The Big Picture

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So I, I did a math degree at Oxford, which is more pure math. You know, pure math can be very theoretical and detached from the real world, and it’s getting worse. You don’t have to pay any tax and just let the rest ride. It’s just math stick to it over long periods of time. You give out 5%.

Investing 130

Investing Investments Clients Management 130

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

It was a wild ride because by the time you got, well, so in 2005, we went on a road show trying to tell people what we had learned, and there wasn’t a lot of reception. And in the 2000 at the 2005 conference, it’s kind of wild. Maybe the market hadn’t priced something properly. Sean Dobson : It was a wild ride.

Banking 139

Banking Investing Investments Marketing 139

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We, we made in 2005, I believe. That 00:15:42 [Speaker Changed] Was first AI investment, 2005. It was about $170 million valuation. So here’s the math, Barry. You take it out tax free as well. Fair Cast was an investment, a series B investment. In fact, we backed the head of artificial intelligence.

Investing 246

Investing Investments Startup Accounting 246

The Big Picture

MAY 16, 2023

Literally the first check-in to Robinhood, which went public in 2021 at about a $34 billion valuation. RITHOLTZ: 2004, 2005. RITHOLTZ: 2005. RITHOLTZ: He was the first (inaudible) in round B at the higher valuation. Is it about the valuation? He was a pre-IPO investor in companies like Facebook and Twitter.

Media 273

Media Investing Investments Valuation 273

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

But thankfully, the next decade, things really accelerated in terms of the growth of the company and growth in the valuation, things like that. Initially, it was started in 2005 and it was called Revolution, but it was just my capital. The math never seems to work out. So we have institutional investors across the platform now.

Startup 156

Startup Investing Investments Numbers 156