Social Leverage Letter | Issue #36

How Startups Should Think About Capital Efficiency

This week’s [co]founder in focus is Denise Thomas, CEO and co-founder of ApplePie Capital. ApplePie Capital ( Fund II ) is a marketplace lender that enables franchisees to get new and more efficient sources of capital for their business. Denise says the idea for ApplePie Capital came about as banks

Listen to this episode from Infinite Loops on Spotify. Nick Maggiulli is a financial educator, author of the blog “Of Dollars and Data”, and the newly released book “Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways To Save Money And Build Your Wealth.” In this episode, we talk with Nick about the robust empirical research that has gone behind the insights and ideas presented in his new book! You can follow Nick on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dollarsanddata and buy his book at https://ofdollarsanddata.com/justkeepbuying/ Show Notes: Coming up with title of the book The save-invest continuum Is buying a house a good investment? Debt: Good or bad? On being shaped by our experiences One path the wealth creation? 2020 vs 2021 as an investment year Handling emotions during a bear market Importance of diversification The ideal asset allocation The Great Reshuffle The argument against stock picking Negative yield bonds Lump sum vs. DCA Index investors or momentum investors Life as a growth, and value stock Books Mentioned: Just Keep Buying; by Nick Magguilli Security Analysis; Benjamin Graham The Intelligent Investor; Benjamin Graham Influence; by Robert Cialdini

Listen to this episode from Panic with Friends - Howard Lindzon on Spotify. Today’s guest is former NBA player Omri Casspi. Notably, he’s the first Israeli drafted to play in the NBA, he’s the managing director of the Omri Casspi Foundation, he’s got a VC fund, he’s even got his own podcast. Omri is now part of this crossover group of athletes in the right place at the right time. Less than a year after retiring, he co-founded his fund Sheva (seven in Hebrew) with David Citron. Their $50 million fund is focused on pre-seed and seed stage high-tech startups. I had a chance to spend time one on one with Omri in Tel Aviv and am suitably impressed. (Full disclosure: I’m an investor in his fund.) And now he’s back for an in-depth discussion on moving from professional sports to investing. Enjoy. Guest - Omri Casspi, Tech Investor, Partner at Sheva, Managing Director at the Omri Casspi Foundation howardlindzon.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @Casspi18, @PanicwFriends, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/omri-casspi-3a575173 facebook.com/Omri #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance Show Notes: (00:39) – Intro (05:20) – Welcome Omri (06:45) – The NBA draft (12:58) – Moving back to Israel (14:11) – Playing in the NBA (14:47) – Similarities between sports teams and founders (18:18) – Bringing value (19:59) – Back to hoops (26:47) – Web3 infrastructure play (29:57) – Getting an investing edge (31:17) – Helping founders succeed (34:24) – Hosting a podcast (36:02) – Screening investments (38:11) – Israeli politics (41:05) – The wallet is the thing (43:29) – Wrapping up (44:31) – Closing thoughts

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