This Week in Startups: Meta's looming layoffs & path forward, Airbnb answers concerns & more | E1606

Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis 11/8/22 - Episode Page

Monday! First, J+M dive deep on Meta reportedly cutting "many thousands" of jobs this week (1:56), the company's best path forward (12:14), and more. Then, J+M discuss some new Airbnb features (40:52) and Peloton's former CEO coming back with a new DTC startup! (55:39)

(0:00) J+M tee up today's topics!

(1:46) Meta will reportedly continue the trend of tech layoffs, to cut "many thousands" of jobs this week

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(12:04) Breaking down Meta's path forward, Jason's newest Jay Trade, plan for Meta to juice its stock price over the next 5-10 years

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(33:22) More context on Meta layoffs, severance and finding jobs post layoffs, Meta's insane pace of hiring since 2019

(40:42) Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced new features: full pricing transparency, value prioritization, restrictions on checkout requests, and more!

(55:29) Former Peloton CEO John Foley is back with a new DTC startup

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