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Best of Panic - Downtown Josh Brown on the Past, Present, and Future of Finance Media (This Episode Was First Published on March 2nd, 2023)

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Howard Lindzon
July 20, 2023

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For the next month here at Panic Studios, we will be re-running some of our favorite episodes - this week we have Josh Brown, co-founder and CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management. Josh and I go way back to the early, early days of Stocktwits. He’s built what’s probably the biggest financial media brand outside of CNBCq and with his partner Barry Ritholtz built a thriving, fast growing Wealth Management business. We go way back to how Josh got started in the business and how he took advantage of some breaks and built his network. We dig a bit into AI, crypto, web2 survivors, and where we’re at with web3. You’re going to really enjoy our conversation, especially if you missed it the first time around.

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You can also listen right here on the blog:

Best of Panic: Downtown Josh Brown

I couldn’t be more excited to have my good friend Downtown Josh Brown on the show! Josh and I go way back to the early, early days of Stocktwits…

For more details on today’s conversation read on below…

Guest: Josh Brown

Profile: CEO and co-founder of Ritholtz Wealth Management

Where to Find Him: Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter

What is Josh Panicked About? All sorts of panicked about the stock market as usual.

Show Notes:

  • Introduction (00:37)

  • Welcome Josh (03:30)

  • Comparing T scores (03:48)

  • Early days nostalgia (08:33)

  • Building the tribe (09:47)

  • Social Media wild west (13:16)

  • Picking the right social platform (18:19)

  • LinkedIn - the next generation (21:17)

  • Building Finance/Media culture (28:30)

  • Josh makes a comeback (29:34)

  • Birth of Ritholtz Wealth Management (31:40)

  • Opportunity in Wealth Management (34:02)

  • web2 survivors (36:32)

  • Evolution of web 3 (36:51)

  • DeFi not working as intended (38:00)

  • Josh’s thoughts on Oculus (39:13)

  • Diving deeper into web 3 (39:26)

  • ChatGPT changing everything (41:01)

  • The promise of crypto (42:33)

  • AI tools cut advisor workloads (44:27)

  • Days of arbing algo’s are over (45:63)

  • Wrapping it up. (47:11)

  • Closing thoughts (50:17)

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Host: Howard Lindzon | Producer: Knut Jensen | Researcher: Pete Weishaupt Disclaimer: All information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment, legal or tax advice, or an offer to buy or sell any security. For full disclosures: https://howardlindzon.com/c/disclaimer/

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