About this episode
On this episode of Okay, Computer. Dan Nathan is joined by Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital and Rick Heitzmann of FirstMark Capital for a conversation about investing in private tech, the macro environment and geopolitical hotspots. Key Insights from the Pod: Intro (Listen to the last time Josh & Rick were on the pod) (0:00) The interest rate environment (2:15) Mentoring (6:00) Creative destruction and reformation (9:50) The IPO market (Read: IPO Class of 2024 Is Dominated by Older Startups (16:25) Sectors that could see a wave of money (19:15) The AI bubble (21:05) Massive bubble in Mag 7 stocks? (26:00) GLP-1s & Ozempic (29:50) The next Ozempic-like moment (31:20) Ro Body (32:20) Sentiment going into 2024 (34:00) Economic headwinds/Possible labor recession (37:30) Why Josh thinks UPS could go bankrupt & his case for Amazon (40:15) Josh’s geopolitical outlook for 2024 (Read: Josh Wolfe’s War ) (41:40) China/Taiwan (44:15) Disarray in US politics (48:00) -- View our show notes here Learn more about Current: current.com Learn more about Ro Body: ro.co/okay Email us at contact@riskreversal.com with any feedback, suggestions, or questions for us to answer on the pod and follow us @OkayComputerPod . We’re on social: Follow @dee_bosa on Twitter Follow @GuyAdami on Twitter Follow us on Instagram @RiskReversalMedia Subscribe to our YouTube page