# 20VC: Jake Paul on Why Traditional VC is Toast and Attention is More Valuable Than Cash | Politics: Will Jake Paul Actually Run for President? | Inside the Payday of Fighting Anthony Joshua and Mike Tyson | with Geoffrey Wu, Co-Founder at Anti-Fund Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/twenty-minute-vc/20vc-jake-paul-on-why-traditional-vc-is-toast-and-attention-is-more-valuable-than-cash-politics-will-jake-paul-actually-run-for-president-inside-the-payday-of-fighting-anthony-joshua-and-mike-tyson-with-geoffrey-wu-co-fo Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/twenty-minute-vc/20vc-jake-paul-on-why-traditional-vc-is-toast-and-attention-is-more-valuable-than-cash-politics-will-jake-paul-actually-run-for-president-inside-the-payday-of-fighting-anthony-joshua-and-mike-tyson-with-geoffrey-wu-co-fo.md Podcast: [The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/twenty-minute-vc) Published: 2026-04-18T12:36:00+00:00 Episode link: https://thetwentyminutevc.libsyn.com/20vc-jake-paul-on-why-traditional-vc-is-toast-and-attention-is-more-valuable-than-cash-politics-willjake-paul-actually-run-for-president-inside-the-payday-of-fighting-anthony-joshua-and-mike-tyson-with-geoffrey-wu-co-founder-at-anti-fund Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thetwentyminutevc/20Growth__Jake_Paul__Geoffrey_Woo__Anti_Fund.mp3?dest-id=240976 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/twenty-minute-vc/episodes/20vc-jake-paul-on-why-traditional-vc-is-toast-and-attention-is-more-valuable-than-cash-politics-will-jake-paul-actually-run-for-president-inside-the-payday-of-fighting-anthony-joshua-and-mike-tyson-with-geoffrey-wu-co-fo Duration seconds: 3626 ## Resource Jake Paul is one of the most influential creators of the digital era, with over 70M+ followers across platforms. He transitioned from YouTube stardom to become one of the biggest pay-per-view draws in boxing history with fights against Mike Tyson and Anthony Joshua. Jake is also Co-Founder of Anti Fund, where he has made investments in Ramp, Anduril, Cognition and Olipop to name a few. Geoffrey Wu is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Anti Fund. He previously built his career at Goldman Sachs and Point72. He is at the forefront of a new model of investing—where distribution is as powerful as capital. AGENDA: 00:00 — Why Attention is Now More Valuable Than Cash 04:36 — Inside the Secret $BN Jake Paul Business Empire 06:50 — Jake Paul's MasterClass on How to Tell Great Stories 10:50 — Why Jake Paul Is Literally Uncancelable 16:15 — The Brutal Reality of VC: Why Seed Investing is for Amateurs 25:10 — Is AI About to Make the Entire Human Race Unemployed? 33:15 — Trump Endorsed Me: Is Jake Paul Actually Running for President? 41:10 — The 60/40 Rule: How to Build an Unbreakable Relationship 44:15 — Dark Side of Greatness: Is Jake Paul a "Psychopathic" Work Addict? 50:20 — The Ultimate Choice: Boxing, Content, or Investing? ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/twenty-minute-vc/episodes/20vc-jake-paul-on-why-traditional-vc-is-toast-and-attention-is-more-valuable-than-cash-politics-will-jake-paul-actually-run-for-president-inside-the-payday-of-fighting-anthony-joshua-and-mike-tyson-with-geoffrey-wu-co-fo/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/twenty-minute-vc/20vc-jake-paul-on-why-traditional-vc-is-toast-and-attention-is-more-valuable-than-cash-politics-will-jake-paul-actually-run-for-president-inside-the-payday-of-fighting-anthony-joshua-and-mike-tyson-with-geoffrey-wu-co-fo.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.