Episodes

  • TVS – Reflections and a Pause

    TVS – Reflections and a Pause
    Jan 2 2018
    Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I just got back from a wonderful trip to Japan and Taiwan, extremely jetlagged, as it’s 5am currently in New York. Alas, as this podcast episode name sounds, I am putting the podcast on an indefinite pause due to a combination of work, learning, and side projects (crypto & […]
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    5 mins
  • TVS 056 – Credit Score (Bethy Hardeman – Credit Karma)

    TVS 056 – Credit Score (Bethy Hardeman – Credit Karma)
    Nov 7 2017
    Welcome to Episode 56 of The Vampire Squid! Today we have on Bethy Hardeman, Chief Consumer Advocate, at Credit Karma! I wish I had taken a personal finance course in high school / college so I would have a better understanding of why a credit score is important, and the levers that I could pull […]
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    23 mins
  • TVS 055 – Poker and Investing

    TVS 055 – Poker and Investing
    Oct 15 2017
    Today, we are going to talk about one of my favorite hobbies, Poker!, and how that relates to investing and finance. I’ve recently been watching a lot of poker online as well as reading Phil Hellmuth’s autobiography, Poker Brat, which gives a great insight into how Phil got so good at poker, and some of […]
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    15 mins
  • TVS 054 – Finance to Startups and Entrepreneurship (Head of Expa Labs – Eric Friedman)

    TVS 054 – Finance to Startups and Entrepreneurship (Head of Expa Labs – Eric Friedman)
    Sep 17 2017
    Today’s episode is with Eric Friedman, who is the head of Expa Labs, as six-month incubator for early-stage startups. This interview is one of the most informative and immediately applicable if you are interested in technology and / or pursuing entrepreneurship coming from a finance background. We dive into some great topics like the 1%, 9%, […]
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    48 mins
  • TVS 053 – Brian Wong (Founder of Kiip, 18 Year Old College Graduate)

    TVS 053 – Brian Wong (Founder of Kiip, 18 Year Old College Graduate)
    Sep 4 2017
    Happy labor day weekend, and I’ve missed you guys! Welcome back, and I’m super excited for this season of TVS and share with you things that I have learned as well as interviews that I have had. I hope everyone had an awesome summer break and is refreshed to get back into the swing of […]
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    35 mins
  • TVS – Summer Break til August

    TVS – Summer Break til August
    May 22 2017
    Congrats to everyone who has graduated or is currently graduating this year! I hope everyone gets to take some time off before you start your next venture whether that be starting a new job, going to get a masters, starting a business, or more! I will actually be taking a couple of months off as […]
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    2 mins
  • TVS 052 – Introduction to Term Sheets

    TVS 052 – Introduction to Term Sheets
    May 14 2017
    Happy episode number 52! Today I will be giving a quick introduction to Term Sheets, which is one of the first important steps for a material business agreement like debt financing or equity financing. Today we will focus on equity financing, specifically venture capital investments in start-ups! This episode was actually inspired after I watched an […]
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    13 mins
  • TVS 051 – The Truth About Investing

    TVS 051 – The Truth About Investing
    May 7 2017
    Welcome back to episode 51 of The Vampire Squid! In today’s episode, we are going to be talking about “The Truth About Investing”, which is a presentation that Howard Marks (OakTree) created, which I found extremely insightful and a bit contrarian to how normal, everyday investors, like me, think. In this episode, I will go […]
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    14 mins