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Andy Rachleff on SVB, how to evaluate VCs, market pull indicators, Wealthfront, and more | E1699


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Wealthfront Chairman and Co-Founder Andy Rachleff joins Jason for an incredible interview! They start the show by discussing the SVB situation before breaking down different tech mini-crashes throughout Silicon Valley history (2:28). Then, they break down Wealthfront’s business and how to know if a business has market pull (40:49). They finish up the show by covering a range of topics, from AI to stock-based comp (1:13:45).

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(2:28) SVB situation

(9:26) The FDIC’s $250K limit

(13:27) MasterClass - Get 15% off an annual membership at https://masterclass.com/startups

(14:49) The bank run

(16:17) The SVB ecosystem

(22:20) Merge - Integrate up to 5 customers for free today at https://merge.dev/twist

(23:45) Cycle changes

(36:15) How to judge a VC

(39:27) Issuu - Get 50% off when you go to https://issuu.com/podcast and use promo code twist

(40:49) Wealthfront’s operation

(48:58) Reactions to the market

(55:00) Modern analysis and stock buybacks

(1:01:24 ) Caring about profitability

(1:02:06) Attaining market pull

(1:13:45) Andy’s thoughts on AI

(1:16:31) The makeup of a great entrepreneur

(1:18:50) Stock-based compensation

(1:25:06) How we avoided inflation


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