Cyrus and Iman discuss the ‘deep sickness’ in the UK (vs. US) capital markets according to James Anderson, the rapid growth of startup entrepreneurship during covid, woke culture in big tech, Microsoft making new moves to compete with Apple, and what makes Nvidia a great investment.

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Materials referenced:

Deep sickness in UK markets: https://www.ft.com/content/81d47276-cf69-40ec-ad52-2f9e0df04ee3

Covid's growth of entrepreneurs in the US: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maneetahuja/2021/06/17/covids-entrepreneur-explosion/?sh=29aab8ab4de7

Antonio Garcia Martinez: https://www.thepullrequest.com/p/bad-apple

Matt Taibbi: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-the-hypocrites-at-apple-who-canceled

Apple Microsoft war: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-microsoft-apple-tech-war-reignites-for-a-new-era-11624786202

Nvidia: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michaeljacksonvc_nvidias-40-billion-takeover-of-arm-faces-activity-6810674749828673536-KTp5

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#026 - Rational Musings: James Anderson, Startup Boom, Woke Culture In Big Tech, Microsoft Moves, & Investing In Nvidia

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