And s p 500, nas in six weeks. Yeah. Well start with tech. More broadly, ipos and big tech valuations have been surging culture questions continue to brew in Silicon Valley as well i want to talk about that and a lot more with long time venture capitalist whose newest venture is a private and middle school with entrepreneurship baked into the curriculum Draper Associates founder tim draper joins us now. Tim, good to see you i want to start with your take on these markets i was talking just yesterday to the founder of rike. He said he isnt going public this year because he underestimated how well the ipo market was going to perform in a pandemic has that surprised you and what are you saying about it to your Portfolio Companies . Absolutely. I was blindsided i didnt realize that the government was going to print 13 trillion it has been strong for bitcoin and it sure has been good for the Public Markets particularly the tech stocks that have benefitted from that and i think people many p
Or something where you have this you know history of hierarchies showing up for work etc will these giants have trouble operating as efficiently as they were with you know people working from home. Were were seeing it across industry and across size of company in across age of company and even c. E. O. s are making statements that they surprise themselves that theyve been converted you know not everybody not every organization is going to have a huge percentage of their employees working remotely and i think its important to say that its not likely to be a full time thing meet the sweet spot is 2 to 3 days a week and thats been true you know as long as ive been doing this for for almost 20 years a Community Going to be some people that are fully remote but you know i dont think these Large Companies are suddenly going to give up all the real estate and the fact is we do individual work and we do teamwork and what weve learned from a pandemic is really we can actually function just as w
Eisenhower memorial live at 7 pm eastern on cspan2 online at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property held a hearing on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act which outlines when website hosts are required to remove pirated content. Witnesses included musicians, authors, photographers, filmmakers and ahead of the Internet Association. A ceremony will come to order. Well im disappointed we cant all be together in person today, im grateful to chairman graham, and our Ranking Members clerk for facilitating this through web apps. As an initial matter, i want to make sure this subCommittee Hearing is not distracting from the full committee. And my personal work on other pressing issues facing our nation. Congress must address issues of Police Brutality and the horrific circumstances that led to the murder of george floyd and the senseless depths of so many of africa African American brothers and sisters. Thats why im gra
President ial debates on American History tv on cspan3. The Senate Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property held a hearing on u. S. Copy right law and the 1998 copy right act which says when hosts must remove pirated content. This hearing will come to order turn your microphone. This hearing will come to order. While im disappointed we cant be together in person today, im grateful to chairman graham and Ranking Member feinstein and our clerk for facilitating todays hearing through webex. I want to make clear that this hearing is no way distracting from the full committee and my personal work on other pressing issues facing our nation. Congress must address issues of Police Brutality and the horrific circumstances that led to the murder of george floyd and the senseless deaths of so many of our africanamerican brothers and sisters. Thats why im grateful to chairman graham and Ranking Member feinstein for agreeing to hold a full Committee Hearing on policing in america and i will
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