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2:11 Jason breaks down SoftBank's Vision Fund losing ~$21B+ last quarter and analyzes some clips from Masayoshi Son's investor presentation
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12:54 Jason disagrees with Masa's new strategy and direction and explains how founders should approach raising capital by megafunds like the Vision Fund and differences between how Uber and WeWork deployed SoftBank capital
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24:06 Reviewing the biggest hits and misses from Vision Fund I
27:05 Lessons learned from DTC shutdowns, how VCs deploy capital in a downturn
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36:17 Jay Trading update: $DIS, $AMZN, $WBD, $SFIX
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August 9, 2022
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