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Mailbag, incl: What to do with employee shares? January 11, 2026

January 10, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: Casual mailbag Q&A podcast where hosts banter about life hacks, personal anecdotes, and listener investing questions—think Sunday morning coffee chat with finance twists.
  • The Key Players:
    • Scott (host, Motley Fool alum) and Andrew Page (Ram), founder of Strawman.com (Australia's premier online investment club). Their chemistry is brotherly ribbing—Scott teases Andrew's DIY fails, Andrew drops deep Bitcoin rants—with seamless segues from hoops to hoverboards.
  • The Vibe: Fun and educational with self-deprecating humor, "aha" investing wisdom, and optimistic Bitcoin evangelism amid real-talk cynicism on fiat money.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

The episode kicks off with light-hearted parenting/DIY tales morphing into investing metaphors, then dives into Bitcoin skepticism, debt dynamics, share schemes, and Strawman's origin—blending laughs, philosophy, and actionable finance.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Andrew Page**
  • 2 (04:39) **DIY Projects as Investing Analogies**
  • 3 (09:45) **Gab's Bitcoin Deflation Questions**
  • 4 (20:54) **Bitcoin Adoption Realities**
  • 5 (33:45) **Igor's Bitcoin Storage Dilemma**
  • 6 (45:01) **Inflating Debt Away Explained**
  • 7 (61:03) **Tim's Employee Share Rights**

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Show Notes

– Here’s why I didn’t buy more Bitcoin

– I’m scared of losing my seed phrase!

– What to do with employee shares?

– How did Strawman come about

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