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This Week in Startups

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.

Crypto Updates: Voyager files bankruptcy, Celsius pays debt, + Jason Q&A | E1501

73 hours 34 mins; July 06, 2022

"Minions" record-breaking viral strategy, TikTok algo, reframing semiconductors & energy | E1500

50 mins; July 05, 2022

VC School: What's a venture scale business + Matt Duesterberg of OhmConnect | E1499

47 mins; July 03, 2022

Crypto crash updates, Sequoia’s structure, $ZM product expansion, Starlink & more | E1498

90 hours 34 mins; July 01, 2022

FTX buys BlockFi for $25M, Sequoia raising $2.25B, AI Umpires for MLB, Substack layoffs | E1497

79 hours 55 mins; June 30, 2022

Downtown Josh Brown & Michael Batnick on Disney+, Peloton, Knicks, podcasting, markets, & more | E1496

69 hours 18 mins; June 29, 2022

SBF buys the crypto dip, hedge funds short Tether, VC funding down, flying nuclear cruise mockup | E1495

86 hours 12 mins; June 28, 2022

Digital surveillance risks post-Roe v. Wade ruling with Legal Voice’s Kim Clark + PE firm acquires Zendesk for $10.2B | E1494

53 mins; June 27, 2022

How to co-invest with other firms (VC School) + Electric Sea Gliders: REGENT Co-Founder Billy Thalheimer | E1493

59 mins; June 26, 2022

Praying For Exits on Markets, Crypto, Startup Valuations + Anisha Sunkerneni of Cyphr VC | E1492

102 hours 20 mins; June 24, 2022

Obi-Wan finale + Healthcare’s hidden money pit with Capital RX CEO AJ Loiacono | E1491

101 hours 8 mins; June 23, 2022

TikTok data security, the Chinese surveillance state, Amazon running out of warehouse workers | E1490

55 mins; June 22, 2022

NFT NYC, Solend takeover, Why Non-Finance use cases are the key to Crypto, Magic Eden & more with Vinny Lingham | E1489

83 hours 30 mins; June 21, 2022

When to take a meeting (VC School) + Fungi Flour: Hyfé Foods Founder Michelle Ruiz (Climate) | E1488

49 mins; June 19, 2022

Kraken CEO Jesse Powell responds to NYT hit piece and breaks down the state of crypto + Alexander Olesen CEO of Babylon Micro-Farms | E1487

147 hours 7 mins; June 17, 2022

Apple & Disney’s sports streaming strategy, Facebook’s plan to be TikTok, Obi-Wan, Star Trek | E1486

73 hours 21 mins; June 16, 2022

YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485

85 hours 39 mins; June 15, 2022

Coinbase lays off ~18%, EU crypto regulation, $NFLX & $ROKU ad-tech talks, Hallow prayer app, Prey laptop security | E1484

57 mins; June 14, 2022

Crypto drops ~$200B, Celsius freezes, Binance’s BTC pause, Google AI sentience, Magic Spoon: DTC isn’t dead | E1483

65 hours 48 mins; June 13, 2022

How to value startups (VC School) + Creating Diamonds from Air with Aether’s Ryan Shearman (Climate) | E1482

70 hours 49 mins; June 12, 2022

Disney’s ambitious streaming goals with Lon Harris + Dressd Founder Capri Wheaton | E1481

94 hours 22 mins; June 10, 2022

Twitter bots & Apple BNPL with Deirdre Bosa + Prediction markets with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour | E1480

90 hours 37 mins; June 09, 2022

Amazon’s Dave Clark joins Flexport, Bird layoffs, Twitter’s bring-your-own algo, Multiverse, Ken Griffin gets into crypto | E1479

88 hours 17 mins; June 08, 2022

Why BuzzFeed fell 40%, EU mandates USB-C, Lab-grown ear transplants, Tom Brady’s Series B | E1478

60 hours 45 mins; June 07, 2022

Apple’s new releases, Twitter bots, Didi returns, Bad actors on Binance + Michael Shellenberger’s vision for California | E1477

112 hours 40 mins; June 06, 2022

Markups & markdowns (VC School) + Coral Regeneration with Coral Vita Co-founder Sam Teicher (Climate) | E1476

72 hours 37 mins; June 05, 2022

Coinbase & Loom rescind job offers (strategies for managers & workers during a downturn) + OK Boomer: Mehak Vohra of Skillbank | E1475

88 hours 38 mins; June 03, 2022

Sheryl Sandberg leaves Meta + This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris: Obi-Wan Kenobi | E1474

55 mins; June 02, 2022

ESG fraud, Stripe & Reddit markdowns, Remote productivity + DroneUp Founder Tom Walker | E1473

101 hours 33 mins; June 01, 2022

NYT’s Glossier hit piece, VC winters, Activist CEOs and Podcast live events with Acquired’s David Rosenthal | E1472

83 hours 55 mins; May 31, 2022

Bolt layoffs, DroneUp, Lunar Outpost, $4.5B crypto fund, Ape theft + Diagram’s Jordan Singer | E1471

93 hours 42 mins; May 27, 2022

The cost of CEOs ignoring mental health with Bonobos Founder Andy Dunn | E1470

50 mins; May 26, 2022

Solving our biggest problems, Cerebral’s fast & loose telehealth prescriptions, Jack leaves Twitter Board | E1469

87 hours 57 mins; May 25, 2022

Snap drops 40%, Layoffs at Gorillas & Klarna, Adam Neumann's new startup, Coinbase using Principles | E1468

87 hours 44 mins; May 24, 2022

All-In Summit recap, Argo debuts AV test cars in Miami/ATX, $AMZN to sublease 10M+ square feet | E1467

57 mins; May 23, 2022

Proof of Impact CEO Fleur Heyns on meaningful metrics for measuring environmental impact (This Week in Climate Startups) | E1466

39 mins; May 22, 2022

Privateer Space CEO Alex Fielding: cleaning up space junk with Steve Wozniak + Behind the scenes of working for Jason | E1465

120 hours 22 mins; May 20, 2022

Fixing a broken system - Mahmee CEO Melissa Hanna on patient-centric maternal care | E1464

54 mins; May 19, 2022

Accelerating leadership - Chief Co-Founder & CEO Carolyn Childers on raising $100M Series B, building a women's executive network and more | E1463

41 mins; May 18, 2022

Bitcoin payments on the Lightning Network with Strike's Jack Mallers | E1462

43 mins; May 17, 2022

SaaS multiple compression, downturn outlook & advice for new VCs with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr | E1461

72 hours 53 mins; May 16, 2022

Women in venture capital + SpringEats.com CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Climate) | E1460

80 hours 21 mins; May 15, 2022

SBF buys 7.6% $HOOD stake, SoftBank’s $13B loss, Twitter exec layoffs & deal update + Nicole Ruiz from Compound VC | E1459

56 mins; May 13, 2022

Sundar Pichai, tech crash, crypto, journalism and more with CNBC's Deirdre Bosa | E1458

76 hours 13 mins; May 12, 2022

Airbnb's category search, Coinbase's new disclosure + Facebook exits podcasting with Ashley Carman | E1457

68 hours 32 mins; May 11, 2022

Terra UST stablecoin unpegged with Bennett Tomlin + High growth tech’s runway: $COIN, $SQ, $ZM, $TWLO, $SHOP & $PTON | E1456

97 hours 40 mins; May 10, 2022

Dara sets the tone for Uber's next push, Jason's market prediction, Apple's ML director departs, Internet affordability & more | E1455

66 hours 20 mins; May 09, 2022

Side investing (VC School) + Stripe's Nan Ransohoff: Frontier carbon removal | 1454

46 mins; May 08, 2022

Twitter's new Birdwatch moderation/annotation feature + OK Boomer: Flapjack's Patrick McDonnell | E1453

71 hours 32 mins; May 06, 2022

Stripe launches Plaid competitor, Cameo layoffs, Elon raises $7B + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1452

79 hours 36 mins; May 05, 2022

Live Show Preview: Wednesday May 4

102 hours 44 mins; May 04, 2022

Tech reactions to Roe vs. Wade leak + $UBER, $LYFT and $ABNB earnings | E1451

78 hours 23 mins; May 04, 2022

Meta's VR plans with The Information's Sylvia Varnham O'Regan + SEC strengthens its crypto enforcement team | E1450

55 mins; May 03, 2022

Bolt's struggles with The Information's Malique Morris + How Yuga Labs' mint sent Ethereum Gas 120X + Gravity Sketch | E1449

83 hours 46 mins; May 02, 2022

How to manage competing portfolio companies (VC School) + Energy Impact Partners' Shayle Kann (Climate) | E1448

67 hours 38 mins; May 01, 2022

$AMZN & $AAPL earnings, Snap's drone, China softens on tech, AirBnB goes nomad + Landon from Inside | E1447

57 mins; April 29, 2022

WeCrashed & Severance finales w/ Lon Harris + Twitter follower changes w/ The Verge's Corin Faife | E1446

102 hours 31 mins; April 29, 2022

Archegos founder arrested, Bolt sued by Authentic Brands, $GOOG & $MSFT earnings, Apple sells repair parts, EV Corvette | E1445

71 hours 39 mins; April 27, 2022

Jack's Twitter take & employee reactions, Medical NFTs, Hopin's $200M founder secondary sale | E1444

73 hours 25 mins; April 26, 2022

Twitter accepts Elon's buyout offer, EU's new algo rule, Pipedream Labs: Hyperloop for package delivery | E1443

68 hours 40 mins; April 25, 2022

VC School: Deal Memos + Sphere CEO Alex Wright-Gladstein (Climate) | E1442

49 mins; April 24, 2022

Twitter funding secured, Boring Co. raises $675M, Amazon's $1B VC fund, Ackman's $400M loss + The Lunar Society: Dwarkesh Patel | E1441

59 mins; April 22, 2022

TSLA earnings + Streaming: WeCrashed & Severance review, CNN+ demise, Netflix’s future | 1440

97 hours 26 mins; April 21, 2022

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

89 hours 22 mins; April 20, 2022

Jack's candid Twitter takes, FB invests in African internet, Regent's electric Seaglider, Better.com layoffs | E1438

70 hours 41 mins; April 19, 2022

Q1 venture capital review, Twitter breaks, BeReal's new take on social & more | E1437

60 hours 12 mins; April 18, 2022

Twitter's takeover defense, Meta's AR project with The Verge's Alex Heath + Wordcab's Aleks Smechov + OK Boomer: Rachel Cantor | E1436

120 hours 35 mins; April 15, 2022

Elon offers to take $TWTR private at $43B + Autonomous car drives away from police | E1435

69 hours 39 mins; April 14, 2022

Meta's 47.5% take rate + Worldcoin CEO Alex Blania: onboarding the globe to crypto | E1434

61 hours 18 mins; April 13, 2022

Shopify Board proposes share restructuring + The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, Why American Teens Are So Sad | E1433

75 hours 50 mins; April 12, 2022

Elon no longer joining $TWTR board, Breslow's Instacart case-study, NYT tells reporters to reduce time on Twitter | E1432

60 hours 28 mins; April 11, 2022

Investing in down rounds (VC School) + The Lightsmith Group Co-Founder Jay Koh (Climate) | E1431

45 mins; April 10, 2022

BONUS - Jason on This Week in Startups Australia

38 mins; April 09, 2022

Macro insights with Rose Technology CEO Alex Campbell + TCG Crypto's Gaby Goldberg | E1430

93 hours 4 mins; April 08, 2022

Portfolio construction, Sequoia's transition & Fast with Acquired.FM + The Dropout: This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris | E1429

97 hours 48 mins; April 08, 2022

Uber travel, OpenAI illustrator, Edit button, CNN+ review + Dune Analytics CEO Fredrik Haga | E1428

71 hours 28 mins; April 06, 2022

FB vs. Apple on AR and Ads, Twitter's Future, Conflict, Crypto Regulation with Antonio Garcia Martinez & Zach Coelius | E1427

103 hours 43 mins; April 05, 2022

Elon buys ~9% stake in Twitter + Freestyle Capital's Dave Samuel | E1426

62 hours 6 mins; April 04, 2022

Inbound vs. outbound deal flow (VC School) + Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey | E1425

67 hours 17 mins; April 03, 2022

GoPuff & Fast trimming staff + Bradley Tusk on tech regulation + Glimpse Co-founder Akash Raju | E1424

110 hours 39 mins; April 01, 2022

NFT exclusive restaurant: FlyFish Club CEO David Rodolitz + Reviewing We Crashed & The Dropout with Lon Harris | E1423

73 hours 34 mins; March 31, 2022

Facebook funding anti-TikTok lobbyists with Taylor Lorenz + SEC SPAC crackdown, Fast vs. Bolt | E1422

71 hours 44 mins; March 30, 2022

$625M Axie Infinity Ronin Bridge hack, $TWLO insider trading, Subject's learning platform, $HOOD extends trading hours | E1421

54 mins; March 29, 2022

Oscars recap, FTX investors don't hold board seats, Apple working on hardware subscriptions | E1420

73 hours 32 mins; March 28, 2022

Understanding non-dilutive fundraising options + Continuum Ag Founder Mitchell Hora | E1419

57 mins; March 27, 2022

Teenage hacking phenom allegedly caught, Molly's Hall of Fame induction & OK Boomer | E1418

50 mins; March 25, 2022

Streaming news! Breaking down WeCrashed E1-3 & The Dropout E5 with Lon Harris | E1417

62 hours 56 mins; March 24, 2022

Katie Haun's $1.5B web3 fund, Yuga Labs worth $4B, Apple's BNPL play + ChroniFI's Ben Miller | E1416

61 hours 23 mins; March 23, 2022

How Apple can win podcasting, Bezos' leadership, MBAs raising search funds & FDNY robodogs | E1415

55 mins; March 22, 2022

Sequoia debuts Arc, SEC considering climate disclosures, Disney CEO fallout & more | E1414

58 mins; March 22, 2022

Super Pro Rata (VC Sunday School) + ClimateCheck Founder Cal Inman (Climate) | E1413

44 mins; March 20, 2022

NEWS: $BABA & $TCEHY layoffs, Google's AR purchase, $APE coin; OK Boomer: Smirk | E1412

67 hours 33 mins; March 20, 2022

Reacting to Super Pumped (Uber) & The Dropout (Theranos) with Lon Harris +OneShop CEO Nick McHenry | E1411

79 hours 27 mins; March 17, 2022

Spotify x Barcelona, ex-Disney CEO joins Genies, AMC gold mine + D.A. Wallach: music and bio-investing | Angel S6 E10 | E1410

90 hours 16 mins; March 16, 2022

Ex-FB Diem team builds Aptos blockchain, Metamask parent ConsenSys raises $450M, Mojo's athlete betting market, Zero Grocery shutdown | E1409

89 hours 5 mins; March 15, 2022

Blue Origin picks Pete, NYT launches Telegram channel, Clearview AI in Ukraine, Semiconductor pains | E1408

53 mins; March 14, 2022

How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures' Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407

66 hours 58 mins; March 13, 2022

$RIVN, Biden on TikTok & Crypto, $PTON + Countdown Capital’s Jai Malik + Josh from Party Round | E1406

132 hours 53 mins; March 12, 2022

Love.com, Lessons from Bain Crypto launch + Redfin Founder & CEO Glenn Kelman | E1405

130 hours 26 mins; March 10, 2022

Apple's new Mac + Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt, driverless service in SF, the Origin (zero-emission shared vehicle) | E1404

91 hours 20 mins; March 09, 2022

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