EP 27: Convo with Lux’s Josh Wolfe and Our Best/Worst Crypto Debate with Slow Venture’s Sam Lessin

Lux Capital’s Josh Wolfe joins to discuss startups in the current market, and the long-awaited release of the crypto debate between Zach Weinberg and Slow Venture’s Sam Lessin that got so heated we weren’t sure we could publish it.

(0:00) - Intro

(1:27) – Welcome Josh Wolfe

(3:10) – Market updates

(13:21) – Anti-bubble

(16:28) – Consolidation

(19:57) – Everything times pi

(22:35) – Welcome Sam Lessin

(25:43) – NY tech founders in ‘07

(30:44) – Slow Ventures

(33:12) – The crypto debate begins

(41:57) – On chain real estate

(49:19) – Legal protections

(1:03:10) – Does it hold up in court?

(1:09:52) – Final walk through

(1:14:42) – Bearer bonds

(1:19:58) – Zach’s reasons against crypto

(1:31:37) – Zach’s point

(1:33:51) – Carta for your DAU

(1:37:11) – Back to liquidity

(1:41:24) – Why is it not awesome?

(1:45:17) – Users

(1:52:40) – Unsettled case law

(2:00:29) – Final arguments

(2:04:10) – The boiling point

(2:06:59) – Maybe we can publish this part

(2:12:15) – Zach ending

(2:22:08) - Outro

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