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Brian Levitt

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668 total appearances

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The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

Wouldn't that be such a cool story and great for investors?

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

Oh, absolutely.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

So what do you... Absolutely.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

One of the problems, and we could end on this, one of the problems with the picks and shovels analogy is

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

is people forget that analogy during the internet boom era, the first one, it was sardonic.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

They were saying, because in the actual gold rush, the 1849 gold rush in San Francisco, there wasn't any gold.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

Like people ruined their lives chasing up into San Francisco to look for gold that was never there.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

Like a few people found gold.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

And it was like, it was a catastrophe for the people.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

But like the idea was like, well, at least the picks and shovels salespeople made money.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

Actually, the company that made the most money was Levi Strauss.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

selling denim workwear.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

But fine.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

We better hope this isn't picks and shovels and this is a failed gold rush.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

I don't think it's going to be.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

We're using AI inside of our business right now.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

Probably 1% of what we'll be using five years from now.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

And I think, and we're, you know, considered, I guess, a small business.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

um, midsize businesses and publicly traded large size businesses.

The Compound and Friends
Why the Knockout Punch Never Comes With Brian Levitt

It's not a gold rush.