20VC: Do Rich Founders Make Better Founders | The Best Performing Fund Would Only Back YC Founders on Their Second Time | Why SPACs Will Come Back | Why Short Sellers Should Be Banned | Is Trump Better for Business than Biden with Jason Wilk @ Dave
2025-04-21 · 59 min · 14 entities
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Jason Wilk is the Founder and CEO of Dave, the greatest turnaround in the public markets of the last 12 months. Dave went public with a market cap of $4BN, just months later the company had a market cap of $50M. Today, they are back with a market cap of $1.1BN. In 2024, CNBC named Dave the best-performing financial stock in the country, achieving 900% growth.
In Today's Episode We Discuss:
04:09 Do Rich Founders Make Better Founders
07:45 The Best Performing Fund Would Only Invest in YC Founders on Their Second Time
11:25 "We Went Public Too Late, It Was a Big Mistake"
17:53 Why Did Jason Choose to SPAC?
24:21 Why Does Jason Believe SPACs are Unfairly Demonised and Will Comeback?
29:47 How Does AI Change the Margin Structure of the Next Generation of Companies
33:14 Is Trump Better for Business than a Biden Administration?
38:35 Are We Heading into a Recession? Predictions for Next 12 Months?
46:26 Why Have No Neobanks Reached the Heights of Revolut in the US?
48:08 Why is the Opportunity in Low Income Banking Not High Income in the US?
50:07 Why Short Sellers Should Be Stopped and How Immoral They Are