howard wants to help other investors through his own writing and advice. He references Millennials, and how he wants to use tools to help them. Meb asks Howard’s advice for people who want to learn to be better investors, and how to find a mentor. This leads to a conversation about Howard’s site, StockTwits. Whereas Wall Street felt that people wouldn’t share quality investment information (just keep it to yourself so only you can benefit), Howard felt that many people would want to share their good ideas. Many of these people do exactly that on StockTwits. So, Howard suggests finding someone there that matches your own investing style and temperament, who has a consistent, good track record, and just follow along. Meb asks which gurus Howard suggests following these days in order to get great information. Be sure to listen to this part to get the specific names. Next, Meb transitions the guys toward private investing. He asks for an overview on the blurring of the lines between private and public markets, and the development of the seed stage being open to individuals. Howard tells us things changed in 2007/2008 – it was “the cloud” that was the catalyst, bringing down the costs of starting a company. He says now we’re in a transition stage where many private companies are actually staying private for too long. He references Uber, saying how it feels a bit late for it to go public, but it’s too big to be private. Meb asks about the realities of private market investing for listeners, noting how some of our pasts guests have had different opinions. Howard has some helpful thoughts you’ll want to hear, but he notes that to be a great angel investor, you need to invest over multiple generations – 20 years or so. You need this time to see an overall crop of investments work out. This leads into a discussion of Howard’s fund, Social Leverage. Howard gives us the details as to what they’re looking for, as well as the fund goals. As always, there’s plenty more, including a discussion of when Bitcoin was less than $1, Howard’s publication, The Peloton, and, of course, his most memorable trade. Not investing in Twitter and Zynga when he had the chance comes to mind. Hear all the details in Episode 84.
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Bart Lorang is the Founder & CEO @ FullContact, the leading contact platform for professionals, teams and businesses. They have raised over $45m in funding from some of the best in the business and dear friends of the show in the likes of Foundry Group with Brad Feld, David Cohen and Techstars and Howard Lindzen at Social Leverage just to name a few. As well as being the rockstar founder @ FullContact, Bart has a unique position as he is also Managing Director @ V1.vc, a seed stage VC fund based in Colorado and San Francisco, providing Bart unique insight into both founding and investing in companies at the same time. CLICK TO PLAY CLICK TO LISTEN ON ITUNES In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Bart made his way into the world of early stage startups and came to found FullContact? 2.) Bart is also a VC with V1, how does being both a founder and a VC affect how Bart views startups and operates @ FullContact? What have been the key learnings for Bart with regards to capital allocation and portfolio construction? 3.) Bart has a CEO coach being the famous, Jerry Colonna, so what was the catalyst for Bart's desire to have a CEO coach? What have been the inflection points in Bart's journey with Jerry? Should every CEO have a CEO coach? 4.) What does Bart believe are the core tenets to successful negotiation? What can be done to ensure a win-win situation for both parties? From what mindset should this be approached? Does Bart agree that you should only monetise to 30% of your value? 5.) Why does Bart pay every employee $7,500 per year to go on holiday on top of their standard salary? Whare the the key rules to ensure this is successful? What are the key benefits that can be derived from this essential vacation? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Bart’s Fave Book: Jonathan Livingston Seagull Bart’s Fave Blog: Abundance Insider by Peter Diamandis As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Bart on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. eShares is the No 1 Cap Table Management platform, allowing for equity management, 409A valuations, and liquidity, all in one place. eShares is made for companies of all sizes with over 5,000 trusted customers including the likes of Squarespace, Kickstarter, and DoorDash just to name a few. To try out the must have service of the industry, simply head over to esharesinc.com it is a must. Fond is the employee engagement suite with 3 core products, rewards: a recognition platform for rewarding achievements and milestones, perks: a premium corporate discounts program to show employees you care about them and then finally engagement IQ, a free employee engagement survey that allows you to measure the health of your organization. To check it out head over to fond.co
Uday Seth chats with Howard Lindzon, a Canadian author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. In this podcast, Lindson shares his perspective on FinTech, and the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Howard Lindzon is the co-founder and general partner at Social Leverage - an early stage venture fund, and co-founder and chairman of StockTwits – a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. In this episode, Howard shares his beginnings as a Toronto comic and how he combined humor with social media to become the Howard Lindzon we know and love today. Learn more about Social Leverage. Follow Howard on StockTwits @howardlindzon, on Twitter @howardlindzon, and read his blog. Apps Howard can't live without: Gmail, Google Maps & StockTwits Howard's Hot Stocks: $PYPL, $IRBT, $GOOGL, $NKE, $LULU, $UA, $SCHW & $GRID _____ Executive producer & host: Joe Mahavuthivanij Edited by: Joe Mahavuthivanij Theme music by: Music for Makers Logo design: Debra Lin
The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
Howard Lindzon is the Managing Partner @ Social Leverage, where he has made investments in the likes of Angellist, Datafox, previous guest Robinhood, Rent.com (acq by eBay for $415m) and many more incredible companies. Howard is also the Founder of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors, named one of the ten most innovative companies on the web. He is also an author with multiple published titles that can be found here. If that was not enough, he also continues to manage the hedge fund he started in 1998. A man of many hats for sure! In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Howard made his way into the world of hedge funds, tech and now VC with Social Leverage? 2.) Why is trend following a good thing to do when starting investing? How can you trend follow and still invest with conviction? 3.) Why Howard believes people need to lose money to learn about the market and ecosystem What have been his learnings from missing Twitter and Zynga? 4.) Who Howard believes that fundraising is an art and not everyone can be taught it? What are the core elements that lead to a successful fundraise? 5.) What was Howard's biggest lesson from investing alongside Fred Wilson and Brad Feld? How did that alter his approach to price and ownership? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Howard’s Fave Book: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Howard’s Fave Blog or Newsletter: Fred Wilson, Abnormal Returns, Josh Brown: The Reformed Broker Howard’s Most Recent Investment: Civic As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Howard on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Angelloop is the leading post funding management platform for private market investors and their portfolio companies. They help investors manage and track their portfolio companies on the cloud while providing them with access to their investments performance data. Angelloop helps founders of startups track their performance, manage their cap table and keep their investors in the loop. Investors get free access while their portfolio companies pay only $49/Month. Use or share the promo-code 20MinVC to get your portfolio companies online with a two month trial. This episode was brought to you by DesignCrowd, the online marketplace for custom graphic, logo and web design that helps startups, entrepreneurs, web developers and agencies outsource design projects to designers from around the world.
In today’s show we are going to explore how to build a successful startuo with with arguably one of South Africa’s most internationally recognised serial entrepreneurs. He is the co-founder & CEO of Civic Technologies, Inc a startup company that’s recently raised $ 2.75 million in venture funding led by notable investor Social Leverage.
My guest today is Howard Lindzon, a Canadian entrepreneur, author, financial analyst, technical analyst and angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. He's also known for the satirical podcast Wallstrip. The topic is entrepreneurship. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The commonalities between the angel investing world and trend following Over-diversification Diversification in private investments vs. stocks How Lindzon got the entrepreneurial “bug” Lindzon's early career as a stockbroker The beginnings of Wallstrip Lindzon's comedy influence How Wallstrip led to the next four years of Lindzon's investments How Lindzon's mistakes helped him grow as an investor Lindzon's experience with fraud committed by a business partner Keeping your business drama-free The issue of distraction Lindzon on the birth of StockTwits The investment that changed Lindzon's financial life in 2005 The future of StockTwits as Lindzon sees it Social leverage The art of curation and verticalization Thinking of the financial web as a social bank account Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!
Michael Covel speaks with Howard Lindzon. Lindzon is a Canadian entrepreneur, author, financial analyst, technical analyst and angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. He’s also known for the satirical podcast Wallstrip. Lindzon and Covel discuss the commonalities between the angel investing world and trend following; over-diversification; diversification in private investments vs. stocks; how Lindzon got the entrepreneurial “bug”; Lindzon’s early career as a stockbroker; the beginnings of Wallstrip; Lindzon’s comedy influence; how Wallstrip led to the next four years of Lindzon’s investments; how Lindzon’s mistakes helped him grow as an investor; Lindzon’s experience with fraud committed by a business partner; keeping your business drama-free; the issue of distraction; Lindzon on the birth of StockTwits; the investment that changed Lindzon’s financial life in 2005; the future of StockTwits as Lindzon sees it; social leverage; the art of curation and verticalization; and thinking of the financial web as a social bank account. Howard Lindzon can be found on www.howardlindzon.com. Want a free trend following DVD? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.
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