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- “Minions” record-breaking viral strategy, TikTok algo, reframing semiconductors & energy | E1500
(Wed, Jul 06, 2022)
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- VC School: What’s a venture scale business + Matt Duesterberg of OhmConnect | E1499
(Sun, Jul 03, 2022)
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- Crypto crash updates, Sequoia’s structure, $ZM product expansion, Starlink & more | E1498
(Fri, Jul 01, 2022)
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- FTX buys BlockFi for $25M, Sequoia raising $2.25B, AI Umpires for MLB, Substack layoffs | E1497
(Fri, Jul 01, 2022)
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- Downtown Josh Brown & Michael Batnick on Disney+, Peloton, Knicks, podcasting, markets, & more | E1496
(Thu, Jun 30, 2022)
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- SBF buys the crypto dip, hedge funds short Tether, VC funding down, flying nuclear cruise mockup | E1495
(Tue, Jun 28, 2022)
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- Digital surveillance risks post-Roe v. Wade ruling with Legal Voice’s Kim Clark + PE firm acquires Zendesk for $10.2B | E1494
(Mon, Jun 27, 2022)
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- How to co-invest with other firms (VC School) + Electric Sea Gliders: REGENT Co-Founder Billy Thalheimer | E1493
(Sun, Jun 26, 2022)
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- Praying For Exits on Markets, Crypto, Startup Valuations + Anisha Sunkerneni of Cyphr VC | E1492
(Sat, Jun 25, 2022)
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- Obi-Wan finale + Healthcare’s hidden money pit with Capital RX CEO AJ Loiacono | E1491
(Thu, Jun 23, 2022)
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- TikTok data security, the Chinese surveillance state, Amazon running out of warehouse workers | E1490
(Wed, Jun 22, 2022)
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- NFT NYC, Solend takeover, Why Non-Finance use cases are the key to Crypto, Magic Eden & more with Vinny Lingham | E1489
(Tue, Jun 21, 2022)
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- When to take a meeting (VC School) + Fungi Flour: Hyfé Foods Founder Michelle Ruiz (Climate) | E1488
(Sun, Jun 19, 2022)
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- Kraken CEO Jesse Powell responds to NYT hit piece and breaks down the state of crypto + Alexander Olesen CEO of Babylon Micro-Farms | E1487
(Sat, Jun 18, 2022)
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- Apple & Disney’s sports streaming strategy, Facebook’s plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486
(Thu, Jun 16, 2022)
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- YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485
(Wed, Jun 15, 2022)
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- Coinbase lays off ~18%, EU crypto regulation, $NFLX & $ROKU ad-tech talks, Hallow prayer app, Prey laptop security | E1484
(Tue, Jun 14, 2022)
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- Crypto drops ~$200B, Celsius freezes, Binance’s BTC pause, Google AI sentience, Magic Spoon: DTC isn’t dead | E1483
(Mon, Jun 13, 2022)
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- How to value startups (VC School) + Creating Diamonds from Air with Aether’s Ryan Shearman (Climate) | E1482
(Sun, Jun 12, 2022)
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- Disney’s ambitious streaming goals with Lon Harris + Dressd Founder Capri Wheaton | E1481
(Fri, Jun 10, 2022)
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- Twitter bots & Apple BNPL with Deirdre Bosa + Prediction markets with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour | E1480
(Thu, Jun 09, 2022)
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- Amazon’s Dave Clark joins Flexport, Bird layoffs, Twitter’s bring-your-own algo, Multiverse, Ken Griffin gets into crypto | E1479
(Thu, Jun 09, 2022)
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- Why BuzzFeed fell 40%, EU mandates USB-C, Lab-grown ear transplants, Tom Brady’s Series B | E1478
(Tue, Jun 07, 2022)
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- Apple’s new releases, Twitter bots, Didi returns, Bad actors on Binance + Michael Shellenberger’s vision for California | E1477
(Tue, Jun 07, 2022)
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- Markups & markdowns (VC School) + Coral Regeneration with Coral Vita’s Sam Teicher (Climate) | E1476
(Sun, Jun 05, 2022)
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- Coinbase & Loom rescind job offers (strategies for managers & workers during a downturn) + OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra of SkillBank | E1475
(Sat, Jun 04, 2022)
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- Sheryl Sandberg leaves Meta + This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris: Obi-Wan Kenobi | E1474
(Thu, Jun 02, 2022)
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- ESG fraud, Stripe & Reddit markdowns, Remote productivity + DroneUp Founder Tom Walker | E1473
(Thu, Jun 02, 2022)
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- NYT’s Glossier hit piece, VC winters, Activist CEOs and Podcast live events with Acquired’s David Rosenthal | E1472
(Wed, Jun 01, 2022)
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- Bolt layoffs, DroneUp, Lunar Outpost, $4.5B crypto fund, Ape theft + Diagram’s Jordan Singer | E1471
(Fri, May 27, 2022)
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- The cost of CEOs ignoring mental health with Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn | E1470
(Fri, May 27, 2022)
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- Solving our biggest problems, Cerebral’s fast & loose telehealth prescriptions, Jack leaves Twitter Board | E1469
(Thu, May 26, 2022)
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- Snap drops 40%, Layoffs at Gorillas & Klarna, Adam Neumann’s new startup, Coinbase using Principles | E1468
(Tue, May 24, 2022)
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- All-In Summit recap, Argo debuts AV test cars in Miami/ATX, $AMZN to sublease 10M+ square feet | E1467
(Mon, May 23, 2022)
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- Proof of Impact CEO Fleur Heyns on meaningful metrics for measuring environmental impact (This Week in Climate Startups) | E1466
(Sun, May 22, 2022)(0 , )
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- Privateer Space CEO Alex Fielding: cleaning up space junk with Steve Wozniak + Behind the scenes of working for Jason | E1465
(Sat, May 21, 2022)
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- Fixing a broken system – Mahmee CEO Melissa Hanna on patient-centric maternal care | E1464
(Thu, May 19, 2022)
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- Accelerating leadership – Chief Co-Founder & CEO Carolyn Childers on raising $100M Series B, building a women’s executive network and more | E1463
(Wed, May 18, 2022)
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- Bitcoin payments on the Lightning Network with Strike’s Jack Mallers | E1462
(Tue, May 17, 2022)
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- SaaS multiple compression, downturn outlook & advice for new VCs with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr | E1461
(Mon, May 16, 2022)
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- Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Climate) | E1460
(Sun, May 15, 2022)
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- SBF buys 7.6% $HOOD stake, SoftBank’s $13B loss, Twitter exec layoffs & deal update + Nicole Ruiz from Compound VC | E1459
(Sat, May 14, 2022)
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- Sundar Pichai, tech crash, crypto, journalism and more with CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa | E1458
(Fri, May 13, 2022)
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- Airbnb’s category search, Coinbase’s new disclosure + Facebook exits podcasting with Ashley Carman | E1457
(Wed, May 11, 2022)
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- Terra UST stablecoin unpegged with Bennett Tomlin + High growth tech’s runway: $COIN, $SQ, $ZM, $TWLO, $SHOP & $PTON | E1456
(Wed, May 11, 2022)
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- Dara sets the tone for Uber’s next push, Jason’s market prediction, Apple’s ML director departs, Internet affordability & more | E1455
(Mon, May 09, 2022)
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- Side investing (VC School) + Stripe’s Nan Ransohoff: Frontier carbon removal | 1454
(Sun, May 08, 2022)
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- Twitter’s new Birdwatch moderation/annotation feature + OK Boomer: Flapjack’s Patrick McDonnell | E1453
(Fri, May 06, 2022)
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- Stripe launches Plaid competitor, Cameo layoffs, Elon raises $7B + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1452
(Fri, May 06, 2022)
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- Live Show Preview: Wednesday May 4
(Thu, May 05, 2022)
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- Tech reactions to Roe vs. Wade leak + $UBER, $LYFT and $ABNB earnings | E1451
(Thu, May 05, 2022)
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- Meta’s VR plans with The Information’s Sylvia Varnham O’Regan + SEC strengthens its crypto enforcement team | E1450
(Tue, May 03, 2022)
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- Bolt’s struggles with The Information’s Malique Morris + How Yuga Labs’ mint sent Ethereum Gas 120X + Gravity Sketch | E1449
(Tue, May 03, 2022)
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- How to manage competing portfolio companies (VC School) + Energy Impact Partners’ Shayle Kann (Climate) | E1448
(Sun, May 01, 2022)
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- $AMZN & $AAPL earnings, Snap’s drone, China softens on tech, AirBnB goes nomad + Landon from Inside | E1447
(Sat, Apr 30, 2022)
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- WeCrashed & Severance finales w/ Lon Harris + Twitter follower changes w/ The Verge’s Corin Faife | E1446
(Fri, Apr 29, 2022)
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- Archegos founder arrested, Bolt sued by Authentic Brands, $GOOG & $MSFT earnings, Apple sells repair parts, EV Corvette | E1445
(Thu, Apr 28, 2022)
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- Jack’s Twitter take & employee reactions, Medical NFTs, Hopin’s $200M founder secondary sale | E1444
(Tue, Apr 26, 2022)( +0000 23:32:22, )
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- Twitter accepts Elon’s buyout offer, EU’s new algo rule, Pipedream Labs: Hyperloop for package delivery | E1443
(Tue, Apr 26, 2022)
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- VC School: Deal Memos + Sphere CEO Alex Wright-Gladstein (Climate) | E1442
(Sun, Apr 24, 2022)
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- Twitter funding secured, Boring Co. raises $675M, Amazon’s $1B VC fund, Ackman’s $400M loss + The Lunar Society: Dwarkesh Patel | E1441
(Sat, Apr 23, 2022)
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- TSLA earnings + Streaming: WeCrashed & Severance review, CNN+ demise, Netflix’s future | 1440
(Thu, Apr 21, 2022)
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- Netflix earnings breakdown, Kushner’s $3B pitch deck, CNN+ on pause, Grubhub for sale | E1439
(Thu, Apr 21, 2022)
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- Jack’s candid Twitter takes, FB invests in African internet, Regent’s electric Seaglider, Better.com layoffs | E1438
(Tue, Apr 19, 2022)
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- Q1 venture capital review, Twitter breaks, BeReal’s new take on social & more | E1437
(Mon, Apr 18, 2022)
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- Twitter’s takeover defense, Meta’s AR project with The Verge’s Alex Heath + Wordcab’s Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436
(Fri, Apr 15, 2022)
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- Elon offers to take $TWTR private at $43B + Autonomous car drives away from police | E1435
(Thu, Apr 14, 2022)
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- Meta’s 47.5% take rate + Worldcoin CEO Alex Blania: onboarding the globe to crypto | E1434
(Wed, Apr 13, 2022)
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- Shopify Board proposes share restructuring + The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, Why American Teens Are So Sad | E1433
(Tue, Apr 12, 2022)
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- Elon no longer joining $TWTR board, Breslow’s Instacart case-study, NYT tells reporters to reduce time on Twitter | E1432
(Mon, Apr 11, 2022)
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- Investing in down rounds (VC School) + The Lightsmith Group Co-Founder Jay Koh (Climate) | E1431
(Sun, Apr 10, 2022)
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- Macro insights with Rose Technology CEO Alex Campbell + TCG Crypto’s Gaby Goldberg | E1430
(Fri, Apr 08, 2022)
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- Portfolio construction, Sequoia’s transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429
(Thu, Apr 07, 2022)
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- Uber travel, OpenAI illustrator, Edit button, CNN+ review + Dune Analytics CEO Fredrik Haga | E1428
(Wed, Apr 06, 2022)
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- FB vs. Apple on AR and Ads, Twitter’s Future, Conflict, Crypto Regulation with Antonio Garcia Martinez & Zach Coelius | E1427
(Wed, Apr 06, 2022)
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- Elon buys ~9% stake in Twitter + Freestyle Capital’s Dave Samuel | E1426
(Mon, Apr 04, 2022)
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- Inbound vs. outbound deal flow (VC School) + Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey | E1425
(Sun, Apr 03, 2022)
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- GoPuff & Fast trimming staff + Bradley Tusk on tech regulation + Glimpse Co-founder Akash Raju | E1424
(Fri, Apr 01, 2022)
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- NFT exclusive restaurant: FlyFish Club CEO David Rodolitz + Reviewing We Crashed & The Dropout with Lon Harris | E1423
(Thu, Mar 31, 2022)
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- Facebook funding anti-TikTok lobbyists with Taylor Lorenz + SEC SPAC crackdown, Fast vs. Bolt | E1422
(Wed, Mar 30, 2022)
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- $625M Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack, $TWLO insider trading, Subject’s learning platform, $HOOD extends trading hours | E1421
(Wed, Mar 30, 2022)
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- Oscars recap, FTX investors don’t hold board seats, Apple working on hardware subscriptions | E1420
(Tue, Mar 29, 2022)
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- Understanding non-dilutive fundraising options + Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora | E1419
(Sun, Mar 27, 2022)
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- Teenage hacking phenom allegedly caught, Molly’s Hall of Fame induction & OK Boomer | E1418
(Sat, Mar 26, 2022)
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- Streaming news! Breaking down WeCrashed E1-3 & The Dropout E5 with Lon Harris | E1417
(Fri, Mar 25, 2022)
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- Katie Haun’s $1.5B web3 fund, Yuga Labs worth $4B, Apple’s BNPL play + ChroniFI’s Ben Miller | E1416
(Thu, Mar 24, 2022)
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- How Apple can win podcasting, Bezos’ leadership, MBAs raising search funds & FDNY robodogs | E1415
(Wed, Mar 23, 2022)
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- Sequoia debuts Arc, SEC considering climate disclosures, Disney CEO fallout & more | E1414
(Tue, Mar 22, 2022)
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- Super Pro Rata (VC Sunday School) + ClimateCheck Founder Cal Inman (Climate) | E1413
(Sun, Mar 20, 2022)
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- NEWS: $BABA & $TCEHY layoffs, Google’s AR purchase, $APE coin; OK Boomer: Smirk | E1412
(Sat, Mar 19, 2022)
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- Reacting to Super Pumped (Uber) & The Dropout (Theranos) with Lon Harris + OneShop CEO Nick McHenry | E1411
(Fri, Mar 18, 2022)
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- Spotify x Barcelona, ex-Disney CEO joins Genies, AMC gold mine + D.A. Wallach: music and bio-investing | Angel S6 E10 | E1410
(Thu, Mar 17, 2022)
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- Ex-FB Diem team builds Aptos blockchain, Metamask parent ConsenSys raises $450M, Mojo’s athlete betting market, Zero Grocery shutdown | E1409
(Wed, Mar 16, 2022)
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- Blue Origin picks Pete, NYT launches Telegram channel, Clearview AI in Ukraine, Semiconductor pains | E1408
(Tue, Mar 15, 2022)
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- How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures’ Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407
(Sun, Mar 13, 2022)
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- $RIVN, Biden on TikTok & Crypto, $PTON + Countdown Capital’s Jai Malik + Josh from Party Round | E1406
(Sat, Mar 12, 2022)
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- Love.com, Lessons from Bain Crypto launch + Redfin Founder & CEO Glenn Kelman | E1405
(Thu, Mar 10, 2022)
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- Apple’s new Mac + Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, driverless service in SF, the Origin (zero-emission shared vehicle) | E1404
(Wed, Mar 09, 2022)
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- Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital: global growth, partnering with legendary companies and the evergreen fund | E1403
(Wed, Mar 09, 2022)
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- Alumni Ventures charged by SEC + What Germany got wrong about nuclear power with Mark Nelson | E1402
(Tue, Mar 08, 2022)
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- How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401
(Sun, Mar 06, 2022)
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- Google ends WFH, $SNOW earnings + Stillmark’s Alyse Killeen Angel S6 E7 + Pallet CEO Kai Han | E1400
(Fri, Mar 04, 2022)
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- Cana CEO Matt Mahar on launching a “Replicator for beverages,” turning a product into a platform, working with The Production Board, and more | E1399
(Thu, Mar 03, 2022)
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- Apple pauses RU sales, Ford splits-off EVs + How Facebook killed Joe Speiser’s $100M business | E1398
(Thu, Mar 03, 2022)
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- Tech takes action against Russia, Backbone’s mobile gaming device + Joel Greenblatt from Gotham Capital | E1397
(Wed, Mar 02, 2022)
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- Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396
(Tue, Mar 01, 2022)
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- What investors mean when they are “waiting for a lead” (VC Sunday School) + Seth Bannon of 50 Years | E1395
(Sun, Feb 27, 2022)
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- DHH on Basecamp’s painful evolution, Bitcoin, Revitalizing internet discourse + Lumanu CEO Tony Tran | E1394
(Sat, Feb 26, 2022)
";
- Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393
(Fri, Feb 25, 2022)
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- Kanye’s genius business model, Platform dependency risks, Pipe enters the movie biz + AirPals’ Joshe Ordonez | E1392
(Thu, Feb 24, 2022)
";
- Coinbase’s mutable messaging, Revitalizing Peloton and High-growth companies poised for a comeback | E1391
(Wed, Feb 23, 2022)
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- From PM to GP: Roach Capital’s Fahd Ananta | Angel S6 E6 + OK Boomer: Dive Chat | E1390
(Sat, Feb 19, 2022)
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- Spotify’s ad-tech acquisitions to take on YouTube with The Verge’s Ashley Carman + Founder University Pitches | E1389
(Fri, Feb 18, 2022)
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- Keith Rabois of Founders Fund + AirBnB’s earnings & evolving customer base, SF BOE recall | E1388
(Thu, Feb 17, 2022)
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- Do startup employee stock options need an overhaul? Softbank’s failed Arm sale + Growth University’s Craig Zingerline | E1387
(Wed, Feb 16, 2022)
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- Crypto’s Super Bowl blitz, Joby’s asian air-taxi partnerships, Affirm’s earnings & BNPL growing pains | E1386
(Tue, Feb 15, 2022)
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- VC Sunday School: first-tier investor behavior + Climate: Dangerous Ventures’ Mike Lin | E1385
(Sun, Feb 13, 2022)
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- Rapid Disney+ growth, Predicting preference with Qloo’s Alex Elias, OK Boomer: Zehra Naqvi’s Z-list | E1384
(Fri, Feb 11, 2022)
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- Peloton’s new CEO + Cake Ventures’ Monique Woodard Angel S6 E5 | E1383
(Thu, Feb 10, 2022)
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- $3.6B crypto hack recovered + Segment co-founder Peter Reinhardt’s next bet: Charm Industrial | E1382
(Thu, 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
(Wed, Feb 09, 2022)
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- Spotify’s saga continues, $FB warns of EU exit, GoFundMe’s protest refund, Peloton’s suitors | E1380
(Tue, Feb 08, 2022)
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- John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins with Ryan Panchadsaram + VC Sunday School: cap table management | E1379
(Sun, Feb 06, 2022)
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- NYC delivery wars, Cruise gives driverless rides in SF + Gopuff Co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev | E1378
(Fri, Feb 04, 2022)
";
- Full $FB earnings breakdown, NFT company violates music IP + Behind Genius’ Paige Finn: Angel S6 E4 | E1377
(Fri, Feb 04, 2022)
";
- All-In’s hijacked feed, Google’s earnings breakdown, Jason’s legendary iPad troll | E1376
(Thu, Feb 03, 2022)
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- Playstation’s $3.2B Bungie acquisition, Metafy gaming tutoring, Shopify CEO joins Coinbase Board of Directors | E1375
(Wed, Feb 02, 2022)
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- Breaking down Ryan Breslow’s YC critique + Spotify’s solution & Joe Rogan’s response | E1374
(Tue, Feb 01, 2022)
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- VC Sunday School: startup investing in a down market + Emily Kirsch of Powerhouse Ventures | E1373
(Sun, Jan 30, 2022)
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- Packy McCormick’s Not Boring parlay: Angel S6 E3 + Producer Rachel visits Miami Hack Week | E1372
(Sat, Jan 29, 2022)
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- $TSLA earnings breakdown & 2022 IPOs to watch with TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm | E1371
(Fri, Jan 28, 2022)
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- MSFT adds $10B, Stripe mafia memes, Spotify: platform or publisher, Scratchpad case-study | E1370
(Thu, Jan 27, 2022)
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- TikTok vs. YouTube, Bolt CEO calls Stripe & YC “Mob Bosses,” Culdesac, Anduril wins $1B contract | E1369
(Wed, Jan 26, 2022)
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- Comparing 2022 to the Dot-Com bubble + Activist investor challenges Peloton leadership | E1368
(Tue, Jan 25, 2022)
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- Sunday VC School: how investors work together + Prime Movers Lab’s Ramez Naam | E1367
(Sun, Jan 23, 2022)
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- Apple AR headset scoops with Mark Gurman + Campbell Baron: Gen Z startup content creator | E1366
(Sat, Jan 22, 2022)
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- Google AR, Peloton pullback + David Friedberg: Cana, the first molecular beverage printer | E1365
(Fri, Jan 21, 2022)
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- FTC antitrust revision, 5G rollout pause + David Rosenthal’s $2.8M fund: Angel S6 E2 | E1364
(Thu, Jan 20, 2022)
";
- Full breakdown of Microsoft acquiring Activision-Blizzard for ~$70B+ | E1363
(Wed, Jan 19, 2022)
";
- Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: victory through taking ownership, increasing velocity & cultivating talent | E1362
(Tue, Jan 18, 2022)
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- Oath Keepers indicted from Signal messages, U.S. House subpoenas tech platforms + Alex Masmej: selling a personal token | E1361
(Fri, Jan 14, 2022)
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- 1M fewer college students: is it a problem? + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1360
(Thu, Jan 13, 2022)
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- $140B streaming wars 2022 budget, Warren’s bad “Big Grocery” take + Mac Conwell: Angel S6 E1 | E1359
(Thu, Jan 13, 2022)
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- Y Combinator’s New Deal, Turo S-1 + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger: Human-in-the-loop security cameras | E1358
(Tue, Jan 11, 2022)
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- Tech pullback, SEC considers tightening startup investing regulations, Apple XR headset leaks | E1357
(Mon, Jan 10, 2022)
";
- Sunday VC School: valuation vs. traction matrix + Climate: New Energy Nexus CEO Danny Kennedy | E1356
(Sun, Jan 09, 2022)
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- Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355
(Fri, Jan 07, 2022)
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- GETTR & social media moderation, NYT to acquire The Athletic + Axie Infinity’s Jeff Zirlin on NFT gaming | E1354
(Thu, Jan 06, 2022)
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- OpenSea raises $300M, VW & Toyota commit $170B to EVs, China’s strangled tech sector, New media | E1353
(Thu, Jan 06, 2022)
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- Elizabeth Holmes is guilty, Amazon wins over socialists, Biden sanctions China | E1352
(Wed, Jan 05, 2022)
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- How JOKR lost $159 per order, rising startup valuations, OpenSea freezes stolen NFTs, Web 2 CEOs troll Web 3 | E1351
(Tue, Jan 04, 2022)
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- The 2021 TWISTY Awards: best guest, most awkward moment, best chemistry & more! | E1350
(Mon, Dec 27, 2021)
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- Web3 wars & Rivian Q3 earnings with our new co-host Molly Wood! | E1349
(Wed, Dec 22, 2021)
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- Praying For Exits: the satirist of venture capital | E1348
(Fri, Dec 17, 2021)
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- Melania Trump’s NFT, Reddit to go public + Twitter’s Tony Haile: news & product evolution | E1347
(Fri, Dec 17, 2021)
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- mRNA cancer treatment, Google’s vax policy, Better.com CEO “taking time off” + Founder roundtable: PaidBack, Wearwell, SupporTrends | E1346
(Thu, Dec 16, 2021)
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- What Elizabeth Holmes’s prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345
(Wed, Dec 15, 2021)
";
- Is Peloton undervalued? + Rad Power Bikes CEO Mike Radenbaugh + Succession recap, All-in | E1344
(Tue, Dec 14, 2021)
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- Guess the fake startup + Founders of Jenni.AI, Wearloom, Track, Llama Life + How to hire Gen Z | E1343
(Fri, Dec 10, 2021)
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- Armstrong & Tether skip crypto hearings, Adele’s NFT resale solution + Startup Checklist E10 | E1342
(Fri, Dec 10, 2021)
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- Art Basel recap (Beeple, JUUL, Cathie Wood) + reacting to Better.com’s leaked layoffs clip | E1341
(Thu, Dec 09, 2021)
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- What is a Vibe Capitalist? Bedrock’s Geoff Lewis on investing, crypto, city-states, defense & AI | E1340
(Tue, Dec 07, 2021)
";
- Crypto accounting for startups | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1339
(Mon, Dec 06, 2021)
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- Square becomes Block, Spotify Wrapped’s genius, $GRAB debut + Founders of Fathom, Deft & Krepling | E1338
(Fri, Dec 03, 2021)
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- Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337
(Thu, Dec 02, 2021)
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- Twitter bans sharing “private media” + Startup Checklist: How to raise capital | E1336
(Wed, Dec 01, 2021)
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- Twitter’s new CEO, Mr. Beast’s record-breaking Squid Game + Haus’ Helena Price Hambrecht | E1335
(Tue, Nov 30, 2021)
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- End of year startup accounting checklist | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1334
(Mon, Nov 29, 2021)
";
- Zoom’s revenue tops $1B, valuation falls + Startup Checklist: how to prepare for fundraising | E1333
(Wed, Nov 24, 2021)
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- Turner Novak: Turning memes into a $10M VC fund | E1332
(Wed, Nov 24, 2021)
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- A DAO bids $40M on the Constitution, Startup Checklist: Operational best practices, Gen Z VCs | E1330
(Fri, Nov 19, 2021)
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- Tarantino sued over NFTs + Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan: YouTube, Entrepreneurship, Investing | E1329
(Fri, Nov 19, 2021)
";
- Why Sam Lessin is using the VC model to invest in individuals + Jason funds a startup on air | E1328
(Thu, Nov 18, 2021)
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- Ohio sues FB + Bradley Tusk “The Fixer,” Uber, startups navigating politics, mobile voting | E1327
(Wed, Nov 17, 2021)
";
- How to hire anywhere in the world (legally) | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1326
(Mon, Nov 15, 2021)
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- The greatest CNBC hit of all time, YouTube hides dislikes + Ready Games CEO David Bennahum | E1325
(Sat, Nov 13, 2021)
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- Breaking down Rivian’s IPO & $100B valuation + DAO deep dive with OpenLaw’s Aaron Wright | E1324
(Thu, Nov 11, 2021)
";
- Coinbase Q3 earnings breakdown + Startup Checklist: Crafting a brand & knowing your market | E1323
(Thu, Nov 11, 2021)
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- $RBLX earnings, Jetson ONE personal aircraft + Oculus game dev Ryan Engle, creator of Pro Putt | E1322
(Tue, Nov 09, 2021)
";
- How to simplify diligence & avoid fraud | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1321
(Mon, Nov 08, 2021)
";
- Tech Earnings: $UBER, $ABNB, $PTON + OK Boomer: Gen Z joins the workforce | E1320
(Fri, Nov 05, 2021)
";
- Building a Great Team: Startup Checklist E5 | E1319
(Thu, Nov 04, 2021)
";
- Zillow falls after iBuying collapse, Biden Admin’s stablecoin report + LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1318
(Wed, Nov 03, 2021)
";
- Bytedance bans 996 + Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani: The 100x fund | E1317
(Tue, Nov 02, 2021)
";
- Facebook’s new name + DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg: the privacy search engine | E1315
(Fri, Oct 29, 2021)
";
- Media employees battling “back to work” orders + Startup Checklist E4: Building a Great Product | E1314
(Thu, Oct 28, 2021)
";
- Sequoia’s new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt’s Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313
(Wed, Oct 27, 2021)
";
- Facebook’s Q3 earnings breakdown: revenue, user growth, rumored rebrand + Italic’s Jeremy Cai | E1312
(Tue, Oct 26, 2021)
";
- Growth & Retention: Why Subscription is the Holy Grail | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1311
(Mon, Oct 25, 2021)
";
- Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg | E1310
(Fri, Oct 22, 2021)
";
- Inflation warnings and hedge strategy, Bitcoin ETF, Hindenburg’s Tether bounty + Startup Checklist E3 | E1309
(Thu, Oct 21, 2021)
";
- Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson: the next $60B, Engage, Segment acquisition & more + Who actually uses Oculus? | E1308
(Wed, Oct 20, 2021)
";
- Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on USDC, Tether & more + Jason reacts to Apple’s new M1 chips & MacBooks | E1307
(Tue, Oct 19, 2021)
";
- How to manage customer relationships | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1306
(Mon, Oct 18, 2021)
";
- Coinbase chases NFT billions + Peter Thiel “The Contrarian” with author Max Chafkin | E1305
(Fri, Oct 15, 2021)
";
- Is Netflix over cancel culture? + Startup Checklist: Choosing a Business Model | E1304
(Thu, Oct 14, 2021)
";
- US inherits China’s Bitcoin Mining Dynasty + Jacob Helberg on the “New Cold War” with China | E1303
(Wed, Oct 13, 2021)
";
- Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on scaling the blockchain to warp speed | E1302
(Tue, Oct 12, 2021)
";
- How to understand customer engagement | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1301
(Mon, Oct 11, 2021)
";
- Tether’s hidden billions with Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux + Startup Checklist E1 | E1300
(Fri, Oct 08, 2021)
";
- FB Whistleblower’s Senate testimony + Scorpion Capital shorts Ginkgo Bioworks, claims fraud | E1298
(Wed, Oct 06, 2021)
";
- How to create great customer experience | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1297
(Tue, Oct 05, 2021)
";
- Facebook’s whistleblower reveal & major outage + reacting to OZY media CEO on Today Show | E1296
(Mon, Oct 04, 2021)
";
- Coinbase CEO reflects on “mission” manifesto + Kettle’s Nat Manning on fire insurance | E1295
(Fri, Oct 01, 2021)
";
- Amazon’s AI driver supervisors, OZY media fallout, rising FEMA flood insurance, OpenScouting | E1294
(Thu, Sep 30, 2021)
";
- Google’s game-changing ad policy + Michael Dell on “Play Nice But Win,” stories from building a computing giant | E1293
(Wed, Sep 29, 2021)
";
- OZY Media’s deception, VC retirement, Clubhouse’s monetization problem with The Verge’s Ashley Carman & more | E1292
(Tue, Sep 28, 2021)
";
- Facebook puts Instagram Kids on pause, Bevy’s high-profile firing + Squarespace’s Anthony Casalena | E1291
(Mon, Sep 27, 2021)
";
- News! China bans crypto transactions (again), Zillow & iBuyers impacting Real Estate + Ask Jason | E1290
(Fri, Sep 24, 2021)
";
- Apple Maps 3-D update, SEC Chair tips off coming crypto regulation + Pacaso’s Austin Allison | E1288
(Wed, Sep 22, 2021)
";
- Apple launches iCloud Private Relay + Framework’s Nirav Patel on customizable laptops | E1287
(Tue, Sep 21, 2021)
";
- Head of Instagram comments on teen impact, Jay-Z’s NFT lawsuit + Sourcegraph’s Quinn Slack | E1285
(Sat, Sep 18, 2021)
";
- Rapid Fire News: App Annie fraud, Instagram’s negative impact, Discord valued at $15B & more | E1284
(Fri, Sep 17, 2021)
";
- OpenSea admits employee was front-running featured NFTs + Goldbelly CEO Joe Ariel on food e-commerce | E1283
(Wed, Sep 15, 2021)
";
- “Amazon Unbound” author Brad Stone on the mind of Bezos, the future of Amazon & more | E1282
(Tue, Sep 14, 2021)
";
- Growth stocks, Inflation impacts, SPACs & more with Beth Kindig & Knox Ridley from I/O Fund | E1281
(Fri, Sep 10, 2021)
";
- Coinbase battles SEC over Lend + How DeFi interest rates work with Genesis’ Matt Ballensweig | E1279
(Thu, Sep 09, 2021)
";
- BAYC at Sotheby’s, Loot, Tether Canada ban + 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale: Palantir, China, Cicero | E1278
(Tue, Sep 07, 2021)
";
- Next Unicorns: Miso Robotics’ Mike Bell, $3 an hour fry cooks + MorningBrew’s Dan Toomey on TikTok | E1276
(Thu, Sep 02, 2021)
";
- Bored Ape Madness with The Infatuation’s Andrew Steinthal + Breaking into VC with Nicole DeTommaso | E1275
(Wed, Sep 01, 2021)
";
- Elizabeth Holmes Theranos fraud trial kickoff + Blokable’s Aaron Holm: how to scale housing | E1274
(Tue, Aug 31, 2021)
";
- CCP closes foreign IPO loophole + Audius’ Roneil Rumburg: decentralized project crash course | E1273
(Fri, Aug 27, 2021)
";
- HeadSpin accused of $80M fraud, housing startup irks NIMBYs + Not Boring’s Packy McCormick | E1272
(Thu, Aug 26, 2021)
";
- Rapid Fire News: OnlyFans reverses course, Circle to clean up USDC reserves, Warby Parker S-1 | E1271
(Wed, Aug 25, 2021)
";
- Rapid Fire News: Facebook “cleans up their house,” Tyga takes on OnlyFans, Jack Ma vs. CCP | E1270
(Tue, Aug 24, 2021)
";
- Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mark Suster deep dives VC | E1268
(Thu, Aug 19, 2021)
";
- Noodlegate, the end of cancel culture? + Next Unicorns: OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman | E1267
(Wed, Aug 18, 2021)
";
- Casey Newton’s Superhuman misfire, Apple’s backdoor, 5G crypto network, WhatsApp’s Taliban problem | E1266
(Tue, Aug 17, 2021)
";
- Next Unicorns: Splice CEO Steve Martocci, building the Github for music | E1265
(Fri, Aug 13, 2021)
";
- How to secure follow-on investment for your startup (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1264
(Thu, Aug 12, 2021)
";
- How to come up with a startup idea (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1263
(Wed, Aug 11, 2021)
";
- Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant model | E1262
(Tue, Aug 10, 2021)
";
- Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the current state and future of the US housing market | E1261
(Fri, Aug 06, 2021)
";
- Bootstrapping vs. taking Venture Capital (FounderU) + Ask An Angel with Zach Coelius | E1260
(Thu, Aug 05, 2021)
";
- How to a Grow Consumer SaaS App to 225K Paying Customers – Next Unicorns: Fitbod CEO Allen Chen | E1259
(Wed, Aug 04, 2021)
";
- Creating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more with Acquired | E1258
(Tue, Aug 03, 2021)
";
- News! Robinhood/Duolingo IPOs, Big Tech earnings, China & more with TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm | E1257
(Fri, Jul 30, 2021)
";
- Nikola’s Trevor Milton indicted for fraud, Robinhood IPO + GRIN CEO Brandon Brown | E1256
(Thu, Jul 29, 2021)
";
- Youtube vs. Netflix, Google’s $230B run rate + Next Unicorns: OpenSea’s Devin Finzer on NFTs | E1255
(Wed, Jul 28, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Tether executives facing DOJ bank fraud probe (via Bloomberg) | E1253
(Tue, Jul 27, 2021)
";
- Dfinity’s ICP crypto complaint, Snap/Twitter earnings, China’s e-learning crackdown & more | E1252
(Fri, Jul 23, 2021)
";
- China punishes Didi, Twitter’s new feature, UAE makes it rain + Do Kwon of Terraform Labs | E1251
(Thu, Jul 22, 2021)
";
- Bezos goes to space, Robinhood IPO, USDC attestation + Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley | E1249
(Wed, Jul 21, 2021)
";
- Rapid Fire News: AI voices after death, DOJ investigates Lordstown Motors, COVID adaptation | E1248
(Fri, Jul 16, 2021)
";
- Rapid Fire News: FB’s right-wing algo, Tether update, giving Cuba internet, Powell on stable coins & more | E1247
(Fri, Jul 16, 2021)
";
- The Next Unicorns: Adena Hefets CEO of Divvy Homes, forging a new path to home ownership | E1246
(Thu, Jul 15, 2021)
";
- China cracks down on US IPOs, winning founder qualities, Ask Jason: accelerators, investing | E1244
(Tue, Jul 13, 2021)
";
- Biden targets big corporations + Tether Investigation with Bitfinex’ed | E1243
(Fri, Jul 09, 2021)
";
- Nextdoor SPAC breakdown, Pelosi trading options + Morning Brew’s Alex Lieberman | E1242
(Thu, Jul 08, 2021)
";
- Barclays blocks Binance, China pauses Didi downloads + Steezy CEO Evan Zhou | E1241
(Tue, Jul 06, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Robinhood files to go public: S-1 breakdown | E1240
(Fri, Jul 02, 2021)
";
- How to nail Monthly Investor Updates (FounderU) + Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly | E1239
(Thu, Jul 01, 2021)
";
- Sam Altman’s “Worldcoin,” Facebook hits $1T + Alchemy’s Nikil Viswanathan on “AWS for Blockchain” | E1238
(Tue, 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
(Fri, Jun 25, 2021)
";
- The power of the SOD/EOD plus Bill Maris on early Google stories, origins of GV, bioterrorism & more | E1236
(Thu, Jun 24, 2021)
";
- China moves crypto mining to US + Overtime’s Dan Porter on GenZ basketball league & network | E1235
(Tue, Jun 22, 2021)
";
- What startups need to succeed | Scaling Your Startup S2 E10 with Intercom’s Des Traynor | E1234
(Fri, Jun 18, 2021)
";
- GameStop poaches Amazon execs, Streaming stalls + Genies CEO Akash Nigam on Avatars & NFTs | E1233
(Wed, Jun 16, 2021)
";
- Tether: Crypto’s Black Swan? Plus Alternative Asset Roundtable featuring the founders of Masterworks, Fundrise & Rally Rd | E1232
(Tue, Jun 15, 2021)
";
- Zymergen CEO Josh Hoffman on Biofacturing PLUS Founder U Startup Math | E1231
(Fri, Jun 11, 2021)
";
- News! The cult of Bitcoin maximalists, Bezos is going to space, & Facebook’s smartwatch | E1230
(Fri, Jun 11, 2021)
";
- Customer Success | Scaling Your Startup S2E9 with Statusphere’s Kristen Wiley & Techmate’s Nicole Beals | E1229
(Wed, Jun 09, 2021)
";
- Aurora CEO Chris Urmson on building the roadmap to fully autonomous vehicles | E1228
(Tue, Jun 08, 2021)
";
- Apple’s WFH blowback, navigating current startup valuations PLUS Sugar’s Fatima Dicko | 1227
(Tue, Jun 08, 2021)
";
- Katerra’s collapse, Bill Ackman’s SPAC merger plus Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | E1226
(Fri, Jun 04, 2021)
";
- Launching Twitter Blue with Twitter’s Head of Product Kayvon Beykpour | E1225
(Thu, Jun 03, 2021)
";
- Low-Burn | Scaling Your Startup S2 E8 with Neyborly’s Ben Seidl & Xendoo’s Lil Roberts | E1224
(Thu, Jun 03, 2021)
";
- Citizen App’s bounty blunder, “digital bodyguard” service + Coinbase launches “Fact Check” | E1223
(Fri, May 28, 2021)
";
- Acquired.FM’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on Berkshire vs. Bitcoin, Amazon acquires James Bond IP, and more! | E1222
(Wed, May 26, 2021)
";
- Culture | Scaling Your Startup S2 E7: 15five’s David Hassell & Balloon’s Amanda Greenberg | E1221
(Tue, May 25, 2021)
";
- US initiates crypto regulation, Robinhood IPO access, Slack as a Trojan Horse PLUS Magic Spoon CEO Gabi Lewis | E1220
(Fri, May 21, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Huge Bitcoin correction, Robinhood IPO rumors, Squarespace direct listing | E1219
(Thu, May 20, 2021)
";
- Marketing SEO & Conversion Funnels | Scaling Your Startup S2 E6: Gravitr’s Doriane Mouret & Outlaw’s Danielle Vincent | E1218
(Wed, 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
(Tue, May 18, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Twitter is reportedly building a paid subscription called “Twitter Blue” | E1216
(Tue, May 18, 2021)
";
- Ask an Angel PLUS Antonio Garcia Martinez vs. Apple with Zach Coelius | E1215
(Sat, May 15, 2021)
";
- Product | Scaling Your Startup S2 E5 with Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra & Fitbod’s Jesse Venticique | E1214
(Sat, May 15, 2021)
";
- Oura CEO Harpreet Rai on improving sleep, NBA partnerships, hardware & more PLUS the Instagram Kids debacle | E1213
(Thu, May 13, 2021)
";
- Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson & Jason give candid feedback on startup pitches at Founder University | E1212
(Tue, May 11, 2021)
";
- Facebook’s Oversight Board rules on Trump ban plus how to reverse engineer TAM & more | E1211
(Fri, May 07, 2021)
";
- Fundraising | Scaling Your Startup S2 E4 with Density’s Andrew Farah and SoleSavy’s Dejan Pralica | E1210
(Thu, May 06, 2021)
";
- Crafter’s Morgan Spenla on delighting makers with memberships, materials, and a marketplace | E1209
(Wed, May 05, 2021)
";
- Breaking down Basecamp’s tumultuous week, politics at work & more | E1208
(Wed, May 05, 2021)
";
- How Tiger Global is outpacing VC with better, faster, cheaper, capital ft. Founders Fund’s Everett Randle | E1207
(Fri, Apr 30, 2021)
";
- Sales | Scaling Your Startup S2 E3 with GRIN’s Brandon Brown and LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1206
(Thu, Apr 29, 2021)
";
- Arlan Hamilton on raising $5M in crowdfunding, empowering & educating underestimated founders | E1205
(Tue, Apr 27, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Tim Cook vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Apple and Facebook go to war over privacy updates | E1204
(Tue, Apr 27, 2021)
";
- Altimeter’s Brad Gerstner on taking Grab public in largest SPAC ever, fixing broken IPOs | E1203
(Fri, Apr 23, 2021)
";
- Social Marketing | Scaling Your Startup S2 E2 with Mehak Vohra and Kate Bradley-Chernis | E1202
(Wed, Apr 21, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the Apple event: M1 iMac & iPad Pro, AirTags, Podcasts & more | E1201
(Wed, Apr 21, 2021)
";
- MetaKovan on financing digital art & buying Beeple’s $69M NFT, plus Clubhouse facing new competition in social audio | E1200
(Tue, Apr 20, 2021)
";
- Jason’s EOW (End of Week) | 4/16/20
(Sat, Apr 17, 2021)
";
- Republic CEO Ken Nguyen on making early-stage investing for everyone | E1199
(Fri, Apr 16, 2021)
";
- Throwback! Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong from November 2017
(Thu, Apr 15, 2021)
";
- Growth | Scaling Your Startup S2 E1 with Growth University’s Craig Zingerline and Fitbod’s Allen Chen | E1198
(Wed, Apr 14, 2021)
";
- Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou on powering NFTs, NBA Top Shot, & CryptoKitties | E1197
(Tue, Apr 13, 2021)
";
- Building a production location marketplace with Hank Leber, Co-Founder of Giggster | E1196
(Fri, Apr 09, 2021)
";
- Snack App’s Kim Kaplan PLUS 3 key metrics that matter for consumer, enterprise SaaS & marketplace startups | E1195
(Tue, Apr 06, 2021)
";
- This Week in Startups Australia hosted by Mark Pesce | Season 9 Episode 1 with Jason Calacanis
(Tue, Apr 06, 2021)
";
- Early angel investing blind spots, thoughts on the creator economy PLUS Canny.io’s Sarah Hum | E1194
(Fri, Apr 02, 2021)
";
- Common First-Time Founder Mistakes Part 2! with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Fri, Apr 02, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! SPAC Overload: Understanding 2021’s unprecedented SPAC market | E1193
(Thu, Apr 01, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! uBiome: Anatomy of an Alleged Fraud with Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Dockser Marcus | E1192
(Wed, Mar 31, 2021)
";
- Startup Bracketology: selecting the world’s best private company with Acquired FM PLUS future of VC | E1191
(Fri, Mar 26, 2021)
";
- Common First-Time Founder Mistakes with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Fri, Mar 26, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for $10B+; breaking down their thesis, Discord’s business & more | E1190
(Fri, Mar 26, 2021)
";
- Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: Starting your angel career, building marketplaces & more | E1189
(Thu, Mar 25, 2021)
";
- Joanne Wilson on spotting a bubble, NYC’s post-pandemic reset, portfolio management in an unsustainable market & more | Angel S5 E10
(Wed, 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
(Wed, 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
(Fri, Mar 19, 2021)
";
- Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: changing VC landscape, pitch deck punch-ups, Tesla’s future & more | E1186
(Fri, Mar 19, 2021)
";
- Stock option grants deep dive with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Thu, 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
(Thu, Mar 18, 2021)
";
- Kevin Rose on his product philosophy, Reddit & Digg’s inverse journeys, Twitter’s recent innovations & more | E1185
(Tue, 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
(Sun, Mar 14, 2021)
";
- How to run an efficient board meeting with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Fri, Mar 12, 2021)
";
- Garry Tan on lessons from past startup failures, power of community funnels, Alexis Ohanian’s departure & more | Angel S5 E8
(Thu, 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
(Wed, Mar 10, 2021)
";
- Keith Rabois on Miami vs. Bay Area, cognitive variety, America’s self-examination & more PLUS Keith’s Best Twitter Dunks | E1182
(Fri, Mar 05, 2021)
";
- Matt Mullenweg on pioneering remote work, investing in open-source, crypto & more | Angel S5 E7
(Thu, 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
(Wed, Mar 03, 2021)
";
- Founders from LAUNCH Accelerator’s 20th Cohort join Jason to talk fundraising, growth, pitching & more | E1180
(Sat, Feb 27, 2021)
";
- Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: early-stage valuations, product roadmaps, startup killers, Twitter gets its groove back & more | E1179
(Sat, 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
(Thu, Feb 25, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Deconstructing the grift: Clubhouse coaching scams with Coffeezilla | E1178
(Thu, Feb 25, 2021)
";
- “Crisis” Director Nick Jarecki on the opioid problem in America, post-COVID film distribution & more | E1177
(Tue, Feb 23, 2021)
";
- Ask Jason! All-In origins, avoiding common investor mistakes, defining “lifestyle” business vs. venture scale & more! | E1176
(Sat, Feb 20, 2021)
";
- News! Bitcoin hits $50K, monetizing Clubhouse, drafting the Mount Rushmore of Tech CEOs & more with Acquired FM | E1175
(Fri, 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
(Thu, Feb 18, 2021)
";
- Andrew Wilkinson on bringing the Buffett approach to startups, WeCommerce, Slack & more | E1174
(Wed, Feb 17, 2021)
";
- Box CEO Aaron Levie on the developing cloud storage market, Twitter jokes, Clubhouse vices & more | E1173
(Fri, Feb 12, 2021)
";
- Budgets, models & what investors are looking for with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
(Fri, Feb 12, 2021)
";
- Howard Lindzon on public vs. private investing psychology, “great unbundling” of index funds, Robinhood & more | Angel S5 E4
(Thu, Feb 11, 2021)
";
- Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: is moving to SF still worth it, bubble/recession potential, post-COVID funding & more | E1172
(Wed, Feb 10, 2021)
";
- Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ Bob Mumgaard on trying to solve climate change via nuclear fusion technology | E1171
(Sat, Feb 06, 2021)
";
- Five things you need to nail to scale with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
(Fri, Feb 05, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO: Reasons, reactions & more | E1170
(Thu, Feb 04, 2021)
";
- Elad Gil on his product-market driven thesis, importance of market pull, entering the “go public sooner” decade | Angel S5 E3
(Thu, Feb 04, 2021)
";
- Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on “going big” with $1B funding round, insights from scaling globally, lessons from the pandemic | E1169
(Wed, Feb 03, 2021)
";
- No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer: Netflix’s “keeper test”, comparative turnover, navigating global business cultures – Part 2 | E1168
(Sat, Jan 30, 2021)
";
- Startup taxes deep dive with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
(Fri, Jan 29, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! WallStreetBets vs. Suits, breaking down the GameStop fiasco & more | E1167
(Thu, Jan 28, 2021)
";
- Intercom’s Des Traynor on the importance of pricing, product-market fit metrics & more | Angel S5 E2
(Thu, Jan 28, 2021)
";
- No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer on how Netflix cultivates outlier performance & re-aligns values towards innovation – Part 1 | E1166
(Wed, Jan 27, 2021)
";
- Outer CEO Jiake Liu on standing out in DTC, go-to-market innovations, pitching at Remote Demo Day & more | E1165
(Sat, Jan 23, 2021)
";
- Emergency Pod! Facebook hands off Trump’s indefinite ban to the Oversight Board | E1164
(Fri, Jan 22, 2021)
";
- How to ace diligence & avoid common mistakes with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
(Fri, 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
(Thu, Jan 21, 2021)
";
- Frame.io CEO Emery Wells on helping the film industry go remote, how distributed work is changing movie studios & more | E1163
(Tue, Jan 19, 2021)
";
- “Early-stage startups we love right now” with Indie Hackers’ Courtland Allen & Pioneer’s Daniel Gross | E1162
(Fri, Jan 15, 2021)
";
- DocSend CEO Russ Heddleston on pitch deck insights, leaning into criticism & more | E1161
(Wed, Jan 13, 2021)
";
- Coda CEO Shishir Mehrotra on the productivity renaissance, enabling the maker generation, insights from early years of YouTube & more | E1160
(Tue, Jan 12, 2021)
";
- Joel Greenblatt on understanding market factors, improving public education, reducing income inequality & more | E1159
(Fri, Jan 08, 2021)
";
- Andy Rachleff on management theory, Reed Hastings’ genius, lessons from passing on Netflix & more | E1158
(Tue, Jan 05, 2021)
";
- E1157: TWiSTYs 2020 – Jason gives awards for the best, funniest, wettest beak & more!
(Fri, Dec 25, 2020)
";
- E1156: Emergency Pod! Ripple sued by SEC over XRP cryptocurrency, breaking down the SEC Complaint
(Wed, Dec 23, 2020)
";
- E1155: Daryl Morey on his eventful 2020, adapting to paradigm shifts, taking the Sixers job, building a winning organization & more
(Tue, Dec 22, 2020)
";
- E1154: Breaking the low-code stigma amongst developers & adjusting your market with Retool’s David Hsu | Rising Stars of SaaS 10
(Wed, Dec 16, 2020)
";
- E1153: Dave Portnoy on the business of Barstool, talent acquisition, Call Her Daddy controversy & more
(Tue, Dec 15, 2020)
";
- E1152: Keith Rabois on leaving Silicon Valley for Miami, Roaring Twenties 2.0, IPO spree & more
(Tue, Dec 15, 2020)
";
- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of December 7th, 2020
(Sat, 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
(Fri, Dec 11, 2020)
";
- Employment Agreement deep dive: IP assignment, offer letters, side hustles & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Thu, 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
(Wed, Dec 09, 2020)
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- E1149: Brad Feld on building startup communities, reconciling anxiety as an early-stage investor & remembering Tony Hsieh
(Tu , )(e, Dec 08, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 30th, 2020
(Sat, Dec 05, 2020)
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- E1148: Apps Without Code Founder & CEO Tara Reed teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to bootstrap startups to profitability
(Fri, Dec 04, 2020)
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- Understanding Financing Structures: SAFEs, Convertibles Notes, Priced Rounds & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Thu, Dec 03, 2020)
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- 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
(Wed, Dec 02, 2020)
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- 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)
(Wed, Dec 02, 2020)
";
- E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly acquiring Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more!
(Tue, Dec 01, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 23rd, 2020
(Thu, Nov 26, 2020)
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- 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
(Wed, Nov 25, 2020)
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- Negotiating a Term Sheet: Deal killers, what terms are worth fighting for & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Tue, Nov 24, 2020)
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- E1143: Indie Hackers Founder Courtland Allen is creating a community for the next generation of builders to chase the “new American Dream”
(Mon, Nov 23, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 16th, 2020
(Sat, Nov 21, 2020)
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- E1142: Emergency Pod! Jason breaks down & ranks his top 4 IPO candidates: Airbnb, Affirm, Robinhood & Roblox!
(Sat, Nov 21, 2020)
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- E1141: CircleUp’s Ryan Caldbeck on the mental & physical toll of being a founder, why he stepped down as CEO & shared his struggle publicly
(Fri, Nov 20, 2020)
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- Avoiding Co-Founder legal disputes & C-Corp vs. LLC with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
(Fri, Nov 20, 2020)
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- E1140: Dishcraft Robotics CEO Linda Pouliot on scaling Robots-as-a-Service | Rising Stars of SaaS 6
(Thu, Nov 19, 2020)
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- E1139: Loop CEO Brian Gannon shares secrets to scaling a hardware startup & launching the Loop 2 + bonus Ask Jason!
(Wed, Nov 18, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 9th, 2020
(Sat, Nov 14, 2020)
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- E1138: Ask Jason! Benefits to growing a company internationally, Apple’s new chip impact, investing in solo founders & more!
(Fri, Nov 13, 2020)
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- E1137: Making coding accessible for all with Repl.it CEO Amjad Masad | Rising Stars of SaaS 5
(Wed, Nov 11, 2020)
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- E1136: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on evolving accreditation laws, SPACs, importance of capital markets in wealth creation, spotting fraud & more
(Tue, Nov 10, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 2nd, 2020
(Sat, Nov 07, 2020)
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- E1135: Density CEO Andrew Farah on launching the Open Area sensor, $51M Series C, impact of increasing spatial efficiency, risk-taking & more
(Fri, Nov 06, 2020)
";
- E1134: Deep dive on the food delivery wars with ChowNow CEO Chris Webb | Rising Stars of SaaS 4
(Thu, Nov 05, 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
(Tue, Nov 03, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 26th, 2020
(Sat, Oct 31, 2020)
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- 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
(Fri, Oct 30, 2020)
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- E1131 Bringing barbershops into the digital age with Squire CEO Songe LaRon | Rising Stars of SaaS 3
(Thu, Oct 29, 2020)
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- E1130: “Billion Dollar Loser” Author Reeves Wiedeman on WeWork’s epic rise & crazy collapse, Adam Neumann’s unique behavior, hypocrisy, red flags & more
(Tue, Oct 27, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 19th, 2020
(Sat, Oct 24, 2020)(0000 , )
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- 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
(Fri, Oct 23, 2020)
";
- E1128: Emergency Pod! A Quibi postmortem – Diving into the numbers, what went wrong, lessons learned & more!
(Fri, Oct 23, 2020)
";
- E1127: Data privacy deep dive with Transcend CEO Ben Brook; tracking pixels, GDPR, privacy as a selling point & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 2
(Thu, 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
(Tue, Oct 20, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 12th, 2020
(Sat, Oct 17, 2020)
";
- 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)
(Fri, Oct 16, 2020)
";
- E1124: Reducing response times for first responders & revolutionizing outdated systems with RapidDeploy CEO Steven Raucher | Rising Stars of SaaS 1
(Wed, 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?
(Wed, Oct 14, 2020)
";
- 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
(Tue, Oct 13, 2020)
";
- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 5th, 2020
(Sat, Oct 10, 2020)
";
- E1121: Mark Suster on investing in human-computer interfaces & sustainability, what he looks for in founders, SPACs impact on early-stage investing & more
(Fri, Oct 09, 2020)
";
- E1120: Shift Co-CEO George Arison on going public via SPAC, lessons from building Uber’s predecessor & innovating in the massive used car market
(Wed, Oct 07, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 28th, 2020
(Sat, 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
(Fri, Oct 02, 2020)
";
- E1118: Emergency Pod! Two former Apple executives are building the iPhone killer – breaking down the leaks, patents & scoops regarding Humane’s product
(Thu, Oct 01, 2020)
";
- E1117 The Next Unicorns E20: Citizen CEO Andrew Frame on creating a safer world through access to public data, reforming policing via transparency & more
(Wed, Sep 30, 2020)
";
- 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
(Tue, Sep 29, 2020)
";
- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 21st, 2020
(Sat, Sep 26, 2020)(:21 +0000, )
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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
(Sat, Sep 26, 2020)
";
- E1114: #AskJason! Silicon Valley exodus, product vs. branding, expanding into adjacent markets, avoiding burnout & more
(Fri, 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
(Wed, Sep 23, 2020)
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- E1112: Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations, Trevor Milton resigns, Jason reflects on Trevor’s answers
(Tue, Sep 22, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 14th, 2020
(Fri, Sep 18, 2020)
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- E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, creating the Wayback Machine, protocols over platforms, microschools & more
(Fri, 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
(Thu, Sep 17, 2020)
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- Apply to pitch thousands of angel investors at Remote Demo Day – Coming September 30th
(Wed, 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
(Wed, Sep 16, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 7th, 2020
(Sat, 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
(Sat, Sep 12, 2020)
";
- 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
(Wed, 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
(Tue, Sep 08, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 31st, 2020
(Sat, Sep 05, 2020)
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- E1105: Unpacking the US/China Relationship with Foreign Policy & Technology Expert Jacob Helberg
(Fri, 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
(Thu, 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
(Wed, Sep 02, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 24th, 2020
(Tue, 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
(Sat, 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
(Fri, Aug 28, 2020)
";
- E1100: Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That on facial recognition advancements, balancing privacy & security, engaging with controversy & more
(Tue, Aug 25, 2020)
";
- Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 17th, 2020
(Sat, Aug 22, 2020)
";
- E1099: Basecamp Co-Founder Jason Fried on building Hey, making email exciting again, Hey vs. Apple & more
(Fri, Aug 21, 2020)
";
- E1098 The Next Unicorns E14: Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball on the coming paradigm shifts in tech, competing against AWS & more
(Wed, Aug 19, 2020)
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- E1097: Understanding the travel collapse & how media can thrive going forward with Skift CEO & Founder Rafat Ali
(Tue, Aug 18, 2020)
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- Best of This Week in Startups: August 10th-August 14th, 2020
(Sat, Aug 15, 2020)
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- E1096: Podcasting State of the Union featuring Overcast’s Marco Arment & Oxford Road’s Dan Granger
(Fri, 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
(Wed, Aug 12, 2020)
";
- E1094: Thrasio Co-CEO Josh Silberstein acquires & operates 60+ Amazon brands, shares insights on mastering the marketplace, competing with AmazonBasics & more
(Tue, Aug 11, 2020)
";
- E1093: Keith Rabois on China’s grand plan, TikTok, Taiwan, Big Tech & more
(Fri, Aug 07, 2020)
";
- 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
(Wed, 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)
(Tue, Aug 04, 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
(Fri, Jul 31, 2020)
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- Emergency Pod! Jason Calacanis reacts to Big Tech hearings: Grades for Bezos, Cook, Pichai & Zuckerberg
(Thu, 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
(Wed, 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
(Tue, 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
(Fri, Jul 24, 2020)
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- E1086: Supporting founder mental health at Freestyle Capital with Josh Felser, Caren Maio & Mani Kulasooriya
(Tue, Jul 21, 2020)
";
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