Episode 363: Justin Gordon interviews Abdul Al-Assad, co-founder and CEO of Basic Capital, about how he created the startup solution to finance investments and close the American ownership gap.
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Show Notes:
00:00 What’s coming in the episode…
00:48 Introduction
02:18 Basic Capital’s origin
06:51 Abdul’s background
09:41 Hustling for Basic Capital and raising from billionaire Bill Ackman
16:55 The solution to a vicious cycle
24:00 Early days of Basic Capital
30:19 Raising capital
36:11 The logic behind Basic Capital
40:25 The vision for Basic Capital
43:34 Get involved in Basic Capital
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