Show notes
Shane is joined by senior financial planner Ed Zolotarev for a wide-ranging episode covering gambling, tattoos, sleep trackers, IPO races, and the golden age of the AI solopreneur. They kick off with a Fortune piece revealing that Americans now spend more on sports betting than on movies, art, museums, and music combined, close to $165 billion a year on the books. Shane and Ed dig into who is driving the growth, what the 2018 Supreme Court ruling unlocked, and why the bankruptcies and credit card debt data from legalized-gambling states should have everyone paying attention. Then it's on to a YC founder asking desperate job seekers to tattoo the company logo for an interview, and the New York Times opinion piece on whether all this body data from Oura Rings and WHOOPs is actually making people healthier or just more anxious. They close with the race between OpenAI and Anthropic to be first to IPO, SpaceX's first post-IPO earnings report, which sent the stock down 13% on the day a billion shares were released from lockup, and a Wall Street Journal piece on the growing world of AI-enabled solopreneurs doing millions in revenue with zero employees. Topics covered: Americans spend more on sports betting than on movies, art, museums, and music combined The Supreme Court ruling that opened the floodgates for online gambling YC founder asks job seekers to tattoo the company logo for an interview Is more body data from wearables actually good for you? A doctor weighs in OpenAI vs Anthropic: who goes public first and why it matters SpaceX first post-IPO earnings: stock down 13% as lockup expires AI solopreneurs doing millions in revenue with no employees Timestamps: 00:00 Intro, welcome back from paternity leave, Ed! 02:30 Americans spend $165 billion a year on gambling, more than movies, art, and music combined 06:15 Who is driving the gambling boom, and what the 2018 Supreme Court ruling unlocked 09:45 YC founder LemonLime asks job seekers to tattoo their logo for an interview 13:00 Is more body data from wearables actually making people healthier or just more anxious 17:30 The sleep tracker placebo effect and why the doctor stopped wearing hers 20:00 OpenAI vs Anthropic: the race to IPO and why being first matters 23:15 SpaceX first post-IPO earnings: stock down 13% as a billion shares hit the market 26:30 AI solopreneurs: new business formations nearly doubled, and the golden age of the solo founder 31:00 The liability question nobody is asking about AI-built businesses 🔔 Subscribe to The Liquidity Event on YouTube: YouTube Channel 🌐 Learn more about Brooklyn FI financial planning: brooklynfi.com ✍️ Leave us a voicemail question for a future episode: memo.fm/theliquidityevent 📱 Follow Brooklyn FI: LinkedIn: / brooklyn-fi Instagram: / brooklyn_f.i