Beat The Odds with Dre, Rodney, & Brylan

Dre, Rodney, and Brylan discuss the rapid collapse of FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried and our thoughts on the list of demands from the Brooklyn Nets for Kyrie Irving.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the hard lessons of being a startup founder, Elon's recent takeover of social media giant Twitter, how black founders raised less than 1% of funding in Q3, and much more.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss the recent news of Adobe purchasing Figma for $20B, Apple exploiting its market position, Polygon building the future of financial infrastructure, and why Steve Jobs looked up to Edwin Land.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how a small company started in 1995 grew to be worth $50B with $2B in annual profit, steps to take for building a personal brand, the corporate headwinds faced by Kanye West, Google's kill switch and much more.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss how second time founders get more chances at bat, how Mailchimp went from zero to a $12B exit without taking VC money, and highlights from LA Tech Week.  ---- Social Links: Dre Twitter: https://twitter.com/DreUnlimited LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dandree/ Rodney Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rg2official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodneygainous/ Brylan Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xHimzel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brylandonaldson/

Dre, Rodney, and Brylan talk about a financial conference making $100M annually, crazy use cases for how AI could replace human creativity, how Disney+ surpassed Netflix, and if LinkedIn can crack the creator economy. 

Dre, Brylan, and Rodney discuss navigating through a recession as an early-stage founder, whether Facebook should worry about TikTok, and what's happening at LA Tech Week.