{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8cf4cec7-5a0f-49c5-8ec9-36941b5c6b6e/65d7d3a51ca6650017ace6d7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Expensify's David Barrett: \"Venture capital is a scam”","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0b311a8cbef1d93cf121/1727779158435-007ecadc-3859-4e51-b8d7-57b95198210f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on David Barrett, founder of Expensify, to talk about creating a “remote-first” company (3:15), the lounge (6:45), the return-to-office movement (14:15), going public and then getting its shares smashed (17:15), why venture capital is a scam (23:30), why he likes public market investors (30:25), keeping people happy when shares lose 95% of their value (33:35), and the artificial intelligence boom (35:25). </p><p><br></p><p>PLUS: The link to our<a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/8cf4cec7-5a0f-49c5-8ec9-36941b5c6b6e/f3f95ca3-adec-4756-b467-dca41c25be9c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> previous episode</a> with Delian Asparouhov, founder of Varda, whose space-factory startup just had its first craft land safely back to earth. </p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Sunday Times"}