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Drew Taggart

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Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

That obsession is really important to us.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And even like going back to the anecdote just now, like, we weren't just like, dance music's big.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

We were like obsessed with

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

with dance music.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

I mean, I was downloading off blogs before we even learned to produce with Drew, hundreds of songs a day that I would just like put in a folder because I just loved discovering new music.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And I also threw parties everywhere here in New York City for like six, seven, eight years.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

So I also understood how to fill a room.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

I understood as a club owner, you don't give a shit about what the DJ is playing.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

You just want your club to be filled making money.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

So we understood the business side of how to be successful as the chain smokers within a venue and what was important to them.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And so we like really had all of these pieces understanding the same way that sometimes advantageous to invest in a founder is a specialist from that field.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

Hey, I was working at Salesforce.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

This is a problem that I always had.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And now I'm starting that company.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And I think it's a problem that a lot of other people have.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And I've experienced it firsthand.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

And I know the solution that I need to build.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

I think that really resonates with me versus the opportunistic.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

AI is hot right now.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
The Chainsmokers - Music & Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.430]

I'm just going to build an AI company or something like that.