Nico talks with Lawrence Lepard. Lawrence founded Equity Management Associates, LLC (EMA) in 2006. EMA is an equity investment management firm that invests in growing private and public companies located around the world. Since 2008, EMA has focused on investing in companies which mine the monetary metals, gold and silver. Larry presently serves on the Board of Directors of two development-stage gold mining companies: Amarillo Gold Corp. (Toronto/Brazil) and Rise Gold Corp. (California). He has been a frequent guest of many media outlets including Bloomberg Television for his expertise on the monetary metals market. Prior to founding EMA, he spent 13 years at Geocapital Partners (Geo) in Fort Lee, NJ. There, he was one of two Managing General Partners and was responsible for four venture capital funds, aggregating ~$500 million. At Geo, he invested and/or served on the boards of many successful deals including Autoweb, Jackson Hewitt, Netcom, and Realtor.com. Prior to Geo, Larry spent seven years at Summit Partners in Boston, MA and Newport Beach, CA, where he established Summit’s West Coast office. Larry was a General Partner in Summit I and Summit II and invested and/or served on the boards of Chips & Technologies and Software Spectrum, among other investments. Earlier in his career, Larry worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.  Larry has been a sound money advocate for his entire professional career and has been very active in the fight to Audit The Fed.  He has been a long time supporter of Ron Paul and ran two full page advertisements in that supported his candidacy for President.  One was in the Wall Street Journal and one was in The New York Times.  Apart from running his business and taking care of his family his primary mission is to see the US and the world return to a sound money standard.    Powered by : Swan Bitcoin ► https://www.swanbitcoin.com► Swan Bitcoin is the best way to build your Bitcoin stack, with automated Bitcoin savings plans and instant purchases. Serving clients of any size, from $10 to $10M+   ► Bitcoin 2023 Conference:  https://bm.b.tc/simply Join your fellow Bitcoiners in Miami Beach for the biggest annual celebration of Bitcoin in the world. Don't miss out! Come check it out in Miami Beach Florida on May 18th, 19th and 20th 2023   ► Use code: SIMPLY for 10% off your tickets! - Bitcoin 2023