Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future of Amazon | E1706

Acquired co-hosts Ben and David are BACK to discuss the state of the VC market and YC shutting down its Continuity Fund (6:20) before diving into industries that benefitted from ZIRP (26:35). They also break down which social apps they want to own and why (45:29). Then, Ben and Jason wrap up the show by discussing the future of Amazon and Starfish Space, a new space startup (1:11:48) (0:00) Nick tees up today’s topics (1:36) David’s time at Stanford (6:20) Ben’s private market snapshot (8:49) Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub - Apply in 5 minutes for six figures in discounts at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups (10:19) David’s private market snapshot (16:19) Reacting to YC closing down its Continuity Fund (25:35) QuickNode - Go to http://quicknode.com/ and use the code TWIST for a free month on their feature-packed Build Plan (26:35) Industries that benefitted from ZIRP (35:08) House of Macadamias - Get 20% off at https://houseofmacadamias.com/twist by using code TWIST20 (36:36) How compelling is AI? (45:29) Owning either Instagram, Linked In, or YouTube (48:15) Rational and Wildcard: Who is likely to acquire TikTok? (53:44) Twitter product development (1:00:51) Reclaiming lost time (1:11:48) The future of Amazon (1:19:57) Apple to spend $1B on producing theatrical releases + Project Titan (1:25:21) SOTD: Keeping satellites on course with Starfish Space FOLLOW Ben: https://twitter.com/gilbert FOLLOW David: https://twitter.com/djrosent FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190