20VC: Applovin: $160BN Market Cap, $5.48BN Revenue, $10M EBITDA Per Head Why the Best Do Not Need Mentorship Why Founders Should Not Angel Invest Why Kindness in Business Will Slow You Down with Adam Foroughi

Adam Foroughi is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Applovin, one of the most underdiscussed but incredible businesses. Applovin has a market cap of $160BN, the company does $5.48BN in revenue and has an astonishing $10M EBITDA per head. The margins; 80%+. There is almost no other business in the world like it. AGENDA: 00:00 – Why Winning (Not Fear) Drives the Best Founders 04:30 – When Money Stops Mattering: The Real Founder Motivation 07:15 – $83M CEO Payday: The Truth Behind the Headlines 10:45 – The Hidden Cost of Being a CEO: What No One Tells You 13:00 – Down 92%: How Do You Not Lose Your Mind? 17:00 – Layoffs: AI Revolution or COVID Hangover? Will the Layoffs Work? 24:30 – Why Most Companies Can't Build a Culture of A-Players 29:30 – What % of Applovin Code is AI? What Will it Be in 5 Years Time? 33:30 – Building on OpenAI: Opportunity or Existential Risk? 40:00 – The Dark Side of Short Sellers & Market Manipulation 50:00 – Do Great Founders Doubt Themselves? 52:00 – TikTok, Meta & The Future of Recommendation Engines 53:30 – The Path to a $1 Trillion Company: What Needs to Happen? 56:00 – Stock Buybacks: How to Do Them and When They Go Wrong? 59:00 – Is the SaaS Model Breaking? What Happens Now?

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20VC: Applovin: $160BN Market Cap, $5.48BN Revenue, $10M EBITDA Per Head Why the Best Do Not Need Mentorship Why Founders Should Not Angel Invest Why Kindness in Business Will Slow You Down with Adam Foroughi is an episode from The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch by The Twenty Minute VC.

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