July 21, 2022· 52 min

Jason Calacanis On the Expensive Lesson Coming to Silicon Valley

Jason Calacanis

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,719 words)

M:29%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,158 words)

M:29%

GuestJason Calacanis(7,457 words)

M:94%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic24%

literally, completely, very

Engagement81%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

know (136x), like (121x), they (94x)

Parallelism78%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And then just to add to that, ..., And then the question is what ...

Sound Patterns71%

78 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases7%

at the end of the day, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging5%

might, may, maybe

Passive Voice6%

is incentivized, be even, are invested

Abstract Nouns15%

investment, recommendation, conversation

Subordination5%

because, while, since

Sentence Length32%

Avg: 13.0 words/sentence

Word Complexity44%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style19%

893 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style65%

literally, completely, really

Description

For years, venture capital firms have been pouring money into start-ups, trying to get a piece of the next Amazon or Apple. Valuations for new tech companies soared, and many of them took to crypto to explore new forms of raising money. That included issuing tokens to venture capital funds who sometimes then flipped them to retail investors. Now, Silicon Valley seems to be crashing back down to Earth. And an industry that's all about sourcing more and more money at higher valuations, is having to contend with down rounds. Meanwhile, many of the tokens sold by start-ups have lost value during the crypto crash. On this episode we speak with long-time angel investor and co-host of the 'All-In' podcast Jason Calacanis, who was early into companies like Uber, Calm and Robinhood. He predicts that Silicon Valley is about to learn a very expensive lesson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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