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  • #157 “Drugs, Thugs & Bugs” — She Made $2M From Ohio’s Worst Apartment Complex | Dani Lynn Robison

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

    00:49 Starting in 2008

    02:40 Turnkey Scaling Playbook

    05:42 Drugs Thugs and Bugs Deal

    12:30 From Turnaround to Syndication

    15:47 Fund Structure Explained

    18:07 Who Can Invest

    20:14 Raising Capital with Trust

    23:51 Borrowed Credibility Strategy

    25:46 Markets and Asset Focus

    26:20 Operator First Due Diligence

    27:16 Needs Based Asset Classes

    28:41 Calm Money Never Panics

    30:09 Senior Housing Strategy

    31:59 Strict Operator Standards

    33:38 Fund Manager GP Role

    34:52 Investor Trust Transparency

    37:09 Masterminds Relationships Learning

    38:55 Choosing The Right Mastermind

    41:55 Avoiding The Burnout Trap

    47:57 Books And Core Themes

    51:09 Freedom Vehicle Not Goal

    52:13 Connect With Freedom Family

     

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    54 min
  • #156 "It Looked Like a Ponzi Scheme" — Why This Hedge Fund CIO Changed His Mind on MSTR | Michael Treidl, Blue Coin Capital

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    Website: http://bluecoin.capital

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Bullish Coins Teaser

    00:18 Podcast Intro Guests

    00:49 TradFi to Crypto Journey

    01:55 Bitcoin Accident Coinbase Link

    03:53 Why Launch BlueCoin

    05:54 Token Due Diligence Framework

    07:57 Top Holdings Bullish Picks

    09:56 Market Timing Crypto Winter

    12:36 Cycle Signals Allocation Leverage

    15:41 Spot vs ETFs Staking

    17:54 Using Leverage Like Pros

    20:42 AI Meets Crypto Payments

    23:44 MicroStrategy Deep Dive Setup

    25:25 Premium Flywheel Explained

    26:37 Why Pay The Premium

    27:06 Leverage Via Capital Markets

    29:21 Bull Markets And Doom Loop

    31:41 Bear Case And Commodity Analogy

    32:39 Stretch Preferred Shares Basics

    33:44 From Margin Calls To Preferreds

    35:49 Why Stretch Broke The Buck

    38:18 Deleveraging And Stablecoin Contagion

    40:02 Stabilizing The Capital Stack

    41:15 Who Should Buy Stretch

    42:50 Diversify And Key Man Risk

    44:41 Moving Goalposts And MNAV

    46:55 Fund Manager Lessons Learned

    47:56 Raising Capital And Fund Design

    50:44 Wrap Up And Where To Find Mike

     

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    52 min
  • #155 The Vault That Grew to $180M+ in a Year

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    Connect with Matteo Pandolfi & Thibault Labidi: 

    M11 Credit Twitter/X: https://x.com/M11Credit 
    M11 Credit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/m11-credit/ 
    Pareto Twitter/X: https://x.com/paretocredit 
    Pareto LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paretocredit/

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Welcome and Guests
    00:51 Pareto Growth Drivers
    05:35 Beyond Crypto Borrowers
    10:12 M11 Credit Curator Role
    14:34 How Deals Get Done
    28:11 FalconX Vault Deep Dive
    33:29 Institutions and Vaults
    38:57 Legal Meets Smart Contracts
    41:27 Receipt Tokens and DeFi Uses
    51:39 Yields and Ops Savings
    55:50 Whats Next and Wrap Up


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    1 hr 2 min
  • #154 Why the S&P 500 Ignores Founders — And How This ETF Fixes It | Haren Bhakta, Inside Ownership

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    firm website: www.insideownership.com

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OwnershipIndex

     

    Timestamps: 

    00:00 Podcast Introductions

    00:19 Haren’s Career Journey

    01:23 Microcap Proxy Battle

    03:12 Finding Microcap Ideas

    04:04 Berkshire Aha Moment

    07:14 Free Float Explained

    08:16 Power Law Returns

    10:17 Founders and Innovation

    12:24 IBM Leadership Lesson

    15:59 Passive Indexing Problem

    21:21 Inside Ownership Index

    22:25 Insiders and Weighting

    25:38 100 Bagger Research

    26:20 Insider Ownership Edge

    27:19 Skin in the Game

    29:02 Electrons vs Atoms

    33:12 Indexing in Winner Take All

    37:17 Rethinking Valuation

    40:27 Launching the ETF

    40:49 Fast Partner and Costs

    48:37 Marketing and Lessons

    49:55 Global Expansion Plans

    51:11 Wrap Up and Contact

     

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    52 min
  • #153 Why the Biggest Investment Gains Happen Before You Can Buy?

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    LinkedIn (Personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikecollinsalumniventures 
    LinkedIn (Company): https://www.linkedin.com/company/alumni-ventures

    Timestamps:
    00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro
    01:01 Mike Collins Origin Story
    02:09 Why Alumni Ventures Exists
    04:16 How the AV Model Works
    05:14 Going Global Expansion
    06:04 Community in the AI Era
    09:34 Big Idea Group Beginnings
    10:46 Power Law Portfolio Mindset
    13:15 Why Companies Stay Private
    22:02 Founder First Investing
    23:59 Scaling to 11000 Investors
    29:17 Diversification Made Practical
    32:04 Index Funds Plus Fun
    32:56 Common Angel Mistakes
    34:39 Why Top VCs Win
    37:54 Founder Traits That Matter
    43:05 Going Global Tokyo London
    49:13 AI Bubble Or Revolution
    57:48 Future Of Venture Capital
    58:50 Wrap Up And Where To Go

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    1 hr
  • #152 How Institutional Investors Are Reshaping Crypto ETFs with Krista Lynch of Grayscale Investments
     

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    Website: https://x.com/Grayscale 
    X (Krista): https://x.com/Krista_Lynch_X

    Timestamp:
    00:00 Post Call Recap
    01:15 Welcome And Introductions
    01:30 Krista Crypto Journey
    03:05 Grayscale Today
    05:19 Clarity Act Explained
    07:32 Stablecoin Yield Debate
    08:36 Infrastructure And ETFs
    10:46 Tokenization And VTFs
    15:16 Spot ETF Demand Surge
    17:04 Market Slump And Catalysts
    19:10 Hyperliquid And Altcoins
    20:19 How ETF Flows Move Price
    23:06 Perps And Onchain Derivatives
    26:07 AI Inside Grayscale
    30:12 MicroStrategy And DATs
    35:07 Institutional Adoption Playbook
    39:01 Crypto 5 Index Basket
    42:25 Hyperliquid Quick Primer
    44:02 Closing And Where To Connect

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    45 min
  • #151 Growth Equity with Isabelle Tashima of Volition Capital

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    Timestamps: 

    00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

    00:22 Growth Equity Explained

    02:37 Why Companies Raise

    03:23 Volition Investment Focus

    05:48 Under the Radar AI

    08:48 Diligence and Process

    10:44 Support Model and Portfolio

    13:07 Capital Efficiency Mindset

    15:23 Market Cycles and Funding

    17:07 Big Win Chewy Story

    19:39 Lessons from Losses

    21:59 Signals of Winners

    23:20 Social as Distribution Moat

    25:27 What Makes 10X

    28:04 How Volition Uses AI

    30:58 Sourcing and Outreach

    31:41 Founder Red Flags

    33:39 Questions Before Raising

    35:42 Future of Growth Investing

    36:57 Wrap Up and Where to Connect

     

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    38 min
  • #150 ETFs, Market Themes, and New Credit Ideas with Matthew Tuttle

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    Timestamps: 

    00:00 Post Interview Teaser

    01:18 Meet Matt Tuttle

    02:09 From Wall Street to ETFs

    04:20 Weird Active ETF Innovation

    07:04 COVID and Thematic Trading Boom

    09:07 Photonics and AI Bottlenecks

    11:59 Finding Themes Early

    15:36 ETF Launch Timing Playbook

    18:37 Marketing Without Wholesalers

    20:52 Why 60/40 Is Broken

    23:03 His Portfolio Framework HALO

    25:02 Better Than Bonds Sleeve

    26:16 Digital Credit Yield

    26:54 Tail Risk ETF OHNO

    27:48 Stretch Versus SADA

    28:22 AI Research Workflow

    31:28 Markets Always Up Myth

    33:18 Stagflation Warning Signs

    36:32 ETF Innovation Trends

    37:45 Younger Investor Pitfalls

    43:11 Contrarian Sentiment Rules

    46:13 Rebalancing And Final Themes

    47:51 Closing And Where To Find

     

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    49 min
  • #149 Automate or Die: The Secret Tech Saving Real-World Factories - Renan Devillieres of OSS Ventures

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    Website: www.oss.ventures

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    Timestamps: 

    00:00 Post Interview Takeaways

    02:26 Meet Renan And OSS

    03:28 Renan Origin Story

    06:13 From Startup Exit To Builder

    06:59 Venture Builder Model

    08:51 AI Industrialization Example

    11:25 Why Factory Immersion Matters

    13:44 Why Factories Partner Up

    17:38 New Manufacturing Constraints

    19:49 Reshoring Powered By AI

    21:09 Hunting For Efficiencies

    21:18 AI Winners In Factories

    22:17 Why AI Works Now

    23:06 Hidden Data And Knowhow

    24:47 OSS Venture Fund Model

    27:34 Industrial Software Unbundling

    30:34 Chocolate Covered Broccoli

    32:47 Founder Playbook For AI

    34:47 Picking Founders And Partners

    38:12 Global Clients And Referrals

    39:45 Chips Data Centers And Wrap

     

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    43 min
  • #148 Self-Storage Real Estate with Jacob Vanderslice of Van West Partners

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    Timestamps: 

    00:00 Self Storage Teaser

    01:34 Meet Jacob Van West

    02:01 From Firefighter To Investor

    02:46 Why Pivot To Storage

    04:48 Storage Risks And Realities

    07:55 Supply Shock And Mobility

    10:02 Who Uses Storage Units

    14:19 Why Storage Stays Resilient

    16:28 Deal Flow And Competition

    19:06 One Deal That Worked

    20:39 Sourcing Off Market Deals

    21:52 Self Managing Operations

    25:25 Staffing And Customer Experience

    28:00 Retention And Expense Pressure

    29:50 Inflation And Ops Pressure

    30:12 Raising Capital Gets Harder

    31:27 Risk Return And Leverage

    32:58 Equities Versus Storage

    35:30 Rates Bonds And Cap Rates

    38:42 Cap Rate Math Explained

    40:12 Micro Wins Denver Case

    44:51 Tertiary Markets Strategy

    46:15 AI In Storage Operations

    53:09 Wild Storage Unit Stories

    56:19 Outlook And Where To Connect

     

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    58 min

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