This Week in Startups
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Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital: global growth, partnering with legendary companies and the evergreen fund | E1403
73 hours 34 mins; March 08, 2022
Alumni Ventures charged by SEC + What Germany got wrong about nuclear power with Mark Nelson | E1402
91 hours 9 mins; March 07, 2022
How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401
58 mins; March 06, 2022
Google ends WFH, $SNOW earnings + Stillmark's Alyse Killeen Angel S6 E7 + Pallet CEO Kai Han | E1400
114 hours 47 mins; March 04, 2022
Cana CEO Matt Mahar on launching a "Replicator for beverages," turning a product into a platform, working with The Production Board and more | E1399
65 hours 46 mins; March 03, 2022
Apple pauses RU sales, Ford splits-off EVs + How Facebook killed Joe Speiser's $100M business | E1398
47 mins; March 02, 2022
Tech takes action against Russia, Backbone's mobile gaming device + Joel Greenblatt from Gotham Capital | E1397
141 hours 35 mins; March 01, 2022
Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396
71 hours 31 mins; February 28, 2022
What investors mean when they are "waiting for a lead" (VC Sunday School) + Seth Bannon of 50 Years | E1395
70 hours 15 mins; February 27, 2022
DHH on Basecamp's painful evolution, Bitcoin, Revitalizing internet discourse + Lumanu CEO Tony Tran | E1394
119 hours 13 mins; February 26, 2022
Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393
63 hours 9 mins; February 24, 2022
Kanye's genius business model, Platform dependency risks, Pipe enters the movie biz + AirPals' Joshe Ordonez | E1392
55 mins; February 23, 2022
Coinbase's mutable messaging, Revitalizing Peloton and High-growth companies poised for a comeback | E1391
83 hours 20 mins; February 22, 2022
From PM to GP: Roach Capital's Fahd Ananta | Angel S6 E6 + OK Boomer: Dive Chat | E1390
61 hours 23 mins; February 18, 2022
Spotify's ad-tech acquisitions to take on YouTube with The Verge's Ashley Carman + Founder University Pitches | E1389
76 hours 48 mins; February 18, 2022
Keith Rabois of Founders Fund + AirBnB's earnings & evolving customer base, SF BOE recall | E1388
77 hours 24 mins; February 16, 2022
Do startup employee stock options need an overhaul? Softbank's failed Arm sale + Growth University's Craig Zingerline | E1387
47 mins; February 15, 2022
Crypto's Super Bowl blitz, Joby's asian air-taxi partnerships, Affirm's earnings & BNPL growing pains | E1386
48 mins; February 14, 2022
VC Sunday School: first-tier investor behavior + Climate: Dangerous Ventures' Mike Lin | E1385
59 mins; February 13, 2022
Rapid Disney+ growth, Predicting preference with Qloo's Alex Elias, OK Boomer: Zehra Naqvi's Z-list | E1384
71 hours 2 mins; February 11, 2022
Peloton's new CEO + Cake Ventures' Monique Woodard Angel S6 E5 | E1383
87 hours 13 mins; February 10, 2022
$3.6B crypto hack recovered + Segment co-founder Peter Reinhardt's next bet: Charm Industrial | E1382
84 hours 52 mins; February 09, 2022
Peter Thiel departs FB board, John Foley steps down at Peloton, Should Amazon spin off AWS? + Startup of the Day: Island | E1381
62 hours 36 mins; February 08, 2022
Spotify's saga continues, $FB warns of EU exit, GoFundMe's protest refund, Peloton's suitors | E1380
63 hours 24 mins; February 07, 2022
John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins with Ryan Panchadsaram + VC Sunday School: cap table management | E1379
79 hours 7 mins; February 06, 2022
NYC delivery wars, Cruise gives driverless rides in SF + Gopuff Co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev | E1378
67 hours 37 mins; February 04, 2022
Full $FB earnings breakdown, NFT company violates music IP + Behind Genius' Paige Finn: Angel S6 E4 | E1377
74 hours 4 mins; February 03, 2022
All-In’s hijacked feed, Google’s earnings breakdown, Jason’s legendary iPad troll | E1376
55 mins; February 02, 2022
Playstation's $3.2B Bungie acquisition, Metafy gaming tutoring, Shopify CEO joins Coinbase Board of Directors | E1375
61 hours 12 mins; February 01, 2022
Breaking down Ryan Breslow's YC critique + Spotify's solution & Joe Rogan's response | E1374
83 hours 11 mins; January 31, 2022
VC Sunday School: startup investing in a down market + Emily Kirsch of Powerhouse Ventures | E1373
59 mins; January 30, 2022
Packy McCormick’s Not Boring parlay: Angel S6 E3 + Producer Rachel visits Miami Hack Week | E1372
62 hours 13 mins; January 28, 2022
$TSLA earnings breakdown & 2022 IPOs to watch with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1371
71 hours 28 mins; January 27, 2022
MSFT adds $10B, Stripe mafia memes, Spotify: platform or publisher, Scratchpad case-study | E1370
82 hours 36 mins; January 26, 2022
TikTok vs. YouTube, Bolt CEO calls Stripe & YC "Mob Bosses," Culdesac, Anduril wins $1B contract | E1369
58 mins; January 25, 2022
Comparing 2022 to the Dot-Com bubble + Activist investor challenges Peloton leadership | E1368
66 hours 37 mins; January 24, 2022
Sunday VC School: how investors work together + Prime Movers Lab's Ramez Naam | E1367
59 mins; January 23, 2022
Apple AR headset scoops with Mark Gurman + Campbell Baron: Gen Z startup content creator | E1366
89 hours 56 mins; January 22, 2022
Google AR, Peloton pullback + David Friedberg: Cana, the first molecular beverage printer | E1365
89 hours 5 mins; January 21, 2022
FTC antitrust revision, 5G rollout pause + David Rosenthal's $2.8M fund: Angel S6 E2 | E1364
76 hours 56 mins; January 20, 2022
Full breakdown of Microsoft acquiring Activision-Blizzard for ~$70B+ | E1363
40 mins; January 19, 2022
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: victory through taking ownership, increasing velocity & cultivating talent | E1362
70 hours 42 mins; January 18, 2022
Oath Keepers indicted from Signal messages, U.S. House subpoenas tech platforms + Alex Masmej: selling a personal token | E1361
49 mins; January 14, 2022
1M fewer college students: is it a problem? + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1360
78 hours 17 mins; January 13, 2022
$140B streaming wars 2022 budget, Warren's bad "Big Grocery" take + Mac Conwell: Angel S6 E1 | E1359
89 hours 12 mins; January 12, 2022
Y Combinator's New Deal, Turo S-1 + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger: Human-in-the-loop security cameras | E1358
84 hours 41 mins; January 11, 2022
Tech pullback, SEC considers tightening startup investing regulations, Apple XR headset leaks | E1357
52 mins; January 10, 2022
Sunday VC School: valuation vs. traction matrix + Climate: New Energy Nexus CEO Danny Kennedy | E1356
61 hours 25 mins; January 09, 2022
Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355
61 hours 36 mins; January 07, 2022
GETTR & social media moderation, NYT to acquire The Athletic + Axie Infinity's Jeff Zirlin on NFT gaming | E1354
73 hours 45 mins; January 06, 2022
OpenSea raises $300M, VW & Toyota commit $170B to EVs, China's strangled tech sector, New media | E1353
67 hours 10 mins; January 05, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes is guilty, Amazon wins over socialists, Biden sanctions China | E1352
66 hours 40 mins; January 04, 2022
How JOKR lost $159 per order, rising startup valuations, OpenSea freezes stolen NFTs, Web 2 CEOs troll Web 3 | E1351
67 hours 41 mins; January 03, 2022
The 2021 TWISTY Awards: best guest, most awkward moment, best chemistry & more! | E1350
58 mins; December 27, 2021
Web3 wars & Rivian Q3 earnings with our new co-host Molly Wood! | E1349
76 hours 41 mins; December 21, 2021
Praying For Exits: the satirist of venture capital | E1348
76 hours 35 mins; December 17, 2021
Melania Trump’s NFT, Reddit to go public + Twitter’s Tony Haile: news & product evolution | E1347
68 hours 9 mins; December 16, 2021
mRNA cancer treatment, Google’s vax policy, Better.com CEO “taking time off” + Founder roundtable: PaidBack, Wearwell, SupporTrends | E1346
61 hours 1 min; December 15, 2021
What Elizabeth Holmes’s prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345
47 mins; December 14, 2021
Is Peloton undervalued? + Rad Power Bikes CEO Mike Radenbaugh + Succession recap, All-in | E1344
114 hours 10 mins; December 13, 2021
Guess the fake startup + Founders of Jenni.AI, Wearloom, Track, Llama Life + How to hire Gen Z | E1343
101 hours 27 mins; December 10, 2021
Armstrong & Tether skip crypto hearings, Adele’s NFT resale solution + Startup Checklist E10 | E1342
50 mins; December 09, 2021
Art Basel recap (Beeple, JUUL, Cathie Wood) + reacting to Better.com’s leaked layoffs clip | E1341
63 hours 17 mins; December 08, 2021
What is a Vibe Capitalist? Bedrock’s Geoff Lewis on investing, crypto, city-states, defense & AI | E1340
67 hours 4 mins; December 07, 2021
Crypto accounting for startups | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1339
35 mins; December 06, 2021
Square becomes Block, Spotify Wrapped’s genius, $GRAB debut + Founders of Fathom, Deft & Krepling | E1338
85 hours 51 mins; December 03, 2021
Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337
96 hours 33 mins; December 02, 2021
Twitter bans sharing “private media” + Startup Checklist: How to raise capital | E1336
51 mins; December 01, 2021
Twitter’s new CEO, Mr. Beast’s record-breaking Squid Game + Haus’ Helena Price Hambrecht | E1335
54 mins; November 30, 2021
End of year startup accounting checklist | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1334
24 mins; November 29, 2021
Zoom’s revenue tops $1B, valuation falls + Startup Checklist: how to prepare for fundraising | E1333
58 mins; November 24, 2021
Turner Novak: Turning memes into a $10M VC fund | E1332
87 hours 6 mins; November 23, 2021
Nikola Motors update, El Salvador launches $1B bond to build “Bitcoin City” on a volcano | E1331
46 mins; November 22, 2021
A DAO bids $40M on the Constitution, Startup Checklist: Operational best practices, Gen Z VCs | E1330
95 hours 43 mins; November 19, 2021
Tarantino sued over NFTs + Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan: YouTube, Entrepreneurship, Investing | E1329
79 hours 7 mins; November 18, 2021
Why Sam Lessin is using the VC model to invest in individuals + Jason funds a startup on air | E1328
67 hours 7 mins; November 17, 2021
Ohio sues FB + Bradley Tusk “The Fixer,” Uber, startups navigating politics, mobile voting | E1327
84 hours 35 mins; November 16, 2021
How to hire anywhere in the world (legally) | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1326
24 mins; November 15, 2021
The greatest CNBC hit of all time, YouTube hides dislikes + Ready Games CEO David Bennahum | E1325
113 hours 9 mins; November 12, 2021
Breaking down Rivian’s IPO & $100B valuation + DAO deep dive with OpenLaw’s Aaron Wright | E1324
74 hours 52 mins; November 11, 2021
Coinbase Q3 earnings breakdown + Startup Checklist: Crafting a brand & knowing your market | E1323
51 mins; November 10, 2021
$RBLX earnings, Jetson ONE personal aircraft + Oculus game dev Ryan Engle, creator of Pro Putt | E1322
69 hours 34 mins; November 09, 2021
How to simplify diligence & avoid fraud | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1321
32 mins; November 08, 2021
Tech Earnings: $UBER, $ABNB, $PTON + OK Boomer: Gen Z joins the workforce | E1320
61 hours 30 mins; November 05, 2021
Building a Great Team: Startup Checklist E5 | E1319
57 mins; November 04, 2021
Zillow falls after iBuying collapse, Biden Admin’s stablecoin report + LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1318
84 hours 49 mins; November 03, 2021
Bytedance bans 996 + Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani: The 100x fund | E1317
75 hours 16 mins; November 02, 2021
Apple privacy updates cost social media giants $10B + BetterBrand’s Aimee Yang | E1316
71 hours 47 mins; November 01, 2021
Facebook’s new name + DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg: the privacy search engine | E1315
78 hours 11 mins; October 29, 2021
Media employees battling “back to work” orders + Startup Checklist E4: Building a Great Product | E1314
50 mins; October 28, 2021
Sequoia’s new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt’s Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313
63 hours 35 mins; October 27, 2021
Facebook’s Q3 earnings breakdown: revenue, user growth, rumored rebrand + Italic’s Jeremy Cai | E1312
77 hours 30 mins; October 26, 2021
Growth & Retention: Why Subscription is the Holy Grail | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1311
18 mins; October 25, 2021
Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg | E1310
107 hours 27 mins; October 22, 2021
Inflation warnings and hedge strategy, Bitcoin ETF, Hindenburg’s Tether bounty + Startup Checklist E3 | E1309
78 hours 26 mins; October 21, 2021
Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson: the next $60B, Engage, Segment acquisition & more + Who actually uses Oculus? | E1308
98 hours 47 mins; October 20, 2021
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on USDC, Tether & more + Jason reacts to Apple’s new M1 chips & MacBooks | E1307
96 hours 52 mins; October 19, 2021
How to manage customer relationships | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1306
19 mins; October 18, 2021
Coinbase chases NFT billions + Peter Thiel “The Contrarian” with author Max Chafkin | E1305
100 hours 54 mins; October 15, 2021
Is Netflix over cancel culture? + Startup Checklist: Choosing a Business Model | E1304
71 hours 37 mins; October 14, 2021