
Interest rates, inflation and "getting fit" with Brad Gerstner | E1639
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Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital joins Molly and Jason for an epic Friday show. They chop it up about the state of the economy, what it actually means to be founder friendly and discuss which big tech companies are"fit". (1:24)
(0:00) J+M Kick off the show
(1:24) Brad Gerstner joins Molly and Jason
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(11:38) Brad presents on interest rates, inflation and business multiples
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(28:05) The Fed's core mission
(37:54) Being founder friendly
(39:42) Brad's letter to Meta
(48:33) Companies that need to get fit
(53:00) Google and Meta's fitness
(58:08) The curse of the money-printing machine
(1:00:01) Google vs ChatGPT
(1:05:05) Is Uber fit?
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