"The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow. There will be a News Conference today at 11 A.M., at Mar-a-Lago. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
A European founder asked to meet up with me
His startup is only 7 years old but just hit β¬7,000 MRR
Incredibly fast growth
I applied for a meeting permit with the EU government to ask permission to meet him for coffee
5 months later, the EU government gave the go-ahead and charged a β¬75 VAT fee
We finally met up yesterday and had an insightful, yet quick 4 hour coffee chat during business hours
I decided to invest β¬15k into his business
Just got word that it's the 4th-largest venture investment in the EU this year
I expect he'll do great things and turn this startup into one of the EU's largest businesses
I could even imagine it breaking the β¬500k annual revenue mark someday (yes, it's a long shot, but it could happen)
Never been more excited to be building in the EU
This is one of my favorite clips from Bill Ackman
His advice for dealing with adversity is "just make a little bit of progress everyday"
The way to overcome the insurmountable is to break it up into small pieces and jump over one hurdle a day
Here's my conversation with Javier Milei (@JMilei), President of Argentina π¦π·.
I'm posting it in both English (overdubbed) & Spanish (with subtitles) here on X and everywhere else.
See comment thread for Spanish version and links. The Spanish version has me speaking Spanish π₯
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
3:27 - Economic freedom
8:52 - Anarcho-capitalism
18:45 - Presidency and reforms
38:05 - Poverty
44:37 - Corruption
53:14 - Freedom
1:07:26 - Elon Musk
1:12:54 - DOGE
1:14:56 - Donald Trump
1:20:56 - US and Argentina relations
1:28:05 - Messi vs Maradona
1:36:58 - God
1:39:05 - Elvis and Rolling Stones
1:42:45 - Free market
1:49:46 - Loyalty
1:52:23 - Advice for young people
1:53:49 - Hope for Argentina
APOLLO'S $4.5 BILLION MISSED PROFITS - CARVANA
A few days ago, the FT published an interesting article about the 2023 Carvana out-of-court restructuring where Apollo took a $1.3bn haircut on $5.6bn of unsecured junk bonds.
The article ends with a provoking sentence: "Apollo and others should rue that they did not demand equity warrants". If you are wondering how much money Apollo left on the table, you are in the right spot.
Based on my math -> $4.481Bn
1) Warrants in Restructuring
2) Assumptions of the Apollo Missed Warrants
3) Apollo Implied Value Equation
4) Current Value of Warrants
5) Sensitivity and Conclusion
A Thread π§΅