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(0:00 ) Roy Lee's hack and Amazon's reaction

(3:03 ) MicroStrategy's Bitcoin strategy(4:29 ) Market reactions to Trump's policies(6:33 ) Creating value in current market conditions(8:00 ) South by Southwest highlights

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(12:03 ) The $20,000 electric car concept(16:18 ) Electric unicycles as a startup category

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(20:31 ) Electric unicycles trend discussion(21:31 ) Guest introduction: Roy Lee(23:32 ) Roy Lee's background and startup idea(25:41 ) Technical coding tests and InterviewCoder

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(32:01 ) Amazon's reaction to InterviewCoder and Columbia's actions(37:03 ) Roy Lee's future and startup funding discussion(41:19 ) Hiring, revenue, and fundraising strategies(44:37 ) Venture capital dynamics and maintaining company control(47:52 ) Capturing audience before investment and SBF's legal issues(57:57 ) ServiceNow acquires Moveworks(1:00:00 ) Impact of Tiger's peak valuations on LPs and IRR calculations*

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