E1 - A Star is Born!

Episode 1: A Star is Born! After too many excuses, the Merge (themerge.co) newsletter’s Mike Benitez (linkedin.com/in/mike-benitez) launches the inaugural Merge podcast! Co-hosting duties are shared with Jake Chapman (linkedin.com/in/jakechapman) (@VC (twitter.com/vc)) and Tim Nolan (linkedin.com/in/tim-n-90244199) (@NatSecTim). In this episode, we talk about 3 things the newsletter has never covered in its 2-year existence: venture capital, TikTok, and American Dynamism.
Show Notes:
(00:30) – the world’s most okayist defense podcast
(1:02) – Co-host intros
(3:58) – What is venture capital
(20:49) – Jake and the Army Venture Capital Corporation
(26:20 ) – TikTok and national security
(39:16) – WTH is ‘American Dynamisn’

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