Dan talks with Rick Heitzmann, FirstMark Capital’s Founder & Managing Director, about Snap’s canary-in-the-coal mine warning for tech (2:00), the shaky outlook for the digital ad market (14:34), which company may be interested in buying Zoom (17:45), why the slump for stocks & valuations may lead to more mergers & acquisitions (23:12), and how quickly the consumer could fade in the coming months (28:08). Later, Dan talks with Ryan Denehy, Electric AI Founder & CEO + Dan Teran, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Gutter Capital, about companies and investors that don’t think the “sky is falling” (35:49), layoffs and shifting hiring trends at startups (38:41), why now may actually be the best time to start a company (52:11), and how the market has been asleep at the wheel for the last two years (56:16).

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Dan Teran’s Medium post on the market slump and growing uncertainty for businesses: Things You Won’t Regret

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