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Topics Discussed: COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast * Prince Jazz Funk Sessions 1977 Instrumental * $75 MILLION dollars! * I got some loans to pay off. * "Sheel, that's your cue"! * 1 bedroom cardboard box. * Our meeting part 2 (Sheel's Selected Salon Session). * No Beach Boys. * ADD? ADHD? HD? Diagnosed? * "I'm totally monopolizing the conversation". * Sheel and Dan are BOTH music video stars! * The origins of the Zoom Bachelor. * Scooter Braun, manager to Ariana and The Beebs. * "Stuck WIth U" 2 mintes in. * Dan: Man #1 on bus: Macy Grey's "I try". * 9 hours for 3 seconds. * "The loser from one gets to be the person for the next." * Dan's typical weekend. * The Zoom Bachelor effect. * "Part of being a venture capitalist is just having people think of you." * "I'm super busy when people call. If you're not callin', I'm not super busy!" * Are VC's in need of pitches? * "There's a number issue ... there's a quality issue." * "Every day there are 30 people that reach out to me." * "What is a quality pitch?" * "Overall there are six things." + Team + Technology (advantage) + Trends / TAM (Total Addressable Market) + Traction + Terms + Taproom Buddy * "This is my bullet point list." * The four richest Latvians. * Tap Room Buddy! * Pitching Sheel + Fintech service + Send a beer + We're using: - AI - Big Data - Artificial Intelligence (twice, clearly) - Machine Lurging * Lurging Against the Machine - Augmented Reality AND Virtual Reality + Facial Recognition + Blockchain pays for the beverage of choice + Google's Automated Car. + #micdrop * Send me the MONEY SHEEL! * We're done with this podcast. * Tangentialize. * Sheel's Other. (Hint: The Lockdown Cook Book is coming soon!) * Cooking with Marijuana. * Calling your dealer for Paprika. * "What is it with you VC's and SECRET SAUCE?" * "Everybody's going to see your naked body again." * "Can I see YOUR naked body Sheel?" * Noisily is going ahead. * Loud thumping music. * "I'm unfattening right now." * "What do you miss the most and the least about being an entrepreneur?" * Making the leap from entrepreneur to VC is like taking a GIANT* Prozac. * In order to be a successful VC, do I need to be an entrepreneur first? * How do I step up and become a VC? * "Not this podcast with me. This is junk. This is absolute shit." * Due Diligence. * Business idea number 2! * The Origins of The Pitch. * Sheelbi-wan Kenobi. * How to sell out. * Chris Sacca nails it. * The Shark Tank, The Zoom Bachelor * "I do the shittier version of something that's on TV." * A towel with a hole in it. * What's 5k amongst friends? * "Hi, here's the holy grail. Sorry, what's the holy grail?" * "We didn't grow up, but we wised up." - Mike D. * Why Fintech? * "Financial Services Suck!" - Sheel Mohnot * "Research, muthafucka!" - Dan Taylor * Loan sharking is EXPENSIVE! * Isn't Fintech just another way of saying, "We want to be your bank?" * Flip it material. * Not every Fintech is a bank, but every bank has components of Fintech. * I'm winging it. * Klarna is getting into the "we want to be your full on bank" in the U.S. * Why do we still need banks? * Dan's mom's head explodes! + He's sending his money to a Nigerian Prince. * The symbiotic relationship between Banks and Fintech. * Is the Fintech industry simply chum for the sharks? * The LIGHTENING ROUND!

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  • Aaaaaaand we're back!
  • Sheel's journey to VC. (Hint: He gambled his own money.)
  • Soup to salad? Salad to soup? Nuts to bolts?
  • "These guys are awesome. They've got the money, they tell me what to do."
  • The fake fund called 500 Fintech.
  • "You ask rich people for money."
  • "We raised 75 Million bucks, and here we are."
  • Bravo, Brava, and Bravi.
  • Bravia, it's an excellent car.
  • "Bitch, please. Opera singer, ok?"
  • Nessun Dorma / Heidenröslein (Want more? Here you go).
  • Sleeping in a park. Across the street from the hotel.
  • Atlanta has a LOT of conferences! In July.
  • Bearish or Bullish?
  • Technology has done really well.
  • A lightning-ette round
    • Wisest?
    • Stupidest?
    • Craziest?
  • Sheel is one helluva barber.
    • I'll bring the clippers!
  • Dan's girlfriend gets the vaccine!
  • Sheel forces a beer down his throat.
  • August 27th, 2021.
  • Dan's phone number.
  • Francis Underwood. Bill Clinton.
  • Sheel's gotta go close a $25m deal.
  • From Nick: "How will you ensure your portfolio companies are making tomorrow better, and not worse?"
  • From Ramit (via email): "Blockchain.com just raised $120m. They say 65m wallets have been created. And yet India and Nigeria are moving to ban Bitcoin and other private crypto’s. Sheel, in your opinion, where is all this going?"
  • Old tweets from Sheel. He's not a good fortune teller.
  • Sheel, I was singing.
  • "If I had bought FIVE bitcoins. Which would have been $3.50". $270,000 today.
  • "How did you get so DAMN GOOD LOOKING?"
  • Jack's beard.
  • "Any last thought?" "No."
  • You're really good at this.
  • Sheel is hitched. Not HITCHED. Don't run for the hills! Unavailable.
  • She said NO!
  • The pandemic has been rough. I'm desperate.
  • One helluva movie script.
  • Give me a Kiss to Build a Dream On.
  • Hire this man!
  • Sheel ... take us out.
  • 1.2 million followers on Clubhouse!
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers.

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