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Podcast: Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode: Episode 674 | SparkToro Pays Back Investors, When to Raise Funding, and X.com (Hot Take Tuesday)
Description: In episode 674, join Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, and Tracy Osborn for Hot Take Tuesday, where they analyze and discuss some of the latest news. They talk about Elon rebranding Twitter to X and the emergence of Instagram's Threads. They also cover the pros and cons of taking VC and SparkToro's unique funding model and paying back investors.
Topics we cover:
2:49 – Twitter is now X
5:53 – Does the rebranding make sense?
12:15 – Instagram launches Threads
19:18 – SparkToro pays back investors
26:04 – Planning ahead for the payback
28:53 – “Don’t take VC funding”
35:11 – “We Raised a Bunch of Money”
Links from the Show:
Tracy Osborn (@tra...