Primer
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Welcome to Primer, a business focused podcast from two business students in college. We spend twice a week talking about what is happening in the business world that is interesting to us. We go over stocks, start-ups, private equity, This can keep you up to date when it comes to investing, finance, accouting, business, entrepreneurship, mergers & acqusitions, and more. Primer is hosted by two people that are not licensed financial advisors, investors, or credited business professionals. Do not take this information as investing advice or guidance, as these are just opinions that we have. We may or may not be invested in any of the entities that we are talking about at any time.
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Primer Podcast #32 - Ant Group IPO Halt, Industries Affected By Election, and EdTech
November 09, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBHappy Monday everyone, thanks for tuning into this week's update. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on your preferred platform In this episode, we dive into Ant Group, the highest valued fintech company in the world. Ant Group dates back to 2004 when Alipay was created at the beginning of E-commerce to solve the trust between buyers and sellers in online transactions. Sort of like an Escrow service where it would hold the cash to ensure that products or services were delivered. This allow...
Primer Podcast #31 - Interview: Morris Amiri of Sunset West Advisors
November 04, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBHappy Wednesday everyone. Today we have a great interview with Morris Amiri, Founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer of Sunset West Advisors (www.sunsetwestadvisors.com). Sunset West Advisors is a wealth management firm based in Beverly Hills, California. They help their clients crystallize their unique financial objectives and offer comprehensive solutions for how to best achieve them. If I had money to be managed Morris and his team is the first place we would put it. In this po...
Primer Podcast #30 - Dunkin' (not donuts), Pokemon, and EU economic lockdowns!
November 02, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBHappy Monday everyone. Hope everyone was safe and ready for November. Today's topics include Dunkin Brands Group being acquired by Inspire Brands. We are also looking into the Pokemon Card Market as it is very interesting to hear about this wave of alternative investments. Europe is also locking down again and there may be some consequences associated. Continue to be safe and we will see you Wednesday for a special episode. Diving into in, Dunkin Brands Group being potentially acquired in ...
Primer Podcast #29 - Peloton, 1MDB Goldman Sachs Scandal, Mining and Data Ownership
October 26, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBHappy Monday ! In this episode we break down Peloton, Goldman Sachs & Data Ethics. Peloton is a fitness technology company that is leveraging hardware and software by producing high end fitness products and a SaaS business model to boot. John Foley is the CEO and Founder of the brand where he was previously the President of E-Commerce at Barnes & Noble. The company has seen amazing growth at a market Capitalization at a rate of over 380% since their IPO. YUGE. The company, like Zoom has se...
Primer Podcast #28 - Twitter & Facebook Censoring, Dan Bilzerian’s Ignite and BaaS
October 16, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBHappy Friday. In this episode, we explore BaaS (Banking as a Service). These new types of companies are bridging the older established banks with newer financial technology by using their software to make transactions and management of their services seamless. There is also current business news regarding Facebook and Twitter censoring the prudential candidate Joe Biden. Finally, we will be speaking about Dan Bilzerian and his company Ignite.The company recently appointed a “New” President, ...
Primer Podcast #27 - Bitcoin & Square, Triller, and IPOs This Week
October 14, 2020 10:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBHappy Monday! On this podcast we are discussing square purchasing $50M worth of bitcoin to add to its balance sheet. The company owned by Jack Dorsey has been an advocate of the cryptocurrency and even allowed users of its CashApp to purchase the currency in 2018. There was also a lot of other news this month with Brian Armstrong of Coinbase releasing his memo around their company's mission. Andreeson Horwitz also released a documentary called crypto startup school. We are also talking about...
Primer Podcast #26 - J.P. Morgan, The VP Debate and Forbes AI List
October 09, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBHappy Friday, in this episode we are speaking about J.P. Morgan and their spoofing issue. The CFTC has charged J.P. Morgan for around $1B. This was the largest amount of money charging a bank for spoofing. We also talked about Forbes AI 50 list with the help of sequia and other VCs. Ghost is a driverless car company looking to take on Tesla and AMP Robotics is looking to change recycling with robots doing recycling. We also talk about the debate and what could potentially be happening to thi...
Primer Podcast #25 - Quibi, Facebook Anti-Trust, Taiwan's Asus
October 05, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBHappy Monday! On today's episode, we talk about Quibid. Quibi is trying to create the first entertainment platform built for easy, on-the-go mobile viewing, allowing today's leading studios and creative talent to tell original stories in an entirely new way. It also develops short-form media content designed for smartphones. They have raised $2B so far and currently are having some issues. We feel as if Quibi might come back into a topic as some rumours are spreading about a potential merger...
Primer Podcast #24 - OpenDoor, Palantir, Google & Fitbit
October 02, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBHappy Friday! In this episode we talk about Palantir Technologies. Palantir develops and builds data fusion platforms for public institutions, commercial enterprises, and non-profit organizations. They use multiple data points to create additional data that has a greater value when its put together. We also talk about Opendoor which transforms the current selling process of listing, showings, months of uncertainty and makes selling a home a few clicks online. Opendoor is going public via a ...
Primer Podcast #23 - The Travy Patty, Sports/Social Justice, Amazon Gadgets, and The Race to Space
September 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBOn this episode, we have Kyle, a guest on the show, who goes to Loyola Marymount University and studies Marketing. We first dive into Mcdonalds and their partnership with Travis Scott. He is a music artist that has recently also done different collaborations including one with Fortnite. We also talk about social justice that professional sports leagues are promoting. We are also talking about amazon’s hardware event where they release many different items. We finish off the podcast talking a...
Primer Podcast #23 The Travy Patty, Sports/Social Justice, Amazon Gadgets, and The Race to Space
September 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBOn this episode, we have Kyle, a guest on the show, who goes to Loyola Marymount University and studies Marketing. We first dive into Mcdonalds and their partnership with Travis Scott. He is a music artist that has recently also done different collaborations including one with Fortnite. We also talk about social justice that professional sports leagues are promoting. We are also talking about amazon’s hardware event where they release many different items. We finish off the podcast talking a...
Primer Podcast #22 - Electronic Payments, The Social Dilemma and COVID Relief Stimulus
September 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBHappy Friday everyone! On this podcast, we are going to be talking about Electronic Payments, The Social Dilemma (Data/Privacy and the future of consumers view on their own data), and some news coming out about the stimulus checks that might be here soon. Electronic Payments are very fascinating. As we evolve to using different methods to complete transactions and trade, will physical money ever become obsolete? We are also talking about data/privacy and how future consumers might take a dif...
Primer Podcast #21 - Tesla Battery Day, Amazon Bribes, Workhorse
September 21, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBHappy 21st Episode! Our podcast is officially an adult in the podcasting space. But in all seriousness, we spend today's episode talking about Tesla Battery Day. Tesla Battery Day is going to be held on September 22nd after 1:30 PM PST (after their shareholder meeting). This will be a Livestream event. We are looking for more information about their Roadrunner Project, Battery Cell Technology, The Chemistry, The Continuation of the Vertical Integrated Manufacturing, The Million Mile Battery ...
Primer Podcasting #20 - Tiktok Troubles, Apple Event and 5G
September 18, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBHappy Friday everyone, in this episode we are talking about the Tiktok troubles not only oracle but everyone seems to be having. They have not totally closed the deal for tiktok, so there is a chance that the company does not continue to operate in the U.S. if there is an upset. We also talk about the Apple hardware event. In this event the main things shown were the Apple Series 6, Apple Watch SE, IPads, Apple Fitness +, Appe One. A bunch of new products from Apple. We also talk about 5G an...
Primer Podcast #20 - Tiktok Troubles, Apple Event and 5G
September 18, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBHappy Friday everyone, in this episode we are talking about the Tiktok troubles not only oracle but everyone seems to be having. They have not totally closed the deal for tiktok, so there is a chance that the company does not continue to operate in the U.S. if there is an upset. We also talk about the Apple hardware event. In this event the main things shown were the Apple Series 6, Apple Watch SE, IPads, Apple Fitness +, Appe One. A bunch of new products from Apple. We also talk about 5G an...
Primer Podcast #19 - Women in Business, Bonds, VCs, Football and Chips
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBHappy Monday Everyone, In this episode we have a fellow listener, student and friend with us, Catherine. We start this episode talking about women in business and the stereotypes, obstacles, and culture that women are facing right now. We also dive into ARM Holdings potentially being sold from Softbank to Nvidia. This merger will further consolidate the chip making industry and will allow Nvidia to compete for government contracts. We also took a look into the Venture Capital world with Cov...
Primer Podcast #18 - Nikola Report & Other EVs, Trade with China, and Asana
September 11, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBHappy Friday everyone! In this episode we dive into the Hindenburg Research document, Huawei, Asana, LVMH, Tiffany & Co, and other electronic vehicle companies. In a recent short seller document, he claims that the company especially, Trevor Milton, has deceived investors. Nikola stock was down 10% on Thursday September 10th. We also talked about China and their ramp up of software and technology. Does them having their own software create a threat to the United States dominance in techno...
Primer Podcast #17 - Softbank, Tesla and S&P500, Amazon Seeds and Gamestop
September 07, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBHappy Labor Day! In this episode, we dive into Soft Bank, a Japanese conglomerate, headed by CEO Masayoshi San (Masa Son). News recently came out that he had purchased call options and stocks in individual companies and the overall market accounting for a rumored 4 billion dollars. These bets have led to over $50B of exposure through options. Tesla was also not added to the S&P500. This may be in part due to them using tax credits to sustain their profits and is not a reliable source of cash...
Primer Podcast #16 - The Market Correction, Oil & Energy, Data & Privacy and Starlink
September 04, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBHappy Friday Everyone! In this episode, we have some discussions around the market correction that occurred Thursday. Will the stock market change as we go into the weekend? In addition, we speak about oil and the future state of it. How long till how is obsolete? We also speak about Apples new privacy initiatives and how other app developers are trying to compromise with google as a lot of them will not be able to make money off of advertising.... Facebook... Then we spoke about Starlink, a...
Primer Episode #16 - The Market Correction, Oil & Energy, Data & Privacy and Starlink
September 04, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBHappy Friday Everyone! In this episode, we have some discussions around the market correction that occurred Thursday. Will the stock market change as we go into the weekend? In addition, we speak about oil and the future state of it. How long till how is obsolete? We also speak about Apples new privacy initiatives and how other app developers are trying to compromise with google as a lot of them will not be able to make money off of advertising.... Facebook... Then we spoke about Starlink, a...
Primer Episode #15 - Apple Taking on the World, Wuhan Pool Parties, Neuralink and Fintech Fraud
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBHappy Monday everyone! Disclaimer: Welcome to Primer! This podcast is not meant to be investment advice or gudiance and is only opinions stated by people who are NOT professionals. Do not take anything as we do not know anything. We may or may not own stocks in the companies we talk about. Updates: -Dan came into the studio and we now have three hosts -Guests are starting to come on In this episode we dive into nerualink, one of elon musks babies that is trying to help people with...
Primer Podcast #15 - Apple Taking on the World, Wuhan Pool Parties, Neuralink and Fintech Fraud
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBHappy Monday everyone! Disclaimer: Welcome to Primer! This podcast is not meant to be investment advice or gudiance and is only opinions stated by people who are NOT professionals. Do not take anything as we do not know anything. We may or may not own stocks in the companies we talk about. Updates: -Dan came into the studio and we now have three hosts -Guests are starting to come on In this episode we dive into nerualink, one of elon musks babies that is trying to help people with...
Primer Episode #14 - The Interest of the Fed, TikTok Talks, SPACs and Digitization
August 28, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBHappy Friday Everyone! We start this podcast talking about the fed chairman, Powell, and his decision to approach inflation that could keep rates lower for longer. The shift on the inflation goal is seeking to keep interest rates lower for the foreseeable future. Bonds don't look attractive. We also talk about Tik Tok. The acquisition talks between so many different companies over the course of the past 30 days. The real companies that seem to be talking are Oracle trying to purchase Tik Tok...
Primer Podcast #14 - The Interest of the Fed, TikTok Talks, SPACs and Digitization
August 28, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBHappy Friday Everyone! We start this podcast talking about the fed chairman, Powell, and his decision to approach inflation that could keep rates lower for longer. The shift on the inflation goal is seeking to keep interest rates lower for the foreseeable future. Bonds don't look attractive. We also talk about Tik Tok. The acquisition talks between so many different companies over the course of the past 30 days. The real companies that seem to be talking are Oracle trying to purchase Tik Tok...
Primer Podcast #13 - Palantir Leak, Lambda School Disruption, Convalescent Plasma and our Investing Process
August 24, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode we are talking about the new covid-19 convalescent plasma therapy that got emergency authorization as part of the Trump Administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program. The trials that they are using to prove the efficacy of the process has seen mortality decreases of 35%. The recent authorization has also seen backlash from Fauci, saying that the data is too weak to promote it. Futures at the time of writing this are around .3% positive. We also talked about Lambda school an...
Primer Podcasting #13 - Palantir Leak, Lambda School Disruption, Convalescent Plasma and our Investing Process
August 24, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode we are talking about the new covid-19 convalescent plasma therapy that got emergency authorization as part of the Trump Administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program. The trials that they are using to prove the efficacy of the process has seen mortality decreases of 35%. The recent authorization has also seen backlash from Fauci, saying that the data is too weak to promote it. Futures at the time of writing this are around .3% positive. We also talked about Lambda school an...
Primer Podcasting #13 - Palantir Leak, Lambda School Disruption, Convalescent Plasma and our investing process
August 24, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode we are talking about the new covid-19 convalescent plasma therapy that got emergency authorization as part of the Trump Administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” program. The trials that they are using to prove the efficacy of the process has seen mortality decreases of 35%. The recent authorization has also seen backlash from Fauci, saying that the data is too weak to promote it. Futures at the time of writing this are around .3% positive. We also talked about Lambda school an...
Primer Podcast #12 - Robinhood, EV’s, Unemployment, Uber & Lyft and GymShark
August 21, 2020 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBIn today’s episode we dive into some serious topics. How is Robinhood making money while offering zero commission rates? The tech company are selling the trades to the big boys. Unemployment numbers rises so what does that mean for us? We also talk about a potential GM spinoff of its EV Unit called Ultrium. We also dive into the story of GymShark and their recent 1.3B valuation from General Atlantic. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @primerpodcasting! Have a good weekend!
Primer Podcast #11 - Vaccines, Apple’s Epic Battle with Fortnite, USPS, QAnon and Fake News
August 17, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBToday we are with our first guest, Leonardo Gonzales Smith, one of our first viewers, and fellow student at LMU. Leo first helps us dive into vaccines and the processes that come with developing a vaccine. He goes over the stages and processes as well. We also also talking about the earnings week. Currently companies we are looking at that will move the market we think will be Walmart, Nvidia, Home Depot, Target, Ross, TJ Max in addition to the Chinese e-commerce companies like JD.com and Al...
Primer Podcast #10 - Stock Splits, AirBNB IPO, Paid Communities and China Manufacturing
August 14, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBHappy Friday! In this episode Luca and I talk about stock splits. Stock splits can be seen as a bulish signal as the stock price has grown a lot since a previous valuation and is being divided up in order to allow more access to investors. We also talked about AirBNB filing to go public confidentially. AirBNB has seen massive loss of use due to the pandemic and other factors to where they have taken on debt previously from clearlake partners. I also dive into a business model of paid communi...
Primer Podcast #9 - Cyber Security Primer
August 10, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode we determine the changes going through the cyber security industry. COVID has accelerated the adoption of working from home and businesses need to prepare to secure their data not just at the office. We also go over the overall market, some key players, and more. Cyber security is a growing business sector.This podcast is merely just information and should not be used as investing advice, we may or may not own shares in the companies that we are talking about. We hope this ep...
Primer Podcast #8 - Nikola's Crazy valuation, TikTok toe with Microsoft, and the Future of Gaming
August 07, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this epsiode of Primer, we are diving into Uber second quarter earnings. Uber has placed itself in a new type of position in order to take more of the delievery market and focus on that. Then we talked about the gaming industry and how microsoft is going to release their new cloud gaming service. Gaming is hot right now! We then talked about Nikola, an electric car company that relased their quarterly earnings report. Company is a joke. We finally ended the conversation talking about tele...
Primer Podcast #7 - 30 Felonies 1 ID, Microsoft and Tiktok, Fitness and Real Estate
August 03, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn today's episode of Primer, we are talking about the twitter hack and how they managed to track the 17 year old “mastermind”. We also moved to talk about the potential acquisition of Tiktok from Microsoft. The Verge had reported that he had talked to President Trump about the acquisition. The news on this subject is changing rapidly. We later talked about Peloton, Mirror and Lulu Lemon in addition to Golds Gym, 24 Hour Fitness, and Planet Fitness. Luca also pointed out that the commercial ...
Primer Podcast #6 - Wire Card, Technology Titans, Gold Coins and The Stimulus
July 31, 2020 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBIn today's episode of Primer, we are talking about Wire Card. This is a german based fintech company that was once valued at 28 billion dollars. The company is accused of fraud and has misplaced 2 billion dollars sending shares down 98%. We are also speaking about the technology testimony with congress that hosted Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple with their respected CEOs. Following this the companies released their earnings where they beat almost all expectations. Ending we talked about t...
Primer Podcast #5 - The Future with Coronavirus
July 27, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBHow will business respond to the second wave? What is the international scene looking like? Are we witnessing a change of global power? This Monday's podcast we decided to take a step back and look into the implications of Coronavirus on a Macro perspective. Feel free to ask us any questions you might have! Instagram: @primerpodcasting Email: [email protected]
Primer Podcast #4 - Tesla does it again, Vaccine Deals, SPACs and Airline Loses
July 23, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBToday we are talking about Tesla beating earnings for the fourth consecutive quarter. This is a huge win for Elon. We also talked about Bill Akman’s SPAC (Special Purchase Acquisition Company) PSTH.U which has raised $5 billion dollars. There was also news this week about Pfizer and BioNTech securing a 1.95B dollar deal with the US for vaccines for COVID-19. There is also an Antitrust investigation between Apple and Amazon in Italy and a Monopoly hearing in the US around the App Store and it...
Primer Podcast #3 - Kanye is filling the Gap, The Mouse is Leaving Facebook, Data Centers and Corona Q2 Earnings Week
July 20, 2020 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWe talk about Kanye West’s 10 year deal with Gap to produce his Gap-Yeezy clothing line, Disney, one of Facebooks largest ad spenders cutting its spend, and Tesla Q2 earnings projections and predictions along with other companies in the S&P500.
Primer Podcast #2 - Disruptions in the midst of the second wave
July 17, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBWith the second wave of Coronavirus approaching how will the market respond? How is oil being affected? Airlines industry? Twitter got hacked! Who is to blame? Come listen to the best and Primer news through the minds of two young business guys. Questions? Suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected].
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