Anthony Pompliano - Full Tilt Investing- [Invest Like the Best, EP.74]

Published: Jan. 30, 2018, 10:30 a.m.

b"My guest this week is Anthony Pompliano. Pomp began his career in the military, and has since been a successful entrepreneur, worked as a head of growth at Facebook, and started Full Tilt Capital, an early stage investing firm in North Carolina.\\n This conversation has three memorable sections. Early on, we discuss the four traits Pomp looks for in founders, which we cover in detail. These double as traits that are important when hiring anyone. Next, we discuss his unique take on cryptocurrencies, where he is excited about the prospects for tokenized securities. Finally, we explore a unique media company, Bar Stool Sports, and what makes it such a powerful brand.\\n Please enjoy our somewhat abbreviated discussion and know we will continue the conversation soon.\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub.\\n Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag\\n \\xa0\\n Links Referenced\\n Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports\\u2019 Secret Billion Dollar Plan\\n Books Referenced\\n Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter\\n \\xa0\\n Show Notes\\n 2:06 - (First Question) \\u2013 Recap of Anthony\\u2019s military career\\n 4:07 \\u2013 Most memorable experience while deployed\\n 5:27 \\u2013 Transition out of the military and how it shaped his investing philosophy\\n 11:19 \\u2013 investing philosophy of Full Tilt, starting with deal economics\\n 10:00 \\u2013 Attributes of an ideal founder\\n 13:50 - \\xa0Where you actual learn the attributes that make you a good founder\\n 14:40 \\u2013 Time that Anthony has taken the biggest risk in life\\n 16:45 \\u2013 What is the viewpoint that Full Tilt has today that gives it Alpha in the market\\n 18:47 \\u2013 Why tokenized securities could be advantageous for investors in a company\\n 19:51 \\u2013 Anthony\\u2019s explanation of a tokenized security and what needs to happen for this idea to be fully realized in the market\\n 22:22 \\u2013 What could be the impact on the markets of making liquidity in venture so readily available\\n 24:39 \\u2013 What are tokenized securities actually invested in in the real world\\n 27:42 \\u2013 What does Anthony think about the commodity risk\\n 29:04 \\u2013 Describing Standard American Mining, a company they incubated\\n 29:58 \\u2013 Exploring the shift from a CPU world to a GPU world\\n 31:49 \\u2013 Getting involved in places where we haven\\u2019t caught up with the rest of the world\\n 33:05 \\u2013 Anthony\\u2019s interest in Barstool Sports\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 33:11 \\u2013 Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports\\u2019 Secret Billion Dollar Plan\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 37:09 \\u2013 Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter\\n 39:02 \\u2013 What lessons from Full Tilt world would Anthony share with others in the more traditional business world\\n 40:35 \\u2013 Kindest thing anyone has done for Anthony\\n Learn More\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\xa0\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub\\n Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag"