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Quarter-Life Capital

George Pu, Matthew Black, Soham Mehta

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In your 20s? Trying to build wealth, decode macro trends, or just make sense of money in a rapidly changing world? Quarter-Life Capital is your edge. Hosted by George Pu, Matthew Black, and Soham Mehta, this weekly show explores the intersection of crypto, AI, geopolitics, financial markets, and tech careers—from the perspective of young builders living through the chaos. It’s not another personal finance podcast. It’s war rooms, crisis playbooks, signal over noise. We go deep on: - Bitcoin ...
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(We Have Moved) Quarter-Life Capital

George Pu, Matthew Black, Soham Mehta

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⚠️ IMPORTANT: THIS PODCAST HAS MOVED! ⚠️ This feed is no longer active. → Find all new episodes at our new home: https://quarterlifecap.transistor.fm → Please unsubscribe from this feed and subscribe to the new one -> You can search 'Quarter-Life Capital' in your podcast app and find us easily! About Quarter-Life Capital In your 20s? Trying to build wealth, decode macro trends, or just make sense of money in a rapidly changing world? Quarter-Life Capital is your edge. Hosted by George Pu, Ma ...
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In this provocative episode of Quarter Life Capital, George and Matt pull back the curtain on the reality of entrepreneurial taxation and why thousands of founders are seeking refuge in global tax havens. The co-hosts explore the uncomfortable truth about entrepreneurial taxation: Why George's "perfect" Delaware C-Corp setup became a "nightmare" co…
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In this episode of Quarter Life Capital, George, Matt, and Soham dive into asset allocation strategies for investors in their 20s navigating today's high-inflation environment. The co-hosts discusses why traditional investment vehicles like bonds and even the S&P 500 may not be providing the real returns young people need. The conversation explores…
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Quarter-Life Capital returns with co-hosts George Pu, Matthew Black, and Soham Mehta examining Jack Dorsey's controversial call to abolish all intellectual property laws and what it means for innovation in the AI era. In this wide-ranging fourth episode: 🧠 The IP debate: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk's surprising stance on abolishing intellectual prope…
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Quarter-Life Capital's third episode brings George Pu, Matthew Black, and Soham Mehta together to dissect two revolutionary forces reshaping our economic landscape: Bitcoin and AI. In this insightful episode: 🪙 Bitcoin conference insights: How upcoming "covenant" upgrades will transform self-custody and security 📈 ETFs vs. self-custody: The soverei…
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Quarter-Life Capital returns with co-hosts George Pu, Matthew Black, and Soham Mehta examining how young professionals can navigate an increasingly restrictive economic landscape while pursuing financial freedom. In this thought-provoking second episode: 🌎 The great escape: Why wealthy individuals are fleeing high-tax democracies to places like Dub…
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⚠️ THIS PODCAST HAS MOVED! Find new episodes at Quarter-Life Capital. Link here: https://quarterlifecap.transistor.fm/ Quarter-Life Capital returns with co-hosts George Pu, Matthew Black, and Soham Mehta examining how young professionals can navigate an increasingly restrictive economic landscape while pursuing financial freedom. In this thought-pr…
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Welcome to the first official episode of Quarter-Life Capital—where your 20s meet macro, money, and major disruption. George, Matt, and Soham re-unite on the pod after a two-year hiatus to dive deep into everything shaking the financial world today. From Bitcoin’s institutional moment to AI’s takeover of white-collar work, they unpack the biggest s…
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⚠️ THIS PODCAST HAS MOVED! Find new episodes at Quarter-Life Capital. Link here: https://quarterlifecap.transistor.fm/ Welcome to the first official episode of Quarter-Life Capital—where your 20s meet macro, money, and major disruption. George, Matt, and Soham re-unite on the pod after a two-year hiatus to dive deep into everything shaking the fina…
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Episode Summary: In this episode of The George Pu Show, co-hosts George, Soham, and Matt examines various topics about the world economy and everything that has happened in the past week. Episode Timeline: (0:14) Biden Administration’s new actions against Bitcoin and crypto (6:13) Balaji betting that Bitcoin price is going to $1 million dollars in …
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Episode Summary: In this episode of The George Pu Show, George and Soham explores into the rarely talked about political debates on the show, including Donald Trump’s potential arrest by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, and what that means for US and its economy. The show then discussed a rarely talked about topic in media: China’s Preside…
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Episode Summary: In this episode, we discussed the recent banking crisis and credit defaults, as well as the spread of contagion. We then shifted the conversation to the advancements in artificial intelligence, particularly GPT-4 and AI-powered Microsoft 365. We discussed the potential benefits and drawbacks of these developments, including the pot…
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Episode Summary: Welcome to another episode of The George Pu Show, a podcast that aims to bring you the latest news and insights on the world of finance and technology. In this episode, we focus on the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the closure of Silvergate Bank, two events that have sent shockwaves across the US banking industry…
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Episode Summary: We are on EP30! What a journey it has been, almost one year in and 30 episodes later, The George Pu Show cannot be here without the support of our great co-hosts, guests, and audiences. Starting this week, The George Pu Show will update weekly and bring you all the best trends in tech and business, and our three co-hosts’ unique in…
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Episode Summary: Today is probably one of our longest and most interesting episodes! We talked about many topics that have just happened and are super relevant to our topics. We have first of all how NFTs are coming onto bitcoin, and how that might post an existential threat to bitcoin and the communities behind it. We then talked about decentraliz…
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Episode Summary: Hope you're having a great week so far! We've got some big news to share: this is our first in-person recording for the George Pu Show! We're excited to kick off this episode with George Pu, Soham Metha, and Matthew Black. We discussed ChatGPT and OpenAI's existential problem, which could potentially lead to their demise. Although …
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Episode Summary: The first week of 2023 is full of surprises and turns for business and finance, with Saudi Arabia and China announcing new Chinese Yuan crude oil deals, Goldman Sachs announcing sweeping layoffs and the economy signaling layoffs is finally coming to non-tech sectors. Co-host Soham and George also take a look at the Blackstone Real …
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Episode Summary: Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2023, co-hosts George and Soham explore a range of exciting topics. They review their biggest lessons and takeaways from 2022 and look ahead to 2023 to predict who will be the biggest winners and losers, and what the year will look like. The show also examines the recent news that Tesla has …
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Episode timeline: (00:01) Special intro from Co-Host Soham Mehta (00:31) Sam Bankman-Fried is out of prison after posting a $250M bond for his bail (06:21) Binance’s super tough week, explained (12:19) Elon’s Twitter Poll and him stepping down as Twitter Chief (14:48) What is it like to be a Tesla shareholder right now? (24:44) 8 months of tech dow…
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Guest Intro: Michael Mire (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmire/) is a fintech entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Pillar Financial (https://www.gopillar.ca/). He helps entrepreneurs live their dreams by creating small business bank accounts that save time and energy for businesses through simplicity and convenience. P…
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Episode timeline: (0:04) Guest host Matthew Black intro (0:36) Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested by Bahamian Authorities (7:46) What is it like to run a web3 business after FTX’s collapse (11:36) Why FTX’s collapse is great for web3 and consumers (15:08) Kevin O'Leary paid $15M to promote FTX before its collapse (22:23) Decoding and analyzing the ‘Twitter…
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Guest Highlight: Sam Steyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of GreenWork (https://www.joingreenwork.com/), a software company that helps climate companies hire the best construction contractors. Sam came up with the idea of Greenwork on the campaign trail with his father Tom Steyer, who ran for President of the United States for the 2020 Democratic nomin…
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Episode timeline: (0:04) New guest host intro (0:31) Updates from Scott Tomlinson from Choir (from E16) (6:01) iPhone 14 Pro Shortage (8:20) Doordash lays off 1,250 corporate workers (11:12) Working at Intel in 1990s vs. big tech in the 2020s (22:54) Inverted Yield Curve: What That Means for Our Economy? (28:55) Reports on Pipe founders putting $80…
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Soham Mehta is the guest-host (Soham J. Mehta, MAcc | LinkedIn), a management consultant that has recently finished his Master’s in Accounting. In this week's episode, we discussed the recent wide ranging tech layoffs, the recent news on inflation peaking, Disney's decision to fire its CEO and replace him with the former CEO, potential media bias w…
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Matthew Black (Matthew Black | LinkedIn) is the Co-Founder and CEO of Atomic Finance, a web3 startup that helps bitcoin holders to earn returns on their bitcoins without giving up custody. Soham Mehta is the guest-host (Soham J. Mehta, MAcc | LinkedIn), a management consultant that has recently finished his Master’s in Accounting. In the podcast, w…
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Melissa Durrell is the CEO and Chief Strategist of Durrell Communications. She's known for her distinctive storytelling techniques honed at her former career as an award-winning Canadian broadcast journalist. She now uses her unique skillset to amplify changemakers through brand storytelling, media training, crisis communications, executive communi…
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Dr. Nahid Jetha is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal of QTS. As a Quantitative Researcher & Trader working with top-tier hedge funds and quant trading firms in North America and Europe. Nahid has extensive experience in research, development and deployment of fully automated AI-based quantitative trading systems. Formerly COO of QTS and Pro…
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Scott Tomlinson is the Founder and CEO of Choir. Choir Energy is allowing real-time energy control, regardless of source, manufacturer or device. We bring disparate systems from the grid, solar, HVAC, pool, EV, storage, appliances, etc into one easy-to-manage and control application. Before starting Choir, Scott is a Co-Founder of Beyond Limits, a …
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Ernest Chan is an award-winning quantitative hedge fund manager and quant finance author. Previously he has applied his expertise in machine learning at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse. We invited Ernest on the show to talk about the impact Machine Learning (ML) will have on society, and how we can use ML to predi…
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Ignat and Danila are co-founders of Ylide (www.ylide.io), a web3 communication protocol that helps other projects to easily integrate communication in their applications. Ignat and Danila found an elegant solution how to connect crypto users and web3 projects across different blockchains directly rather than through web2 platforms. Danila, serial e…
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Jay Harris is the Founder of the Web3 Podcast Network, which produces audio shows to educate and edify Web3 communities. Jay describes himself as an artist who uses podcasts as a medium for sharing his creativity with the world. He is also an engaging public speaker who can connect with his audience's needs to inspire performance, collaboration, an…
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Vance Roush is the Founder and CEO of Overflow (www.overflow.co) and is on a mission to inspire the world to give. Specifically, Overflow.co unlocks unprecedented levels of generosity by empowering Nonprofits, Foundations, and Corporations to accept non-cash assets like stocks & crypto with ease. 90% of wealth is in non-cash assets and organization…
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Peter Hazlehurst, Co-Founder, and CEO of Synctera, is a global FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist with nearly 30 years of experience creating financial products for banks, FinTechs, and large tech companies. Peter moved from Australia to the US for his first startup in 1993, building core banking technology, Phoenix, that still powers companie…
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Jay Krishnan is a globally successful entrepreneur, investor, innovation ecosystem builder, and Chief Executive Officer of the Accelerator Centre (acceleratorcentre.com). An executive leader with over 20 years of experience, Jay boasts an impressive resume of international success. With experience spanning the venture capital space, entrepreneurshi…
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Tory Reiss is Co-Founder and CEO of Equi (Equi.com), Equi uses technology to unlock elite investing for most accredited investors, representing about 1 in 10 American households today. Equi allows most accredited investors to be able to have access to: - Exclusive opportunities with a proven track record. - Diversified portfolios of elite alternati…
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Henry is CEO and Co-founder of Rocket Dollar, a web platform that lets people invest tax-advantaged retirement dollars into private alternative investments. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional, licensed Realtor®, and has 20 years of experience in finance. In the past, Henry was the founder of venture-capital-backed Robo-advisor Honest…
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Cato is the co-founder and CEO of Loop (getloop.ca). Cato has been building financial products for Canadian businesses for the better part of a decade. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs and small business owners, Cato has an acute awareness of the challenges SMBs face and has advocated for banking reform, pioneered low-cost funding methods for …
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Jeff Parks is the CEO of Stack Capital (TSX: STCK). Stack Capital Group Inc. (TSX:STCK) is democratizing access into some of the world's most innovative and disruptive pre-IPO businesses - giving all investors the opportunity to participate; and providing shareholders with a valuable liquidity option. Sectors that Stack Capital is focused on includ…
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Justin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rize Money. Rize is building AWS for financial services, offering fintech developers access to all the financial capabilities they need across both banking and brokerage verticals through a single API integration, and providing custodians a complete risk management platform so that they can work with fintechs at …
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Darshan Vaidya is the Co-Founder & CEO at Credora (Formerly known as XMargin). Credora is the world's first distributed private credit oracle that can facilitate loans to trading firms at scale without needing to see their sensitive data. This delivers high yields to investors with unparalleled risk management and transparency. We discussed Darshan…
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Danielle Strachman is the Co-Founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund. Danielle has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. Danielle has worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum) and Ritesh Aga…
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Caleb Avery is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tilled (https://tilled.com/). Caleb started the idea of Tilled with his experience in the payments industry for nearly a decade. He was often asked to help software companies who were looking to monetize their payments. Unable to find a solution that didn’t require his clients to compromise on either technol…
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