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Decoded with Ryan Pallotta
by Ryan Pallotta, Prometheus
On Prometheus Decoded inspirational investors and leaders share professional and personal stories about navigating the financial and business world—with lessons and best practices to help you drive transformational change in yourself.
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Mikey Taylor: How a superstar skateboarder became a re-estate mogul, fund manager and politician.
Mikey Taylor is a retired pro skateboarder, co Founder of Saint Archer Brewery, Co Founder & President of Commune Capital and Thousand Oaks City Council Member. Send Mikey a message on the Prometheus app. https://app.prometheusalts.com/profile/62b4b7353e7c21994ebeeedc Download Prometheus and…
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Matt Bilinsky on how (and why) the media is broken and how becoming an "information bloodhound" can fix it
Today Ryan Pallotta is talking with Matt Bilinsky. Matt’s a business attorney, host of the Prevailing Narrative podcast, and an outspoken observer of how media has changed over the past decade. The self-described information bloodhound describes the dramatic shift in American values since the…
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SPECIAL EP: Kyle Bass on China, Robert Mullin on energy, & Jordi Visser's thoughts on a recession. The experts debate it all.
Brilliant investors Kyle Bass, Jordi Visser, and Robert Mullin discuss the markets in 2023, the fed, energy prices, China and more. Stream the live event now. Kyle Bass is the Co-Founder and CEO of Conservation Equity Management, a private equity firm focused on environmental sustainability and...
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Steve Cohen’s top lieutenant on training good portfolio managers, reinventing the culture at SAC Capital (the real-life “Billions”) and how hedge funds can create more alpha in volatile markets w/ Perry Boyle
Today, I'm excited to talk with impact investor and investment industry veteran H. Perry Boyle. Perry's had a long and storied career in the financial world, but the first thing I wanted to know about was his hiring of Prometheus Founder and CEO Michael Wang as a Senior Analyst at the legendary...
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Double-digit returns investing in wine and whiskey w/ Maxwell Nee
Today Ryan Pallotta is talking with Maxwell Nee. Maxwell is Managing Partner at Oeno Group, an investment firm specializing in luxury assets like wine and whiskey. Maxwell shares his insights on why more and more investors are turning to these potent alternative assets to diversify their…
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Harnessing the trend of fund managers creating content and the urgent need to reinvent the way people invest w/ Michael Wang
Today Ryan Pallotta is talking with a very special guest, Prometheus Founder and CEO Michael Wang. Mike's an award-winning hedge fund veteran. An alum of Steve Cohen's legendary SAC Capital, Wang contributed to Tourbillon Capital Partners' early success before winning accolades as Cypress Funds'...
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Learning from the "Paypal Mafia." Building tech to fix the world. Reasons to be an American optimist, w/ Joe Lonsdale
Today Ryan Pallotta is talking with the Managing Partner of 8VC, Joe Lonsdale. Joe's a true iconoclast who builds mission-driven companies that use technology to solve inefficiencies and bridge what he calls conceptual gaps. Joe and 8VC led Prometheus' seed round fund-raise, inspired by our...
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How to set goals and smash through them with humility, hard work, passion, and playing to your strengths w/ Kirk Myers
Kirk Myers is a celebrity trainer and founder of the Dogpound—one of the most exclusive gyms and iconic fitness brands in the world today. The chat gets underway with Kirk explaining the genesis of the Dogpound. He describes how, while on track to become an elementary school teacher, he was...
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The end of legacy brands. How celebrities are the future of investing in new companies w/ Jackie Fast
Jackie Fast is Founder and Managing Partner at Sandbox Studios. Sandbox is a unique fund that invests exclusively in talent-led businesses at the seed stage. Jackie's also the author of Rule Breaker: Rebellious Leadership for the Future of Work. In their chat, Jackie explains how she saw the...
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The biggest music industry legend you've (probably) never heard of shares his incredible story w/ Ron Sweeney.
Ron Sweeney, entertainment attorney, manager, consultant, and former record executive. He may be the biggest music industry legend you've never heard of. Named one of the top music lawyers by Billboard Magazine on multiple occasions, Ron has done major deals for artists like James Brown, Eazy-E,...
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Viral marketing in 2022, the reign of the podcast, and the importance of experimentation w/ Jeremy Moser
Jeremy Moser is the Co-Founder and CEO of uSERP, a company that helps brands grow through performance-driven SEO and digital PR. In this podcast, Jeremy describes how he helps companies like Monday.com and Robin Hood get in front of the people who are most likely to become customers. He explains...
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From working at the world's most notorious hedge fund to founding collectibles trading platform MySlabs.com w/ Emilio Masci
Emilio Masci is the founder of collectibles trading platform MySlabs.com. In our chat, Emilio gives us an overview of his long tenure at legendary hedge-fund SAC Capital and shares its impact on him. He describes his love of collecting baseball cards and comic books and how he combined that…
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How I blurred the line between retailer and influencer and built a diamond empire in a male-dominated space w/ Nicole Wegman
Nicole Wegman is the Founder and CEO of Ring Concierge, the leading luxury jeweler committed to designing for women by women. In our talk, Nicole tells us how her own experience of trying to find the perfect engagement ring led her to leave fashion and get into the jewelry space with Ring…
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Rising above the noise in the DTC space, helping the young hungry entrepreneur, and delivering self care at scale w/ Daniel Broukhim
Daniel Broukhim is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FabFitFun, an eCommerce and media company with over two million subscribers and a valuation of nearly a billion dollars. Daniel is also the Co-Founder of Green Meadow Ventures—a VC firm that invests in tech-enabled consumer and enterprise…
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Arbitraging gold in 5th grade, investing in Facebook early, why traditional stocks can’t compete with crypto w/ Thane Ritchie
Thane Ritchie has over 30 years of experience in alternative investments, getting his start arbitraging gold at the tender age of 10. He is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ritchie Capital Management, a privately held hedge fund sponsor. Thane has worked with innovative companies in...
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How to build a brand around principles. How to create a cult-like following. Why we need to talk about the massive gender-based funding gap w/ Ellen Chen
Ellen Chen is the Co-Founder of Mendocino Farms—an LA-based fast-casual sandwich chain with an almost cult-like following. Ellen didn't come from a food and beverage background. Still, after meeting her future husband, restauranteur Mario Del Pero, she decided to step away from her impressive...
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How to build a career that plays to your strengths, giving founders the help they really need, and the +/- impact of companies at scale w/ Sarah Kunst
We're so excited to be talking with Sarah Kunst, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Cleo Capital. Cleo Capital is a multi-stage venture capital firm that focuses on leading investments in pre-seed companies. During a stimulating and inspiring 50 minutes, Sarah talks to us about her start in...
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How to reach your potential: from Wall Street to the NBA and back again w/ Ryan Renteria
We're excited to be talking with Ryan Renteria, Founder of Dominate Your Fate, a professional advisory firm working with high achievers. Ryan’s story is an inspiring one. Growing up in a low-income household in Sacramento, California, Ryan attended a high school with a 50% dropout rate. After...
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Building on the Adidas family legacy: the impact of innovation on sports, gaining a competitive edge, and creating the future of sports tech w/ Alex Bente
Joining us today is Alex Bente. In 2018, Alex Co-Founded ADvantage, a global VC fund investing in companies innovating new technologies and disrupting many aspects of the sports space. Innovating in sports runs in the family. Alex's great-grandfather was Adolf Dassler, the founder of the…
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How to discover your edge, the connection between financial success and happiness, and recalibrating in response to change w/ Jason Karp.
Jason Karp discovered that running an investment fund was no longer his calling at the very peak of his success. His mistake, he tells us, was not retiring from the industry at that exact moment. But by the time Jason shut Tourbillon Capital down in 2018, his calling was becoming clear—he wanted…
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Exposing corruption, the evolution of journalism, and misunderstood businesses w/ Herb Greenberg
Herb Greenberg is a former journalist and current legend in the investing community. The first 20 years of Herb's career saw him plying his trade at some of the most recognizable publications that cover business, with stints at the Chicago Tribune, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal, among...
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How to become a great stock picker, developing the discipline to let winners ride, and why DWAC is engineered to destroy retail investors w/ Whitney Tilson
Today, we're joined by author, philanthropist, former hedge fund manager, and current investment newsletter publisher Whitney Tilson. During our fascinating conversation, Whitney describes his childhood in Tanzania and Nicaragua, his relatively late start to investing, his long friendship with...
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Using capitalism to scale positive impact in a massive way with Newday Impact, Georgie Badiel, and Phillippe Cousteau Jr.
Today, we’re talking with a group of amazing people challenging the long-held idea that generating wealth and positively impacting the world are opposing strategies. Newday Impact was founded so that responsibly-minded individuals and institutions could access the impact and environmental…
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Is Tesla the greatest company of all time? The Ukraine war and how to navigate these chaotic markets, with Emmet Peppers and Matt Smith
Today we sit down with two guys doing something exceptional in the investment space—Emmet Peppers and Matt Smith. The pair were vaguely aware of one another from their respective tweets about Tesla and shared prediction: that Tesla could become the greatest stock of all time by the end of the...
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Arca CIO Jeff Dorman on finding an edge in the new world of digital assets, how blockchain can empower users, innovative yield strategies and more.
Jeff Dorman is a visionary investor using his expertise to creatively push boundaries in our rapidly-evolving world. Jeff is the CIO and Co-Founder of Arca—an innovative new crypto investment firm exploring new methods of applying traditional investing strategies in the world of blockchain.…
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Marc Cohodes, on his high-stakes take-downs of corrupt CEOs, the importance of focus, and his innovative investment ideas.
Marc Cohodes has earned a living and a reputation betting against companies he suspects committing fraud. His high-profile take-downs include Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor—the orchestrator of a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based pain medication that caused the deaths…
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Kyle Bass on his journey to success, the need for real leadership on Wall Street, and his latest venture—Conservation Equity Management.
The brilliant Kyle Bass is the Chief Investment Officer of Hayman Capital. Kyle rose to prominence in 2008, having successfully predicted and bet against the US subprime mortgage crisis that came to a head in that year. In our highly engaging chat with Kyle, he details his inspiring journey from...
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Lessons from failure are vital ingredients in the secret sauce of business success. Confidence, drive, and the ability to adapt and grow with Lilly Ghalichi.
Episode 4 of Decoded features Lilly Ghalichi. An entrepreneur, attorney, and former reality tv star. Lilly is an inspiration for entrepreneurs everywhere. She describes how her immigrant parents—gave her confidence in her abilities to succeed, inspiring her to be her own boss. Lilly is an...
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How do you become a better investor? Quieting the noise, human functionality tools, making capitalism work for everyone and more—with Gil Weisblum.
Today we have the privilege to talk to an incredible investor. Gil Weisblum. The way he uses a philosophical approach to better his investing is something we can all learn from. Gil talks about using what he calls our Human Functionality tools to become better humans and investors. Gil has been…
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Read your instruction manual— Finding the tools to achieve greatness in life. From Compton to the Ivy League, NFL and beyond. w/ Marcellus Wiley
Prometheus Decoded is a place to uncover the stories behind leaders who have stepped up to shape the future of business. They are change agents. Innovators and Visionaries. On Prometheus Decoded, you’ll hear from inspirational investors who share professional and personal stories about navigating...
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Are NFTs modern Beanie Babies? Metaverse, blockchain use-case scenarios, deferred value & more. w/ Herb Greenberg & David Namdar
Prometheus Decoded is a place to uncover the stories behind leaders who have stepped up to shape the future of business. They are change agents. Innovators and Visionaries. On Prometheus Decoded, you’ll hear from inspirational investors who share professional and personal stories about navigating...
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On Prometheus Decoded inspirational investors and leaders share professional and personal stories about navigating the financial and business world—with lessons and best practices to help you drive transformational change in yourself.
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Ryan Pallotta, Prometheus
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