{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Man Who Taught Me How to Invest","description":"Mike Maples, Jr. (@m2jr) is the man who taught me how to invest. He\u2019s one of my favorite people and a personal mentor. He is a partner at Floodgate, a venture capital firm that specializes in micro-cap investments in startups. He has been on the Forbes Midas List since 2010 and named one of Fortune magazine\u2019s  \u201c8 Rising VC Stars.\u201d Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was inolved as a founder and operating executive at back-to-back starup IPOs, including Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM) and Motive (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent). Some of Mike\u2019s investments include Twitter, Twitch.tv. ngmoco, Weebly, Chegg, Bazaar-voice, Spiceworks, Okta, and Demandforce. This podcast is brought to you by ConvertKit. After trying the competition, this is the only email tool that has made email marketing intuitive for my team without sacrificing any of the features and benefits I need to run a profitable business. It\u2019s easy-to-use systems, split testing, resending technology, automation, targeted content, high rates of deliverability, integration with more than 70 services \u2014 like WordPress, Shopify, and Sumo \u2014 and excellent customer service are the reason I made it my go-to ESP. Whether you have a thousand subscribers or a million, whether you run a simple blog or a whole company, ConvertKit has a plan that\u2019s scaled to fit your budget and requirements. Go to ConvertKit.com\/Tim to try it out and get your first month for free! Test the platform and make sure it works for you and your business. This podcast is also brought to you by WordPress, my go-to platform for 24\/7-supported, zero downtime blogging, writing online, creating websites \u2014 everything! I love it to bits, and the lead developer, Matt Mullenweg, has appeared on this podcast many times. Whether for personal use or business, you\u2019re in good company with WordPress \u2014 used by The New Yorker, Jay Z, FiveThirtyEight, TechCrunch, TED, CNN, and Time, just to name a few. A source at Google told me that WordPress offers \u201cthe best out-of-the-box SEO imaginable,\u201d which is probably why it runs nearly 30% of the Internet. Go to WordPress.com\/Tim to get 15% off your website today! Enjoy! ","author_name":"The Tim Ferriss Show ","author_url":"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com","html":"