Chamath Palihapitiya on rebuilding Social Capital & Silicon Valley ponzi scheme
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E864: Social Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya on how he fell for the mythology & Ponzi scheme of Silicon Valley, is now getting back to solving problems that matter; urges founders to grow real, grow slow, & stay true to what they want to build in the world @ LAUNCH Scale.
Show Notes:
1:52 : Jason introduces Chamath from Social Capital.
5:21 : Chamath talks about chasing the wrong things due to personal issues.
7:56 : Jason thanks sponsor Walker Corporate Law. Call 415-979-9998 or visit walkercorporatelaw.com.
12:16 : Chamath describes the world of entrepreneurship and technology as being in the “bullseye of everybody else” and touches on “fundamental belief in oneself”.
14:06 : Chamath discusses Social Capital’s mission going forward.
19:16 : Jason thanks sponsor Campaign Monitor, an easy to use email marketing platform. Visit campaignmonitor.com/twist to try it for free.
21:43 : Chamath on why Silicon Valley is a Ponzi scheme.
30:19 : Jason thanks sponsor LinkedIn, world’s largest professional network. Visit linkedin.com/ThisWeekInStartups to get a $100 credit to launch your first ads.
34:45 : Chamath on staying capital light and non-obvious.
42:05 : Jason and Chamath discuss anonymous detractors versus useful criticism.
Chamath needs to seriously write a book! I've watched all of his interviews and 45 - 60 minutes is not enough time to pick his brain.
He is great, very fresh & direct approach. Lots of other good interviews with him this year.
Bestie C doesn't have the time or experience to write a book yet. His book will be fully baked when he finishes this cycle --- I would say another three or four years.
I would love to read about the things he learned about being happy
@@jasoncalacanislive Well said. Anyone similar whom you'd recommend reading up on?
As much as I would love to learn from him, I hope he never does. All the so-called gurus only started to write a book when they were trying to sell something or had some political agenda.
Chamath just called BS on the entire VC industry. LMAO.
Yup!
@@startups So the real question is what horrid shit is Chamath involved with that he is not talking about or that we, the mindless idiots, accept as "normal".
"bro check me out, i'm so good at investing" -Chamath Satire
I see Chamath, I click
you forget to say that "You're a simple man"?
You’re witnessing one of The Greatest in his field, at this time.
Honestly, the best parts are Jason's advertisements. They're hilarious and it's why I'm here!
Very sincere reading them Good value for walkerlaw group
14:06 - 19:12 is so encouraging. Great to see the man start off with a particular set of noble aims, grow so much that he starts to lose track and then catch himself and refocus. A sizable portion of society looks at the 1% with contempt and an us v them mentality. Chamath is an example of the 1% that the larger society needs to learn more about, at the very least to encourage the belief that it IS possible to gain worldly success and use that to move humanity forward at the same time.
Clicked the like button instantly. Chamath is the truth that Silicon Valley wants to crush.
14:20 “our returns are BANANAS...our returns are double buffets” - Chamath 2019
It's incredibly refreshing to hear him speak. Love him! Thank you for doing the talk.
Thanks for watching! Chamath is the man.
God this was awesome. JCal perfectly deflecting the Sequoia comments with humor and Chamath in full effect was just too good. Cannot wait for the next All-In Pod
Great interview. Appreciate his frankness and honesty. It's always easier to play along and not rock the boat.
Get Naval on stage as well.
Day 2 (Oct 11) - Fireside Chat: Nassim Nicholas Taleb & Naval Ravikant
czcams.com/video/Da0aXfshlxM/video.html
wow, very well done. thanks man. your always on it
Great to see him live that day! Amazing speaker.
Your Facebook AD brought me here. Excellent conversation and a great show.
i was sooo waiting for this
This was a treat - a fantastic duo.
This came on at random and happens to be the best content I've vested in all day! This is an actual gem and makes me like these guys and this channel even more than i did! Just so good.... 🙏🏽🤑
I almost cried on his beautiful line at 15:40!
I LOVE THIS MAN!! His honesty is sooooo refreshing! This type of authenticity is what we all need
Absolutely brilliant talk!! Thanks so much, Jason!
That was sooooooooo good!
Brilliant, straightforward, authentic., proven results oriented without cutting corners..wow tells it as it is with solid vision.
Incredible interview. Chamath is #1. Thank you for sharing wisdom and inspiring millions of entrepreneurs around the world.
the more I listen to this guy the more. I'm facinated... beautiful mind
Thank you for this video
Love this channel too
Stay safe
From marrakech Morocco
“Great firm, fantastic people, tremendous”
*almost* pulled that off with a straight face 😅
Real interview by both, thank you 👋👋
40:38 the “high gloss veneer” of service providers. (aka consultancies/consultants) 😂
Steve Jobs' thoughts on consulting: czcams.com/video/rp6_3UQLi2Y/video.html
Chamath is underrated.
Nuggets after nuggets. His videos never disappoint.
This guy is so well articulated. Amazing.
Jake Tran brought me here. Can't believe I missed out this guy all this time.
One of the few billionaires that don't mince their words and say things as it is.
yes chamath needs to write a book.. he speaks to many young people starting out
Perhaps the single best This Week In Startups episode EVER.
Certainly the ONLY episode I've ever observed where the Guest (@Chamath) completely outshined the host (@Jason) :-O
Chamath will write a book and it will become NYT Bestseller. :-)
incredible to hear him, awesome
Michał Borski Chamath was an amazing guest! What was your favorite lesson from the talk?
This video is raw. We need more interviews like this from all media. Chamath broke down a lot of truth.
It was brilliant. VCs want to show growth on paper. Let's see how the whole thing comes down when LPs lose money in the bond market. There will be blood on the street!
Jason always asks people who called: What is your favourite episode. Now I have an answer
The emperor has no cloths and Chamath is the only one calling him on it. The more I hear this guy, the more impressed I am with him.
Seeing reality when everyone else sees delusion is the most valuable trait in the valley
Haha you killed it - 40:40
I wonder if that includes design houses?
He is the one of the most honest man.. following him from long time
He is still one of the best people in the valley
Exactly
I just read about an e-scooter startup called "Unicorn" that burned through all of its VC funding and is now bankrupt, most of the funding was spent on Facebook ads.
@The Loner Millionaire A lot of it has to do with excess capital being available. If you have a $100m to $1b fund how do you distribute that money as quickly as possible to maximize returns, you inevitably try to scale as much as possible and move as quickly as possible. Y Combinator has the Pop Idol model of making everyone compete and they invest in the final few companies that have been vetted (at their own personal cost not the VC's) and usually 1 or 2 of their investments pay off handsomely to cover the rest.
Great mind!!!
Deep!
Chamath = Personal Integrity
I love it
🙌
Too bad, it seems E869 is offline ? :( it was great
What he means by 40 cents on the dollar going to the likes of FB and AMZN, is that your startup has to inevitably use those big tech company's services to grow so 40% of your investment is spent on paying those big tech firms commission fees.
Very good
Vishnu Punia 🙌🏼🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌
Chamath’s alias should just be “the truth”
🔥
Heard hes got a twin named IDgaf Palihapitiya.
Chamath "The Truth" Palihapitiya
wish i could work with Chamath... Jason been watching for 10 years and 3 failed startup attempts... thanks for keeping the Twist platform alive... we'd be lost without you
Thanks for being a superfan for a decade.
@@jasoncalacanislive you bring the important content, so
You rock.
just some serious real talk!
I feel Chamath was the inspiration for the character in that tech CEO in black mirror.
CP was preachin in this talk!
Wow, this is an incredibly real convo. Chamath is the truth!
Is there an incentive then for later stage companies who don't get acquired to IPO? If private companies could keep getting capital from VCs and just grow to keep increasing their valuation (at the expense of not being profitable), then why IPO? And with enough time, wouldn't private LPs be upset that they're not actually getting returns on their money, since a large portion of their money is tied up in private companies?
If you’re busy start at 21:45.
Thank you
Any idea on when Chamath's annual report / letter will be out?
s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/socialcapital-annual-letters/Social+Capital+Interim+Annual+Letter,+2018.pdf
crazy town
Love from Bihar, India 💛
Great video and very refreshing to see him speak frankly. Q: I am new to this world; so would appreciate some clarification. When he says 40% goes to facebook amazon google what does he mean? Any explanation or link to the explanation is appreciated.
mkaush09 advertising, cloud service, advertising 👈🏽in that order
He's specifically referring to startups spending money on Google and FB ads to acquire users that aren't profitable, but make the growth figures look good ("up and to the right").
The 40% figure includes these payments plus cloud payment to Amazon's AWS and Google's cloud.
Some of us will watch this interview in the next 2~5 years. When they do the'll realize that Chamath was right about the market. Now, Do you want to say _i wish i took my money out_, or will it be _i'm glad i listened to Chamath._
2 years later, do you think thats the case? with the pandemic it seems the ponzi is getting even bigger
@@fermixx yes. it was the case and it continues to be. It has never looked clearer than in 2020
@@MrHayada Lol Chamath now does SPACs so yea idk...
I did not get the Google Facebook and Amazon reference. Can someone explain that?
companies that need to use services provided by google, facebook or amazon, like the amazon aws, or android, etc....
When I watch TWIST it makes me feel like I can be a billionaire too. 🦄
Jake Tran brought me here
Me too broo
He reminds me of Mr. Vinod Khosla. He says the same things. So we have atleast 2 people in VC industry who speak the truth !
lmaoooo what a boss
i don't like how you sneak ads in there- this is already being monetized on youtube
CZcams needs to monetize itself better though..
There's no sneaking, he's put up the timestamps. Pay someone to download this, edit out the ads parts and send you a private link of the perfect video you like.
I honestly didnt mind, just skip through it. The video's worth it
This video changed my mind about Chamath, I thought he just games on VC World like others.
IF you change the 2% annual fee and 20% carry to a smaller fee and larger carry, doesn't that solve some of the problems?
It would, but the incentive for that to happen is not there
Now let’s go after the FED
I have liked Chamath for sometime but for obsession with Bitcoin.
nice tesla pump at the end.
Lol look at tesla now.. good thing he didn't sell
Well, anyway, there's no hope for Fiat money, and the country needs a good Manager.That's how Borodich, who is building the Universa project, is a useful thing.
i honestly respect him for admitting he works best in a benevolent dictatorship. if its not true to him, of course he should shut it down.
24:18 Trying to fix one's mistake after letting the truth slip ha ha ha ha
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I love you more than you'll ever know.
mad
anyone who the name of the satallite lady who did it with 3 millions?
Who is that Lady?
Why do I love Chantal so much?!! Because he is so damn sane.
Hey it's 2023 and SVB is collapsing. Looks like he was right.
No more stocks or gold but İnvesting on AvAX and SOLANA
He sure does love to talk.
Jason fried and DHH have been saying this for 10 years. Subprime startups.
Social Capital is my capital, for every letter of the Alphabet
- Polyhapateya
Who shoved the ads into this shit?
when you watch this in '21 and you realise RH just pulled up 4billion.
Not to mention Chamath knows dry powder is the best bet as we go into another GFC.
If he had a church I would go everyday Sunday
40c out of every venture $ goes into the hands of google, facebook and amazon.
Curious how the 40c actually flows to google, Facebook and amazon? Thought this was brilliant but don’t know if I understood the dynamics. Can you share?
Please explain
This is a total counterpoint to everything Andrew Chen @ A16 has written.
43:45 Critics. Nobody remembers a critic, block out their criticism. *Building things is hard,* nobody believes, it’s so dark, it’s so alone. The last thing you want is someone telling you that you can’t do it. F those people. They’re anonymous irrelevant losers on the sideline, *you’re on the field doing things. Be proud, that’s amazing. That’s hard.*
Easy for Cham to call others nasty pieces of s*&%. He admits he ran Capital like a benevolent dictatorship. Does he think his slighted partners should not be allowed to talk about his bad behavior? He's just a v lucky person and has not realized how much luck he was born into. He glibly talks, and talks, and talks... not so interesting.
Chamath is smart and has experience, so what he beat Berkshire Hathaway for their first few years, BRK has been profitable over 25 years, then 50 years... so its a little soon to talk shit.
I don't think the goal was to talk shit. It was just to illustrate that numerically no one could have anything to complain about the job he had done so far.
@@VanCough He tends to overcompensate a-lot, he'll get wiser with age.
This whole opening for what seems like an internet lifetime was extremely painful to sit and listen to. We have all dealt with a bunchhhhhhhhhhh of shit in life.
He sound like he grew up rough. No cut.
superficially make a company grow to satisfy investor 24:40