#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship

Jason Calacanis is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and co-host of All-In Podcast and This Week in Startups. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Brave: https://brave.com/lex
#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship

Jason Calacanis is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and co-host of All-In Podcast and This Week in Startups. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) – Introduction

(06:52) – WallStreetBets and Robinhood

(17:58) – How does the WallStreetBets saga end?

(21:09) – Capitalism

(26:30) – Ideas vs Execution

(27:38) – Learning to learn

(33:06) – Risk-aversion

(39:07) – Robinhood

(47:33) – Parler and AWS

(49:59) – Social networks

(56:33) – Leadership

(1:01:21) – Work-life balance

(1:09:44) – Great leaders lead by example

(1:17:30) – Advice for startup founders

(1:21:57) – Clubhouse

(1:22:42) – When will we fully re-open the economy

(1:33:20) – Augmented reality

(1:36:48) – When should a startup raise money?

(1:43:44) – David Goggins

(1:45:40) – Disagreement with Chamath Palihapitiya

(1:58:52) – Story about Elon Musk’s darkest moments

(2:07:08) – Friendship

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