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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. Join our community on Twitter to discuss the show: https://twitter.com/i/communities/1496977694747209728

 

Episodes

Date Title Status
10/31/23 AI Demos! An AI-driven ownership platform for founders, AI interviewer, & more! | E1837 Transcribed
10/27/23 Loop Golf's automatic tee time booking for golfers, plus: Cruise robotaxi suspension & more | E1836 Transcribed
10/27/23 Demoing Google Suite's AI plus legal docs, detection, and more! | E1835 Transcribed
10/25/23 Google, Microsoft, and Snap earnings, plus the state of VC in the Middle East | E1834 Transcribed
10/24/23 The Trial of SBF: A deep dive with Inner City Press's Matthew Russell Lee | E1833 Transcribed
10/21/23 Reverse-engineering autonomy in humanoid robots with Sanctuary AI CEO Geordie Rose | E1832 Transcribed
10/19/23 Should Apple buy Disney? Plus: Apple's $1B blockbuster bet and more with Lon Harris | E1831 Transcribed
10/17/23 Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel on travel industry trends, M&A, leadership, and more! | E1830 Transcribed
10/17/23 AI demos: ChatGPT’s UI punch ups, Google’s generative image search, and more with Sunny Madra | E1829 Transcribed
10/12/23 Debating personal AI hardware with Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker | E1828 Transcribed
10/12/23 NEWS: Ackman's SPARC, Unity CEO steps down amidst dev revolt, AI operating costs skyrocket | E1827 Transcribed
10/11/23 State of early-stage VC, finding PMF, Caroline Ellison testifies & more with Zach Coelius | E1826 Transcribed
10/10/23 Bill Gurley and Sunny Madra talk open-source vs. proprietary AI | E1825 Transcribed
10/7/23 NEWS: Breaking down SBF's trial and the downfall of FTX | E1824 Transcribed
10/6/23 NEWS: Anthropic targets $20B+ valuation, Flexport chaos & more! | E1823 Transcribed
10/3/23 Kayak CEO Steve Hafner of the state of travel, AI's place, hospitality trends, and more! | E1822 Transcribed
10/3/23 AI demos! Microsoft’s Windows Copilot, ChatGPT multimodal, Meta’s AI chatbots | E1821 Transcribed
9/29/23 OpenAI taps Jony Ive for “iPhone for AI," FTC/Amazon + Roam Around CEO Shie Gabbai | E1820 Transcribed
9/29/23 Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1819 Transcribed
9/28/23 The future of fintech with Plaid CEO Zach Perret | E1818
9/27/23 Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury on the future of user-centric language tools | E1817
9/25/23 Google Bard Extensions and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1816
9/23/23 Jason Unplugged: IPO market, WaPo tactics against Dave Portnoy + Live Q&A | E1815
9/22/23 How Replit is using AI to supercharge IDEs with Amjad Masad | E1814
9/20/23 Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on the state of VC, AI's impact on startups & more! | E1813
9/19/23 Oura CEO Tom Hale on Hardware-as-a-Service, navigating ZIRP, journey to CEO & more! | E1812
9/19/23 OpenAI and Google race to launch multimodal LLM plus AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1811
9/15/23 Next Unicorns: The Path to Reaching Net Zero with Avnos CEO Will Kain | E1810
9/14/23 Transforming DTC via supply chain innovations with Boll & Branch CEO Scott Tannen | E1809
9/14/23 Expanding AI chip capabilities beyond Nvidia with Modular CEO Chris Lattner | E1808
9/12/23 Inside crypto’s wild rise and fall with “Number Go Up” author Zeke Faux | E1807
9/11/23 Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on cybersecurity in the age of AI | E1806
9/9/23 Building for the circular economy and the future of shopping with Poshmark’s Manish Chandra | E1805
9/7/23 Sequoia’s Roelof Botha on “Crucible Moments” and the state of VC | E1804
9/6/23 David Sacks and Ethan Ruby on launching SaaSGrid | E1803
9/5/23 Next Unicorns: Preventing future fraud using AI with Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan | E1802
9/4/23 Building a blood-testing startup in 2023 with Vital CEO Vasu Nadella | E1801
9/1/23 Bootstrapping to IPO, product-led growth, & scaling SaaS with Atlassian's Scott Farquhar | E1800
8/30/23 Next Unicorns: Developing drugs to extend dog lifespans with Loyal CEO Celine Halioua | E1799
8/29/23 NEWS: Instacart and Klaviyo file for IPO, State of VC distributions, AI lawsuits | E1798
8/24/23 NEWS: Nvidia’s insane earnings beat, Arm’s IPO filing, and more! | E1797
8/23/23 Next Unicorns: Empowering robots to think for themselves via AI with Covariant’s Peter Chen | E1796
8/22/23 Is Nvidia overpriced? Plus, price targets, GodMode demo, and more! | E1795
8/18/23 Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on building modern AI, DeepMind origins, and much more | E1794
8/16/23 Next Unicorns: Manufacturing pharma drugs in space with Varda’s Delian Asparouhov | E1793
8/15/23 The “AI wrapper” debate, AI-powered lead gen, auto-clips, resumes, and more with Sunny Madra | E1792
8/11/23 Zillow CEO Rich Barton on branding, building in provocative industries, and more! | E1791
8/9/23 Next Unicorns: Making surgeons bionic via computer vision & AI with Proprio’s Gabriel Jones | E1790
8/8/23 AI demos + Jason invests $25K live! | E1789
8/4/23 LK-99 breakthrough with Varda’s Delian Asparouhov & Andrew McCalip | E1788
8/3/23 How AI startups can navigate the legal landscape with Adam Shevell | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
8/2/23 Next Unicorns: Unlocking the power of photonic computing with Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris | E1787
8/1/23 Whoop CEO Will Ahmed on the “Quantified Self” movement, product design & more | E1786
8/1/23 AI-generated South Park, “Holy Grails” of AI & more with Sunny Madra | E1785
7/27/23 Market dynamics, RIFs, and AI’s role in law with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
7/26/23 Next Unicorns: Building the future of healthcare communication with Abridge CEO Shiv Rao | E1784
7/25/23 MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria on great leadership, building winning teams, and more | E1783
7/24/23 Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI’s early days, and more | E1782
7/21/23 HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah on empowering entrepreneurs, HubSpot’s journey, and AI automation | E1781
7/20/23 Navigating SAFEs, Pay-to-Play Rounds & Risks with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
7/19/23 Next Unicorns: Bringing AI-powered solutions to medical analysis with PathAI CEO Andy Beck | E1780
7/18/23 Tim Urban on the path to AGI and trends in tech history | E1779
7/18/23 AI itineraries, newsletters, doodles, and more with Sunny Madra! | E1778
7/14/23 VenturusAI's instant MBA & Samantha Wong on identifying soon-to-explode startup markets | E1777
7/13/23 Understanding Secondary Market Transactions with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
7/12/23 Next Unicorns: Building a $1B AI Avatar Business with Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli | E1776
7/11/23 Using GPUs as leverage, MSFT beats the case, FTC fails under Khan | E1775
7/11/23 Threads, ChatGPT usage drops, and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1774
7/7/23 Business Breakdowns: The rise and fall of “Blackberry” with Lon Harris | E1773
7/6/23 Reimagining reading with VR featuring Sol Reader CEO Ben Chelf | E1772
7/1/23 Shein registers for US IPO, Trump SPAC insider trading & more | E1771
6/28/23 Creating the future of search and competing vs Google with Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas | E1770
6/27/23 Zapier Co-Founder Mike Knoop on category creation, API evolution & AI architecture | E1769
6/27/23 IRL to shut down after faking 19M users, ZIRP fraud, Databricks acquires MosaicML for $1.3B | E1768
6/23/23 Titan tragedy, Meta removes news in Canada + Elizabeth Yin at Angel Summit | E1767
6/21/23 StoneAlgo’s Devin Jones on “Zillow for diamonds” + Mar Hershenson on the art of picking | E1766
6/20/23 EyeRate CEO Ray Weisberg on scaling from $0 to $10M + Steve Jurvetson on disruptive tech | E1765
6/19/23 Gavin Baker on AI platform shift, upside vs downside, extinction risk, Nvidia outlook & more | E1764
6/17/23 Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on mod revolt, building a legendary community & more | E1763
6/14/23 How AI is making influencers bionic with Forever Voices CEO John Meyer | E1762
6/13/23 Reddit communities revolt + Brad Gerstner on state of private and public markets in 2023 | E1761
6/13/23 Apple Vision Pro, Meta’s MusicGen, Waitroom demo & more with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1760
6/9/23 DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang on founding story, lessons + First-time fund manager panel | E1759
6/7/23 How AI companions can help solve loneliness with Replika’s Eugenia Kuyda | E1758
6/6/23 Using AI to diagnose Dementia with Vistim Labs James Hamet + Jason LIVE at iConnections | E1757
6/5/23 Rory's brain vs ChatGPT, outrageous marketing, work trends and MUCH more w/ Rory Sutherland | E1756
6/3/23 RunwayML, AI Steve Jobs, & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1755
6/1/23 How open-source & distributed models can win AI with MosaicML’s Naveen Rao | E1754
5/31/23 How generative AI is enabling hologram assistants with Looking Glass CEO Shawn Frayne | E1753
5/30/23 Breaking down Bard with Google’s Jack Krawczyk | E1752
5/26/23 Understanding the UAE startup opportunity with Brad Gerstner and Ibrahim Ajami | E1751
5/25/23 ChatGPT vs Hollywood writers and the WGA strike with Lon Harris | E1750
5/24/23 Text-to-UI demo with Galileo AI Co-founder Arnaud Benard + How to design loved products | E1749
5/23/23 Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1748
5/23/23 Demoing Google’s MusicLM, AssemblyAI, and other AI tools with Sunny Madra | E1747
5/19/23 Fireside chat with Jason Calacanis & Brad Gerstner hosted by Mubadala’s Ibrahim Ajami | E1746
5/18/23 Viral fundraising tactics with Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker + How to build a strong brand | E1745
5/17/23 Magic.dev CEO Eric Steinberger on making developers bionic | E1744
5/17/23 AI girlfriends, memories & recreations + Sam Altman testifies | E1743
5/16/23 Open-source vs. "ClosedAI," demoing new AI tools & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1742
5/12/23 Using AI to revolutionize video game development with Scenario CEO Emmanuel de Maistre | E1741
5/11/23 Building brands and community + influencer marketing that actually works with Dee Murthy | E1740
5/10/23 Reid Hoffman on AI's "crescendo moment," regulation and real-world applications | E1739
5/9/23 Box CEO Aaron Levie breaks down Box AI and generative AI’s impact on business | E1738
5/9/23 GPT-4 web browsing, plugin demos, AI layoffs + more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1737
5/5/23 Mining asteroids with AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich | E1736
5/4/23 Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on early rejection, customer focus & AI’s future in hospitality | E1735
5/3/23 Uber earnings + using AI to revolutionize clinical trials w/ Unlearn.AI’s Charles Fisher | E1734
5/2/23 BuzzFeed vs Gawker, AI’s impact on the future of media, and more with Semafor’s Ben Smith | E1733
5/1/23 Demoing the most innovative new ChatGPT features with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1732
4/28/23 Big Tech earnings breakdown w/TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1731
4/27/23 Billy McFarland on Fyre Fest fraud, failure, hacking, & the long road back | E1730
4/26/23 AI’s Future: Opportunity, Regulation & Limits with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra | E1729
4/25/23 Spotify earnings, Grimes takes AI-based music approach + Cafe X CEO Henry Hu | E1728
4/24/23 Building generative AI for pitch decks with Tome CEO Keith Peiris | E1727
4/21/23 SpaceX's Starship launch, Tiger Global's 20% markdown + Ask Jason! | E1726
4/20/23 Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1725
4/19/23 Building the future of VFX and video editing with Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela | E1724
4/18/23 Google’s search engine “panic,” AI-generated hits, Coinbase considers leaving US market | E1723
4/17/23 Uizard’s Tony Beltramelli on text-to-UI & PMF + building a Notion CRM w/ Kelly Schricker | E1722
4/14/23 Hyfe’s Joe Brew on using AI to quantify coughs + Presh on generating content with ChatGPT | E1721
4/13/23 The rise of AutoGPTs and AI anxieties with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1720
4/12/23 Copy.ai CEO Paul Yacoubian on keeping up with GPT’s rapid evolution & AI’s potential impact | E1719
4/11/23 Stanford & Google’s Westworld-like AI experiment, BloombergGPT, SF CRE collapse | E1718
4/11/23 PrayingForExits on the state of VC, ZIRP fraudsters, revolutionary product launches & more | E1717
4/7/23 YC demo day valuation tensions, how VCs can find gems, Substack's performance & more | E1716
4/6/23 Satya Patel on the state of VC, flexible investing frameworks & converting to evergreen | E1715
4/5/23 Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1714
4/4/23 Saudi Arabia discloses LP positions & SEC charges Frank founder with fraud | E1713
4/3/23 Trump, Saudi, & Adam Neumann’s obsession with cities + BioFluff CEO Martin Stübler | E1712
3/31/23 Stephen Wolfram on AI’s rapid progress & the “Post-Knowledge Work Era” | E1711
3/30/23 Crypto’s de-platforming and the balkanization of AI with Vinny Lingham | E1710
3/29/23 Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K live! | E1709
3/29/23 Alibaba's six-way split, Disney cuts its metaverse team, Substack's raise & more | E1708
3/27/23 First Citizens acquires SVB, the daunting reality of AI & Refiberd CEO Sarika Bajaj | E1707
3/24/23 Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future of Amazon | E1706
3/23/23 TikTok CEO grilled in front of Congress, Coinbase's Wells Notice & Do Kwon arrested | E1705
3/22/23 ANGEL: Freestyle’s Jenny Lefcourt on nailing non-consensus bets and avoiding hype | E1704
3/21/23 Startup pitch competition! Jason invests $25K into one of four founders | E1703
3/20/23 Balaji’s $1M Bitcoin bet, banking crisis update, OpenAI launches GPT-4, and Jay Trading! | E1702
3/17/23 ANGEL: Laurie Yoler on investing early in Tesla, strategic partnerships, and her VC career | E1701
3/16/23 Banking crisis impact, more Meta cuts, and GPT-4 with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1700
3/15/23 Andy Rachleff on SVB, how to evaluate VCs, market pull indicators, Wealthfront, and more | E1699
3/14/23 How ocean farming can solve world hunger with Alora CEO Luke Young | E1698
3/13/23 Silicon Valley Bank collapse recap + Wist CEO on capturing XR memories | E1697
3/11/23 EMERGENCY POD: $SVIB implodes, contagion risk, advice for founders, and what’s next? | E1696
3/10/23 Stripe to raise $6B, $SIVB drops 60%, generative AI funding | E1695
3/10/23 Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694
3/8/23 ANGEL: Threshold VC’s Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing & culture | E1693
3/7/23 Crypto climate bill resurfaces, BlocPower raises $155M + Arcadia CEO Kiran Bhatraju | E1692
3/7/23 Sequoia resigns from Citizen's board, IPO window opens, chaos at Dapper Labs | E1691
3/4/23 Apple blocks AI email app, TikTok restricts teens, Foodini’s Dylan McDonnell | E1690
3/2/23 Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on moving the needle, win-first culture & managing burnout | E1689
3/2/23 Crypto Roundtable: Twitter payments integration and latest Yuga Labs NFT drop | E1688
2/28/23 ANGEL: Canaan’s Maha Ibrahim on fund sizing, distribution strategies & early VC days | E1687
2/27/23 Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on AI chatbots and the search revolution | E1686
2/24/23 WallStreetBets founder on why he's suing Reddit; Andrew Hart of Hyper; and Ok Boomer | E1685
2/23/23 Sophia Amoruso on branding, raising a fund, portfolio construction & more | E1684
2/22/23 ANGEL: Upfront’s Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and raising capital | E1683
2/21/23 Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682
2/21/23 Meta's paid tier, Bing's chatbot gone wild, Stripe's $4B bill | E1681
2/17/23 US crypto crackdown with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra + OK Boomer | E1680
2/15/23 ANGEL: Insight's Deven Parekh on venture tourists, cleaning cap tables & winning investments | E1679
2/14/23 Bing dodges $100B bullet & IVP's Tom Loverro on the looming startup collapse | E1678
2/13/23 ChatGPT’s alter ego and moderating AI-generated content | E1677
2/11/23 ANGEL: Surviving a down market, early VC stories & more with four-cycle investor Geoff Yang | E1676
2/8/23 Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia on early “a-ha” moments, elite design + his new startup Samara | E1675
2/7/23 Google announces Bard, Adam Neumann’s business plan, Blue Collar tech’s moment | E1674
2/6/23 The AI arms race escalates: Google’s $300M bet, Neeva’s paid search engine + So Syncd CEO | E1673
2/3/23 Google, Amazon & Apple earnings + OK Boomer with Slush CEO | E1672
2/2/23 Meta’s massive comeback, FED’s latest hike, GPT-4 rumors + Spotify earnings with Lon Harris | E1671
2/2/23 ANGEL: FirstMark’s Rick Heitzmann on shaking off the bull run, “shock absorbers,” and more | E1670
2/1/23 Instagram co-founders team up for new startup + Magic Spoon’s Gabi Lewis | E1669
1/30/23 Anthropic seeking $5B valuation, OpenAI hires 1000 contractors, Mr. Beast’s latest video | E1668
1/27/23 MSG's facial recognition software, BuzzFeed's deal with Meta, The Creator Economy and more | E1667
1/27/23 Macro picture, Bitcoin’s bull/bear case, DCG controversy & more | E1666
1/25/23 ANGEL: Venrock’s Bryan Roberts on 25 years in VC, hitting wins early, avoiding bad habits | E1665
1/24/23 DOJ sues Google over ad practices, Ticketmaster takes the stand + LA26 founders | E1664
1/23/23 Employee reactions to Google layoffs, Microsoft & OpenAI codify deal + NVIDIA's new feature | E1663
1/20/23 $NFLX earnings, Reed Hastings steps down, Google's 6% RIF & Ok Boomer with Mike O'Brien | E1662
1/19/23 Quiet hiring, Semafor’s $10M SBF buyback + M3GAN and The Last of Us with Lon Harris | E1661
1/18/23 ANGEL: Brad Feld on investing through 3 economic cycles, CEO/investor dynamics, and more | E1660
1/17/23 Getty to sue Stability AI, $MSFT to incorporate OpenAI into Azure + new climate startups | E1659
1/16/23 Tim Cook’s $50M pay cut, CEO compensation packages & Acquire.com's CEO Andrew Gazdecki | E1658
1/14/23 OpenAI’s endgame, DeepMind’s chatbot, United by Zero’s Lex Kiefhaber + OK Boomer | E1657
1/12/23 Jay Trades and SBF's Substack + Award season and Netflix's content strategy with Lon Harris | E1656
1/11/23 Slack’s troubles inside Salesforce, crypto trader gets jail time, DoNotPay’s robo-lawyer | E1655
1/10/23 Coinbase cuts 20%, Microsoft to invest $10B into OpenAI & Ascend Elements CEO Mike O’Kronley | E1654
1/10/23 "The weirdest economy ever," Noma shuts down, Jason demos ChatGPT's iOS app | E1653
1/6/23 Logan Paul & CryptoZoo’s alleged scam breakdown with Coffeezilla + Ok Boomer with Em Herrera | E1652
1/5/23 Bing to integrate ChatGPT, Microsoft’s first union + Flux Gourmet review with Lon Harris | E1651
1/4/23 Keith Rabois on 2023 macro outlook, startup valuations, founder advice, ChatGPT vs Google | E1650
1/3/23 SpaceX valued at $137B, Starlink's massive market, Shopify purges meetings | E1649
1/2/23 2023 Predictions! Startups, VC, tech, media, stocks, shutdowns, and more! | E1648
12/29/22 The 2022 TWiSTY Awards! | E1647
12/27/22 Direct listing rule change, Notion AI demo, NYE planning & more | E1646
12/25/22 Bonus episode! Tár review with Lon Harris
12/23/22 FTX & Alameda execs plead guilty, YouTube inks NFL Sunday Ticket deal + Tár review | E1645
12/21/22 Managing your cash reserves | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1644
12/21/22 The inside story of Iger's Disney return, Epic Games record-breaking fines + ClimateCamp CEO | E1643
12/20/22 Salesforce CEO questions WFH amid SaaS slowdown, OpenAI projects $1B revenue by 2024 & more | E1642
12/18/22 VCSS: Year in review + Valerie Shen of G2 Venture Partners | E1641
12/17/22 Financial info to include in your pitch deck | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1640
12/16/22 Interest rates, inflation and “getting fit” with Brad Gerstner | E1639
12/16/22 Jason interviews EatKind CEO Neetha Avalakki and ‘TWiST Mean Tweets’ with Lon Harris | E1638
12/15/22 Affirm addresses Molly & Jason + is TikTok getting banned, and Pearpop’s CEO Cole Mason | E1637
12/13/22 SBF gets arrested, The Block’s CEO gets a bag from FTX, + Walmart launches a BNPL service | E1636
12/13/22 Jason’s big night, the culture war in tech + Google Search vs ChatGPT and more | E1635
12/11/22 How to calculate "Bottom-up TAM" + Hubspot Co-Founder Brian Halligan on his new climate fund | E1634
12/9/22 Business of superhero films, James Gunn's DC reboot + OK Boomer w/Alex Banks | E1633
12/9/22 How to send effective investor updates | Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1632
12/8/22 Crypto Roundtable: SBF updates, $GBTC's role, Saylor says $ETH is unregistered security | E1631
12/8/22 Ask Jason: investing in similar startups, pitch deck tips + MycoWorks Co-Founder Sophia Wang | E1630
12/7/22 Meta's ad targeting troubles, Ask Jason, Hive Social's data mishap & more | E1629
12/6/22 Slack CEO departs Salesforce, Circle cancels SPAC, SBF's links with media & regulators | E1628
12/4/22 Momentum investing in VC + Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico | E1627
12/2/22 OpenAI releases ChatGPT, a16z sunsets future.com + OK Boomer with Jack Raines | E1626
12/2/22 Reacting to SBF's ill-advised media tour + Disney's new in-house AI-based de-aging tool | E1625
12/1/22 Generative AI's potential, Spotify Wrapped + AMP Robotics Founder Matanya Horowitz | E1624
11/30/22 Apple vs Twitter, app store duopoly, YouTube's efficiency, Snap goes back to the office | E1623
11/29/22 Managing Finances in a Recession: Startup Finance Basics w/ Kruze's Scott Orn | E1622
11/29/22 Pipe's Co-Founders step down, Apple's China-based iOS update, Black Friday's BNPL boost | E1621
11/27/22 How VCs size their bets + Ben Birnbaum of TeraWatt and Keyframe | E1620
11/23/22 Zoom earnings, SaaS burnout, Amazon's $10B Alexa loss + FTX contagion with Sunny Madra | E1619
11/21/22 EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618
11/20/22 VC investing in a downturn & protecting founders + smart vents with Flair's Dan Meyers | E1617
11/18/22 Managing a recession, housing market insights & more with Redfin's Glenn Kelman + OK Boomer | E1616
11/17/22 Breaking down the FTX book + film rights & Michael Lewis’s involvement with Lon Harris | E1615
11/17/22 Amazon launches "Amazon Clinic" + Calibrate CEO Isabelle Kenyon on metabolic health | E1614
11/16/22 Wild news week, Bird overstates revenue, Chinese startups look to rebrand + WLITF | E1613
11/15/22 Amazon to lay off 10K employees, FTX saga update, Shopify's reverse AR platform & more | E1612
11/13/22 Understanding Corporate VC + turning methane into bitcoin w/ Nodal's Daniel Sechrest | E1611
11/12/22 FTX bankruptcy, spiciest takes, future of crypto VC, new Amazon Prime drones + OK Boomer | E1610
11/11/22 FTX fallout: Sequoia's LP letter, SBF's crisis comms + Lon Harris on Andor, $DIS earnings | E1609
11/10/22 Meta cuts 11K employees, Binance/FTX fallout + Homeward CEO Dr. Jenny Schneider | E1608
11/8/22 EMERGENCY POD: FTX sells to Binance with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1607
11/8/22 Meta's looming layoffs & path forward, Airbnb answers concerns & more | E1606
11/6/22 Understanding capital calls, one-off SAFEs + Transaera CTO Ross Bonner | E1605
11/4/22 Airbnb earnings breakdown + Gen Z becoming adults on the internet | E1604
11/4/22 Wave of tech layoffs, Robinhood earnings, what makes a great CEO & more | E1603
11/3/22 Uber Q3 earnings, macro picture + Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick | E1602
11/1/22 Steve Case on "The Rise of the Rest", America's economic resiliency & more | E1601
10/31/22 Self-driving shakeup: TuSimple CEO fired & Argo AI shuts down + Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets | E1600
10/30/22 Strategies for investing in an overheated market, understanding warrants + Nat Bullard | E1599
10/28/22 Meta's precarious situation, $AMZN earnings breakdown, James Gunn to run DC + OK Boomer | E1598
10/27/22 $META earnings instant reaction, Apple's NFT rules, SBF backlash & more | E1597
10/27/22 $MSFT, $GOOG, $SPOT earnings breakdowns + Coco CEO Zach Rash | E1596
10/26/22 Shutterstock partners with OpenAI, Apple's new smart lock partner, Mach 9 spaceplane & more | E1595
10/25/22 Brad Gerstner's open letter to Zuck, Meta's lack of efficiency, Divvy Homes hit piece | E1594
10/23/22 Venture Debt: should your startup take it on? + Mi Terro's Robert Luo | E1593
10/22/22 YouTube’s new roadmap, OpenAI & BeReal fundraising news, Snap’s 30% drop + OK Boomer | E1592
10/21/22 Tesla + Netflix Q3 earnings, Kevin Hart's VC fund, Twitter ideas, revamping the DCEU | E1591
10/20/22 Next Unicorns evaluation + Ask Jason | E1590
10/18/22 Stability AI's $1B+ valuation, why you should start or join a startup, Roblox jumps 20% | E1589
10/18/22 Ye agrees to acquire Parler, Xi Jinping on the state of China, deglobalization & more | E1588
10/16/22 The Wing shuts down, avoiding pitfalls of success + Tesseract Energy's Alan Chang | E1587
10/15/22 VCs hiring Twitter ghostwriters, Meta's XR plan, Netflix's ad tier & more | E1586
10/14/22 SEC investigates Bored Apes, AI-generated Steve Jobs/Joe Rogan interview & more | E1585
10/13/22 TikTok planning to build US fulfillment centers + Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario | E1584
10/11/22 New worker classification test proposal, Getir in talks to acquire Gorillas & more | E1583
10/11/22 Amazon's transformation, Peloton's mistakes, VC market downturn & more with Ben Gilbert | E1582
10/9/22 Why VCs care about ownership percentage + Flowcarbon CEO Dana Gibber | E1581
10/8/22 US chip industry update, fixing education, Amazon allegations + OK Boomer | E1580
10/7/22 Ask Jason! + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1579
10/5/22 Twitter ideas, Elizabeth Holmes trial update, universal USB-C + Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck | E1578
10/4/22 Twitter deal updates, Poshmark acquired, Liquid Death's $700M valuation & more | E1577
10/3/22 Tesla AI Day, SEC charges Kim Kardashian for unlawfully promoting token, Section 230 & more | E1576
10/2/22 How VCs decide to sell a position + Future's Jean-Louis Warnholz | E1575
10/1/22 The virtuous cycle of tech startups, Mr. Beast turns down $1B offer + OK Boomer: Taylor Bell | E1574
9/29/22 Meta's text-to-video tool, Zuck's grand plan, Vision Fund to cut staff 30% + $WBD lawsuit | E1573
9/28/22 Apple allows in-app NFT purchases + Bitcoin's role during global macro headwinds | E1572
9/28/22 Cathie Wood's new VC fund, Bill Gurley's best insights, Girls Who Code on banned books list | E1571
9/26/22 British pound crashes, Do Kwon's red notice, NASA's DART mission, TikTok nears US deal | E1570
9/25/22 Evaluating founder ambition, tools vs platforms + USV's Albert Wenger: post-capital world | E1569
9/24/22 Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke on navigating a downturn, innovating in compensation & more | E1568
9/23/22 DAO breakdown with Orange DAO's Ben Huh + Amazon's $11B NFL deal with Lon Harris | E1567
9/21/22 Mojo CEO Vinit Bharara on building a stock market to bet on athletes | E1566
9/20/22 Nikola lawsuit updates, Rumble business breakdown + more SPAC updates | E1565
9/20/22 Monetizing BeReal, Bogus accounts by US Military, iPhone 14 camera bug, Twilio layoffs | E1564
9/18/22 How to deal with failing startups + Team Wildfire CEO Steve Wolf on "Hurricane-as-a-Service" | E1563
9/17/22 Paid newsletter pricing disruption, Instagram Reels underperforming + OK Boomer | E1562
9/16/22 Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, Patagonia founder donates profits + Streaming consolidation | E1561
9/15/22 Crypto news: Do Kwon arrest warrant, ETH merge, Orange DAO + The Blueprint Part 10 | E1560
9/14/22 Bob Iger joins VC firm as venture partner, Twitter whistleblower hearing, KKR tokenizes fund | E1559
9/13/22 Bolt cancels $1.5B Wyre deal, $ROKU adds TikTok-style feature, Deere's self-driving tractors | E1558
9/11/22 How VCs view founders with a side hustle + Bringing ESG to VC with Joe Blair | E1557
9/10/22 Muck Rack raises $180M, Elly Health Co-Founder Cecilia Anderson + OK Boomer | E1556
9/9/22 Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & impact on VC + how Amazon can turn a profit on Rings of Power | E1555
9/8/22 Instagram to shut down Shopping, reacting to Apple's event & more + The Blueprint Part 9 | E1554
9/7/22 Jason's DTC investment thesis, Jokr looking to raise $50M, liquidation preference breakdown, witness in Elizabeth Holmes trial goes rogue | ...
9/4/22 Raising a VC fund in public + Brilliant Planet's Raffael Jovine on the power of algae | E1552
9/2/22 Ask Jason + LAUNCH founder interviews + OK Boomer with Andrew Yeung | E1551
9/1/22 The Definitive History of VC with "Power Law" author Sebastian Mallaby | E1550
9/1/22 The Blueprint: finding & developing all-stars + Mark Gurman on Apple's AR plans | E1549
8/31/22 Twitter's failed OnlyFans-like product, OpenSea trading volume drops 99%, major FTC lawsuit | E1548
8/30/22 YC brings on Garry Tan as President, Apple's AR plans, Bored Apes at the VMAs | E1547
8/28/22 How VCs think about deploying reserves & follow-on funding + Quaise CEO Carlos Araque | E1546
8/26/22 Twitter adds podcasting, Chatter.dev Founder Pete Oxenham + OK Boomer with Danny Miranda | E1545
8/26/22 $PTON & $SNOW earnings divergence + Streaming news with Lon Harris: HBO, MoviePass & more | E1544
8/25/22 Student loan debate, Zuck copies BeReal, Twitter whistleblower + Blueprint Part 7 | E1543
8/23/22 Crypto Roundtable: Shkreli's new web3 project, ETH merge, Gensler goes after DeFi protocols | E1542
8/23/22 FTX's leaked financials, $AMZN ramps up healthcare interest + Swayed Founder Arjun Shokeen | E1541
8/21/22 How VCs evaluate pre-launch startups + Mycocycle's Joanne Rodriguez | E1540
8/20/22 Ask Jason + LegalQ founder Zeb Anderson + OK Boomer with Jules Terpak | E1539
8/19/22 Apple's new feature & potential ads business + more HBO Max layoffs & chaos | E1538
8/18/22 Reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise, Boom Supersonic's new deal + The Blueprint Part 6 | E1537
8/17/22 Debating Apple's return to work & Jason's WFH playbook, $META partners with $DASH & more | E1536
8/16/22 Adam Neumann raises $350M from a16z for his new startup Flow, Bay Area housing hypocrisy | E1535
8/14/22 Self-destructive traits of VCs & founders + Air Protein CEO Dr. Lisa Dyson | E1534
8/13/22 Howard Lindzon reviews Jason's portfolio & breaks down public/private investing + OK Boomer | E1533
8/12/22 $DIS earnings, Disney vs Netflix & streaming strategies with Lon Harris + Ephemeral Tattoos | E1532
8/11/22 State of the crypto market, Tornado Cash blacklisted, $COIN Q2 + The Blueprint Part 5 | E1531
8/10/22 VC market overview, Vision Fund impact, Amazon's core businesses & more with Acquired | E1530
8/9/22 SoftBank's Vision Fund loses $21B+, DTC brands struggle + NutriSense CEO Alex Skryl | E1529
8/7/22 Why some VCs won't invest in first-time founders + $369B carve-out for climate/energy | E1528
8/6/22 $COIN partners with $BLK, $AMZN acquires iRobot for $1.7B, Jay Trading update + OK Boomer | E1527
8/5/22 $WBD shakeup, streaming earnings, Locket raises $12.5M, Lina Khan/FTC sues Meta | E1526
8/4/22 YC reduces S22 batch by 40%, $HOOD RIF, $MSTR CEO change, $ABNB earnings + Blueprint Part 4 | E1525
8/3/22 $UBER & $PINS Q2 earnings + customer-centric primary care with The Lanby's Chloe Harrouche | E1524
8/2/22 TikTok takes on Spotify, startup advice + US housing market w/ Redfin & Divvy Homes CEOs | E1523
7/31/22 How VC diligence works at different stages + Fion's Sudarshan Sridharan on wildfire tech | E1522
7/30/22 $AMZN & $AAPL earnings, $META investors losing faith, Jay Trading + OK Boomer with Nate O'Brien | E1521
7/28/22 Revolutionizing podcasting + standards vs. innovation with Anchor Co-Founder Mike Mignano | E1520
7/27/22 How to supercharge your network + $GOOG & $MSFT earnings & $SHOP layoffs with Deirdre Bosa | E1519
7/26/22 Solving prescription drug pricing in the US with Cost Plus Drugs & Capital RX CEOs | E1518
7/25/22 $NFLX stops sharing, $SNAP Q2 earnings, $COIN alleged insider trading with Alex Wilhelm | E1517
7/24/22 Telling founders "no," Board meeting etiquette (VC School), + Michael Luciani | E1516
7/23/22 Ben Narasin on raising a new VC fund in a down market, + Natalie Barbu of Rella | E1515
7/22/22 $AMZN acquiring One Medical, The Snyder Cut bot army, + maybe some Jay Trading | E1514
7/21/22 Jay Trading: $NFLX Q2 earnings, The Blueprint E2: when to quit your job, + more | E1513
7/20/22 Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: practical advice for founders and investors in a downturn | E1512
7/19/22 Andy Jassy’s lobbying efforts, small US cities enticing remote workers, Phaidra Series A | E1511
7/17/22 Taking the leap on valuation, strategic retreats (VC School), + more | E1510
7/16/22 $AMZN considers dropping “Basics”, FCC Commissioner Carr on banning TikTok + more | E1509
7/15/22 Jay Trading, Stripe valuation cut, $NFLX ads, $PTON outsourcing, + more | E1508
7/14/22 The Blueprint E1: Branding yourself, + Jeffrey Pfeffer on the 7 Rules of Power | E1507
7/13/22 3AC liquidation chaos, Taibbi’s USDC deep dive, startup employee advice + more | E1506
7/12/22 Twitter deal called off, Uber leaks, + Apple Car setbacks | E1505
7/10/22 Molly’s first 6 months as an investor (VC School), + EV battery recycling | E1504
7/9/22 Frost Giant CEO Tim Morten on gaming business models, Esports & more | E1503
7/8/22 Balwani found guilty, Crypto crash updates, + Turkey’s rare earth discovery | E1502
7/7/22 Crypto Updates: Voyager files bankruptcy, Celsius pays debt, + Jason Q&A | E1501
7/6/22 "Minions" record-breaking viral strategy, TikTok algo, reframing semiconductors & energy | E1500
7/3/22 VC School: What's a venture scale business + Matt Duesterberg of OhmConnect | E1499
7/1/22 Crypto crash updates, Sequoia’s structure, $ZM product expansion, Starlink & more | E1498
7/1/22 FTX buys BlockFi for $25M, Sequoia raising $2.25B, AI Umpires for MLB, Substack layoffs | E1497
6/30/22 Downtown Josh Brown & Michael Batnick on Disney+, Peloton, Knicks, podcasting, markets, & more | E1496
6/28/22 SBF buys the crypto dip, hedge funds short Tether, VC funding down, flying nuclear cruise mockup | E1495
6/27/22 Digital surveillance risks post-Roe v. Wade ruling with Legal Voice’s Kim Clark + PE firm acquires Zendesk for $10.2B | E1494
6/26/22 How to co-invest with other firms (VC School) + Electric Sea Gliders: REGENT Co-Founder Billy Thalheimer | E1493
6/25/22 Praying For Exits on Markets, Crypto, Startup Valuations + Anisha Sunkerneni of Cyphr VC | E1492
6/23/22 Obi-Wan finale + Healthcare’s hidden money pit with Capital RX CEO AJ Loiacono | E1491
6/22/22 TikTok data security, the Chinese surveillance state, Amazon running out of warehouse workers | E1490
6/21/22 NFT NYC, Solend takeover, Why Non-Finance use cases are the key to Crypto, Magic Eden & more with Vinny Lingham | E1489
6/19/22 When to take a meeting (VC School) + Fungi Flour: Hyfé Foods Founder Michelle Ruiz (Climate) | E1488
6/18/22 Kraken CEO Jesse Powell responds to NYT hit piece and breaks down the state of crypto + Alexander Olesen CEO of Babylon Micro-Farms | E1487
6/16/22 Apple & Disney’s sports streaming strategy, Facebook’s plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486
6/15/22 YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485
6/14/22 Coinbase lays off ~18%, EU crypto regulation, $NFLX & $ROKU ad-tech talks, Hallow prayer app, Prey laptop security | E1484
6/14/22 Crypto drops ~$200B, Celsius freezes, Binance’s BTC pause, Google AI sentience, Magic Spoon: DTC isn’t dead | E1483
6/12/22 How to value startups (VC School) + Creating Diamonds from Air with Aether’s Ryan Shearman (Climate) | E1482
6/10/22 Disney’s ambitious streaming goals with Lon Harris + Dressd Founder Capri Wheaton | E1481
6/9/22 Twitter bots & Apple BNPL with Deirdre Bosa + Prediction markets with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour | E1480
6/9/22 Amazon’s Dave Clark joins Flexport, Bird layoffs, Twitter’s bring-your-own algo, Multiverse, Ken Griffin gets into crypto | E1479
6/7/22 Why BuzzFeed fell 40%, EU mandates USB-C, Lab-grown ear transplants, Tom Brady’s Series B | E1478
6/7/22 Apple’s new releases, Twitter bots, Didi returns, Bad actors on Binance + Michael Shellenberger’s vision for California | E1477
6/5/22 Markups & markdowns (VC School) + Coral Regeneration with Coral Vita Co-founder Sam Teicher (Climate) | E1476
6/4/22 Coinbase & Loom rescind job offers (strategies for managers & workers during a downturn) + OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra of Skillbank | E1475
6/2/22 Sheryl Sandberg leaves Meta + This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris: Obi-Wan Kenobi | E1474
6/2/22 ESG fraud, Stripe & Reddit markdowns, Remote productivity + DroneUp Founder Tom Walker | E1473
6/1/22 NYT’s Glossier hit piece, VC winters, Activist CEOs and Podcast live events with Acquired’s David Rosenthal | E1472
5/27/22 Bolt layoffs, DroneUp, Lunar Outpost, $4.5B crypto fund, Ape theft + Diagram’s Jordan Singer | E1471
5/27/22 The cost of CEOs ignoring mental health with Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn | E1470
5/26/22 Solving our biggest problems, Cerebral’s fast & loose telehealth prescriptions, Jack leaves Twitter Board | E1469
5/24/22 Snap drops 40%, Layoffs at Gorillas & Klarna, Adam Neumann's new startup, Coinbase using Principles | E1468
5/23/22 All-In Summit recap, Argo debuts AV test cars in Miami/ATX, $AMZN to sublease 10M+ square feet | E1467
5/22/22 Proof of Impact CEO Fleur Heyns on meaningful metrics for measuring environmental impact (This Week in Climate Startups) | E1466
5/21/22 Privateer Space CEO Alex Fielding: cleaning up space junk with Steve Wozniak + Behind the scenes of working for Jason | E1465
5/19/22 Fixing a broken system - Mahmee CEO Melissa Hanna on patient-centric maternal care | E1464
5/18/22 Accelerating leadership - Chief Co-Founder & CEO Carolyn Childers on raising $100M Series B, building a women's executive network and more |...
5/17/22 Bitcoin payments on the Lightning Network with Strike's Jack Mallers | E1462
5/16/22 SaaS multiple compression, downturn outlook & advice for new VCs with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr | E1461
5/15/22 Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Climate) | E1460
5/14/22 SBF buys 7.6% $HOOD stake, SoftBank’s $13B loss, Twitter exec layoffs & deal update + Nicole Ruiz from Compound VC | E1459
5/13/22 Sundar Pichai, tech crash, crypto, journalism and more with CNBC's Deirdre Bosa | E1458
5/11/22 Airbnb's category search, Coinbase's new disclosure + Facebook exits podcasting with Ashley Carman | E1457
5/11/22 Terra UST stablecoin unpegged with Bennett Tomlin + High growth tech’s runway: $COIN, $SQ, $ZM, $TWLO, $SHOP & $PTON | E1456
5/10/22 Dara sets the tone for Uber's next push, Jason's market prediction, Apple's ML director departs, Internet affordability & more | E1455
5/8/22 Side investing (VC School) + Stripe's Nan Ransohoff: Frontier carbon removal | 1454
5/7/22 Twitter's new Birdwatch moderation/annotation feature + OK Boomer: Flapjack's Patrick McDonnell | E1453
5/6/22 Stripe launches Plaid competitor, Cameo layoffs, Elon raises $7B + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1452
5/5/22 Live Show Preview: Wednesday May 4
5/5/22 Tech reactions to Roe vs. Wade leak + $UBER, $LYFT and $ABNB earnings | E1451
5/3/22 Meta's VR plans with The Information's Sylvia Varnham O'Regan + SEC strengthens its crypto enforcement team | E1450
5/3/22 Bolt's struggles with The Information's Malique Morris + How Yuga Labs' mint sent Ethereum Gas 120X + Gravity Sketch | E1449
5/1/22 How to manage competing portfolio companies (VC School) + Energy Impact Partners' Shayle Kann (Climate) | E1448
4/30/22 $AMZN & $AAPL earnings, Snap's drone, China softens on tech, AirBnB goes nomad + Landon from Inside | E1447
4/29/22 WeCrashed & Severance finales w/ Lon Harris + Twitter follower changes w/ The Verge's Corin Faife | E1446
4/28/22 Archegos founder arrested, Bolt sued by Authentic Brands, $GOOG & $MSFT earnings, Apple sells repair parts, EV Corvette | E1445
4/26/22 Jack's Twitter take & employee reactions, Medical NFTs, Hopin's $200M founder secondary sale | E1444
4/26/22 Twitter accepts Elon's buyout offer, EU's new algo rule, Pipedream Labs: Hyperloop for package delivery | E1443
4/24/22 VC School: Deal Memos + Sphere CEO Alex Wright-Gladstein (Climate) | E1442
4/23/22 Twitter funding secured, Boring Co. raises $675M, Amazon's $1B VC fund, Ackman's $400M loss + The Lunar Society: Dwarkesh Patel | E1441
4/22/22 TSLA earnings + Streaming: WeCrashed & Severance review, CNN+ demise, Netflix’s future | 1440
4/21/22 Netflix earnings breakdown, Kushner’s $3B pitch deck, CNN+ on pause, Grubhub for sale | E1439
4/19/22 Jack's candid Twitter takes, FB invests in African internet, Regent's electric Seaglider, Better.com layoffs | E1438
4/19/22 Q1 venture capital review, Twitter breaks, BeReal's new take on social & more | E1437
4/15/22 Twitter's takeover defense, Meta's AR project with The Verge's Alex Heath + Wordcab's Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436
4/14/22 Elon offers to take $TWTR private at $43B + Autonomous car drives away from police | E1435
4/13/22 Meta's 47.5% take rate + Worldcoin CEO Alex Blania: onboarding the globe to crypto | E1434
4/13/22 Shopify Board proposes share restructuring + The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, Why American Teens Are So Sad | E1433
4/12/22 Elon no longer joining $TWTR board, Breslow's Instacart case-study, NYT tells reporters to reduce time on Twitter | E1432
4/10/22 Investing in down rounds (VC School) + The Lightsmith Group Co-Founder Jay Koh (Climate) | E1431
4/9/22 BONUS - Jason on This Week in Startups Australia
4/8/22 Macro insights with Rose Technology CEO Alex Campbell + TCG Crypto's Gaby Goldberg | E1430
4/8/22 Portfolio construction, Sequoia's transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429
4/6/22 Uber travel, OpenAI illustrator, Edit button, CNN+ review + Dune Analytics CEO Fredrik Haga | E1428
4/6/22 FB vs. Apple on AR and Ads, Twitter's Future, Conflict, Crypto Regulation with Antonio Garcia Martinez & Zach Coelius | E1427
4/5/22 Elon buys ~9% stake in Twitter + Freestyle Capital's Dave Samuel | E1426
4/3/22 Inbound vs. outbound deal flow (VC School) + Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey | E1425
4/1/22 GoPuff & Fast trimming staff + Bradley Tusk on tech regulation + Glimpse Co-founder Akash Raju | E1424
3/31/22 NFT exclusive restaurant: FlyFish Club CEO David Rodolitz + Reviewing We Crashed & The Dropout with Lon Harris | E1423
3/30/22 Facebook funding anti-TikTok lobbyists with Taylor Lorenz + SEC SPAC crackdown, Fast vs. Bolt | E1422
3/30/22 $625M Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack, $TWLO insider trading, Subject's learning platform, $HOOD extends trading hours | E1421
3/29/22 Oscars recap, FTX investors don't hold board seats, Apple working on hardware subscriptions | E1420
3/27/22 Understanding non-dilutive fundraising options + Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora | E1419
3/26/22 Teenage hacking phenom allegedly caught, Molly's Hall of Fame induction & OK Boomer | E1418
3/25/22 Streaming news! Breaking down WeCrashed E1-3 & The Dropout E5 with Lon Harris | E1417
3/24/22 Katie Haun's $1.5B web3 fund, Yuga Labs worth $4B, Apple's BNPL play + ChroniFI's Ben Miller | E1416
3/23/22 How Apple can win podcasting, Bezos' leadership, MBAs raising search funds & FDNY robodogs | E1415
3/22/22 Sequoia debuts Arc, SEC considering climate disclosures, Disney CEO fallout & more | E1414
3/20/22 Super Pro Rata (VC Sunday School) + ClimateCheck Founder Cal Inman (Climate) | E1413
3/20/22 NEWS: $BABA & $TCEHY layoffs, Google's AR purchase, $APE coin; OK Boomer: Smirk | E1412
3/18/22 Reacting to Super Pumped (Uber) & The Dropout (Theranos) with Lon Harris +OneShop CEO Nick McHenry | E1411
3/17/22 Spotify x Barcelona, ex-Disney CEO joins Genies, AMC gold mine + D.A. Wallach: music and bio-investing | Angel S6 E10 | E1410
3/16/22 Ex-FB Diem team builds Aptos blockchain, Metamask parent ConsenSys raises $450M, Mojo's athlete betting market, Zero Grocery shutdown | E140...
3/15/22 Blue Origin picks Pete, NYT launches Telegram channel, Clearview AI in Ukraine, Semiconductor pains | E1408
3/13/22 How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures' Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407
3/12/22 $RIVN, Biden on TikTok & Crypto, $PTON + Countdown Capital’s Jai Malik + Josh from Party Round | E1406
3/10/22 Love.com, Lessons from Bain Crypto launch + Redfin Founder & CEO Glenn Kelman | E1405
3/9/22 Apple's new Mac + Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, driverless service in SF, the Origin (zero-emission shared vehicle) | E1404
3/9/22 Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital: global growth, partnering with legendary companies and the evergreen fund | E1403
3/8/22 Alumni Ventures charged by SEC + What Germany got wrong about nuclear power with Mark Nelson | E1402
3/6/22 How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401
3/4/22 Google ends WFH, $SNOW earnings + Stillmark's Alyse Killeen Angel S6 E7 + Pallet CEO Kai Han | E1400
3/3/22 Cana CEO Matt Mahar on launching a "Replicator for beverages," turning a product into a platform, working with The Production Board and more...
3/3/22 Apple pauses RU sales, Ford splits-off EVs + How Facebook killed Joe Speiser's $100M business | E1398
3/2/22 Tech takes action against Russia, Backbone's mobile gaming device + Joel Greenblatt from Gotham Capital | E1397
3/1/22 Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396
2/27/22 What investors mean when they are "waiting for a lead" (VC Sunday School) + Seth Bannon of 50 Years | E1395
2/26/22 DHH on Basecamp's painful evolution, Bitcoin, Revitalizing internet discourse + Lumanu CEO Tony Tran | E1394
2/25/22 Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393
2/24/22 Kanye's genius business model, Platform dependency risks, Pipe enters the movie biz + AirPals' Joshe Ordonez | E1392
2/23/22 Coinbase's mutable messaging, Revitalizing Peloton and High-growth companies poised for a comeback | E1391
2/19/22 From PM to GP: Roach Capital's Fahd Ananta | Angel S6 E6 + OK Boomer: Dive Chat | E1390
2/18/22 Spotify's ad-tech acquisitions to take on YouTube with The Verge's Ashley Carman + Founder University Pitches | E1389
2/17/22 Keith Rabois of Founders Fund + AirBnB's earnings & evolving customer base, SF BOE recall | E1388
2/16/22 Do startup employee stock options need an overhaul? Softbank's failed Arm sale + Growth University's Craig Zingerline | E1387
2/15/22 Crypto's Super Bowl blitz, Joby's asian air-taxi partnerships, Affirm's earnings & BNPL growing pains | E1386
2/13/22 VC Sunday School: first-tier investor behavior + Climate: Dangerous Ventures' Mike Lin | E1385
2/11/22 Rapid Disney+ growth, Predicting preference with Qloo's Alex Elias, OK Boomer: Zehra Naqvi's Z-list | E1384
2/11/22 Peloton's new CEO + Cake Ventures' Monique Woodard Angel S6 E5 | E1383
2/10/22 $3.6B crypto hack recovered + Segment co-founder Peter Reinhardt's next bet: Charm Industrial | E1382
2/9/22 Peter Thiel departs FB board, John Foley steps down at Peloton, Should Amazon spin off AWS? + Startup of the Day: Island | E1381
2/8/22 Spotify's saga continues, $FB warns of EU exit, GoFundMe's protest refund, Peloton's suitors | E1380
2/6/22 John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins with Ryan Panchadsaram + VC Sunday School: cap table management | E1379
2/4/22 NYC delivery wars, Cruise gives driverless rides in SF + Gopuff Co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev | E1378
2/4/22 Full $FB earnings breakdown, NFT company violates music IP + Behind Genius' Paige Finn: Angel S6 E4 | E1377
2/3/22 All-In’s hijacked feed, Google’s earnings breakdown, Jason’s legendary iPad troll | E1376
2/2/22 Playstation's $3.2B Bungie acquisition, Metafy gaming tutoring, Shopify CEO joins Coinbase Board of Directors | E1375
2/1/22 Breaking down Ryan Breslow's YC critique + Spotify's solution & Joe Rogan's response | E1374
1/30/22 VC Sunday School: startup investing in a down market + Emily Kirsch of Powerhouse Ventures | E1373
1/29/22 Packy McCormick’s Not Boring parlay: Angel S6 E3 + Producer Rachel visits Miami Hack Week | E1372
1/28/22 $TSLA earnings breakdown & 2022 IPOs to watch with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1371
1/27/22 MSFT adds $10B, Stripe mafia memes, Spotify: platform or publisher, Scratchpad case-study | E1370
1/26/22 TikTok vs. YouTube, Bolt CEO calls Stripe & YC "Mob Bosses," Culdesac, Anduril wins $1B contract | E1369
1/25/22 Comparing 2022 to the Dot-Com bubble + Activist investor challenges Peloton leadership | E1368
1/23/22 Sunday VC School: how investors work together + Prime Movers Lab's Ramez Naam | E1367
1/23/22 Apple AR headset scoops with Mark Gurman + Campbell Baron: Gen Z startup content creator | E1366
1/21/22 Google AR, Peloton pullback + David Friedberg: Cana, the first molecular beverage printer | E1365
1/20/22 FTC antitrust revision, 5G rollout pause + David Rosenthal's $2.8M fund: Angel S6 E2 | E1364
1/19/22 Full breakdown of Microsoft acquiring Activision-Blizzard for ~$70B+ | E1363
1/18/22 Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: victory through taking ownership, increasing velocity & cultivating talent | E1362
1/14/22 Oath Keepers indicted from Signal messages, U.S. House subpoenas tech platforms + Alex Masmej: selling a personal token | E1361
1/13/22 1M fewer college students: is it a problem? + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1360
1/13/22 $140B streaming wars 2022 budget, Warren's bad "Big Grocery" take + Mac Conwell: Angel S6 E1 | E1359
1/11/22 Y Combinator's New Deal, Turo S-1 + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger: Human-in-the-loop security cameras | E1358
1/11/22 Tech pullback, SEC considers tightening startup investing regulations, Apple XR headset leaks | E1357
1/9/22 Sunday VC School: valuation vs. traction matrix + Climate: New Energy Nexus CEO Danny Kennedy | E1356
1/7/22 Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355
1/7/22 GETTR & social media moderation, NYT to acquire The Athletic + Axie Infinity's Jeff Zirlin on NFT gaming | E1354
1/6/22 OpenSea raises $300M, VW & Toyota commit $170B to EVs, China's strangled tech sector, New media | E1353
1/5/22 Elizabeth Holmes is guilty, Amazon wins over socialists, Biden sanctions China | E1352
1/4/22 How JOKR lost $159 per order, rising startup valuations, OpenSea freezes stolen NFTs, Web 2 CEOs troll Web 3 | E1351
12/27/21 The 2021 TWISTY Awards: best guest, most awkward moment, best chemistry & more! | E1350
12/22/21 Web3 wars & Rivian Q3 earnings with our new co-host Molly Wood! | E1349
12/17/21 Praying For Exits: the satirist of venture capital | E1348
12/17/21 Melania Trump’s NFT, Reddit to go public + Twitter’s Tony Haile: news & product evolution | E1347
12/16/21 mRNA cancer treatment, Google’s vax policy, Better.com CEO “taking time off” + Founder roundtable: PaidBack, Wearwell, SupporTrends | E1346
12/15/21 What Elizabeth Holmes’s prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345
12/14/21 Is Peloton undervalued? + Rad Power Bikes CEO Mike Radenbaugh + Succession recap, All-in | E1344
12/10/21 Guess the fake startup + Founders of Jenni.AI, Wearloom, Track, Llama Life + How to hire Gen Z | E1343
12/10/21 Armstrong & Tether skip crypto hearings, Adele’s NFT resale solution + Startup Checklist E10 | E1342
12/9/21 Art Basel recap (Beeple, JUUL, Cathie Wood) + reacting to Better.com’s leaked layoffs clip | E1341
12/7/21 What is a Vibe Capitalist? Bedrock’s Geoff Lewis on investing, crypto, city-states, defense & AI | E1340
12/6/21 Crypto accounting for startups | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1339
12/3/21 Square becomes Block, Spotify Wrapped’s genius, $GRAB debut + Founders of Fathom, Deft & Krepling | E1338
12/2/21 Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337
12/1/21 Twitter bans sharing “private media” + Startup Checklist: How to raise capital | E1336
11/30/21 Twitter’s new CEO, Mr. Beast’s record-breaking Squid Game + Haus’ Helena Price Hambrecht | E1335
11/29/21 End of year startup accounting checklist | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1334
11/24/21 Zoom’s revenue tops $1B, valuation falls + Startup Checklist: how to prepare for fundraising | E1333
11/24/21 Turner Novak: Turning memes into a $10M VC fund | E1332
11/23/21 Nikola Motors update, El Salvador launches $1B bond to build “Bitcoin City” on a volcano | E1331
11/19/21 A DAO bids $40M on the Constitution, Startup Checklist: Operational best practices, Gen Z VCs | E1330
11/19/21 Tarantino sued over NFTs + Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan: YouTube, Entrepreneurship, Investing | E1329
11/18/21 Why Sam Lessin is using the VC model to invest in individuals + Jason funds a startup on air | E1328
11/17/21 Ohio sues FB + Bradley Tusk “The Fixer,” Uber, startups navigating politics, mobile voting | E1327
11/15/21 How to hire anywhere in the world (legally) | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1326
11/13/21 The greatest CNBC hit of all time, YouTube hides dislikes + Ready Games CEO David Bennahum | E1325
11/11/21 Breaking down Rivian’s IPO & $100B valuation + DAO deep dive with OpenLaw’s Aaron Wright | E1324
11/11/21 Coinbase Q3 earnings breakdown + Startup Checklist: Crafting a brand & knowing your market | E1323
11/9/21 $RBLX earnings, Jetson ONE personal aircraft + Oculus game dev Ryan Engle, creator of Pro Putt | E1322
11/8/21 How to simplify diligence & avoid fraud | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1321
11/5/21 Tech Earnings: $UBER, $ABNB, $PTON + OK Boomer: Gen Z joins the workforce | E1320
11/4/21 Building a Great Team: Startup Checklist E5 | E1319
11/3/21 Zillow falls after iBuying collapse, Biden Admin’s stablecoin report + LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1318
11/2/21 Bytedance bans 996 + Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani: The 100x fund | E1317
11/1/21 Apple privacy updates cost social media giants $10B + BetterBrand’s Aimee Yang | E1316
10/29/21 Facebook’s new name + DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg: the privacy search engine | E1315
10/28/21 Media employees battling “back to work” orders + Startup Checklist E4: Building a Great Product | E1314
10/27/21 Sequoia’s new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt’s Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313
10/26/21 Facebook’s Q3 earnings breakdown: revenue, user growth, rumored rebrand + Italic’s Jeremy Cai | E1312
10/25/21 Growth & Retention: Why Subscription is the Holy Grail | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1311
10/22/21 Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg | E1310
10/21/21 Inflation warnings and hedge strategy, Bitcoin ETF, Hindenburg’s Tether bounty + Startup Checklist E3 | E1309
10/20/21 Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson: the next $60B, Engage, Segment acquisition & more + Who actually uses Oculus? | E1308
10/19/21 Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on USDC, Tether & more + Jason reacts to Apple’s new M1 chips & MacBooks | E1307
10/18/21 How to manage customer relationships | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1306
10/15/21 Coinbase chases NFT billions + Peter Thiel “The Contrarian” with author Max Chafkin | E1305
10/14/21 Is Netflix over cancel culture? + Startup Checklist: Choosing a Business Model | E1304
10/13/21 US inherits China’s Bitcoin Mining Dynasty + Jacob Helberg on the “New Cold War” with China | E1303
10/12/21 Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on scaling the blockchain to warp speed | E1302
10/11/21 How to understand customer engagement | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1301
10/8/21 Tether’s hidden billions with Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux + Startup Checklist E1 | E1300
10/7/21 Fantasy startup investing NFTs + former Tesla CTO JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials | E1299
10/6/21 FB Whistleblower’s Senate testimony + Scorpion Capital shorts Ginkgo Bioworks, claims fraud | E1298
10/5/21 How to create great customer experience | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1297
10/4/21 Facebook’s whistleblower reveal & major outage + reacting to OZY media CEO on Today Show | E1296
10/1/21 Coinbase CEO reflects on “mission” manifesto + Kettle’s Nat Manning on fire insurance | E1295
9/30/21 Amazon’s AI driver supervisors, OZY media fallout, rising FEMA flood insurance, OpenScouting | E1294
9/29/21 Google’s game-changing ad policy + Michael Dell on “Play Nice But Win,” stories from building a computing giant | E1293
9/28/21 OZY Media’s deception, VC retirement, Clubhouse’s monetization problem with The Verge’s Ashley Carman & more | E1292
9/27/21 Facebook puts Instagram Kids on pause, Bevy’s high-profile firing + Squarespace’s Anthony Casalena | E1291
9/24/21 News! China bans crypto transactions (again), Zillow & iBuyers impacting Real Estate + Ask Jason | E1290
9/24/21 News! EU Mandates USB-C, Facebook Files, China RE, Apple leaks, Stonkfluencers, SaaS Pod | E1289
9/22/21 Apple Maps 3-D update, SEC Chair tips off coming crypto regulation + Pacaso’s Austin Allison | E1288
9/21/21 Apple launches iCloud Private Relay + Framework’s Nirav Patel on customizable laptops | E1287
9/20/21 ByteDance limits daily app time for kids in China + Next Unicorns: Orbital Insight’s Kevin O’Brien | E1286
9/18/21 Head of Instagram comments on teen impact, Jay-Z’s NFT lawsuit + Sourcegraph’s Quinn Slack | E1285
9/17/21 Rapid Fire News: App Annie fraud, Instagram’s negative impact, Discord valued at $15B & more | E1284
9/15/21 OpenSea admits employee was front-running featured NFTs + Goldbelly CEO Joe Ariel on food e-commerce | E1283
9/14/21 “Amazon Unbound” author Brad Stone on the mind of Bezos, the future of Amazon & more | E1282
9/10/21 Growth stocks, Inflation impacts, SPACs & more with Beth Kindig & Knox Ridley from I/O Fund | E1281
9/10/21 News! Fireproof homes, Amazon’s college plan, Facebook copies Snap, Notion Acquires Automate.io & more | E1280
9/9/21 Coinbase battles SEC over Lend + How DeFi interest rates work with Genesis’ Matt Ballensweig | E1279
9/7/21 BAYC at Sotheby’s, Loot, Tether Canada ban + 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale: Palantir, China, Cicero | E1278
9/3/21 Adrian Grenier: launching a new fund + FounderU: balancing product vision & customer feedback | E1277
9/2/21 Next Unicorns: Miso Robotics’ Mike Bell, $3 an hour fry cooks + MorningBrew’s Dan Toomey on TikTok | E1276
9/1/21 Bored Ape Madness with The Infatuation’s Andrew Steinthal + Breaking into VC with Nicole DeTommaso | E1275
8/31/21 Elizabeth Holmes Theranos fraud trial kickoff + Blokable’s Aaron Holm: how to scale housing | E1274
8/27/21 CCP closes foreign IPO loophole + Audius’ Roneil Rumburg: decentralized project crash course | E1273
8/26/21 HeadSpin accused of $80M fraud, housing startup irks NIMBYs + Not Boring’s Packy McCormick | E1272
8/25/21 Rapid Fire News: OnlyFans reverses course, Circle to clean up USDC reserves, Warby Parker S-1 | E1271
8/24/21 Rapid Fire News: Facebook “cleans up their house,” Tyga takes on OnlyFans, Jack Ma vs. CCP | E1270
8/20/21 Rapid fire news: OnlyFans bans sexual conduct + Boston Dynamics, Disney & Tesla bet big on robots | E1269
8/19/21 Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mark Suster deep dives VC | E1268
8/18/21 Noodlegate, the end of cancel culture? + Next Unicorns: OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman | E1267
8/17/21 Casey Newton’s Superhuman misfire, Apple’s backdoor, 5G crypto network, WhatsApp’s Taliban problem | E1266
8/13/21 Next Unicorns: Splice CEO Steve Martocci, building the Github for music | E1265
8/12/21 How to secure follow-on investment for your startup (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1264
8/11/21 How to come up with a startup idea (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1263
8/10/21 Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant model | E1262
8/6/21 Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the current state and future of the US housing market | E1261
8/5/21 Bootstrapping vs. taking Venture Capital (FounderU) + Ask An Angel with Zach Coelius | E1260
8/4/21 How to a Grow Consumer SaaS App to 225K Paying Customers – Next Unicorns: Fitbod CEO Allen Chen | E1259
8/3/21 Creating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more with Acquired | E1258
7/30/21 News! Robinhood/Duolingo IPOs, Big Tech earnings, China & more with TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm | E1257
7/29/21 Nikola’s Trevor Milton indicted for fraud, Robinhood IPO + GRIN CEO Brandon Brown | E1256
7/28/21 Youtube vs. Netflix, Google’s $230B run rate + Next Unicorns: OpenSea’s Devin Finzer on NFTs | E1255
7/27/21 Rapid Fire News: China’s techlash continues, Tesla’s incredible Q2 earnings, Tether holders move to USDC & more | E1254
7/27/21 Emergency Pod! Tether executives facing DOJ bank fraud probe (via Bloomberg) | E1253
7/23/21 Dfinity’s ICP crypto complaint, Snap/Twitter earnings, China’s e-learning crackdown & more | E1252
7/22/21 China punishes Didi, Twitter’s new feature, UAE makes it rain + Do Kwon of Terraform Labs | E1251
7/21/21 Reacting to Tether’s CNBC interview, Netflix earnings + Vincent’s Slava Rubin on alt assets | E1250
7/21/21 Bezos goes to space, Robinhood IPO, USDC attestation + Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley | E1249
7/16/21 Rapid Fire News: AI voices after death, DOJ investigates Lordstown Motors, COVID adaptation | E1248
7/16/21 Rapid Fire News: FB’s right-wing algo, Tether update, giving Cuba internet, Powell on stable coins & more | E1247
7/15/21 The Next Unicorns: Adena Hefets CEO of Divvy Homes, forging a new path to home ownership | E1246
7/14/21 Education’s war on excellence, AWS atrophy, France fines Google + AppHarvest’s Josh Lessing | E1245
7/13/21 China cracks down on US IPOs, winning founder qualities, Ask Jason: accelerators, investing | E1244
7/9/21 Biden targets big corporations + Tether Investigation with Bitfinex’ed | E1243
7/8/21 Nextdoor SPAC breakdown, Pelosi trading options + Morning Brew’s Alex Lieberman | E1242
7/6/21 Barclays blocks Binance, China pauses Didi downloads + Steezy CEO Evan Zhou | E1241
7/2/21 Emergency Pod! Robinhood files to go public: S-1 breakdown | E1240
7/1/21 How to nail Monthly Investor Updates (FounderU) + Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly | E1239
6/29/21 Sam Altman’s “Worldcoin,” Facebook hits $1T + Alchemy’s Nikil Viswanathan on “AWS for Blockchain” | E1238
6/25/21 News! Peter Thiel’s $5B Roth IRA, Black creators strike on TikTok, BuzzFeed SPAC, Microsoft goes anti-Apple PLUS Ask Jason | E1237
6/24/21 The power of the SOD/EOD plus Bill Maris on early Google stories, origins of GV, bioterrorism & more | E1236
6/22/21 China moves crypto mining to US + Overtime’s Dan Porter on GenZ basketball league & network | E1235
6/18/21 What startups need to succeed | Scaling Your Startup S2 E10 with Intercom’s Des Traynor | E1234
6/16/21 GameStop poaches Amazon execs, Streaming stalls + Genies CEO Akash Nigam on Avatars & NFTs | E1233
6/15/21 Tether: Crypto’s Black Swan? Plus Alternative Asset Roundtable featuring the founders of Masterworks, Fundrise & Rally Rd | E1232
6/11/21 Zymergen CEO Josh Hoffman on Biofacturing PLUS Founder U Startup Math | E1231
6/11/21 News! The cult of Bitcoin maximalists, Bezos is going to space, & Facebook’s smartwatch | E1230
6/9/21 Customer Success | Scaling Your Startup S2E9 with Statusphere’s Kristen Wiley & Techmate’s Nicole Beals | E1229
6/8/21 Aurora CEO Chris Urmson on building the roadmap to fully autonomous vehicles | E1228
6/8/21 Apple’s WFH blowback, navigating current startup valuations PLUS Sugar’s Fatima Dicko | 1227
6/4/21 Katerra’s collapse, Bill Ackman’s SPAC merger plus Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | E1226
6/3/21 Launching Twitter Blue with Twitter’s Head of Product Kayvon Beykpour | E1225
6/3/21 Low-Burn | Scaling Your Startup S2 E8 with Neyborly’s Ben Seidl & Xendoo’s Lil Roberts | E1224
5/28/21 Citizen App’s bounty blunder, “digital bodyguard” service + Coinbase launches “Fact Check” | E1223
5/26/21 Acquired.FM’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on Berkshire vs. Bitcoin, Amazon acquires James Bond IP, and more! | E1222
5/25/21 Culture | Scaling Your Startup S2 E7: 15five’s David Hassell & Balloon’s Amanda Greenberg | E1221
5/21/21 US initiates crypto regulation, Robinhood IPO access, Slack as a Trojan Horse PLUS Magic Spoon CEO Gabi Lewis | E1220
5/20/21 Emergency Pod! Huge Bitcoin correction, Robinhood IPO rumors, Squarespace direct listing | E1219
5/19/21 Marketing SEO & Conversion Funnels | Scaling Your Startup S2 E6: Gravitr’s Doriane Mouret & Outlaw’s Danielle Vincent | E1218
5/18/21 Amazon in talks to acquire MGM, AT&T offloading Warner Media, Dapper Labs lawsuit plus NYT’s Taylor Lorenz on creator economy, Clubhouse & J...
5/18/21 Emergency Pod! Twitter is reportedly building a paid subscription called “Twitter Blue” | E1216
5/15/21 Ask an Angel PLUS Antonio Garcia Martinez vs. Apple with Zach Coelius | E1215
5/15/21 Product | Scaling Your Startup S2 E5 with Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra & Fitbod’s Jesse Venticique | E1214
5/13/21 Oura CEO Harpreet Rai on improving sleep, NBA partnerships, hardware & more PLUS the Instagram Kids debacle | E1213
5/11/21 Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson & Jason give candid feedback on startup pitches at Founder University | E1212
5/7/21 Facebook’s Oversight Board rules on Trump ban plus how to reverse engineer TAM & more | E1211
5/6/21 Fundraising | Scaling Your Startup S2 E4 with Density’s Andrew Farah and SoleSavy’s Dejan Pralica | E1210
5/5/21 Crafter’s Morgan Spenla on delighting makers with memberships, materials, and a marketplace | E1209
5/5/21 Breaking down Basecamp’s tumultuous week, politics at work & more | E1208
4/30/21 How Tiger Global is outpacing VC with better, faster, cheaper, capital ft. Founders Fund’s Everett Randle | E1207
4/29/21 Sales | Scaling Your Startup S2 E3 with GRIN’s Brandon Brown and LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1206
4/27/21 Arlan Hamilton on raising $5M in crowdfunding, empowering & educating underestimated founders | E1205
4/27/21 Emergency Pod! Tim Cook vs. Mark Zuckerberg: Apple and Facebook go to war over privacy updates | E1204
4/23/21 Altimeter’s Brad Gerstner on taking Grab public in largest SPAC ever, fixing broken IPOs | E1203
4/21/21 Social Marketing | Scaling Your Startup S2 E2 with Mehak Vohra and Kate Bradley-Chernis | E1202
4/21/21 Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the Apple event: M1 iMac & iPad Pro, AirTags, Podcasts & more | E1201
4/20/21 MetaKovan on financing digital art & buying Beeple’s $69M NFT, plus Clubhouse facing new competition in social audio | E1200
4/17/21 Jason’s EOW (End of Week) | 4/16/20
4/16/21 Republic CEO Ken Nguyen on making early-stage investing for everyone | E1199
4/15/21 Throwback! Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong from November 2017
4/14/21 Growth | Scaling Your Startup S2 E1 with Growth University’s Craig Zingerline and Fitbod’s Allen Chen | E1198
4/13/21 Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou on powering NFTs, NBA Top Shot, & CryptoKitties | E1197
4/9/21 Building a production location marketplace with Hank Leber, Co-Founder of Giggster | E1196
4/6/21 Snack App’s Kim Kaplan PLUS 3 key metrics that matter for consumer, enterprise SaaS & marketplace startups | E1195
4/6/21 This Week in Startups Australia hosted by Mark Pesce | Season 9 Episode 1 with Jason Calacanis
4/2/21 Early angel investing blind spots, thoughts on the creator economy PLUS Canny.io’s Sarah Hum | E1194
4/2/21 Common First-Time Founder Mistakes Part 2! with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
4/1/21 Emergency Pod! SPAC Overload: Understanding 2021’s unprecedented SPAC market | E1193
3/31/21 Emergency Pod! uBiome: Anatomy of an Alleged Fraud with Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Dockser Marcus | E1192
3/26/21 Startup Bracketology: selecting the world’s best private company with Acquired FM PLUS future of VC | E1191
3/26/21 Common First-Time Founder Mistakes with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
3/26/21 Emergency Pod! Microsoft in talks to buy Discord for $10B+; breaking down their thesis, Discord’s business & more | E1190
3/25/21 Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: Starting your angel career, building marketplaces & more | E1189
3/24/21 Joanne Wilson on spotting a bubble, NYC’s post-pandemic reset, portfolio management in an unsustainable market & more | Angel S5 E10
3/24/21 Sahil Lavingia on Gumroad’s groundbreaking equity crowdfunding raise, lessons from a decade-long startup journey, insights on rolling funds ...
3/19/21 Cade Metz on his controversial Slate Star Codex article, new book “Genius Makers,” dangers of algorithmic moderation, a16z vs. legacy media ...
3/19/21 Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: changing VC landscape, pitch deck punch-ups, Tesla’s future & more | E1186
3/18/21 Stock option grants deep dive with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
3/18/21 Paul Judge on helping lead SoftBank’s $100M Opportunity Fund, future of fundraising, importance of “building your Olympic Team” & more | Ang...
3/16/21 Kevin Rose on his product philosophy, Reddit & Digg’s inverse journeys, Twitter’s recent innovations & more | E1185
3/14/21 Tobi Lütke on Shopify’s impact on the creator economy, COVID forcing focus, early Internet breakthroughs, evolving as a remote manager & muc...
3/12/21 How to run an efficient board meeting with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
3/11/21 Garry Tan on lessons from past startup failures, power of community funnels, Alexis Ohanian’s departure & more | Angel S5 E8
3/10/21 Harlem Capital’s Henri Pierre-Jacques on funding underrepresented founders, insights from raising first fund & getting Apple as an LP, Black...
3/5/21 Keith Rabois on Miami vs. Bay Area, cognitive variety, America’s self-examination & more PLUS Keith’s Best Twitter Dunks | E1182
3/4/21 Matt Mullenweg on pioneering remote work, investing in open-source, crypto & more | Angel S5 E7
3/3/21 Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum on the future of healthcare post-COVID, starting a company to SPAC’ing in 36 months | E1181
2/27/21 Founders from LAUNCH Accelerator’s 20th Cohort join Jason to talk fundraising, growth, pitching & more | E1180
2/27/21 Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: early-stage valuations, product roadmaps, startup killers, Twitter gets its groove back & more | E1179
2/25/21 Reid Hoffman on the Joby Aviation SPAC, lessons from early Airbnb & Facebook bets, passing on Stripe & SpaceX, investment thesis & more | An...
2/25/21 Emergency Pod! Deconstructing the grift: Clubhouse coaching scams with Coffeezilla | E1178
2/23/21 “Crisis” Director Nick Jarecki on the opioid problem in America, post-COVID film distribution & more | E1177
2/20/21 Ask Jason! All-In origins, avoiding common investor mistakes, defining “lifestyle” business vs. venture scale & more! | E1176
2/19/21 News! Bitcoin hits $50K, monetizing Clubhouse, drafting the Mount Rushmore of Tech CEOs & more with Acquired FM | E1175
2/18/21 Mark Cuban on the resurgence of retail investors, NBA’s potential entry into wagering & digital assets, DeFi & much more | Angel S5 E5
2/17/21 Andrew Wilkinson on bringing the Buffett approach to startups, WeCommerce, Slack & more | E1174
2/12/21 Box CEO Aaron Levie on the developing cloud storage market, Twitter jokes, Clubhouse vices & more | E1173
2/12/21 Budgets, models & what investors are looking for with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
2/11/21 Howard Lindzon on public vs. private investing psychology, “great unbundling” of index funds, Robinhood & more | Angel S5 E4
2/10/21 Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius: is moving to SF still worth it, bubble/recession potential, post-COVID funding & more | E1172
2/6/21 Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ Bob Mumgaard on trying to solve climate change via nuclear fusion technology | E1171
2/5/21 Five things you need to nail to scale with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
2/4/21 Emergency Pod! Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO: Reasons, reactions & more | E1170
2/4/21 Elad Gil on his product-market driven thesis, importance of market pull, entering the “go public sooner” decade | Angel S5 E3
2/3/21 Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on “going big” with $1B funding round, insights from scaling globally, lessons from the pandemic | E1169
1/30/21 No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer: Netflix’s “keeper test”, comparative turnover, navigating global business cultures – Part 2 | E1168
1/29/21 Startup taxes deep dive with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
1/28/21 Emergency Pod! WallStreetBets vs. Suits, breaking down the GameStop fiasco & more | E1167
1/28/21 Intercom’s Des Traynor on the importance of pricing, product-market fit metrics & more | Angel S5 E2
1/27/21 No Rules Rules Co-Author Erin Meyer on how Netflix cultivates outlier performance & re-aligns values towards innovation – Part 1 | E1166
1/23/21 Outer CEO Jiake Liu on standing out in DTC, go-to-market innovations, pitching at Remote Demo Day & more | E1165
1/22/21 Emergency Pod! Facebook hands off Trump’s indefinite ban to the Oversight Board | E1164
1/22/21 How to ace diligence & avoid common mistakes with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics
1/21/21 David Tisch shares insights from 350+ early-stage investments in companies like Plaid & Roman, importance of reputation, dealing with sharp-...
1/19/21 Frame.io CEO Emery Wells on helping the film industry go remote, how distributed work is changing movie studios & more | E1163
1/15/21 “Early-stage startups we love right now” with Indie Hackers’ Courtland Allen & Pioneer’s Daniel Gross | E1162
1/13/21 DocSend CEO Russ Heddleston on pitch deck insights, leaning into criticism & more | E1161
1/12/21 Coda CEO Shishir Mehrotra on the productivity renaissance, enabling the maker generation, insights from early years of YouTube & more | E116...
1/8/21 Joel Greenblatt on understanding market factors, improving public education, reducing income inequality & more | E1159
1/5/21 Andy Rachleff on management theory, Reed Hastings’ genius, lessons from passing on Netflix & more | E1158
12/25/20 E1157: TWiSTYs 2020 – Jason gives awards for the best, funniest, wettest beak & more!
12/23/20 E1156: Emergency Pod! Ripple sued by SEC over XRP cryptocurrency, breaking down the SEC Complaint
12/22/20 E1155: Daryl Morey on his eventful 2020, adapting to paradigm shifts, taking the Sixers job, building a winning organization & more
12/16/20 E1154: Breaking the low-code stigma amongst developers & adjusting your market with Retool’s David Hsu | Rising Stars of SaaS 10
12/15/20 E1153: Dave Portnoy on the business of Barstool, talent acquisition, Call Her Daddy controversy & more
12/15/20 E1152: Keith Rabois on leaving Silicon Valley for Miami, Roaring Twenties 2.0, IPO spree & more
12/12/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of December 7th, 2020
12/11/20 E1151: Tech stock deep dive with Alex Wilhelm & Beth Kindig: Airbnb & DoorDash IPOs, Zoom’s pricing power, post-pandemic outlook, top picks ...
12/10/20 Employment Agreement deep dive: IP assignment, offer letters, side hustles & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
12/9/20 E1150: Creating a better presentation software, competing with PowerPoint, Keynote & Google Slides & achieving great design with Pitch CEO C...
12/8/20 E1149: Brad Feld on building startup communities, reconciling anxiety as an early-stage investor & remembering Tony Hsieh
12/5/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 30th, 2020
12/4/20 E1148: Apps Without Code Founder & CEO Tara Reed teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to bootstrap startups to profitability
12/4/20 All-In E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more
12/3/20 Understanding Financing Structures: SAFEs, Convertibles Notes, Priced Rounds & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
12/2/20 E1147: “Godfather of SaaS” Jason Lemkin on 2020’s cloud software boom, public CEO mindsets, how Zoom conquered the competition & more | Risi...
12/2/20 E1146: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 19 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Blush (custom illustration tool), Palabra (no-code ...
12/1/20 E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly acquiring Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more!
11/26/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 23rd, 2020
11/25/20 E1144: How Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are solving education financing & aligning incentives in a broken system with Meratas CEO Darius G...
11/25/20 All-In E13: SPACsgiving Special! Plus: More promising vaccine news, innovation vs. regulation, reforming higher ed, morality of challenge tr...
11/24/20 Negotiating a Term Sheet: Deal killers, what terms are worth fighting for & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
11/23/20 E1143: Indie Hackers Founder Courtland Allen is creating a community for the next generation of builders to chase the “new American Dream”
11/21/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 16th, 2020
11/21/20 E1142: Emergency Pod! Jason breaks down & ranks his top 4 IPO candidates: Airbnb, Affirm, Robinhood & Roblox!
11/20/20 E1141: CircleUp’s Ryan Caldbeck on the mental & physical toll of being a founder, why he stepped down as CEO & shared his struggle publicly
11/20/20 Avoiding Co-Founder legal disputes & C-Corp vs. LLC with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics
11/19/20 E1140: Dishcraft Robotics CEO Linda Pouliot on scaling Robots-as-a-Service | Rising Stars of SaaS 6
11/18/20 E1139: Loop CEO Brian Gannon shares secrets to scaling a hardware startup & launching the Loop 2 + bonus Ask Jason!
11/14/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 9th, 2020
11/13/20 E1138: Ask Jason! Benefits to growing a company internationally, Apple’s new chip impact, investing in solo founders & more!
11/11/20 E1137: Making coding accessible for all with Repl.it CEO Amjad Masad | Rising Stars of SaaS 5
11/11/20 All-ln E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump’s next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
11/10/20 E1136: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on evolving accreditation laws, SPACs, importance of capital markets in wealth creation, spotting frau...
11/7/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 2nd, 2020
11/6/20 E1135: Density CEO Andrew Farah on launching the Open Area sensor, $51M Series C, impact of increasing spatial efficiency, risk-taking & mor...
11/5/20 E1134: Deep dive on the food delivery wars with ChowNow CEO Chris Webb | Rising Stars of SaaS 4
11/4/20 All-In E11: Election Night Special featuring surprise guests!
11/3/20 E1133: Podcast & blogging pioneer Dave Winer on inventing new forms of media, tribalism on social media, tales from Silicon Valley’s Golden ...
10/31/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 26th, 2020
10/30/20 E1132: News! Jack Dorsey vs. Ted Cruz, Google’s antitrust lawsuit, Expensify email, Amazon deep dive & much more with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert...
10/29/20 E1131 Bringing barbershops into the digital age with Squire CEO Songe LaRon | Rising Stars of SaaS 3
10/27/20 E1130: “Billion Dollar Loser” Author Reeves Wiedeman on WeWork’s epic rise & crazy collapse, Adam Neumann’s unique behavior, hypocrisy, red ...
10/24/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 19th, 2020
10/23/20 E1129: Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff on launching the Always Home Cam – an autonomous indoor drone, taking his company from bad reviews to a b...
10/23/20 E1128: Emergency Pod! A Quibi postmortem – Diving into the numbers, what went wrong, lessons learned & more!
10/22/20 E1127: Data privacy deep dive with Transcend CEO Ben Brook; tracking pixels, GDPR, privacy as a selling point & more | Rising Stars of SaaS ...
10/20/20 E1126: Capital Allocators Host Ted Seides goes deep on endowments, LP turnover, public/private market insights, ESG investing & more
10/17/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 12th, 2020
10/16/20 E1125: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 18 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Fluent Forever (language learning app), SupportPay ...
10/16/20 All-In E10: Twitter & Facebook botch censorship (again), the publisher vs. distributor debate & more
10/14/20 E1124: Reducing response times for first responders & revolutionizing outdated systems with RapidDeploy CEO Steven Raucher | Rising Stars of...
10/14/20 E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in ...
10/13/20 E1122: Running Tide CEO Marty Odlin is helping solve the Climate crisis by using kelp to sequester carbon in the ocean, shares insights on g...
10/10/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 5th, 2020
10/9/20 E1121: Mark Suster on investing in human-computer interfaces & sustainability, what he looks for in founders, SPACs impact on early-stage in...
10/7/20 E1120: Shift Co-CEO George Arison on going public via SPAC, lessons from building Uber’s predecessor & innovating in the massive used car ma...
10/3/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 28th, 2020
10/3/20 All-In E9: Trump has COVID, First debate reactions, Coinbase letter response & more
10/2/20 E1119: Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett is creating a marketplace for early childhood education & microschools, giving teachers greater access...
10/1/20 E1118: Emergency Pod! Two former Apple executives are building the iPhone killer – breaking down the leaks, patents & scoops regarding Human...
9/30/20 E1117 The Next Unicorns E20: Citizen CEO Andrew Frame on creating a safer world through access to public data, reforming policing via transp...
9/29/20 E1116: Cabana CEO Scott Kubly is building a fleet of hotels-on-wheels, shares insights on scaling an asset-heavy business, providing unique ...
9/26/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 21st, 2020
9/26/20 E1115: Emergency Pod! Collapsing state of media corporations, thoughts on Casey Newton, Andrew Sullivan & Bari Weiss departures, top talent ...
9/25/20 E1114: #AskJason! Silicon Valley exodus, product vs. branding, expanding into adjacent markets, avoiding burnout & more
9/23/20 E1113 The Next Unicorns E19: Loom CEO Joe Thomas is building video for work, shares insights on creating new behaviors, support as a competi...
9/22/20 E1112: Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations, Trevor Milton resigns, Jason reflects on Trevor’s answers
9/19/20 All-In E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021 & beyond, California wildfires & more
9/18/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 14th, 2020
9/18/20 E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, creating the Wayback Machine, protocols over platforms, microschools & more
9/17/20 E1110 The Next Unicorns E18: Ghost Locomotion CEO John Hayes builds self-driving kits for consumer vehicles, shares insights on cameras vs. ...
9/16/20 Apply to pitch thousands of angel investors at Remote Demo Day – Coming September 30th
9/16/20 E1109: Ritual CEO Katerina Schneider on creating pure & effective vitamins, standing out in a crowded DTC market, utilizing subscriptions & ...
9/12/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 7th, 2020
9/12/20 E1108: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on leading a public company through COVID, championing diversity from the top down, role of a modern CE...
9/9/20 E1107 The Next Unicorns E17: Caffeine CEO Ben Keighran on reimagining live TV for younger generations, what makes Apple’s design team so spe...
9/9/20 All-In E7: California’s collapse, how SPACs are opening the markets for growth stocks & more
9/8/20 E1106: Desktop Metal CEO Ric Fulop shares insights from taking two companies public, traditional IPO vs. SPAC, future of Computer-aided desi...
9/5/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 31st, 2020
9/4/20 E1105: Unpacking the US/China Relationship with Foreign Policy & Technology Expert Jacob Helberg
9/3/20 E1104 The Next Unicorns E16: Degreed’s David Blake on reimagining lifelong education, ending credentialism, benefits of early apprenticeship...
9/2/20 E1103: Domm Holland on launching Fast to the public, creating a one-click checkout for the entire Internet, taking on Apple Pay & more
9/1/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 24th, 2020
8/29/20 E1102 The Next Unicorns E15: Zero Mass Water CEO Cody Friesen is perfecting drinking water with hydropanels, aiming to create essential reso...
8/28/20 E1101: News! Apple vs. Epic Games, TikTok CEO resigns, SPACs, Unicorn IPOs & more with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal
8/25/20 E1100: Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That on facial recognition advancements, balancing privacy & security, engaging with controversy & more
8/22/20 Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 17th, 2020
8/21/20 E1099: Basecamp Co-Founder Jason Fried on building Hey, making email exciting again, Hey vs. Apple & more
8/19/20 E1098 The Next Unicorns E14: Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball on the coming paradigm shifts in tech, competing against AWS & more
8/18/20 E1097: Understanding the travel collapse & how media can thrive going forward with Skift CEO & Founder Rafat Ali
8/15/20 Best of This Week in Startups: August 10th-August 14th, 2020
8/14/20 E1096: Podcasting State of the Union featuring Overcast’s Marco Arment & Oxford Road’s Dan Granger
8/12/20 E1095 The Next Unicorns E13: Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley is creating the real estate cloud, opening residential investing to millennials & mo...
8/11/20 E1094: Thrasio Co-CEO Josh Silberstein acquires & operates 60+ Amazon brands, shares insights on mastering the marketplace, competing with A...
8/7/20 E1093: Keith Rabois on China’s grand plan, TikTok, Taiwan, Big Tech & more
8/5/20 E1092 The Next Unicorns E12: Homebound CEO & Co-Founder Nikki Pechet is solving the home building process by increasing customer experience,...
8/4/20 E1091: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 17 founders reflect on their journeys throughout the program: Nude Barre (DTC hosiery made for women of all...
8/1/20 All-In E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more
7/31/20 E1090: Nikola Founder Trevor Milton on competing with Tesla, hydrogen over battery, going public as a pre-revenue company & more
7/30/20 Emergency Pod! Jason Calacanis reacts to Big Tech hearings: Grades for Bezos, Cook, Pichai & Zuckerberg
7/29/20 E1089 The Next Unicorns E11: insitro CEO Daphne Koller is revolutionizing drug discovery via machine learning & data, shares insights on rem...
7/28/20 E1088: Building Zero Fasting with Kevin Rose, properly pricing consumer apps, benefits of fasting & more with Big Sky Health CEO Mike Maser
7/24/20 E1087: Democratizing art as an asset class, indicators of a rapidly appreciating piece of art & more with Masterworks CEO & Founder Scott Ly...
7/21/20 E1086: Supporting founder mental health at Freestyle Capital with Josh Felser, Caren Maio & Mani Kulasooriya
7/17/20 E1085: Chris Atoki shares his inspiring story: from homeless to homeowner in 4 years through grit, technology & hustle
7/14/20 E1084: David Sacks on “The Cadence”: an operating philosophy he developed at PayPal which helped him lead Yammer to a billion-dollar exit wi...
7/11/20 All-In E5: WHO’s incompetence, kicking off Cold War II, China’s grand plan, 100X’ing America’s efficiency
7/10/20 Founders: Pitch Thousands of Angel Investors over Zoom at Remote Demo Day!
7/9/20 E1083 News: Trump considers TikTok ban, Twitter leaks subscription platform, Clubhouse drama, Harvard price gouging & more with Morgan DeBau...
7/7/20 E1082: OfferUp CEO & Co-Founder Nick Huzar on creating liquidity in a marketplace, acquiring their largest competitor in Letgo, location-bas...
6/30/20 E1081: SevenRooms CEO & Co-Founder Joel Montaniel on raising $50M Series B during COVID, taking on large incumbents, helping restaurants lev...
6/30/20 Learn how to be an Angel Investor from Jason Calacanis at Angel.University Online!
6/26/20 E1080: Arlan Hamilton on launching Backstage Crowd, disrupting VC with syndicates, how the tech industry can be better for underrepresented ...
6/24/20 E1079: The Power of Accelerators E10 Daniel Gross, Founder of Pioneer on gamifying the startup process, importance of mentorship in tech & m...
6/23/20 E1078 Pomp Podcast Crossover: Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano on most exciting crypto projects, Hey vs. Apple, Robinhood/Barstool traders, Zuck vs....
6/21/20 All-In E4: Politicizing the pandemic, Police reform, Biden’s ideal VP, Twitter vs. Facebook on free speech & more with David Sacks & David F...
6/19/20 E1077: “Alchemy” Author Rory Sutherland on the Darwinian approach to business, analyzing outliers, why eccentric CEOs have a psychological a...
6/18/20 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...
6/16/20 E1075: Cendana Capital’s Michael Kim on investing in Seed funds as a serial LP, Robinhood as an acquisition target, greatest Seed funds of a...
6/12/20 E1074 News: How VC can do better for underrepresented founders, Zoom shuts down Chinese pro-democracy accounts, Wall Street Bets, Reddit app...
6/10/20 E1073: The Power of Accelerators E8 Mike Jones, CEO of Science shares insights on what makes a great Direct-to-Consumer Founder, investing e...
6/9/20 E1072 Ask Jason: Growing as a leader, managing more experienced employees as a young CEO, Consumer SaaS pricing tips, bull markets post-COVI...
6/9/20 Announcement: Learn how to become a professional angel investor at Angel.University Online
6/5/20 E1071 Ask Jason: Black Lives Matter, Post-COVID tech hubs, Founder/VC disputes, bringing manufacturing back to the US, pre-selling SaaS prod...
6/3/20 E1070: The Power of Accelerators E7 Ravi Belani, Managing Director of Alchemist Accelerator on why the best entrepreneurs love the process, ...
6/3/20 E1069: Alexis Ohanian on Reddit’s crypto origins, turning VC into a team sport at Initialized, improving as an investor, fatherhood & more
5/30/20 E1068 AMA: NEA’s Ben Narasin takes questions from founders: most important content in a pitch deck, COVID’s impact on dealmaking, traits he ...
5/29/20 E1067: Garry Tan, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Initialized Capital, on dealing with downstream investors as a Seed-stage firm, software ...
5/27/20 E1066: The Power of Accelerators E6 David Brown, CEO & Co-Founder of TechStars on leading the virtual accelerator trend, benefits of going g...
5/21/20 E1065 AMA: Slice CEO Ilir Sela answers questions from founders: tips on selling into scattered markets (like Mom & Pop shops), COVID’s impac...
5/21/20 E1064: News Roundtable! Sam Parr & Zach Coelius on Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy, SoftBank’s $17B loss, TikTok poaches former Disney ex...
5/21/20 All-In E3: Modern Cold War between US & China, economic recovery, potential mass migration out of San Francisco, pandemic politicization & m...
5/20/20 E1063: The Power of Accelerators E5 Joshua Baer, CEO & Founder of Capital Factory shares lessons from investing in 400+ startups, best pract...
5/20/20 E1062: News Roundtable! Acquired.FM Co-Hosts Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on Clubhouse’s pre-launch $100M valuation, Joe Rogan to Spotify, ...
5/18/20 E1061 AMA: Hustle Fund's Elizabeth Yin answers 50 questions from founders!
5/14/20 E1060 AMA: Range CEO & Co-Founder Dan Pupius answers questions from founders: meeting & collaborating with Evan Williams, divvying up time w...
5/13/20 E1059: The Power of Accelerators E4 Sean O’Sullivan, Managing General Partner of SOSV on running capital intensive accelerators in hardware,...
5/12/20 E1058: Slice CEO & Founder Ilir Sela helps local pizzerias compete with chains by digitizing orders & small fees, shares insights on raising...
5/12/20 E1057: Founders Fund General Partner Keith Rabois on stock market bounce back, domain expertise being overrated, US/China issues, 2020 elect...
5/12/20 E1056 AMA: StartX & Nexus Events Founder Cameron Teitelman answers questions from founders: how universities with no entrepreneurial culture...
5/8/20 E1055: Hustle Fund Co-Founder & General Partner Elizabeth Yin on her unique portfolio strategy, attracting first-time LPs, optimism for post...
5/8/20 AMA 2: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin answers questions from founders: should early-stage founders prioritize data or instincts, building global...
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5/6/20 E1054: The Power of Accelerators E3 Siobhan Dullea, CEO of MassChallenge on running a non-profit accelerator, accepting hundreds of companie...
5/5/20 E1053: Ask Jason! Catching‌ ‌an‌ ‌investor’s‌ ‌eye‌ ‌with‌ ‌a‌ ‌cold‌ ‌email‌, what founders/investors often overlook during pitches, COVID’...
5/2/20 TEASER: Inside Transportation E3: Sandy Munro Talks Electric Vehicles, Tesla Model Y + More
5/2/20 E1052: Range CEO & Co-Founder Dan Pupius shares best practices on building culture as a remote team, insights from working on Google+, impor...
4/30/20 AMA 1: freeCodeCamp’s Quincy Larson answers founder and developer questions
4/29/20 E1051: The Power of Accelerators E2 Cameron Teitelman, Founder & Chairman of StartX on optimizing Stanford’s entrepreneurial landscape, thes...
4/28/20 E1050: PlayVS CEO & Founder Delane Parnell shares his incredible journey from the projects to raising almost $100M to build the esports plat...
4/27/20 SNEAK PREVIEW! Inside Transportation E2: EV Companies Take PPP Loans, Virgin Australia collapses, Levandowski v. Uber
4/24/20 E1049: freeCodeCamp Founder Quincy Larson shares insights on democratizing developer skills, which programs to learn to land a coding job, i...
4/22/20 E1048: The Power of Accelerators E1 Steve Barsh, Managing Partner of Dreamit Ventures on top portfolio companies, focusing on specific verti...
4/22/20 E1047: Ask Jason Slack Special! Sourcing talent during a crisis, building strong culture & motivating remote teams, investing in distributed...
4/17/20 E1046: News Roundtable! TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm & Slow Ventures’ Sam Lessin on COVID’s potential privacy risk, private/public investor out...
4/15/20 E1045: 15Five CEO & Co-Founder David Hassell shares insights on remote work: transitioning from in-person to remote, tips for keeping employ...
4/11/20 SNEAK PREVIEW: E2 All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya & Jason Calacanis: Rebooting the economy, understanding corporate debt, steps to avoid a ...
4/10/20 E1044: Ask Jason! Starting a company in an economic crisis, bringing on & compensating startup advisors, scaling diligence as an angel inves...
4/10/20 E41: “Angel” Podcast: Shawn Carolan, Managing Partner at Menlo Ventures shares insights on his early investments in Uber, Roku, Siri & JUMP ...
4/7/20 E1043: News Roundtable! Bloomberg Beta’s Roy Bahat & Coelius Capital’s Zach Coelius on how tech is helping during the crisis, how startups s...
4/3/20 E1042: Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) shares insights on Recode incident, need for decentralized citizen journalism, techlash through the year...
4/1/20 E40: “Angel” Podcast: Jeff Richards, Managing Partner at GGV Capital shares lessons for founders & investors from 2008 recession & Dot-com b...
4/1/20 E1041: The Lean Startup’s Eric Ries gives tactical advice for founders during an economic downturn: obligations of leadership, extending run...
3/27/20 E1040: Figma CEO & Co-Founder Dylan Field shares insights on crucial moments in Figma’s creation, overcoming SaaS burnout, active vs. passiv...
3/25/20 E39: “Angel” Podcast: Sarah Guo, General Partner at Greylock Partners shares insights on Greylock’s “Zero to One” investment thesis, sharpen...
3/24/20 E1039: Independent Journalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, “Lambda School’s Misleading Promises”, shares insights on what drew him to ...
3/21/20 E1038: News Roundtable! Index Ventures’ Sarah Cannon & TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm on COVID-19’s impact so far: lessons learned, Sarah’s stimu...
3/19/20 E1 All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya & Jason Calacanis: US Response to COVID-19 & Impact on Startups, Venture Capital & Public Markets with D...
3/18/20 E38: “Angel” Podcast: David Cowan, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners shares insights on owning up to his anti-portfolio, understanding su...
3/17/20 E1037: LAUNCH Accelerator Class 16 Founders of BasicBlock (payment solution for truckers), DaoCloud (lead-gen for health & wellness practiti...
3/15/20 EMERGENCY POD: E0 All-In with Chamath Palihapitiya & Jason Calacanis: COVID-19 Political, Economic & Social Ramifications featuring The Prod...
3/13/20 E1036: #AskJason Special! When to join a startup to maximize equity & job security, types of companies that will thrive in an economic downt...
3/11/20 E37: “Angel” Podcast: Nicole Quinn, Partner at Lightspeed shares benefits of celebrity founders like Lady Gaga & Gwyneth Paltrow, insights o...
3/10/20 E1035: SoftBank Managing Partner Jeff Housenbold on deploying the $100B Vision Fund, getting recruited by Masayoshi Son, counseling founders...
3/6/20 E1034: Formlabs CEO & Co-Founder Max Lobovsky shares insights on hitting $100M in revenue as a 3D printing platform, most lucrative use case...
3/4/20 E36: “Angel” Podcast: Ajay Agarwal, Partner at Bain Capital shares insights on culture evolving from sales-driven to product-driven, why ent...
3/3/20 E1033: News Roundtable! Lambda School CEO Austen Allred & General Catalyst Partner Katherine Boyle on Lambda School controversy, Techlash & ...
2/27/20 E1032: News Roundtable! Robinhood Snacks’ Duo Jack Kramer & Nick Martell on Coronavirus’ impact on public markets, Iger out at Disney – Buy ...
2/26/20 E35: “Angel” Podcast: Sarah Tavel, Partner at Benchmark shares insights on getting recruited by Peter Fenton, disrupting VC gender norms fro...
2/25/20 E1031: Zumper CEO & Co-Founder Anthemos Georgiades makes renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel, shares insights on monetizing mark...
2/22/20 E1030: News Roundtable! Zapier CEO Wade Foster & Early-Stage Investor Monique Woodard on Tech Journalists vs. Founders/VCs, Twitter’s fake n...
2/19/20 E34: “Angel” Podcast: George Zachary, General Partner at CRV shares insights on cancer scare shifting his focus to investing in health-tech,...
2/18/20 E1029: Basecamp Co-Founder & Author David Heinemeier Hansson (@DHH) debates Jason on reining in capitalism, benefits of state-run education ...
2/14/20 E1028: Laura Huang, author of “Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage” shares insights on overcoming disadvantages to create an edge, being ...
2/12/20 E33: “Angel” Podcast: Dan Rose, Chairman at Coatue Management is leading a $700M early-stage fund, shares insights on working with Bezos & Z...
2/11/20 E1027: Orreco CEO & Founder Dr. Brian Moore built a platform that optimizes performance of elite athletes, shares cutting-edge benefits of b...
2/7/20 E1026: Cocoon Co-Founders Sachin Monga & Alex Cornell are building an intimate app to connect close circles, share insights on key standout ...
2/5/20 E32: “Angel” podcast: Season 4 Premiere! Sarah Cannon, Partner at Index Ventures, shares insights on investing in the future of work, underr...
2/4/20 E1025: #StartupTuneup @ Founder.University Part 2!: 6 founders pitch to Jason & Dave Samuel of Freestyle Capital on AI driving assistance, s...
2/4/20 E1024: #StartupTuneup @ Founder.University: 6 founders pitch to Jason & Dave Samuel of Freestyle Capital on merging communication networks, ...
2/1/20 E1023: News Roundtable! Machine Zone CEO Kristen Dumont & The Register’s Iain Thomson on Bezos phone hack, Tesla valuation skyrocketing, DJ ...
1/28/20 E1022: One Drop CEO & Founder Jeff Dachis helps people with diabetes manage & improve their blood-sugar levels, shares insights on making da...
1/24/20 E1021: Bubble Co-CEO & Co-Founder Emmanuel Straschnov built a no-code platform to empower the next generation of programmers, shares insight...
1/21/20 E1020: CEO/Investor Coach & Author Matt Mochary shares insights on developing his coaching method, understanding & overcoming primal fear, a...
1/17/20 E1019: Mahmee CEO & Co-Founder Melissa Hanna is helping new moms navigate thru postpartum care, shares insights on getting Serena Williams &...
1/14/20 E1018: #AskJason! Avoiding first-time founder mistakes, causes of big-tech layoffs, participating in a Series A as an Angel, running a US-ba...
1/10/20 E1017: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: scaling as a solo founder, reducing churn, raising capita...
1/7/20 E1016: Substack CEO & Co-Founder Chris Best empowers writers via his email newsletter platform, shares insights on driving change in the att...
1/3/20 E1015: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: gaining interest from investors, scaling while bootstrapp...
12/31/19 E1014: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: targeting a specific segment of customers, overcoming pas...
12/27/19 E1013: Decade Wrap-Up Roundtable! Garry Tan, Initialized Capital & Zach Coelius, Coelius Capital on the biggest hits & misses of the past de...
12/24/19 E1012: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: goal-setting, starting a sales flywheel, converting bounc...
12/20/19 E1011: Check Point CEO & Co-founder Gil Shwed shares insights on being the “Godfather of Cybersecurity”, growing Check Point into Israel’s m...
12/17/19 E1010: TWiST Live! Thumbtack CEO & Co-founder Marco Zappacosta shares insights on pivoting to optimize for consumer experience, starting a c...
12/13/19 E1009: #StartupTuneup! Startmate Founders pitch Jason: AR presentation platform, experiential marketing, wearables that help menstrual cramp...
12/10/19 E1008: VSCO CEO & Co-founder Joel Flory is building a photo-sharing platform free of ads, likes & comments to empower creators, shares insig...
12/6/19 E1007: DoNotPay CEO & Founder Josh Browder built an AI lawyer to fight corporations & governments, demos product features & how it helps con...
12/3/19 E1006: Farmer’s Fridge CEO & Founder Luke Saunders is creating a connected network of vending machines offering fresh & healthy meals, share...
11/29/19 E1005: Scale AI CEO & Co-founder Alexandr Wang creates training data for all AI applications to improve machine learning, shares insights on...
11/26/19 E1004: Yousician CEO & Co-founder Chris Thür created an interactive platform to master musical instruments, shares insights on acquiring 1M+...
11/22/19 E1003: The Athletic CEO & Co-founder Alex Mather is building a paid online sports media publication, shares insights on attracting investors...
11/19/19 E1002: Wealthfront CEO & Co-founder Andy Rachleff on hitting escape velocity at Wealthfront, pioneering “self-driving money” for consumers, ...
11/15/19 E1001: Eight Sleep CEO & Co-founder Matteo Franceschetti pioneered “sleep-fitness” with smart heating & cooling technology; shares insights ...
11/12/19 E1000: 1000th Episode Retrospective! Jason & TWiST lifers Lon Harris, Brian Alvey, & Tyler Crowley re-live favorite moments & guests, highli...
11/8/19 E999: ROOM CEO & Co-founder Brian Chen is building phone booths for the modern office, shares insights on maximizing open floor plans, partn...
11/6/19 E998: The Next Unicorns: Benchling CEO & Co-founder Sajith Wickramasekara is increasing efficiency for scientists with a cloud-based platfor...
11/5/19 E997: HubSpot CEO & Co-founder Brian Halligan shares insights on the origin of inbound marketing, how The Grateful Dead inspired HubSpot, im...
11/1/19 E996: Clearbit CEO & Co-founder Alex MacCaw is creating god-mode for marketers with Clearbit X, gives insights on dynamic customer targeting...
10/30/19 E995: The Next Unicorns: NEXT Trucking CEO & Co-founder Lidia Yan brings trucking into the digital age with her two-sided marketplace, share...
10/29/19 E994: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin shares his state machine that answers all growth questions; Future of Early-Stage VC w/Pete Flint (NFX), Re...
10/25/19 E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Be...
10/23/19 E992: The Next Unicorns: Expanse CEO & Co-founder Tim Junio reduces exposure to online threats by providing “attack surface visibility”, sha...
10/22/19 E991: #StartupTuneup with Urban-X: Waste-reducing marketplaces, traffic liability reduction, recreational sharing spaces, firefighter safety...
10/18/19 E990: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on driving growth by listening to customers & employees, importance of a strong & diverse board, direct ...
10/16/19 E989: The Next Unicorns: Culture Amp CEO & Co-founder Didier Elzinga is building an employee analytics platform that keeps workers satisfied...
10/15/19 E988: Aileen Lee, Founder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures, pioneered actionable change to diversify tech & VC, shares early days innov...
10/12/19 E987: The Next Unicorns: Upgrade CEO & Co-founder Renaud Laplanche is empowering users to better understand credit through his consumer cred...
10/11/19 E986: StockX Co-founder Josh Luber is building a stock market for things, shares insights on the two cultural shifts that brought sneaker cu...
10/9/19 E985: #AskJason! Recognizing great founders as an investor, dealing with a lack of updates, raising capital through crowdfunding, the ideal ...
10/4/19 E984: Vice Ventures Founding Partner Catharine Dockery raised $25M to invest in vices: marijuana, sextech, gambling, alcohol, vaping; shares...
10/4/19 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, ad...
10/1/19 E982: Karmic Bikes Founder Hong Quan on creating the “Tesla of E-Bikes” with OSLO, bootstrapping through Kickstarter, lowering costs as a st...
9/27/19 E981: Roy Bahat, Head of Bloomberg Beta, shares the myths of venture capital, the great value of founders turned investors, why VCs reject s...
9/25/19 E980: The Next Unicorns: Alto Pharmacy CEO & Co-founder Mattieu Gamache-Asselin is working to fix the broken US pharmacy system by removing ...