The Pomp Podcast

#398: Web Smith on The Future of Media

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Web Smith is the Founder of 2PM, an unique company that creates some of the best reports and summaries breaking down the DTC industry.  In this conv...

#397: Congressman Davidson, Caitlin Long, and Adam Traidman on Stablecoins

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode features Congressman Warren Davidson, Avanti Bank Founder Caitlin Long, and BRD Founder Adam Traidman. We focus the conversation exclu...

#396: Matt Leising on the Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All

30 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Leising is a Los Angeles-based reporter with Bloomberg News covering the derivatives markets. He moved to Los Angeles from New York as part of Bl...

#395: Comedian Rachel Feinstein on COVID-19 and 2020

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Feinstein is a stand-up comedian. She is also a new mother and married to a NY Fire Department Captain, which provides a never-ending amount of...

#394: Amanda Agati on Tactical Asset Allocation

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amanda Agati is the Chief Investment Strategist for PNC Financial Services Group. In this role, Amanda leads the team which establishes overall strate...

#393: Lisa Shields on Building Tech-enabled Financial Services

26 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Shields is FI.SPAN’s founder and CEO. She previously founded Hyperwallet System, which sold to PayPal for $400 million.  In this conversation...

#392: Dave Portnoy on Barstool, Betting, and Bitcoin

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Portnoy is the founder of Barstool Sports. In this conversation, we discuss the business behind Barstool, the new sportsbook they launched, why ...

#391: Eric Jorgenson on Capturing Naval's Knowledge

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Jorgenson is a startup growth guy, writer, and (rarely) an angel investor. He is on the founding team of Zaarly, and has been publishing online s...

#390: Ben Golub on Decentralized Computing & Storage

23 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Golub is a serial entrepreneur and CEO, who has played a key role in building six start-ups. Three of these were as CEO, including Docker, Gluster...

#389: Sam Bankman-Fried On Capturing Profits In Crypto

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Bankman-Fried is the CEO of crypto derivatives exchange FTX and Alameda Research. He majored in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...

#388: Robert Rosenberg on Lessons Learned Running Dunkin Donuts

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Rosenberg served as the CEO of Dunkin Donuts for 35 years. He took a company with 100 shops and $10 million in sales when he first became CEO, ...

#387: Tor Bair on Private Smart Contracts

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tor Bair is the founder of Secret Foundation, an organization dedicated to building, researching, and scaling the adoption of decentralized technologi...

#386: Richard Byworth on Becoming Public Market Crypto Exchange

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Byworth is the CEO at Diginex based in Hong Kong. Previously he was Managing Director at Nomura where he ran Multistrategy Sales for Asia Paci...

#385: Michael Saylor On Buying Bitcoin With His Balance Sheet

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Saylor is an entrepreneur and business executive, who co-founded and leads MicroStrategy, a company which provides business intelligence, mobi...

#384: Erik Torenberg on Decentralizing Venture Capital

15 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Torenberg is a co-founder and partner of Village Global, an early stage venture capital firm. He is also the host of Venture Stories. Erik was th...

#383: Jim Cramer Becomes A Bitcoin Bull

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Cramer is the host of Mad Money on CNBC. He is a former hedge fund manager as well as an author and a co-founder of TheStreet.com. In this convers...

#382: Alex Konrad on The Best Stories In Tech

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Konrad is a Senior Editor at Forbes covering venture capital, cloud and enterprise software out of New York. He also edits the Midas List, Midas ...

#381: Andy Rachleff on Wealthfront & The Future of Fintech

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Rachleff is a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Wealthfront. He also co-founded Benchmark Capital in 1995 and was a general partner until 2004...

#380: AJ Vaynerchuk on Building The Next Great Sports Agency

09 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

AJ Vaynerchuk is the co-founder of the athlete representation firm VaynerSports. He is also the former COO of VaynerMedia, a social-media-first digita...

#379: Keith Grossman on The Future of Media

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keith Grossman is President of TIME, where he leads the business operations of the company, including global advertising, marketing, and their digital...

#378: Chris Ashenden on the Importance of Food, Sleep, and Immune System Support

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Ashenden is a serial entrepreneur, a health and fitness expert, an investor and world traveler. He is the founder of Athletic Greens, an all-in-...

#377: Geoff Lewis on The New World We Live In

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Geoff Lewis is a Founder and Managing Partner of Bedrock. In 2019, Geoff was named as one of the Top 100 Venture Capitalists in the world by CB Insigh...

#376: Ryan Begelman on Buying and Building Profitable Companies

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Begelman and his partners bootstrapped Bisnow Media, an email newsletter and conference business, to over 7M in annual profit after only an initi...

#375: Ben Cohen on The Mystery and Science of Streaks

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Cohen is a sports reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York covering the NBA, college basketball and college football. He is also the autho...

#374: Morgan Housel on the Psychology of Money

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund and a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal. He also recently wrote a f...

#373: Matthew Dellavedova on Investing as a Professional Athlete

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Dellavedova is a professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. Dellavedova won an NBA championship with the Cleveland...

#372: Mark Nadal on Decentralized Network Infrastructures

29 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Nadal is the founder and CEO of ERA, an innovation lab focused on bringing the decentralized web to life across infrastructure, applications and ...

#371: Rapper FiDi Guy on Financial Education

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

FiDi Guy is a New York City-based rapper who has built a significant following on social media by using hip-hop to share financial education and marke...

#370: Jack Mallers on the Future of Strike, Zap, & Lightning Network

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Mallers is the founder of Zap, which has created Strike, an application that allows anyone to send money instantly, with no fees, anywhere in the...

#369: Alex Masmej on Personalized Tokens

26 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Masmej is the creator of the $ALEX token. He is interested in how decentralized computing and smart contracts can significantly change the world....

#368: Leah McGrath Goodman on Searching for Satoshi Nakamoto

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Leah McGrath Goodman is an American best-selling author and award-winning investigative journalist who writes from New York City and London. She will ...

#367: John St Capital Breaks Down Public and Private Companies

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John St Capital is the pseudonym used on Twitter by one of the smartest people I know on Wall Street. He works at a large family office during the day...

#366: Avlok Kohli on AngelList Rolling Funds

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Avlok Kohli is the CEO at AngelList Venture. This includes the Syndicates, Funds and Capital products. He previously built and sold two companies, inc...

#365: Zac Prince on Raising BlockFi's $50M Series C Financing

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zac Prince is the co-founder & CEO of BlockFi, the industry-leading wealth management platform for crypto asset investors.  In this conversation, we...

#364: Nelson Chu on Digitizing Private Credit Markets

19 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nelson Chu is the founder and CEO of Cadence, the leading digital securitization and investment platform for private credit. He is a 3x startup founde...

#363: Joe Pompliano on the Business and Money Behind Sports

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joseph Pompliano is the Founder of Huddle Up, a new media platform that breaks down the business and money behind sports. He also happens to be one of...

362: Pattie Sellers on the World’s Most Powerful & Successful People

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pattie Sellers is an an award-winning writer, producer, and multimedia journalist. She currently serves as the Co-CEO of SellersEaston Media and the C...

361: Chris Fenton on Chinese Propoganda & Censorship in Hollywood

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Fenton served as president of DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group and GM of DMG North America for 17 years, internationally orchestrating the...

360: Bill Barhydt on Building A Crypto Bank

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Barhydt is the founder of Abra, a simple to use cryptocurrency investment platform. After working for the CIA, NASA and Goldman Sachs, Bill decid...

359: Pierre Rochard on the Ethereum Supply Issue

12 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pierre Rochard is the Founder of Bitcoin Advisory and one of the strongest public proponents of Bitcoin. He has the unique combination of skills and e...

LIVE Q&A: Pomp and Jason Williams talk Bitcoin, Crypto, and the Decentralized World

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Williams is a co-founder and partner at Morgan Creek Digital. He previously built and sold FastMed, an approximately $500 million healthcare bus...

358: Shaan Puri on Building Companies & Riding Trends

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shaan Puri is the Senior Director of Product for Mobile Gaming at Twitch. He previously built Bebo, before ultimately selling the business to Twitch. ...

BREAKING NEWS: Coinbase Is Now Supporting Human-Readable Domains!

09 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bradley Kam is the co-founder of Unstoppable Domains, a company focused on popularizing blockchain-based domain names. This is a special "breaking ne...

357: Yan Liberman on Liquidity and DeFi

08 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yan Liberman is Managing Partner at Delphi Digital. He focuses on the quantitative side of the business, including predictive on-chain metrics and aut...

356: LIVE Camila Russo and Catherine Coley on Defi and Ethereum

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Camila Russo is a financial journalist with experience across continents and asset classes. She is the author of a new book, The Infinite Machine, and...

355: Jarrod Dicker on The Rise of Individual Creators

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jarrod Dicker is the Vice President of Commercial at The Washington Post, where he oversees strategy, engineering, product operations, technology and ...

354: Caleb Pressley on Creating Viral Internet Content

05 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Caleb Pressley is one of the most electric people on the internet. He currently works at Barstool Sports, run the @thinker account on Instagram, and p...

353: Peter McCormack on Bitcoin, Podcasting, and The World

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Peter McCormack is a journalist who hosts two popular podcasts, What Bitcoin Did and Defiance. He previously ran an advertising agency and has grown t...

352: Congressman Tom Emmer on Bitcoin and Decentralization

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Congressman Tom Emmer has served the people of Minnesota as their elected official in the US House of Representatives since 2015. He also currently si...

351: Roger Ver on Personal Freedom and Bitcoin

01 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Roger Ver is an early investor in Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related startups. He has been known as "Bitcoin Jesus" for his promotion of Bitcoin. In this co...

350: Ross Gerber on Tesla and Bitcoin

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ross is the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth and Investment Management. Ross has become one of the most influential investors o...

349: Tom Wright on the Billion Dollar Whale

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Wright is a co-author of the best selling book Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World. He is a Hong Kong-b...

348: Zuby on Building a Business as an Individual Creator

29 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zuby is a rapper, author, speaker, and coach. He graduated from Oxford and has quickly become an international sensation. In this conversation, we ta...

347: Steven Galanis on Creating The New Autograph With Cameo

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Galanis is the CEO of Cameo, the world's leading marketplace for personalized video shoutouts. He previously helped finance films in Hollywood ...

346: Caitlin Long On Federal Banks and Bitcoin

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Caitlin Long is the Founder and CEO of Avanti Financial Group. She spent 22 years on Wall Street, including Morgan Stanley, where she was Head of Corp...

345: Ian Cassel on Micro Cap Investing

25 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ian Cassel is the founder of Micro Cap Club and CIO of Intelligent Fanatics Capital Management. He has spent the last 20 years learning about and inve...

344: Sahil Lavingia On Building Technology Companies

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sahil Lavingia is the co-founder and CEO of Gumroad, a technology platform that helps creatives earn a living selling the stuff they make directly to ...

343: Joe Lallouz On Building Blockchain Infrastructure

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Lallouz is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in New York City. He is the CEO of Bison Trails, a leading blockchain infrastructure company h...

342: Kendrick Nguyen on The Future of Digital Securities

22 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kendrick Nguyen is Co-Founder and CEO of Republic, a crowdfunding platform with a mission to democratize fundraising and a vision to become a true mar...

341: Chris Slaughter On A Better Crypto Exchange Business Model

21 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Slaughter is co-founder and CEO of LVL, a new full-fledged banking account that I invested in that is focused on providing all of the fiat and B...

340: Greg Isenberg On Building Consumer Internet Products

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Isenberg is the Founder of Late Checkout and a Growth Advisor to TikTok. He previously built and sold a number of technology companies, including...

339: Brooke Pollack On The Blockchain VC Landscape

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brooke Pollack is the Founder and Managing Partner at Hutt Capital, a blockchain venture capital fund of funds and direct investment firm. In this con...

338: ByBit CEO Ben Zhou On Building A Leading Derivatives Exchange

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Zhou is the co-founder and CEO of Bybit, a global crypto derivatives exchange. He previously ran a retail forex brokerage for almost a decade. In ...

337: Kingdom Trust CEO Ryan Radloff On Advancing Bitcoin Adoption

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Radloff is the CEO of Kingdom Trust, an independent qualified custodian focused on leveraging technology to provide customized and innovative cus...

336: Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein On Investing In Crypto

15 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Sonnenshein is the Managing Director at Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset manager. In this role, Michael oversees the ...

335: Former Professional Skateboarder Mikey Taylor On Winning In Business

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mikey Taylor is a former professional skateboarder who now spends his time investing in real estate across the United States at Commune Capital. He pr...

334: Ana Lorena Fabrega On How To Learn

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ana Lorena Fabrega is a former teacher who now spends her time focused on building products to reimagine education. In this conversation, we discuss w...

333: Jesse Proudman On Quantitative Investing In Crypto

11 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Proudman is the co-founder and CEO of Strix Leviathan, a quantitative crypto hedge fund algorithmically trading digital assets. In this conversa...

332: Julie VerHage On The State Of FinTech

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Julie VerHage is the Senior Correspondent at FinTech Today. She also serves as a fintech analyst for a number of well known Silicon Valley venture cap...

331: Hiten Shah On Building Successful Startups & Products

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hiten Shah is the co-founder of FYI, a company that helps you find your documents in 3 clicks or less. He previously co-founded CrazyEgg and KISSmetri...

330: Kat Cole - The Best Business Leader In America?

08 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kat Cole is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Focus Brands, a company doing nearly $5 billion in annual revenue. She is the former presiden...

329: Jon Najarian On Wall Street and Bitcoin

07 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jon ‘DRJ’ Najarian was linebacker for the Chicago Bears before he turned to another kind of contact sport – trading on the Chicago Board Options...

328: Pomp Answers Listeners' Questions

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is an episode of The Pomp Podcast with host Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano. He answers a bunch of questions from listeners about everything from financ...

327: Cameron Porter On Apple Becoming A Healthcare Company

02 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cameron Porter is a Venture Architect at Alley Corp, an organization in New York that originates a startup idea, hires the team, funds the initial 6-1...

326: John Shahidi is the Architect Behind Your Favorite Digital Content

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Shahidi is a businessman, software developer, manager and producer. He and his brother started Shots Studios, a management company that produces ...

325: Michael Arrington On The Future Of Crypto

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Arrington is the founder of Arrington XRP Capital. He is also the founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Vall...

324: Former Public Pension Chairman Marc Levine On Investing During The Pension Crisis

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Levine is the Former Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Investment. He also started Chicago Asset Funding, which navigated the 2008 financia...

323: Douglas Boneparth on Financial Education And Risk

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Douglas Boneparth is the president and founder of Bone Fide Wealth. He is also the co-author of The Millennial Money Fix, which helps millennials lear...

322: Amir Haleem on Building the World's First Peer-to-Peer Wireless Network

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Amir Haleem is the co-founder and CEO of Helium, a technology company that built the Helium Hotspot. The Helium Hotspot has created an innovative way ...

321: Parker Lewis Gives An Overview Of The Federal Reserve

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Parker Lewis is the Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital.  In this conversation, we discuss the Federal Reserve, their mandate, what ac...

320: Jason Calacanis - The World’s Most Successful Angel Investor?

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Calacanis is a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcast, This Week in Startups, and Angel. He boasts one of ...

319: Bradley Miles Explains Social Money

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Bradley Miles is the Co-founder and CEO of Roll, a platform that helps individuals create unique and branded fan-based digital currency or what they c...

318: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins On Criminal Justice Reform

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is an American social justice advocate and the co-founder and CEO of Promise, a California-based company reworking the bail syst...

317: Soona Amhaz On The Future of Crypto Outside The US

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Soona Amhaz is a Co-Founder of Token Daily and General Partner at Volt Capital. In this conversation, we discuss open finance applications, the failu...

316: Tyrone Ross On The Need For Financial Education In America

17 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tyrone Ross is a financial consultant, early-stage start-up advisor, entrepreneur, and athlete. In this conversation, we discuss the importance of fi...

315: Scientist P.D. Mangan On Using Diet & Exercise To Fight Aging

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

PD Mangan is a 65 year-old author and scientist focused on using pharmacology, biochemistry, and microbiology to better understand how diet and exerc...

314: Master Sommelier Dustin Wilson Shares The Secrets Of The Wine Industry

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dustin Wilson is a Master Sommelier and a co-founder of Verve Wine. He was previously the Wine Director at Eleven Madison Park, a 3 Michelin-starred r...

313: Adam Townsend on Rich People Money vs Poor People Money

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Townsend is a private investor who now manages his own capital through his family office. He previously was one of the largest producers on Wall ...

312: Mark Jeffrey On The Importance Of Timing

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Jeffrey is the co-founder and CEO of Guardian Circle, a service tackling emergency response through a unique community approach. He's also a seri...

311: Jack Murphy On The Use Of The Military During Social Unrest

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Murphy is an eight-year Army Special Operations veteran who served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Se...

310: Peter Pham On The Secret Art Of Fundraising

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Pham is the co-founder of startup studio Science, which is behind many of the world's best consumer internet companies, where they co-build t...

309: Daryl Morey On Using Data To Make Decisions

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Daryl Morey is the general manager of the Houston Rockets of the NBA. He is a strong proponent of analytical methods, having created the true shooting...

308: Matt Ridley On Rationalism & Innovation In The Current Environment

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Ridley is a British journalist and businessman. He is best known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics, including The Ratio...

307: Alex Kantrowitz On Big Tech's Role In Society

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Kantrowitz, the author of a new book on big technology called Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever. He was previously ...

306: Andrew Wilkinson On Building Profitable Businesses With No Funding

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Wilkinson is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Tiny. He previously founded MetaLab, one of the world's top design agencies. He has gone fr...

305: Shervin Pishevar On Identifying Industry-Defining Entrepreneurs

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shervin Pishevar is one of the most successful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. He has previously invested heavily into companies like Uber, Air...

304: Jo Bhakdi On The Future Of Genomic Sequencing

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Bhakdi is the founder and CEO of Quantgene, a company deploying the world’s leading Deep Genomics solution. Their mission is to save lives throug...

303: Jeff John Roberts Tells The Coinbase Origination Story

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff John Roberts writes about intellectual property, blockchain and cyber security for Fortune. He has a new book about Coinbase titled Kings of Cryp...

302: Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets

26 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spencer Dinwiddie is a professional basketball player on the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. He is also one of the most forward thinking business minds in the le...

301: Travis Kling On The Future Of Bitcoin

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Travis Kling is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Ikigai Asset Management. In this conversation, we discuss the great accelerator, quantita...