we will be talking to ben silverman.loomberg. ♪ emily: this is "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. it is time for series a, where we take a deep dive into the world of the private market. how tech investing has evolved with some startups commanding multibillion-dollar valuations, disrupting often heavily regulated parts of the economy. venture investing is also attracting private equity players to the tech space. two veteran investors joined us for the conversation. and partner at tpg. >> the question of whether or not to go public has so many angles. can you go public? are the markets ready for it? will the markets be receptive? as long as they are investing privately, what is the hurry? the point you are making about valuation is a key one. you do not want to get to ahead of yourself because the public markets will probably be more disciplined about valuation than the private markets where we are seeing that with the proliferation of unicorns. arguably, there are not 160 are whatever it is billion dollars c

we caught up with the media veteran cast with this did you, ben silverman, co-ceo at propagate and formern of nbc. take a listen. ben: i have a long experience with apple, having produced "the office," which was one of the original shows that helped in the rollout of itunes. a great, long relationship. incredible partners. it is thrilling. obviously, our all-star "mount rushmore" cast is exciting and something i'm thrilled to be working on. emily: i know you want the show to be different than anything that has come before so how do you expect to make it different from let's say "shark tank" or the voice, anything else on television? ben: i am not able to reveal that much about our format to the public at large but i will say i do not think there is a show with a lineup of such accomplished entrepreneurs. they come from an entertainment world but with a real perspective on how technology works and app development, but also how to build a business. if you look at the valuations associated with what jessica has created and is potentially selling to unilever, and if you look at what gary has

we will be talking to ben silverman. bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. we take a deep dive into the world of the private market. how tech investing has evolved with some startups commanding multimillion dollar valuations, disrupting often heavily regulated parts of the economy. they are attracting private equity players to the tech space. -- andl's scott partner at tbg. -- of whethern at or not to go public has so many angles. while the markets be receptive? as long as they are investing privately, what is the hurry? the point you are making about valuation is a key one. ahead not want to get to of yourself because the public markets will probably be more disciplined about valuation than the private markets where we are seeing that with the proliferation of unicorns. if they were all to be public overnight, we would probably see a correction in several numbers of those. you have got these companies like airbnb and uber, and as david said, when uber was raising capital, because we

we've had celebrities like don cheadle retweeted and laura silverman, co-founder of ben & jerry's. there's a lot of pentup emotion about this. it's especially important that nordstrom and other department stores like them understand we're not okay with them benefiting from donald trump. when ivanka goes out for him, she models them and sells them. they are profiting directly from a campaign we consider to be hateful, we consider to be on the backs of people of color of women, lgtbq people. it's not okay. for me, the brand names of the department stores themselves are starting to become more and more synonymous with the trump family brands. >> ivanka trump was on "good morning america" and essentially said her advocacy of women preceded the presidential campaign. there's nothing she can do about those politicizing it. what would you say if you could talk to ivanka right now, very briefly. >> i think it's too late. i don't think there's anything she can do at this point. we were all watching her carefully after release of trump takes, if she had chosen to distance herself at that poi