241 Michael Gibson, Learning from Peter Thiel, Starting a VC Fund, and Investing in Youth
“If the rust belt has come to define the hollowed out industries of the Midwest, in the next ten years the paper belt will come to define the paper-based industries from Washington DC to Boston. In DC, they print money, visas, and laws on paper. In Delaware, companies incorporate on paper. In NYC, they print media on paper. And in Boston Harvard and MIT print diplomas on paper. I am dedicated to lighting the paper belt on fire.”
That’s straight from Michael’s profile.
Before co-founding 1517 Fund, Michael Gibson was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. For nearly five years working for Peter Thiel, he has contributed research to Peter’s global macro hedge fund, assisted in teaching a course at Stanford Law School on sovereignty and technological change, and helped run the Thiel Fellowship.
In this episode, Aaron explains a Spread Trade. How a Spread Trade works, the risks, and the potential benefits.
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Aaron spoke to a young leadership group about the importance of building a personal brand through content creation. The Pittsburgh Fellows Alumni Association retreat included a bunch of talented young leaders.
Wiz Khalifa, the Kardashians, and Gary Vee were used as examples.
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Despite this year kind of sucking, we managed to make some really dope content. In this video, members of the Piper Creative team discuss their favorite pieces of content we produced this year.
Check out our featured videos:
Piper Animated Explainer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4mKkkQoNy0
Interview with Henry Schuck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT54XRBWzvc&t=3s
Meme War:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84hxkhNEIzs&feature=youtu.be
Piper reads mean Comments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoBD86kDcAQ&feature=youtu.be
Piper Rundown Ad Slots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-BIKGNFvk&feature=youtu.be
1917 Explainer Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKEQKDFHgyg&list=PL8REcAy3zwED8B0yiDGlKg7gpeOVHEL_X&index=193
Secrets of Epic Privateer Treasure Hunt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifwD1OwjQMM&list=PL8REcAy3zwED8B0yiDGlKg7gpeOVHEL_X&index=181
Recession Video Essay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrPR6aydHnk&list=PL8REcAy3zwED8B0yiDGlKg7gpeOVHEL_X&index=180
Interview with Will Dzombak:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMvk3Nlbppg&t=9s
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Telemedicine company GoodRx raised over $1 billion in their IPO on Wednesday.
0:00 - September 25, 2020 Piper Rundown
0:49 - GoodRx IPO
6:28 - RoadRunner Recycling Series C
9:35 - JPM pays $1 billion
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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.
Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.
As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content.
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Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.
From an early age, she developed a love for art and creating, and has grown those passions into hard skills that build businesses.
She started her first media company in 10th grade and was dedicated to growing it part-time throughout high school.
At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business outcomes.
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Lemonade is an insurance technology company that recently raised $319 million via an IPO. They left more than $300 million on the table.
Lemonade's investors include Sequoia, Softbank, and Allianz.
0:00 July 6, 2020 Piper Rundown
0:27 Lemonade Insurance IPO
6:29 Uber Acquires Postmates
9:49 Facebook discontinues Lasso
12:03 Lucky Brand jeans Bankruptcy
12:38 Kitu Coffee grabs $25 Million
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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.
Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.
As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content.
??Hannah Phillips, Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative
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Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.
From an early age, she developed a love for art and creating, and has grown those passions into hard skills that build businesses.
She started her first media company in 10th grade and was dedicated to growing it part-time throughout high school.
At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business outcomes.
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Canada Gets Downgraded
Fitch Ratings has downgraded Canada's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'AA+' from 'AAA'. The Rating Outlook is Stable.
https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-canada-ratings-to-aa-outlook-stable-24-06-2020
Disney's Next Step
Wirecard Files for Insolvency
Amazon buys Self-Driving Car Startup
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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.
Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.
As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content.
??Hannah Phillips, Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative
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https://twitter.com/hannahpmedia
https://www.instagram.com/hpmedia/
Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.
From an early age, she developed a love for art and creating, and has grown those passions into hard skills that build businesses.
She started her first media company in 10th grade and was dedicated to growing it part-time throughout high school.
At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business outcomes.
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In this episode, Aaron explains how Piper is stepping up its LinkedIn game with the slideshow or “Deck” feature.
Piper has been posting original content on LinkedIn for awhile now. Whether it be clips from interviews with business leaders, photos from the office, or text-based content, we have been posting a lot. Posting so much provides continuous feedback on trends and gave us the clue that Decks would be a hit..
Aaron describes how Piper quickly took advantage of this opportunity and how beneficial that experiment turned out to be.
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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.
Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.
As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master distribution of their content.
Hannah Phillips, Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-phillips-52bb87a3/
https://twitter.com/hannahpmedia
https://www.instagram.com/hpmedia/
Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.
From an early age, she developed a love for art and creating, and has grown those passions into hard skills that build businesses.
She started her first media company in 10th grade and was dedicated to growing it part-time throughout high school.
At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business outcomes.
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