In the 34th episode, Palmer Luckey discusses founding Oculus VR, the controversy that got him fired from Facebook, and having to fight lies in the media. Plus his current success with Anduril and what the job of a CEO really entails. Decibel’s Jon Sakoda also makes an appearance to talk about his prediction of record VC investments and the revival of startup funding in the coming years.
(0:00) Intro
(1:02) Welcome Jon Sakoda
(6:13) Jon’s charts
(14:49) Internet Bubble
(20:34) Public vs private market valuations
(32:58) Other takeaways and predictions
(35:45) Welcome Palmer Luckey
(36:21) Journalism school
(39:10) The Oculus story
(41:41) Choosing VR over personal issues
(45:26) Donating to pro-Trump group
(50:44) Game studios “not” working with Oculus
(57:19) Facebook leadership’s intent
(1:05:29) The takeaway from Facebook controversy
(1:12:16) Founding Oculus
(1:15:11) Following talents vs passion
(1:22:33) Selling Oculus
(1:27:17) Founding Anduril
(1:40:54) What Anduril does
(1:46:40) Knowing a little about a lot
(1:50:18) Morality in war
(1:53:42) Building technology before war occurs
(1:57:15) Going to Ukraine
(2:00:51) Being a CEO
(2:05:21) An executive’s actual job
(2:07:51) Wrap up
Show Notes:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opening-floodgates-290-billion-venture-capital-reserve-jon-sakoda/
https://twitter.com/jonsakoda/status/1572269690810159105?s=21&t=FLkGcKd2el-h38sX9AMsaw
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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A Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.