Michael Saylor: “Bitcoin is a Dominant Monetary Network” | SALT Talks #109

03/31/21 • 55 min

Michael Saylor is the CEO of MicroStrategy. He is a technologist, investor, business executive, philanthropist, and best-selling author. He has become famous in the Bitcoin community for purchasing more than $450+ million of Bitcoin using the company's balance sheet.

Bitcoin represents a similar transformation in the financial space. Similar to the likes of Amazon, Apple and Facebook, Bitcoin has proven itself the winner in the crypto asset space and will continue its inevitable climb. Institutions and major players in the financial space are already coming around to Bitcoin which will accelerate its adoption and growth.

As we approached 2010, companies like Apple, Facebook and Amazon were poised to transform the world. The analog world we once lived in would soon fit in the palm of a hand. Apple was replacing Canon; Facebook and Instagram were replacing Kodak; Amazon was replacing retail stores. In the process, these companies became exponentially more valuable than the ones they eliminated. “Software networks are dematerializing everything in the world.”

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

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To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit salt.org/talks

Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

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Marlon Nichols: Cultural Investing | SALT Talks #108

Marlon Nichols is a founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital (formerly known as Cross Culture Ventures), which finds the entrepreneurs who are building the future for the rest of America.

A career started in consulting eventually led to venture because as a VC, one has skin in the game for the length of that investment. It offers the ability to directly shape the nature of the companies, supports more diverse entrepreneurs and identifies opportunities to address traditionally underserved communities through entrepreneurialism. Slowly, there are signs of increased focus on diversity in the venture capital space with many groups reporting on their diversity numbers. “A nerve has been struck, and people are digging in and seeing the value; not only the social value but the economic value of diversity.”

Coining the term, “cultural investing,” it seeks to identify global behavioral shifts with potential staying power. Pop culture is the driving force, so it is used as a key indicator in predicting where major cultural movements are heading.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

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Jeff Sonnenfeld: 5 Qualities of an Effective Leader | SALT Talks #110

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies at Yale University’s School of Management and The Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice, as well as the Founder, President of THE YALE CHIEF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE– the world’s first “CEO College”. Previously, Sonnenfeld spent ten years as a professor at the Harvard Business School. He has been named one of the world’s “ten most influential business school professors” by Business Week and one of the “100 most influential figures in governance” by Directorship. He is also a winner of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

There are five qualities that make up an effective leader: personal dynamism, empathy, authenticity, inspirational goals, and boldness. Any CEO’s story involves plenty of setbacks that required resiliency and determination in moving past. That process involves honestly facing the problem, engaging your network of acquaintances, and ultimately rebuilding yourself into something better. “It's a failure that punctuates success. It's a defining moment... those who make it through are forever changed.”

It is important for a leader to demonstrate the ability to let go of grudges or personal slights. President Biden serves as an example of someone famously known for his willingness to move past temporary disagreements. This lays the groundwork for future compromise and collaboration between opposing sides.

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To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit salt.org/talks

Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.