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Kings & Priests episodes

September 08, 2022 E39: Boring Businesses & Valuing Pre-Revenue Companies
Dean and Mike talk about Codie Sanchez of Contrarian Thinking and her E-Book on 150 Boring Business Ideas.
They also talk about Y Combinator's list of top private companies and how to value pre-revenue startups.
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36 min
September 01, 2022 E38: Businesses You Can Start For Less Than $10,000?
Dean and Mike talk through a list they found online of businesses that can be launched over a weekend with very little upfront investment. Are these good ideas or just content for blogs?
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30 min
August 24, 2022 E37: A Framework for Thinking About Your Business
Mike and Dean touch on the latest PGA / LIV Golf saga, two massive acquisitions in the media world, and then talk through Y Combinators Investment Memo Template as a framework for breakdown businesses and ideas.
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41 min
August 19, 2022 E36: Adam Neumann's Second Chance
Dean and Mike talk about WeWork founder Adam Neumann's comeback thanks to a record breaking $350 million investment from a16Z.
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28 min
August 18, 2022 K&P Founders #3 - Brent Beshore, Permanent Equity
Michael talks with Brent Beshore, the founder & CEO of Permanent Equity about his dinner with Warren Buffett, coming to faith kicking and screaming, and how he stumbled into starting the longest dated private equity fund in history.
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45 min
August 17, 2022 E35: Warren Buffett, Being a Contrarian & Tent Making
Dean and Michael talk about a famous Warren Buffett quote, what is means to be a contrarian, and how Christians and pastors should think about their work.
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33 min
August 10, 2022 E34: Uncommon Investor Questions & Entrepreneurial Traits
Dean and Michael go over some uncommon questions that potential investors may ask and some intangible traits of entrepreneurs.
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30 min
August 02, 2022 E33: How to Raise Money
Dean and Mike talk about how to raise money using Paul Grahams framework found here: http://www.paulgraham.com/fr.html
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38 min
July 20, 2022 E32: Doom, Gloom & Lessons from Jerry Weintraub
Dean and Mike talk about the latest CPI print, macro conditions and breakdown some principles from legendary entrepreneur Jerry Weintraub's book "When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead."
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36 min
July 15, 2022 E31: Cards, Crypto & Christ w/ Pratyush Buddiga
Michael talks with former pro poker player, spelling bee champion and investor Pratyush Buddiga. Pratyush tells the story of how he torched his net worth by 90% (2x), how He chased after money, status, and glory, and how he finally found freedom + redemption in Jesus.
Pratyush is on the investing team at Susa Ventures, where his current primary interests are crypto and education.
Prior to investing at Susa, he spent six years playing high stakes poker and was ranked #2 in the world for tournaments. After poker, he worked on a crypto gaming project at Three Arrows Capital and as the Chief of Staff to the CEO at Volley, a voice-controlled entertainment startup.
He writes about investing at www.pratyushbuddiga.substack.com.
"On Cards, Crypto, and Christ" - https://pratyushbuddiga.substack.com/p/on-cards-crypto-and-christ
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42 min

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A podcast about the intersection of faith and business. Join Michael Whittle and Dean Sweetman every week as they talk all things business and entrepreneurship as a way to build the Kingdom.