This Week in Startups
By Jason Calacanis
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Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.
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| Episode | Date |
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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) on the ‘Post-SaaS era' | E1856
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Exploring AI's Pace of Evolution, AGI's Future, and Data Dominance with Adept CEO David Luan | E1855
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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24/7 autonomous agents for everything with Induced AI’s Aryan Sharma | E1854
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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AI demos: Bard's YouTube summarizer, Stability's image editing tools, and more with Sunny Madra | E1853
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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OpenAI Chaos Continues with Sunny Madra and David Sacks | E1852
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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BREAKING: Sam Altman fired from OpenAI, chaos ensues! | E1851
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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Real-time AI-powered design with Krea CEO Victor Perez | E1850
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Avoiding Accidental Tax Fraud | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1849
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Engineering an AI-powered doctor’s office with Forward CEO Adrian Aoun | E1848
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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PrayingForExits on the rush into defense tech, “innovator’s sprint,” & global VC markets | E1847
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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AI Demos! xAI’s Grok chatbot, OpenAI’s GPTs, & more! | E1846
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Tech Earnings Breakdown: $UBER, $LYFT, $KIND with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1845
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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The Case for Adam Neumann + driverDoc's Josh Kolar on automation for trucking companies | E1844
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Managing your treasury in 2023 | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1843
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Uber profitable again, SBF guilty, Biden's AI EO + Motive's John Habeck | E1842
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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OpenAI DevDay!: demoing GPT-4 Turbo, "GPT Store" potential, and more with Sunny Madra | E1841
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The hard lessons from building three startups with Maven’s Gagan Biyani | E1840
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Giving NPCs the power of AI with Convai's Purnendu Mukherjee | E1839
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Airtable CEO Howie Liu on pivoting from blitzscaling to profits, AI applications, and more | E1838
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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AI Demos! Cap table management platform, AI-powered job interviews, & more! | E1837
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Loop Golf's Matt Holder on auto tee times for golfers, plus: Cruise robotaxi suspension | E1836
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Demoing Google Suite's AI plus legal docs, detection, and more! | E1835
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Google, Microsoft, and Snap earnings, plus the state of VC in the Middle East | E1834
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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The Trial of SBF: A deep dive with Inner City Press's Matthew Russell Lee | E1833
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Reverse-engineering autonomy in humanoid robots with Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose | E1832
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Should Apple buy Disney? Plus: Apple's $1B blockbuster bet and more with Lon Harris | E1831
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on travel industry trends, M&A, leadership, and more! | E1830
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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AI demos: ChatGPT’s UI punch ups, Google’s generative image search, and more with Sunny Madra | E1829
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Debating personal AI hardware with Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker | E1828
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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NEWS: Ackman's SPARC, Unity CEO steps down amidst dev revolt, AI operating costs skyrocket | E1827
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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State of early-stage VC, finding PMF, Caroline Ellison testifies & more with Zach Coelius | E1826
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Bill Gurley and Sunny Madra talk open-source vs. proprietary AI | E1825
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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NEWS: Breaking down SBF's trial and the downfall of FTX | E1824
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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NEWS: Anthropic targets $20B+ valuation, Flexport chaos & more! | E1823
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Kayak CEO Steve Hafner on the state of travel, AI's place, hospitality trends, and more! | E1822
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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AI demos! Microsoft’s Windows Copilot, ChatGPT multimodal, Meta’s AI chatbots | E1821
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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OpenAI taps Jony Ive for “iPhone for AI," FTC/Amazon + Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai | E1820
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1819
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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The future of fintech with Plaid CEO Zach Perret | E1818
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury on the future of user-centric language tools | E1817
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Google Bard Extensions and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1816
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Jason Unplugged: IPO market, WaPo tactics against Dave Portnoy + Live Q&A | E1815
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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How Replit is using AI to supercharge IDEs with Amjad Masad | E1814
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on the state of VC, AI's impact on startups & more! | E1813
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Oura CEO Tom Hale on Hardware-as-a-Service, navigating ZIRP, journey to CEO & more! | E1812
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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OpenAI and Google race to launch multimodal LLM plus AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1811
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: The Path to Reaching Net Zero with Avnos CEO Will Kain | E1810
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Transforming DTC via supply chain innovations with Boll & Branch CEO Scott Tannen | E1809
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Expanding AI chip capabilities beyond Nvidia with Modular CEO Chris Lattner | E1808
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Inside crypto’s wild rise and fall with “Number Go Up” author Zeke Faux | E1807
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on cybersecurity in the age of AI | E1806
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Building for the circular economy and the future of shopping with Poshmark’s Manish Chandra | E1805
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Sequoia’s Roelof Botha on “Crucible Moments” and the state of VC | E1804
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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David Sacks and Ethan Ruby on launching SaaSGrid | E1803
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Preventing future fraud using AI with Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan | E1802
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Building a blood-testing startup in 2023 with Vital CEO Vasu Nadella | E1801
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Bootstrapping to IPO, product-led growth, & scaling SaaS with Atlassian's Scott Farquhar | E1800
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Developing drugs to extend dog lifespans with Loyal CEO Celine Halioua | E1799
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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NEWS: Instacart and Klaviyo file for IPO, State of VC distributions, AI lawsuits | E1798
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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NEWS: Nvidia’s insane earnings beat, Arm’s IPO filing, and more! | E1797
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Empowering robots to think for themselves via AI with Covariant’s Peter Chen | E1796
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Is Nvidia overpriced? Plus, price targets, GodMode demo, and more! | E1795
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on building modern AI, DeepMind origins, and much more | E1794
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Manufacturing pharma drugs in space with Varda’s Delian Asparouhov | E1793
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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The “AI wrapper” debate, AI-powered lead gen, auto-clips, resumes, and more with Sunny Madra | E1792
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Zillow CEO Rich Barton on branding, building in provocative industries, and more! | E1791
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Making surgeons bionic via computer vision & AI with Proprio’s Gabriel Jones | E1790
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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AI demos + Jason invests $25K live! | E1789
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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LK-99 breakthrough with Varda’s Delian Asparouhov & Andrew McCalip | E1788
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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How AI startups can navigate the legal landscape with Adam Shevell | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Unlocking the power of photonic computing with Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris | E1787
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Whoop CEO Will Ahmed on the “Quantified Self” movement, product design & more | E1786
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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AI-generated South Park, “Holy Grails” of AI & more with Sunny Madra | E1785
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Market dynamics, RIFs, and AI’s role in law with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Building the future of healthcare communication with Abridge CEO Shiv Rao | E1784
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria on great leadership, building winning teams, and more | E1783
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI’s early days, and more | E1782
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah on empowering entrepreneurs, HubSpot’s journey, and AI automation | E1781
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Navigating SAFEs, Pay-to-Play Rounds & Risks with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Bringing AI-powered solutions to medical analysis with PathAI CEO Andy Beck | E1780
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Tim Urban on the path to AGI and trends in tech history | E1779
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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AI itineraries, newsletters, doodles, and more with Sunny Madra! | E1778
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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VenturusAI's instant MBA & Samantha Wong on identifying soon-to-explode startup markets | E1777
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Understanding Secondary Market Transactions with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Next Unicorns: Building a $1B AI Avatar Business with Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli | E1776
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Using GPUs as leverage, MSFT beats the case, FTC fails under Khan | E1775
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Threads, ChatGPT usage drops, and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1774
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Business Breakdowns: The rise and fall of “Blackberry” with Lon Harris | E1773
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Reimagining reading with VR featuring Sol Reader CEO Ben Chelf | E1772
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Shein registers for US IPO, Trump SPAC insider trading & more | E1771
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Creating the future of search and competing vs Google with Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas | E1770
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Zapier Co-Founder Mike Knoop on category creation, API evolution & AI architecture | E1769
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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IRL to shut down after faking 19M users, ZIRP fraud, Databricks acquires MosaicML for $1.3B | E1768
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Titan tragedy, Meta removes news in Canada + Elizabeth Yin at Angel Summit | E1767
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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StoneAlgo’s Devin Jones on “Zillow for diamonds” + Mar Hershenson on the art of picking | E1766
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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EyeRate CEO Ray Weisberg on scaling from $0 to $10M + Steve Jurvetson on disruptive tech | E1765
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Gavin Baker on AI platform shift, upside vs downside, extinction risk, Nvidia outlook & more | E1764
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on mod revolt, building a legendary community & more | E1763
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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How AI is making influencers bionic with Forever Voices CEO John Meyer | E1762
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Reddit communities revolt + Brad Gerstner on state of private and public markets in 2023 | E1761
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Apple Vision Pro, Meta’s MusicGen, Waitroom demo & more with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1760
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang on founding story, lessons + First-time fund manager panel | E1759
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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How AI companions can help solve loneliness with Replika’s Eugenia Kuyda | E1758
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Using AI to diagnose Dementia with Vistim Labs James Hamet + Jason LIVE at iConnections | E1757
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Rory's brain vs ChatGPT, outrageous marketing, work trends and MUCH more w/ Rory Sutherland | E1756
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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RunwayML, AI Steve Jobs, & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1755
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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How open-source & distributed models can win AI with MosaicML’s Naveen Rao | E1754
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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How generative AI is enabling hologram assistants with Looking Glass CEO Shawn Frayne | E1753
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May 31, 2023 |
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Breaking down Bard with Google’s Jack Krawczyk | E1752
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May 30, 2023 |
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Understanding the UAE startup opportunity with Brad Gerstner and Ibrahim Ajami | E1751
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May 26, 2023 |
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ChatGPT vs Hollywood writers and the WGA strike with Lon Harris | E1750
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May 25, 2023 |
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Text-to-UI demo with Galileo AI Co-founder Arnaud Benard + How to design loved products | E1749
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May 24, 2023 |
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1748
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May 23, 2023 |
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Demoing Google’s MusicLM, AssemblyAI, and other AI tools with Sunny Madra | E1747
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May 23, 2023 |
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Fireside chat with Jason Calacanis & Brad Gerstner hosted by Mubadala’s Ibrahim Ajami | E1746
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May 19, 2023 |
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Viral fundraising tactics with Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker + How to build a strong brand | E1745
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May 18, 2023 |
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Magic.dev CEO Eric Steinberger on making developers bionic | E1744
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May 17, 2023 |
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AI girlfriends, memories & recreations + Sam Altman testifies | E1743
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May 17, 2023 |
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Open-source vs. "ClosedAI," demoing new AI tools & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1742
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May 16, 2023 |
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Using AI to revolutionize video game development with Scenario CEO Emmanuel de Maistre | E1741
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May 12, 2023 |
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Building brands and community + influencer marketing that actually works with Dee Murthy | E1740
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May 11, 2023 |
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Reid Hoffman on AI's "crescendo moment," regulation and real-world applications | E1739
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May 10, 2023 |
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Box CEO Aaron Levie breaks down Box AI and generative AI’s impact on business | E1738
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May 09, 2023 |
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GPT-4 web browsing, plugin demos, AI layoffs + more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1737
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May 09, 2023 |
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Mining asteroids with AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich | E1736
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May 05, 2023 |
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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on early rejection, customer focus & AI’s future in hospitality | E1735
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May 04, 2023 |
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Uber earnings + using AI to revolutionize clinical trials w/ Unlearn.AI’s Charles Fisher | E1734
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May 03, 2023 |
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BuzzFeed vs Gawker, AI’s impact on the future of media, and more with Semafor’s Ben Smith | E1733
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May 02, 2023 |
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Demoing the most innovative new ChatGPT features with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1732
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May 01, 2023 |
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Big Tech earnings breakdown w/TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1731
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Billy McFarland on Fyre Fest fraud, failure, hacking, & the long road back | E1730
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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AI’s Future: Opportunity, Regulation & Limits with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra | E1729
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Spotify earnings, Grimes takes AI-based music approach + Cafe X CEO Henry Hu | E1728
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Building generative AI for pitch decks with Tome CEO Keith Peiris | E1727
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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SpaceX's Starship launch, Tiger Global's 20% markdown + Ask Jason! | E1726
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1725
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Building the future of VFX and video editing with Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela | E1724
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Google’s search engine “panic,” AI-generated hits, Coinbase considers leaving US market | E1723
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Uizard’s Tony Beltramelli on text-to-UI & PMF + building a Notion CRM w/ Kelly Schricker | E1722
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Hyfe’s Joe Brew on using AI to quantify coughs + Presh on generating content with ChatGPT | E1721
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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The rise of AutoGPTs and AI anxieties with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1720
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Copy.ai CEO Paul Yacoubian on keeping up with GPT’s rapid evolution & AI’s potential impact | E1719
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Stanford & Google’s Westworld-like AI experiment, BloombergGPT, SF CRE collapse | E1718
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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PrayingForExits on the state of VC, ZIRP fraudsters, revolutionary product launches & more | E1717
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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YC demo day valuation tensions, how VCs can find gems, Substack's performance & more | E1716
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Satya Patel on the state of VC, flexible investing frameworks & converting to evergreen | E1715
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1714
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Saudi Arabia discloses LP positions & SEC charges Frank founder with fraud | E1713
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Trump, Saudi, & Adam Neumann’s obsession with cities + BioFluff CEO Martin Stübler | E1712
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Stephen Wolfram on AI’s rapid progress & the “Post-Knowledge Work Era” | E1711
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Crypto’s de-platforming and the balkanization of AI with Vinny Lingham | E1710
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K live! | E1709
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Alibaba's six-way split, Disney cuts its metaverse team, Substack's raise & more | E1708
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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First Citizens acquires SVB, the daunting reality of AI & Refiberd CEO Sarika Bajaj | E1707
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future of Amazon | E1706
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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TikTok CEO grilled in front of Congress, Coinbase's Wells Notice & Do Kwon arrested | E1705
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Freestyle’s Jenny Lefcourt on nailing non-consensus bets and avoiding hype | E1704
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of four founders | E1703
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Balaji’s $1M Bitcoin bet, banking crisis update, OpenAI launches GPT-4, and Jay Trading! | E1702
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Laurie Yoler on investing early in Tesla, strategic partnerships, and her VC career | E1701
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Banking crisis impact, more Meta cuts, and GPT-4 with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1700
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Andy Rachleff on SVB, how to evaluate VCs, market pull indicators, Wealthfront, and more | E1699
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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How ocean farming can solve world hunger with Alora CEO Luke Young | E1698
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Silicon Valley Bank collapse recap + Wist CEO on capturing XR memories | E1697
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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EMERGENCY POD: $SVIB implodes, contagion risk, advice for founders, and what’s next? | E1696
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Stripe to raise $6B, $SIVB drops 60%, generative AI funding | E1695
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Threshold VC’s Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing & culture | E1693
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Crypto climate bill resurfaces, BlocPower raises $155M + Arcadia CEO Kiran Bhatraju | E1692
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Sequoia resigns from Citizen's board, IPO window opens, chaos at Dapper Labs | E1691
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Apple blocks AI email app, TikTok restricts teens, Foodini’s Dylan McDonnell | E1690
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on moving the needle, win-first culture & managing burnout | E1689
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Crypto Roundtable: Twitter payments integration and latest Yuga Labs NFT drop | E1688
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Canaan’s Maha Ibrahim on fund sizing, distribution strategies & early VC days | E1687
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on AI chatbots and the search revolution | E1686
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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WallStreetBets founder on why he's suing Reddit; Andrew Hart of Hyper; and Ok Boomer | E1685
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Sophia Amoruso on branding, raising a fund, portfolio construction & more | E1684
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Upfront’s Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and raising capital | E1683
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Meta's paid tier, Bing's chatbot gone wild, Stripe's $4B bill | E1681
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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US crypto crackdown with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra + OK Boomer | E1680
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Insight's Deven Parekh on venture tourists, cleaning cap tables & winning investments | E1679
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Bing dodges $100B bullet & IVP's Tom Loverro on the looming startup collapse | E1678
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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ChatGPT’s alter ego and moderating AI-generated content | E1677
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Surviving a down market, early VC stories & more with four-cycle investor Geoff Yang | E1676
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia on early “a-ha” moments, elite design + his new startup Samara | E1675
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Google announces Bard, Adam Neumann’s business plan, Blue Collar tech’s moment | E1674
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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The AI arms race escalates: Google’s $300M bet, Neeva’s paid search engine + So Syncd CEO | E1673
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Google, Amazon & Apple earnings + OK Boomer with Slush CEO | E1672
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Meta’s massive comeback, FED’s latest hike, GPT-4 rumors + Spotify earnings with Lon Harris | E1671
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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ANGEL: FirstMark’s Rick Heitzmann on shaking off the bull run, “shock absorbers,” and more | E1670
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Instagram co-founders team up for new startup + Magic Spoon’s Gabi Lewis | E1669
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Anthropic seeking $5B valuation, OpenAI hires 1000 contractors, Mr. Beast’s latest video | E1668
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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MSG's facial recognition software, BuzzFeed's deal with Meta, The Creator Economy and more | E1667
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Macro picture, Bitcoin’s bull/bear case, DCG controversy & more | E1666
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Venrock’s Bryan Roberts on 25 years in VC, hitting wins early, avoiding bad habits | E1665
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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DOJ sues Google over ad practices, Ticketmaster takes the stand + LA26 founders | E1664
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Employee reactions to Google layoffs, Microsoft & OpenAI codify deal + NVIDIA's new feature | E1663
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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$NFLX earnings, Reed Hastings steps down, Google's 6% RIF & Ok Boomer with Mike O'Brien | E1662
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Quiet hiring, Semafor’s $10M SBF buyback + M3GAN and The Last of Us with Lon Harris | E1661
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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ANGEL: Brad Feld on investing through 3 economic cycles, CEO/investor dynamics, and more | E1660
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Jan 18, 2023 |
|
Getty to sue Stability AI, $MSFT to incorporate OpenAI into Azure + new climate startups | E1659
|
Jan 17, 2023 |
|
Tim Cook’s $50M pay cut, CEO compensation packages & Acquire.com's CEO Andrew Gazdecki | E1658
|
Jan 16, 2023 |
|
OpenAI’s endgame, DeepMind’s chatbot, United by Zero’s Lex Kiefhaber + OK Boomer | E1657
|
Jan 14, 2023 |
|
Jay Trades and SBF's Substack + Award season and Netflix's content strategy with Lon Harris | E1656
|
Jan 12, 2023 |
|
Slack’s troubles inside Salesforce, crypto trader gets jail time, DoNotPay’s robo-lawyer | E1655
|
Jan 11, 2023 |
|
Coinbase cuts 20%, Microsoft to invest $10B into OpenAI & Ascend Elements CEO Mike O’Kronley | E1654
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
|
"The weirdest economy ever," Noma shuts down, Jason demos ChatGPT's iOS app | E1653
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
|
Logan Paul & CryptoZoo’s alleged scam breakdown with Coffeezilla + Ok Boomer with Em Herrera | E1652
|
Jan 06, 2023 |
|
Bing to integrate ChatGPT, Microsoft’s first union + Flux Gourmet review with Lon Harris | E1651
|
Jan 05, 2023 |
|
Keith Rabois on 2023 macro outlook, startup valuations, founder advice, ChatGPT vs Google | E1650
|
Jan 04, 2023 |
|
SpaceX valued at $137B, Starlink's massive market, Shopify purges meetings | E1649
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
|
2023 Predictions! Startups, VC, tech, media, stocks, shutdowns, and more! | E1648
|
Jan 02, 2023 |
|
The 2022 TWiSTY Awards! | E1647
|
Dec 29, 2022 |
|
Direct listing rule change, Notion AI demo, NYE planning & more | E1646
|
Dec 27, 2022 |
|
Bonus episode! Tár review with Lon Harris
|
Dec 25, 2022 |
|
FTX & Alameda execs plead guilty, YouTube inks NFL Sunday Ticket deal + Tár review | E1645
|
Dec 23, 2022 |
|
Managing your cash reserves | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1644
|
Dec 21, 2022 |
|
The inside story of Iger's Disney return, Epic Games record-breaking fines + ClimateCamp CEO | E1643
|
Dec 21, 2022 |
|
Salesforce CEO questions WFH amid SaaS slowdown, OpenAI projects $1B revenue by 2024 & more | E1642
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
|
VCSS: Year in review + Valerie Shen of G2 Venture Partners | E1641
|
Dec 18, 2022 |
|
Financial info to include in your pitch deck | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1640
|
Dec 17, 2022 |
|
Interest rates, inflation and “getting fit” with Brad Gerstner | E1639
|
Dec 16, 2022 |
|
Jason interviews EatKind CEO Neetha Avalakki and ‘TWiST Mean Tweets’ with Lon Harris | E1638
|
Dec 16, 2022 |
|
Affirm addresses Molly & Jason + is TikTok getting banned, and Pearpop’s CEO Cole Mason | E1637
|
Dec 15, 2022 |
|
SBF gets arrested, The Block’s CEO gets a bag from FTX, + Walmart launches a BNPL service | E1636
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
Jason’s big night, the culture war in tech + Google Search vs ChatGPT and more | E1635
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
|
How to calculate "Bottom-up TAM" + Hubspot Co-Founder Brian Halligan on his new climate fund | E1634
|
Dec 11, 2022 |
|
Business of superhero films, James Gunn's DC reboot + OK Boomer w/Alex Banks | E1633
|
Dec 09, 2022 |
|
How to send effective investor updates | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1632
|
Dec 09, 2022 |
|
Crypto Roundtable: SBF updates, $GBTC's role, Saylor says $ETH is unregistered security | E1631
|
Dec 08, 2022 |
|
Ask Jason: investing in similar startups, pitch deck tips + MycoWorks Co-Founder Sophia Wang | E1630
|
Dec 08, 2022 |
|
Meta's ad targeting troubles, Ask Jason, Hive Social's data mishap & more | E1629
|
Dec 07, 2022 |
|
Slack CEO departs Salesforce, Circle cancels SPAC, SBF's links with media & regulators | E1628
|
Dec 06, 2022 |
|
Momentum investing in VC + Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico | E1627
|
Dec 04, 2022 |
|
OpenAI releases ChatGPT, a16z sunsets future.com + OK Boomer with Jack Raines | E1626
|
Dec 02, 2022 |
|
Reacting to SBF's ill-advised media tour + Disney's new in-house AI-based de-aging tool | E1625
|
Dec 02, 2022 |
|
Generative AI's potential, Spotify Wrapped + AMP Robotics Founder Matanya Horowitz | E1624
|
Dec 01, 2022 |
|
Apple vs Twitter, app store duopoly, YouTube's efficiency, Snap goes back to the office | E1623
|
Nov 30, 2022 |
|
Managing Finances in a Recession: Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1622
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
Pipe's Co-Founders step down, Apple's China-based iOS update, Black Friday's BNPL boost | E1621
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
|
How VCs size their bets + Ben Birnbaum of TeraWatt and Keyframe | E1620
|
Nov 27, 2022 |
|
Zoom earnings, SaaS burnout, Amazon's $10B Alexa loss + FTX contagion with Sunny Madra | E1619
|
Nov 23, 2022 |
|
EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618
|
Nov 21, 2022 |
|
VC investing in a downturn & protecting founders + smart vents with Flair's Dan Meyers | E1617
|
Nov 20, 2022 |
|
Managing a recession, housing market insights & more with Redfin's Glenn Kelman + OK Boomer | E1616
|
Nov 18, 2022 |
|
Breaking down the FTX book + film rights & Michael Lewis’s involvement with Lon Harris | E1615
|
Nov 17, 2022 |
|
Amazon launches "Amazon Clinic" + Calibrate CEO Isabelle Kenyon on metabolic health | E1614
|
Nov 17, 2022 |
|
Wild news week, Bird overstates revenue, Chinese startups look to rebrand + WLITF | E1613
|
Nov 16, 2022 |
|
Amazon to lay off 10K employees, FTX saga update, Shopify's reverse AR platform & more | E1612
|
Nov 15, 2022 |
|
Understanding Corporate VC + turning methane into bitcoin w/ Nodal's Daniel Sechrest | E1611
|
Nov 13, 2022 |
|
FTX bankruptcy, spiciest takes, future of crypto VC, new Amazon Prime drones + OK Boomer | E1610
|
Nov 12, 2022 |
|
FTX fallout: Sequoia's LP letter, SBF's crisis comms + Lon Harris on Andor, $DIS earnings | E1609
|
Nov 11, 2022 |
|
Meta cuts 11K employees, Binance/FTX fallout + Homeward CEO Dr. Jenny Schneider | E1608
|
Nov 10, 2022 |
|
EMERGENCY POD: FTX sells to Binance with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1607
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
|
Meta's looming layoffs & path forward, Airbnb answers concerns & more | E1606
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
|
Understanding capital calls, one-off SAFEs + Transaera CTO Ross Bonner | E1605
|
Nov 06, 2022 |
|
Airbnb earnings breakdown + Gen Z becoming adults on the internet | E1604
|
Nov 04, 2022 |
|
Wave of tech layoffs, Robinhood earnings, what makes a great CEO & more | E1603
|
Nov 04, 2022 |
|
Uber Q3 earnings, macro picture + Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick | E1602
|
Nov 03, 2022 |
|
Steve Case on "The Rise of the Rest", America's economic resiliency & more | E1601
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
|
Self-driving shakeup: TuSimple CEO fired & Argo AI shuts down + Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets | E1600
|
Oct 31, 2022 |
|
Strategies for investing in an overheated market, understanding warrants + Nat Bullard | E1599
|
Oct 30, 2022 |
|
Meta's precarious situation, $AMZN earnings breakdown, James Gunn to run DC + OK Boomer | E1598
|
Oct 28, 2022 |
|
$META earnings instant reaction, Apple's NFT rules, SBF backlash & more | E1597
|
Oct 27, 2022 |
|
$MSFT, $GOOG, $SPOT earnings breakdowns + Coco CEO Zach Rash | E1596
|
Oct 27, 2022 |
|
Shutterstock partners with OpenAI, Apple's new smart lock partner, Mach 9 spaceplane & more | E1595
|
Oct 26, 2022 |
|
Brad Gerstner's open letter to Zuck, Meta's lack of efficiency, Divvy Homes hit piece | E1594
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
|
Venture Debt: should your startup take it on? + Mi Terro's Robert Luo | E1593
|
Oct 23, 2022 |
|
YouTube’s new roadmap, OpenAI & BeReal fundraising news, Snap’s 30% drop + OK Boomer | E1592
|
Oct 22, 2022 |
|
Tesla + Netflix Q3 earnings, Kevin Hart's VC fund, Twitter ideas, revamping the DCEU | E1591
|
Oct 21, 2022 |
|
Next Unicorns evaluation + Ask Jason | E1590
|
Oct 20, 2022 |
|
Stability AI's $1B+ valuation, why you should start or join a startup, Roblox jumps 20% | E1589
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
|
Ye agrees to acquire Parler, Xi Jinping on the state of China, deglobalization & more | E1588
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
|
The Wing shuts down, avoiding pitfalls of success + Tesseract Energy's Alan Chang | E1587
|
Oct 16, 2022 |
|
VCs hiring Twitter ghostwriters, Meta's XR plan, Netflix's ad tier & more | E1586
|
Oct 15, 2022 |
|
SEC investigates Bored Apes, AI-generated Steve Jobs/Joe Rogan interview & more | E1585
|
Oct 14, 2022 |
|
TikTok planning to build US fulfillment centers + Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario | E1584
|
Oct 13, 2022 |
|
New worker classification test proposal, Getir in talks to acquire Gorillas & more | E1583
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
|
Amazon's transformation, Peloton's mistakes, VC market downturn & more with Ben Gilbert | E1582
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
|
Why VCs care about ownership percentage + Flowcarbon CEO Dana Gibber | E1581
|
Oct 09, 2022 |
|
US chip industry update, fixing education, Amazon allegations + OK Boomer | E1580
|
Oct 08, 2022 |
|
Ask Jason! + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1579
|
Oct 07, 2022 |
|
Twitter ideas, Elizabeth Holmes trial update, universal USB-C + Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck | E1578
|
Oct 05, 2022 |
|
Twitter deal updates, Poshmark acquired, Liquid Death's $700M valuation & more | E1577
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
|
Tesla AI Day, SEC charges Kim Kardashian for unlawfully promoting token, Section 230 & more | E1576
|
Oct 03, 2022 |
|
How VCs decide to sell a position + Future's Jean-Louis Warnholz | E1575
|
Oct 02, 2022 |
|
The virtuous cycle of tech startups, Mr. Beast turns down $1B offer + OK Boomer: Taylor Bell | E1574
|
Oct 01, 2022 |
|
Meta's text-to-video tool, Zuck's grand plan, Vision Fund to cut staff 30% + $WBD lawsuit | E1573
|
Sep 29, 2022 |
|
Apple allows in-app NFT purchases + Bitcoin's role during global macro headwinds | E1572
|
Sep 28, 2022 |
|
Cathie Wood's new VC fund, Bill Gurley's best insights, Girls Who Code on banned books list | E1571
|
Sep 28, 2022 |
|
British pound crashes, Do Kwon's red notice, NASA's DART mission, TikTok nears US deal | E1570
|
Sep 26, 2022 |
|
Evaluating founder ambition, tools vs platforms + USV's Albert Wenger: post-capital world | E1569
|
Sep 25, 2022 |
|
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke on navigating a downturn, innovating in compensation & more | E1568
|
Sep 24, 2022 |
|
DAO breakdown with Orange DAO's Ben Huh + Amazon's $11B NFL deal with Lon Harris | E1567
|
Sep 23, 2022 |
|
Mojo CEO Vinit Bharara on building a stock market to bet on athletes | E1566
|
Sep 21, 2022 |
|
Nikola lawsuit updates, Rumble business breakdown + more SPAC updates | E1565
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
|
Monetizing BeReal, Bogus accounts by US Military, iPhone 14 camera bug, Twilio layoffs | E1564
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
|
How to deal with failing startups + Team Wildfire CEO Steve Wolf on "Hurricane-as-a-Service" | E1563
|
Sep 18, 2022 |
|
Paid newsletter pricing disruption, Instagram Reels underperforming + OK Boomer | E1562
|
Sep 17, 2022 |
|
Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, Patagonia founder donates profits + Streaming consolidation | E1561
|
Sep 16, 2022 |
|
Crypto news: Do Kwon arrest warrant, ETH merge, Orange DAO + The Blueprint Part 10 | E1560
|
Sep 15, 2022 |
|
Bob Iger joins VC firm as venture partner, Twitter whistleblower hearing, KKR tokenizes fund | E1559
|
Sep 14, 2022 |
|
Bolt cancels $1.5B Wyre deal, $ROKU adds TikTok-style feature, Deere's self-driving tractors | E1558
|
Sep 13, 2022 |
|
How VCs view founders with a side hustle + Bringing ESG to VC with Joe Blair | E1557
|
Sep 11, 2022 |
|
Muck Rack raises $180M, Elly Health Co-Founder Cecilia Anderson + OK Boomer | E1556
|
Sep 10, 2022 |
|
Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & impact on VC + how Amazon can turn a profit on Rings of Power | E1555
|
Sep 09, 2022 |
|
Instagram to shut down Shopping, reacting to Apple's event & more + The Blueprint Part 9 | E1554
|
Sep 08, 2022 |
|
Jason's DTC investment thesis, Jokr looking to raise $50M, liquidation preference breakdown, witness in Elizabeth Holmes trial goes rogue | E1553
|
Sep 07, 2022 |
|
Raising a VC fund in public + Brilliant Planet's Raffael Jovine on the power of algae | E1552
|
Sep 04, 2022 |
|
Ask Jason + LAUNCH founder interviews + OK Boomer with Andrew Yeung | E1551
|
Sep 02, 2022 |
|
The Definitive History of VC with "Power Law" author Sebastian Mallaby | E1550
|
Sep 01, 2022 |
|
The Blueprint: finding & developing all-stars + Mark Gurman on Apple's AR plans | E1549
|
Sep 01, 2022 |
|
Twitter's failed OnlyFans-like product, OpenSea trading volume drops 99%, major FTC lawsuit | E1548
|
Aug 31, 2022 |
|
YC brings on Garry Tan as President, Apple's AR plans, Bored Apes at the VMAs | E1547
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
|
How VCs think about deploying reserves & follow-on funding + Quaise CEO Carlos Araque | E1546
|
Aug 28, 2022 |
|
Twitter adds podcasting, Chatter.dev Founder Pete Oxenham + OK Boomer with Danny Miranda | E1545
|
Aug 26, 2022 |
|
$PTON & $SNOW earnings divergence + Streaming news with Lon Harris: HBO, MoviePass & more | E1544
|
Aug 26, 2022 |
|
Student loan debate, Zuck copies BeReal, Twitter whistleblower + Blueprint Part 7 | E1543
|
Aug 25, 2022 |
|
Crypto Roundtable: Shkreli's new web3 project, ETH merge, Gensler goes after DeFi protocols | E1542
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
|
FTX's leaked financials, $AMZN ramps up healthcare interest + Swayed Founder Arjun Shokeen | E1541
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
|
How VCs evaluate pre-launch startups + Mycocycle's Joanne Rodriguez | E1540
|
Aug 21, 2022 |
|
Ask Jason + LegalQ founder Zeb Anderson + OK Boomer with Jules Terpak | E1539
|
Aug 20, 2022 |
|
Apple's new feature & potential ads business + more HBO Max layoffs & chaos | E1538
|
Aug 19, 2022 |
|
Reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise, Boom Supersonic's new deal + The Blueprint Part 6 | E1537
|
Aug 18, 2022 |
|
Debating Apple's return to work & Jason's WFH playbook, $META partners with $DASH & more | E1536
|
Aug 17, 2022 |
|
Adam Neumann raises $350M from a16z for his new startup Flow, Bay Area housing hypocrisy | E1535
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
|
Self-destructive traits of VCs & founders + Air Protein CEO Dr. Lisa Dyson | E1534
|
Aug 14, 2022 |
|
Howard Lindzon reviews Jason's portfolio & breaks down public/private investing + OK Boomer | E1533
|
Aug 13, 2022 |
|
$DIS earnings, Disney vs Netflix & streaming strategies with Lon Harris + Ephemeral Tattoos | E1532
|
Aug 12, 2022 |
|
State of the crypto market, Tornado Cash blacklisted, $COIN Q2 + The Blueprint Part 5 | E1531
|
Aug 11, 2022 |
|
VC market overview, Vision Fund impact, Amazon's core businesses & more with Acquired | E1530
|
Aug 10, 2022 |
|
SoftBank's Vision Fund loses $21B+, DTC brands struggle + NutriSense CEO Alex Skryl | E1529
|
Aug 09, 2022 |
|
Why some VCs won't invest in first-time founders + $369B carve-out for climate/energy | E1528
|
Aug 07, 2022 |
|
$COIN partners with $BLK, $AMZN acquires iRobot for $1.7B, Jay Trading update + OK Boomer | E1527
|
Aug 06, 2022 |
|
$WBD shakeup, streaming earnings, Locket raises $12.5M, Lina Khan/FTC sues Meta | E1526
|
Aug 05, 2022 |
|
YC reduces S22 batch by 40%, $HOOD RIF, $MSTR CEO change, $ABNB earnings + Blueprint Part 4 | E1525
|
Aug 04, 2022 |
|
$UBER & $PINS Q2 earnings + customer-centric primary care with The Lanby's Chloe Harrouche | E1524
|
Aug 03, 2022 |
|
TikTok takes on Spotify, startup advice + US housing market w/ Redfin & Divvy Homes CEOs | E1523
|
Aug 02, 2022 |
|
How VC diligence works at different stages + Fion's Sudarshan Sridharan on wildfire tech | E1522
|
Jul 31, 2022 |
|
$AMZN & $AAPL earnings, $META investors losing faith, Jay Trading + OK Boomer with Nate O'Brien | E1521
|
Jul 30, 2022 |
|
Revolutionizing podcasting + standards vs. innovation with Anchor Co-Founder Mike Mignano | E1520
|
Jul 28, 2022 |
|
How to supercharge your network + $GOOG & $MSFT earnings & $SHOP layoffs with Deirdre Bosa | E1519
|
Jul 27, 2022 |
|
Solving prescription drug pricing in the US with Cost Plus Drugs & Capital RX CEOs | E1518
|
Jul 26, 2022 |
|
$NFLX stops sharing, $SNAP Q2 earnings, $COIN alleged insider trading with Alex Wilhelm | E1517
|
Jul 25, 2022 |
|
Telling founders "no," Board meeting etiquette (VC School), + Michael Luciani | E1516
|
Jul 24, 2022 |
|
Ben Narasin on raising a new VC fund in a down market, + Natalie Barbu of Rella | E1515
|
Jul 23, 2022 |
|
$AMZN acquiring One Medical, The Snyder Cut bot army, + maybe some Jay Trading | E1514
|
Jul 22, 2022 |
|
Jay Trading: $NFLX Q2 earnings, The Blueprint E2: when to quit your job, + more | E1513
|
Jul 21, 2022 |
|
Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: practical advice for founders and investors in a downturn | E1512
|
Jul 20, 2022 |
|
Andy Jassy’s lobbying efforts, small US cities enticing remote workers, Phaidra Series A | E1511
|
Jul 19, 2022 |
|
Taking the leap on valuation, strategic retreats (VC School), + more | E1510
|
Jul 17, 2022 |
|
$AMZN considers dropping “Basics”, FCC Commissioner Carr on banning TikTok + more | E1509
|
Jul 16, 2022 |
|
Jay Trading, Stripe valuation cut, $NFLX ads, $PTON outsourcing, + more | E1508
|
Jul 15, 2022 |
|
The Blueprint E1: Branding yourself, + Jeffrey Pfeffer on the 7 Rules of Power | E1507
|
Jul 14, 2022 |
|
3AC liquidation chaos, Taibbi’s USDC deep dive, startup employee advice + more | E1506
|
Jul 13, 2022 |
|
Twitter deal called off, Uber leaks, + Apple Car setbacks | E1505
|
Jul 12, 2022 |
|
Molly’s first 6 months as an investor (VC School), + EV battery recycling | E1504
|
Jul 10, 2022 |
|
Frost Giant CEO Tim Morten on gaming business models, Esports & more | E1503
|
Jul 09, 2022 |
|
Balwani found guilty, Crypto crash updates, + Turkey’s rare earth discovery | E1502
|
Jul 08, 2022 |
|
Crypto Updates: Voyager files bankruptcy, Celsius pays debt, + Jason Q&A | E1501
|
Jul 07, 2022 |
|
"Minions" record-breaking viral strategy, TikTok algo, reframing semiconductors & energy | E1500
|
Jul 06, 2022 |
|
VC School: What's a venture scale business + Matt Duesterberg of OhmConnect | E1499
|
Jul 03, 2022 |
|
Crypto crash updates, Sequoia’s structure, $ZM product expansion, Starlink & more | E1498
|
Jul 01, 2022 |
|
FTX buys BlockFi for $25M, Sequoia raising $2.25B, AI Umpires for MLB, Substack layoffs | E1497
|
Jul 01, 2022 |
|
Downtown Josh Brown & Michael Batnick on Disney+, Peloton, Knicks, podcasting, markets, & more | E1496
|
Jun 30, 2022 |
|
SBF buys the crypto dip, hedge funds short Tether, VC funding down, flying nuclear cruise mockup | E1495
|
Jun 28, 2022 |
|
Digital surveillance risks post-Roe v. Wade ruling with Legal Voice’s Kim Clark + PE firm acquires Zendesk for $10.2B | E1494
|
Jun 27, 2022 |
|
How to co-invest with other firms (VC School) + Electric Sea Gliders: REGENT Co-Founder Billy Thalheimer | E1493
|
Jun 26, 2022 |
|
Praying For Exits on Markets, Crypto, Startup Valuations + Anisha Sunkerneni of Cyphr VC | E1492
|
Jun 25, 2022 |
|
Obi-Wan finale + Healthcare’s hidden money pit with Capital RX CEO AJ Loiacono | E1491
|
Jun 23, 2022 |
|
TikTok data security, the Chinese surveillance state, Amazon running out of warehouse workers | E1490
|
Jun 22, 2022 |
|
NFT NYC, Solend takeover, Why Non-Finance use cases are the key to Crypto, Magic Eden & more with Vinny Lingham | E1489
|
Jun 21, 2022 |
|
When to take a meeting (VC School) + Fungi Flour: Hyfé Foods Founder Michelle Ruiz (Climate) | E1488
|
Jun 19, 2022 |
|
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell responds to NYT hit piece and breaks down the state of crypto + Alexander Olesen CEO of Babylon Micro-Farms | E1487
|
Jun 18, 2022 |
|
Apple & Disney’s sports streaming strategy, Facebook’s plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486
|
Jun 16, 2022 |
|
YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485
|
Jun 15, 2022 |
|
Coinbase lays off ~18%, EU crypto regulation, $NFLX & $ROKU ad-tech talks, Hallow prayer app, Prey laptop security | E1484
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
|
Crypto drops ~$200B, Celsius freezes, Binance’s BTC pause, Google AI sentience, Magic Spoon: DTC isn’t dead | E1483
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
|
How to value startups (VC School) + Creating Diamonds from Air with Aether’s Ryan Shearman (Climate) | E1482
|
Jun 12, 2022 |
|
Disney’s ambitious streaming goals with Lon Harris + Dressd Founder Capri Wheaton | E1481
|
Jun 10, 2022 |
|
Twitter bots & Apple BNPL with Deirdre Bosa + Prediction markets with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour | E1480
|
Jun 09, 2022 |
|
Amazon’s Dave Clark joins Flexport, Bird layoffs, Twitter’s bring-your-own algo, Multiverse, Ken Griffin gets into crypto | E1479
|
Jun 09, 2022 |
|
Why BuzzFeed fell 40%, EU mandates USB-C, Lab-grown ear transplants, Tom Brady’s Series B | E1478
|
Jun 07, 2022 |
|
Apple’s new releases, Twitter bots, Didi returns, Bad actors on Binance + Michael Shellenberger’s vision for California | E1477
|
Jun 07, 2022 |
|
Markups & markdowns (VC School) + Coral Regeneration with Coral Vita Co-founder Sam Teicher (Climate) | E1476
|
Jun 05, 2022 |
|
Coinbase & Loom rescind job offers (strategies for managers & workers during a downturn) + OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra of Skillbank | E1475
|
Jun 04, 2022 |
|
Sheryl Sandberg leaves Meta + This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris: Obi-Wan Kenobi | E1474
|
Jun 02, 2022 |
|
ESG fraud, Stripe & Reddit markdowns, Remote productivity + DroneUp Founder Tom Walker | E1473
|
Jun 02, 2022 |
|
NYT’s Glossier hit piece, VC winters, Activist CEOs and Podcast live events with Acquired’s David Rosenthal | E1472
|
Jun 01, 2022 |
|
Bolt layoffs, DroneUp, Lunar Outpost, $4.5B crypto fund, Ape theft + Diagram’s Jordan Singer | E1471
|
May 27, 2022 |
|
The cost of CEOs ignoring mental health with Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn | E1470
|
May 27, 2022 |
|
Solving our biggest problems, Cerebral’s fast & loose telehealth prescriptions, Jack leaves Twitter Board | E1469
|
May 26, 2022 |
|
Snap drops 40%, Layoffs at Gorillas & Klarna, Adam Neumann's new startup, Coinbase using Principles | E1468
|
May 24, 2022 |
|
All-In Summit recap, Argo debuts AV test cars in Miami/ATX, $AMZN to sublease 10M+ square feet | E1467
|
May 23, 2022 |
|
Proof of Impact CEO Fleur Heyns on meaningful metrics for measuring environmental impact (This Week in Climate Startups) | E1466
|
May 22, 2022 |
|
Privateer Space CEO Alex Fielding: cleaning up space junk with Steve Wozniak + Behind the scenes of working for Jason | E1465
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May 21, 2022 |
|
Fixing a broken system - Mahmee CEO Melissa Hanna on patient-centric maternal care | E1464
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May 19, 2022 |
|
Accelerating leadership - Chief Co-Founder & CEO Carolyn Childers on raising $100M Series B, building a women's executive network and more | E1463
|
May 18, 2022 |
|
Bitcoin payments on the Lightning Network with Strike's Jack Mallers | E1462
|
May 17, 2022 |
|
SaaS multiple compression, downturn outlook & advice for new VCs with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr | E1461
|
May 16, 2022 |
|
Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Climate) | E1460
|
May 15, 2022 |
|
SBF buys 7.6% $HOOD stake, SoftBank’s $13B loss, Twitter exec layoffs & deal update + Nicole Ruiz from Compound VC | E1459
|
May 14, 2022 |
|
Sundar Pichai, tech crash, crypto, journalism and more with CNBC's Deirdre Bosa | E1458
|
May 13, 2022 |
|
Airbnb's category search, Coinbase's new disclosure + Facebook exits podcasting with Ashley Carman | E1457
|
May 11, 2022 |
|
Terra UST stablecoin unpegged with Bennett Tomlin + High growth tech’s runway: $COIN, $SQ, $ZM, $TWLO, $SHOP & $PTON | E1456
|
May 11, 2022 |
|
Dara sets the tone for Uber's next push, Jason's market prediction, Apple's ML director departs, Internet affordability & more | E1455
|
May 10, 2022 |
|
Side investing (VC School) + Stripe's Nan Ransohoff: Frontier carbon removal | 1454
|
May 08, 2022 |
|
Twitter's new Birdwatch moderation/annotation feature + OK Boomer: Flapjack's Patrick McDonnell | E1453
|
May 07, 2022 |
|
Stripe launches Plaid competitor, Cameo layoffs, Elon raises $7B + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1452
|
May 06, 2022 |
|
Live Show Preview: Wednesday May 4
|
May 05, 2022 |
|
Tech reactions to Roe vs. Wade leak + $UBER, $LYFT and $ABNB earnings | E1451
|
May 05, 2022 |
|
Meta's VR plans with The Information's Sylvia Varnham O'Regan + SEC strengthens its crypto enforcement team | E1450
|
May 03, 2022 |
|
Bolt's struggles with The Information's Malique Morris + How Yuga Labs' mint sent Ethereum Gas 120X + Gravity Sketch | E1449
|
May 03, 2022 |
|
How to manage competing portfolio companies (VC School) + Energy Impact Partners' Shayle Kann (Climate) | E1448
|
May 01, 2022 |
|
$AMZN & $AAPL earnings, Snap's drone, China softens on tech, AirBnB goes nomad + Landon from Inside | E1447
|
Apr 30, 2022 |
|
WeCrashed & Severance finales w/ Lon Harris + Twitter follower changes w/ The Verge's Corin Faife | E1446
|
Apr 29, 2022 |
|
Archegos founder arrested, Bolt sued by Authentic Brands, $GOOG & $MSFT earnings, Apple sells repair parts, EV Corvette | E1445
|
Apr 28, 2022 |
|
Jack's Twitter take & employee reactions, Medical NFTs, Hopin's $200M founder secondary sale | E1444
|
Apr 26, 2022 |
|
Twitter accepts Elon's buyout offer, EU's new algo rule, Pipedream Labs: Hyperloop for package delivery | E1443
|
Apr 26, 2022 |
|
VC School: Deal Memos + Sphere CEO Alex Wright-Gladstein (Climate) | E1442
|
Apr 24, 2022 |
|
Twitter funding secured, Boring Co. raises $675M, Amazon's $1B VC fund, Ackman's $400M loss + The Lunar Society: Dwarkesh Patel | E1441
|
Apr 23, 2022 |
|
TSLA earnings + Streaming: WeCrashed & Severance review, CNN+ demise, Netflix’s future | 1440
|
Apr 22, 2022 |
|
Netflix earnings breakdown, Kushner’s $3B pitch deck, CNN+ on pause, Grubhub for sale | E1439
|
Apr 21, 2022 |
|
Jack's candid Twitter takes, FB invests in African internet, Regent's electric Seaglider, Better.com layoffs | E1438
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
|
Q1 venture capital review, Twitter breaks, BeReal's new take on social & more | E1437
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
|
Twitter's takeover defense, Meta's AR project with The Verge's Alex Heath + Wordcab's Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436
|
Apr 15, 2022 |
|
Elon offers to take $TWTR private at $43B + Autonomous car drives away from police | E1435
|
Apr 14, 2022 |
|
Meta's 47.5% take rate + Worldcoin CEO Alex Blania: onboarding the globe to crypto | E1434
|
Apr 13, 2022 |
|
Shopify Board proposes share restructuring + The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, Why American Teens Are So Sad | E1433
|
Apr 13, 2022 |
|
Elon no longer joining $TWTR board, Breslow's Instacart case-study, NYT tells reporters to reduce time on Twitter | E1432
|
Apr 12, 2022 |
|
Investing in down rounds (VC School) + The Lightsmith Group Co-Founder Jay Koh (Climate) | E1431
|
Apr 10, 2022 |
|
BONUS - Jason on This Week in Startups Australia
|
Apr 09, 2022 |
|
Macro insights with Rose Technology CEO Alex Campbell + TCG Crypto's Gaby Goldberg | E1430
|
Apr 08, 2022 |
|
Portfolio construction, Sequoia's transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429
|
Apr 08, 2022 |
|
Uber travel, OpenAI illustrator, Edit button, CNN+ review + Dune Analytics CEO Fredrik Haga | E1428
|
Apr 06, 2022 |
|
FB vs. Apple on AR and Ads, Twitter's Future, Conflict, Crypto Regulation with Antonio Garcia Martinez & Zach Coelius | E1427
|
Apr 06, 2022 |
|
Elon buys ~9% stake in Twitter + Freestyle Capital's Dave Samuel | E1426
|
Apr 05, 2022 |
|
Inbound vs. outbound deal flow (VC School) + Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey | E1425
|
Apr 03, 2022 |
|
GoPuff & Fast trimming staff + Bradley Tusk on tech regulation + Glimpse Co-founder Akash Raju | E1424
|
Apr 01, 2022 |
|
NFT exclusive restaurant: FlyFish Club CEO David Rodolitz + Reviewing We Crashed & The Dropout with Lon Harris | E1423
|
Mar 31, 2022 |
|
Facebook funding anti-TikTok lobbyists with Taylor Lorenz + SEC SPAC crackdown, Fast vs. Bolt | E1422
|
Mar 30, 2022 |
|
$625M Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack, $TWLO insider trading, Subject's learning platform, $HOOD extends trading hours | E1421
|
Mar 30, 2022 |
|
Oscars recap, FTX investors don't hold board seats, Apple working on hardware subscriptions | E1420
|
Mar 29, 2022 |
|
Understanding non-dilutive fundraising options + Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora | E1419
|
Mar 27, 2022 |
|
Teenage hacking phenom allegedly caught, Molly's Hall of Fame induction & OK Boomer | E1418
|
Mar 26, 2022 |
|
Streaming news! Breaking down WeCrashed E1-3 & The Dropout E5 with Lon Harris | E1417
|
Mar 25, 2022 |
|
Katie Haun's $1.5B web3 fund, Yuga Labs worth $4B, Apple's BNPL play + ChroniFI's Ben Miller | E1416
|
Mar 24, 2022 |
|
How Apple can win podcasting, Bezos' leadership, MBAs raising search funds & FDNY robodogs | E1415
|
Mar 23, 2022 |
|
Sequoia debuts Arc, SEC considering climate disclosures, Disney CEO fallout & more | E1414
|
Mar 22, 2022 |
|
Super Pro Rata (VC Sunday School) + ClimateCheck Founder Cal Inman (Climate) | E1413
|
Mar 20, 2022 |
|
NEWS: $BABA & $TCEHY layoffs, Google's AR purchase, $APE coin; OK Boomer: Smirk | E1412
|
Mar 20, 2022 |
|
Reacting to Super Pumped (Uber) & The Dropout (Theranos) with Lon Harris +OneShop CEO Nick McHenry | E1411
|
Mar 18, 2022 |
|
Spotify x Barcelona, ex-Disney CEO joins Genies, AMC gold mine + D.A. Wallach: music and bio-investing | Angel S6 E10 | E1410
|
Mar 17, 2022 |
|
Ex-FB Diem team builds Aptos blockchain, Metamask parent ConsenSys raises $450M, Mojo's athlete betting market, Zero Grocery shutdown | E1409
|
Mar 16, 2022 |
|
Blue Origin picks Pete, NYT launches Telegram channel, Clearview AI in Ukraine, Semiconductor pains | E1408
|
Mar 15, 2022 |
|
How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures' Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407
|
Mar 13, 2022 |
|
$RIVN, Biden on TikTok & Crypto, $PTON + Countdown Capital’s Jai Malik + Josh from Party Round | E1406
|
Mar 12, 2022 |
|
Love.com, Lessons from Bain Crypto launch + Redfin Founder & CEO Glenn Kelman | E1405
|
Mar 10, 2022 |
|
Apple's new Mac + Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, driverless service in SF, the Origin (zero-emission shared vehicle) | E1404
|
Mar 09, 2022 |
|
Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital: global growth, partnering with legendary companies and the evergreen fund | E1403
|
Mar 09, 2022 |
|
Alumni Ventures charged by SEC + What Germany got wrong about nuclear power with Mark Nelson | E1402
|
Mar 08, 2022 |
|
How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401
|
Mar 06, 2022 |
|
Google ends WFH, $SNOW earnings + Stillmark's Alyse Killeen Angel S6 E7 + Pallet CEO Kai Han | E1400
|
Mar 04, 2022 |
|
Cana CEO Matt Mahar on launching a "Replicator for beverages," turning a product into a platform, working with The Production Board and more | E1399
|
Mar 03, 2022 |
|
Apple pauses RU sales, Ford splits-off EVs + How Facebook killed Joe Speiser's $100M business | E1398
|
Mar 03, 2022 |
|
Tech takes action against Russia, Backbone's mobile gaming device + Joel Greenblatt from Gotham Capital | E1397
|
Mar 02, 2022 |
|
Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396
|
Mar 01, 2022 |
|
What investors mean when they are "waiting for a lead" (VC Sunday School) + Seth Bannon of 50 Years | E1395
|
Feb 27, 2022 |
|
DHH on Basecamp's painful evolution, Bitcoin, Revitalizing internet discourse + Lumanu CEO Tony Tran | E1394
|
Feb 26, 2022 |
|
Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393
|
Feb 25, 2022 |
|
Kanye's genius business model, Platform dependency risks, Pipe enters the movie biz + AirPals' Joshe Ordonez | E1392
|
Feb 24, 2022 |
|
Coinbase's mutable messaging, Revitalizing Peloton and High-growth companies poised for a comeback | E1391
|
Feb 23, 2022 |
|
From PM to GP: Roach Capital's Fahd Ananta | Angel S6 E6 + OK Boomer: Dive Chat | E1390
|
Feb 19, 2022 |
|
Spotify's ad-tech acquisitions to take on YouTube with The Verge's Ashley Carman + Founder University Pitches | E1389
|
Feb 18, 2022 |
|
Keith Rabois of Founders Fund + AirBnB's earnings & evolving customer base, SF BOE recall | E1388
|
Feb 17, 2022 |
|
Do startup employee stock options need an overhaul? Softbank's failed Arm sale + Growth University's Craig Zingerline | E1387
|
Feb 16, 2022 |
|
Crypto's Super Bowl blitz, Joby's asian air-taxi partnerships, Affirm's earnings & BNPL growing pains | E1386
|
Feb 15, 2022 |
|
VC Sunday School: first-tier investor behavior + Climate: Dangerous Ventures' Mike Lin | E1385
|
Feb 13, 2022 |
|
Rapid Disney+ growth, Predicting preference with Qloo's Alex Elias, OK Boomer: Zehra Naqvi's Z-list | E1384
|
Feb 11, 2022 |
|
Peloton's new CEO + Cake Ventures' Monique Woodard Angel S6 E5 | E1383
|
Feb 11, 2022 |
|
$3.6B crypto hack recovered + Segment co-founder Peter Reinhardt's next bet: Charm Industrial | E1382
|
Feb 10, 2022 |
|
Peter Thiel departs FB board, John Foley steps down at Peloton, Should Amazon spin off AWS? + Startup of the Day: Island | E1381
|
Feb 09, 2022 |
|
Spotify's saga continues, $FB warns of EU exit, GoFundMe's protest refund, Peloton's suitors | E1380
|
Feb 08, 2022 |
|
John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins with Ryan Panchadsaram + VC Sunday School: cap table management | E1379
|
Feb 06, 2022 |
|
NYC delivery wars, Cruise gives driverless rides in SF + Gopuff Co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev | E1378
|
Feb 04, 2022 |
|
Full $FB earnings breakdown, NFT company violates music IP + Behind Genius' Paige Finn: Angel S6 E4 | E1377
|
Feb 04, 2022 |
|
All-In’s hijacked feed, Google’s earnings breakdown, Jason’s legendary iPad troll | E1376
|
Feb 03, 2022 |
|
Playstation's $3.2B Bungie acquisition, Metafy gaming tutoring, Shopify CEO joins Coinbase Board of Directors | E1375
|
Feb 02, 2022 |
|
Breaking down Ryan Breslow's YC critique + Spotify's solution & Joe Rogan's response | E1374
|
Feb 01, 2022 |
|
VC Sunday School: startup investing in a down market + Emily Kirsch of Powerhouse Ventures | E1373
|
Jan 30, 2022 |
|
Packy McCormick’s Not Boring parlay: Angel S6 E3 + Producer Rachel visits Miami Hack Week | E1372
|
Jan 29, 2022 |
|
$TSLA earnings breakdown & 2022 IPOs to watch with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1371
|
Jan 28, 2022 |
|
MSFT adds $10B, Stripe mafia memes, Spotify: platform or publisher, Scratchpad case-study | E1370
|
Jan 27, 2022 |
|
TikTok vs. YouTube, Bolt CEO calls Stripe & YC "Mob Bosses," Culdesac, Anduril wins $1B contract | E1369
|
Jan 26, 2022 |
|
Comparing 2022 to the Dot-Com bubble + Activist investor challenges Peloton leadership | E1368
|
Jan 25, 2022 |
|
Sunday VC School: how investors work together + Prime Movers Lab's Ramez Naam | E1367
|
Jan 23, 2022 |
|
Apple AR headset scoops with Mark Gurman + Campbell Baron: Gen Z startup content creator | E1366
|
Jan 23, 2022 |
|
Google AR, Peloton pullback + David Friedberg: Cana, the first molecular beverage printer | E1365
|
Jan 21, 2022 |
|
FTC antitrust revision, 5G rollout pause + David Rosenthal's $2.8M fund: Angel S6 E2 | E1364
|
Jan 20, 2022 |
|
Full breakdown of Microsoft acquiring Activision-Blizzard for ~$70B+ | E1363
|
Jan 19, 2022 |
|
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: victory through taking ownership, increasing velocity & cultivating talent | E1362
|
Jan 18, 2022 |
|
Oath Keepers indicted from Signal messages, U.S. House subpoenas tech platforms + Alex Masmej: selling a personal token | E1361
|
Jan 14, 2022 |
|
1M fewer college students: is it a problem? + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1360
|
Jan 13, 2022 |
|
$140B streaming wars 2022 budget, Warren's bad "Big Grocery" take + Mac Conwell: Angel S6 E1 | E1359
|
Jan 13, 2022 |
|
Y Combinator's New Deal, Turo S-1 + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger: Human-in-the-loop security cameras | E1358
|
Jan 11, 2022 |
|
Tech pullback, SEC considers tightening startup investing regulations, Apple XR headset leaks | E1357
|
Jan 11, 2022 |
|
Sunday VC School: valuation vs. traction matrix + Climate: New Energy Nexus CEO Danny Kennedy | E1356
|
Jan 09, 2022 |
|
Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355
|
Jan 07, 2022 |
|
GETTR & social media moderation, NYT to acquire The Athletic + Axie Infinity's Jeff Zirlin on NFT gaming | E1354
|
Jan 07, 2022 |
|
OpenSea raises $300M, VW & Toyota commit $170B to EVs, China's strangled tech sector, New media | E1353
|
Jan 06, 2022 |
|
Elizabeth Holmes is guilty, Amazon wins over socialists, Biden sanctions China | E1352
|
Jan 05, 2022 |
|
How JOKR lost $159 per order, rising startup valuations, OpenSea freezes stolen NFTs, Web 2 CEOs troll Web 3 | E1351
|
Jan 04, 2022 |
|
The 2021 TWISTY Awards: best guest, most awkward moment, best chemistry & more! | E1350
|
Dec 27, 2021 |
|
Web3 wars & Rivian Q3 earnings with our new co-host Molly Wood! | E1349
|
Dec 22, 2021 |
|
Praying For Exits: the satirist of venture capital | E1348
|
Dec 17, 2021 |
|
Melania Trump’s NFT, Reddit to go public + Twitter’s Tony Haile: news & product evolution | E1347
|
Dec 17, 2021 |
|
mRNA cancer treatment, Google’s vax policy, Better.com CEO “taking time off” + Founder roundtable: PaidBack, Wearwell, SupporTrends | E1346
|
Dec 16, 2021 |
|
What Elizabeth Holmes’s prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345
|
Dec 15, 2021 |
|
Is Peloton undervalued? + Rad Power Bikes CEO Mike Radenbaugh + Succession recap, All-in | E1344
|
Dec 14, 2021 |
|
Guess the fake startup + Founders of Jenni.AI, Wearloom, Track, Llama Life + How to hire Gen Z | E1343
|
Dec 10, 2021 |
|
Armstrong & Tether skip crypto hearings, Adele’s NFT resale solution + Startup Checklist E10 | E1342
|
Dec 10, 2021 |
|
Art Basel recap (Beeple, JUUL, Cathie Wood) + reacting to Better.com’s leaked layoffs clip | E1341
|
Dec 09, 2021 |
|
What is a Vibe Capitalist? Bedrock’s Geoff Lewis on investing, crypto, city-states, defense & AI | E1340
|
Dec 07, 2021 |
|
Crypto accounting for startups | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1339
|
Dec 06, 2021 |
|
Square becomes Block, Spotify Wrapped’s genius, $GRAB debut + Founders of Fathom, Deft & Krepling | E1338
|
Dec 03, 2021 |
|
Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337
|
Dec 02, 2021 |
|
Twitter bans sharing “private media” + Startup Checklist: How to raise capital | E1336
|
Dec 01, 2021 |
|
Twitter’s new CEO, Mr. Beast’s record-breaking Squid Game + Haus’ Helena Price Hambrecht | E1335
|
Nov 30, 2021 |
|
End of year startup accounting checklist | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1334
|
Nov 29, 2021 |
|
Zoom’s revenue tops $1B, valuation falls + Startup Checklist: how to prepare for fundraising | E1333
|
Nov 24, 2021 |
|
Turner Novak: Turning memes into a $10M VC fund | E1332
|
Nov 24, 2021 |
|
Nikola Motors update, El Salvador launches $1B bond to build “Bitcoin City” on a volcano | E1331
|
Nov 23, 2021 |
|
A DAO bids $40M on the Constitution, Startup Checklist: Operational best practices, Gen Z VCs | E1330
|
Nov 19, 2021 |
|
Tarantino sued over NFTs + Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan: YouTube, Entrepreneurship, Investing | E1329
|
Nov 19, 2021 |
|
Why Sam Lessin is using the VC model to invest in individuals + Jason funds a startup on air | E1328
|
Nov 18, 2021 |
|
Ohio sues FB + Bradley Tusk “The Fixer,” Uber, startups navigating politics, mobile voting | E1327
|
Nov 17, 2021 |
|
How to hire anywhere in the world (legally) | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1326
|
Nov 15, 2021 |
|
The greatest CNBC hit of all time, YouTube hides dislikes + Ready Games CEO David Bennahum | E1325
|
Nov 13, 2021 |
|
Breaking down Rivian’s IPO & $100B valuation + DAO deep dive with OpenLaw’s Aaron Wright | E1324
|
Nov 11, 2021 |
|
Coinbase Q3 earnings breakdown + Startup Checklist: Crafting a brand & knowing your market | E1323
|
Nov 11, 2021 |
|
$RBLX earnings, Jetson ONE personal aircraft + Oculus game dev Ryan Engle, creator of Pro Putt | E1322
|
Nov 09, 2021 |
|
How to simplify diligence & avoid fraud | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1321
|
Nov 08, 2021 |
|
Tech Earnings: $UBER, $ABNB, $PTON + OK Boomer: Gen Z joins the workforce | E1320
|
Nov 05, 2021 |
|
Building a Great Team: Startup Checklist E5 | E1319
|
Nov 04, 2021 |
|
Zillow falls after iBuying collapse, Biden Admin’s stablecoin report + LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1318
|
Nov 03, 2021 |
|
Bytedance bans 996 + Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani: The 100x fund | E1317
|
Nov 02, 2021 |
|
Apple privacy updates cost social media giants $10B + BetterBrand’s Aimee Yang | E1316
|
Nov 01, 2021 |
|
Facebook’s new name + DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg: the privacy search engine | E1315
|
Oct 29, 2021 |
|
Media employees battling “back to work” orders + Startup Checklist E4: Building a Great Product | E1314
|
Oct 28, 2021 |
|
Sequoia’s new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt’s Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313
|
Oct 27, 2021 |
|
Facebook’s Q3 earnings breakdown: revenue, user growth, rumored rebrand + Italic’s Jeremy Cai | E1312
|
Oct 26, 2021 |
|
Growth & Retention: Why Subscription is the Holy Grail | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1311
|
Oct 25, 2021 |
|
Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg | E1310
|
Oct 22, 2021 |
|
Inflation warnings and hedge strategy, Bitcoin ETF, Hindenburg’s Tether bounty + Startup Checklist E3 | E1309
|
Oct 21, 2021 |
|
Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson: the next $60B, Engage, Segment acquisition & more + Who actually uses Oculus? | E1308
|
Oct 20, 2021 |
|
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on USDC, Tether & more + Jason reacts to Apple’s new M1 chips & MacBooks | E1307
|
Oct 19, 2021 |
|
How to manage customer relationships | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1306
|
Oct 18, 2021 |
|
Coinbase chases NFT billions + Peter Thiel “The Contrarian” with author Max Chafkin | E1305
|
Oct 15, 2021 |
|
Is Netflix over cancel culture? + Startup Checklist: Choosing a Business Model | E1304
|
Oct 14, 2021 |
|
US inherits China’s Bitcoin Mining Dynasty + Jacob Helberg on the “New Cold War” with China | E1303
|
Oct 13, 2021 |
|
Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on scaling the blockchain to warp speed | E1302
|
Oct 12, 2021 |
|
How to understand customer engagement | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1301
|
Oct 11, 2021 |
|
Tether’s hidden billions with Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux + Startup Checklist E1 | E1300
|
Oct 08, 2021 |
|
Fantasy startup investing NFTs + former Tesla CTO JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials | E1299
|
Oct 07, 2021 |
|
FB Whistleblower’s Senate testimony + Scorpion Capital shorts Ginkgo Bioworks, claims fraud | E1298
|
Oct 06, 2021 |
|
How to create great customer experience | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1297
|
Oct 05, 2021 |
|
Facebook’s whistleblower reveal & major outage + reacting to OZY media CEO on Today Show | E1296
|
Oct 04, 2021 |
|
Coinbase CEO reflects on “mission” manifesto + Kettle’s Nat Manning on fire insurance | E1295
|
Oct 01, 2021 |
|
Amazon’s AI driver supervisors, OZY media fallout, rising FEMA flood insurance, OpenScouting | E1294
|
Sep 30, 2021 |
|
Google’s game-changing ad policy + Michael Dell on “Play Nice But Win,” stories from building a computing giant | E1293
|
Sep 29, 2021 |
|
OZY Media’s deception, VC retirement, Clubhouse’s monetization problem with The Verge’s Ashley Carman & more | E1292
|
Sep 28, 2021 |
|
Facebook puts Instagram Kids on pause, Bevy’s high-profile firing + Squarespace’s Anthony Casalena | E1291
|
Sep 27, 2021 |
|
News! China bans crypto transactions (again), Zillow & iBuyers impacting Real Estate + Ask Jason | E1290
|
Sep 24, 2021 |
|
News! EU Mandates USB-C, Facebook Files, China RE, Apple leaks, Stonkfluencers, SaaS Pod | E1289
|
Sep 24, 2021 |
|
Apple Maps 3-D update, SEC Chair tips off coming crypto regulation + Pacaso’s Austin Allison | E1288
|
Sep 22, 2021 |
|
Apple launches iCloud Private Relay + Framework’s Nirav Patel on customizable laptops | E1287
|
Sep 21, 2021 |
|
ByteDance limits daily app time for kids in China + Next Unicorns: Orbital Insight’s Kevin O’Brien | E1286
|
Sep 20, 2021 |
|
Head of Instagram comments on teen impact, Jay-Z’s NFT lawsuit + Sourcegraph’s Quinn Slack | E1285
|
Sep 18, 2021 |
|
Rapid Fire News: App Annie fraud, Instagram’s negative impact, Discord valued at $15B & more | E1284
|
Sep 17, 2021 |
|
OpenSea admits employee was front-running featured NFTs + Goldbelly CEO Joe Ariel on food e-commerce | E1283
|
Sep 15, 2021 |
|
“Amazon Unbound” author Brad Stone on the mind of Bezos, the future of Amazon & more | E1282
|
Sep 14, 2021 |
|
Growth stocks, Inflation impacts, SPACs & more with Beth Kindig & Knox Ridley from I/O Fund | E1281
|
Sep 10, 2021 |
|
News! Fireproof homes, Amazon’s college plan, Facebook copies Snap, Notion Acquires Automate.io & more | E1280
|
Sep 10, 2021 |
|
Coinbase battles SEC over Lend + How DeFi interest rates work with Genesis’ Matt Ballensweig | E1279
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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BAYC at Sotheby’s, Loot, Tether Canada ban + 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale: Palantir, China, Cicero | E1278
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Adrian Grenier: launching a new fund + FounderU: balancing product vision & customer feedback | E1277
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Sep 03, 2021 |
|
Next Unicorns: Miso Robotics’ Mike Bell, $3 an hour fry cooks + MorningBrew’s Dan Toomey on TikTok | E1276
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Sep 02, 2021 |
|
Bored Ape Madness with The Infatuation’s Andrew Steinthal + Breaking into VC with Nicole DeTommaso | E1275
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Sep 01, 2021 |
|
Elizabeth Holmes Theranos fraud trial kickoff + Blokable’s Aaron Holm: how to scale housing | E1274
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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CCP closes foreign IPO loophole + Audius’ Roneil Rumburg: decentralized project crash course | E1273
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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HeadSpin accused of $80M fraud, housing startup irks NIMBYs + Not Boring’s Packy McCormick | E1272
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Aug 26, 2021 |
|
Rapid Fire News: OnlyFans reverses course, Circle to clean up USDC reserves, Warby Parker S-1 | E1271
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Aug 25, 2021 |
|
Rapid Fire News: Facebook “cleans up their house,” Tyga takes on OnlyFans, Jack Ma vs. CCP | E1270
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Aug 24, 2021 |
|
Rapid fire news: OnlyFans bans sexual conduct + Boston Dynamics, Disney & Tesla bet big on robots | E1269
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mark Suster deep dives VC | E1268
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Aug 19, 2021 |
|
Noodlegate, the end of cancel culture? + Next Unicorns: OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman | E1267
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Casey Newton’s Superhuman misfire, Apple’s backdoor, 5G crypto network, WhatsApp’s Taliban problem | E1266
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Aug 17, 2021 |
|
Next Unicorns: Splice CEO Steve Martocci, building the Github for music | E1265
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Aug 13, 2021 |
|
How to secure follow-on investment for your startup (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1264
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Aug 12, 2021 |
|
How to come up with a startup idea (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1263
|
Aug 11, 2021 |
|
Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant model | E1262
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Aug 10, 2021 |
|
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the current state and future of the US housing market | E1261
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Bootstrapping vs. taking Venture Capital (FounderU) + Ask An Angel with Zach Coelius | E1260
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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How to a Grow Consumer SaaS App to 225K Paying Customers – Next Unicorns: Fitbod CEO Allen Chen | E1259
|
Aug 04, 2021 |
|
Creating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more with Acquired | E1258
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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News! Robinhood/Duolingo IPOs, Big Tech earnings, China & more with TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm | E1257
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Nikola’s Trevor Milton indicted for fraud, Robinhood IPO + GRIN CEO Brandon Brown | E1256
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Youtube vs. Netflix, Google’s $230B run rate + Next Unicorns: OpenSea’s Devin Finzer on NFTs | E1255
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Jul 28, 2021 |
|
Rapid Fire News: China’s techlash continues, Tesla’s incredible Q2 earnings, Tether holders move to USDC & more | E1254
|
Jul 27, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Tether executives facing DOJ bank fraud probe (via Bloomberg) | E1253
|
Jul 27, 2021 |
|
Dfinity’s ICP crypto complaint, Snap/Twitter earnings, China’s e-learning crackdown & more | E1252
|
Jul 23, 2021 |
|
China punishes Didi, Twitter’s new feature, UAE makes it rain + Do Kwon of Terraform Labs | E1251
|
Jul 22, 2021 |
|
Reacting to Tether’s CNBC interview, Netflix earnings + Vincent’s Slava Rubin on alt assets | E1250
|
Jul 21, 2021 |
|
Bezos goes to space, Robinhood IPO, USDC attestation + Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley | E1249
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Jul 21, 2021 |
|
Rapid Fire News: AI voices after death, DOJ investigates Lordstown Motors, COVID adaptation | E1248
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Jul 16, 2021 |
|
Rapid Fire News: FB’s right-wing algo, Tether update, giving Cuba internet, Powell on stable coins & more | E1247
|
Jul 16, 2021 |
|
The Next Unicorns: Adena Hefets CEO of Divvy Homes, forging a new path to home ownership | E1246
|
Jul 15, 2021 |
|
Education’s war on excellence, AWS atrophy, France fines Google + AppHarvest’s Josh Lessing | E1245
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Jul 14, 2021 |
|
China cracks down on US IPOs, winning founder qualities, Ask Jason: accelerators, investing | E1244
|
Jul 13, 2021 |
|
Biden targets big corporations + Tether Investigation with Bitfinex’ed | E1243
|
Jul 09, 2021 |
|
Nextdoor SPAC breakdown, Pelosi trading options + Morning Brew’s Alex Lieberman | E1242
|
Jul 08, 2021 |
|
Barclays blocks Binance, China pauses Didi downloads + Steezy CEO Evan Zhou | E1241
|
Jul 06, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Robinhood files to go public: S-1 breakdown | E1240
|
Jul 02, 2021 |
|
How to nail Monthly Investor Updates (FounderU) + Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly | E1239
|
Jul 01, 2021 |
|
Sam Altman’s “Worldcoin,” Facebook hits $1T + Alchemy’s Nikil Viswanathan on “AWS for Blockchain” | E1238
|
Jun 29, 2021 |
|
News! Peter Thiel’s $5B Roth IRA, Black creators strike on TikTok, BuzzFeed SPAC, Microsoft goes anti-Apple PLUS Ask Jason | E1237
|
Jun 25, 2021 |
|
The power of the SOD/EOD plus Bill Maris on early Google stories, origins of GV, bioterrorism & more | E1236
|
Jun 24, 2021 |
|
China moves crypto mining to US + Overtime’s Dan Porter on GenZ basketball league & network | E1235
|
Jun 22, 2021 |
|
What startups need to succeed | Scaling Your Startup S2 E10 with Intercom’s Des Traynor | E1234
|
Jun 18, 2021 |
|
GameStop poaches Amazon execs, Streaming stalls + Genies CEO Akash Nigam on Avatars & NFTs | E1233
|
Jun 16, 2021 |
|
Tether: Crypto’s Black Swan? Plus Alternative Asset Roundtable featuring the founders of Masterworks, Fundrise & Rally Rd | E1232
|
Jun 15, 2021 |
|
Zymergen CEO Josh Hoffman on Biofacturing PLUS Founder U Startup Math | E1231
|
Jun 11, 2021 |
|
News! The cult of Bitcoin maximalists, Bezos is going to space, & Facebook’s smartwatch | E1230
|
Jun 11, 2021 |
|
Customer Success | Scaling Your Startup S2E9 with Statusphere’s Kristen Wiley & Techmate’s Nicole Beals | E1229
|
Jun 09, 2021 |
|
Aurora CEO Chris Urmson on building the roadmap to fully autonomous vehicles | E1228
|
Jun 08, 2021 |
|
Apple’s WFH blowback, navigating current startup valuations PLUS Sugar’s Fatima Dicko | 1227
|
Jun 08, 2021 |
|
Katerra’s collapse, Bill Ackman’s SPAC merger plus Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | E1226
|
Jun 04, 2021 |
|
Launching Twitter Blue with Twitter’s Head of Product Kayvon Beykpour | E1225
|
Jun 03, 2021 |
|
Low-Burn | Scaling Your Startup S2 E8 with Neyborly’s Ben Seidl & Xendoo’s Lil Roberts | E1224
|
Jun 03, 2021 |
|
Citizen App’s bounty blunder, “digital bodyguard” service + Coinbase launches “Fact Check” | E1223
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May 28, 2021 |
|
Acquired.FM’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on Berkshire vs. Bitcoin, Amazon acquires James Bond IP, and more! | E1222
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May 26, 2021 |
|
Culture | Scaling Your Startup S2 E7: 15five’s David Hassell & Balloon’s Amanda Greenberg | E1221
|
May 25, 2021 |
|
US initiates crypto regulation, Robinhood IPO access, Slack as a Trojan Horse PLUS Magic Spoon CEO Gabi Lewis | E1220
|
May 21, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Huge Bitcoin correction, Robinhood IPO rumors, Squarespace direct listing | E1219
|
May 20, 2021 |
|
Marketing SEO & Conversion Funnels | Scaling Your Startup S2 E6: Gravitr’s Doriane Mouret & Outlaw’s Danielle Vincent | E1218
|
May 19, 2021 |
|
Amazon in talks to acquire MGM, AT&T offloading Warner Media, Dapper Labs lawsuit plus NYT’s Taylor Lorenz on creator economy, Clubhouse & Jake Paul’s venture fund | E1217
|
May 18, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Twitter is reportedly building a paid subscription called “Twitter Blue” | E1216
|
May 18, 2021 |
|
Ask an Angel PLUS Antonio Garcia Martinez vs. Apple with Zach Coelius | E1215
|
May 15, 2021 |
|
Product | Scaling Your Startup S2 E5 with Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra & Fitbod’s Jesse Venticique | E1214
|
May 15, 2021 |
|
Oura CEO Harpreet Rai on improving sleep, NBA partnerships, hardware & more PLUS the Instagram Kids debacle | E1213
|
May 13, 2021 |
|
Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson & Jason give candid feedback on startup pitches at Founder University | E1212
|
May 11, 2021 |
|
Facebook’s Oversight Board rules on Trump ban plus how to reverse engineer TAM & more | E1211
|
May 07, 2021 |
|
Fundraising | Scaling Your Startup S2 E4 with Density’s Andrew Farah and SoleSavy’s Dejan Pralica | E1210
|
May 06, 2021 |
|
Crafter’s Morgan Spenla on delighting makers with memberships, materials, and a marketplace | E1209
|
May 05, 2021 |
|
Breaking down Basecamp’s tumultuous week, politics at work & more | E1208
|
May 05, 2021 |
|
How Tiger Global is outpacing VC with better, faster, cheaper, capital ft. Founders Fund’s Everett Randle | E1207
|
Apr 30, 2021 |
|
Sales | Scaling Your Startup S2 E3 with GRIN’s Brandon Brown and LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1206
|
Apr 29, 2021 |
|
Arlan Hamilton on raising $5M in crowdfunding, empowering & educating underestimated founders | E1205
|
Apr 27, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Tim Cook vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Apple and Facebook go to war over privacy updates | E1204
|
Apr 27, 2021 |
|
Altimeter’s Brad Gerstner on taking Grab public in largest SPAC ever, fixing broken IPOs | E1203
|
Apr 23, 2021 |
|
Social Marketing | Scaling Your Startup S2 E2 with Mehak Vohra and Kate Bradley-Chernis | E1202
|
Apr 21, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the Apple event: M1 iMac & iPad Pro, AirTags, Podcasts & more | E1201
|
Apr 21, 2021 |
|
MetaKovan on financing digital art & buying Beeple’s $69M NFT, plus Clubhouse facing new competition in social audio | E1200
|
Apr 20, 2021 |
|
Jason’s EOW (End of Week) | 4/16/20
|
Apr 17, 2021 |
|
Republic CEO Ken Nguyen on making early-stage investing for everyone | E1199
|
Apr 16, 2021 |
|
Throwback! Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong from November 2017
|
Apr 15, 2021 |
|
Growth | Scaling Your Startup S2 E1 with Growth University’s Craig Zingerline and Fitbod’s Allen Chen | E1198
|
Apr 14, 2021 |
|
Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou on powering NFTs, NBA Top Shot, & CryptoKitties | E1197
|
Apr 13, 2021 |
|
Building a production location marketplace with Hank Leber, Co-Founder of Giggster | E1196
|
Apr 09, 2021 |
|
Snack App’s Kim Kaplan PLUS 3 key metrics that matter for consumer, enterprise SaaS & marketplace startups | E1195
|
Apr 06, 2021 |
|
This Week in Startups Australia hosted by Mark Pesce | Season 9 Episode 1 with Jason Calacanis
|
Apr 06, 2021 |
|
Early angel investing blind spots, thoughts on the creator economy PLUS Canny.io’s Sarah Hum | E1194
|
Apr 02, 2021 |
|
Common First-Time Founder Mistakes Part 2! with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
|
Apr 02, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! SPAC Overload: Understanding 2021’s unprecedented SPAC market | E1193
|
Apr 01, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! uBiome: Anatomy of an Alleged Fraud with Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Dockser Marcus | E1192
|
Mar 31, 2021 |
|
Startup Bracketology: selecting the world’s best private company with Acquired FM PLUS future of VC | E1191
|
Mar 26, 2021 |
|
Common First-Time Founder Mistakes with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
|
Mar 26, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for $10B+; breaking down their thesis, Discord’s business & more | E1190
|
Mar 26, 2021 |
|
Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: Starting your angel career, building marketplaces & more | E1189
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Mar 25, 2021 |
|
Joanne Wilson on spotting a bubble, NYC’s post-pandemic reset, portfolio management in an unsustainable market & more | Angel S5 E10
|
Mar 24, 2021 |
|
Sahil Lavingia on Gumroad’s groundbreaking equity crowdfunding raise, lessons from a decade-long startup journey, insights on rolling funds & more | E1188
|
Mar 24, 2021 |
|
Cade Metz on his controversial Slate Star Codex article, new book “Genius Makers,” dangers of algorithmic moderation, a16z vs. legacy media & more | E1187
|
Mar 19, 2021 |
|
Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: changing VC landscape, pitch deck punch-ups, Tesla’s future & more | E1186
|
Mar 19, 2021 |
|
Stock option grants deep dive with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
|
Mar 18, 2021 |
|
Paul Judge on helping lead SoftBank’s $100M Opportunity Fund, future of fundraising, importance of “building your Olympic Team” & more | Angel S5 E9
|
Mar 18, 2021 |
|
Kevin Rose on his product philosophy, Reddit & Digg’s inverse journeys, Twitter’s recent innovations & more | E1185
|
Mar 16, 2021 |
|
Tobi Lütke on Shopify’s impact on the creator economy, COVID forcing focus, early Internet breakthroughs, evolving as a remote manager & much more | E1184
|
Mar 14, 2021 |
|
How to run an efficient board meeting with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
|
Mar 12, 2021 |
|
Garry Tan on lessons from past startup failures, power of community funnels, Alexis Ohanian’s departure & more | Angel S5 E8
|
Mar 11, 2021 |
|
Harlem Capital’s Henri Pierre-Jacques on funding underrepresented founders, insights from raising first fund & getting Apple as an LP, Black culture’s impact on social apps | E1183
|
Mar 10, 2021 |
|
Keith Rabois on Miami vs. Bay Area, cognitive variety, America’s self-examination & more PLUS Keith’s Best Twitter Dunks | E1182
|
Mar 05, 2021 |
|
Matt Mullenweg on pioneering remote work, investing in open-source, crypto & more | Angel S5 E7
|
Mar 04, 2021 |
|
Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum on the future of healthcare post-COVID, starting a company to SPAC’ing in 36 months | E1181
|
Mar 03, 2021 |
|
Founders from LAUNCH Accelerator’s 20th Cohort join Jason to talk fundraising, growth, pitching & more | E1180
|
Feb 27, 2021 |
|
Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: early-stage valuations, product roadmaps, startup killers, Twitter gets its groove back & more | E1179
|
Feb 27, 2021 |
|
Reid Hoffman on the Joby Aviation SPAC, lessons from early Airbnb & Facebook bets, passing on Stripe & SpaceX, investment thesis & more | Angel S5 E6
|
Feb 25, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Deconstructing the grift: Clubhouse coaching scams with Coffeezilla | E1178
|
Feb 25, 2021 |
|
“Crisis” Director Nick Jarecki on the opioid problem in America, post-COVID film distribution & more | E1177
|
Feb 23, 2021 |
|
Ask Jason! All-In origins, avoiding common investor mistakes, defining “lifestyle” business vs. venture scale & more! | E1176
|
Feb 20, 2021 |
|
News! Bitcoin hits $50K, monetizing Clubhouse, drafting the Mount Rushmore of Tech CEOs & more with Acquired FM | E1175
|
Feb 19, 2021 |
|
Mark Cuban on the resurgence of retail investors, NBA’s potential entry into wagering & digital assets, DeFi & much more | Angel S5 E5
|
Feb 18, 2021 |
|
Andrew Wilkinson on bringing the Buffett approach to startups, WeCommerce, Slack & more | E1174
|
Feb 17, 2021 |
|
Box CEO Aaron Levie on the developing cloud storage market, Twitter jokes, Clubhouse vices & more | E1173
|
Feb 12, 2021 |
|
Budgets, models & what investors are looking for with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
|
Feb 12, 2021 |
|
Howard Lindzon on public vs. private investing psychology, “great unbundling” of index funds, Robinhood & more | Angel S5 E4
|
Feb 11, 2021 |
|
Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: is moving to SF still worth it, bubble/recession potential, post-COVID funding & more | E1172
|
Feb 10, 2021 |
|
Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ Bob Mumgaard on trying to solve climate change via nuclear fusion technology | E1171
|
Feb 06, 2021 |
|
Five things you need to nail to scale with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
|
Feb 05, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO: Reasons, reactions & more | E1170
|
Feb 04, 2021 |
|
Elad Gil on his product-market driven thesis, importance of market pull, entering the “go public sooner” decade | Angel S5 E3
|
Feb 04, 2021 |
|
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on “going big” with $1B funding round, insights from scaling globally, lessons from the pandemic | E1169
|
Feb 03, 2021 |
|
No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer: Netflix’s “keeper test”, comparative turnover, navigating global business cultures – Part 2 | E1168
|
Jan 30, 2021 |
|
Startup taxes deep dive with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
|
Jan 29, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! WallStreetBets vs. Suits, breaking down the GameStop fiasco & more | E1167
|
Jan 28, 2021 |
|
Intercom’s Des Traynor on the importance of pricing, product-market fit metrics & more | Angel S5 E2
|
Jan 28, 2021 |
|
No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer on how Netflix cultivates outlier performance & re-aligns values towards innovation – Part 1 | E1166
|
Jan 27, 2021 |
|
Outer CEO Jiake Liu on standing out in DTC, go-to-market innovations, pitching at Remote Demo Day & more | E1165
|
Jan 23, 2021 |
|
Emergency Pod! Facebook hands off Trump’s indefinite ban to the Oversight Board | E1164
|
Jan 22, 2021 |
|
How to ace diligence & avoid common mistakes with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
|
Jan 22, 2021 |
|
David Tisch shares insights from 350+ early-stage investments in companies like Plaid & Roman, importance of reputation, dealing with sharp-elbowed investors & more | Angel S5 E1
|
Jan 21, 2021 |
|
Frame.io CEO Emery Wells on helping the film industry go remote, how distributed work is changing movie studios & more | E1163
|
Jan 19, 2021 |
|
“Early-stage startups we love right now” with Indie Hackers’ Courtland Allen & Pioneer’s Daniel Gross | E1162
|
Jan 15, 2021 |
|
DocSend CEO Russ Heddleston on pitch deck insights, leaning into criticism & more | E1161
|
Jan 13, 2021 |
|
Coda CEO Shishir Mehrotra on the productivity renaissance, enabling the maker generation, insights from early years of YouTube & more | E1160
|
Jan 12, 2021 |
|
Joel Greenblatt on understanding market factors, improving public education, reducing income inequality & more | E1159
|
Jan 08, 2021 |
|
Andy Rachleff on management theory, Reed Hastings’ genius, lessons from passing on Netflix & more | E1158
|
Jan 05, 2021 |
|
E1157: TWiSTYs 2020 – Jason gives awards for the best, funniest, wettest beak & more!
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Dec 25, 2020 |
|
E1156: Emergency Pod! Ripple sued by SEC over XRP cryptocurrency, breaking down the SEC Complaint
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Dec 23, 2020 |
|
E1155: Daryl Morey on his eventful 2020, adapting to paradigm shifts, taking the Sixers job, building a winning organization & more
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Dec 22, 2020 |
|
E1154: Breaking the low-code stigma amongst developers & adjusting your market with Retool’s David Hsu | Rising Stars of SaaS 10
|
Dec 16, 2020 |
|
E1153: Dave Portnoy on the business of Barstool, talent acquisition, Call Her Daddy controversy & more
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Dec 15, 2020 |
|
E1152: Keith Rabois on leaving Silicon Valley for Miami, Roaring Twenties 2.0, IPO spree & more
|
Dec 15, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of December 7th, 2020
|
Dec 12, 2020 |
|
E1151: Tech stock deep dive with Alex Wilhelm & Beth Kindig: Airbnb & DoorDash IPOs, Zoom’s pricing power, post-pandemic outlook, top picks & more
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Dec 11, 2020 |
|
Employment Agreement deep dive: IP assignment, offer letters, side hustles & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Dec 10, 2020 |
|
E1150: Creating a better presentation software, competing with PowerPoint, Keynote & Google Slides & achieving great design with Pitch CEO Christian Reber | Rising Stars of SaaS 9
|
Dec 09, 2020 |
|
E1149: Brad Feld on building startup communities, reconciling anxiety as an early-stage investor & remembering Tony Hsieh
|
Dec 08, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 30th, 2020
|
Dec 05, 2020 |
|
E1148: Apps Without Code Founder & CEO Tara Reed teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to bootstrap startups to profitability
|
Dec 04, 2020 |
|
All-In E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more
|
Dec 04, 2020 |
|
Understanding Financing Structures: SAFEs, Convertibles Notes, Priced Rounds & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Dec 03, 2020 |
|
E1147: “Godfather of SaaS” Jason Lemkin on 2020’s cloud software boom, public CEO mindsets, how Zoom conquered the competition & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 8
|
Dec 02, 2020 |
|
E1146: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 19 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Blush (custom illustration tool), Palabra (no-code email automation) & Rolebot (AI hiring platform)
|
Dec 02, 2020 |
|
E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly acquiring Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more!
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Dec 01, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 23rd, 2020
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Nov 26, 2020 |
|
E1144: How Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are solving education financing & aligning incentives in a broken system with Meratas CEO Darius Goldman | Rising Stars of SaaS 7
|
Nov 25, 2020 |
|
All-In E13: SPACsgiving Special! Plus: More promising vaccine news, innovation vs. regulation, reforming higher ed, morality of challenge trials
|
Nov 25, 2020 |
|
Negotiating a Term Sheet: Deal killers, what terms are worth fighting for & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
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Nov 24, 2020 |
|
E1143: Indie Hackers Founder Courtland Allen is creating a community for the next generation of builders to chase the “new American Dream”
|
Nov 23, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 16th, 2020
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Nov 21, 2020 |
|
E1142: Emergency Pod! Jason breaks down & ranks his top 4 IPO candidates: Airbnb, Affirm, Robinhood & Roblox!
|
Nov 21, 2020 |
|
E1141: CircleUp’s Ryan Caldbeck on the mental & physical toll of being a founder, why he stepped down as CEO & shared his struggle publicly
|
Nov 20, 2020 |
|
Avoiding Co-Founder legal disputes & C-Corp vs. LLC with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
|
Nov 20, 2020 |
|
E1140: Dishcraft Robotics CEO Linda Pouliot on scaling Robots-as-a-Service | Rising Stars of SaaS 6
|
Nov 19, 2020 |
|
E1139: Loop CEO Brian Gannon shares secrets to scaling a hardware startup & launching the Loop 2 + bonus Ask Jason!
|
Nov 18, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 9th, 2020
|
Nov 14, 2020 |
|
E1138: Ask Jason! Benefits to growing a company internationally, Apple’s new chip impact, investing in solo founders & more!
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Nov 13, 2020 |
|
E1137: Making coding accessible for all with Repl.it CEO Amjad Masad | Rising Stars of SaaS 5
|
Nov 11, 2020 |
|
All-ln E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump’s next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
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Nov 11, 2020 |
|
E1136: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on evolving accreditation laws, SPACs, importance of capital markets in wealth creation, spotting fraud & more
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Nov 10, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 2nd, 2020
|
Nov 07, 2020 |
|
E1135: Density CEO Andrew Farah on launching the Open Area sensor, $51M Series C, impact of increasing spatial efficiency, risk-taking & more
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Nov 06, 2020 |
|
E1134: Deep dive on the food delivery wars with ChowNow CEO Chris Webb | Rising Stars of SaaS 4
|
Nov 05, 2020 |
|
All-In E11: Election Night Special featuring surprise guests!
|
Nov 04, 2020 |
|
E1133: Podcast & blogging pioneer Dave Winer on inventing new forms of media, tribalism on social media, tales from Silicon Valley’s Golden Age & more
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Nov 03, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 26th, 2020
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Oct 31, 2020 |
|
E1132: News! Jack Dorsey vs. Ted Cruz, Google’s antitrust lawsuit, Expensify email, Amazon deep dive & much more with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal
|
Oct 30, 2020 |
|
E1131 Bringing barbershops into the digital age with Squire CEO Songe LaRon | Rising Stars of SaaS 3
|
Oct 29, 2020 |
|
E1130: “Billion Dollar Loser” Author Reeves Wiedeman on WeWork’s epic rise & crazy collapse, Adam Neumann’s unique behavior, hypocrisy, red flags & more
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Oct 27, 2020 |
|
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 19th, 2020
|
Oct 24, 2020 |
|
E1129: Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff on launching the Always Home Cam – an autonomous indoor drone, taking his company from bad reviews to a billion-dollar acquisition by Amazon & more
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Oct 23, 2020 |
|
E1128: Emergency Pod! A Quibi postmortem – Diving into the numbers, what went wrong, lessons learned & more!
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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E1127: Data privacy deep dive with Transcend CEO Ben Brook; tracking pixels, GDPR, privacy as a selling point & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 2
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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E1126: Capital Allocators Host Ted Seides goes deep on endowments, LP turnover, public/private market insights, ESG investing & more
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 12th, 2020
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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E1125: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 18 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Fluent Forever (language learning app), SupportPay (child support management solution) & v.one (no-code app building platform)
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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All-In E10: Twitter & Facebook botch censorship (again), the publisher vs. distributor debate & more
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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E1124: Reducing response times for first responders & revolutionizing outdated systems with RapidDeploy CEO Steven Raucher | Rising Stars of SaaS 1
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in the works or has Apple lost its magic?
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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E1122: Running Tide CEO Marty Odlin is helping solve the Climate crisis by using kelp to sequester carbon in the ocean, shares insights on generational shifts in climate response & more
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 5th, 2020
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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E1121: Mark Suster on investing in human-computer interfaces & sustainability, what he looks for in founders, SPACs impact on early-stage investing & more
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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E1120: Shift Co-CEO George Arison on going public via SPAC, lessons from building Uber’s predecessor & innovating in the massive used car market
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 28th, 2020
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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All-In E9: Trump has COVID, First debate reactions, Coinbase letter response & more
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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E1119: Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett is creating a marketplace for early childhood education & microschools, giving teachers greater access to entrepreneurship & iterating in education
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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E1118: Emergency Pod! Two former Apple executives are building the iPhone killer – breaking down the leaks, patents & scoops regarding Humane’s product
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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E1117 The Next Unicorns E20: Citizen CEO Andrew Frame on creating a safer world through access to public data, reforming policing via transparency & more
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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E1116: Cabana CEO Scott Kubly is building a fleet of hotels-on-wheels, shares insights on scaling an asset-heavy business, providing unique & flexible experiences to customers & more
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 21st, 2020
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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E1115: Emergency Pod! Collapsing state of media corporations, thoughts on Casey Newton, Andrew Sullivan & Bari Weiss departures, top talent leaving for Substack & more
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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E1114: #AskJason! Silicon Valley exodus, product vs. branding, expanding into adjacent markets, avoiding burnout & more
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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E1113 The Next Unicorns E19: Loom CEO Joe Thomas is building video for work, shares insights on creating new behaviors, support as a competitive advantage & more
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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E1112: Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations, Trevor Milton resigns, Jason reflects on Trevor’s answers
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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All-In E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021 & beyond, California wildfires & more
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 14th, 2020
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, creating the Wayback Machine, protocols over platforms, microschools & more
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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E1110 The Next Unicorns E18: Ghost Locomotion CEO John Hayes builds self-driving kits for consumer vehicles, shares insights on cameras vs. Lidar, targeting highways, 5G’s impact on self-driving & more
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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E1109: Ritual CEO Katerina Schneider on creating pure & effective vitamins, standing out in a crowded DTC market, utilizing subscriptions & more
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 7th, 2020
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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E1108: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on leading a public company through COVID, championing diversity from the top down, role of a modern CEO & more
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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E1107 The Next Unicorns E17: Caffeine CEO Ben Keighran on reimagining live TV for younger generations, what makes Apple’s design team so special, remembering Steve Jobs & more
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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All-In E7: California’s collapse, how SPACs are opening the markets for growth stocks & more
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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E1106: Desktop Metal CEO Ric Fulop shares insights from taking two companies public, traditional IPO vs. SPAC, future of Computer-aided design & more
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 31st, 2020
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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E1105: Unpacking the US/China Relationship with Foreign Policy & Technology Expert Jacob Helberg
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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E1104 The Next Unicorns E16: Degreed’s David Blake on reimagining lifelong education, ending credentialism, benefits of early apprenticeship & more
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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E1103: Domm Holland on launching Fast to the public, creating a one-click checkout for the entire Internet, taking on Apple Pay & more
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 24th, 2020
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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E1102 The Next Unicorns E15: Zero Mass Water CEO Cody Friesen is perfecting drinking water with hydropanels, aiming to create essential resource UBI for the world
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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E1101: News! Apple vs. Epic Games, TikTok CEO resigns, SPACs, Unicorn IPOs & more with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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E1100: Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That on facial recognition advancements, balancing privacy & security, engaging with controversy & more
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 17th, 2020
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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E1099: Basecamp Co-Founder Jason Fried on building Hey, making email exciting again, Hey vs. Apple & more
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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E1098 The Next Unicorns E14: Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball on the coming paradigm shifts in tech, competing against AWS & more
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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E1097: Understanding the travel collapse & how media can thrive going forward with Skift CEO & Founder Rafat Ali
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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Best of This Week in Startups: August 10th-August 14th, 2020
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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E1096: Podcasting State of the Union featuring Overcast’s Marco Arment & Oxford Road’s Dan Granger
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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E1095 The Next Unicorns E13: Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley is creating the real estate cloud, opening residential investing to millennials & more
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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E1094: Thrasio Co-CEO Josh Silberstein acquires & operates 60+ Amazon brands, shares insights on mastering the marketplace, competing with AmazonBasics & more
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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E1093: Keith Rabois on China’s grand plan, TikTok, Taiwan, Big Tech & more
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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E1092 The Next Unicorns E12: Homebound CEO & Co-Founder Nikki Pechet is solving the home building process by increasing customer experience, helping victims of natural disasters rebuild efficiently
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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E1091: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 17 founders reflect on their journeys throughout the program: Nude Barre (DTC hosiery made for women of all shades), Techmate (On-demand tech support for remote & satellite employees) & Solo (Trucking-as-a-Service)
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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All-In E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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E1090: Nikola Founder Trevor Milton on competing with Tesla, hydrogen over battery, going public as a pre-revenue company & more
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Emergency Pod! Jason Calacanis reacts to Big Tech hearings: Grades for Bezos, Cook, Pichai & Zuckerberg
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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E1089 The Next Unicorns E11: insitro CEO Daphne Koller is revolutionizing drug discovery via machine learning & data, shares insights on remote education from time at Coursera & more
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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E1088: Building Zero Fasting with Kevin Rose, properly pricing consumer apps, benefits of fasting & more with Big Sky Health CEO Mike Maser
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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E1087: Democratizing art as an asset class, indicators of a rapidly appreciating piece of art & more with Masterworks CEO & Founder Scott Lynn
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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E1086: Supporting founder mental health at Freestyle Capital with Josh Felser, Caren Maio & Mani Kulasooriya
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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E1085: Chris Atoki shares his inspiring story: from homeless to homeowner in 4 years through grit, technology & hustle
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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E1084: David Sacks on “The Cadence”: an operating philosophy he developed at PayPal which helped him lead Yammer to a billion-dollar exit without a COO
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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All-In E5: WHO’s incompetence, kicking off Cold War II, China’s grand plan, 100X’ing America’s efficiency
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Founders: Pitch Thousands of Angel Investors over Zoom at Remote Demo Day!
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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E1083 News: Trump considers TikTok ban, Twitter leaks subscription platform, Clubhouse drama, Harvard price gouging & more with Morgan DeBaun & Alex Wilhelm
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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E1082: OfferUp CEO & Co-Founder Nick Huzar on creating liquidity in a marketplace, acquiring their largest competitor in Letgo, location-based pay & more!
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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E1081: SevenRooms CEO & Co-Founder Joel Montaniel on raising $50M Series B during COVID, taking on large incumbents, helping restaurants leverage data to maximize customer experience
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Learn how to be an Angel Investor from Jason Calacanis at Angel.University Online!
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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E1080: Arlan Hamilton on launching Backstage Crowd, disrupting VC with syndicates, how the tech industry can be better for underrepresented founders & more
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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E1079: The Power of Accelerators E10 Daniel Gross, Founder of Pioneer on gamifying the startup process, importance of mentorship in tech & more!
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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E1078 Pomp Podcast Crossover: Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano on most exciting crypto projects, Hey vs. Apple, Robinhood/Barstool traders, Zuck vs. Bezos, Jason’s Bitcoin position & more!
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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All-In E4: Politicizing the pandemic, Police reform, Biden’s ideal VP, Twitter vs. Facebook on free speech & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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E1077: “Alchemy” Author Rory Sutherland on the Darwinian approach to business, analyzing outliers, why eccentric CEOs have a psychological advantage with customers & more!
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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E1076: The Power of Accelerators E9 Sunny Madra, Head of Ford X on innovating mobility for a post-COVID world, going from idea to product at a large corporation & more
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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E1075: Cendana Capital’s Michael Kim on investing in Seed funds as a serial LP, Robinhood as an acquisition target, greatest Seed funds of all time & more
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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E1074 News: How VC can do better for underrepresented founders, Zoom shuts down Chinese pro-democracy accounts, Wall Street Bets, Reddit appoints YC CEO Michael Seibel to BoD & more with Lolita Taub & Tom Uebel
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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E1073: The Power of Accelerators E8 Mike Jones, CEO of Science shares insights on what makes a great Direct-to-Consumer Founder, investing early in Dollar Shave Club, economics of a venture-studio & more!
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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E1072 Ask Jason: Growing as a leader, managing more experienced employees as a young CEO, Consumer SaaS pricing tips, bull markets post-COVID & more
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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Announcement: Learn how to become a professional angel investor at Angel.University Online
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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E1071 Ask Jason: Black Lives Matter, Post-COVID tech hubs, Founder/VC disputes, bringing manufacturing back to the US, pre-selling SaaS products & more
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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E1070: The Power of Accelerators E7 Ravi Belani, Managing Director of Alchemist Accelerator on why the best entrepreneurs love the process, risk-taking, sourcing & investing in Justin.tv at DFJ & more
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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E1069: Alexis Ohanian on Reddit’s crypto origins, turning VC into a team sport at Initialized, improving as an investor, fatherhood & more
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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E1068 AMA: NEA’s Ben Narasin takes questions from founders: most important content in a pitch deck, COVID’s impact on dealmaking, traits he looks for in founders & more!
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May 30, 2020 |
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E1067: Garry Tan, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Initialized Capital, on dealing with downstream investors as a Seed-stage firm, software companies acting as governments, possibility of building IPO-level companies while fully-distributed & much more!
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May 29, 2020 |
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E1066: The Power of Accelerators E6 David Brown, CEO & Co-Founder of TechStars on leading the virtual accelerator trend, benefits of going global, sustained vs. temporary changes from COVID & more!
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May 27, 2020 |
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E1065 AMA: Slice CEO Ilir Sela answers questions from founders: tips on selling into scattered markets (like Mom & Pop shops), COVID’s impact on the restaurant industry, scaling Slice’s $43M Series C & more!
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May 21, 2020 |
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E1064: News Roundtable! Sam Parr & Zach Coelius on Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy, SoftBank’s $17B loss, TikTok poaches former Disney exec as CEO, Facebook launches Shops & more!
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May 21, 2020 |
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All-In E3: Modern Cold War between US & China, economic recovery, potential mass migration out of San Francisco, pandemic politicization & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
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May 21, 2020 |
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E1063: The Power of Accelerators E5 Joshua Baer, CEO & Founder of Capital Factory shares lessons from investing in 400+ startups, best practices for transitioning accelerators to remote, insights on SXSW cancellation & more
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May 20, 2020 |
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E1062: News Roundtable! Acquired.FM Co-Hosts Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on Clubhouse’s pre-launch $100M valuation, Joe Rogan to Spotify, Uber layoffs, food delivery wars, Facebook buys GIPHY & more!
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May 20, 2020 |
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E1061 AMA: Hustle Fund's Elizabeth Yin answers 50 questions from founders!
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May 18, 2020 |
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E1060 AMA: Range CEO & Co-Founder Dan Pupius answers questions from founders: meeting & collaborating with Evan Williams, divvying up time while building a remote team, product development advice, benefits of co-founders & more
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May 14, 2020 |
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E1059: The Power of Accelerators E4 Sean O’Sullivan, Managing General Partner of SOSV on running capital intensive accelerators in hardware, life sciences & food science, unique follow-on strategy, cell-based meat going mainstream, China-based vs. US-based accelerators
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May 13, 2020 |
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E1058: Slice CEO & Founder Ilir Sela helps local pizzerias compete with chains by digitizing orders & small fees, shares insights on raising $40M+ Series C during pandemic, “reverse franchise model”, viral GrubHub invoice, helping front-line workers & local pizzerias with Pizza vs. Pandemic
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May 12, 2020 |
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E1057: Founders Fund General Partner Keith Rabois on stock market bounce back, domain expertise being overrated, US/China issues, 2020 election, recipe for startups success, chaos making way for a new generation of entrepreneurs & much more!
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May 12, 2020 |
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E1056 AMA: StartX & Nexus Events Founder Cameron Teitelman answers questions from founders: how universities with no entrepreneurial culture can mimic Stanford, building flexible & sustainable culture during COVID, scaling Nexus Events rapidly & more!
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May 12, 2020 |
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E1055: Hustle Fund Co-Founder & General Partner Elizabeth Yin on her unique portfolio strategy, attracting first-time LPs, optimism for post-COVID fundraising, dealing with pro rata as a smaller fund & more!
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May 08, 2020 |
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AMA 2: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin answers questions from founders: should early-stage founders prioritize data or instincts, building global products, ML risks, thoughts on remote work
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May 08, 2020 |
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May 07, 2020 |
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E1054: The Power of Accelerators E3 Siobhan Dullea, CEO of MassChallenge on running a non-profit accelerator, accepting hundreds of companies per year, what makes a great application, why East Coast investors are more conservative & more!
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May 06, 2020 |
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E1053: Ask Jason! Catching an investor’s eye with a cold email, what founders/investors often overlook during pitches, COVID’s impact on Jason’s deal flow, domain name hacks & more!
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May 05, 2020 |
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TEASER: Inside Transportation E3: Sandy Munro Talks Electric Vehicles, Tesla Model Y + More
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May 02, 2020 |
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E1052: Range CEO & Co-Founder Dan Pupius shares best practices on building culture as a remote team, insights from working on Google+, importance of asynchronous communication on distributed teams, Holacracy & more!
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May 02, 2020 |
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AMA 1: freeCodeCamp’s Quincy Larson answers founder and developer questions
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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E1051: The Power of Accelerators E2 Cameron Teitelman, Founder & Chairman of StartX on optimizing Stanford’s entrepreneurial landscape, thesis on peer-support groups’ correlation to founder success, why growth-stage founders join StartX & more!
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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E1050: PlayVS CEO & Founder Delane Parnell shares his incredible journey from the projects to raising almost $100M to build the esports platform of the future, breaking through as an outsider in tech, using leverage & partnerships to create a moat, his top 5 entrepreneurs & more!
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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SNEAK PREVIEW! Inside Transportation E2: EV Companies Take PPP Loans, Virgin Australia collapses, Levandowski v. Uber
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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E1049: freeCodeCamp Founder Quincy Larson shares insights on democratizing developer skills, which programs to learn to land a coding job, if anyone can learn to code, maximizing earning potential & more!
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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E1048: The Power of Accelerators E1 Steve Barsh, Managing Partner of Dreamit Ventures on top portfolio companies, focusing on specific verticals, tips for nailing accelerator interviews, follow-on philosophy & more
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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E1047: Ask Jason Slack Special! Sourcing talent during a crisis, building strong culture & motivating remote teams, investing in distributed startups, importance of market timing & more!
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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E1046: News Roundtable! TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm & Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin on COVID’s potential privacy risk, private/public investor outlooks, remote work challenges & at-risk early-stage investors
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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E1045: 15Five CEO & Co-Founder David Hassell shares insights on remote work: transitioning from in-person to remote, tips for keeping employees engaged, defining trust & more!
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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SNEAK PREVIEW: E2 All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya & Jason Calacanis: Rebooting the economy, understanding corporate debt, steps to avoid a depression & more with David Sacks
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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E1044: Ask Jason! Starting a company in an economic crisis, bringing on & compensating startup advisors, scaling diligence as an angel investor, Jason’s thoughts on solving the unemployment surge & more!
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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E41: “Angel” Podcast: Shawn Carolan, Managing Partner at Menlo Ventures shares insights on his early investments in Uber, Roku, Siri & JUMP Bikes, adjusting his approach in response to hundreds of new venture funds with billions in dry powder & more!
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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E1043: News Roundtable! Bloomberg Beta’s Roy Bahat & Coelius Capital’s Zach Coelius on how tech is helping during the crisis, how startups should approach SMB loans, when VC funding will bounce back, Notion’s $50M raise, Zoom’s security issues, Luckin coffee & more!
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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E1042: Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) shares insights on Recode incident, need for decentralized citizen journalism, techlash through the years, potential COVID-19 endgames: bull, bear & base case scenarios
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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E40: “Angel” Podcast: Jeff Richards, Managing Partner at GGV Capital shares lessons for founders & investors from 2008 recession & Dot-com bust, criteria for taking on venture debt, valuing companies in a down market & more
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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E1041: The Lean Startup’s Eric Ries gives tactical advice for founders during an economic downturn: obligations of leadership, extending runway, handling layoffs with grace, finding new revenue opportunities, capitalizing on silver-linings & more!
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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E1040: Figma CEO & Co-Founder Dylan Field shares insights on crucial moments in Figma’s creation, overcoming SaaS burnout, active vs. passive user-pricing, getting Greylock & Sequoia to invest after they initially passed & more!
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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E39: “Angel” Podcast: Sarah Guo, General Partner at Greylock Partners shares insights on Greylock’s “Zero to One” investment thesis, sharpening her decision-making skills, ranking team, market & product as investment criteria & the changing landscape of VC
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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E1039: Independent Journalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, “Lambda School’s Misleading Promises”, shares insights on what drew him to the story, where Lambda School went wrong, how they can be better & more
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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E1038: News Roundtable! Index Ventures’ Sarah Cannon & TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm on COVID-19’s impact so far: lessons learned, Sarah’s stimulus plan, endgame scenarios & more
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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E1 All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya & Jason Calacanis: US Response to COVID-19 & Impact on Startups, Venture Capital & Public Markets with David Friedberg
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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E38: “Angel” Podcast: David Cowan, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners shares insights on owning up to his anti-portfolio, understanding sunk cost, top traits for becoming a VC & best Founders & CEOs he’s ever worked with
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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E1037: LAUNCH Accelerator Class 16 Founders of BasicBlock (payment solution for truckers), DaoCloud (lead-gen for health & wellness practitioners) & Lately (AI-powered social media writing software) reflect on their journeys through the program
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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EMERGENCY POD: E0 All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya & Jason Calacanis: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring The Production Board’s David Friedberg (frmly Founder/CEO, The Climate Corporation)
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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E1036: #AskJason Special! When to join a startup to maximize equity & job security, types of companies that will thrive in an economic downturn, legendary founder & investor traits, tips for starting a podcast & more!
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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E37: “Angel” Podcast: Nicole Quinn, Partner at Lightspeed shares benefits of celebrity founders like Lady Gaga & Gwyneth Paltrow, insights on investing in consumer & power of “Force of Nature” product people
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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E1035: SoftBank Managing Partner Jeff Housenbold on deploying the $100B Vision Fund, getting recruited by Masayoshi Son, counseling founders to manage massive capital, creating moats, reasons for shift toward profits, lessons from WeWork & more
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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E1034: Formlabs CEO & Co-Founder Max Lobovsky shares insights on hitting $100M in revenue as a 3D printing platform, most lucrative use cases, growing organically, best 3D printing examples in science fiction
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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E36: “Angel” Podcast: Ajay Agarwal, Partner at Bain Capital shares insights on culture evolving from sales-driven to product-driven, why enterprise software is the ideal business, best investments & anti-portfolio
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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E1033: News Roundtable! Lambda School CEO Austen Allred & General Catalyst Partner Katherine Boyle on Lambda School controversy, Techlash & late-stage journalism, Robinhood down as Dow jumps & more!
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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E1032: News Roundtable! Robinhood Snacks’ Duo Jack Kramer & Nick Martell on Coronavirus’ impact on public markets, Iger out at Disney – Buy or Sell?, link-baiting Tesla crash, defining Cult Stocks & more!
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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E35: “Angel” Podcast: Sarah Tavel, Partner at Benchmark shares insights on getting recruited by Peter Fenton, disrupting VC gender norms from the inside, transitioning from operator to investor & more
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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E1031: Zumper CEO & Co-Founder Anthemos Georgiades makes renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel, shares insights on monetizing marketplaces, diversifying revenue streams to limit downside, Airbnb’s effect on the rental market & more!
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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E1030: News Roundtable! Zapier CEO Wade Foster & Early-Stage Investor Monique Woodard on Tech Journalists vs. Founders/VCs, Twitter’s fake news detection, Kickstarter union, Blue Apron plummeting, Lambda School controversy & more!
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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E34: “Angel” Podcast: George Zachary, General Partner at CRV shares insights on cancer scare shifting his focus to investing in health-tech, passing on Google at MDV, CRISPR & “designer babies”, coronavirus threat, origins of Sand Hill Road & more!
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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E1029: Basecamp Co-Founder & Author David Heinemeier Hansson (@DHH) debates Jason on reining in capitalism, benefits of state-run education & healthcare, big-tech disappointments, work-from-home paradigm shift, wealth tax & more!
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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E1028: Laura Huang, author of “Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage” shares insights on overcoming disadvantages to create an edge, being bitter vs. getting better, structural bias in tech & more
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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E33: “Angel” Podcast: Dan Rose, Chairman at Coatue Management is leading a $700M early-stage fund, shares insights on working with Bezos & Zuckerberg during pivotal years at Amazon & Facebook, 100+ angel investments, standout founder traits & more
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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E1027: Orreco CEO & Founder Dr. Brian Moore built a platform that optimizes performance of elite athletes, shares cutting-edge benefits of blood sampling, biomarkers, inflammation reduction, glucose monitoring & more!
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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E1026: Cocoon Co-Founders Sachin Monga & Alex Cornell are building an intimate app to connect close circles, share insights on key standout features, raising money as a messaging app, breeding trust via strong domain names, ideal customers & more
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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E32: “Angel” podcast: Season 4 Premiere! Sarah Cannon, Partner at Index Ventures, shares insights on investing in the future of work, underrated emerging startup markets, going from the Obama Administration to Venture Capital, increasing upward mobility in America, fixing the gig economy & more!
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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E1025: #StartupTuneup @ Founder.University Part 2!: 6 founders pitch to Jason & Dave Samuel of Freestyle Capital on AI driving assistance, sleep-aid wearables, marijuana, B2B food analytics & more!
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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E1024: #StartupTuneup @ Founder.University: 6 founders pitch to Jason & Dave Samuel of Freestyle Capital on merging communication networks, athlete performance tracking, DTC women’s clothing, smart tabletop gaming systems & more!
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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E1023: News Roundtable! Machine Zone CEO Kristen Dumont & The Register’s Iain Thomson on Bezos phone hack, Tesla valuation skyrocketing, DJ Elon, Coronavirus, Barstool Sports funding, unions, proposed Uber/DoorDash merger & more!
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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E1022: One Drop CEO & Founder Jeff Dachis helps people with diabetes manage & improve their blood-sugar levels, shares insights on making data actionable, recent strategic partnership with Bayer, issues with US healthcare & potential life-expansion
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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E1021: Bubble Co-CEO & Co-Founder Emmanuel Straschnov built a no-code platform to empower the next generation of programmers, shares insights on bootstrapping to over 300k users, developing skills while scaling & more
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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E1020: CEO/Investor Coach & Author Matt Mochary shares insights on developing his coaching method, understanding & overcoming primal fear, addressing imposter syndrome & more
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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E1019: Mahmee CEO & Co-Founder Melissa Hanna is helping new moms navigate thru postpartum care, shares insights on getting Serena Williams & Mark Cuban to invest, improving the experience for mothers of color & adding structure to a fragmented industry
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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E1018: #AskJason! Avoiding first-time founder mistakes, causes of big-tech layoffs, participating in a Series A as an Angel, running a US-based startup as an international student, importance of having a strong lead investor & more!
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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E1017: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: scaling as a solo founder, reducing churn, raising capital in a heavily regulated field, pivoting from one-time payments to SaaS & more @ WSGR
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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E1016: Substack CEO & Co-Founder Chris Best empowers writers via his email newsletter platform, shares insights on driving change in the attention economy, raising $15M from a16z, providing value to retain talent & more
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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E1015: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: gaining interest from investors, scaling while bootstrapping in a niche market, automating operations tasks, acquiring national customers & focusing on customers in the cannabis compliance space @ WSGR
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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E1014: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: targeting a specific segment of customers, overcoming past failures in a market, developing new nuclear energy, competing against a major incumbent & more!
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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E1013: Decade Wrap-Up Roundtable! Garry Tan, Initialized Capital & Zach Coelius, Coelius Capital on the biggest hits & misses of the past decade: Trump, Theranos, Streaming, Mindfulness, Crypto, Tesla, WeWork, Amazon Prime, Vaping & more!
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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E1012: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: goal-setting, starting a sales flywheel, converting bounced customers, capitalizing on investor feedback & more!
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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E1011: Check Point CEO & Co-founder Gil Shwed shares insights on being the “Godfather of Cybersecurity”, growing Check Point into Israel’s most impactful tech company, pricing & developing products for an emerging market, best practices on protecting data from hackers & the next generation of cybers
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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E1010: TWiST Live! Thumbtack CEO & Co-founder Marco Zappacosta shares insights on pivoting to optimize for consumer experience, starting a company during the great recession vs. 2019, fundraising tips & the future of Thumbtack
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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E1009: #StartupTuneup! Startmate Founders pitch Jason: AR presentation platform, experiential marketing, wearables that help menstrual cramps, education thru e-sports & more!
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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E1008: VSCO CEO & Co-founder Joel Flory is building a photo-sharing platform free of ads, likes & comments to empower creators, shares insights on appealing to Gen Z, expanding their global reach & the magic of subscriptions
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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E1007: DoNotPay CEO & Founder Josh Browder built an AI lawyer to fight corporations & governments, demos product features & how it helps consumers, shares insights on following in footsteps of his father Bill Browder, & future of consumer empowerment
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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E1006: Farmer’s Fridge CEO & Founder Luke Saunders is creating a connected network of vending machines offering fresh & healthy meals, shares insights on creating a restaurant-like experience, solving food-supply chain issues, capitalizing on grassroots marketing & real-world virality & using sales
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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E1005: Scale AI CEO & Co-founder Alexandr Wang creates training data for all AI applications to improve machine learning, shares insights on the future of autonomous vehicles, China’s AI advantages over US, importance of humans focusing on higher-value work & next major trends in AI
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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E1004: Yousician CEO & Co-founder Chris Thür created an interactive platform to master musical instruments, shares insights on acquiring 1M+ users, increasing retention through gamification, using profitability as leverage while attracting investors as an international startup
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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E1003: The Athletic CEO & Co-founder Alex Mather is building a paid online sports media publication, shares insights on attracting investors in a seemingly dying industry, managing 500+ remote writers, creating interesting angles through unique coverage & more
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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E1002: Wealthfront CEO & Co-founder Andy Rachleff on hitting escape velocity at Wealthfront, pioneering “self-driving money” for consumers, shares insights on product-building in 1980’s vs. today, best investor attributes, & the future of NextGen banking
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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E1001: Eight Sleep CEO & Co-founder Matteo Franceschetti pioneered “sleep-fitness” with smart heating & cooling technology; shares insights on product iteration, delighting customers, innovating in D2C, raising $40M from LAUNCH, Founders Fund, Craft & more
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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E1000: 1000th Episode Retrospective! Jason & TWiST lifers Lon Harris, Brian Alvey, & Tyler Crowley re-live favorite moments & guests, highlighting innovations in podcasting & tech over the last decade, hitting global trends & what’s in store for the next 1000
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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E999: ROOM CEO & Co-founder Brian Chen is building phone booths for the modern office, shares insights on maximizing open floor plans, partnering with Calm to reduce stress at work, maintaining capital efficiency as a hardware startup
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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E998: The Next Unicorns: Benchling CEO & Co-founder Sajith Wickramasekara is increasing efficiency for scientists with a cloud-based platform, gives insights on recent life-science innovations, ethics of gene therapy & defining the line between quackery & brilliance – E10 of 10-ep miniseries
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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E997: HubSpot CEO & Co-founder Brian Halligan shares insights on the origin of inbound marketing, how The Grateful Dead inspired HubSpot, importance of customer experience, managing employees in the Glassdoor Era & more
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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E996: Clearbit CEO & Co-founder Alex MacCaw is creating god-mode for marketers with Clearbit X, gives insights on dynamic customer targeting, prioritizing profitability over valuation, GDPR’s adverse effect on Facebook & Google, value of aggregated data & benefits of CEO coaching
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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E995: The Next Unicorns: NEXT Trucking CEO & Co-founder Lidia Yan brings trucking into the digital age with her two-sided marketplace, shares insights on finding & focusing on an untapped market, owning & innovating drayage, navigating the trucking industry as a woman & scaling the right team for su
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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E994: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin shares his state machine that answers all growth questions; Future of Early-Stage VC w/Pete Flint (NFX), Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Lever CTO Nate Smith
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Ben Ling (Bling), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Help Scout VP of Sales Tim Thyne
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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E992: The Next Unicorns: Expanse CEO & Co-founder Tim Junio reduces exposure to online threats by providing “attack surface visibility”, shares insights into current threats from China & Russia, potential 2020 election tampering, reasons for cybersecurity optimism & more – E8 of 10-ep miniseries
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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E991: #StartupTuneup with Urban-X: Waste-reducing marketplaces, traffic liability reduction, recreational sharing spaces, firefighter safety software & energy cost saving AI
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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E990: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on driving growth by listening to customers & employees, importance of a strong & diverse board, direct listings v. IPOs, lessons learned from WeWork; plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk featuring Yosiat Gimbernard from Odoo
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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E989: The Next Unicorns: Culture Amp CEO & Co-founder Didier Elzinga is building an employee analytics platform that keeps workers satisfied & motivated, shares insights on the changing role of culture, what modern employees value & maintaining culture while scaling – E7 of 10-ep miniseries
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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E988: Aileen Lee, Founder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures, pioneered actionable change to diversify tech & VC, shares early days innovating in e-commerce, insights on current funding landscape, dangers of prioritized growth over sustainability, & lessons learned from backing winners like Dolla
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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E987: The Next Unicorns: Upgrade CEO & Co-founder Renaud Laplanche is empowering users to better understand credit through his consumer credit platform, announces the Upgrade Card, shares insights on taking LendingClub public & how startups have changed since he started his first company in 2000 – E
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Oct 12, 2019 |
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E986: StockX Co-founder Josh Luber is building a stock market for things, shares insights on the two cultural shifts that brought sneaker culture mainstream, attracting Mark Wahlberg, Eminem & Steve Aoki to invest along with Google Ventures & Marc Benioff & growing a unicorn out of a sneaker-data si
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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E985: #AskJason! Recognizing great founders as an investor, dealing with a lack of updates, raising capital through crowdfunding, the ideal makeup of today’s founder, how Angel Investing has changed since the release of “Angel”, standing out in slow-to-adapt markets
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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E984: Vice Ventures Founding Partner Catharine Dockery raised $25M to invest in vices: marijuana, sextech, gambling, alcohol, vaping; shares insights on hacking her way into VC through cold emails & a strong investment thesis, capitalizing on early markets hungry for investment
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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E983: The Next Unicorns: Zola CEO & Co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma shares insights on growing her all-in-one wedding platform in a $100bn market, adapting to changes in wedding demographics, balancing growth and profitability while keeping her team focused, raising moral standards in tech – E5 of 10-ep mini
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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E982: Karmic Bikes Founder Hong Quan on creating the “Tesla of E-Bikes” with OSLO, bootstrapping through Kickstarter, lowering costs as a strategy, insights on U.S. resistance to widespread E-Bike adoption, & why this vehicle is the future of transportation, plus Office Hours with Jason!
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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E981: Roy Bahat, Head of Bloomberg Beta, shares the myths of venture capital, the great value of founders turned investors, why VCs reject startups, searing insights on fundraising & valuations, and predictions on the future of enterprise, AI, work & automation @ LAUNCH Accelerator
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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E980: The Next Unicorns: Alto Pharmacy CEO & Co-founder Mattieu Gamache-Asselin is working to fix the broken US pharmacy system by removing friction & aligning incentives among patients, doctors & insurers, shares insights on trading short-term profits for long-term success, combating the opioid cri
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Sep 25, 2019 |