This episode is a compilation of answers to YOUR questions that were asked directly from my listeners who attend my weekly business education YouTube live webcast. Topics include: Should You Follow Your Heart or Mind?, Founder Risk, Career Survival & Life Beyond Finance and Tech, and more.

Refer to chapter marks below for a complete list of topics covered and to jump to a specific section.

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Chapter Marks:

0:25 Intro + Welcome
2:09 Heart vs Mind
4:40 Appliance Sales Collapse
5:35 SaaS & Consulting Outlook
7:48 Is Intel Too Big to Fail?
10:25 Claude vs ChatGPT
11:49 Oil Industry & Iran War
13:41 Will Duolingo Survive?
15:33 Investment Banking vs AI
17:54 Coinbase Layoffs
20:54 Future of Work
22:02 Building Cash Flow
23:41 Building Traffic in 2026
27:35 AI & Dating
30:21 Politicians & Insider Trading
31:38 Oil Short Before the War
32:07 Convertible Notes
33:44 Marriage Advice
35:39 Is PayPal a Buy?
37:35 Career Pivot from Finance
41:26 Anthropic IPO
42:17 Portfolio Diversification
43:53 Quant vs Traditional Finance
44:47 Quant vs Macro Hedge Funds
46:33 Researching a Company
48:29 Why VOO?
50:28 Investing in Oil
54:33 Stocks vs Bonds vs ETFs
54:48 Best Sell Signals
56:47 SpaceX IPO Risks
58:35 Facebook in 20 Years
59:40 Modeling a Stock
1:00:38 What Private Equity Firms Do
1:02:47 Risk Taking When Young
1:04:57 AI Productivity Multiplier
1:06:08 Gamestop-Ebay Deal
1:06:48 Software Sales Compensation
1:07:45 Founder Leaves Company
1:11:55 Student Loans vs Cash Tuition
1:13:34 Future Outside Finance & Tech
1:16:48 Managing Negative Feelings
1:18:35 Is the Iran War Ending?
1:20:00 Real Estate, Stocks & Golf
1:22:36 Blockchain & Traditional Finance
1:25:59 Space Sector Advice
1:28:00 Advice for a 15-Year-Old
1:29:25 Finance vs Consulting
1:30:35 What Makes a Great CEO?
1:31:40 Vanguard ETFs
1:32:30 Is Nvidia Overvalued?
1:33:09 Gold vs Real Estate
1:34:36 $1M Bitcoin Valuation

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