Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I just got back from a wonderful trip to Japan and Taiwan, extremely jetlagged, as it’s 5am currently in New York. Alas, as this podcast episode name sounds, I am putting the podcast on an indefinite pause due

TVS 056 – Credit Score (Bethy Hardeman – Credit Karma)

Nov 7th, 2017 22m 34s

Welcome to Episode 56 of The Vampire Squid! Today we have on Bethy Hardeman, Chief Consumer Advocate, at Credit Karma! I wish I had taken a personal finance course in high school / college so I would have a better understanding of why a credit

TVS 055 – Poker and Investing

Oct 15th, 2017 14m 58s

Today, we are going to talk about one of my favorite hobbies, Poker!, and how that relates to investing and finance. I’ve recently been watching a lot of poker online as well as reading Phil Hellmuth’s autobiography, Poker Brat, which gives a g

TVS 054 – Finance to Startups and Entrepreneurship (Head of Expa Labs – Eric Friedman)

Sep 17th, 2017 48m 2s

Today’s episode is with Eric Friedman, who is the head of Expa Labs, as six-month incubator for early-stage startups. This interview is one of the most informative and immediately applicable if you are interested in technology and / or pursuing

TVS 053 – Brian Wong (Founder of Kiip, 18 Year Old College Graduate)

Sep 4th, 2017 34m 38s

Happy labor day weekend, and I’ve missed you guys! Welcome back, and I’m super excited for this season of TVS and share with you things that I have learned as well as interviews that I have had. I hope everyone had an awesome summer break and i

TVS – Summer Break til August

May 22nd, 2017 2m 15s

Congrats to everyone who has graduated or is currently graduating this year! I hope everyone gets to take some time off before you start your next venture whether that be starting a new job, going to get a masters, starting a business, or more!

TVS 052 – Introduction to Term Sheets

May 14th, 2017 12m 39s

Happy episode number 52! Today I will be giving a quick introduction to Term Sheets, which is one of the first important steps for a material business agreement like debt financing or equity financing. Today we will focus on equity financing, s

TVS 051 – The Truth About Investing

May 7th, 2017 14m 24s

Welcome back to episode 51 of The Vampire Squid! In today’s episode, we are going to be talking about “The Truth About Investing”, which is a presentation that Howard Marks (OakTree) created, which I found extremely insightful and a bit contrar

TVS 050 – Thoughts after a life-changing paralyzing accident from a Thiel Fellow and Shark Tank Alum (Anthony Zhang) Part II

Apr 30th, 2017 18m 13s

Episode 50!! Please see Part II of the interview that I did with Anthony Zhang where we dive deeper into his advice for first-time entrepreneurs and general advice for people that are facing setbacks in life, like not getting that job promotion

TVS 049 – Thoughts after a life-changing paralyzing accident from a Thiel Fellow and Shark Tank Alum (Anthony Zhang)

Apr 23rd, 2017 18m 27s

I’m so excited to present this episode with, Anthony Zhang, who was the founder of EnvoyNow, a USC food delivery application. I first read about Anthony’s story in Fortune, where Anthony was a Thiel Fellow, Shark Tank Alum, in 500 Startups but

TVS 048 – Women in Finance (with Valerie Wong)

Apr 17th, 2017 14m 17s

Women in Finance! One of the topics that I have been wanting to cover for a long time on TVS, and finally had the opportunity to do so with Valerie Wong. Today’s episode focuses a lot on the cultural biases that dominate the workspace, things t

TVS 047 – Diversity in Finance – International to the United States (Valerie Wong)

Apr 9th, 2017 25m 14s

I’m very excited for this week’s episode with Valerie Wong, who is the president of Latinos in Finance and an employee of MSCI. We talk about two very important topics including being international and breaking into the United States for a fina

TVS 046 – Trading Gold and Silver (with Peter Hug)

Apr 3rd, 2017 24m 13s

Today’s episode is on trading precious metals, specifically gold and silver! I’ve always been interested in learning about what drives the prices of gold and silver and how to add it to my portfolio. This episode was extremely informative for m

TVS 045 – Finimize (Co-Founder Scott Tindle) Part II

Mar 26th, 2017 16m 49s

Today is Part II of the episode with Scott Tindle, co-founder of Finimize! This episode dives a bit deeper into how Finimize is performing in addition to learning more about what people have the most difficulty understanding in terms of concept

TVS 044 – Finimize (Co-Founder Scott Tindle)

Mar 20th, 2017 25m 35s

*If you have experience with mobile graphic design, please reach out to me [email protected]*Please welcome a special guest for this week, Scott Tindle, who is the co-founder of Finimize, an easy to understand newsletter of financial ne

TVS 043 – Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (with Jacob Mullins from Shasta Ventures)

Mar 13th, 2017 19m 35s

I’m very excited about today’s episode because it is on two of the most fascinating emerging technologies out there, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Today, we have on Jacob Mullins from Shasta Ventures who focuses on these types of

TVS 042 – Shasta Ventures with Jacob Mullins

Mar 5th, 2017 23m 59s

We have a great interview for you guys today with Jacob Mullins from Shasta Ventures! Jacob has a strong entrepreneurial background and has founded multiple companies before he joined and rejoined Shasta Ventures where he now focuses on emergin

TVS 041 – Aswath Damodaran (NYU Finance Valuation Expert) Part II

Feb 25th, 2017 22m 37s

We continue our conversation with Aswath Damodaran where we dive into the technology industry, great books to get read if you want to learn about finance, and Aswath’s thoughts on the market. I hope you enjoy!* What are your thoughts on growt

TVS 040 – Aswath Damodaran (NYU Finance Valuation Expert)

Feb 19th, 2017 22m 43s

Wow, I had to bring on an incredibly special guest for the 40th episode of The Vampire Squid! Today’s episode, we have Aswath Damodaran, who I’m sure many of you know well in finance. He is considered the go-to expert for valuation and has taug

TVS 039 – Patrick Curtis (Founder of Wall Street Oasis) Part II

Feb 13th, 2017 21m 21s

Welcome back to Part II of the episode with Patrick Curtis, founder of Wall Street Oasis. In this episode, we dive into Patrick’s experiences in Buenos Aires, his favorite wall street oasis stories, how he deals with “fake news”, and much more.

TVS 038 – Patrick Curtis (Founder of Wall Street Oasis) Part I

Feb 5th, 2017 21m 54s

Today we have on a very special guest, Patrick Curtis, who is the founder of WallStreetOasis.com! I met Patrick a few months ago and we’ve stayed in touch and gotten drinks a couple times, but thought he would be incredibly interesting to bring

TVS 037 – Studying for the GMAT

Jan 30th, 2017 18m 44s

This week’s episode is on studying for the GMAT, which I thought would be a nice follow up to last week’s episode on The Virtual MBA. I will provide some tips on how I went about studying for the test and things that I wish I had known prior to

TVS 036 – The Virtual MBA

Jan 23rd, 2017 22m 47s

Today’s podcast will be cross listed with one of my friends who recently started his podcast, The Virtual MBA. On this episode, Alex and I dive a bit into my background of where I grew up, went to school, and some of the decisions that have now

TVS 035 – Investing in Royalties from Music Artists (Royalty Exchange) Part II

Jan 16th, 2017 25m 49s

Welcome back to Part II of the interview with Jeff Schneider, the CFO from Royalty Exchange. In today’s follow up to last week’s talk, we finish the conversation we had on the music industry and Royalties. Hope you guys enjoy the rest of the ep

TVS 034 – Investing in Royalties from Music Artists (Royalty Exchange)

Jan 8th, 2017 23m 29s

Really excited for this episode as we explore a completely new investment vehicle, investing in royalties from music artists! I bring on Jeff Schneider, the CFO from Royalty Exchange , to share his path to becoming a CFO and insights into how t