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 Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson 🎙 Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb...Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Follow on Socials📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/cartoonavatars🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/cartoonavatars🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cartoonavatars About the ShowA Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise. Executive Producer: Rashad AssirProducer: Leah ClapperMixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky Check out Unsupervised Learning, Redpoint's AI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCUl-s_Vp-Kkk_XVyDylNwLA 🎙 Listen to the show Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-logan-bartlett-show/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg 🎥 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow🎬 Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the Show Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.