This Week in Startups: Netflix earnings breakdown, Kushner’s $3B pitch deck, CNN+ on pause, Grubhub for sale | E1439

Jason Calacanis Jason Calacanis 4/21/22 - Episode Page

First, we break down Netflix's earnings and discuss where Netflix’s content strategy might have gone wrong (2:46). Then, Jason pitches Jared Kushner’s leaked PE firm fundraising deck (35:15). We wrap with a discussion of Warner Bros. Discovery possibly killing CNN+ (56:27) and Just Eat Takeaway announcing they are looking into selling Grubhub, 10 months after finalizing a $7B acquisition (1:13:21)!


(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today’s news show

(02:46) Netflix reported a drop in subscribers for the first time ever in their Q1 earnings report

(13:54) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.co/twist

(15:14) Netflix vs. other streaming platforms

(24:47) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist

(26:06) Does Netflix need to take more risks with content?

(34:11) Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist

(35:15) Jared Kushner’s $3B VC pitch deck was leaked by The Intercept… it’s exactly what you might expect

(56:27) Axios reports CNN+ is already in danger of being canned 3 weeks after launch

(1:13:21) Just Eat Takeaway announced they’re looking to sell Grubhub after finalizing $7.3B acquisition of the company just 10 months ago

(1:22:22) WeLove Adam Neumann

(1:25:06) All In Summit 30 days away


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