How Excess Capital and Low Interest Rates Reshaped Silicon Valley, Feat. Chris McCann

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Everyone turns bullish as S&P 500 nears all-time highs</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Emerging market currencies are floundering </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bitcoin</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">holding sentiment highest in two years</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main conversation features Race Capital’s Chris McCann.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris was previously the founder of Startup Digest, building it to 1 million subscriptions long before email newsletters were a thing. He spent four years building the community program at Greylock before launching his own venture firm. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, Chris and NLW discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The relationship between monetary policy and startup finance</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What changes in startup financing have followed COVID-19</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What the emerging fintech stack looks like, outside of crypto</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find our guest online:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <a href= "https://race.capital/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Race Capital</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter:</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/mccannatron"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@mccannatron</span></a></p>