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#216 – The "Hardcore Year" Approach to $10k/Month in Revenue with Andrey Azimov of Sheet2Site
<p>In this episode I talk to Andrey Azimov (@andreyazimov) about moving to Bali with a $3K runway and launching his "Hardcore Year." I'll ask him about the projects he launched to reach $10K MRR.</p><ul> <li>Follow Andrey's journey on Twitt
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Lacuna raises $16 million in Series A to help cities manage mobility via digital twin
Lacuna Technologies, a startup that helps cities create and enforce transportation policies by building and managing open-source digital tools, has raised $16 million in a Series A round, bringing the company’s total investment to $33.5 mil
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El Salvador’s Race to Be the Bitcoin Capital of the World
After China’s crackdown, the cryptocurrency crowd is looking for a new haven. This Central American nation thinks it’s the answer.
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AI 'Ghosts': Digital Personas Promise a Kind of Immortality
What if Abraham Lincoln could address Congress today? Or if you could have dinner with your deceased ancestors? Researchers and entrepreneurs are exploring ways that artificial intelligence could create digital versions of people's personal
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As Travel Rebounds, Airlines Are Figuring It Out on the Fly
Businesses destinations are out, tourist spots are in. The old rules governing fares and flight schedules have been thrown out the window.
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How the Kaseya Ransomware Attack Is Different From Other Recent Hacks
The Russian hacking group REvil is demanding $70 million to unlock computers that were swept up in a widespread ransomware attack affecting a program from enterprise software provider Kaseya. Cybersecurity reporter Dustin Volz joins host Zo
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The 7 Figure Book Funnel Book with Rob Kosberg
<p>Rob Kosberg is a 2x Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and the founder of Best Seller Publishing. Rob helps experts to stop hunting for clients and instead become the hunted with their own best selling book. He has been featured on
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The Curse of the 37-Year Old Founder
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the dues founders pay for neglecting their health. Pushing yourself too much, putting your body through so much pressure, and then ignoring the warning signs as they come, you’r
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Google Launches a New Medical App—Outside the US
The dermatology AI app won approval for use in the EU but not with the FDA, an odd twist on Europe's reputation for tough rules on tech.
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Satellite operator Planet to go public in $2.8B SPAC merger
Planet, which operates a network of around 200 satellites that provides Earth imaging, as well as analytics of the data derived from that observation, is going public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) dMY Technolog
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#521: Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Performance, and Testosterone
<p><strong>Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Performance, and Testosterone | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://athleticgreens.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Athletic Greens
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Why YouTube Is Still Recommending Objectionable Videos
YouTube has made a lot of changes in the past year to limit the problematic videos it recommends to viewers. But a new study suggests the company's efforts have a way to go. Reporter Tripp Mickle joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the challen
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Innovating Within a Stagnant Industry with Jay Dillon
<p>Jay Dillon is the Co-Founder of Yardbird. Yardbird brings new solutions to a stagnant, $5B+ industry with the first outdoor furniture brand that places quality, sustainability and affordability at its core.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p>
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Rapid Response: How BuzzFeed Bounced Back, w/Jonah Peretti
<p>Millenials and Gen-Z want different experiences, different content, different opportunities. But catering to those distinct needs wasn't enough, says BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti; the digital-media outfit also needed to crea
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20VC: CapitalG's Laela Sturdy on The Current State of Growth with Crossover, PE and Hedge Funds All Entering, How To Think Through Upside and Downside Scenario Planning at Growth & The Biggest Challenges Startups Face Post Product-Market-Fit but Pre-Scale
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/lsturdy1">Laela Sturdy</a> is a General Partner @ <a href="https://capitalg.com/">CapitalG</a>, Alphabet's independent growth fund with investments in the likes of Stripe, UiPath,
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WellSaid attracts $10M A round for higher quality synthetic speech
WellSaid Labs, whose tools create synthetic speech that could be mistaken for the real thing, has raised a $10M Series A to grow the business. The company’s home-baked text-to-speech engine works faster than real time and produces natural-s
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Coda | Powering the Maker Generation
A rebroadcast of our episode featuring Coda CEO and co-founder Shishir Mehrotra. The company, which saw a surge in usage during the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread shift to remote work, recently closed $100 million Series D round. In t
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Nextdoor SPAC breakdown, Pelosi trading options + Morning Brew’s Alex Lieberman | E1242
First, Jason breaks down the highlights from Nextdoor's SPAC announcement (1:48) and covers the profits made by politicians trading tech company options (16:26). Then, Alex Lieberman, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, joins t
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Who’s Winning the War Between Biden and Facebook? Fox News
Misinformation on the cable channel may be responsible for more vaccine hesitancy than the social network.
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Younited Credit raises $170 million for its data-driven credit offering
French startup Younited Credit has raised a $170 million funding round. Goldman Sachs is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and AG2R La Mondiale also participating. The company offers several credit products to Eur
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As Branson, Bezos Prepare to Lift Off, What's Next for Space Tourism?
This weekend, Richard Branson hopes to head to space on a flight with his company Virgin Galactic. Just over a week later, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to board one of his Blue Origin spacecraft. So what do the billionaires' trips mean f
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The Full Spirit Workout with Kate Eckman
<p>Kate Eckman is the author of The Full Spirit Workout. She’s a success coach for leaders in business and sports, an elite athlete, and performance & mindfulness expert.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. We have to train our emotional, m
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Oregon’s Buckled Roads and Melted Cables Are Warning Signs
Highways and rail lines in the Pacific Northwest were built for a cooler climate. But the heat wave proved that extreme weather is becoming more common.
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Rootly nabs $3.2M seed to build SRE incident management solution inside Slack
As companies look for ways to respond to incidents in their complex micro services-driven software stacks, SREs or site reliability engineers are left to deal with the issues involved in making everything work and keeping the application up
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r2c raises $27M to scale its security-focused code analysis service
This morning r2c, a startup building a SaaS service around the Semgrep open-source project, announced that it has closed a $27 million Series B. Felicis led the round, which the company said was a pre-emptive deal.
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Biden targets big corporations + Tether Investigation with Bitfinex’ed | E1243
Jason covers Biden's executive order seeking to increase competition and weaken the power of Big Tech (2:21). Then, we continue our Tether Investigation with @Bitfinex'ed (18:16), covering how Tether works (36:09), and why he believes there
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A Unicorn Builds a Brand, Not Just a Book of Business with Joanne Tan
<p>Joanne is a global brand builder, brand strategist, & visual branding expert, leads a multimedia digital brand marketing agency, 10 Plus Brand Inc. She mentors startups, CEOs, & executive coaches.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Make
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Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
In the late 1990s, Ben Chestnut was a struggling young designer interning at an appliance company, when somebody suggested that he try designing for the internet instead. A few years later, Ben and two co-founders launched a web design agen
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Jeff Ding: What's happening in Chinese AI?
<p><a href='https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/team/jeffrey-ding/'>Jeffrey Ding</a> is a doctoral candidate and Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he also works as the China Lead for the Centre for the Governance of AI. He’s one of the
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Ride-Hailing at a Crossroads: Uber, Lyft Woo Drivers as Prices Soar
Since their inception, Uber and Lyft have struggled to balance the pursuit of fast growth with demands for profitability. Now, as the cost of ride-hailing services soars amid a driver shortage, the companies are turning to some old strategi
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Why Live Events Still Make Sense with Russell Brunson
<p>Russell Brunson has built a following of over a million entrepreneurs and become a New York Times bestselling author through selling hundreds of thousands of copies of his books over the past 19 years. He popularized the concept of sales
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Adding Staff Isn't a Sign of Success, Adding Revenue Is
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about how increasing your staff does not necessarily mean growth, but a deliberate liability. Many people just focus on increasing the number of their employees and do not think about
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A Global Smart-City Competition Highlights China’s Rise in AI
Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance.
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20VC: Jet.com's Marc Lore on How To Assess Human Potential and "The Resume Test", Why Chief People Officer Should be One of Your First Hires and Why We Need a New Type of Venture Capital
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/MarcLore">Marc Lore</a> is a serial entrepreneur turned investor who’s started and sold four companies. Most recently Marc was the President and CEO of Walmart eCommerce US follow
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Cloud security platform Netskope boosts valuation to $7.5B following $300M raise
Netskope, focused on Secure Access Service Edge architecture, announced Friday a $300 million investment round on a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion.
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Taste intelligence startup Halla closes $4.5M Series A1 to predict which grocery items shoppers will buy
Halla wants to answer the question of how people decide what to eat and now has $4.5 million in fresh Series A1 capital from Food Retail Ventures to do it.
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Dovetail, the venture studio that has worked with startups like Afterpay, is raising a new fund
Based in Sydney and Auckland, Dovetail is a full-service venture studio that works closely with founders who have a great idea, but may lack technical backgrounds. Dovetail helps them build companies from the ground up, preparing them for g
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Fighting P Diddy, managing Gwen Stefani & Nas, what Roger Moore said in Monaco, and turning the music industry on its head, with Steve Stoute, Founder and CEO of United Masters
<p>Before he was the manager for Nas and Gwen Stefani, before he was the producer for the film 8 Mile, before he was getting into fights with P Diddy and 50 Cent, Steve Stoute was an entrepreneur. He’s always been an entrepreneur - starting
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China cracks down on US IPOs, winning founder qualities, Ask Jason: accelerators, investing | E1244
Jason covers the CCP crackdown on Chinese tech companies listing in the US, shares how he spots winning founders (14:02), then answers Ask Jason questions: finding a technical co-founder (36:47), signals for startup success (39:29), advice
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WHO Panel Sets Gene-Editing Standards
A panel of experts assembled by the World Health Organization is recommending global standards for gene-editing technology. The proposed rules aim to prevent inequitable and potentially dangerous uses of techniques for altering DNA. Health
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Predictive Social Media: A Six Sigma Guide with Jim Lupkin
<p>Jim Lupkin is a social media architect, international speaker, and author. He is the only social media expert endorsed by Dr. Mikel J. Harry, co-creator of Six Sigma.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Fall in love with the idea of buil
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22. How to find your big idea w/Spanx's Sara Blakely
<p>To find your big idea? Look for it. And look for it. And be ready to act. Spanx founder Sara Blakely was actively seeking a business idea when she thought of Spanx. Then she moved fast, found help in the right places, and went all-in. Th
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This AI Helps Police Monitor Social Media. Does It Go Too Far?
Law enforcement officials say the tool can help them combat misinformation. Civil liberties advocates say it can be used for mass surveillance.
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VU raises $12M to remove cybersecurity friction from digital experiences
Pretty soon, people won’t have to provide a fingerprint or a driver’s license to prove their identity — if VU has its way.
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Human-Centered AI | Dr. Fei-Fei Li
If AI is to serve the collective needs of humanity, how should machine intelligence be built and designed so that it can understand human language, feelings, intentions and behaviors, and interact with nuance and in multiple dimensions? Sta
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Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes
Oakland-based Mighty Buildings, which is on a quest to build homes using 3D printing, robotics and automation, has raised a $22 million extension to its Series B round of funding.
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Education’s war on excellence, AWS atrophy, France fines Google + AppHarvest’s Josh Lessing | E1245
Jason covers the war on excellence in public education(2:05), signs of AWS maturity (19:04), France's $592M antitrust fine for Google (30:28). Then discusses AI Farms with AppHarvest CTO Josh Lessing (47:43) covering building with robots (1
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The Pentagon Scrubs a Cloud Deal and Looks to Add More AI
The JEDI program had become a legal and political morass. Microsoft won the $10 billion contract, but Amazon and Oracle sued to block the deal.
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Cyberbullying Takes a Toll. Could Insurance Help?
Bad actors online can take an emotional and, in some cases, financial toll on their victims. Now some insurance agencies are offering policies to protect against the impact of cyberbullying. Family & Tech columnist Julie Jargon joins ho
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Marketing Isn't About Closing A Sale, It's About Opening A Relationship with Mike Kim
<p>Mike Kim is a strategist for personal brands. He’s consulted for thought leaders like John Maxwell and Donald Miller. He is the author of the book, You Are the Brand.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Regardless of where you are on you
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Forget Big Ideas - Start with Your North Star
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about focusing on what you are trying to achieve before taking action on any big ideas you might have. Some of these ideas don't necessarily lead you to where you want to go. Some, if
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Sourcegraph raises $125M Series D on $2.6B valuation for universal code search tool
Sourcegraph, a late stage startup that wants to bring the power of search to code, announced a $125 million Series D investment today on a $2.625 billion valuation, a 3x growth from its previous valuation in December 2020, according to the
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#522: Anne Lamott on Spiritual Fitness, Creative Process, Redecorating the Abyss, and The Perennial Magic of "Bird by Bird"
<p><strong>Anne Lamott on Spiritual Fitness, Creative Process, Redecorating the Abyss, and The Perennial Magic of "Bird by Bird" | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://linkedin.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><
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#217 – How a Near-Death Experience Turned a VC-Backed Founder into a Bootstrapper with Kyle Gawly of Gravity
<p>Kyle Gawley (@kylegawley) was running a high-growth, venture-backed company when he ended up in the hospital partially due to all the pressure he was under. That experience led to some introspection, which I'll ask him about in this epis
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Looking Glass launches second-gen holographic displays
Brooklyn-based Looking glass today announced the release of a pair of second-gen holographic displays. Following up on late-last year’s release of the entry-level Portrait, the startup is offering new versions of the Looking Glass 4K and 8K
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The Next Unicorns: Adena Hefets CEO of Divvy Homes, forging a new path to home ownership | E1246
To kick off this season of "The Next Unicorns," Adena Hefets, CEO of Divvy Homes, joins to discuss how they are helping Americans blaze a path to owning a home (2:51), if we are in a real estate bubble (25:37), the American home shortage (3
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Cleantech Startups Attract Fresh Wave of Cash
After some high-profile failures a decade ago, investors and governments soured on clean-technology companies. Now they're back, funding a new wave of green startups. Reporter Scott Patterson joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss whether this ti
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Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on a Chip? Let AI Do It
Google, Nvidia, and others are training algorithms in the dark arts of designing semiconductors—some of which will be used to run artificial intelligence programs.
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Go From No book to Published Author in as Little as 6 Months with Kevin Anderson
<p>Kevin Anderson is the founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief of Kevin Anderson & Associates, the industry leader in providing ghostwriting and editing services to publishers, agents, and authors.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Hiring the
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Rapid Response: Scaling a mission w/TAAF's Sonal Shah
<p>"Hate is not a one community issue," says Sonal Shah, president of The Asian American Foundation, a nonprofit launched by business leaders in May, dedicated to addressing discrimination against Asian Americans. In just its first few week
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20VC's Therapist Thursday: We Are Not All Crushing It All The Time So Let's Stop Pretending, Working Through Challenges of Self-Work and Self-Doubt and How To Find Joy in the Striving with Nick Mehta, CEO @ Gainsight
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/nrmehta">Nick Mehta</a> is the CEO @ <a href="https://www.gainsight.com/">Gainsight</a>, the leader in all things customer success helping you put your customer at the heart of yo
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Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges
Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max
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Gourmey is a cell-based poultry startup working on lab-grown foie gras
Meet Gourmey, a new French startup that recently raised a $10 million founding round in equity and debt. The startup is working on meat grown in laboratories from animal cells. In particular, the company is focusing on poultry and aims to c
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Rapid Fire News: FB’s right-wing algo, Tether update, giving Cuba internet, Powell on stable coins & more | E1247
News episode, Jason covers CrowdTangle's data headache (01:56), how the White House wants to crack down on social media misinformation (13:34), Florida Gov. Santis proposal for providing internet to Cuba (17:17), a $1B fund for creators (21
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Chip Shortage Prompts Fake Parts From Scammers
The global chip shortage has yet another consequence: a rash of fake semiconductors from scammers targeting manufacturers that are desperate for components. Reporter Stephanie Yang joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why companies are falling
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Podcast Movement, Funnel Hacking Live, and more! Our June 2021 Income Report
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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Pet Startups Are Having a Field Day
The pandemic ushered in a new wave of pet owners—and unleashed business opportunities for companies that cater to them.
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Shopmonkey raises $75M Series C to help auto repair shops streamline their business
Walking into an auto repair shop can sometimes feel like taking a step into the past. The handwritten notes and receipts, the clunky point-of-sales system and scheduling tools — if those are even there — can make customers feel like they’re
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Lightyear nabs $13M Series A as online network procurement takes shape
It seems like everything is being pushed online now, but network procurement stubbornly has remained an in-person or phone-based negotiation. Lightyear, an early stage New York City startup decided to change that last year, and the company
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Rapid Fire News: AI voices after death, DOJ investigates Lordstown Motors, COVID adaptation | E1248
Jason covers Anthony Bourdain's amazing AI deepfake voice in "roadrunner" & potential startup ideas for the technology (01:49), the investigation into EV startup Lordstown Motors (12:27), and the way businesses are reacting to how COVID is
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Get Same-Day Referrals From Your Top 10 Clients Brian Ouellette
<p>From stockbroker & markets commentator on TV to apparel company founder to coach of pro athlete advisors to SaaS founder. The path's exactly as it was penned sophomore year in high school, or not.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Ther
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Rise Gardens grows with $9M Series A to help anyone be an indoor farmer
As more consumers embrace plant-based diets and sustainable food practices, Rise Gardens is giving anyone the ability to have a green thumb from the comfort of their own home.
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Experimental Brain Implant Helps Man Who Can't Speak Communicate
A team of California scientists backed by Facebook say they successfully tested an experimental brain implant that turned brain signals into words on a computer screen. Tech reporter Rolfe Winkler joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how it wor
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French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture
The managers are accused of selling tech to Libya and Egypt that was used to to identify activists, read private messages, and kidnap, torture, or kill them.
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Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Bobbi Brown (2018)
Bobbi Brown started out as a makeup artist in New York City, but hated the gaudy color palette of the 1980s. She eventually shook up the industry by introducing "nude makeup" with neutral colors and a natural tone. In 1995, Estée Lauder acq
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How to Leverage Business Tectonic Shifts to Leapfrog our Competitors with Nathan Gwilliam
<p>Nathan Gwilliam is a serial entrepreneur who created and sold 3 digital ventures. He is the host of the Monetization Nation blog, podcast, and YouTube channel. Created and run Adoption.com. TEDx speaker. #digitalmonetizer</p> <p>Top 3 Va
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When Can I Feel Good About Taking a Break as a Founder?
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about putting every down for a much needed break. No, you can’t say, “I can’t take a break yet.” Or say, “Your hands are tied at the moment.” It’s critical that you take a break in be
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Clubhouse Aimed to Foster Diversity. Is it Working?
Here’s what you need to know before joining the social audio platform, especially if you’re a person of color.
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20VC: a16z's David George on Leading a16z's Growth Fund Today, The Biggest Misconceptions of Growth Investing, How a16z Think Through Portfolio Construction, Investment Decision-Making and Scenario Planning & How The Entrance of New Players Has Changed Th
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidGeorge83">David George</a> is a General Partner @ <a href= "https://a16z.com/">Andreessen Horowitz</a> where he leads their growth investing practice. Since joining in
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David Cohen’s Techstars
As Co-Founder and Chairman of Techstars, David Cohen has spent nearly his entire career focused on helping entrepreneurs succeed. Aspiring founders and early-stage entrepreneurs from around the world appy to Techstars’ startup accelerators
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How to build a $65b company, with Twilio Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Lawson
<p>Today’s guest is at the helm of probably the biggest company we’ve ever had on Secret Leaders. Jeff Lawson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Twilio, a cloud communication platform that helps businesses use everything from text to video calls
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As Jeff Bezos Takes Off, Where Is the Space Industry Headed?
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is set to take a trip to the edge of space, making him the second billionaire to do so in less than two weeks. Reporter Micah Maidenberg joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how the business models of t
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Use a Published Book as a Marketing Tool to Grow Your Business with J. J. Hebert
<p>J. J. Hebert is the 9-time award-winning author of four #1 Amazon Best Sellers. Hebert is also the founder of MindStir Media, a top-ranked self-publishing company partnered with Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington and Mariel Hemingway. Hebert
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Strategy Session: When should founders step aside? Where can you find investors? Were pandemic pivots harmful?
<p>When should you hire your replacement as CEO? Is blitzscaling still the best strategy, in today's context of uncertainty? What are the best fundraising options if you can't access a major VC firm? How do you balance long-term growth with
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LeagueApps raises $15M to be the ‘operating system’ for youth sports organizations
Youth sports are an integral part of our communities, bringing families together and helping kids all over gain confidence and skills. Most of us don’t think about all the work that goes into setting up, growing and maintaining these league
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Reid Hoffman | The Philosopher-Entrepreneur
Greylock general partner and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman talks with his Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh about how a fundamental understanding of philosophy can be a powerful tool for entrepreneurship. Hoffman, who holds a master's deg
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CityRow raises $12M for connected rowing machines and studios
Founded in 2014 as an in-person rowing studio, CityRow was relatively early to adopt the at-home connected model. The New York-based company launched a digital platform in 2018, two years before the pandemic completely transformed the way m
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Bezos goes to space, Robinhood IPO, USDC attestation + Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley | E1249
In news Jason covers Bezos reaching space (2:32), Robinhood's S-1/A (13:28), Circle's new USDC attestation (22:25), crypto crackdown in Asia (36:06), Zoom buying Five9 for almost $15B (46:00) Keith Rabois' OpenStore (47:11). Then for our Ne
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#218 – Making Money and Being Happy with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri of My First Million
<p>Sam Parr (@theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) have both sold their businesses and are currently hosting one of the best business podcasts out there. In this episode, we talk about what it's like to be in their position now and what ki
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Does Gallium Spell the End of Silicon?
The metal gallium is enabling a surprising array of new technologies, taking over for the old standby of silicon in some use cases. Tech columnist Christopher Mims joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the potential for this novel material to he
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Becoming a Knowledge Entrepreneur: Your Next Great Revenue Generator with Greg Smith
<p>Greg Smith is the CEO and co-founder of Thinkific, the most trusted platform that makes it easy to create, deliver and sell online courses.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. If you’re listening to this, it means there is something in y
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That Founder Sold for Too Little!
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about opinions that do not matter when a company sells. A lot of founders are stigmatized for selling their Startups for too little. Too little in a sense that these non-founders only
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GitHub’s Commercial AI Tool Was Built From Open Source Code
Copilot is pitched as a helpful aid to developers. But some programmers object to the blind copying of blocks of code used to train the algorithm.
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Metal 3D printing company Fabric8Labs raises $19M
Fabric8Labs this morning announced that it has raised $19.3 million. The Series A was led by Intel Capital and features Lam Capital, TDK Ventures, SE Ventures, imec.xpand, Stanley Ventures and Mark Cuban. It follows $4 million in seed fundi
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#523: Dennis McKenna — The Depths of Ayahuasca: 500+ Sessions, Fundamentals, Advanced Topics, Science, Churches, Learnings, Warnings, and Beyond
<p><strong>Dennis McKenna - The Depths of Ayahuasca: 500+ Sessions, Fundamentals, Advanced Topics, Science, Churches, Learnings, Warnings, and Beyond | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="noopener
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Little Spoon scoops up $44M to grow its children’s nutrition delivery service
The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today’s parents seek out nutritional food for their children.
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A New Tool Shows How Google Results Vary Around the World
Search Atlas displays three sets of links—or images—from different countries for any search.
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Live From HIBT Summit: Payal Kadakia, Tristan Walker, and Perry Chen on Innovation
Our second episode from the 2021 How I Built This Virtual Summit is from our innovation panel with Payal Kadakia of ClassPass, Tristan Walker of Walker and Company, and Perry Chen of Kickstarter. In this live conversation with Guy, the pane
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Reacting to Tether’s CNBC interview, Netflix earnings + Vincent’s Slava Rubin on alt assets | E1250
In the news segment, Jason reacts to the Tether CTO & General Counsel's interview on CNBC (2:22) and digs in to Netflix's latest earnings report (37:35). Then, Vincent founder Slava Rubin joins to discuss all things alternative assets (44:2
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Why Non-Food Franchise Opportunities Are Resonating With So Many Entrepreneurs Today with Jon Ostenson
<p>Jon Ostenson is a Consultant, Owner/Investor, and Author specializing in Non-Food Franchising. He draws on his experience as a former Inc. 500 Franchise President and Multi-Brand Franchisee in serving his clients.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bomb
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How Does TikTok's Algorithm Know You So Well?
The algorithm TikTok uses to serve up engaging videos has been the source of much speculation. Now an investigation by The Wall Street Journal reveals how the technology behind the fastest-growing social-media platform works. Senior Persona
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Rapid Response: Inside J Crew's "purpose-led" pivot, with CEO Libby Wadle
<p>"We have to reignite the energy and the fire and the love," says CEO Libby Wadle of J.Crew Group, which launched Madewell Forever this week, a dynamic bet on sustainability. The resale platform, in partnership with ThredUp, is part of a
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20VC: Jeff Immelt on Leadership Lessons from 16 Years as CEO @ GE, Incumbent Innovation; Why Some Have Failed and Other Succeeded, When Boards Have A Positive vs Negative Impact on a Company & The One Fear Startup Founders Are Allowed To Have
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffimmelt/">Jeff Immelt</a> is a Venture Partner @ NEA serving on both the technology and healthcare investing teams. Prior to entering the world of venture, Jeff served
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Okendo raises $5.3M to help D2C brands ween themselves off of Big Tech customer data
While direct-to-consumer growth has exploded in the past year, some brands are finding there’s still plenty of room to forge ahead in building a more direct relationships with their customers. Sydney-based Okendo has made a splash in this w
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Spendesk raises $118 million for its corporate spend management service
French startup Spendesk has announced earlier today that it has raised a $118 million funding round (€100 million) led by General Atlantic. Overall, the company has raised $189 million (€160 million) since its inception. Existing investors
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China punishes Didi, Twitter’s new feature, UAE makes it rain + Do Kwon of Terraform Labs | E1251
Jason covers China's increasing penalties for Didi (2:52), Twitter's test of a downvote feature (12:13), and how the UAE was able to induce rain with electricity (17:32). Then Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform labs joins (22:38) to discuss
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Netflix Wants to Play in the Gaming Industry
Netflix's aspirations in videogames are taking shape. But its dominance in streaming is no guarantee of success in the competitive field of gaming. Reporter Sarah Needleman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why Netflix is taking on this chal
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Investment Science - Scientifically Sound Consulting & Investing with Michael Kelly
<p>Michael Kelly, founder of Investment Science. Michael has a ton of experience engaging in banking technologies and changing organizations holistically through individuals, operations, and technology. Investment Science comprises proven s
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China's Nationalistic ‘Wolf Warriors’ Blast Foes on Twitter
Diplomats hurl insults and mock enemies in screeds that often appear aimed at a domestic audience, even though the social media service is blocked in China.
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Mural raises $50M Series C after tripling its ARR in the last year
This morning Mural, a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. The new capital, co-led by prior investors Insight Partners and Tiger Global,
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i80 Group has quietly committed $1B in credit to the fintech and proptech worlds
Not every startup wants to raise venture capital. And then there are those that do want to raise VC money but don’t want to use it for specific things. In recent years, a number of firms have emerged looking to meet the credit needs of such
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Intel's Ambitious Plan to Regain Chipmaking Leadership
The company announced a strategy that involves new machinery and new technologies. It may get a boost from the US government.
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Dfinity’s ICP crypto complaint, Snap/Twitter earnings, China’s e-learning crackdown & more | E1252
In this rapid fire news episode, Jason covers a16z-backed Dfinity's crypto class action complaint (02:46), Snapchat and Twitter's massive earnings (19:36), the CCP considering turning it's ed-tech sector non-profit (32:38), Alphabet's new c
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Why Tesla Is Designing Chips to Train Its Self-Driving Tech
Developing AI is costly and time-consuming. Custom silicon can give companies an edge.
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How to Reverse Engineer Success with Ron Friedman
<p>Dr. Friedman is a social psychologist who specializes in top performance. He's the author of The Best Place to Work and an amazing new book called Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success.</p> <p>Top 3 Value
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Robert Reffkin: Compass
Robert Reffkin had a hard time fitting in when he was growing up: raised by a single mom in Berkeley California, he was both bi-racial and Jewish, and had to learn to "feel comfortable with being uncomfortable." Even though he was a self-de
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Gian Volpicelli: a beginner's guide to cryptocurrency
<p><a href='https://www.wired.co.uk/profile/gian-volpicelli'>Gian Volpicelli</a> is a journalist at Wired UK, where he covers the intersection of technology and politics. He’s also the author of the recently published <a href='https://www.p
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Can Camp Help Kids Break Their Tech Habit?
Most overnight camps don't allow electronic devices. Some parents see this as an opportunity to bring their children's screen time back to pre-pandemic levels for back-to-school. Columnist Julie Jargon joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how p
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Women Will Change the World When They Stop Thinking Small with Sigrun
<p>Sigrun’s mission is to accelerate gender equality through female entrepreneurship. She is an international business coach running a multiple 7-figure online business, TEDx speaker and hosts the Sigrun Show podcast.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bom
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It's not What We Own - It's Whether It's Liquid
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about liquidation probability. Many Startup founders make the wrong decision to lose interest in what they currently have and start pursuing something else in the hopes of a much bigg
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The US Needs to Get Back in the Business of Making Chips
Pandemic-induced supply disruptions and competition from China put more pressure on US companies to manufacture semiconductors at home.
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20VC: Ribbit Capital's Nick Shalek on How To Think Through Ownership and Price Sensitivity, When More Money and Pre-Emptive Rounds are Good vs Bad & Investing Lessons from Yale's David Swensen
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickshalek/">Nick Shalek</a> is a General Partner @ <a href= "https://ribbitcap.com/">Ribbit Capital</a>, specializing in fintech they are one of the most successful ventu
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Serverless Stack raises $1M for open-source application framework
Open-source framework startup Serverless Stack announced Friday that it raised $1 million in seed funding from a group of investors that includes Greylock Partners, SV Angel and Y Combinator. The company was founded in 2017 by Jay V and Fra
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Sproutl is an online marketplace for gardeners founded by former Farfetch executives
Meet Sproutl, a marketplace for gardeners living in the U.K. The startup founded by former Farfetch executives has raised a $9 million seed round. It wants to make gardening more accessible by providing a curated list of items, relevant adv
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The American fixing the race problem in UK venture capital - Eric Collins, star of Channel 4’s The Money Maker and CEO of Impact X
<p>“Impact X exists because I'm tired. And there are a lot of people who are tired of asking the question - what to do to improve the lives of black Britain? We've been having this conversation for a long, long time.”</p><p>Meet Eric Collin
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Emergency Pod! Tether executives facing DOJ bank fraud probe (via Bloomberg) | E1253
Tether executives are reportedly facing a DOJ criminal probe for bank fraud! Jason breaks down Bloomberg's report (1:31), Tether's response (10:34) and assesses potential implications for the wider crypto ecosystem, including if this had an
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"Candy Crush" Maker Fights Accusations Of Gender Discrimination
California regulators have filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard, the company behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush. Reporter Sarah Needleman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the case and the impact of sexual harassme
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The Art & Science of Influence with Jon Levy
<p>Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist who researches connection, trust, and influence. He is the founder of Influencers a private community for industry leaders.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Networking is a terrible strategy to succe
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95. The beauty of emphasizing the obvious, w/Birchbox's Katia Beauchamp
<p>Unconventional ideas define entrepreneurship: They fuel dreams but also spur naysayers and obstacles. Katia Beauchamp, co-founder and CEO of Birchbox, has repeatedly found ways to recast the unconventional as something obvious, enabling
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Why Do Some Crimes Increase When Airbnbs Come to Town?
Tourists neither commit nor attract crimes. But a study finds that violent offenses rose in neighborhoods where more homes were converted to short-term rentals.
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iRocket to begin rocket engine testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Reusable rocket startup iRocket has entered into a new partnership with NASA in its quest to reach commercialization in just two years. The partnership will give iRocket access to testing facilities and engineering support, chiefly at the N
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Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA
Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman and his Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh pick up their conversation from last week on how philosophical study can have a great impact on an entrepreneur's career. This week, they focus on how a philosop
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Rapid Fire News: China’s techlash continues, Tesla’s incredible Q2 earnings, Tether holders move to USDC & more | E1254
Jason covers China reigning in big tech (2:03), Tesla’s incredible Q2 earnings crossing $1B in profit (25:30), a $300M market movement from Tether to USDC (33:24), and gives a breakdown of a Binance Crypto Pump Telegram group (37:43).<img s
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SoftBank-backed Embark Veterinary valued at $700M after $75M Series B
Now that you have that COVID dog, Embark Veterinary wants to help him or her be in your life for a long time by offering DNA testing with the goal of increasing their lifespan.
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Beijing Regulators Zero in on Chinese Big Tech
Beijing is increasing pressure on the country's tech firms to get into line with national ambitions. Reporter Stephanie Yang joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the ways regulators are stepping up scrutiny and what it means for the future of C
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How Trifecta is Hacking the American Diet, and Rapidly Building a $1B+ Empire in the Process with Greg Connolly
<p>Greg Connolly is the Co-Founder & CEO of Trifecta, the nation's largest organic meal delivery service with over $120M in ARR and free shipping to all 50 states.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. There is a certain amount of crazy in be
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Blameless raises $30M to guide companies through their software lifecycle
Blameless’ platform provides the context, guardrails and automated workflows so engineering teams are unified in the way they communicate and interact while building their software systems.
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Amazon's Massive GDPR Fine Shows the Law's Power—and Limits
It's the first significant GDPR ruling against Big Tech. But secrecy around the decision exposes the regulation’s flaws.
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#219 – How to Make Your Business Model a Win-Win-Win - with Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez of Every
<p>My guests today have a really exciting business model and strategy that I want to dig into. Dan Shipper (@danshipper) and Nathan Baschez (@nbashaw) are the founders of Every, a bundle of business focused newsletters. By structuring Every
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#524: Ramit Sethi on How Couples Can Talk about Money, Bucket Lists, the $100 Challenge, and More
<p><strong>Ramit Sethi on How Couples Can Talk about Money, Bucket Lists, the $100 Challenge, and More | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Wealthfront</strong><
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MedRhythms raises $25M to get patients back in tune after a stroke
The company's digital therapy platform works to measure and improve someone’s ability to walk after they have experienced a neurologic injury or disease.
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Youtube vs. Netflix, Google’s $230B run rate + Next Unicorns: OpenSea’s Devin Finzer on NFTs | E1254
Jason breaks down Google's earnings and compares Netflix & Youtube (3:22). Then, in our Next Unicorns series, Devin Finzer (27:01), the Co-Founder and CEO of OpenSea (an NFT marketplace) joins to discuss the innovations that helped NFTs tak
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Tropic picks up $25M to streamline software procurement experiences
The pandemic was a catalyst for showing companies looking to cut costs, just how much they were spending on their software tools.
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Biden Seeks New Cybersecurity Standards for Critical Infrastructure
President Biden has directed federal agencies to draw up new standards to help businesses critical to the US economy ward off hackers. Reporter Dustin Volz joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what the move means for companies and other steps t
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How to Avoid Making a Gigantic Mistake When Buying or Selling Sponsorships with David Tintner
<p>David Tintner is the co-founder and CEO of ThoughtLeaders, the sponsorship intelligence platform.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Understand the importance of a decision and keep pushing forward. Survive to get to the next level. Any
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Rapid Response: How Harley-Davidson set a foundation for the long term with CEO Jochen Zeitz
<p>Even an 118-year-old company needs an entrepreneurial jolt. When Jochen Zeitz took over as CEO of motorcycle maker Harley Davidson in early 2020, he moved quickly to restructure the business – even in the midst of the pandemic's highest
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No, Facebook and Google Are Not Public Utilities
It’s time to retire one of the most half-baked ideas for regulating Big Tech.
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20VC: A Masterclass in Leadership and Scaling Companies: The Decisions only the CEO Can Make, The Secret To Talent Acquisition and Retention and How To Find The Unscalable Things that are Fundamental To Scale with Christa Quarles, CEO @ Corel Corporation
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/cquarles">Christa Quarles</a> is the CEO @ Corel Corporation, building software solutions that simplify the task journey for knowledge workers. Prior to Corel, Christa spent close
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Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a $1.5B SPAC merger
Queen's Gambit Growth Capital, the women-led SPAC in charge of the deal, called Swvl 'a disruptive platform that solves complex challenges and empowers underserved populations.'
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Student labor marketplace Pangea closes $2M seed round
The startup runs a marketplace that links college-age talent to companies in need of their services. Social media and web developer work are popular on the Pangea platform.
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Nikola’s Trevor Milton indicted for fraud, Robinhood IPO + GRIN CEO Brandon Brown | E1256
Jason covers the Grand Jury indictment of Nikola founder Trevor Milton for making false claims to investors (1:50) and gives short recap of Robinhood's IPO (18:55). Then, Brandon Brown joins to discuss his company GRIN (25:40), the influenc
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Surfing's Next Sea Change - Using Data to Improve the Ride
Surfing made its first Olympic debut this year. But those in the sport aren't just reading the waves- they're using an increasing amount of artificial intelligence, machine learning and data collection to improve their rides and predict con
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Don't be a Victim of Your Environment or Circumstances But be the Results of Your Actions and Attitude with Chris D. Roberts
<p>CEO of Sterling Rhino Capital, Chris D. Roberts is an entrepreneur, author, and real estate investor. He owns and operates multiple businesses and he is an Enterprise Partner with Feeding America.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Sit
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Why Not Use Self-Driving Cars as Supercomputers?
Autonomous vehicles use the equivalent of 200 laptops to get around. Some want to tap that computing power to decode viruses or mine bitcoin.
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ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round
One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding.
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Japanese sneaker platform SODA raises $56.4M, accquires rival Monokabu
Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. The early-stage venture capital arm of SoftBank Group announced today it has returned to lead SODA’s Serie
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News! Robinhood/Duolingo IPOs, Big Tech earnings, China & more with TechCrunch’s Alex Wilhelm | E1257
Alex Wilhelm from TechCrunch joins Jason to chop up this week's news. They cover Robinhood & Duolingo's IPOs (3:40), consumer subscription businesses (25:09), Google's growth (28:25), the startup funding landscape (38:51), Amazon (42:46), C
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The Path To Hyper Growth with Rob Braiman
<p>Rob Braiman is a veteran, cereal entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of Cogent Analytics. A business development firm awarded "Financial Times fastest growing Companies 2021" He has extensive knowledge across multiple industries on what it ta
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Sell Over $2M of an Online Course with the Skills & Knowledge You Already Have with Lucas Lee-Tyson
<p>Lucas Lee-Tyson started a multi-million dollar marketing agency from his college dorm room, and now he has a multi-million dollar online course teaching others how he did it.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. It is possible that one ca
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Serial Entrepreneur: Gary Vaynerchuk
Growing up in New Jersey in the 1980's and 90's, Gary Vaynerchuk honed his business skills trading baseball cards and selling wine at his dad's liquor store. He discovered the potential of Youtube early on and launched Wine Library TV, an u
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Big Tech's Influence on Salaries Reaches Beyond Silicon Valley
Remote working has led many big tech firms to hire outside of Silicon Valley. That's an opportunity for workers to reap the benefits and salaries of big companies. But for smaller startups, outside the Bay Area, keeping up is a challenge. R
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Big Tech's Influence on Salaries Reaches Beyond Silicon Valley
Remote working has led many big tech firms to hire outside of Silicon Valley. That's an opportunity for workers to reap the benefits and salaries of big companies. But for smaller startups, outside the Bay Area, keeping up is a challenge. R
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A Poolside Chat About Money with Derek Moneyberg
<p>Derek is a world-renowned wealth coach and is known for coaching enumerable celebrities, sports personalities, and athletes including Ben Adams, Max Richards, and many others. He is also a highly-skilled investor in distressed assets. Yo
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Breaking startup scandal: how blood pressure medtech TLT scammed investors out of millions, with investigating reporter Sara McCorquodale
<p>Tarilian Laser Technologies (TLT) was a medtech company founded by husband and wife team, Dr Sandeep and Nita Shah, who bamboozled everyone from the UK government to PWC. They claimed to have a revolutionary wearable blood pressure moni
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20VC: Mike Lazerow on Why How You Operate As a VC Is More Important Than Who You Are and What You Have Done, Why Boards Are More Important for the Entrepreneur than Investor & How The Best Entrepreneurs Prep Their Boards & Extract Value From Them
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/lazerow">Mike Lazerow</a> is a serial entrepreneur and now Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ <a href="https://velvetseavc.com/">Velvet Sea Ventures</a> alongside his wife, Kass. P
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The Pentagon Is Bolstering Its AI Systems—by Hacking Itself
A new “red team” will try to anticipate and thwart attacks on machine learning programs.
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Catch takes hold of $12M to provide benefits that aren’t tied to employers
Catch is working to make sure that every gig worker has the health and retirement benefits they need.
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Platform-as-a-service startup Porter aims to become go-to platform for deploying, managing cloud-based apps
Any DevOps team can use Porter to manage applications in the cloud, delivering the full flexibility of Kubernetes through a Heroku-like experience.
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A New Credit Card Arrives—With a Silicon Valley Twist
The X1 is designed for spenders who are young, high-earning, and live on their phones.
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Big-Money Investors Pour Cash Into Startups
This year is poised to set a record for tech startup fundraising. That's due in large part to funding from large money managers that are writing huge checks to private companies. Reporter Heather Somerville joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss
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1st Mover Advantage in Digital Marketing with Rich Schefren
<p>Rich Schefren is widely recognized as an Internet marketing pioneer and one of the world’s top experts when it comes to online business strategy. He’s Coached the world’s top online business gurus - Increased clients’ revenues by BILLION
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8. Netflix’s Reed Hastings: Why culture matters
<p>You need a strong culture to build a company that will scale beyond the early days of start up. And strong company cultures only emerge when every employee feels they own the culture from day one. Here's how Reed Hastings did it – and ma
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Planted raises another $18M to expand its growing plant-based meat empire (and add schnitzel)
Swiss alternative protein company Planted has raised its second CHF 17M (about $18.5M at present) round of the year, a “pre-B” fundraise that will help it continue its growth and debut new products. A U.S. launch is in the cards eventually
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Christine Kim | Lessons from Scaling Product at Uber
Greylock investor Christine Kim shares the top five lessons she learned scaling product while working at Uber. Prior to joining Greylock in 2020, Christine spent five years at the ride-hailing business. where she led the product team that l
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Creating a new venture fund: formation, follow-on strategies & more with Acquired | E1258
Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal from Acquired join to discuss David's new rolling fund Kindergarten Ventures (00:56), how to structure a VC fund (12:16), Jason's super pro-rata strategy (30:17), podcasting (35:50), tease the next episode on "
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Wireless charging firm Aira raises $12M
Founded in 2017, Arizona-based Aira didn’t waste any time proving out its technology. We’ve written about the company’s wireless charging a few times over the years, including the “FreePower” technology it has baked into Nomad’s charging pa
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Flippa raises $11M to match online asset and business buyers, sellers
Flippa uses a proprietary business valuation tool and algorithm to match online business owners to qualified buyers.
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Who Benefits Most From the Infrastructure Bill's Broadband Funding?
The infrastructure bill working its way through the Senate includes $65 billion to expand broadband access to poor and isolated communities. But the real winners of the package may be the internet providers themselves. Reporter Drew FitzGer
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How Building A Business Selling Weird Niche Products Can Make Your Financially Free with Stephen Somers
<p>Stephen is the co-founder of Marketplace SuperHeroes, an online education and services company that helps people all over the world learn how to sell their own products globally on Amazon completely from scratch.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs
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Don't Rush Into Your Second Act
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about founders rushing into building their next Startup. After a successful exit, most founders are overly eager to start their next big idea and land another win. They want to act up
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As the Use of AI Spreads, Congress Looks to Rein It In
The White House, lawmakers from both parties, and federal agencies are all working on bills or projects to constrain potential downsides of the tech.
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Why Draper Esprit doubled down on its status as a publicly listed VC
Draper Esprit, another British venture capital firm, moved from the AIM to the LSE proper, with a secondary listing on Euronext Dublin.
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#220 – Be Brave, Not Cool, with Michael Seibel of Y Combinator
<p>Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) and I discuss the secret sauce of what goes on inside Y Combinator and how indie hackers can create it for themselves. And because Michael sees nearly 2,000 startups a year--we'll find out the difference betwee
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#525: Giuliana Furci on the Wonders of Mycology, Wisdom from Jane Goodall, Favorite Books, and the World’s Largest Fungarium
<p><strong>Giuliana Furci on the Wonders of Mycology, Wisdom from Jane Goodall, Favorite Books, and the World’s Largest Fungarium | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://athleticgreens.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_b
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How to Grow Consumer SaaS to 225K Paying Customers – Next Unicorns: Fitbod CEO Allen Chen | E1259
Fitbod CEO Allen Chen joins to discuss how they got funded & why they haven't deployed their capital (01:06), the importance of being user-centric when building a consumer app (17:44), how Allen plans grow to 1 million customers (29:14), &
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Buildots raises $30M to put eyes on construction sites
Buildots' technology automatically validates images captured by hardhat-mounted 360-degree cameras, detecting any gaps between the original design and what's actually happening on construction sites.
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This Software Aims to Make Your Flight Smoother—and Help the Planet
Airplanes taxiing isn't just annoying—it's a big source of emissions. The FAA and NASA created a new system to save time and fuel.
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Live From The HIBT Summit: Gary Vaynerchuk
We have another episode from the 2021 How I Built This Virtual Summit, and it's Guy's interview with internet content guru Gary Vaynerchuk. In this live conversation, Gary talks about his innovative approaches to marketing and branding, and
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Collecting Your Location Data: Why It's Worth So Much
A little-known location-data broker, X-Mode Social, is being acquired a year after its work raised questions about government surveillance. Reporter Patience Haggin hoins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the deal and the future of the multibillio
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How to Get Funded After the Banks Have Told You No with Brett Denton
<p>Brett is the founder and owner of KvellFit.com and AtoZBusinessFunding.com. Brett found himself frustrated and "out of the loop" when he tried to get traditional funding to expand his cash positive business KvellFit.com. He founded AtoZB
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These Bendy Plastic Chips Fit in Unusual Places
Researchers think these flexible semiconductors will be able to monitor your heartbeat or tell you whether your milk has spoiled.
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Robinhood is now a stonk
The wild swing in the price of Robinhood today appears from our vantage point to be another stonk moment.
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Bootstrapping vs. taking Venture Capital (FounderU) + Ask An Angel with Zach Coelius | E1260
In a Founder University segment, Jason compares running a bootstrapped vs. venture-backed company (1:17), discusses 'pegasus' companies (11:09), advises what types of businesses should take VC (23:59), and explains what motivates VCs (33:27
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Bluecore lands $125M Series E on $1B valuation as e-commerce personalization grows
During the pandemic, especially when we were in lock down, just about every retailer had to build its online presence and do it quickly. As people move to shop online in larger numbers, being able to personalize that experience has become m
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Crypto Faces Prospect of New Scrutiny
Gary Gensler, head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, says his agency will step up regulatory enforcement of cryptocurrencies. That may not be welcome news for an industry that has mostly dodged oversight. But it won't be an easy ta
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Democratizing Proactive Wellness with Jim Donnelly
<p>Jim Donnelly is co-founder and CEO of Restore Hyper Wellness, the leading proactive wellness company in the country. Restore Hyper Wellness is on a mission to make proactive wellness accessible and affordable to all so people can do more
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Trucks Move Past Cars on the Road to Autonomy
Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.
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3 invaluable founder lessons I learned on my immigration journey
In my journey to the U.S., I became good at three things: accepting uncertainty, building resilience and maintaining a positive mental attitude. I needed them all to get my startup off the ground.
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Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on the current state and future of the US housing market | E1261
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Micromobility startup Voi raises $45 million to end sidewalk riding, improve safety
Micromobility startup Voi has raised $45 million, funds it says will be used to research and develop technology that will improve safety, keep users from riding on sidewalks and ensure scooters are properly parked.
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Jon B. Fisher Commencement Address
<p>Jon B. Fisher's speech at University of San Francisco, 2018.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://Trainual.com/eofire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trainual</a>: Pre-order a free copy of The Business Playbook: How to Document and De
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Soon Your Google Searches Can Combine Text and Images
With the help of AI, you’ll be able to take a picture of a shirt, then ask Google to find socks with the same pattern.
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The Key to Exponential Business Growth: Think 5 Years Ahead, Always with Carter Malloy
<p>Carter Malloy is a financial analyst, guest columnist, and the founder and CEO of AcreTrader, a leading farmland investing platform that makes it easy for investors to buy shares of US farmland.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Succes
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Customer experience startup Clootrack raises $4M, helps brands see through their customers’ eyes
Clootrack is a real-time customer experience analytics platform that helps brands understand why customers stay or churn
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Hackers Rebrand After Colonial Pipeline Attack
Experts believe the cybercriminals behind one of the biggest ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure have regrouped under a new name. How do they know it's the same group, and why would hackers need a rebrand at all? Cybersecurit
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How a Health Company Hit 9 Figures with Mae Steigler
<p>Mae Steigler serves as CEO of Organifi and is responsible for the alignment and development of people and processes. Since being founded in 2014, she has played a key role in building Organifi from a start-up to over $100 million in tota
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The first Zambian startup to get into YC is developing Africa’s first card-issuing API
More than 40 African startups from a handful of countries have gone through YC over the past decade. Zambia joins that list today, and its entrant, Union54, is a worthy first entry. Union54 (54 is a nod to the number of African countries) i
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The Case for Growing Slowly
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about taking the slow growth approach. Instead of going full force too fast early on, take the time to understand whether the bets you’re paying back or not and when it’s time to chan
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This Digital Bank Is Designed for the LGBTQ+ Community
New York-based Daylight is rethinking fintech with a social twist.
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The Push for Ad Agencies to Ditch Big Oil Clients
An activist coalition is pressuring firms to stop promoting fossil fuel companies—some of which have advertised oil and gas as “climate friendly.”
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CommandBar raises $4.8M to make web-based apps searchable
James Evans and his co-founders at CommandBar were working on a different software product when they hit a wall while trying to find certain functionalities within the software.
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Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison (2019)
In the 1990's, Stacy Madison and her boyfriend Mark Andrus were selling pita sandwiches from a converted hot dog cart in Boston. They decided to bake the leftover pita into chips, adding a dash of parmesan or cinnamon-sugar. At first they h
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Clubhouse Opens Its Doors. Is Anyone Rushing to Get In?
Just a few days after ditching its invite-only status, the audio chat app had fewer than 500,000 new downloads.
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Some Amazon Sellers Go to Great Lengths to Limit Negative Reviews
Some Amazon sellers are tracking down customers who leave bad reviews and begging or even paying them to remove them, in violation of the platform's policy. Personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how far some
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Your Business Has 99 Problems, But A Playbook Ain't One with Chris Ronzio
<p>Chris is the founder and CEO of Trainual, a platform for entrepreneurs to get their business out of their brains by documenting and delegating the systems and processes in their company. Catch more about Chris, his podcasts, books, and a
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47. Make it epic, w/will.i.am
<p>What can entrepreneurs learn from a genre-crossing, multi-platinum musician? How to take a big opportunity — and leverage it into something epic. From his earliest days as a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am learned from
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Canopy raises $15M Series A after posting 4.5x customer growth in H1 2021
Canopy's leaders expect focused fintech products to win out over large bundles of services.
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Robots May Be Cooking Your Next Drive-Through Order
As the hospitality sector struggles to find workers, more restaurants are turning to robots to take up jobs in the kitchen. Tech columnist Christopher Mims joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what these new robot chefs can do, and why they are
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Overcoming crippling anxiety and how to get work/life balance right, with Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder and CEO of Front
<p>Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and CEO of Front, a communications platform that has developed a cult following - despite having to stop working at one point because her anxiety had become so debilitating. Find out how Mathilde learned
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PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada | Leadership Cross-Training
PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada and Greylock general partner Sarah Guo discuss the importance of empathetic leadership, the value of automation in service of people, the effectiveness of trust and transparency as a means of corporate communic
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Nick Kokonas of Tock & Alinea, flipping the low-margin restaurant model | E1262
Nick Kokonas joins to discuss his his company Tock (10:50), his world-class restaurant group Alinea (0:54), how restaurants can improve their operating leverage (18:05), digital experiences augmenting hospitality (39:41), why tipping needs
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WoodSpoon’s food delivery service cooks up support for home chefs with $14M round
The co-founders reached out to local home chefs and gathered them together in a marketplace where they could share their culture and passion of food with others.
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Growth Hacking Success with Mario Nawfal
<p>Mario Nawfal bootstrapped his first business to 8 figures in less than 2 months, then built multiple businesses to the millions in crypto, taking companies public & growth hacking. He recently stepped up as the CEO of NFT Tech which is e
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Toyota Whiffed on EVs. Now It’s Trying to Slow Their Rise
In a bid to protect its investments in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, the carmaker is lobbying against the transition to electric vehicles.
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The art of startup storytelling with Julian Shapiro
"Signal is more important than frequency in an era where we're overloaded with content."
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#221 – How an indie hacker is competing with Buffer with Samy Dindane of Hypefury
<p>In this episode I catch up with Samy Dindane (@SamyDindane), the creator of Twitter growth tool Hypefury. I'll ask him how he found his co-founder from an Indie Hackers post, how he grew Hypefury past $20K MRR, and why indie hackers don'
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Tom Eisenmann (Harvard Business School) - Why Startups Fail
<p>Tom Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Peter O. Crisp Chair of Harvard Innovation Labs; and faculty co-chair of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the Harvard
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How to come up with a startup idea (FounderU) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1263
Jason does a Founder University segment on how to generate startup ideas (1:33), then Zach Coelius joins to take some "Ask an Angel" questions: what data points are most valuable when iterating on product (28:35), what skills are most impor
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#526: B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert
<p><strong>B. Jeffrey Madoff — Dealmaking, The Hidden Persuaders, Working with Ralph Lauren, and Finding the Secret to Life in the Mojave Desert | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://publicgoods.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" tar
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Bite Ninja scoops up pre-seed funding to reimagine restaurant working environments
The company's remote hiring technology enable restaurants to fill last-minute drive-thru or cashier shifts.
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Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown
We have another episode from the 2021 How I Built This Virtual Summit, and it's Guy's interview with professor, author, and host of the<em> Unlocking Us </em>podcast, Brené Brown. In this live conversation, Brené talks about how vulnerabili
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Crypto Heist Highlights Risks of DeFi Market
Hackers stole more than $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies from the decentralized finance platform Poly Network. DeFi has been gaining popularity among users of digital assets, but heists and scams raise questions about the safety of th
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Entrepreneurs Changing the World with Anthony Sarandrea
<p>Anthony Sarandrea is recognized as one of the top customer generators in the world, specializing in the financial services space, running a team that drove over one million customers in 2020. Today, he runs a profitable portfolio of webs
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The Pandemic Drives Cofounders to Couples Therapy
Startups are like relationships—at least that’s what some Silicon Valley therapists are pitching.
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20VC: The Lyft Memo: Floodgate's Ann Miura Ko on Why Successful Seed Investing Is Not Investing In a Company But The Development of a Set of Secrets, Whether Capital Is a Defensible Moat Today &How Startups Should Approach Competition
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/annimaniac">Ann Miura Ko</a> is the Co-Founding Partner @ <a href= "https://www.floodgate.com/">Floodgate</a>, one of the leading early-stage firms of the last decade with a portf
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Space manufacturing startup Varda inks deal with Rocket Lab for three spacecraft
Orbital manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries is moving fast. Only a few weeks after announcing a $42 million Series A, Varda has signed a deal with launch company Rocket Lab for three Photon spacecraft to support the startup’s initi
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How to secure follow-on investment for your startup (Founder.University) + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1264
Jason discusses how founders can secure follow on funding (1:57), then is joined by investor Zach Coelius to answer listener questions on technical co-founders (38:21), successful founder traits (40:41), founder red flags (46:07), why start
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Consumer goods software company Aforza bags $22M to open US headquarters
Built on Salesforce and Google Cloud platforms, consumer goods companies can use Aforza to digitally transform product distribution and customer engagement.
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How GameStop's Chairman Climbed His Way to the Top
The chairman of GameStop, Ryan Cohen, was just an investor in the videogame retailer in 2019. But through activist tactics and support from meme-stock investors, he has managed to work his way to the top of the company. Reporter Sarah Needl
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How to Use Job Search Sites To Your Advantage with Ian Siegel
<p>Ian Siegel is ZipRecruiters CEO and co-founder, leading the organization with a data-driven focus on delighting both job seekers and employers and fundamentally improving the hiring process experience. He is also the Wall Street Journal
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China Cracks Down On Its Tech Giants. Sound Familiar?
Companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were once regarded with national pride. Now they’re being slapped with fines and other penalties.
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Motivo raises $12.5M Series A to speed up chip design with AI
Chip design is a long slog of trial and error, taking years to bring a design to market. Motivo, a five year old startup from a chip industry veteran is creating software to speed up chip design from years to months using AI. Today the comp
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Talkdesk’s valuation jumps to $10B with Series D for smart contact centers
Talkdesk uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve customer service for mid-market and enterprise businesses.
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Next Unicorns: Splice CEO Steve Martocci, building the Github for music | E1265
Steve Martocci, the CEO of Splice (also co-founder of Blade & previously sold GroupMe to Skype) joins for our Next Unicorns series to discuss how music rights work (10:07), growing a high-quality marketplace (21:59), AI music creation (36:1
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Colson Whitehead's Commencement Address
<p>Colson Whitehead's Commencement Address at Connecticut College 2017.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://NetSuite.com/fire" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">NetSuite</a>: With visibility and control of your financials, inventory, HR,
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How to Find Your Zone of Genius to Grow Your Impact and Income with Cait Scudder
<p>Cait Scudder is a TEDx speaker, and success expert, her mission is to empower ten million driven, bold-hearted women to tap into their genius and create profitable, purpose-driven businesses.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Valuing p
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Logic: Logic & Chris Zarou (2018)
In 2010, Logic the rapper—born as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II—released his first official mixtape titled "Young, Broke & Infamous." At 20 years old, Logic certainly was young and broke, and while crashing on a friend's couch, he poured himsel
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Ethan Mollick: what do we *actually* know about entrepreneurship?
<p>Ethan Mollick is a<a href='https://mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/emollick/'> professor of entrepreneurship at Wharton</a>, a former founder and author of the book, <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unicorns-Shadow-Combating-Dangerous-In
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Boeing's Space Program Faces New Setback
Boeing's Starliner space capsule has faced a string of problems, setting back a company that was once a leader in the space industry. Reporter Micah Maidenberg joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the latest issues and the role Boeing hopes to
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20VC LATAM: LATAM's Largest Fund, Kaszek Ventures on Scaling from $100M to $1BN, Why Capital is not a Source of Moat & Why LATAM is More Than Copycat Companies with Nicolas Szekasy, Co-Founder @ Kaszek Ventures
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-szekasy-2011aa13/">Nicolas Szekasy</a> is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Kaszek Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in Latin America with a portfolio
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Follow Your Dream with Robert Miller
<p>Robert Miller is a musician who followed his dream later in life and became a Rock Star. You’re never too old and it’s never too late to follow your dream.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You can be successful at any age at any time
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Why Cofounders Often Don't Last
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about cofounder breakup. Likened to marriage, having a cofounder requires commitment that comes with consequences when and if the Startup fails and coming up with an action plan when
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Facebook’s Reason for Banning Researchers Doesn’t Hold Up
The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics. Whose privacy, exactly?
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Kiddom grabs early revenue amid $35M Series C funding
Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series C round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Owl Ventures, Khosla Venture
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ThirdAI raises $6M to democratize AI to any hardware
ThirdAI is building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for hardware like graphics processing units.
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How to build a business at 16, recover from a $1b dollar deal collapsing, and walk on hot coals, with multi-exit entrepreneur Norman Crowley
<p><strong>What would you do if you sold your business and effectively retired at the ripe, old age of 28? Phenomenally successful serial entrepreneur Norman Crowley took just three weeks before jumping back into business. </strong></p><p><
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Crypto Industry Unites to Lobby Washington
The cryptocurrency industry prides itself on being decentralized and shying away from connections to government. But as U.S. lawmakers and regulators turn their attention to digital assets, the sector is uniting to lobby for its interests.
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The Ultimate Marketing Engine with John Jantsch
<p>John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, and The Ultimate Marketing Engine.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. The hourglass metaphor focuses
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Bonus: Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, w/Reid, Bob & Sir Richard Branson
<p>Reid’s personal advice on the most important success factor for any scale leader: your mindset. Talking with editor-at-large Bob Safian, Reid shares how he approaches every challenge with a learning mindset: ask the right questions, leve
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Shopistry bags $2M to provide ‘headless commerce without the headaches’
Shopistry enables customers to create personalized commerce experiences accessible to all.
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This Program Can Give AI a Sense of Ethics—Sometimes
Researchers trained an algorithm to answer questions about human values. Some of the responses are troubling.
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Reid Hoffman and Sridhar Ramaswamy | Taking on Tech Giants
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Casey Newton’s Superhuman miss, Apple’s backdoor, Helium network, WhatsApp & Afghanistan | E1266
Podcasting from Italy after a 2-week break of news, Jason covers Casey Newton's failed dunk on Superhuman's $75M raise (2:58), the privacy implications of Apple's approach to preventing child porn distribution (23:14), the Helium Networks i
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Self-Driving Trucks: A Smooth Ride or Bumpy Road?
Self-driving trucks promise a future of faster and cheaper shipping. Startups are testing the technology on the roads and tapping the stock market for financing. But the industry and some investors remain wary of the roadblocks ahead. Repor
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How to Make Google Love You with Nick Loper
<p>Nick Loper helps people earn more money. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and host of the award-winning Side Hustle Show podcast, which features new part-time business ideas each week.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. One question
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Startup Culture if a Reflection of its Founders
<p>In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the kind of culture you as a founder can create within your own organization. Everything you do has implications and if you let instigators of negativity be, you’re allowing a n
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These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race
A study raises new concerns that AI will exacerbate disparities in health care. One issue? The study’s authors aren’t sure what cues are used by the algorithms.
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#222 – A Model with Built-in Virality with Valentin Hinov of Thankbox
<p>In this episode I talk to Indie Hacker Valentin Hinov (@ValCanBuild). He is someone caught the pandemic wave in the best way possible. He came up with an idea that not only helps teams feel more connected but also removed a huge pain for
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Apple’s sustainability-focused Impact Accelerator invites first 15 Black- and brown-owned companies
Among Apple’s more recent social good initiatives is the Impact Accelerator, an effort launched about a year ago intended to find and elevate minority-owned small businesses taking on sustainability and climate change. The program now has i
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#527: The Random Show — Life-Extension Misadventures, Blockchain/Crypto Investing, NFT Experiments, Dogecoin, Zen Buddhism, and Weathering Sharp Elbows
<p><strong>The Random Show — Life-Extension Misadventures, Blockchain/Crypto Investing, NFT Experiments, Dogecoin, Zen Buddhism, and Weathering Sharp Elbows | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://ucan.co/tim" rel="noopener norefe
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Food conglomerate Forward Foods becomes Starday, raises $4M
Forward Foods, creating healthy and sustainable food products, changed its name to Starday and raised $4 million in seed funding to take on “big food” incumbents.
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Noodlegate, the end of cancel culture? + Next Unicorns: OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman | E1267
Jason opens the show with a brief recap of "Noodlegate" and the end of cancel culture (2:09). Then he chats with OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman for the latest installment of our Next Unicorns series (14:10) about what makes governments ineffective
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Live From The HIBT Summit: Adam Grant
We have another episode from the 2021 How I Built This Virtual Summit, and it's Guy's interview with organizational psychology professor and author Adam Grant. He's known for his books <em>Think Again</em>, <em>Give and Take</em> and <em>Or
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China Set to Pass Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
China is expected to pass one of the world's strictest data privacy laws this week. It's the latest move by the government to tighten restrictions on tech giants. Reporter Eva Xiao joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what it means for companie
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8 Pillars That Drive Massive Results with David Horsager
<p>David Horsager is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Trust Edge and the leading global expert in building high-trust leaders and organizations.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. If we want to connect with more people, be
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Rapid Response: How mission fuels risk-taking, with Illumina CEO Francis deSouza
<p>Facing off with the FTC isn't for the timid. But when your mission and your business model are aligned, the hard decisions – about risk, about investment, about priorities – become clearer. Francis deSouza is CEO of Illumina, the world’s
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If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
New research tracking people’s behavior on the platform found that most don’t go down those ever-deepening rabbit holes.
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20VC LATAM Part 2: a16z's Angela Strange on When To Expand Beyond Your Core Market, Why Serving the Unbanked is Such Good Business & Whether the Startup Will Acquire the Distribution before The Incumbent Acquires the Innovation?
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Angela Strange is a General Partner at <a href= "https://a16z.com/">Andreessen Horowitz</a>, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Facebook, Github,
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Mealworm farming company Beta Hatch raises $10M
Last time I was in Hong Kong, a startup gave me a jar of mealworms as a snack. They were crunchy and a bit odd looking (as one might expect from a jar full of baked larvae). They really didn’t offer much in the way of flavor, though, so may
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FloodMapp wants to predict where water goes before it washes away your home
Floods are devastating. They rip asunder communities, wipe out neighborhoods, force the evacuation of thousands of people every year, and recovering them can take years — assuming recovery is possible at all. The U.S. government estimates t
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Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mark Suster deep dives VC | E1268
Jason breaks down the 2 metrics he uses to to assess Robinhood's Q2 earnings (1:43) and Amazon entering Department Store retail (16:39). Then, Mark Suster from Upfront Ventures joins (24:07) to discuss venture metrics, community as a moat,
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Minimalist Phones Take the Smarts Out of Your Smartphone
Companies offering pared-down phones with few features are hoping to lure users who have grown tired of their smartphones. But convincing people to abandon their favorite apps isn't easy. Reporter Katie Deighton joins host Zoe Thomas to dis
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Maine, Podcast Movement, and more! Our July 2021 Income Report
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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John Deere Doubles Down on Silicon Valley and Robots
The farm-equipment giant is buying Bear Flag Robotics, which makes autonomous tractors, marking its second big tech buy in four years.
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Split.io announces $50M Series D to continue growing feature flag platform
As developers build applications, they often want to test new functionality on a limited set of users to blunt any possible negative impact or to gauge user reaction to the change before rolling it out more broadly. They use a technique cal
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Diamond Age raises $8M to speed up home construction with 3D printing and robot arms
Bay Area-based Diamond Age this week announced that it has raised $8 million. The seed round is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC and features a slew of additional firms, including Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towervi
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Rapid fire news: OnlyFans bans sexual conduct + Boston Dynamics, Disney & Tesla bet big on robots | E1269
Jason breaks down the OnlyFans' pivot away from sexual conduct (1:54), then he covers all the robot highlights from this week, Boston Dynamics robots doing backflips (23:34), Disney creating AI characters (31:25), and Tesla's announcement o
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Howard Schultz's Commencement Address at Arizona State University
<p>Howard Schultz's Commencement Address at Arizona State University 2017.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://ThrivetimeShow.com/fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thrivetime Show</a>: Looking for a business coach who has helped thou
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Building A Seven-Figure Real Estate Business Using Other People’s Money with Kyara Gray and Khalil Uqdah
<p>Kyara Gray and Khalil Uqdah are the co-founders of Charm City Buyers, a multi-seven figure real estate development firm specializing in rebuilding properties and revitalizing neighborhoods in Baltimore.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1
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Elon Musk Doubles Down on A.I. Ambitions Despite Regulatory Scrutiny
Tesla has been catching regulatory scrutiny for the company's assisted-driving features that rely on artificial intelligence. But despite the pressure, the company appears to be ramping up its use of the technology: Last week, CEO Elon Musk
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20VC: Coinbase President & COO Emilie Choi on Building Coinbase Ventures into One of the Best Performing Funds with 0 Employees, How Coinbase Thinks Through Internal Resource Allocation and Prioritisation & Why, When and How To Hire Your COO and Head of C
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/emiliemc">Emilie Choi</a> is the President and Chief Operating Officer @ <a href= "https://coinbase.com/">Coinbase</a>, the easiest place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Prior to
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Using Content to Grow a Loyal Audience with Joe Pulizzi
<p>Joe Pulizzi is the Amazon bestselling author of <em>Content Inc</em>., <em>Killing Marketing</em> and <em>Epic Content Marketing</em>, which was named a “Must-Read Business Book” by Fortune Magazine. His novel, <em>The Will to Die</em>,
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Biden Wants More EVs on Roads. What About Charging Stations?
The president called for 40 percent of new cars to be electric by 2030. But motorists still fret about running out of juice—even if it rarely happens.
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Rutter comes out of stealth with $1.5M in funding for its e-commerce API
Rutter is developing a unified e-commerce API that enables companies to connect with data across any platform.
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Burt's Bees: Roxanne Quimby (2019)
In the 1970s, Roxanne Quimby was trying to live a simpler life – one that rejected the pursuit of material comforts. She moved to Maine, built a cabin in the woods, and lived off the grid. By the mid-80s, she met a recluse beekeeper named B
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Y Combinator-backed Adra wants to turn all dentists into cavity-finding ‘super dentists’
Adra is bringing AI into the dentist's day-to-day workflow so they can spend less time finding cavities and more time with patients.
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The other way to build a massive tech company - doing it slowly, with Airtable Co-Founder and CEO Howie Liu
<p>Most investors didn’t understand the concept. Most non-technical entrepreneurs at the time didn’t get it either. But Howie Liu, Co-Founder and CEO of multi-billion dollar tech juggernaut Airtable, had the conviction to bet the next 10 ye
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Crypto in the Crosshairs of Global Regulators
The price of bitcoin crossed $50,000 for the first time since May, signaling the possibility of a fresh rally for the digital asset. The news comes amid the broader rise of cryptocurrencies, which has sent regulators scrambling to catch up.
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How E-Commerce is Unlocking the Inner-Entrepreneur in Us All with Sandeep Kella
<p>Sandeep Kella is the Co-Founder and CEO of Assembly, with vast expertise on SaaS tools geared for starting, growing and running Shopify, Amazon and e-commerce storefronts.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. As an entrepreneur, it is pos
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Coming soon on Masters of Scale Season 9
<p>Coming August 31st: An all-new season of Masters of Scale, with iconic leaders and rising stars of scale companies. This season, Reid Hoffman trades theories with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Robert Reffkin, founder and CEO of Compas
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Struggling to Recruit, Police Turn to Targeted Ads
The pandemic and the George Floyd protests have made recruiters’ jobs tougher. Now they’re tapping the behavioral profiling power of social media.
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Givz raises $3M in seed funding to make donations a marketing tool for businesses
Givz, which has developed an API-powered platform that gives brands a way to convert discounts into donations, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Eniac and Accomplice co-led the financing for the New York-based startup. Additional inves
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#528: Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, on Wikipedia’s Real Genesis Story, Best Business Decisions, Understanding Financial Markets, Developing a Questioning Mind, and the Value of Optimism
<p><strong>Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, on Wikipedia’s Real Genesis Story, Best Business Decisions, Understanding Financial Markets, Developing a Questioning Mind, and the Value of Optimism | Brought to you by </strong><a href="h
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Mellody Hobson | Security in Knowledge
A re-broadcast of our episode featuring Ariel Investments president and co-CEO Mellody Hobson, who spoke with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman as part of Greylock's Inconversations speaker series. Hobson is also the chair of the board
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Rapid Fire News: Facebook “cleans up their house,” Tyga takes on OnlyFans, Jack Ma vs. CCP | E1270
In this news episode Jason covers Facebook finally revealing their Q1 transparency report after they originally shelved the report for PR purposes (2:08), Tyga deleting his OnlyFans account and announcing he will launch a competing platform
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Elastic acquires build.security for security policy definition and enforcement
Less than a year after raising its $6 million seed funding round, Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup Build.security is being acquired by Elastic. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed at this time. The deal is expec
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Hollywood Battles Digital Piracy in the Streaming Era
A new focus on digital releases to streaming services has made it easier for Hollywood studios to reach customers during the pandemic. But it's also led to a rise in higher-quality, faster piracy. Reporter R.T. Watson joins host Amanda Lewe
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400% Over 4 Years of Coaching with Clay Clark
<p>Clay Clark is the former U.S. SBA Entrepreneur of the Year, founder of 6 multi-million dollar companies, Forbes Contributor, author of 13 books & host of 6-times iTunes chart-topping podcast (with 1,980 episodes).</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bomb
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This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing
Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put on a person’s midsection.
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NoRedInk raises $50 million Series B to help students become better writers
“In order to become a better writer, read your written words out loud.” That’s one of the first, and best, writing tips I ever received. I always found the advice ironic because it required me to change the medium of my writing to become a
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#223 – How to Master Passive Growth with Rob Fitzpatrick of Write Useful Books
<p>In this episode I catch up with Rob Fitzpatrick (@robfitz) about his new book, <em>Write Useful Books. </em>We'll talk about how he approaches book-writing like product development and why the sales graphs for his books look more like a
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testRigor scores $4M seed to turn a list of actions into a QA testing script
Imagine typing out of a series of steps in plain English that would reflect a list of actions a human QA tester would undertake to test an app, then turning that list into an automated testing script. That’s exactly what testRigor, a member
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Rapid Fire News: OnlyFans reverses course, Circle to clean up USDC reserves, Warby Parker S-1 | E1271
In today's news show, Jason covers OnlyFans being back to business as usual (1:31), the stablecoin Circle cleaning up commercial paper from their USDC reserves (16:53), and does a break down of Warby Parker's S-1 as the company prepare to g
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Live From The HIBT Summit: Rashad Robinson
We have our final main stage event from the 2021 How I Built This Virtual Summit, and it's Guy's conversation with Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change, the nation's largest leading racial justice organization. In this live intervi
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OnlyFans Backpedals on Plan to Ban Sex Videos
Last week, the social-media company OnlyFans said it would ban sexually explicit content on its platform. The move sparked a backlash, since the site is well-known for adult content. But now, the company says it's reversing course. Reporter
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Passion to Purpose with Amy McLaren
<p>A busy mom of two, Amy McLaren splits her time leading a community of driven entrepreneurial women called LadyStrength, growing an Airbnb business, and being a hands-on CEO Village Impact.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. <em>"You don
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Rapid Response: How Electronic Arts grows a metaverse, with CEO Andrew Wilson
<p>Hollywood may build stars, but gaming is "the biggest, fastest-growing entertainment medium in the world," says CEO Andrew Wilson of Electronic Arts. That's why businesses from Netflix to Disney to Facebook are eyeing the space, along wi
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Samsung Has Its Own AI-Designed Chip. Soon, Others Will Too
Synopsys, which sells software for designing semiconductors to dozens of companies, is adding artificial intelligence to its arsenal.
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20VC: Has Price Discipline Disappeared? Is it Possible to Build Ownership Over Time? Why Venture Is Less Collaborative Now Than Ever? How fast Do Breakout Companies Become Obvious? How To Construct an Optimised and Repeatable Investment Decision-Making Pr
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/fintechjunkie">Frank Rotman</a> is a founding partner of <a href="https://www.qedinvestors.com/">QED Investors</a>, one of the leading fintech-focused venture firms investing toda
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Forward Kitchens cooks up $2.5M to transform existing kitchens into digital storefronts
Forward Kitchens provides a turnkey tool for restaurants to set up an online presence.
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#529: Iconic Therapist Dr. Sue Johnson on How to Improve Sex, Shape Love, Face Dragons, and Find Comfort in the Arms of Another
<p><strong>Iconic Therapist Dr. Sue Johnson on How to Improve Sex, Shape Love, Face Dragons, and Find Comfort in the Arms of Another | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://lairdsuperfood.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_bla
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Shares is a new stock trading app with a focus on social features
Meet Shares, a new European startup that wants to add a social twist to financial investment — in that case, the company means ‘social’ as in ‘social network’. The startup has been developing its product under the radar for a few months alr
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HeadSpin accused of $80M fraud, housing startup irks NIMBYs + Not Boring’s Packy McCormick | E1272
In the news segment, Jason covers unicorn SaaS Startup called HeadSpin has been accused of a massive fraud by the SEC and DOJ (2:06), and Pacaso real estate startup offering fractional ownership of vacation homes is causing outrage in wine
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The Entrepreneur First Podcast: Building billion dollar companies
<p>I'd like to introduce you to The Entrepreneur First Podcast, my new show with EF co-founder Alice Bentinck.<br/><br/>Together, we've been talking to some of the brightest entrepreneurs who have ever set foot in an EF office abo
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NFT Art Presents New Frontier for Fraudsters
When NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, started taking off early this year, they were heralded by many in the art world as a way for creators to make money from their digital art. But as the emerging market has exploded, so have scams. Reporter K
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How to Launch Your Online Business with Jeff Walker
<p>Jeff Walker is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “LAUNCH”. He's been teaching people how to launch online courses, products, services, and brands online since 2005.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You are not born succes
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What Airbnb’s Summer Boost Reveals About Covid-19 Recovery
The company’s latest earnings report showed an upsurge in business, but it also hedges expectations for the fall.
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Celebrity chef Michael Chernow whips up new lifestyle brand, Kreatures of Habit, raises $2.2M
Michael Chernow is already known as a restaurateur, chef, television host and entrepreneur, but now he can also add lifestyle and wellness guru to that list.
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Job offer management platform Compa emerges from stealth with $3.9M
The offer management platform provides “deal desk” software for recruiters to easily manage compensation strategies.
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CCP closes foreign IPO loophole + Audius’ Roneil Rumburg: decentralized project crash course | E1272
First Jason covers the CCP banning US IPOs for big tech companies, closing the VIE loophole (1:50), then Audius Co-Founder Roneil Rumburg joins (18:44) to talk about his "decentralized SoundCloud," how decentralized crypto projects actually
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Maria Bamford's Commencement Address
<p>Maria Bamford's Commencement Address at University of Minnesota 2017.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://Trainual.com/eofire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trainual</a>: Pre-order a free copy of The Business Playbook: How to Docume
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How Ryan Naylor Went From Shark Tank Failure To Tech Success Story
<p>Ryan Naylor is the founder VIVAHR, a platform for entrepreneurs to publish their open positions and get organic visibility on all the top job sites. After flopping on Shark Tank, he built the framework Culture Marketing™.</p> <p>Top 3 Va
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Springfree Trampoline: Keith Alexander & Steve Holmes (2019)
In the late 1980s, a New Zealand engineer named Keith Alexander wanted to buy a trampoline for his kids. After his wife said they were too dangerous, Keith set out to design his own—a safer trampoline, without metal springs. He tinkered wit
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What Is the Metaverse and Why Does Big Tech Want You to Live In It?
Big tech companies have been investing tons of resources into a concept called "the metaverse." Heard on the Street columnist Dan Gallagher joins host Amanda Lewellyn to explain what the new big tech craze is, and what it could mean for you
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Managing Your Time Through the Lens of Energy with Molly Fletcher
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Deepfakes Are Now Making Business Pitches
The video technology, initially associated with porn, is gaining a foothold in the corporate world.
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20VC: Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International on Lessons From Investing $1BN Per Week with Masa Son, How Softbank Could Have Up To 8 Companies Go Public in LATAM Alone Next Year & How Softbank Analyse Both Deal Pricing and Competition Today
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/marceloclaure">Marcelo Claure</a> serves as CEO of <a href= "https://www.latinamericafund.com/">SoftBank Group International</a> and COO of SoftBank Group Corp., the world’s large
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Accounting platform Synder raises $2M to automate e-commerce bookkeeping
The company bills itself as an easy accounting platform for e-commerce businesses.
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Stipop offers developers and creators instant access to a huge global sticker library
With more than 270,000 stickers, Stipop’s library of colorful, character-driven expressions has a little something for everyone. The company offers keyboard and social app stickers through ad-supported mobile apps on iOS and Android, but it
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Jess Whittlestone & Jack Clark: What Governments should do about AI
<p>My guests today are <a href='https://jesswhittlestone.com/'>Jess Whittlestone</a> and <a href='https://jack-clark.net/about/'>Jack Clark.</a> Jess is a senior research associate at the University of Cambridge’s <a href='https://www.cser.
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Ethereum fallout - how the second biggest cryptocurrency in the world nearly didn’t happen, with Anthony Di Iorio, Co-Founder of Ethereum and Decentral
<p>How many of us are kicking ourselves for not investing $100 in Bitcoin in 2010 - it would be worth almost $48 million today. Anthony Di Iorio, one of the co-founders of Ethereum, the massive open-source blockchain, which is home to Ether
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How the 'Right To Repair' Could Expand Choices and Lower Costs
If you break one of your electronic devices, your options for fixing it can be limited. But new "Right to Repair" measures being debated in Washington and statehouses around the country aim to change that. Senior Personal Tech Columnist Joa
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How to Grow and Monetize Your Social Media Channels with Zach Benson
<p>Zach is the Founder of Assistagram, an Instagram growth agency that’s helped influencers and Fortune 500 companies accrue millions of new followers on Instagram. Dubbed “the influencer’s secret weapon” by Entrepreneur Magazine, Zach foun
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96. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: Why we need re-founders
<p>To achieve massive scale, you don’t just need founders, you also need a re-founder – someone to come in at a later stage to keep the mission and culture on track. As Microsoft’s third CEO ever – after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer – Satya
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The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes
The probe will look at 11 accidents, each of which involved a parked emergency vehicle.
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As 5G demand grows, Sitenna helps telcos find more cell tower locations, faster
The buildout of 5G networks continues apace, with wide-scale deployments across much of the developed world. Yet, one of the largest challenges with closing the gaps in coverage maps are constraints on 5G transmissions.
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Corinne Riley | Funding the Cloud Challengers
Audio version of the essay by Greylock investors Corinne Riley and Jerry Chen entitled "Funding the Cloud Challengers." This essay, which is part of Greylock's Castles in the Cloud series, analyzes the top venture capital cloud investing tr
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Jerry Chen | Castles in the Cloud
The audio version of Greylock general partner Jerry Chen's essay introducing Castles in the Cloud, which is Greylock’s interactive project to map multiple data points of the cloud computing ecosystem — and plots new opportunities for succes
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Jerry Chen | How to Break Up Big Cloud's Dominance
Audio version of Greylock general partner Jerry Chen's essay "How to Break Up Big Cloud's Dominance," read by Greylock Head of Editorial Heather Mack. This essay, which outlines strategies startups can take to compete with the Big 3 cloud p
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Elizabeth Holmes Theranos fraud trial kickoff + Blokable’s Aaron Holm: how to scale housing | E1274
First, Jason covers the kickoff of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial (1:48). Then, Blokable CEO & Co-Founder Aaron Holm joins (16:37) to discuss solving the housing crisis, the Phoenix Rising project (27:05), why vertical integ
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Opendoor, Zillow and Redfin Bank On Flipping Houses Virtually
More real-estate tech companies are buying and selling houses virtually, using data and images to quickly flip properties. Heard on the Street tech columnist Laura Forman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how these businesses are hoping to c
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Meet the Relationship Coach with A Multi-Million Dollar Business, Sami Wunder
<p>Sami is a leading international dating and relationship coach specializing in helping high-achieving women attract and keep romantic love. She has enabled over 240 clients to get married.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You do not ha
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New Regulation Could Cause a Split in the Crypto Community
An article in the Infrastructure Bill led cryptocurrency to acquire a great marker of prestige: a lobby. But can it keep a united front?
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Jon Zieger (Responsible Technology Labs) - What is Responsible Innovation?
<p>Jon Zieger is a co-founder and the executive director of Responsible Innovation Labs, a nonprofit working to create tools and standards to help innovative companies scale responsibly. He was previously the general counsel of Stripe, wher
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Dance launches its e-bike subscription service in Berlin
German startup Dance is launching its subscription service in its hometown Berlin. For a flat monthly fee of €79 (around $93 at today’s exchange rate), users will get a custom-designed electric bike as well as access to an on-demand repair
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Deploying Empathy to Build Better Businesses with Michele Hansen of Geocod.io
<p>My guest today is Michele Hansen (@mjwhansen) and she is here to challenge the stereotype that developers fear talking to customers and are naturally bad at it. We'll also get into specific principles and tactics from her recent book, "D
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Cheeterz Club wants to make reading glasses hip
Can reading glasses actually be cool? A new eyewear company called Cheeterz Club thinks so. The startup is working to change the perception of reading glasses from being just cheap, disposable items you pick up from a rotating display rack
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China Bans Videogames on School Nights
China is enacting new rules limiting how much time young videogamers can play online. The WSJ's deputy China bureau chief Josh Chin joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what the rules could mean for players and gaming companies, and what Beijin
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Bored Ape Madness with The Infatuation’s Andrew Steinthal + Breaking into VC with Nicole DeTommaso | E1275
The Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs have been going crazy in the secondary market, Jason brings on collector and co-founder of media site "The Infatuation" Andrew Steinthal (2:04) to chat about why he bought in, why he's not selling, and the over
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How to be More Productive and Maximize Efficiency Through Delegating with Aaron Kemmer
<p>Serial tech entrepreneur Aaron Kemmer is the vice president and co-founder of remote hiring service Magic and the co-founder and Chairman of the in-space manufacturing company Made In Space, Inc.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Havin
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Rapid Response: Restaurateur Danny Meyer: When you should require vaccinations
<p>“You have to preserve your energy because this year has been about pace,” says iconic restaurateur Danny Meyer in his fourth Rapid Response interview. Meyer catches us up on the past seven-plus months of operating in the midst of the pan
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How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Became the Biggest Thing on Facebook
The social media giant's new transparency report mostly succeeds in showing the extent of its spam problem.
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20VC: The Crowdstrike Memo: Accel's Sameer Gandhi on Leading Multiple Internal Rounds for Crowdstrike, Telling George Kurtz to Go Shop His Term Sheet, How To Think Through Market Sizing & The Importance of Speed of Execution and Knowing When To Go Slow To
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/skg_accel">Sameer Gandhi</a> is a Partner @ <a href="https://www.accel.com/">Accel</a>, one of the leading venture firms of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Facebook, Dropbox, Atlassian
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Tribe and Arkam back Jar app to help millions in India start their savings journey
Even as hundreds of millions of people in India have a bank account, only a tiny fraction of this population invests in any financial instrument. Fewer than 30 million people invest in mutual funds or stocks, for instance.
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#530: Sir James Dyson — Founder of Dyson and Master Inventor on How to Turn the Mundane Into Magic
<p><strong>Sir James Dyson — Founder of Dyson and Master Inventor on How to Turn the Mundane Into Magic | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://blockfi.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>BlockFi</strong></a
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$3 an hour fry cooks with Miso Robotics’ Mike Bell + MorningBrew’s Dan Toomey on TikTok | E1276
Jason chats with Miso Robotics CEO Mike Bell (1:07), about automating food preparation, filling the labor gap, the consequences of robots, growing with crowdfunding and more. Then, TWIST Producer Rachel Braun interviews Dan Toomey about the
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Pixalate tunes into $18.1M for fraud prevention in television, mobile advertising
Pixalate provides fraud protection, privacy and compliance analytics for connected television and mobile advertising.
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Apple's Ambitious Plans for Health Tracking Rest on Its Smartwatch
Apple has said its health tech will be the company's most important contribution to the world, and now it is working on a slew of new features for its smartwatch that will track various health metrics. Reporter Rolfe Winkler joins host Zoe
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Why Your Branding Needs to Take a Digital First Approach with Allison Ellsworth
<p>Allison Ellsworth is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Poppi, the leading prebiotic soda infused with apple cider vinegar for a happy gut. Along with being a full-time mom, Allison has grown her business rapidly. Since its incept
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Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn?
Privacy concerns about AI systems are growing. So researchers are testing whether they can remove sensitive data without retraining the system from scratch.
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Pancake aims to make customers flip for its virtual home design platform
Pancake is democratizing interior design services to make it accessible to everyone.
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VanMoof raises $128 million to become the world’s leading e-bike brand
Amsterdam-based startup VanMoof has raised a $128 million Series C funding round. The company designs and sells electric bikes that are quite popular in some markets. It now wants to become the world’s leading e-bike brand by iterating at a
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Adrian Grenier: launching a new fund + FounderU: balancing product vision & customer feedback | E1277
First, Jason discusses how to balance product vision with customer feedback in a FounderU segment (0:57). Then, actor and investor Adrian Grenier joins to discuss the launch of his new fund DuContra Ventures (20:52), the importance of sayin
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David McCullough Jr.'s Commencement Address
<p>David McCullough Jr. is an English teacher at Wellesley High School and the author of <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062393340/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=entreprcom-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=00623
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How a USAF Veteran Went From 27k a Year to Multi-7 Figure Companies in 3 Years with Tyler Austin
<p>Tyler Austin is a Husband, Dad, SaaS Founder, Real Estate Investor, and USAF Veteran. He went from a 27K a year job to multi-million dollar companies in a 3 year window. He loves cigars, whiskey, the outdoors, and being with his family.<
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Lynda.com: Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin
After falling in love with the first Apple Mac computer in 1984, Lynda Weinman found a new career: using the new technology to teach web graphics. She published a best-selling book on the topic, and then—along with her husband Bruce Heavin—
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How to Create an Unbroken Business with Michael Unbroken
<p>Michael Unbroken is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, podcaster, coach, and advocate for adult survivors of childhood trauma.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Asking for help does not equate to weakness. Asking help from
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Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill
The Open App Markets Act would relax the tech giants’ grip on the app economy. But a PR campaign against it is already underway.
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Challenger bank Bunq rolls out Spanish IBANs
Amsterdam-based challenger bank Bunq is updating its service with a handful of new features. In addition to Dutch, German and French bank account numbers, existing and new users in Spain can now get a Spanish IBAN. European IBANs are suppos
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How exponential technologies will change the world - with founder, journalist and author, Azeem Azhar
<p>“Technology does not appear from nowhere, it is closely allied to the shape of society. And if you have exponentially changing technologies, they will force changes on society, or create a gap.” Humans coming second best to technology
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El Salvador's Bitcoin Bet
On Tuesday, El Salvador is set to become the first country to make bitcoin an official currency. The move was applauded by global crypto fans but also was met with concerns from citizens there. The Wall Street Journal's deputy editor for La
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Channeling the Muse in Business and in Life with John Fancher
<p>John Fancher is an author, copywriter, marketing consultant. and part-time pastor. He is Perry Marshall's "left-hand man" and the co-author of new book "Memos from the Head Office."</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. To be successful, a
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Strategy Session: When to leave the trenches? Can you pivot without losing customers? Can co-founders stay aligned remotely?
<p>Host Reid Hoffman answers seven burning questions from a range of entrepreneurs facing universal and timeless challenges in this all new Strategy Session. How do you expand to a country where you’re not located? What was the insight that
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Barbershop technology startup theCut sharpens its platform with new $4.5M round
The mobile app that provides information and reviews on barbers for potential customers while also managing appointments, mobile payments and pricing on the back end for barbers.
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J.J. Abrams | Future Follows Fiction
Filmmaker J.J. Abrams joins Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman for a discussion on the ways science fiction and real-world technology take inspiration from one another; how to recognize a good idea when you see one; and the gravity of be
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Playbyte’s new app aims to become the ‘TikTok for games’
A startup called Playbyte wants to become the TikTok for games. The company’s newly launched iOS app offers tools that allow users to make and share simple games on their phone, as well as a vertically scrollable, fullscreen feed where you
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BAYC at Sotheby’s, Loot, Tether Canada ban + 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale: Palantir, China, Cicero | E1278
First Jason covers the $19M Bored Ape Yacht Club bid on Sotheby's & the Loot NFT collection launched by a Vine co-founder (1:42), and briefly covers Tether being banned from Canadian exchanges (11:07). Then serial founder and investor Joe L
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Health tech startup Color raises $100M at a $4.6B valuation
Health tech startup Color has raised $100 million in Series E funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $4.6 billion.
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Could Health Tech Put the Annual Checkup on Life Support?
Virtual checkups have become more common during the pandemic, but new ways of gathering health data remotely could make in-person doctor visits a thing of the past. WSJ contributor Ron Winslow joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the new techno
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How My Dog Makes me a Better Person with Michael Overlie
<p>Michael Overlie is a dog fanatic, energy expander and facilitator of the presence and awareness dogs bring to our lives. He works with men and their dogs to live on purpose.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You need to back off, slow
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Looking for a New Job in Tech? It’s Your Lucky Day
Flexible WFH policies, signing bonuses, fancy cookies—employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms.
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DigitalOcean enhances serverless capabilities with Nimbella acquisition
As developers look for ways to simplify how they create software, serverless solutions, which enable them to write code without worrying about the underlying infrastructure required to run their applications, is becoming increasingly popula
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#531: Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds As The Doorway
<p><strong>Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds As The Doorway | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://allform.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><str
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#225 – Growth Tactics, Audience Building, and Brains with Julian Shapiro of Demand Curve
<p>In this episode I talk to my buddy Julian Shapiro about proven growth tactics for a SaaS he's seen within Demand Curve. I also want to find out what he did to grow his own Twitter audience to over 200k in basically a year. We'll also dig
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E-commerce aggregator Rainforest raises $20M just months after its last funding
Four months after its last funding announcement, Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator Rainforest has closed a $20 million pre-Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other participants included January Capital, Crossbeam Venture Partne
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Coinbase battles SEC over Lend + How DeFi interest rates work with Genisis’ Matt Ballensweig | E1279
Coinbase CEO Brain Armstrong took to Twitter to call out the SEC for what Coinbase considers unclear guidance & hostility around their Lend product, Jason breaks down the situation (1:43). Then, to better understand how DeFi lending works J
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Sex, Drugs and TikTok: What the Viral Video App Shows Minors
A Wall Street Journal investigation has found TikTok's powerful algorithm can drive young users toward content featuring sex and drug use. Investigative reporter Rob Barry joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how minors can slip into watching e
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Indonesia-focused Intudo Ventures closes $115M third fund
Intudo Ventures, the “Indonesia-only” investment firm, announced today it has closed its third fund, totaling $115 million. Called Intudo Ventures Fund III, it was raised in less than three months and oversubscribed. Fund III’s limited part
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Great Opportunities in Non-Food Franchising with Jon Ostenson
<p>Jon Ostenson is a Consultant, Owner/Investor, and Author specializing in Non-Food Franchising. He draws on his experience as a former Inc. 500 Franchise President and Multi-Brand Franchisee in serving his clients.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bomb
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When to build the company before the product, with Aurora CEO Chris Urmson
<p>Chris Urmson has had to take a different approach in building his company Aurora, which develops self-driving technology. As opposed to creating and iterating a product with a handful of people, and then building a company around that pr
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Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?
The highlight of an event aimed at AI whizzes was a human simulating a robot that might someday replace a human.
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If You Think Emotional Intelligence is BS, Then You Probably Don’t Have Any with Matt Kursh
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Digital therapeutics startup Neuroglee raises $10M to help people with neurodegenerative conditions
Neuroglee Therapeutics, a startup developing digital therapeutics for people with neurodegenerative diseases, has raised a $10 million Series A led by Openspace Ventures and EDBI. The funding will be used to launch virtual neurology clinics
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News! Fireproof homes, Amazon’s college plan, Facebook copies Snap, Notion Acquires Automate.io & more | E1280
Rapid fire news episode. First, Jason covers how a fire proofed homes survived the Caldor fire, Amazon's plan to provide college for all its employees, Facebook copying Snap's glasses, Notion acquiring Automate.io & more. At the end, Jason
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How 9/11 Changed Data Privacy
Twenty years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we look back at how that moment opened the door to mass data collection. Host Zoe Thomas speaks with reporter Byron Tau and former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold about the role private te
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How to Achieve Your Greatest Purpose with Michael Koenigs
<p>Michael Koenigs helps experts build empires. As a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, judge on Entrepreneur.com’s “Elevator Pitch” TV show, and 13-time bestselling author, Mike is passionate about helping his clients build their platfor
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AI Can Write in English. Now It's Learning Other Languages
Startups in Germany, China, Israel, and elsewhere are following the path blazed by GPT-3—with local twists.
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Affinity, a relationship intelligence company, raises $80M to help close deals
Affinity is focused on industries like investment banking and venture capital, where there aren’t CRMs or networking platforms that cater to the specific needs of the long-term relationship.
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Snyk snags another $530M as valuation rises to $8.4B
Snyk, the Boston-based late-stage startup that is trying to help developers deliver more secure code, announced another mega-round today. This one was for $530 million, with $300 million in new money and $230 million in secondary funding, t
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Growth stocks, Inflation impacts, SPACs & more with Beth Kindig & Knox Ridley from I/O Fund | E1281
Beth Kindig and Knox Ridley from the I/O Fund came on to discuss with Jason their top growth stocks, market indicators, how to manage risk in an all tech portfolio, potential big tech spin outs, Roku's incredible expansion and more!<img src
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How Third Party Delivery Apps are Draining the Lifeblood of Restaurants - Marketing with Nabeel Alamgir
<p>Nabeel Alamgir is an immigrant and grew up homeless. He worked at Bareburger for 10 years before becoming the CMO at 25. He is now the CEO of LunchBox. He is revolutionizing third party delivery and how restaurants utilize marketing anal
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Garry Trudeau's Commencement Address
<p>Garry Trudeau's Commencement Address at Macaulay Honors College, 2017.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://franbridgeconsulting.com" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">FranBridge</a>: Jon Ostenson represents the premier source for the b
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How Being Brave is our Access to Being Free with Melanie Curtis
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inov-8: Wayne Edy
After more than 20 years working in the shoe business, Wayne Edy decided to strike out on his own, risking most of his savings to launch his own brand. Knowing he was entering a crowded field, he focused on a niche sport—trail running—and d
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Are Amazon's Algorithm Bosses Coming to Your Workplace Next?
Amazon's use of robots and worker-monitoring technology is a key part of its management strategy. WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what he calls "Bezosism," what it means for workers and why it might spre
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Free Training on Building Systems and Processes to Scale Your Business with Chris Ronzio
<p>Chris Ronzio is the founder and CEO of Trainual, a platform for entrepreneurs to get their business out of their brains by documenting and delegating the systems and processes in their company. Catch more about Chris, his podcasts, books
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Ilan Gur: How to incubate *really* deep tech startups
<p>Ilan is CEO of <a href='https://www.activate.org/home/'>Activate</a>, a non-profit fellowship that enables entrepreneurial scientists to transform their research into world-changing deep tech products and businesses. There are lots of pa
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Lina Khan’s Theory of the Facebook Antitrust Case Takes Shape
With a beefed-up complaint, the Federal Trade Commission explains precisely why it thinks the social media giant is an illegal monopoly.
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Quizlet plans for IPO over a year after hitting unicorn status
Quizlet, a flashcard tool turned artificial intelligence-powered tutoring platform, is planning an initial public offering nearly a year after it was valued at $1 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, Quizlet is considerabl
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MarginEdge, a restaurant management software company, raises $18M
MarginEdge’s tool is a restaurant management app that works with a business’ point of sale to streamline inventory, cost-tracking, ordering and recipes to eliminate the paperwork.
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Saved from the Nazis, she started a unicorn software company in the 1960s staffed with only women and just £6 - Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley
<p>Dame Stephanie Shirley, known as ‘Steve’ for reasons explained in the podcast, escaped Nazi persecution before founding a software startup in 1962 with just £6 which provided employment to hundreds of women when they weren’t taken seriou
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Facebook's Secret Rules for Elite Users
Facebook says the rules on its platforms apply to all users, but a Wall Street Journal investigation finds a large group of select users gets special treatment. Reporter Justin Scheck joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the first story in the
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The Future of Work with Hooman Radfar
<p>Hooman Radfar is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and the co-founder and CEO of Collective. He previously co-founded AddThis (exit: Oracle), the largest platform on the web to help drive traffic and engagement for marketers. He was also
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How setbacks create momentum w/ Robert Reffkin, Compass founder and CEO
<p>As dangerous as obstacles and setbacks may appear, they can also present opportunities. Robert Reffkin, founder and CEO of the real estate platform, Compass, knows this well. He’s a perfect example of how to use challenges to generate a
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20VC: Sequoia's Doug Leone on What Has Been Instrumental To Scaling Sequoia Over Generations, How Sequoia Think About International Expansion and What They Learned From China and India & Why When You Lose Pre-Seed You Become Private Equity
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/dougleone">Doug Leone</a> is the Global Managing Partner @ <a href= "https://www.sequoiacap.com/">Sequoia Capital</a>, one of the world’s most renowned and successful venture firm
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A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible
Cerebras says its technology can run a neural network with 120 trillion connections—a hundred times what's achievable today.
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JumpCloud raises $159M on $2.56B valuation for cloud directory tool
JumpCloud, the late-stage startup that is modernizing the notion of corporate directories in a cloud context, announced a $159 million Series F investment on a healthy $2.56 billion valuation today. Sapphire Ventures led the round with new
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Wisetack | Fintech for the Real World
A re-broadcast of our episode featuring fintech startup Wisetack. The company, which was incubated at Greylock and launched in 2019, recently raised a $45 million Series B round. Wisetack provides financing platform for in-person services l
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Logistics robotics startup Ambi raises $26M
Five months ago, Ambi Robotics emerged from stealth with a $6 million raise. Today the Bay Area-based firm is back with several times that, announcing a $26 million Series A, led by Tiger Global. The new round also features participation fr
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“Amazon Unbound” author Brad Stone on the mind of Bezos, the future of Amazon & more | E1282
Brad Stone, the author of "Amazon Unbound", joined to talk about Elon Musk (09:44), Amazon's workplace environment (23:25), the importance of Prime (27:17), which tech companies are most dangerous for society (51:13), & more!<img src="http:
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Facebook Downplayed Instagram's Harm to Some Teens
A Wall Street Journal investigation shows that Facebook's internal research found that its Instagram service is harmful for many young users, especially teenage girls, and can lead to anxiety, depression and risk of suicide. Yet in public,
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The Secrets to Scaling a Business with Evan Goldberg
<p>Evan Goldberg is responsible for product strategy and development at Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit. Prior to Oracle’s acquisition of NetSuite, Goldberg was CTO and Chairman of the NetSuite board. Before co-founding NetSuite in 199
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Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite
How the tech world’s unique brand of politics is shaping the fight over who governs California.
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Ashley Flucas (Flucas Ventures) - The New Angel Investing
<p>Ashley Flucas is the founder and general partner of Flucas Ventures. Based in West Palm Beach, Florida, the syndicate of around 2,000 angel investors has invested in more than 200 startups. Flucas, a graduate of Duke University and Harva
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Tonal adds live classes to its strength training workouts
Wall-mounted fitness startup Tonal this morning announced that it’s bringing live courses to it portfolio of strength training workouts. The company did a soft launch of the live offering back in December of last year, though at the time, i
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#532: Sheila Heen of The Harvard Negotiation Project — How to Navigate Hard Conversations, the Subtle Art of Apologizing, and a Powerful 60-Day Challenge
<p><strong>Sheila Heen of The Harvard Negotiation Project — How to Navigate Hard Conversations, the Subtle Art of Apologizing, and a Powerful 60-Day Challenge | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://linkedin.com/tim" rel="noopener nore
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#226 – How to Be Your Own VC with James Layfield of Clearfind
<p>Today I'm talking to James Layfield (@layfield) a founder who put $3M of his own money into his company Clearfind. I want to find out how he pulled that off and how he's outsmarting the what he calls the "rigged-game" of Venture Capital.
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Folk helps you share contacts with your team
Folk is a new productivity tool started by European startup studio eFounders. And the startup just raised a $3.3 million seed funding round led by Accel with a big group of business angels. When you think about managing contacts and relatio
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OpenSea admits employee was front-running featured NFTs + Goldbelly CEO Joe Ariel on food e-commerce | E1283
First, Jason breaks down NFT platform OpenSea admitting one of their employees was front-running featured items (2:02). Could this tip off the SEC that NFTs might be securities rather than collectibles (12:01)? Then, Jason talks to Producer
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Zuckerberg Resisted Fixes for Facebook's Divisive Algorithm
Facebook says its platform is designed to create meaningful interaction. But a Wall Street Journal investigation finds changes the company made to its algorithm led to increased hostility on the platform, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg resisted so
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Re-using Your Entrepreneurial Skills to Build Amazing New Businesses with Doug Goldstein
<p>Doug Goldstein is an investment advisor. He helps people around the world with their U.S. investment accounts. A bestselling author, he recently came out with The Constant Happiness Gratitude Journal.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1.
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Rapid Response: Applauding the drama of the digital age, with BroadwayHD’s Bonnie Comley
<p>The 18-month closure that the pandemic has forced upon Broadway has given the $16 billion industry time to reflect, says Bonnie Comley, a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. Bonnie walks Rapid Response host Bob Safian through a major
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20VC: Getir Founder, Nazim Salur on The Future of Last Mile Convenience, Who Will Win? Lessons on Driver Acquisition and Efficiency, Zone Maturity and Time To Profitability and Scaling to 300 Cities in the US in 2022
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/nazimsalur">Nazim Salur</a> is the Founder & CEO of <a href="https://getir.uk/">Getir</a>, one of the leading rapid delivery service providers that distribute over 1,500 everyday
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Relyance AI scores $25M Series A to ensure privacy compliance at the code level
Relyance AI, an early stage startup that is helping companies stay in compliance with privacy laws at the code level, announced a $25 million Series A today. At the same time, they revealed a previously unannounced $5 million seed round.
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GM Recalls Every Chevy Bolt Ever Made Over Faulty Batteries
The automaker is recalling the electric vehicle after investigating two manufacturing defects linked to car fires.
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AI startup Sorcero secures $10M for language intelligence platform
Its natural language processing platform aids subject-matter experts in finding answers to their questions.
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Rapid Fire News: App Annie fraud, Instagram’s negative impact, Discord valued at $15B & more | E1284
Full news show! First up, Jason covers the App Annie fraud (1:59), then he shares thoughts on Facebook's leaked documents showing they knew Instagram was detrimental to teen girls' mental health despite claiming the contrary (13:55). He als
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When Facebook's Staff Flagged Criminal Content, Its Response Was Weak
Facebook employees have raised alarms about drug cartels, human traffickers and violent militias using the platform to recruit in developing countries. But the social-media giant's response often doesn't go far enough to stop dangerous post
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Podcast Movement & More: Our August 2021 Income Report!
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore’s Law Alive
ASML’s next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for years to come.
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Fiberplane nabs € 7.5M seed to bring Google Docs-like collaboration to incident response
Fiberplane, an Amsterdam-based early stage startup that is building collaborative notebooks for SREs (site reliability engineers) to collaborate around an incident in a similar manner to group editing in a Google Doc, announced a € 7.5M
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Defy Partners leads $3M round into sales intelligence platform Aircover
Aircover’s conversational AI software integrates with Zoom and automates parts of the sales process to lead to more effective conversations.
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Head of Instagram comments on teen impact, Jay-Z’s NFT lawsuit + Sourcegraph’s Quinn Slack | E1285
First, Jason reacts to comments from Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri on the impact of Instagram on teen girls and comparing the risks of social media to the automobile industry (1:50). Then, Jason breaks down OpenSea's update on their front-
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David Sedaris' Commencement Address
<p>David Sedaris Oberlin College Commencement Speaker Monday, May 28, 2018.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://stripe.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Stripe</a>: Whether you’re an online or in-person retailer, software platform, m
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How AI Disrupts Web Development with Tigran Nazaryan
<p>Tigran Nazaryan is an experienced science, technology and WordPress professional turned CEO. With the vision of automaton of WordPress development he leads 10Web's team of 70 professionals on the way to become a unicorn.</p> <p>Top 3 Val
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Dude Perfect: Cory Cotton and Tyler Toney
As Texas A&M students in the mid 2000's, Cory Cotton, Tyler Toney and their housemates spent countless hours playing hockey in the living room and attempting trick shots in the backyard. A spontaneous bet over a sandwich led the guys to mak
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How Facebook Users Undermined Zuckerberg's Covid Vaccine Goals
Mark Zuckerberg wanted Facebook to support accurate information about Covid-19 and vaccines. But misinformation about the pandemic continues to circulate on the platform. Reporter Sam Schechner joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why Facebook'
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Building the Next Napa Valley, In the HIMALAYAS with Michael Juergens
<p>Michael is a wine expert, author, professor, drummer, international business consultant, founder Bhutan Wine Company, owner SoCal Rum, Drinking & Knowing Things.</p> <p> </p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://ThrivetimeShow.com/fire" t
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20VC: Investing Lessons From Rounds In Peloton and Square, Why Great Investing is Stock-Picking and Sector Penetration & The Next Decade in Venture, Is Tiger's The Right Model with Hans Tung, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/hanstung">Hans Tung</a> is a Managing Partner at <a href="https://www.ggvc.com/">GGV Capital,</a> one of the leading venture firms of the last 2 decades with a portfolio including
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An Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Across the US
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time.
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Ketch raises another $20M as demand grows for its privacy data control platform
Ketch's OTC enables developers to embed security and governance into a piece of data as they build software.
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ByteDance limits daily app time for kids in China + Next Unicorns: Orbital Insight’s Kevin O’Brien | E1286
In news, Jason covers Bytedance's decision to institute a 40 minute limit for kids on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok (1:56) and hits on the real estate situation in SF and implications for the startup community (15:02). Then, Orbital
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You've Got Apple Questions. We've Got Answers.
Wondering if you should upgrade your Apple devices? Curious about Apple's privacy updates? WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen joins host Zoe Thomas to answer listener questions about Apple's new devices and what's next for the compan
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Lora DiCarlo - the sex tech startup that made Cara Delevingne orgasm three times in six minutes and got banned for being ‘obscene’ at CES 2019
<p><strong>“When I was about 28 or 29 I had a squirting orgasm, I completely lost my mind. I couldn't tell if I was having a religious moment or a seizure, or maybe both or neither. As I lay there on the cold tile floor staring at the ceili
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#227 – Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O'Nolan from Ghost
<p>In this episode I'm talking to John O'Nolan (@JohnONolan), the founder of Ghost. For the last year, he's been living on a sailboat and growing his company remotely. I want to ask him about what decisions he made early on that put constra
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Get Different: Marketing That Always Gets Results with Mike Michalowicz
<p>Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, Fix This Next and his upcoming release, Get Different. By his 35th birthday, Mike had founded and sold two companies – one to private equity and another to a Fortune 500. Today he is runnin
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Bonus: Five secrets to keeping your best employees
<p>Collaboration drives performance in the modern economy. Yet the uncertainty and dislocation of our pandemic experience has unsettled workplace expectations and cultures. Managing a team today requires a new mindfulness about physical and
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Is Off to a Rocky Start
Enthusiasm, fear, and light shows usher the country into the age of cryptocurrency.
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Fivetran hauls in $565M on $5.6B valuation, acquires competitor HVR for $700M
Fivetran, the data connectivity startup, had a big day today. For starters it announced a $565 million investment on $5.6 billion valuation, but it didn’t stop there. It also announced its second acquisition this year, snagging HVR, a data
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$500M for Seeds | Greylock's New Pool of Capital for Day One Investments
Greylock has raised $500 million dollars dedicated to seed investing. This is the industry’s largest pool of venture capital dedicated to backing founders at day one. Greylock Head of Editorial Heather Mack reads the audio version of our po
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Near Space Labs closes $13M Series A to send more Earth imaging robots to the stratosphere
The decreasing cost of launch and a slew of other tech innovations have brought about a renaissance in geospatial intelligence, with multiple startups aiming to capture higher-quality and more frequent images of Earth than have ever before
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Apple launches iCloud Private Relay + Framework’s Nirav Patel on customizable laptops | E1287
In a short news segment, Jason describes Apple's new iCloud+ privacy suite (2:18). Then, Framework founder Nirav Patel joins to talk about making laptop customization great again (13:04)! They discuss the difficulty of raising VC for a cons
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Tesla's 'Self Driving' Update Sets Up Clash With Safety Officials
The new head of the National Transportation Safety Board says Tesla should slow its plans to release updated driver-assistance features and be clearer with drivers about what the software is capable of. Reporter Rebecca Elliot joins host Zo
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Welcome 20Growth: How To Hire a Head of Growth? What are Signs of World-Class Talent? How To Structure the Process? How To Onboard Growth Teams? The Relationship Between Head of Growth and CEO and more with Casey Winters, Chief Product Officer @ Eventbrit
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/onecaseman">Casey Winters</a> is the Chief Product Officer at <a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com/">Eventbrite</a> where he leads the PM, product design, research, and growth mar
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How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World with Dorie Clark
<p>Dorie Clark has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world. She teaches at Duke University, and her new book is called The Long Game.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. If you want to build strong relationships with peo
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Alan acquires Jour and launches mental health service Alan Mind
French startup Alan is better known for its health insurance products — they now insure 200,000 people. But it has been slowly building a superapp for your health and expanding with new services. Today, the company announced its first acqui
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In the US, the AI Industry Risks Becoming Winner-Take-Most
A new study illustrates just how geographically concentrated AI activity has become.
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#533: Paul Conti, MD — How Trauma Works and How to Heal From It
<p><strong>Paul Conti, MD — How Trauma Works and How to Heal From It | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://vuoriclothing.com/Tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Vuori</strong></a><strong> comfortable and durab
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Research Insight: Entrepreneurship Education Is About More than Startup Creation
<p>In a recent paper, Stanford professor Chuck Eesley and Notre Dame professor Yong Suk Lee observed that formal entrepreneurship education helped Stanford alumni founders raise more funding and scale more quickly than peers who received no
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Apple Maps 3-D update, SEC Chair tips off coming crypto regulation + Pacaso’s Austin Allison | E1288
First, Jason covers the new Apple Maps and what he speculates it means for their next major product (2:11), then discusses SEC Chair Gary Gensler calling crypto the "wild west"(10:38). Then, Jason interviews Pacaso Founder & CEO Austin All
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Tatum lets you interact with blockchains using API calls
Meet Tatum, a blockchain infrastructure startup that wants to make it much easier to develop your own blockchain-based product. The company operates a platform-as-a-service product so that you don’t have to manage your own nodes and learn h
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Zoom's China Ties Prompt National-Security Review
Video conferencing company Zoom's plan to buy software business Five9 for nearly $15 billion has sparked a federal investigation of the deal over national-security concerns. Reporter Kate O'Keeffe joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why the de
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4 Lessons From Losing $1 Million Dollars with Mike Zeller
<p>Mike Zeller has done over $300,000 Million in sales study under the masters of the industry such as Tony Robbins, Russel Bronson, and Jay Abraham. He has mentored over a hundred high-level entrepreneurs from 4 different continents.</p> <
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Community Pharmacies Stepped Up During Covid—and Changed for Good
Pharmacies have long been perceived as commodities. Now, they’re a central tool for removing barriers to health care.
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Rapid Response: How to lead for enduring impact w/ Spelman’s Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell
<p>Your ability to make quick decisions in the face of a crisis can define your career. That’s been the case for Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College, the all-women's HBCU in Atlanta. In her second appearance on Rapid Res
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Sunday raises $100 million for its fast restaurant checkout flow
Sunday, a startup that didn’t exist just a few months ago, has raised a $100 million Series A funding round. Today’s funding round is led by Coatue with participation from partners of DST Global. Investors in the restaurant, hospitality and
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Loyal raises $27M, aims to give dog owners more time with their pets
Loyal is building an animal pharmaceutical company that is developing therapeutics aimed at extending both lifespan and healthspan for dogs.
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Crypto asset management platform Cobo bags $40M Series B
Cobo, a Singapore-based crypto asset management platform, raised a $40 million Series B to accelerate the development of decentralized finance as a service (DFaaS). The round was co-led by DST Global, A&T Capital and IMO Ventures. The compa
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News! EU Mandates USB-C, Facebook Files, China RE, Apple leaks, Stonkfluencers, SaaS Pod | E1289
In this all news show, Jason teases a new podcast dedicated to SaaS (1:46), then covers: the EU's planned USB-C mandate (7:44), China's property glut (13:12), TikTok Investors following congressional trades (20:24), Tim Cook's battle agains
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The Road Ahead for Self-Driving Taxis
Zoox's autonomous-taxi technology caught the eye of Amazon, which bought the company last year. But will it attract customers? Host Zoe Thomas asks Zoox co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jesse Levinson about the company's technology,
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A Stanford Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Ignites Debate
A research paper that dubs some artificial intelligence models "foundational" is sparking a dispute over the future of the field.
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Nosh uses AI to help people and businesses cut down on their food waste
When founder Somdip Dey was a computer science masters student at the University of Manchester, his parents got in a terrible car accident. He sent all of his money back to his parents in India to help with their medical bills, but then he
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3 Cops Talk with Shaun Ferguson
<p>Shaun is a graduate of The Citadel and former United States Army Officer, serving in Germany & Operation Desert Storm. Police Officer since 2000, assigned to Patrol, Tactical, Narcotics & Training Units. SWAT Officer since 2003. Duties i
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News! China bans crypto transactions (again), Zillow & iBuyers impacting Real Estate + Ask Jason | E1290
Jason covers China's latest crypto mandate (0:59), a TikToker's conspiracy about iBuyers and the Redfin CEO's response (17:17), then takes a bunch of Ask Jason Questions (31:42) & more!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/twist-audio/~4
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Patti Smith's Commencement Address
<p>Patti Smith's Commencement Address at Pratt Institute, 2010.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://Thinkific.com/eof" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Thinkific</a>: It’s time to stop trading time for money and start reaching more clien
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Bet on Yourself with Ann Hiatt
<p>Ann is a Silicon Valley veteran who worked directly for CEOs Jeff Bezos at Amazon and Eric Schmidt at Google for 15 years. Now a consultant for CEOs across the globe.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You can get your advancement and s
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KAYAK: Paul English
Paul English is a perpetual founder. Since high school, he's started 3 philanthropies and 8 companies—ranging from e-commerce, to gaming, to GetHuman, a site that helps users access human customer support. His best-known venture is probably
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Azeem Azhar: Navigating the Exponential Age
<p>Azeem Azhar is an entrepreneur, investor, and the creator of <a href='https://www.exponentialview.co/'>Exponential View</a> - a newsletter and community dedicated to understanding the future. He's the author of the new book, <a href
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Israel's Tech Sector is Booming, But Not for Everyone
The red-hot technology sector in Tel Aviv is having an economic impact across Israel. It has created new opportunities for those in the industry but also exacerbated existing fault lines in an already divided country. Reporter Dov Lieber jo
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Relentless and Tenacious Entrepreneurship 301 with Tony Petkovich
<p>Tony Petkovich is an experienced deal maker, expert negotiater, known problem solver who has owned over 23 business over the course of a 20 year career.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You cannot have it all. You can have most things
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20VC: The Rise of Quick Commerce and Why CPGs ARe Misaligned Being Powered By Ad Spend, The 5 Core Components Consumers Care About When Ordering Today & Why Amazon and Alibaba Will Not Be The Big Players in 10 Years with Ralf Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ JOKR
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ralf_foodpanda">Ralf Wenzel</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href="https://www.jokr.com/">JOKR</a>, a global platform for instant retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. To date, Ral
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9/27 Google Is Getting Caught in the Global Antitrust Net
As more governments force US tech companies to change how they do business, one case in Turkey cuts to the heart of the search giant’s power.
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Robotic farming firm Iron Ox raises $53M
Bay Area-based autonomous farming startup Iron Ox this week announced a $53 million round. The Series C, led by Breakthrough Energy Venture, brings the firm’s total funding up to $98 million.
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Singapore-based logistics startup Ninja Van secures $578M Series E
Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup, has closed a $578 million Series E round to support its operations infrastructure and technology systems growth.
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Facebook put Instagram Kids on pause, Bevy’s high-profile firing + Squarespace’s Anthony Casalena | E1291
Jason covers Instagram's Adam Mosseri announcing the pause of Instagram Kids (2:09), the recent firing of Bevy employee following a hostile interaction in Brooklyn (21:51). Then, Squarespace Founder and CEO Anthony Casalena joins (35:43) to
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The startup that all other startups will want to succeed - MicroAcquire, with Founder & CEO Andrew Gazdecki
<p>“It’s really hard for companies to get acquired. I was shocked at how many entrepreneurs reached out to me after we announced the acquisition [of Bizness Apps], like ‘how did you get acquired?’”</p><p>With a couple of exits already under
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Facebook Hits Pause on Instagram Kids
The head of Instagram says Facebook is pausing work on its plans for a version of the photo-sharing app geared at children younger than 13. The decision comes as the social-media giant faces criticism over its impact on young users' mental
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The Cheat Sheet: How to Build Your Platform and Control the Mic in 2022 with Pete Vargas
<p>Since 2003, Pete Vargas (aka The Stage Whisperer) has taught thousands of people how to grow their business through leveraging the power of their signature talk and stages. Pete has worked with leaders like Grant Cardone, Tony Robbins &D
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98. How to unlock your team’s creative potential w/ Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo
<p>To get the most out of your talent, you need to create an environment that allows them to thrive. Nobody knows this better than Indra Nooyi who spent 12 years as the CEO of PepsiCo. It was her drive to support talent that underpinned all
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The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is Underway. Silicon Valley Is Watching
“I’m glad the ‘Fake it till you make it’ mantra of Silicon Valley is coming into question,” one investor told WIRED.
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How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?
Scientists taught an artificial neural network to imitate a biological neuron. The result offers a new way to think about the complexity of brain cells.
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YC-backed Malloc wants to take the sting out of mobile spyware
Mobile spyware is one of the most invasive and targeted kinds of unregulated surveillance, since it can be used to track where you go, who you see and what you talk about. And because of its stealthy nature, mobile spyware can be nearly imp
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#534: Michael Dell, Founder of Dell — How to Play Nice But Win
<p><strong>Michael Dell, Founder of Dell — How to Play Nice But Win | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Wealthfront</strong></a><strong> automated inv
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Holly Rose Faith | Executive Recruiting Playbook
Greylock executive talent partner Holly Rose Faith provides her playbook for recruiting and hiring high-level talent. Faith, who has helped land executive hires for startups such as Roblox, Nextdoor, and Databricks, says it all comes down t
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Indonesian ID and data verification startup Verihubs gets $2.8M led by Insignia Venture Partners
For many financial institutions in Southeast Asia, verifying new customers takes a week or two, said the founders of Verihubs. The startup cuts that time down to as little as five seconds, using AI-based identity authentication technology a
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OZY Media’s deception, VC retirement, Clubhouse’s monetization problem with The Verge’s Ashley Carman & more | E1292
First, Jason covers the OZY media COO's attempted deception of Goldman Sachs & investors (1:50), then covers Clubhouses monetization problem with Ashley Carman from the Verge (24:26). To wrap up he discusses VC retirements (46:30) and Disne
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Theranos's Investors: Were They Duped or Did They Make a Bad Bet?
A key question in the criminal fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes relates to the defunct blood-testing startup's investors: Were they deceived or did they just make an unwise bet? Reporter Heather Somerville joins host Zoe Tho
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How We Sold Over $1,000,000 of a Triangle Piece of Fabric in Under 2 Years with Andy Isom
<p>Andy Isom is an entrepreneur and business coach who helped build a $1 Million Pet Brand in under 2 years. His coaching program helps others launch and grow their businesses.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. With determination, consist
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Federated Genomic data startup Lifebit raises $60M round led by Tiger Global
Genomic data is considered to be the key to unlocking so-called “precision medicine”. Some estimates suggest that by 2025, 500 million human genomes will have been sequenced, but only a fraction of it is being utilized for drug discovery an
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#228 – Making $1M/yr Then Raising Money as a Solo Indie Hacker with AJ from Carrd
<p>In this episode I'm talking to AJ from Carrd. I want to find how he grew from $30K MRR to over $1M ARR in just two years and what Kim Kardashian had to do with it. I'll also ask him how he thinks about fundraising as an indie hacker. </p
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Google’s game-changing ad policy + Michael Dell on “Play Nice But Win,” stories from building a computing giant | E1293
First, Jason brings on investor, former ad tech exec, and frequent guest Zach Coelius to discuss the strategic implications of Google's new ad attribution policy (01:43). Then Michael Dell joins for for a full interview (21:54) sharing stor
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Tonic.ai raises $35M Series B to help engineers create synthetic data sets
When engineers are building software, they often run into issues around testing it without using actual customer data. Creating a meaningful test set can be time-consuming and challenging. Tonic.ai, a startup that helps engineers create syn
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Paramount Picks New Boss To Help It In The Streaming Wars
The new head of Paramount Pictures, Brian Robbins, has experience appealing to younger audiences. The movie studio is hoping that will help it sign up more subscribers to its steaming service, Paramount +. WSJ Entertainment and Media Report
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20VC: The Opendoor Memo: Keith Rabois on The Origins of Opendoor from a Conversation with Peter Thiel, Why Cash is Not a Competitive Moat for Startups Today and What People Misunderstand About Black Swan Events in Real Estate and How it Impacts Opendoor
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/rabois">Keith Rabois</a> is a General Partner @ <a href="https://foundersfund.com/">Founders Fund</a>, one of the most successful venture firms of the last decade with home runs i
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The Comeback - My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Dave Scatchard
<p>Dave Scatchard is a former 14 year NHL Pro, international speaker, author of <em>The Comeback -</em> <em>My Journey Through Heaven and Hell.</em> He is regarded as one of the top peak performance life and business coaches in the industry
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Ladder raises $100M on a $900M valuation for a platform selling flexible term life insurance
Life insurance has had a new lease on life in the era of insuretech, and today one of the companies building a business out of rethinking everything.
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Rapid Response: How to scale tech responsibly, with former Google ad chief and Neeva founder Sridhar Ramaswamy
<p>To compete against bigger players, you need a special edge. Sridhar Ramaswamy, who led Google’s huge ad business, is now going head-to head against his former employer with an ad-free subscription-based search engine called Neeva. R
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9/30 It’s Time to Talk About Facebook Research
Plus: Adam Mosseri on News Feeds, remote drivers for cars, and a pickle for Greenland.
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Starfish Space raises $7M for in-orbit servicing space tug
Satellite servicing company Starfish Space has closed $7 million in funding to accelerate the development of a space tug vehicle that can extend the life of spacecraft and get rid of orbital debris. Servicing satellites used to be nigh impo
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#535: General Stanley McChrystal — Mastering Risk: A User's Guide
<p><strong>General Stanley McChrystal — Mastering Risk: A User's Guide | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://kettleandfire.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Kettle & Fire</strong></a><strong> high quality
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From Borrower to Business Owner: How to Leverage Debt to Secure Your Financial Independence with Eric Brotman
<p>Eric Brotman is the CEO of BFG Financial Advisors, host of the Don’t Retire… Graduate! Podcast AND author of the Don’t Retire… Graduate! book, and regular contributor to Forbes.com.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. It is not morbid to
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Spudsy bags $3.3M to turn ‘ugly’ sweet potatoes into snacks
Spudsy is on track to save 1 million of these so-called flawed sweet potatoes by the end of 2021.
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Amazon’s AI driver supervisors, OZY media fallout, rising FEMA flood insurance, OpenScouting | E1294
Jason does a full news show breaking down: how Amazon monitors drivers with AI cameras (01:54), Tesla's new driver score (22:05), OZY Media's continued fallout (32:45), and new proposed changes for homeowners in coastal zones (42:08). Plus,
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Facebook Exec Grilled by Lawmakers On Toxic Impact of Instagram
On Thursday, senators grilled Facebook's Global Head of Safety on the possible negative impacts of the company's platforms, and what Facebook knew about potential harm of Instagram to young users. WSJ reporter Georgia Wells joins host Zoe T
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AI Can Write Code Like Humans—Bugs and All
New tools that help developers write software also generate similar mistakes.
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Mobile gaming company Voodoo acquires Beach Bum
French startup Voodoo has made a significant acquisition in the casual mobile gaming market. The company is acquiring Beach Bum, a game studio based in Israel and specialized in tabletop and card games.
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Climate volatility helps agtech platform Semios raise $100M round led by Morningside
One of the greatest challenges for farmers today is the increasing volatility in the climate, leading to unpredictable weather patterns, making growing conditions challenging. If farmers can’t grow crops, then our food security is as risk.
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Coinbase CEO reflects on “mission” manifesto + Kettle’s Nat Manning on fire insurance | E1295
First Jason covers Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's reflections on last year's blog "Coinbase is a mission focused company.” Then, Nat Manning joins from Kettle, to chat about better assessing fire risk with data, how California can prevent h
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Jennifer Lee's Commencement Address
<p>Jennifer Lee is the screenwriter and director of 'FROZEN'. This is her speech last May 2014 at University of New Hampshire.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://ThrivetimeShow.com/fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thrivetime Show</
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Jose Gonzales' Commencement Address
<p>Jose Gonzales is an author, and this is his commencement address at Three Rivers College, Norwich 2017.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://Thinkific.com/eof" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Thinkific</a>: It’s time to stop trading t
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Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver
While traveling abroad with her husband in 2016, Fawn Weaver became fixated on a New York Times article telling the little-known story of Nearest Green, a formerly enslaved man who taught Jack Daniel—yes, <em>that </em>Jack Daniel—how to ma
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Ransomware Attack Led to a Baby's Death, Lawsuit Claims
A lawsuit in Alabama claims a ransomware attack on a hospital is partially to blame for the death of a baby. Reporter Kevin Poulsen joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how computer outages led to medical staff missing warning signs and how the
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These Deepfake Voices Can Help Trans Gamers
Players of online games can be harassed when their voices don't match their gender identity. New AI-fueled software may help.
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Thursday is the New Friday with Joe Sanok
<p>Joe Sanok is the author of Thursday is the New Friday: How a four-day week boosts productivity and creativity. He’s a mental health counselor, keynote speaker, and podcaster.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Doing work in the pacing t
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ProductWind raises $1.67M to connect your brand with hundreds of influencers
Brands wanting to get into influencer marketing can use ProductWind's platform to set up campaigns with hundreds of influencers.
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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, with geography that makes it vulnerable to typhoons, floods, volcanos, earthquakes and droughts. While working in IT, Felix Ayque began compiling cyclone reports and
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Facebook’s whistleblower reveal & major outage + reacting to OZY media CEO on Today Show | E1296
In this news episode, Jason covers the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's "60 minutes" interview and breaks down some clips. Then he shares the highlights and rationalizations from the OZY Media CEO's Today Show appearance.<img src="ht
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When and why to pivot your life, with doctor-turned-YouTuber Ali Abdaal
<p>How do you live a happier, healthier, more productive life? This is the question that doctor-turned-YouTuber Ali Abdaal is obsessed with.</p><p>“Most of my childhood was spent chasing this dream of making magical internet money that most
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How Apple's Scoring Big on Gaming
Apple doesn't make games, but it's making billions in profit from video gaming. It's earning that money by taking a cut from the sales of other game makers. Now challenges to the dominance of Apple's app store and changes to regulations in
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This Two-Minute Trick Will Help You Make the Right Business Decision Every Time with Julie Reisler
<p>Featured in Forbes, Julie Reisler is an expert transformation coach with a Masters degree in coaching and is on faculty at Georgetown. Julie is a bestselling author, 2x TEDx speaker and founder of the Life Designer® Coaching Certificatio
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99. No data, no scale w/ Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo
<p>No matter what phase of growth you’re currently experiencing, you need useful, cost-effective data. Data is essential to scale. Take it from Sheila Lirio Marcelo, the founder and former CEO of Care.com, the two-sided marketplace connecti
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20VC: The Two Largest Changes in the Investing Market Today, Why The Scarce Resource in Venture is Access & Why Investors Are Acting Mostly Rational and Upside Scenario Planning Needs To Change with Anton Levy, Co-President @ General Atlantic
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-levy-12035a2/">Anton Levy</a> is Co-President, Managing Director and Global Head of <a href="https://www.generalatlantic.com/">General Atlantic’s</a> Technology sect
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Gem | Searching with Purpose
Steve Bartel and Nick Bushak, co-founders of recruiting platform startup Gem, join Greylock Head of Content & Editorial Heather Mack to discuss how they are solving a crucial pain point in the modern hiring ecosystem: providing a tool to p
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How to create great customer experience | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1297
Startup Basics is BACK! This series will focus on one of the most important aspects of any successful startup: the customer. On episode one, Salesforce's Tiffani Bova joins to break down all things customer experience: defining it, what an
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YC grad Wasp land $1.5M seed to help developers build web apps faster
It seems that a lot of startups are trying to help developers reduce the complexity involved in coding an app. Last week we covered the seed round for RunX, a company that helps developers code back-end cloud resources more quickly. Today,
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Facebook Whistleblower Testifies Before Congress
The whistleblower who gathered documents on Facebook's internal research testified before Congress. Francis Haugen said the company builds its products to be addictive, and she called on lawmakers to take action. WSJ tech editor Jason Dean
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How to Build a Customer Lifecycle with Saumil Mehta
<p>Saumil Mehta leads Square’s Square Point of Sale and CRM business unit. His responsibilities include overall ownership and organizational management across multiple functional disciplines, including Product, Engineering, and Design.</p>
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Podcastle raises $7M for its all-in-one platform for podcast production and publishing
Both Anchor and Descript have made their names as being among the most significant Podcast creation platforms of recent times, but hoving into the rear-view mirror recently has been Podcastle, an all-in-one platform that can cover off recor
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#536: Diana Chapman — How to Get Unstuck, Do “The Work,” Take Radical Responsibility, and Reduce Drama in Your Life
<p><strong>Diana Chapman — How to Get Unstuck, Do “The Work,” Take Radical Responsibility, and Reduce Drama in Your Life | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><stron
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Justin Kan (Twitch) - Finding Fulfillment in Entrepreneurship
<p>Justin Kan is an entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of Twitch. In 2006, Kan launched the live video service Justin.tv, a company that started when he strapped a camera to his head and streamed his life to the internet
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#229 – Stealing Users Away From Incumbents Like Google with Marie Martens of Tally
<p>Today I'm talking to an Indie Hacker Marie Martens (@mariemartens) who has gained over 10,000 users in less than a year for her software Tally. The best part of her story is that Tally isn't even a new idea. In fact, incumbents like Goog
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Goldman Sachs spinoff Juven to back African high-growth companies with large checks
Mauritius and U.K.-based investment company Juven went live today with plans to fund growth-stage technology and consumer companies in Africa. The one-year-old firm is looking to invest large checks in companies “that have proven business m
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FB Whistleblower’s Senate testimony + Scorpion Capital shorts Ginkgo Bioworks, claims fraud | E1298
In this all news show, Jason covers Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen’s Senate testimony and Mark Zuckerberg's response (2:22). We also get into the fraud claims made by Scorpion Capital against Ginkgo Bioworks $DNA (1:01:35), we had Gi
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Is Wearable Tech Finally Having Its Fashion Moment?
For years, wearable technology was bulky and unfashionable. Now a host of new accessories are blending form and function, offering wearers stylish looks that can track sleep and fitness, take pictures and play music. But are some common con
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How Business Schools Set Founders Up for Failure with Robin Copernicus
<p>Robin Copernicus is an author, startup mentor, and startup community influencer. He is the founder of Vertical Liftoff (VLO): the first startup accelerator that helps founders skip investor funding.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Su
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Rapid Response: SolarWinds: Urgent lessons from a cyberattack, w/ CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna
<p>Last year, SolarWinds became the subject of a massive and sophisticated cyberattack, potentially affecting thousands of organizations. CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna, who joined the company soon after the breach was discovered, speaks with hos
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BeeHero’s precision pollination platform wings its way to $19M in new funding
Move over, precision agriculture — precision apiculture is what’s on the minds of all future-focused farmers. BeeHero has been growing fast since its debut and seed round last year.
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MindLabs gets $3.5M seed to make mental wellness engaging
Making sure mental wellness is part of your routine can be difficult, especially if you are already busy and stressed. MindLabs wants to make it easier with a combination of on-demand or live video classes and community features.
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Fantasy startup investing NFTs + former Tesla CTO JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials | E1299
In a short news segment, Jason talks about a company that tried to sell "fantasy startup investing" NFTs and why they had to pivot (1:44). Jason gives a brief tribute to Steve Jobs (15:48). Then, he's joined by JB Straubel, Tesla's longtime
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China's Sweeping Cryptocurrency Ban Was Inevitable
The decentralized technology clashes with the government’s plans for a state-dominated economy—one that includes its own digital currency.
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AI May Be Voicing the Next Foreign Film You Watch
Artificial intelligence is being used to recreate actors' voices to dub their performances in foreign languages, or make them sound older or younger. Reporter Ellen Gamerman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how the technology works and the
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How to Start Your Own Business During a Global Pandemic with Samantha Woolf and Hilla Narov
<p>After 20 years in the corporate world, just over a year ago in perhaps the most unlikely time, Samantha Woolf and Hilla Narov took the leap and founded their own marketing & entertainment agency. Not only do they make authentic connectio
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20VC: Squarespace Founder, Anthony Casalena on Scaling Squarespace from Dorm Room To Public Company with over $700M in ARR, The Decision to Direct List over Traditional IPO or SPAC & What Changes When You Go Public?
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/acasalena">Anthony Casalena</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href= "https://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace</a>, the company that allows you to create a website, sell anything and
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Microsoft acquires Ally.io, OKR startup that raised $76 million
Microsoft announced today that it has acquired Ally.io, a software service that helps companies measure their progress against OKRs or objectives and key results, a common way the management measures both individual and company progress. Th
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Tiger Global in talks to lead over $100M investment in India’s Slice
A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India. Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to lead a round of over $100 million in the
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Tether’s hidden billions with Bloomberg’s Zeke Faux + Startup Checklist E1 | E1300
First, Jason chats with Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux about his latest investigative piece "Tether's $69 Billion Mystery"(1:04). Then, Jason launches our news series "Startup Checklist"(31:49) which explores the things you should do to be pr
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Maria Popova's Commencement Speech
<p>Maria Popova is the founder of BrainPickings.org. This is her commencement address for the Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania 2016.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://Thinkific.com/eof" target="_blank" re
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Moderna and Flagship Pioneering: Noubar Afeyan
In the field of bio-tech, it can take 10 years and millions of dollars to see if an experimental idea might turn into a life-saving treatment—if it ever does. Noubar Afeyan fully understood those risks when he co-founded Moderna in 2010. He
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Jason Crawford: What is progress and how do we get more of it?
<p><a href='https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford'>Jason Crawford</a> is the founder of <a href='https://rootsofprogress.org/'>Roots of Progress</a>, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. Jason
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Twitch Hack Revealing Streamers' Earnings Isn't the Full Picture
The recent data breach at live-streaming video platform Twitch offered a rare glimpse into how much money streamers make from the site. But these payments don't paint a full picture of their earnings. Reporter Sarah Needleman joins host Zoe
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20VC: Chris Sacca on Coming Out of Retirement To Unf**k The Planet with Lowercarbon, How Chris Evaluates His Relationship To Money Today, Why We Have Bred a Generation of Ass**** Kids, Do VCs Provide Any Real Value and The True Unfiltered Opinion on Faceb
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/sacca">Chris Sacca</a> is the Founder and Chairman @ <a href= "https://lowercasecapital.com/">Lowercase Capital</a>, one of the <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2
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It’s Time to Make Yourself a Priority and Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen
<p>Andrea Owen is a global speaker, certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, host of Make Some Noise Podcast and the best-selling author of three books, including <em>Make Some Noise.</em></p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Think of someone who
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Bring on the Fist Bumps and Nasal Swabs—Tech Conferences Are Back
Hundreds of (vaccinated) attendees gathered in a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom as Code Conference returned after a year-long hiatus.
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Alpha Paw brings in $5.2M to carve out its niche in the pet wellness space
Alpha Paw offers pet products for dogs and cats like food and supplements that are customized with pet breed in mind.
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Mobile gaming startup Homa Games raises $50 million
Just days after Voodoo acquired Beach Bum, another French mobile gaming company has news to share. Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led by Northzone. The company partners with indie game studios and acts as a publisher.
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How to understand customer engagement | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1301
Startup Basics is BACK! This series focuses on one of the most important aspects of any successful startup: the customer. On episode two, Salesforce's Tiffani Bova joins to break down all things customer engagement: defining it, authenticit
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5G Promised to Change Everything, Why Hasn't It Happened Yet?
The rollout out of superfast 5G networks were supposed to create the Internet of Things. But not much has been 5G enabled apart from cellphones, and many networks are still being built. WSJ tech reporter Meghan Bobrowsky joins host Zoe Thom
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True Underdog Podcast with Jayson Waller
<p>Jayson Waller was a trailer park-living high school dropout before he became the founding CEO of POWERHOME Solar, one of the most successful private companies in America. He is also the host of his own podcast ‘True Underdog’, where he s
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99. The Honest Company’s Jessica Alba: Make your customer the star
<p>Jessica Alba’s approach in founding and building The Honest Company revolves around three letters: IRL, a useful acronym for “In Real Life.” This phrase acts as a reminder for the company to shine the spotlight onto their customer’s real
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Clearview AI Has New Tools to Identify You in Photos
In an interview with WIRED, CEO Hoan Ton-That said the company has scraped 10 billion photos from the web—and developed new ways to aid police surveillance.
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Varda Space Industries will send its first space factory to orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Varda Space Industries, a startup that wants to build in-space manufacturing facilities, will be sending its first spacecraft to orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2023. The actual spacecraft — the startup’s first to go to orbit.
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Jerry Chen | Open Source vs. Cloud Castles
This episode is the audio version of the essay "Open Source vs Cloud Castles", by Greylock general partner Jerry Chen. In this essay (which is read by Greylock's head of content and editorial Heather Mack), Jerry continues his discussion of
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Solana Founder Anatoly Yakovenko on scaling the blockchain to warp speed | E1302
Anatoly from Solana joins Jason to discuss how they've managed to build the fastest blockchain (0:54). Solana's "proof of history" innovation allows for over 50,000 transactions a second, we get into Solana's value prop (25:51), use cases (
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ThoughtFull gets $1.1M seed to make mental health support more accessible in Southeast Asia
Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups.
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Why the U.S. Cyber Agency Doesn't Want to Be a Regulator
Some lawmakers want to force companies to report when they have been hacked. But the agency that would be tasked with enforcing those rules supports voluntary standards instead. WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter David Uberti joins host Zoe Tho
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Take your Business to the Next Level with These Explosive Ideas with Steve Strauss
<p>Often called America's leading small business expert, Steve Strauss is an attorney, influencer, and USA TODAY's senior small business columnist. He is the author of 17 books, including his latest, <em>Your Small Business Boom!</em></p> <
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#537: Hidden Knowledge — Mark Plotkin on How Animals Discover and Use Medicines (And Lessons We Can Apply)
<p><strong>Hidden Knowledge — Mark Plotkin on How Animals Discover and Use Medicines (And Lessons We Can Apply) | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://blockfi.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>BlockFi</strong>
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Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America
Last year, Netflix made a pledge that represents the tech industry’s best shot at redressing the nation’s racial inequality. How seriously should we take it?
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VanMoof teases new high-speed electric bike
E-bike manufacturer VanMoof recently raised a $128 million funding round. And the company is already using some of that cash to develop a brand new product — the VanMoof V. This is a new product in the VanMoof lineup, a high-speed bike.
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Lynda Kate Smith (mParticle) - Marketing for Entrepreneurs
<p>As the Chief Marketing Officer for companies that have included Twilio, Jive, Genpact, Nuance, and Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Lynda Kate Smith has owned go-to-market strategy and full marketing responsibilities across a div
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#230 – Grit, Timing, and Building Businesses You Love with Andrew Gazdecki of MicroAcquire
<p>Andrew Gazdeki (@agazdecki) has some contrarian viewpoints when it comes to the startup ecosystem today. I invited him here to find out about his beef with TechCrunch and how he is empowering founders with his own company, Microacquire.
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Jow raises $20 million for its meal and grocery planning service
French startup Jow has raised a $20 million funding round led by Eurazeo. Jow wants to make it easier to cook at home by taking care of menu ideas and helping you manage your online orders of groceries.
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US inherits China’s Bitcoin Mining Dynasty + Jacob Helberg on the “New Cold War” with China | E1303
Jason does a short news segment on China’s Bitcoin Mining hash rate falling to 0 and how the U.S. is now the largest mining hub (1:59). Then, Jacob Helberg author of "The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power," joins t
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William Shatner Goes to Space With Blue Origin
The actor who played Captain Kirk on 'Star Trek' has gone to space in real life. William Shatner joined three other passengers on Blue Origin's second crewed space flight on Wednesday. Reporter Micah Maidenberg joins host Zoe Thomas to disc
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The Future of Passion to Profit with Josh Fabian
<p>From high school dropout to CEO, Josh Fabian is on a mission to change the structure of the passion economy for gamers with Metafy.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Loosen up. It’s ok to be yourself. Talk like you talk. Don’t try to b
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Rapid Response: Overcoming institutional hurdles, w/ U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland
<p>In the last year, Sarah Hirshland has had to face one daunting issue after another as the CEO of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee – each of which have required urgent, in-the-moment decisions. Most recently Sarah mandated that
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A True Story About Bogus Photos of People Making Fake News
A photographer set out to capture the misinformation producers in a small town in Macedonia. He wound up revealing uncomfortable truths about his own profession.
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20VC: Crowdstrike Founder, George Kurtz on Scaling to a $60Bn Market Cap, How to Acquire and Retain the World's Best Talent & The Right Way to View Competition in Today's Market?
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/george_kurtz">George Kurtz</a> is the CEO and co-founder of <a href= "https://www.crowdstrike.com/">CrowdStrike</a>, a leading provider of next-generation endpoint protection, thr
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ScienceIO leaves stealth with millions to structure health data
Years before he co-launched a stealthy business to fix the messy world of health data, Gaurav Kaushik was slowly connecting the dots on how better visualization could impact health outcomes.
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#538: How I Built The Tim Ferriss Show to 700+ Million Downloads — An Immersive Explanation of All Aspects and Key Decisions (Featuring Chris Hutchins)
<p><strong>How I Built The Tim Ferriss Show to 700+ Million Downloads — An Immersive Explanation of All Aspects and Key Decisions (Featuring Chris Hutchins) | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://linkedin.com/tim" rel="noopener norefe
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Cannabis commerce company Dutchie doubles valuation following new funding round
The industry will continue to see adoption across all areas, especially as more people are educated on finding the right product and modality and more states legalize cannabis.
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Is Netflix over cancel culture? + Startup Checklist: Choosing a Business Model | E1304
First, Jason covers the blowback Netflix is facing from Dave Chappelle's new special "The Closer" and the masterful response from Co-CEO Ted Sarandos (2:09). Then, continuing our startup checklist series, Jason explains 10 items founders ne
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Climate Monitors Turn to Satellites to Spot Carbon Cheats
Satellites are emerging as powerful tools for combating climate change. WSJ energy policy reporter Tim Puko joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how governments, private companies and climate activists are using satellites to monitor greenhouse
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Income Report for September 2021: Funnel Hacking Live and more!
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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Borrowed a School Laptop? Mind Your Open Tabs
Students—many from lower-income households—were likely to use school-issued devices for remote learning. But the devices often contained monitoring software.
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Reliable Robotics lifts $100M to take autonomous cargo planes where none have gone before
When flying cargo from one part of the world to another, you typically need a pilot for two parts: The take-off and the landing.
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Space Perspective raises $40M Series A for stratospheric balloon rides
The successful commercial launches of Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic have officially ushered in a new era of space tourism.
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Coinbase chases NFT billions + Peter Thiel “The Contrarian” with author Max Chafkin | E1305
First, Jason covers Coinbase's announcement of their new NFT platform (2:06). Then, Bloomberg's Max Chafkin joins to discuss his book, "The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power" (19:57). It's a wide-ranging discussi
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Introducing Bad Bets
Bad Bets is a new podcast series from The Wall Street Journal that unravels big-business dramas that have had a big impact on our world. This season, we're delving into Enron. In 2001, energy company Enron was at the height of its power. Th
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Title Nine: Missy Park
As an avid athlete and college basketball player, Missy Park was lucky to grow up during the early era of Title IX, the 1972 law that created new opportunities for young women to play sports. But in the years before Lululemon and Athleta, a
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WSJ Tech Live: What to Expect
The Wall Street Journal's Tech Live conference, featuring some of the biggest names and most influential people in the tech world, starts Monday. The WSJ's live journalism editor Kim Last joins host Zoe Thomas to preview the big themes that
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Why Working Remote is More Toxic Than In Person: Lessons for Leaders in the Hybrid Workforce with Chris Savage
<p>Chris Savage is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wistia, a leading video hosting platform that gives marketers everything they need to get bigger results from their videos and podcasts.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Remember that all of u
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20VC: Instacart CEO Fidji Sumo on Why You Need Sponsors Not Mentors, Where Management Skills Align with Good Parenting & The First 100 Days as CEO at Instacart; The Challenges, The Surprises and The Next Chapter
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/fidjissimo">Fidji Sumo</a> is the CEO @ <a href="https://www.instacart.com/">Instacart</a>, the company that allows you to order whatever you want from local stores, delivering it
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The Government Wants to Bolster Its Tech—Starting With Workers
Robin Carnahan, head of the agency that manages the federal government's offices and IT, is revamping job descriptions and pushing remote work.
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Founded by ex-Braintree and PayPal execs, Pagos raises $10M to offer API-driven payment intelligence
Pagos, a payment intelligence infrastructure startup founded by former Braintree and PayPal execs, has raised $10 million in seed funding. Started earlier this year, the remote-first Pagos is building a data “platform” and API-driven micro-
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How to manage customer relationships | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1306
This Startup Basics is all about managing customer relationships. Tiffani Bova from Salesforce joins to talk about the ways startups can improve customer interactions, transforming one-time transactions to reoccurring relationships. Jason a
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VC Lab introduces free fund formation documents to make startup investing cheaper and easier
There may be plenty of funding for some startups these days. But plenty of companies will tell you otherwise. VC Lab, an accelerator for venture capital firms, wants to create investors who will back the rest of the world.
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Killing Kittens - the world famous sex party turning into a tech business, with Founder & CEO Emma Sayle
<p>“Every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten, and I went right, that's it, that's what I'm calling my business.”</p><p>If you’ve heard of Killing Kittens, the cult-like sex party, but you’ve yet to attend one of their infamous sex part
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Sundar Pichai Talks Cybersecurity, Innovation and More at Tech Live
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai discussed cybersecurity, tech innovation and government oversight with WSJ Editor in Chief Matt Murray at the WSJ's Tech Live conference. Register and tune in at techlive.wsj.com/tlpodcast. <p> </p><p>Learn more a
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These Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk
Researchers used specialized chips and simulation software to teach a four-legged robot to navigate stairs and blocks.
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The Sh*t You Don't Learn in College with Zander Fryer
<p>Zander Fryer is a best-selling author, internationally renowned speaker, and host of the Apple Podcasts top podcast – <em>Sh*t You Don’t Learn In College.</em> He's been featured in TIME, Forbes, Inc., and on the TEDx stage, and his comp
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62. A masterclass in crowdsourcing, w/Duolingo's Luis von Ahn
<p>Crowdsourcing is more than a group of people interested in the same cause, it’s a way to tap skills – and scale – that you don’t have. And when it works, it can be the rocket fuel that launches you to scale further than you could have ev
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Dance Church raises $4.7M to get your bootie back on the (virtual) dance floor
Our DJ, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy dancefloor come, thy steps be done, on earth, as it is at Dance Church.
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Jason Kilar | Moving the World Through Story
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has an instinct for disruption. He first cut his teeth at Disney, helped transform Amazon in its early days, and was the founding CEO of Hulu. In aggregate, his experience represents a clear knack for jumping at
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Frozen coffee startup Cometeer raises $35M Series B and launches its product in earnest
Gloucester, Massachusetts-based Cometeer has been around for nine years. In that time, the company has built up a mad scientist’s lair worth of coffee scientists, equipment and processes to jolt some fresh life into the industry.
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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on USDC, Tether & more + Jason reacts to Apple’s new M1 chips & Macbooks | E1307
First, Jason reacts to the most recent Apple event announcing new M1 chips & Macbooks (1:26). Then, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (23:85) joins to discuss how USDC, what makes Circle different from Tether, regulation, and more.<img src="http://
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#539: Alisa Cohn on Prenups for Startup Founders, How to Reinvent Your Career, The Importance of "Pre-Mortems," and The Three Selves
<p><strong>Alisa Cohn on Prenups for Startup Founders, How to Reinvent Your Career, The Importance of "Pre-Mortems," and The Three Selves | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://kettleandfire.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" tar
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Reddit CEO Discusses Meme Stocks and Moderation at Tech Live
At The Wall Street Journal's Tech Live conference, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman talked about the company's decision to leave discussions about GameStop untouched, why it took down the infamous subreddit r/The_Donald, and the company's growth pl
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The Other Side of Fear is Freedom with Michael Chernow
<p>Michael is the founder of Kreatures of Habit and Seamore's restaurants, co-founder of The Meatball Shop and co-author of <em>The Meatball Shop</em> cookbook. He's a serial entrepreneur, restauranteur, Chef, professional body builder and
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20VC: Breaking News: Ankur Nagpal Raises $70M for Vibe Capital, What The Next Decade For Venture Will Look Like, Do VCs Actually Add Any Value & Pre-Emptive Rounds, When To Take Them and When To Reject Them
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ankurnagpal">Ankur Nagpal</a> is the Founding Partner @ Vibe Capital, today announcing his new $70M solo GP fund and with a track record that includes the likes of Roam Research,
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A Huge Subterranean ‘Tree’ Is Moving Magma to Earth’s Surface
Deep in the mantle, a branching plume of intensely hot material appears to be the engine powering vast volcanic activity.
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Vertical Oceans aims to grow sustainable shrimp in huge ‘aqua towers’ inside cities
John Diener, the CEO of an aquaculture nutrition and genetics company, would visit hundreds of shrimp farms as part of his job. But gradually he became frustrated by some of the environmentally unsustainable practices used in many locations
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James Reinhart (thredUp) - Scaling Sustainable Fashion
<p>James Reinhart is the co-founder and CEO of thredUP, one of the world's largest online resale platforms. thredUP designed a digital resale experience that aims to take the work and risk out of thrift in an effort to make used clothes the
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#231 – Learning from Conversations with Andrew Warner of Mixergy
<p>In this episode I'm talking with Andrew Warner (@AndrewWarner), the host of the Mixergy where he's interviewed over 2,000 founders in the tech and software space. His new book, Stop Asking Questions, breaks down everything he's learned a
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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson: the next $60B, Engage, Segment acquisition & more + Who actually uses Oculus? | E1308
It was great to have Jeff back on the pod! But first, Producer Rachel gives some updates on TWIST Founder Meetups (01:54) and Jason talks a bit about Oculus (14:12). Then, Jeff Lawson from Twilio joins (24:42) to discuss their new mission t
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Credo AI launches out of stealth with $5.5 million to help companies with “ethical AI”
There are many in the world of AI who worry about its implications.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Curbing Big Tech's Power at WSJ Tech Live
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says this is the year lawmakers will take action on the power of big tech companies. In a conversation with the host of The Journal podcast, Ryan Knutson, at the WSJ's Tech Live conference, Sen. Klobuchar discusses why sh
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igniteXL Ventures closes debut fund to target ‘$5T oversight’ in beauty, wellness
General Partner Claire Chang’s plan is to deploy capital into 30 new investments and keep some back for follow-on investments.
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6 Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Buying Businesses with Elliott Holland
<p>Elliott Holland is a business buying expert. He has a Harvard MBA & almost 15 years experience in acquisitions. His consulting company prevents clients from losing millions buying bad businesses.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Be ca
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Rapid Response: Launching a $500 billion startup, w/ Jet.com founder and NBA owner Marc Lore
<p>Since stepping down as Walmart’s president of e-commerce at the beginning of the year, billionaire entrepreneur Marc Lore has had a busy year of big ideas. In the Spring, it was announced that he reached a deal to purchase the NBA’s Minn
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AI’s Smarts Now Come With a Big Price Tag
As language models get more complex, they also get more expensive to create and run. Some companies are locked out.
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SoftBank-backed Flock Freight is the freight industry’s newest unicorn
The global shipping and freight industry has never been more in the spotlight, as the pandemic and other disruptions have led to enormous supply chain bottlenecks.
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Inflation warnings and hedge strategy, Bitcoin ETF, Hindenburg’s Tether bounty + Startup Checklist E3 | E1309
First, Jason reacts to CNBC's Paul Tudor Jones interview, where PTJ warned about inflation and called Bitcoin (and crypto) a better hedge than gold (2:10). Then, Jason covers the new Bitcoin ETF and Hindenburg putting a bounty out for infor
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#540: Noah Feldman on Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, DAOs, Using History to Become a Futurist, Crypto Constitutions, State Building, and The Supreme Court of Facebook
<p><strong>Noah Feldman on Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, DAOs, Using History to Become a Futurist, Crypto Constitutions, State Building, and The Supreme Court of Facebook | Brought to you by </strong><a href="https://www.
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Customer engagement platform Batch raises $23 million after years of bootstrapping
If you’ve been working in the French tech ecosystem, you may remember a startup called AppGratis. The app discovery and promotion startup basically had to stop operating overnight following a long and nasty fight with Apple.
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Snap CEO on Kids Safety Online, Regulations and AR at WSJ Tech Live
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sat down with WSJ Senior Personal Tech Columnist Joanna Stern at WSJ's Tech Live event this week to discuss how the company thinks about the impact of social media on young users, what role regulation plays and why it'
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John Green's Commencement Address
<p>John Green's Commencement Address for the 2016 Graduating Class at Kenyon College.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://klaviyo.com/fire" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Klaviyo</a>: The email and SMS platform built specifically to he
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With Subscriptions, Automakers Mimic Netflix’s Playbook
GM thinks consumers might pay $135 a month for emergency assistance, enhanced maps, and software-enabled upgrades that boost acceleration.
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AirGarage, a full-stack parking operator, raises $12.5M in round led by a16z
Parking can often feel almost laughably old-fashioned, with some lots still hiring an attendant to collect fees and check for valid tickets.
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Trump SPAC, WeWork SPAC, GitLab IPO w/ Eric Newcomer + Quick Commerce w/Matt Newberg
Tech journalist Eric Newcomer joins to talk the Trump SPAC (8:26), WeWork SPAC (15:58), and the behind the scenes funding story of GitLab's IPO (25:41). Then, HNGRY's Matt Newberg joins to talk innovations in the quick commerce space, the g
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Audit Sight takes on new capital to eliminate all of the back and forth between auditors, companies
The company intends to build out several SaaS applications and is poised to roll out its first two modules for revenue and accounts receivables by the end of the year.
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Live Episode! Milk Bar: Christina Tosi (2019)
For Christina Tosi, baking wasn't just a delicious childhood hobby—it was a daily creative outlet and a way to blow off steam. After college, she went to culinary school and honed her pastry technique at high-end restaurants in NYC. But she
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Tony Kulesa: The founder revolution in biotech
<p>Tony Kulesa is one of the founders of <a href='https://www.petri.bio/'>Petri</a>, a new approach for funding formation stage startups at the intersection of biology and engineering. We spend a lot of this conversation talking about why t
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Facebook Tamps Down Political Groups It Deems Dangerous
Facebook's systems that help create viral posts by amplifying content often spread disproportionately incendiary or divisive posts, according to the company's internal research reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Rather than reducing the
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Taking the Jump into Entrepreneurship with Kim Perell
<p>Kim Perell is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and bestselling author. She sold her last company for $235 million. Kim loves supporting entrepreneurs and an investor in over 100 companies.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Failur
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20VC: Deliveroo Founder Will Shu on The IPO This Year, The Rise of Quick Commerce and The Fierce Competition with Uber Eats
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/willshuroo">Will Shu</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href= "https://deliveroo.co.uk/">Deliveroo</a>, the company that provides your favorite restaurants and takeaways, delivered to
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Citcon raises $30M to make paying with mobile wallets ‘as easy as paying with a credit card’
Citcon, a mobile wallet payment provider, has closed on $30 million in funding in a Series C round co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Cota Capital.
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Routine is a new productivity app that combines task management and notes
Meet Routine, a new startup working on a productivity tool that should help you manage your work day more efficiently. It’s a brand new take on to-do lists as it combines both tasks, non-actionable notes and a daily planner.
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Growth & Retention: Why Subscription is the Holy Grail | Customer Basics with Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova | E1311
This Startup Basics is all about growth & retention. Tiffani Bova from Salesforce joins to talk about how startups should measure customer health, the pitfalls of high churn, the best kind of growth, how to earn trust by saying "no" & more.
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You Don’t Have to WFH at Home—Try These Places Instead
Mix up your new normal by seeking out quirky local coworking spaces—or find some inspiration in a museum.
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Kraken - from growing up poor to founding Europe’s largest crypto exchange, with Co-Founder & CEO Jesse Powell
<p>Jesse Powell grew up poor and hustling from a young age. First, he sold physical gaming cards, then he sold virtual ‘gold’ in the game World of Warcraft - and now he’s the Co-Founder and CEO of Kraken, Europe’s largest crypto exchange -
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Startup Founder Pay Packages Keep Ballooning
The founders of successful startups are increasingly receiving large compensation packages. Rather than simply benefiting from rising valuations, many are negotiating payouts linked to meeting growth milestones. Reporter Eliot Brown joins h
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From Start-up to Grown-up: How to Avoid Common Mistakes Founders Make with Alisa Cohn
<p>Alisa Cohn is an executive coach and the author of From Start-up to Grown-up. She has coached founders and executives at Venmo, Etsy, and DraftKings, along with enterprises such as Dell, Hitachi, and Pfizer. She writes for HBR and Inc an
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50. Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
<p>Want to improve any idea? Find someone who disagrees with it. This is something legendary investor Ray Dalio knows. But there’s a difference between constructive and destructive conflict – and Dalio is a master at spotting the difference
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Facebook Can't Hide Its Problems Behind a New Name
Can rebranding the company herald a fresh start? Experts, as you might guess, are skeptical.
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Heart to Heart raises $750K to bring sweet, sweet flirtation to your ear-holes
Radio has long been described as the most intimate of media. Quips about putting radio on the internet aside, the persistent popularity of podcasting and the cockamamie climb of Clubhouse shows that audio-based platforms will continue to ec
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Facebook’s Q3 earnings breakdown: revenue, user growth, rumored rebrand + Italic’s Jeremy Cai | E1312
First, Jason breaks down Facebook's Q3 earnings, including: growing revenue and profits, slowing user growth, AR investment and its new reporting structure (2:00). He also covers Facebook's potential rebrand as a metaverse-focused company a
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#541: Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, The Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions on the Horizon, and Exploring The Meaning of Life
<p><strong>Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, The Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions on the Horizon, and Exploring The Meaning of Life | Brought to you by </strong><a href="https://shipstation.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferr
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Bret Taylor | Curiosity Saves the C-Suite
Salesforce President and COO Bret Taylor talks with Greylock general partner Sarah Guo on Greylock's Iconversations series. During this discussion, Bret talks about lessons learned from his career as a product developer, two-time startup fo
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Market demand for cybersecurity products helps Devo raise $250M at unicorn valuation
Devo, a Boston-area startup focused on log management and cybersecurity, announced this morning that it has closed a $250 million round of funding.
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Senators Grill TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube Over Child-Safety Measures
U.S. senators grill executives from social-media companies about how they plan to keep children safe on their platforms. WSJ tech policy reporter Ryan Tracy joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the takeaways from the hearing and what could come
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Empowering Businesses Through Data with Jeffrey Nicholson
<p>Jeffrey Nicholson is the co-founder and CEO of Tracer, a data intelligence platform built to solve complex data equations. Jeffrey is a serial entrepreneur with a 15-year track record of building and scaling businesses across multiple fi
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The ‘Broadband Gap’ Is Now a Housing Problem
Many people eligible for Covid-era rent assistance have trouble navigating a “tangled web” of agencies because they don't have reliable internet access.
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Speechmatics pushes forward recognition of accented English
Speech recognition has gone from convenient to crucial over the last few years as smart speakers and driving assist modes have taken off — but not everyone’s voice is recognized equally well.
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Sequoia’s new structure, $HOOD and $TWTR earnings + Bolt’s Ryan Breslow: 4-day work week | E1313
First, Jason covers Sequoia's VC-redefining transition to an evergreen fund (1:54). He continues Q3 earnings coverage with Robinhood (13:38) and Twitter (21:10). Then, Ryan Breslow from Bolt joins to discuss transitioning to a 4-day work we
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Reshma Saujani (Girls Who Code) - Fixing Tech’s Gender Gap
<p>Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms, and is the author of the forthcoming book <em>Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think)</em>. She has spent more than a de
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#232 – How to Punch Above Your Weight with Sonal Chokshi of a16z
<p>Today I'm talking to Sonal Chokshi, one of the biggest experts on building a media business that I know. Currently she's the Editor-in-Chief at a16z. In this episode we'll talk about creating content in a world where media moves so quick
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Truepill’s latest funding boosts valuation to $1.6B as it works on B2B side of healthcare
The new funding represents a “hyper growth moment” for the company, which is in position to bring in some $300 million in revenue this year.
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A 15-Foot-Tall Printer Could Build Your Next Home
A new construction project in Texas will test the ability of and demand for 3-D printed houses. It comes at a time when the U.S. is facing a historic housing shortage. WSJ housing reporter Nicole Friedman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss ho
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Build Your DREAM TEAM so You Can Live the Life of Your Dreams with Shane Snow
<p>Today we’re welcoming <a href="http://www.shanesnow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shane Snow</a> to Entrepreneurs On Fire! Shane is the co-founder of <a href= "https://contently.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nore
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Rapid Response: The truth about what we watch, with Nielsen’s David Kenny
<p>How do you respond when your own users resist your data? That question is top-of-mind for Nielsen CEO David Kenny. For decades, Nielsen has measured ratings and demographics across TV and media – the ultimate designator of success and fa
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20 Growth: The 3 Levers to Successful Growth Models, The 3 Types of Growth Hires Startups Need To Know, The 3 Stages All Successful Growth Teams Need To Go Through with Elena Verna, Advisor @ MongoDB and HP
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/elenaverna">Elena Verna</a> is a master when it comes to all things starting and scaling growth organizations. Previously, Elena spent over 7 years as SVP Growth @ SurveyMonkey wh
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You Can Get This Free Crypto—If the ‘Orb’ Scans Your Eye
Worldcoin's backers see it as a potential first step to a universal basic income.
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Daring Foods bites into third round in 12 months as plant-based chicken product enters Walmart
The company saw 900% growth over the past 12 months and will be using the new funding to support that growth and new innovation.
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Media employees battling “back to work” orders + Startup Checklist E4: Building a Great Product | E1314
First, Jason reacts Conde Nast's union refusing to return to the office on November 1 and takes stock of the big tech WFH policy landscape (1:34). We continue the show with episode four of the Startup Checklist, where Jason covers "Building
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#542: Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs
<p><strong>Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs | Brought to you by </strong
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Gamma brings in $7M to bring the slide deck into the 21st century
Co-founder and CEO Grant Lee refers to building content in Gamma like “choosing your own adventure.”
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Facebook Goes All-In on Metaverse With New Company Name
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company will now be called Meta, in line with its goal to focus more on the metaverse. But the shift comes amid scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators, and it carries considerable risks. WSJ tech report
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Young Entrepreneurs Lifestyle 2.0 with Peter Voogd
<p>Peter has been recognized by Entrepreneur.com as the world’s leading authority for millennials and entrepreneurs.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. When you’re living a world-class life, it’s so much easier to give and so much easier t
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I Used Facebook Without the Algorithm, and You Can Too
Making your News Feed chronological is an enlightening look at what's really happening on the platform.
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Atlys raises $4.25M to make visa applications faster and easier
International travel is slowly opening up again, but that also means business and leisure travelers alike will once again have to think about visa restrictions as they take to the air. Nobody has ever enjoyed the process of applying for a v
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Facebook’s new name + DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg: the privacy search engine | E1315
Facebook changed its name to Meta. In the news segment, Jason shares 10 highlights from the keynote and reacts to the name change (1:57). Then DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg joins (36:22) to discuss his search engine's continue
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Social Chat launches with $6M to bring brands closer to their customers
Social Chat was founded on the premise that social commerce should be the standard for every store, and it may very well be soon.
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Wisdom From The Top: Bonus Episode
This week, we thought we'd bring you a little bonus from another show that Guy hosts called <em>Wisdom From The Top</em>. After becoming the CEO of PepsiCo in 2006, Indra Nooyi became the first woman and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 compan
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Will Smith, Kevin Durant and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs invest in electric boat startup Arc
Arc, a startup that launched 10 months ago with ambitions to electrify everything on the water, starting with a limited-edition $300,000 boat, has captured the attention and capital of some of the entertainment industry’s biggest stars.
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Audible: Don Katz
Before mp3 players came along in the mid 1990's, listening to audiobooks was a pain. The number of titles was tiny, narration was dull, and if you wanted to listen on the go, you had to juggle a bunch of clunky cassettes. Don Katz faced the
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Google's AI-Powered Camera Is Built to Better Convey Darker Skin Tones
Google's new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones come with AI technology, known as Real Image, that the company says is better at capturing photos of people with darker complexions. WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen put the camera t
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How to Design, Build, Launch and Grow a Small Company with Michael E. Gerber
<p>Michael E. Gerber is the author of the NY Times mega-bestseller, for two consecutive decades, "The E-Myth Revisited" and nine other worldwide best-selling E-Myth books concerning small business entrepreneurship, leadership, and managemen
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20VC: Mac the VC on the Journey from Homeless To Becoming A VC, What It Takes To Raise a Fund on Twitter, Why the Venture World is F***** Up and How Institutional LPs Need To Change
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/MacConwell">McKeever "Mac" Conwell II</a> is the founder and managing partner of <a href="https://rarebreed.webflow.io/">RareBreed Ventures</a>, a pre-seed fund tha
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100. What matters is telling the story: The 100th episode of Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman
<p>What have we learned in 100 episodes of Masters of Scale? In this sparky conversation, Reid Hoffman asks an all-star panel of guests – Brian Chesky, Tyra Banks, Angela Ahrendts, Sallie Krawcheck, Franklin Leonard, and prod
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Facebook Is Everywhere; Its Moderation Is Nowhere Close
Human reviewers and AI filters struggle to police the flood of content—or understand the nuances in different Arabic dialects.
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Zeit secures $2M in seed funding for its stroke-detecting wearable
Zeit Medical, which makes an early warning system for strokes during sleep, has raised $2M in a seed round just after leaving Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort.
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Apple privacy updates cost social media giants $10B + Better Brand’s Aimee Yang | E1316
First, Jason covers the reported revenue impacts for FB, SNAP, TWTR & GOOG caused by Apple's App Tracking Transparency policies (1:57). Then, Aimee Yang CEO & Founder of BetterBrand™ joins (16:18) to discuss her first product the "Better Ba
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Tushy - the toilet startup turning people into born again bidet-lovers, with serial entrepreneur Miki Agrawal
<p>Miki Agrawal was forced to become an entrepreneur having started her career, in her own words, as an awful employee:</p><p><br></p><p>“I got fired from pretty much all of my jobs growing up, because I just wasn't listening, or I was ques
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What Uber and Lyft's Driver Woes Say About the Gig Economy
Uber and Lyft say their drivers aren't returning as fast as their customers, even as extended unemployment benefits expire. That's keeping the prices of ride hail trips high. WSJ reporter Preetika Rana joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why d
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Meet, Learn From and Interview Your Heroes with Andrew Warner
<p>Andrew Warner is the author of Stop Asking Questions, a book for interviewers and anyone who wants to learn through conversations. It’s based on over 2,000 interviews he did on Mixergy, his podcast.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Th
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Apple’s New MacBook Pro Chips Flex the Power of Custom Silicon
The new M1 Pro and M1 Max better integrate the computers’ hardware with their software—much like the iPhone.
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OctoML raises $85M for it for its machine learning acceleration platform
OctoML, a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised a $85 million Series C round led by Tiger Global Management.
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Bytedance Bans 996 + Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani: The 100x fund | E1317
First Jason briefly covers TikTok owner Bytedance's restriction on overtime working hours (2:14). Then Multicoin Capital partner Kyle Samani joins (11:07) to discuss how they evaluate products, why they prefer to invest in tokens over equit
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Music wearable Mictic raises $2.5M to get you shredding, scratching and strumming
Switzerland-based Mictic has created a pair of wearables that turns thin air into your concert hall. Imagine a theremin without the theremin, hooked up to a clever loop station, and you’ve got the right idea.
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Crypto Mining Is Dirty Business. Can Renewable Energy Help?
The creation of digital currencies requires a lot of power. Now more crypto mining companies are trying to cut their carbon footprint by turning to renewable energy sources. But cutting their emissions isn't as easy as flipping a switch. Re
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Top 2021 Trends for Faster SMB Growth with Stoyan Kenderov
<p>Stoyan Kenderov is a global products and technology leader with 30+ years of experience currently serving as the Chief Product and Technology Officer for Plastiq, a leading intelligent payments platform.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>
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Walmart acquires design tool Botmock as its invests in shopping by voice and text
Walmart is further investing in technology that will enable shopping via voice and chat with its latest acquisition.
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Jeff Epstein (Bessemer Venture Partners) - What Investors Want
<p>It’s understandable that, amid a flurry of pitch meetings and rejections, founders might find themselves mystified about what venture capital investors want. However, according to Bessemer Venture Partners operating partner Jeff Epstein,
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Zillow falls after iBuying collapse, Biden Admin’s stablecoin report + LeadIQ’s Mei Siauw | E1318
Jason reacts to Zillow's huge drop after the implosion of their iBuying business (4:33), and breaks down the Biden Administration's stablecoin report (23:35). Then, LeadIQ CEO Mei Siauw joins the show to talk growing a SaaS business with a
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#543: Legendary Investor John Doerr on Picking Winners — From Google in 1999 to Solving the Climate Crisis Now
<p><strong>Legendary Investor John Doerr on Picking Winners — From Google in 1999 to Solving the Climate Crisis Now | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://shipstation.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Shi
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Hard-Learned Lessons from Decades of Entrepreneurship with Spencer Fry of Podia
<p>Today I'm talking to Spencer Fry (@spencerfry), the founder of Podia. His business is super relevant right now because it is basically a one-stop shop to support creators and entrepreneurs. In this episode we discuss the importance of pl
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BrainCheck brings in another $10M to detect, manage cognitive impairment
BrainCheck has several new initiatives in the works to close the loop with the patient journey that will be brought to market soon.
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Yahoo Breaks Up With China After 20 Years
Yahoo has operated in China in some fashion for more than two decades. But this week the company decided to call it quits and cease offering its services there. The WSJ's China tech correspondent Liza Lin joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss wh
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This Group Pushed More AI in US Security—and Boosted Big Tech
The National Security Commission on AI included members from Oracle, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Some of its recommendations are already federal law.
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How Games Are Changing to Empower Everyone with Zachary Comm
<p>Zachary is a relentless creative, game designer and Non-Fungible Token producer responsible for Blockchain Heroes and upcoming project Draco Dice.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Your capacity of success is determined largely by your
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Rapid Response: How Peloton keeps pushing through resistance, w/CEO John Foley
<p>Skepticism and doubt are no strangers to John Foley, the CEO of Peloton. As he says, it’s been part of the company’s DNA “since the first time I pitched the business to an investor back in 2012.” Last year, the company was supercharged b
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Spartan Radar raises a total of $25M to help radar compete with lidar tech
Take a dollop of machine learning, a handful of radar sensors and a market that is clamoring for autonomous cars not mowing down hordes of pedestrians, and you’ve got yourself a particularly frothy fundraising environment.
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Reid Hoffman | Aurora Reflections
As autonomous driving startup Aurora goes public via SPAC with Reinvent Technology Partners, Greylock general partner and Reinvent investor Reid Hoffman reflects on his experience working with the company as an investor and advisor. Hoffman
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Building a Great Team: Startup Checklist E5 | E1319
We continue with episode five of the Startup Checklist, where Jason gives 10 points to build a great team. He covers hiring, compensating the early team (11:31), outsourcing, structuring the company, setting the cadence (39:48), finding adv
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Housing startup QuintoAndar to open first technology hub outside Brazil in Portugal
The new office will serve as its first in Europe and will be operational in March, initially staffing up to 50 by the end of next year.
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Asheem Chandna | How to Win the Startup War for Talent
Greylock marketing partner Elisa Schreiber reads general parter Asheem Chandna's latest column for Forbes. In this column, Chandna discusses the changing dynamics of recruiting, hiring, and retaining talent in one of the most competitive la
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TikTok for TV: Is It as Fun as the Original?
TikTok is now available on Amazon Fire TV, but without some of the classic features of the smartphone app. So is this new format as appealing as the original? WSJ personal-tech reporter Dalvin Brown joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what Tik
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Why Technology, Science, and Art Must be Mastered to be Massively Successful and Accomplished with Mark Victor Hansen
<p>Mark Victor Hansen is co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and is author of Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, Dare to Win and One Minute Millionaire.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Once someone start talking, heart to heart, sou
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Facebook Is Going Meta
Mark Zuckerberg would like you to call his troubled company something else now.
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Gwoop raises $1.8M for its esports training platform as it starts working with high school gaming leagues
Earlier this year I wrote about Gwoop, a team out of Minnesota building a collection of browser-based games meant to help you get better at video games overall.
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Tech Earnings: $UBER, $ABNB, $PTON + OK Boomer: Gen Z joins the workforce | E1320
First, Jason breaks down three recent earnings reports, Uber (1:57), Airbnb (21:10) and Peloton (26:00). Then, he introduces a new segment "Ok Boomer" where our producer Rachel reports on Gen Z tech & business culture. Today, she talks to Z
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#544: How to Design a Life — Debbie Millman (Repost)
<p><a href="https://tim.blog/2017/01/12/how-to-design-a-life-debbie-millman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Debbie Millman</strong></a><strong> </strong>(<a href="https://twitter.com/debbiemillman?lang=en" rel="noop
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MilkRun lands new capital to deliver farm-fresh groceries
The company offers a recurring subscription, and 50% of every dollar spent goes back to farmers.
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Creating your own H.I.T. Squad – The human sales funnel with Steven Eugene Kuhn
<p>What could be more interesting than a decorated combat veteran who turns failing businesses into success across Europe and the USA, and who has been hand-picked to consult some of the most influential people in the world? Someone who has
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20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/DenehyXXL">Ryan Denehy</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href= "https://www.electric.ai/">Electric</a>, the company that provides a modern IT solution that's simplified. To date, Ryan
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Back to the Roots: Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez
In 2009, Berkeley seniors Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez started to geek out over something they'd heard in a lecture: you can grow a healthy crop of mushrooms on used coffee grounds. Intrigued by the business potential, the pair set asid
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Christian Hernandez: What can venture capital do about the climate crisis?
<p>Christian Hernandez is one of the founding partners of <a href='https://www.2150.vc/'>2150</a>, a venture capital firm dedicated to backing startups that are reinventing how cities are built, run, and maintained - with a particular focus
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Use Facebook Compulsively? So Do 360 Million Other People.
Facebook's internal surveys show a significant number of users report engaging in compulsive use of the platform. In the latest installment of "The Facebook Files," the WSJ's social-media reporter Deepa Seetharaman joins host Zoe Thomas to
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Ignite Your Online Business with Seth Godin and Sandeep Ramchandani
<p>Seth Godin is the founder of the now independent altMBA and The Akimbo Workshops, online seminars that have transformed the work of thousands of people. He’s also founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. He has written
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20VC Special: Accel Founders Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz on Building Accel Into One of the Most Prominent Venture Firms Over Four Decades, How Today's Market Compares To The Dot Com Bubble, How To Do Generational Transition Well and Why Accel Will Nev
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://www.accel.com/people/arthur-patterson">Arthur Patterson</a> and <a href= "https://www.accel.com/people/jim-swartz">Jim Swartz</a> founded <a href="https://www.accel.com/">Accel</a> in 1983. U
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These Batteries Can't Power a Car—but They Can Light Up a City
Entrepreneurs are devising innovative ways to reuse spent electric vehicle batteries. One promising idea is storing power from solar and wind farms.
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Guardian’s Collective wants to make parenting easier, or at least less alone
While few would argue over the need for a tech-enabled solution to make parenting easier, the demand is more obvious than the execution. Parenting is hard and requires support for a whole range of moments, from when your kid accidentally ea
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David Sze | Nextdoor Reflections
On the day of Nextdoor's public debut, Greylock general partner David Sze looks back on his experience working with the social networking startup. Sze knew Nextdoor co-founders Nirav Tolia, Sarah Leary, and Prakash Janakiraman before the co
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How to simplify diligence & avoid fraud | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1311
In this hot funding environment, both investors and founders benefit from startups having all the finance basics covered. In this episode, Kruze Consulting COO Scott Orn joins to explain how to prepare for diligence and avoid fraud. They di
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Fidelity, Visa and Kingsway back South African fintech JUMO in $120M round
JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets, has raised $120 million in a new round of funding led by Fidelity Management & Research Company.
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How would living off $2 a day change your worldview? Michelle You, Co-Founder and CEO of Supercritical and former Co-Founder of Songkick
<p>After exiting Songkick, Michelle You was burnt out. It felt like failure and grief (her words). She spent a year backpacking around the world, living on $2 per day, trying to figure out what it took to make her happy, to figure out what
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Your 'Facebook Files' Questions Answered
The Wall Street Journal's "Facebook Files" series brought to light many of the social-media giant's failings. WSJ reporter Jeff Horwitz joins host Zoe Thomas to answer listeners' questions about the investigation, what Facebook knew and the
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The Happy Hustle: 10 Alignments To Avoid Burnout & Achieve Blissful Balance with Cary Jack
<p>Cary Jack is a lifestyle entrepreneur, founder & author of The Happy Hustle, top 1% globally ranked podcast host, professional actor/model, biohacker, eco-outdoorsman, and humanitarian striving to make a positive impact on this planet.</
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101. Focus on the scale that your customers can’t see, w/Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford
<p>Too often, companies only focus on the type of scale that’s visible: massive campuses, thousands of workers, offices around the globe. But as Land O’Lakes proves, there are less conspicuous ways to scale – ways that supply your business
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These Companies Are Already Living in Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
The Meta dream envisages whole companies operating in a virtual world. Many made the switch years ago—with mixed results.
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$RBLX growth, Jetson ONE personal aircraft + Oculus developer Ryan Engle, creator of Pro Putt | E1322
First Jason covers Roblox earnings, the platform's total usage is up 28% year over year (2:19)! In a new segment, "We Live in the Future," Jason shares Jetson One, a personal E-VTOL (11:16). Then, Ryan Engle of Golf+ joins to talk about the
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HawkEye 360 raises $145M to scale space-based radio frequency data and analytics
The biggest players in the Earth observation industry use imaging satellites to deliver intelligence and analytics, but startup HawkEye 360 is taking a different tack.
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Point One Navigation raises $10M to bring its precise location tech to all vehicles
Drivers who spend any time commuting in a new car or truck have likely experienced ping ponging — a phenomenon when a vehicle equipped with an advanced driver assistance system has trouble centering itself in a lane and bops back and forth
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Are Solar Cars Ready for Their Moment in the Sun?
Solar-powered cars could reduce a driver's carbon footprint without leaving them stranded far from a charging station. But when will the technology be ready for everyday use? Reporter Rebecca Elliot joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why some
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Why the Quality of Your Love Life Will Make You Way More Money with Steffo Shambo
<p>Steffo Shambo is the founder of The Tantric Man Experience. He has a mentorship program helping men master confidence, sexuality, & purpose, to save their marriage from divorce or attract a meaningful relationship.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bom
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Facebook Drops Facial Recognition to Tag People in Photos
The social media company will delete data from images of more than 1 billion people.
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#234 – Money, Kids, and Choosing Your Market with Justin Jackson of Transistor.fm
<p>Today I'm talking to Justin Jackson (@mijustin). He's someone who started out in entrepreneurship by opening a brick and mortar snowboarding shop. I want to find out how he made the unlikely leap into SaaS and how having four kids at a y
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#545: Marco Canora — The Art of Food, Eating, Nutrition, and Life
<p><strong>Marco Canora — The Art of Food, Eating, Nutrition, and Life | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://vuoriclothing.com/Tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Vuori</strong></a><strong> comfortable an
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Daphne Koller (insitro) - Innovation in Ed-Tech and Biotech
<p>Daphne Koller is the CEO and founder of insitro, a machine learning-enabled drug discovery company. Previously, she was a professor of computer science at Stanford University for 18 years, co-founder and co-CEO of Coursera, and the Chief
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Reid Hoffman | Human Nature in Investing
Audio version of Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman's essay, "Human Nature in Vices and Virtues: An Adam Smith Approach to Building Internet Ecosystems and Communities," published on the Knight Foundation's website. Hoffman discusses how
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Coinbase Q3 earnings breakdown + Startup Checklist: Crafting a brand & knowing your market | E1323
First, Jason breaks down Coinbase's Q3 earnings and takes a look at the broader trends in crypto trading (01:13). Then, Jason runs through 10 points of his "Startup Checklist" focused on crafting a brand & knowing your market (11:25). At th
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Infrastructure Bill Includes Big Wins for Tech
The nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill that's expected to be signed by President Biden contains money for various tech industries and could have a significant impact on connecting the country digitally as well as physically. WSJ Senior
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Smart Not Spoiled: 7 Money Skills Kids Must Master Before Leaving The Nest with Chad Willardson
<p>Chad Willardson is the Founder and President of Pacific Capital, a fiduciary wealth management firm in Southern California and elected city treasurer for their city, managing the $350 million investment portfolio. He’s been featured in:
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Rapid Response: "You should be running toward AI," w/Eric Schmidt (frmr Google CEO)
<p>Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, breaks down his deep insights around artificial intelligence on Rapid Response. Schmidt, co-author of the new book "The Age of AI: And Our Human Future," alongside Dr. Henry Kissinger and MIT’s Daniel
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Even as China Cracks Down on Tech, AI Companies Plan IPOs
SenseTime and Megvii both include facial recognition technology among their offerings and do a lot of business with government agencies.
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20VC: The Anduril Memo: Founders Fund's Brian Singerman on What Makes Palmer Luckey One of the Greatest Innovators in History, Why It Is BS The DOD Do Not Want To Work With Silicon Valley & Why in Venture You Have To Play A Different Game to the Hedge Fun
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/briansin">Brian Singerman</a> is a General Partner @ <a href="https://foundersfund.com/">Founders Fund</a>, one of the most prominent venture firms of the last decade with a portf
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Subscription carbon offsetting platform Ecologi hits $8M total raised, includes General Catalyst
People subscribe to music so why wouldn’t they subscribe to carbon offsetting to alleviate their conscience about the climate crisis?
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#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
<p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tim Ferriss Show</em></a>, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits,
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E-commerce logistics startup Hive buzzes following $34M investment
Hive levels the logistics playing field by streamlining fulfillment so that DTC companies get the same inventory management, cost structure and customer notifications that big brands use.
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Breaking down Rivian’s IPO and $100B valuation + DAO deep dive with OpenLaw’s Aaron Wright | E1324
First, Jason analyzes Rivian's IPO and gives his thoughts on the current valuation (2:05). Then, Aaron Wright from OpenLaw joins (22:13) to discuss Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). At OpenLaw Aaron has helped launch 9 DAOs by
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Alibaba Looks to Grow 'Singles Day' Amid Mounting Pressures
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is facing a variety of hurdles, from increased regulation to supply-chain constraints. How have those affected the company's famed shopping holiday, Singles Day? Asia tech reporter Stephanie Yang joins host
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How Two Former Athletes Turned Into Leading Wellness Entrepreneurs with Kevin Moran
<p>Former professional athletes turned entrepreneurs Kevin Moran and Matt Lombardi started wellness company beam, offering products that harness the benefits of natural, non-toxic nano CBD and other high-quality ingredients.</p> <p>Top 3 Va
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Google Staff Squirm as Remote Workers Face Pay Cuts
As more and more people switch to working from home, some are left counting the cost.
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Collectible card trading platform Alt raises $75M as it eyes other asset categories and preps its mobile launch
When we last checked in with Alt back in March, it had just raised $31 million for its alternative asset platform — a platform, thus far, used primarily by those looking to research, trade, and securely store high-value sports cards.
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Weflow pours pre-seed funding into tool that makes updating Salesforce faster
Salesforce users tend to have a similar complaint in the amount of time it takes to update records, but Weflow aims to conquer this form of “Salesforce fatigue.”
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The greatest CNBC hit of all time, YouTube hides dislikes + Ready Games CEO David Bennahum | E1325
First up, Jason showcases what he calls the greatest CNBC hit of all time(01:46). Then he covers YouTube hiding the downvote counter (18:49). In the interview segment, Ready Games CEO David Bennahum about his new fashion Icon NFT marketplac
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How to Confidently and Successfully Use Virtual Assistants to Scale Your Business with Barbara Turley
<p>Barbara Turley the founder & CEO of <a href= "https://www.thevirtualhub.com/fire" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">The Virtual Hub</a>, a business she started by accident that quickly exploded to become one of the leading compa
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How To Scale Your Business Without Scaling Mistakes: Lessons From The Inside With Michael Giannulis
<p>Michael Giannulis is a 36-year-old entrepreneur who has scaled his publishing business to over $25M in gross sales. He is the CEO of BPO USA and Pixx Media, as well as the co-founder of a real estate investment company. He loves sharing
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Coinbase: Brian Armstrong
Brian Armstrong wanted to be a tech entrepreneur since he was in high school, but his first serious venture—a tutoring website—never quite took off. Around 2010, while looking to get a job in Silicon Valley, he stumbled across an intriguing
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In Holmes Trial, Ex-Theranos Workers Describe Secretive Culture
Prosecutors in the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes are likely to rest their case as soon as this week. In court testimony, some employees have described the company's work culture as one inundated with fear, intimidation and secr
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Why Wine Investment is a Smart Move with Daniel Walker
<p>Daniel Walker is the head of the Investment arm of OenoGroup, recently named as the best fine wine investment firm in Europe. Daniel's career started in trading companies but he soon realised that the world of stocks and shares didn’t fu
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20VC: Thrive Capital's Kareem Zaki on The One Rule That Drives Investment Decision-Making and Focus at Thrive, Why Every Large Institution Will Enter Venture Capital Over the Next Decade and How To Create a Firm Culture That Attracts The Best Young Talent
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kareemzaki/">Kareem Zaki</a> is a General Partner @ <a href= "https://thrivecap.com/inc">Thrive Capital</a>, with a portfolio including Stripe, Instacart, Instagram, Nuban
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These Philadelphians Created an App to Prevent Gun Violence
Two neighbors stepped up to use technology to protect their community, and now they're sharing how easy it is for others to do the same.
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Foody cooks up marketplace for culinary creators
Husband-and-wife co-founders Daniel and Brenna Stitzel have developed a way for foodies to monetize their culinary creations.
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How to hire anywhere in the world (legally) | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1326
Remote work unlocked massive hiring opportunities for startups, but also creates new compliance challenges. In this episode, Kruze Consulting COO Scott Orn joins to explain how startups should navigate remote work. They discuss PEOs, sales
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Doola raises $3M to help global founders launch an LLC in the US
Doola, a startup that aims to help global entrepreneurs form a U.S. business, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Doola actually started its life in 2020 as StartPack as a pivot from another startup called Standups.
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When you think Google might sue you but instead they hire you as a 17 YO - Larry Gadea, CEO & Founder of Envoy
<p>Larry Gadea built the world's biggest Pikachu pictures website at 12 years old, was recruited by Google at 17, joined Twitter after college and then left to found Envoy in 2013. </p><p>He did all this after getting smuggled out of Romani
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Bitcoin's Mysterious Creator Could Be Uncovered by Florida Jury
A trial in Florida is seeking to determine the true identity of the mysterious creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, and who is entitled to a digital currency fortune of roughly $64 billion. Reporter Paul Vigna joins host Zoe Thomas to disc
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How to Access Your Retirement Accounts Penalty and Tax Free with Daniel Blue
<p>Daniel Blue is a Forbes contributor, an author and owner of Quest Education.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You don’t have to be smart to be successful, what’s more important is discipline, consistency, work ethics, and be smart eno
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102. Build a better board, w/Mellody Hobson, Lisa Shalett, & Shishir Mehrotra
<p>Your board of directors can make or break you. In fact, Reid believes, the wrong board member can break your company faster than the right board member can make it. Learn the five vital mindset shifts that can help you create a
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These Robots Follow You to Learn Where to Go
Burro makes carts that help growers of trees and vineyards with harvests. Meanwhile, the maker of Vespa scooters wants to carry your groceries.
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Lifen raises $58 million to digitize the healthcare industry
French startup Lifen has raised a $58 million (€50 million) funding round. The startup has been working on digital infrastructure for the healthcare industry, starting with medical reports. 600 healthcare facilities are using the product to
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#547: Balaji Srinivasan on Bitcoin, The Great Awokening, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Open-Source Ecology, Reputational Civil War, Creating New Cities, and Options for Becoming a Sane but Sovereign Individual
<p><strong>Balaji Srinivasan on Bitcoin, The Great Awokening, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Open-Source Ecology, Reputational Civil War, Creating New Cities, and Options for Becoming a Sane but Sovereign Individual | Brought to you by </stro
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Real estate marketing software provider Luxury Presence raises $25.9M in a Bessemer-led Series B
Luxury Presence, a startup selling marketing software to real estate brokerages, announced today it has raised $25.9 million for its Series B round. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round alongside fellow existing investors Toba Capital an
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Ohio sues FB + Bradley Tusk “The Fixer,” Uber, startups navigating politics, mobile voting | E1327
First, Jason covers the Ohio Attorney General suing Meta (2:05). Then, Tusk Venture's Bradley Tusk joins to discuss the strategy he developed to help Uber overcome cities trying to ban it (17:43), what actually motivates politicians (23:02)
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Activision Boss Knew for Years About Sexual Misconduct Accusations
Employees at Activision Blizzard staged a walkout after a Wall Street Journal investigation found CEO Bobby Kotick knew for years about allegations of sexual harassment and miscoduct inside the company. Reporter Kirsten Grind joins host Zoe
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How to Get Your Image to Work for You, Not Against You with Holly Wilensky Katz
<p>Holly Wilensky Katz is a personal stylist, style coach and the best friend you never knew you needed when it comes to fashion and style. With Holly's expertise and knowledge you will find yourself leveling up not only with your clothes,
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The Metaverse Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Mobile Do-Over
Plus: Facebook’s Home flop, the trouble with Covid answers, and good and bad news from Gaia.
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20Growth: Top Growth Lessons from the Early Facebook, Twitter and Quora Days, The Most Important Question to Ask When Building Your Growth Team, How To Test For True Candidate Depth and Quality When Hiring for Growth with Andy Johns, Venture Partner @ Unu
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ibringtraffic">Andy Johns</a> is one of the pre-eminent growth leaders of the last decade. Andy's career started in growth at Facebook when the company scaled from 100M-500M activ
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Credit-focused company Upgrade raises $280 million at $6 billion valuation
Fintech company Upgrade has raised a Series F round just four months after raising its previous round. Today, the company is announcing $280 million in new funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. In August, the company announced its Se
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Juliet Anammah (Jumia Nigeria) - E-commerce in Africa
<p>Juliet Anammah is the chairwoman of Jumia Nigeria and the Chief Sustainability Officer of Jumia Group, the largest e-commerce platform in Africa and the first African tech startup to be listed on the NYSE. She previously served as the CE
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Brains: Talking Money with Anthony Pompliano and Sam Parr
<p>How do you make a ton of money on the internet, and how do you manage it once you've got it? In this crossover episode from the Brains podcast, we have a fun discussion about money with Anthony Pompliano (@APompliano) who's a Bitcoin 9-f
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LiveOak Venture Partners takes in $210M aimed at Texas entrepreneurs
The firm touts this fund as “the largest institutional Texas-focused, early-stage venture fund in the past decade” at a time when funding to companies within the state is at an all-time high.
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Why Sam Lessin is using the VC model to invest in individuals + Jason funds a startup on air | E1238
First, Sam Lessin of Slow Ventures joins to discuss how he is applying the venture model to invest in individuals, he just placed a $1.7M bet on a YouTube creator (4:10). Then, Jason brings on Chris Niblett, who is going through Founder Un
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Roblox Sees Path to Metaverse Through Classrooms
Videogame platform Roblox is spending $10 million to help develop educational games. Reporter Sarah Needleman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why the company is looking to get into classrooms and what it could mean for the company's ambiti
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How to Dominate Your Local Market on Google with John Vuong
<p>John Vuong is the owner and founder of Local SEO Search. He works with small and medium sized businesses to help them rank on Google and grow their business.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You got to put in that daily grind to becom
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Rapid Response: How to turn intentions into action, w/Aurora James, founder of the 15 Percent Pledge
<p>In May 2020, as companies began making promises about how they’d help Black-owned businesses in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, Aurora James launched the 15 Percent Pledge initiative with an Instagram post. Tagging major retailers, s
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The Wild Rise of Moonbug—YouTube’s Magic Money Machine
The company, which runs several channels full of children's content, just sold for $3 billion. Disney, look out.
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Practice Ignition lands $50M to scale globally
Practice ignition, an Australia-based client engagement and commerce platform for professional service businesses, has raised $50 million (65 million AUD) in a Series C round to accelerate its growth and expand globally. It brings the start
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Tarantino sued over NFTs + Twitch Co-Founder Justin Kan: YouTube, Entrepreneurship, Investing | E1329
First Jason explains why Miramax is suing Quentin Tarantino over his Pulp Fiction NFT collection (2:31). Then Twitch Co-Founder & GP at Goat Capital Justin Kan joins (19:19) to discuss lessons from entrepreneurship, what he looks for when i
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Kandji pulls in $100M Series C on $800M valuation, up 10x since last year
Kandji, the startup building an Apple device management business, has been doing pretty well for itself with rapidly growing revenue, a fat valuation and lots of investment capital rolling in.
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#548: The Lost Presentation That Launched The 4-Hour Workweek — “Secrets of Doing More with Less in a Digital World” From SXSW 2007
<p><strong>The Lost Presentation That Launched The 4-Hour Workweek — “Secrets of Doing More with Less in a Digital World” From SXSW 2007 | Brought to you by “</strong><a href="https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/?utm_source=timblog&ut
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Inside the Secret Service's Training Lab for Cyber Crime Fighters
The U.S. Secret Service teaches law enforcement officers from across the country how to combat cybercriminals at a training center in Alabama. WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter James Rundle visited it, and he joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss h
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Income Report for October 2021: NFTs On Fire and more!
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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Sodium Batteries May Power Your New Electric Car
As EV sales increase, supplies of lithium may get tight. So some companies are incorporating cells with sodium, which provides almost as big a charge.
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Eatron, which makes ‘intelligentautomotive software’, raises $11M Series A led by MMC
An electric vehicle is, essentially, just ‘software on wheels’, and requires lots of moving parts, not physical but, of course, virtual. That software needs to continually optimize the performance, efficiency, and safety of the EV it’s runn
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A DAO bids on the Constitution, Startup Checklist: Operational best practices, Gen Z VCs | E1330
First, Jason covers ConstitutionDAO attempt to buy one of the remaining 13 copies of the constitution at Sotheby's (01:56). Then, he does 10 points from the Startup Checklist on operational excellence (34:54). To close out the show, Produ
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Workday to acquire external workforce management startup VNDLY for $510M
Workday announced this afternoon that it intends to acquire VNDLY, a Mason, OH startup that helps companies manage external workforce personnel for $510 million.
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Stop Discounting and instead Use Value-Add-Incentives from Marketing Boost with Marco Torres
<p>Marco Torres, Co-Founder of MarketingBoost.com, has helped thousands of business owners worldwide boost sales and scale their businesses by as much as 5-fold through the use of incentive-based marketing. He teaches entrepreneurs how to s
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Stasher and Modern Twist: Kat Nouri
As a mother of three, Kat Nouri was dismayed at the amount of single-use plastic she was using to pack her kids' school lunches. She had already launched a successful brand called Modern Twist, which sold placemats and baby bibs made of sil
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How To Fix Email … With Science!
Email isn’t broken—it’s the people who are the problem. But if you start treating it like old-fashioned snail mail, suddenly it makes sense again.
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Michelle You: Making markets in carbon removal
<p>Michelle You is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://gosupercritical.com/'>Supercritical</a>, a startup that helps companies achieve Net Zero through carbon removal. Michelle is a serial entrepreneur (she was previously one of the foun
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Crypto Thieves Target Small-Time Investors
As more people invest in cryptocurrencies, hackers are targeting retail investors, emptying their digital wallets and making off with their holdings. WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter David Uberti joins host Zoe Thomas to explain how the hack
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You've Got To Be HUNGRY For Greatness with Les Brown
<p>Les Brown is regarded as one of the Top 5 Motivational Speakers of all time and was the recipient of the Golden Gavel Award, the highest honor awarded by Toastmasters International. He has spoken to audiences as big as 80,000 people and
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Need to know, w/ Reid & Bob: Metaverse mania, the great resignation, Facebook quandaries, and more.
<p>Reid Hoffman and Rapid Response host Bob Safian break down what you need to know right now about the most important issues and opportunities impacting entrepreneurs. The co-hosts dive into inflation reactions, Facebook quandaries, m
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20VC: Eugene Wei on "Status as a Service", Why Networks Grow and Stop Growing, The Worst Design Choices Social Media Incumbents Have Made & The Next 10 Years of Media and the Metaverse
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/eugenewei">Eugene Wei</a> is one of my favorite thinkers, writers, and strategists in tech today. Having spent the majority of his professional career at consumer internet compani
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Food tech company Amara gobbles up $12M for its nutrient-dense infant products
This year, Amara produced its Yogurt Smoothie Melts, which CEO Jessica Sturzenegger touts as “the only melt-in-mouth snacks for babies and toddlers without any added sugar.”
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Matt Mullenweg built Automattic into a $7.5B company
Matt Mullengweg was a high school student looking for a better way to customize his blog when he discovered the open source software community and created the WordPress platform. A few years later, after dropping out of the University of Ho
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Deliverr bags another giant round as it works to move inventory closer to customers
E-commerce fulfillment is certainly having a moment.
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Nikola Motors update, El Salvador launches $1B bond to build “Bitcoin City” on a volcano | E1331
Full news show today! First, a quick update on Nikola and Trevor Milton's situation (1:35). Then, Jason reacts to react to a video of Jordan Peterson getting orange pilled (23:10), El Salvador's Bitcoin City (31:51). To wrap up the show, we
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They had two weeks of runway left and are now worth $1.5b - Loom Co-Founder and CTO Vinay Hiremath
<p><strong>Growing a company to 14 million users and a valuation of $1.5 billion should be cause for celebration, but, like so many founders, for Vinay Hiremath, Co-Founder and CTO of Loom, it’s difficult to enjoy your successes. In fact it
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Hulu Caught in Crossfire as Streaming Wars Intensify
The Wall Street Journal reports exclusively that NBCUniversal is considering pulling its content from Hulu and keeping it solely on its own streaming platform, Peacock. Cable and media industry reporter Lillian Rizzo joins host Zoe Thomas t
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How Tom Cruz Built a $25,000,000 Section 8 Portfolio in Less Than 8 Years with Tom Cruz
<p>Tom Cruz is a 33 year old real estate investor that grew his Section 8 portfolio from 0 units to 390 in less than 8 years. He is now generating $400,000/m+ in passive income.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. The key to success is prov
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Timnit Gebru Says Artificial Intelligence Needs to Slow Down
The AI researcher, who left Google last year, says the incentives around AI research are all wrong.
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Wave brings some science and sanity to the business of mental health
The kids aren’t alright. According to the founders of Wave, 75% of Gen Z is struggling with their emotional well-being.
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Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism
A re-broadcast of our episode featuring Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky. Chesky joined Greylock partner Reid Hoffman on Greylock's Iconversations speaker series to talk about how he guided Airbnb from an 80% loss within the first two
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Payhawk raises $112M to better compete in the heated corporate card race
If you’ve followed corporate card and spend management startups in the U.S., you might be familiar with Brex and Ramp. Payhawk is also offering an all-in-one financial management solution for businesses, but with a focus on European custome
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#549: The Random Show — Biohacking, Tim’s COVID Experience, Holiday Gift Ideas, Favorite New Apps, Bad Science, Quarantine Delights, and a Small Dose of NFTs and DAOs
<p><strong>The Random Show — Biohacking, Tim’s COVID Experience, Holiday Gift Ideas, Favorite New Apps, Bad Science, Quarantine Delights, and a Small Dose of NFTs and DAOs | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://tonal.com/" rel="n
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Turner Novak: Turning memes into a $10M VC fund | E1332
Banana Capital's Turner Novak joins to discuss breaking into venture, starting his own fund (11:08), what it's like being an emerging manger, rising valuations, and crypto (45:10). Turner also makes the case for quick commerce, group groce
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Venture Capitalist Sarah Guo on the New Challenges Facing Startups
Sarah Guo, a general partner at the venture-capital firm Greylock, speaks with host Zoe Thomas about diversity in Silicon Valley, cybersecurity and how the pandemic changed the environment for early-stage investing.<p> </p><p>Learn more abo
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5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Create Residual Results in Your Business with Greg McKeown
<p>Greg McKeown is a speaker, a bestselling author, and the host of the popular podcast What’s Essential. He has been covered by The New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, Politico, and Inc., has been interviewed on NPR, NBC, Fox, and The S
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Three tools for happy, healthy gatherings, by Meditative Story
<p>Many of us attempt to shift gears during the holidays, spend quality time with people we love, and refresh. But too often, we end up glued to our devices – catching up on work, avoiding complex people, or simply addicted to that screen.&
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20VC: The Contentful Memo: Point Nine's Christoph Janz on The Cold Email That Led to a Unicorn Investment, How To Approach Market Sizing and Timing & The Pros and Cons of Pre-Emptive Rounds, When To Do Them vs When Not To?
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/chrija">Christoph Janz</a> is the Co-Founder and General Partner @ <a href= "https://twitter.com/pointninecap">Point Nine</a>, one of Europe's leading early-stage firms with a por
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Arc hooks another $30M in investment as EV interest spills over into electric boats
Arc is not even a year old and the electric boat startup has attracted investment from top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, entertainment industry big wigs and now a $30 million raise led by an early Tesla executive who led the automaker’s earl
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James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures) - World Positive Investing
<p>James Joaquin is the co-founder and managing director of Obvious Ventures, leading the team’s investments focused on plant-forward approaches to food (like Beyond Meat), “good for you” consumer goods (like Olly), and companies at the for
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Attio wants to build the CRM for the Airtable generation
Meet Attio, a new CRM for people who are familiar with modern collaboration tools, such as Airtable, Notion and Zapier.
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Zoom’s revenue tops $1B, valuation falls + Startup Checklist: how to prepare for fundraising | E1333
First Jason covers Zoom's Q3 earnings and reflects on broader tech valuations (01:53). Then, Jason does a Startup Checklist episode on how to get your startup ready for an investment (16:10). The episode covers the basics like making sure y
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The "Go-To" Matchmakers for Entrepreneurs with Amber Lee & Sandra Myers
<p>Amber Lee & Sandra Myers are the Co-Founders of Select Date Society. Their expertise has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post and more. They are the “go-to” Matchmakers for Business Owners & Entrepreneurs.<
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Best Gadgets and Tech Gifts for the Holiday Shopping Season
The Wall Street Journal's personal tech team has compiled a list of their favorite gadgets to give as presents this year, beyond laptops, gaming devices and smartphones. Personal Tech Editor Wilson Rothman, Personal Tech Columnist Nicole Ng
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Throwback: How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else with Lynne Tye of Key Values
<p>(Throwback episode!) After spending years pursuing a career in science, Lynne Tye (@lynnetye) shocked her family and colleagues by dropping out of grad school. Thus began a months-long journey of discovery and experimentation that eventu
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Hack Your Health: Physical, Emotional, Spiritual & Financial Game-Changing Practices with Allison Melody
<p>Allison Melody is an eco-entrepreneur with a passion for film, fitness, and food. Her endeavors include podcast-hosting, filmmaking, and motivational speaking. She hosts the top ranked Food Heals Podcast, owns the film production company
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TabTrader raises $5.8M for a mobile app that aggregates crypto exchange data
As many of the top cryptocurrencies seem to temporarily stabilize near all-time highs, users looking to speculate on tokens that are a bit more volatile are searching across exchanges to find deals.
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IG Mastery – Why Attention Is The New Currency with Jason Stone
<p>Jason Stone is a serial entrepreneur widely known as @Millionaire_Mentor on Instagram with 8 million verified followers & $15M+ in revenue.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. It’s not about how many followers you have, it’s about the qu
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Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Seth Tibbott may be the only founder in the world who grew his business while living in a barn, a teepee, and a treehouse. His off-the-grid lifestyle helped him save money as he started to sell tempeh, a protein made of fermented soybeans.
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How NASA Plans to Defend Earth: Crash a Probe Into an Asteroid
NASA is testing a system designed to protect the Earth from a massive meteor strike. WSJ science writer Robert Lee Hotz joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how the technology works and what to expect from the test run now underway.<p> </p><p>L
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How to Use Your Life to Impact a Generation with Trent Shelton
<p>Trent Shelton is a number one self-worth coach in the world. He is considered one of the most impactful speakers of this generation. He reaches over 60 million weekly through hard hitting messages and unprecedented engagement.</p> <p>Top
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20VC: AppLovin’s Co-Founder & CEO, Adam Foroughi on How AppLovin Might Be The Venture Capital Industry’s Biggest Miss, How To Run a 1,000+ Organisation with Very Few Meetings & Balancing the Demands of Wall St with Long Term, Sustainable Growth
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamforoughi/">Adam Foroughi</a> is the Co-Founder and CEO @ <a href= "https://www.applovin.com/">AppLovin</a>, the company that allows developers to market, monetize, ana
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The Hidden Dangers of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Apps
Services such as Afterpay, Affirm, and Klarna are soaring in popularity and valuation. But consumer advocates say they make it easy to get overextended.
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Jefa raises $2 million for its challenger bank for women in LATAM
Fintech startup Jefa has raised a $2 million seed round to build a challenger bank with a product specifically designed for women living in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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End of year startup accounting checklist | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1334
Kruze Consulting COO Scott Orn shares the seven tasks founders need to complete before years end. Jason and Scott discuss efficiently navigating compliance and tax deadlines, taking advantage of tax incentives for VC-backed startups, financ
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Pyxo wants to build the biggest network of reusable food containers
Meet Pyxo, a French startup that has been thinking a lot about single-use plastic food packaging for the past three years.
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Vivino - how to disrupt a $400 billion industry that no one had really cracked, with Co-Founder Heini Zachariassen
<p><strong>How many times have you stood in front of a wall of wine in a supermarket and taken a punt on one because the bottle looked nicer than the others? We’ve all done it… and often been disappointed by results. So, in 2009 Heini Zacha
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Twitter’s new CEO, Mr. Beast’s record-breaking Squid Game + Haus’ Helena Price Hambrecht | E1335
First, Jason sums up Jack Dorsey's departure from Twitter's CEO role (1:41). Then he breaks down the stats from Mr. Beast's latest YouTube video (11:05). After the news, Haus CEO and Co-Founder Helena Price Hambrecht joins (16:53) to discus
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Is Leaving. What Legacy Does He Leave Behind?
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO. WSJ Heard on the Street columnist Laura Forman joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the reasons behind his departure and what it could mean for the company. <p> </p><p>Learn more about you
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Protect Your Brand from a PR Crisis with Dr. Jay Feldman
<p>Dr. Jay Feldman is an Osteopathic medical doctor and founder of Otter Public Relations, a PR agency with more than 30 employees internationally. Jay has more than 300K followers on social media and is the host of top business podcast, Me
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39. The case for bootstrapping, w/Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut
<p>This week, we’re returning to an episode of Masters of Scale featuring Ben Chestnut, the co-founder and CEO of Mailchimp. The email marketing platform was acquired this year by Intuit in a multi-billion-dollar deal that closed this month
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Quick-commerce startup YallaMarket eyes Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year after U.A.E expansion
YallaMarket, a Dubai-based quick-commerce startup, is planning to expand within the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), and to enter Saudi Arabia and Qatar next year, to tap the appetite for speedy and convenient grocery shopping.
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#550: Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Tinder, Uber, and Twitch; Exploring the Metaverse; the Future of Startup Investing; Games as the Next Social Networks; and How to Pick the Right Metrics
<p><strong>Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Tinder, Uber, and Twitch; Exploring the Metaverse; the Future of Startup Investing; Games as the Next Social Networks; and How to Pick the Right Metrics | Brought to you by</strong> <a href="http
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Bipul Sinha & Nicole Perlroth | The Zero Trust Strategy
As software and data management systems have evolved, so too have the cybersecurity threats targeting them. How can companies, government agencies, and individuals keep their data secure when risk is at an all-time high? Greylock general pa
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Partech raises $750 million growth fund
Paris-based VC firm Partech has announced the closing of the fundraising of its new growth fund. Partech Growth II is the firm’s second growth fund. And the team managed to raise $750 million.
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Why the Chip Shortage Drags On and On … and On
Demand is still surging, but it takes time to build new factories. And a history of highs and lows may deter some investors.
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Tech Gifts Sold Out? We've Got Your Backup Plan
The perfect tech gift might not be easy to come by this holiday shopping season, thanks to supply-chain issues and shipping backlogs. WSJ personal-tech reporter Dalvin Brown joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss some last-minute tech gift altern
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Crowdfunding From 500 Physicians Instead of 1 VC with Laurence Girard
<p>Laurence Girard is the CEO of Fruit Street Health, an online diabetes prevention program he has raised more than $30 million for from 500+ physicians.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You don’t need a venture capital firm to be a succ
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Twitter Blue Is for People Who Love Reading the News
The platform's first subscription feature has a specific target audience.
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Twitter bans sharing “private media” + Startup Checklist: How to raise capital | E1336
First, Jason covers Twitter's confusing major new privacy policy revision (1:54), reacts to a 1995 clip of Bill Gates talking about the internet on Letterman (12:36). Then, in episode 9 of the Startup Checklist, Jason explains how to raise
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Bitly makes first acquisition with QR code leader Egoditor
The acquisition is in line with Bitly’s goal of becoming a global SaaS company that enables organizations to engage with customers and for people to connect with digital experiences.
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How One South Korean App Is Helping Asia Embrace the Metaverse
SoftBank is investing in Zepeto, a South Korean app popular with young women, where they can buy their 3-D avatars virtual versions of luxury fashion items. It's a sign that while the metaverse may not be fully here yet, opportunities for u
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John Doerr Wants to Stop Climate Change—With OKRs
Plus: Bill Gates’ climate plan, real estate in the metaverse, and a different kind of mirrorworld.
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Future of NFTs with Avery Akkineni
<p>Avery Akkineni serves as the President of VaynerNFT. She leads the company's mission to build long-term strategic NFT projects for the world's leading intellectual property owners serving brands, celebrities, athletes, and associations l
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Rapid Response: Re-founding Instacart, w/first-time CEO Fidji Simo
<p>This past summer, Fidji Simo departed from Facebook – where she stood among the highest-ranking female executives, serving as the head of their app – for the opportunity to become a first-time CEO at Instacart. She replaced founder Apoor
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Better.com gets $1B cash infusion in new agreement with its SPAC backers
Digital mortgage lender Better.com, which announced in March that it was going public via a SPAC, is getting a cash infusion from its backers sooner than expected.
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Toronto-based VFX startup MARZ raises $5.3M to develop AI technology solutions
Technology and visual effects startup Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ) has raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. The investment was led by Round13 Captial with participation from Rhino Ventures and Harlo Equity Partners.
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Podcasting, crypto and favorite finds with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal | E1337
David and Ben from Acquired.FM join Jason to talk about their favorite podcast moments from 2021 (1:29), valuations across startups & crypto (35:50), top content recommendations (1:10:00) and so much more!
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#551: TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
<p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tim Ferriss Show</em></a>, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits,
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Nuclear Fusion: The Future of Energy or Just an Investor Fad?
Scientists have been working for decades to replicate the sun's nearly limitless energy on Earth through nuclear fusion. Now investors are pouring billions of dollars into startups working to make it happen on a commercial scale. WSJ energy
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Isolation is the Enemy of Excellence with Aaron Walker
<p>Aaron Walker has founded more than a dozen companies over thepast 41 years. He spent a decademeeting weekly with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, andfive other amazing entrepreneurs. He is the Founder of Iron SharpensIron Mastermind
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Social app IRL makes its first acquisition with deal for digital nutrition company AaBeZe Labs
IRL, the SoftBank-backed social app and recent unicorn, is today announcing its first acquisition.
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Square becomes Block, Spotify Wrapped’s genius, $GRAB debut + Founders of Fathom, Deft & Krepling | E1338
First, Jason covers Square's corporate renaming to Block to reflect their broader ambitions (2:11), breaks down the genius of Spotify wrapped (13:15), and gives a nod to Grab's public debut (16:41). Then, Jason is joined by 3 founders who
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Judging by the future, not the past, Stride takes steps to turn student finance upside down
If you’re trying to get a mortgage or an auto loan, banks will put on their judging glasses and look into your past. Makes sense; it’s a reasonably reliable indicator as to whether you’ll be able to repay your loans or not.
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How to Turn Your Blog Into a FREEDOM Machine That Produces Passive Income with Jon Morrow
<p>Jon Morrow has built four of the world’s most popular blogs without being able to move from the neck down. Today, he’s the CEO of Smart Blogger.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://joincrowdhealth.com/fit" target="_blank" rel="noopen
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The Fun Formula: How Curiosity, Risk-Taking and Serendipity Can Revolutionize How You Work with Joel Comm
<p>Joel Comm is my friend.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://joincrowdhealth.com/fit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CrowdHealth</a>: CrowdHealth is a community of health-conscious members. And for a limited time, get your first month
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Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan
As college students in the late 1980s, Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan launched two projects that came to define their trajectories as entrepreneurs: the "punky but poppy" band Chunk, and the scrappy record label, Merge. For decades, the p
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Rohit Krishnan: Talent, cities, companies and billionaires
<p>Rohit Krishna is a venture capitalist and the writer behind <a href='https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/'>Strange Loop Canon</a>, one of my favourite Substacks (and one that regular readers of the TiB newsletter may recognise). In this wid
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How Spies Are Adapting in a Tech-Filled World
Surveillance cameras, biometrics and smartphone data all make it harder for spies to remain in the shadows. National-security reporter Warren Strobel joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why technology is a blessing and a curse to spycraft, and
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3 Ways to Grow Your Business with a Subscription Box with Julie Ball
<p>Julie Ball is a wife, Mom and a corporate girl turned entrepreneur. She is a Subscription Box Coach and Founder of Sparkle Hustle Grow. She is a personal development junkie, an outdoor enthusiast,music lover and really good at claw machi
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Good Luck Trying to Fix the Supply Chain Crisis
The system of getting things from A to B is broken. Fixing it will involve rethinking how pretty much everything moves.
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20VC: Bill Gurley and Michael Eisenberg on The First Signs of an Impending Bust, What Happens with a Market Crash, How Do Public Markets Impact Private Valuations & The Biggest Lessons from 20 Years Investing in Venture
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/bgurley">Bill Gurley</a> is a General Partner @ <a href= "http://www.benchmark.com/">Benchmark</a>, one of the most successful funds of the last decade with a portfolio inclu
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Umamicart bags $6M to deliver traditional Asian ingredients right to your home
Umamicart aims to be a one-stop shop for home cooks, offering staple products and pantry essentials, recipe inspirations and occasion-specific kits.
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Crypto accounting for startups | Finance Basics with Kruze Consulting’s Scott Orn | E1339
Crypto is reaching the mainstream, which has major implications for crypto and traditional startups alike. Kruze Consulting COO Scott Orn joins to discuss what regulation and taxes actually apply to crypto (3:17), recent improvements in cry
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TamatemGames raises $11M Series B led by PUBG maker Krafton
Jordan-based mobile game publisher TamatemGames announced today it has raised $11 million in a Series B led by KRAFTON, a South Korean game developer behind PUBG, marking its first investment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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#552: Aisha Tyler — How to Use Pain, Comedy, and Practice for Creativity (Repost)
<p><strong>Aisha Tyler</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/aishatyler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aishatyler</a>) is an award-winning director, actor, comedian, bestselling author, podcaster, and activist. Wheth
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I went to sleep one day... and woke up gasping for air - Morning Brew Co-Founder Alex Lieberman
<p><strong>Being a Founder takes its toll on you - even if it looks like everything is rosy from the outside.</strong></p><p><strong>Today we’re learning from Alex Lieberman, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, which became a
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Your Data Is Worth a Lot. Should You Get a Cut?
Most of us unknowingly give away our data for free every time we go online. But a growing number of startups want to help people better manage their personal information, and give them a cut of the profit when it's sold. WSJ reporter Patien
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The TEDx Effect: How to Grow Your Movement on the World's Biggest Stage with Taylor Conroy
<p>Taylor Conroy has traveled to 40 countries, built 300 schools and 150 homes in developing countries, and has helped 200+ people land TEDx talks to share their message with the world.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. TedX talks can be
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103. How redefining boundaries drives performance, w/former Unilever CEO Paul Polman
<p>When Paul Polman joined Unilever as CEO in 2009, the consumer goods company – home to 400-plus brands including Dove soap, Ben & Jerry’s, and Vaseline – had been stagnated with years of lackluster performance. His famous turnaround o
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12/7 Great Resignation? Tech Workers Try a Great Reconsideration Instead
More Americans are quitting their jobs than ever before. Some engineers are finding new workplaces to prioritize their own wellbeing.
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Berlin’s Everphone raises $200M in debt and Series C equity
Berlin-based smartphone-as-a-service provider Everphone has topped up with $65 million in a Series C equity raise in addition to taking $135 million in debt financing — for a total raise of $200 million.
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What is a Vibe Capitalist? Bedrock’s Geoff Lewis on investing, crypto, city-states, defense & AI | E1340
Geoff Lewis is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Bedrock Capital. He joins to discuss lessons from entrepreneurship (1:25), why "vibe" is the critical way he assesses founders (11:44), his investment in Praxis, a city-state building com
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Glen Evans and Evan Reiser | Building Your Best Team
After a brief period of hiring freezes and mass layoffs early in the pandemic, business has come roaring back, and competition for talent is now higher than ever. Demand for highly-skilled employees outstrips supply, and most CEOs and hirin
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Supplier, grocer connector Clubbi secures $4.5M to expand in Brazil
Clubbi launched in October 2020 with 24-hour delivery, no minimum order quantity and flexible payment terms. It is currently working with 1,000 grocery stores in Rio de Janeiro.
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Elon Musk on Federal EV Support, Telepathy and Reusable Rockets
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric-vehicle market would be better off without government support or intervention. He spoke with the WSJ's Senior Personal Tech Columnist Joanna Stern at the WSJ's CEO Council Summit about a wide range of t
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Build A Network To Help Build Your Business with Lori Harder
<p>Lori Harder is the founder and CEO of Lite Pink, a new lite rosé flavored wine seltzer that helps women connect, collaborate, and celebrate better. She is a best-selling author and hosts the Forbes Top 11 business podcast with 30 million
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Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon
Even Amazon’s new AI-powered machines aren’t nearly capable enough to handle the most important fulfillment tasks.
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20 Sales: When To Hire Your Head of Sales/ First Reps, What To Look for in 10x Sales Candidates, How To Structure The Hiring Process, How To Onboard New Reps Efficiently, How To Set First Quotas and more with Kyle Parrish, Figma's VP Sales
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/KyleHParrish">Kyle Parrish</a> is VP Sales @ <a href="https://www.figma.com/">Figma</a>, the company that connects everyone in the design process so teams can deliver better produ
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Ursa Major raises $85M to disrupt the vertically-integrated launch sector
The launch sector is getting crowded. Many of the biggest players are building their own rocket engines, but space startup Ursa Major is betting that many new launch providers would rather outsource the engine than build it in-house.
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#235 – An NFT Conversation for Indie Hackers with Hiten Shah and Mubashar Iqbal
<p>I'm finally doing it. I'm doing an episode on cryptocurrencies--specifically, NFTs. I have been a huge skeptic of this space, but a few weeks ago I started looking deeper. I even bought my first NFT. In this episode, I invited two friend
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Lydia grabs another $100 million for its European financial super app
Just a few weeks after announcing stock and crypto trading, French fintech startup Lydia is announcing that it has raised a $100 million Series C round. With this funding round, the startup has reached a unicorn valuation, which means that
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Art Basel recap (Beeple, JUUL, Cathie Wood) + reacting to Better.com’s leaked layoffs clip | E1341
All news today. Jason recaps his Art Basel experience (1:55), meeting Beeple, being ultra candid with the JUUL CEO (6:58) and interviewing Cathie Wood & Tiffany Zhong about crypto at 500 Global's Pre-Money conference (17:23). Then, he break
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Musicians Turn to Data to Court Superfans
The pandemic opened up whole new ways for musicians and recording artists to collect data on their audience. Now they are using that data to connect with and sell things to their biggest fans. Music-industry reporter Anne Steele joins host
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The Brain Behind Brands with Leslie Zane
<p>Known in the industry as The Brain Behind Brands, Leslie Zane has turned the marketing industry on its head. She is changing the way companies do marketing through her unique expertise in applying behavioral science to change instinctive
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Rapid Response: How GoFundMe has facilitated $15 billion in giving, w/CEO Tim Cadogan
<p>From the start of the pandemic, GoFundMe has served as a consistent global outlet for help. Since its inception, the for-profit crowdsourcing platform has facilitated $15 billion in giving through more than 200 million donations. It’s al
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The Watch World Is Finally Being Forced to Embrace Ecommerce
Digital retail came into its own during lockdown, yet amazingly some watch brands still haven’t committed to online sales. Now time is running out.
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Black Ops Ventures launches to invest in Black founders
The venture capital market is on a tear, pumping capital into a host of startups around the world. It’s generally considered a great time to raise capital and build a technology-centered, disruptive business. For some, that is.
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#553: Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation
<p><strong>Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation | Brought to you by</strong> <a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank
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Petra emerges from stealth with $30M raised for tunnel-boring robot, Swifty
Petra emerged from stealth this week, announcing a $30 million Series A.
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From $0 to $100,000 In 7 Months Using Only Instagram with Taijaun Reshard
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Armstrong & Tether skip crypto hearings, Adele’s NFT resale solution + Startup Checklist E10 | E1342
First, Jason covers the recent crypto hearings (1:25), then offers a brief potential NFT solution for Adele's ticket scalper problem (16:06). After the news, Jason closes out the 100-point Startup Checklist with ten tips for founders includ
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Amazon Upends the Labor Market
Amazon's growing need for warehouse workers means the company is dominating the hiring market. WSJ reporter Sebastian Herrera joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the effect Amazon is having on low-skilled workers and the other companies compet
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Unleashing Your Hero: Rise Above Any Challenge, Expand Your Impact And Be The Hero The World Needs with Kevin Brown
<p>Motivational Speaker & Bestselling Author Kevin Brown is the creator of The Hero Effect ®, a simple philosophy that separates world-class organizations and high-performance people from everybody else.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1.
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Why Do DVDs Still Exist?
Some people still buy them—though not necessarily who you’d think.
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Deed raises $10M for its workplace giving platform
As I wrote earlier this year, Deed‘s mission is a clearcut one: take the employee giving/charity/volunteer program that many big companies have, and make it better.
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Guess the fake startup + Founders of Jenni.AI, Wearloom, Track, Llama Life + How to market to Gen Z | E1343
First, Jason plays "Guess the Fake Startup" (1:30). Then, Jason interviews four founders he invested in (12:50): David Park from Jenni.ai about computer copywriting assistants (18:08), Samuel Spitz from Wearloom on aggregating the resale ma
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First Resonance brings its space-scale manufacturing OS to hardware makers with $14M A round
First Resonance makes software for making hardware. The company’s Ion platform provides an all-in-one option for anyone who has to manage manufacturing lines, supply chains, engineering and design, among other things.
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Make Your Business Irresistible with Jeffrey Shaw
<p>Keynote speaker and business coach, Jeffrey Shaw teaches entrepreneurs how to attract their ideal customers by speaking their Secret Language. He’s the host of <em>Creative Warriors</em> podcast and author of <em>LINGO: Discover Your Ide
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How Silicon Valley Biases Startups to Do a Lot of Dumb Stuff with Rand Fishkin
<p>Rand is the Founder of SparkToro and Moz, author of Lost and Founder, loves whisky, travel, and helping people do better marketing.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://hubspot.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">HubSpot</a>: Learn
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Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
In 2010, rocket scientists Robbie Schingler and Will Marshall set an ambitious goal for themselves: to launch an aerospace mission with the speed and agility of a Silicon Valley startup. They set up shop in their garage, left their NASA jo
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Google's Plans for Artificial Intelligence Without Bias
Google's VP of Engineering shares her thoughts on the challenges of developing responsible artificial intelligence and avoiding AI bias with WSJ Columnist Christopher Mims. Julie Chang hosts.<p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visi
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Spend Management and the Wave of Change in Fintech with Thejo Kote
<p>Thejo Kote is the co-founder and CEO of Airbase, the leading spend management platform for small and midsize companies. Founded in 2017, Airbase raised over $30m from Bain Capital Ventures and First Round Capital. his first company, Auto
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20VC: John Doerr on Buying 12% of Google for $12M, His Biggest Investing Lesson from 30 Years in Venture & The Climate Crisis: Why Governments are The Biggest Problem and Where the Biggest Opportunities Are in Climate Investing?
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/johndoerr">John Doerr</a> is an engineer, venture capitalist, the chairman of Kleiner Perkins, and the author of the #1 New York Times best-seller <em>Measure What Matters</e
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Meta’s Failed Giphy Deal Could End Big Tech’s Spending Spree
There was a time, not so long ago, when Meta’s big-money deal to acquire Giphy would have been waved through. No more.
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Anakin’s pricing tool gives e-commerce companies jump on competitors
The company launched its tool in March that help e-commerce stores and brands increase their revenue using pricing, products and trends data from other companies.
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LiveKit co-founder believes the metaverse needs open infrastructure
The company is developing a free, open source infrastructure for building and scaling real-time audio and video experiences in applications.
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Is Peloton undervalued? + Rad Power Bikes CEO Mike Radenbaugh + Succession recap, All-in | E1344
First, Jason breaks down the math of why Peloton might be undervalued (3:23). Then, the founder and CEO Rad Power Bikes Mike Radenbaugh joins to discuss building a massive ebike company (15:36), the most innovative features, ebike regulatio
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Welcome to the death industry, with Farewill’s Co-Founder and CEO, Dan Garrett
<p><strong>The only certainty in life is death (and taxes!) And yet the industry of death had remained largely unmodernised by the time Farewill was co-founded by Dan Garrett in 2015.</strong></p><p><strong>“Out of 100, losing a spouse, or
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Facebook Shareholders Want More Power Following Investigations
Shareholders of Facebook parent Meta are calling for a range of changes to how the company operates, following revelations that internal research showed the company's platforms can be harmful to some users. WSJ reporter Emily Glazer joins h
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Pragma | Game Changer
Greylock general partner David Thacker talks with Eden Chen, the CEO and co-founder of backend game engine platform Pragma. As live service gaming has become a massive industry, powering that ecosystem has become increasingly complex. Like
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“Get Un’flipped’” & Learn To Perform At Your Peak with Wylie McGraw
<p>Former pitcher, bull rider, and combat veteran. Wylie’s work is the “Navy SEAL Training” equivalent to high performance development, pushing leaders beyond their limits so they hit their peak daily.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Pe
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104. Strategy Session LIVE!: How to protect yourself from copycat businesses? When should you seek funding? How to entice funders to invest in a niche business?
<p>This special rendition of Strategy Session stars small business owners who Masters of Scale fans might recognize. That’s because a number of them have been featured in our signature three-act ads. You’ll hear them ask host Reid Hoffman c
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What Crypto Can Expect From Twitter’s New CEO
@jack is out at Twitter, but his crypto-mania is alive and well under Parag Agrawal.
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Brand incubator Harry’s Labs makes acquisition of D2C deodorant brand Lumē
Prior to agreeing to acquire Lumē, Harry’s had looked at over 100 companies for possible M&A opportunities.
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Weather-focused IBISA raises seed round to back its microinsurance solutions for low-income small farmers
Agricultural microinsurance startup IBISA raised a seed round of approximately $1.70 million led by London-based Insurtech Gateway, with participation from Rockstart’s AgriFood fund and others.
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#554: Jerry Colonna — How to Take a Two-Month Sabbatical Every Year
<p><strong>Jerry Colonna — How to Take a Two-Month Sabbatical Every Year | Brought to you by</strong> <a href="http://wealthfront.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Wealthfront</strong></a><strong> automate
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What Elizabeth Holmes’ prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345
All news show! First Jason gives an Elizabeth Holmes trial update and reveals the key point the prosecution missed (2:12). Then he covers, Nike acquires an NFT company (14:17), $USDT becoming an official currency of a shadow government in M
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Space Industry's Banner Year: What Comes Next?
There have been more human space flights this year than any other, and private companies with paying customers are starting to make their mark on the industry. So what comes next for the space sector and humanity's ambitions among the stars
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Pivoted his Business to $100 Million During a Pandemic with Avi Lasarow
<p>Avi Lasarow is a health entrepreneur who succeeded in pivoting the business to $100million during the pandemic, and played a crucial role in getting Britain back to work, travel and play.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. When you keep
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What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse)
Here’s what industry leaders think about the future of work, from changing office hours to, yes, staying in the meatspace.
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Pair Eyewear focuses on adult glasses as it takes in $60M
If Pair’s announcement is any indication, the direct-to-consumer eyewear market is doing quite well.
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#235 – Not Giving Up with Matt Wensing of Summit
<p>Today I'm talking to Matt Wensing about the long journey he took to get to where he is today with his second company, Summit. I think Indie Hackers can get a lot out of Matt's experience and I have a lot of questions about how he was abl
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#555: The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy — Oliver Burkeman
<p>This special and very short episode requires some back story. <a href="https://www.calnewport.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cal Newport</a>, bestselling author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Succes
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Crypto company Anchorage raises $350 million at $3 billion valuation
Less than a year after raising an $80 million Series C round, Anchorage is announcing that it has raised a $350 million Series D round. With today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of more than $3 billion.
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mRNA cancer treatment, Google’s vax policy, Better.com CEO “taking time off” + Founder roundtable: PaidBack, Wearwell, SupporTrends | E1346
First Jason covers the Mayo clinic's promising new signs for mRNA cancer treatment (02:02), Google's firm vaccine policy (07:41) and the Better.com CEO stepping away after last week's meltdown (16:39). Then, Jason brings on three founders h
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Hackers Backed by Foreign Governments See Opportunity With Log4j Bug
A major software flaw has cybersecurity experts worried, and now Microsoft and some cybersecurity firms say they have found hackers tied to China and other governments working to exploit the bug. WSJ cybersecurity reporter Robert McMillan j
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The Future of American Luxury with Tony Drockton
<p>After earning his MBA, Tony Drockton, an entrepreneur at heart, spent over a decade building successful businesses in construction, real estate, and home finance sectors before deciding to indulge his creative passions by taking the rein
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Rapid Response: How flexibility creates momentum, w/Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes
<p>Crate & Barrel CEO Janet Hayes has been on a mission to modernize the home decor company since she took over as CEO in August, 2020. When she first joined the company, stores were closed and the future of retail was uncertain as Covi
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20Growth: The Biggest Growth Lessons from Leading Teams at Instagram & Instacart, How To Structure The Hiring Process for Growth Teams, How To Onboard Growth Reps Efficiently and The Relationship Between Growth and The Rest of the Org with Bangaly Kaba, H
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/iambangaly">Bangaly Kaba</a> is the Head of Platform Growth @ <a href= "https://linktr.ee/popshoplive">Popshop Live</a>, a live streaming mobile marketplace that combines commerce
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There's $2B for Broadband on Reservations. It Won't Be Enough
The recently approved US infrastructure law aims to close the digital divide for Native peoples. But the demand far outstrips the money allocated.
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Quo.com raises $7.2M seed round led by SignalFire to broaden access to mortgages
Almost three million Americans a year are denied a mortgage. Most don’t even know where to start or understand what would qualify them. The system has become complex and confusing, causing people to never make it onto the housing ladder at
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Melania Trump’s NFT, Reddit to go public + Twitter’s Tony Haile: news & product evolution | E1347
First Jason cover Melania Trump launching an NFT series (02:27) and Reddit just filing to go public(13:10). Then, Twitter's Tony Haile joins (24:14) to talk about selling his startup Scroll to Twitter, helping lead Twitter's product team (3
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Taxdoo raises $64M to expand from tax compliance to a wider set of financial tools for e-commerce companies
With e-commerce becoming increasingly globalized, a company called Taxdoo, which builds API-based tools to help e-commerce companies with tax compliance and other accounting needs, is announcing a round of funding.
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#556: The Incredible Kyle Maynard — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
<p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tim Ferriss Show</em></a>, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits,
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How Computer Makers Aim to Cut E-Waste
Companies are working to develop "circular" manufacturing processes to reduce waste, bring down costs and make electronics easier to repair. But there are many challenges to making laptops and other devices fully recyclable. WSJ Pro Sustain
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Income Report for November 2021: Our first half of the year in review!
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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This New Tech Cuts Through Rock Without Grinding Into It
A startup called Petra uses super-hot gas to penetrate bedrock. The method could make it cheaper to move utilities underground—and make electric lines safer.
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Gopuff, the instant grocery startup, is raising $1.5B in a convertible note at up to a $40B valuation, ahead of going public as soon as mid-2022
Instant grocery — where urban-dwelling consumers buy food and other essentials and can get them delivered in 15 minutes or less — continues to be a big business.
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Z Fellows wants to give you $10K to launch a crypto startup
Capital may help someone take the jump into entrepreneurship, but what about the activation energy to let them think that big in the first place?
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Tiger Global backs fintech CreditBook in first Pakistan investment
Two years ago, a group of entrepreneurs in Pakistan began surveying the market to understand why financial services weren’t reaching the majority of merchants in the world’s fifth most populous nation.
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Praying For Exits: the satirist of venture capital | E1348
Praying for Exits, the top meme account in Venture Capital joins to discuss being a pseudonymous commentator (01:13), why VCs spend too much time brand building (12:37), entitlement in tech (23:47), assessing founders and companies qualitat
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Will Ferrell's Commencement Address
<p>University of Southern California 2017.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://HubSpot.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">HubSpot</a>: Learn more about how a HubSpot CRM platform can help build, maintain, and grow your customer relati
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7 Steps To Creating Wealth Through Brand Equity with Bernt Ullmann
<p>Bernt is arguably the world’s leading expert in celebrity brand development, brand management, licensing & distribution, and monetization having contributed to the successful launches of brands for clients including Jennifer Lopez, Adam
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Spin Master/PAW Patrol: Ronnen Harary
Ronnen Harary built a 4 billion dollar toy company without relying on market research or focus groups. Instead, he believed wholeheartedly in intuition: the "ah-hah" moment that comes from thinking like a 7-year old. Over a 25-year period,
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Could ‘Web 3.0’ Democratize the Internet?
Some investors, engineers and tech dreamers are developing plans for what they hope will be a better version of the internet. In their vision, “Web 3.0” will be more democratic, rely less on big tech and allow anyone to monetize anything on
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Low Hanging Fruit A La Google Ads with Nik Tsoukales
<p>Nik Tsoukales (3-time inc. 5000 winner) is the founder of Realtop.com, one of the fastest growing digital marketing agencies in North America.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. It is not all about hard work but smart work.</p> <p>2. Us
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The Gig Economy’s Days in Europe Are Numbered
Court cases and a new draft law from the European Commission are chipping away at the controversial industry. What comes next may look very different.
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Year in Review | 2021's Impact on Entrepreneurship
Members of Greylock's investing and specialist teams reflect on the past year, and look forward to the year ahead. They weigh in on the main startup trends, discuss sectors they are planning to spend more time on, and share personal stories
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GDevelop wants to make game development accessible
GDevelop is a game engine that lets you develop a video game without any specific development experience. While the ‘no-code’ trend has been quite popular this year, GDevelop has been around for a few years already.
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NetSuite: How Evan Goldberg scaled one of the world’s first cloud companies to a $9.3 billion exit
<p>How did NetSuite grow from its humble beginnings above a hairdressers in 1998 to almost 20,000 employees 23 years later, and selling to Oracle for $9.3 billion dollars? </p><p>Today we’re speaking to Evan Goldberg, founder and EVP of Net
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Oracle Wants to Buy Itself a Bigger Spot in the Cloud
Oracle said it would purchase electronic-medical-records company Cerner for roughly $28 billion. Medical data is one of the top drivers of growth for cloud computing, a space where Oracle is hoping to expand its market share. WSJ reporter A
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Creating New Tech Leadership with Peter Rex
<p>Peter Rex is the founder and CEO of Rex, an ecosystem of tech companies headquartered in Austin, Texas.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. The public square of today is online. If that’s controlled by people that have radical position a
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87. President Barack Obama: When the moment chooses you, part 1
<p>Politics and entrepreneurship have much in common: Both versions of scale leadership require strategic patience, hard work, a clear vision of a better future, an unshakable belief that you can bring that future to life – and the ideal op
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Taking a ‘Flexible Job’? Beware the Never-Ending Workday
The rise of “asynchronous” working has great potential for companies and employees alike—but it comes with unexpectedly rigid downsides.
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Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms
Australian edtech start-up Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to improve its platform, upgrade its operational infrastructure, and hire more sales and marketing teams in the Ameri
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Rocket Companies buys Truebill for $1.275B
Rocket Companies announced this morning that it will purchase Truebill for $1.275 billion in cash. Rocket Companies is best known for its Rocket Mortgage product, while Truebill is a consumer-facing app that helps consumers manage subscript
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Digital Tricks to Buy Hard-to-Get Items Online
Bots, Facebook groups, 3 a.m. notifications… There are various online tools available to help you sidestep this shopping season’s widespread supply-chain issues and scoop up the items you’re after. Reporter Ann-Marie Alcántara from the WSJ'
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Web3 wars & Rivian Q3 earnings with our new co-host Molly Wood! | E1349
Jason is joined by This Week in Startups' new co-host Molly Wood for a news show. First they cover why Molly joined the TWiST team (1:24), then they dig into the Web3 wars erupting on Twitter (24:00) and break down Rivian's Q3 earnings (51:
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Create Explosive Growth By Reaching High Performance in 4 Easy Steps with Jonathan Gelardi
<p>Jonathan is a High Performance Coach, Owner of Superior Self Transformation and founder of the DEEM method. He is a certified life coach, a sales machine, a public figure and actor in NYC.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. If you are e
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#557: Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, The Different Roles of Fear, The Delight of Deepening Friendships, The Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More
<p><strong>Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, The Different Roles of Fear, The Delight of Deepening Friendships, The Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More | Brought to you by</
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Airtable acqui-hires Walrus.ai’s founding team
Airtable today announced that it quietly acquired Walrus.ai, a no-code software testing platform, earlier this year. ‘Acquired’ may be overstating things a bit, though.
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#237 – The Minimalist Entrepreneur with Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad
<p>Today I'm talking to Sahil Lavignia (@shl) about what indie hackers can learn from his new book, The Minimalist Entrepreneur. </p><ul> <li>Get a copy of Sahil's new book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593192397/ref=as_li_tl
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Ampla raises $40M Series A for its business of providing credit to commerce brands
Ampla Technologies, a startup which provides financing to small-to-medium sized consumer-facing businesses, announced today it has raised $40 million in a Series A round of funding co-led by VMG Partners and Forerunner Ventures.
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Bonus Episode! Ask Guy Anything: December 2021
What makes a good How I Built This story? Why do our episodes take weeks to produce? How does Guy prepare for an interview? As a bonus this week, Guy wanted to take some time and answer a bunch of your questions! If you have other burning q
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How NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Will See Into Deep Space
After more than a decade of delays, the most powerful space telescope ever built is set to be launched this weekend. Once in action, the James Webb Space Telescope will replace the Hubble, which has been orbiting Earth for 30 years. WSJ sci
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How to Get Your Wife To Want You Again with Keith Yackey
<p>After his wife leaving him because she was no longer attracted to him, Keith Yackey was hell bent on figuring this out not only for himself but for men everywhere.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. You do not need to be contrarian to b
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More Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Open for Business
A new report finds more people, particularly those in minority groups, are starting new ventures amid the pandemic.
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TikTok rival Triller to go public via merger with SeaChange International
Short video app Triller is set to go public via a reverse merger with video-tech company SeaChange International, the two companies announced on Wednesday. The combined entity will be valued at approximately $5 billion.
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#558: Ann Miura-Ko — The Path from Shyness to World-Class Debater and Investor (Repost)
<p><strong>Ann Miura-Ko — The Path from Shyness to World-Class Debater and Investor | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://80000hours.org/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>80,000 Hours</strong></a> <stro
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Next Week: The TikTok Spiral
Starting Monday, Tech News Briefing will be bringing you a special series on the potentially devastating impacts of social media, in particular TikTok. Over three episodes, we will look at how users can get trapped in a cycle of potentially
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The Power of Video in Being Known as the Go To Authority in Your Industry with Krista Mashore
<p>Krista Mashore has been in the top 1% of coaches and realtors nationwide. She is the author of four best selling books focusing on her digital marketing strategies and has been named Yahoo Finance’s number 1 digital marketer to watch in
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With $36 million Series C, Brazil’s Ambar hopes to make civil construction more efficient
Brazilian construction tech startup Ambar announced it has raised a large Series C round of R$204 million, approximately $36 million, to boost the digitization arm of its business.
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How to Buy a Business, Without Investing Your Own Cash with Carl Allen
<p>Carl is an entrepreneur, investor, and corporate deal-maker who has worked on transactions worth over $50 billion, which includes over 250 acquisitions and sales, together with more than 100 capital fundraising projects. He is one of the
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How To Master Sales, Persuasion, and Influence with Cole Hatter
<p>Cole is the founder of Thrive: Make Money Matter, an entrepreneur, investor, and an award-winning speaker. His vision behind creating Thrive: Make Money Matter is to change the way businesses are run forever, creating a new breed of For-
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Tate's Bake Shop: Kathleen King (2019)
Kathleen King was 11 years old when she started baking cookies to sell at her family's farm stand on Long Island. After college, she opened a small bake shop, and eventually started selling her cookies to gourmet grocery stores in Manhattan
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The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent
TikTok’s powerful algorithm is exceptionally good at engaging users. But what happens when the endless scroll on the app turns into a stream of potentially harmful content, including on starvation diets, self-harm and suicide? And why do us
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The 2021 TWISTY Awards: best guest, most awkward moment, best chemistry & more! | E1350
Jason hosts "The 2021 TWISTY Awards" where we give out 10 awards for top podcast moments from this year including: the most surprisingly awesome guest (02:17), best chemistry (04:48), best live moment (23:43), most awkward moment (28:51),
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How to Create a Cult-Following in an Unattached World with Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley
<p>Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley founded Crumbl Cookies in 2017, now the fastest-growing franchise and second-largest cookie company in the nation. 260 stores in 36 states in 4 years.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Be not have to be
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Skio raises $3.7M to help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions
Skio, a startup that aims to take the pain out of selling subscriptions for brands on Shopify, has raised $3.7 million in a seed funding round. Kennan Davison, an engineer who previously worked at Hulu and Pinterest, founded the startup in
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#559: Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead
<p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tim Ferriss Show</em></a>, where it is usually my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habi
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Automation Anywhere expands into process discovery with FortressIQ acquisition
Automation Anywhere, which is best known for its robotic process automation (RPA) software, plans to expand the platform. This morning, the company announced that it intends to acquire process discovery startup FortressIQ.
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Curve: Building an $800m FinTech Business After Mastercard Laughed Him Out of the Room with CEO & Founder, Shachar Bialick
<p>Growing up in Israel instilled a grit and perseverance mentality in Curve CEO and founder, Shachar Bialick. A multi-exit, serial entrepreneur with a background in the Israeli Defence Force special forces, Shachar is no stranger to hard w
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The TikTok Spiral, Part 2: Stuck. Together.
When it comes to TikTok videos that discuss mental health, eating disorders and self-harm, deciphering what is helpful and what is harmful can be hard for TikTok’s algorithm. And even when users share videos of their recovery, their posts c
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Winning for Life: Making Every Day, Rich in Every Way with Denis Waitley
<p>Denis Waitley has counseled Fortune 500 top executives, Apollo astronauts, Superbowl champions, Olympians, and entrepreneurs. He is the author of the all-time bestselling program on personal mastery – The Psychology of Winning – generati
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How Y Combinator Changed the World
As if launching Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox weren’t enough, the famous accelerator has had an outsize—and mixed—impact on all of us.
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Reid Hoffman | The Philosopher Entrepreneur
A re-broadcast of Reid Hoffman's discussion with his Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh on the ways a philosophy degree can impact entrepreneurship. This conversation is the first in a two-part series on the subject. You can read an essay bas
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Indian neobank Jupiter raises $86 million to launch lending and wealth management services
Industry veteran Jitendra Gupta’s consumer-focused neobank Jupiter has raised about $86 million in a new financing round as the Bangalore-based startup gears up to offer its customers lending and wealth management services.
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The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm
When TikTok users start to feel that the videos being shown to them are harmful to their well-being, how easy is it to disengage? And what responsibility do authorities, from parents to governments to TikTok itself, have in keeping the plat
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Building an Online Course Empire with Nick Stephenson
<p>Nick Stephenson is a USA Today Bestselling Author, course creator, and software company co-founder. Learn how to create and launch your own digital course at <a href= "https://createawesomeonlinecourses.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopen
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Face Recognition Is Being Banned—but It’s Still Everywhere
Two dozen cities and states prohibit use of the tech. But it’s on phones and is increasingly used in airports and in banks.
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Nigerian edtech startup Teesas secures $1.6 million in pre-seed round, to launch tutor marketplace, expand in East, Southern, Francophone Africa in 2022
After seven years in the production of electronic gadgets, under his company Imose Technologies, Osayi Izedonmwen took leave to explore an idea that he had toyed with for some time.
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#238 – From Adversity to Ambition with Niya Dragova of Candor
<p>Today I'm talking to Niya Dragova (@mediumsizecats). Her story is pretty amazing. She grew up in Bulgaria during the fall of Communism where she experienced severe poverty. Today she is championing the mission of making resources more eq
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#560: Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans
<p><strong>Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://givewell.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>GiveWell.org</strong><
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India’s GlobalBees joins unicorn club for its Thrasio-like house of brands
GlobalBees, which raised one of the largest Series A financing rounds in India earlier this year, has entered the unicorn club as the New Delhi-headquartered firm scales its Thrasio-like house of brands.
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Bonus Episode! Wisdom From The Top: Best Buy
This week, we thought we'd bring you a little bonus from another show that Guy hosts called <em>Wisdom From The Top</em>. <br/><br/>In 2012, to say there was a crisis at Best Buy—is an understatement. In January, Forbes published an article
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Tonal CEO Bets on Fitness Personalization
Aly Orady, founder and CEO of fitness company Tonal, says artificial intelligence is better and safer than a human trainer. At the WSJ's Tech Live event, he spoke with host Zoe Thomas about personalized workouts, how the company uses custom
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Why Personal Branding Is The Future of Marketing with AJ Vaden
<p>AJ Vaden is the CEO and Co-Founder of the personal brand strategy firm Brand Builders Group as well as an 8 figure entrepreneur, international speaker and Co-Host of The Influential Personal Brand podcast.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <
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VCs Lavished Startups With Cash in 2021. Now Comes the Hard Part
“Is it a casino or the future of tech? Everyone’s trying to figure that out.”
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TuSimple completes its first driverless autonomous truck run on public roads
Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple has completed its first autonomous truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle, according to the company.
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Tech-led biofuel startup Koko Networks launches new consumer goods business in Kenya
Koko Networks, a Kenya-based bio-fuel technology enterprise has extended its business to cover other fast-moving consumer goods, through a new tech platform that will capitalize on its established distribution networks in low-income neighbo
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Done For You E-Commerce with Dawson Gant
<p>Dawson Gant is a 22 Year old serial entrepreneur with a managed services company that oversees more than 250+ online retail stores, a luxury car dealership, and an 8 figure real estate company.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. It’s be
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Voyant raises $15M to scale production of its tiny, inexpensive lidar tech
The future of lidar is uncertain unless, as Voyant hopes to do, its price and size are reduced to fractions of their current values.
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How to Get the Attention of Anyone Using Humor and Creativity with Jon Buchan
<p>Jon Buchan once wrote a cold email when he was drunk that changed his life, leading to meetings with some of the world’s largest brands.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://thinkific.com/amplify" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thinki
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How to Grow Your Business (for free) With Word of Mouth with Jay Baer
<p>Jay Baer is the founder of Convince & Convert and a 7th generation entrepreneur. He is the author of 6 best-selling books, including<em> Talk Triggers</em>. He is also the founder of 5 multi-million dollar companies and a Hall of Fame sp
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Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson (2019)
Andy Puddicombe is not your typical entrepreneur—in his early twenties, he gave away everything he owned to train as a Buddhist monk. But after ten years, he decided he wanted to bring the benefits of his meditation techniques to more peopl
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The New Tech Trends For 2022!
As 2022 kicks off, how will technology shape the coming year? Will robots, cheaper electric vehicles and drone deliveries change our lives? WSJ’s Tech Columnist Christopher Mims, Personal Tech Columnist Nicole Nguyen, and Senior Personal Te
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4 Million in Revenue in 2021 Without ANY Sales Calls with Brian Mark
<p>Brian Mark helps personal trainers make $10,000/month online coaching with organic social media, no paid ads or funnels.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Start right now. Time is always moving forward. More time is going to pass you b
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The Morbid War Over Online Obituaries
“Obituary pirates” scrape websites and publish their own versions of death notices, reaping commissions on flowers and gifts.
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Southeast Asian startups to watch in 2022
As someone who covers Southeast Asia startups and funding stories, the best word I can think of to describe 2021 is “whoa!”
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Live From The HIBT Summit: Cynt Marshall, Chieh Huang, and Sadie Lincoln on Leadership
Our first episode from the 2021 <em>How I Built This </em>Virtual Summit is from our leadership panel with Cynt Marshall, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks, Chieh Huang, CEO and co-founder of Boxed, and Sadie Lincoln, CEO and co-founder of Barre3
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AIMMO bags $12M Series A to advance data labeling technology
Most artificial intelligence models are trained through supervised learning, meaning that humans must label raw data. Data labeling is a critical part of automating artificial intelligence and machine learning model, but at the same time, i
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How JOKR lost $159 per order, rising startup valuations, OpenSea freezes stolen NFTs, Web 2 CEOs troll Web 3 | E1351
Jason and Molly cover how QuickCommerce startup JOKR lost $159 per order in the US in August (1:54), the state of startup valuations (25:57), Jason's case of COVID & the state of testing (32:00), OpenSea freezing over $2M worth of stolen NF
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Theranos Founder Holmes Found Guilty on Four Counts in Fraud Trial
In a mixed verdict, Elizabeth Holmes, founder of defunct blood testing startup Theranos, has been found guilty of four of the 11 fraud and conspiracy charges against her. The verdict caps a remarkable fall for a darling of Silicon Valley in
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Curve: Building an $800m FinTech after being laughed out of the room by Mastercard, with CEO & Founder, Shachar Bialick
<p><strong>Curve CEO and founder Shachar Bialick is a multi-exit entrepreneur with a background in the Israeli Defense Force special forces.</strong></p><p><strong>“There's a joke in Israel: how do you win a competition in racing? You start
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5G Showdown: Wireless Carriers Rebuff Air Regulators
Cellphone carriers plan to go ahead with the launch of 5G service this week despite federal transportation regulators’ concerns it could lead to disruptions in air travel. WSJ telecommunications reporter Drew FitzGerald joins host Zoe Thoma
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From High School Teacher to CEO & Entrepreneur with Kirk Cooper
<p>Kirk Cooper is the CEO and founder of Ecom Automation Gurus and is also the author of “Scratch and Claw: The Path To Entrepreneurial Greatness.”</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. There are 457 trillion ways to make money. If you find a
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This Company Has a Way to Replace Plastic in Clothing
Natural Fiber Welding uses an innovative process to treat cotton and make it behave more like synthetic fibers.
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Smarter Health gets $5.15M SGD to reduce healthcare costs in Southeast Asia
Organizing information from providers, insurers and patients not only takes a lot of time, but increases private healthcare costs.
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Marc Andreessen: The 6 secrets of great timing
<p>As an early internet founder and iconic venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen has thought deeply about the role timing plays in a startup's success. Timing is of vital importance to any business: when to launch that first product; when to
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Reid Hoffman | Philosopher vs MBA
A re-broadcast of Reid Hoffman's discussion with his Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh on the pros and cons of two different courses of study: the standard business school MBA, or a degree in philosophy. Hoffman, who holds a philosophy degre
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Smart contact lens startup Mojo Vision partners with Adidas and other sports brands
For the past few years, Mojo Vision has had a small presence at CES, offering up glimpses into the potential of its augmented reality contact lenses. Every year, the picture seems a little closer, if still far away.
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Elizabeth Holmes is guilty, Amazon wins over socialists, Biden sanctions China | E1352
<p>Jason and Molly cover Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes guilty verdict (1:47), how even socialists have admitted that Amazon is the best place many people have ever worked (40:08). To wrap they dig into Biden’s new sanctions against China the i
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#561: Rich Roll — From Alcoholic to Ultra-Endurance Star, Rebooting Life at 40, the Trap of Lower Companions, and How to Reinvent Yourself in the New Year
<p><strong>Rich Roll — From Alcoholic to Ultra-Endurance Star, Rebooting Life at 40, the Trap of Lower Companions, and How to Reinvent Yourself in the New Year | Brought to you by</strong> <a href="http://athleticgreens.com/tim" rel="n
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CES Kicks Off With Robot Tables, Smart Remotes And Self-Driving Boats
The annual consumer tech trade show CES opens to the public in Las Vegas on Wednesday. For decades, the event has been the place to reveal devices that may one day become staples in homes and offices. WSJ Personal Tech News Editor Shara Tib
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Take Your Retail Business to the Next Level with Laura Dalesme and Allison Beacham
<p>Laura Dalesme is the director of business development and Allison Beacham is the director of marketing of tagr, a new digital pricing solution serving small businesses. The company is the world leader in smart digital labels and IoT solu
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20VC: Whoop Founder, Will Ahmed on How CEOs Can Perform at their Highest Level, Why There is Value in Struggle Early On, Why Realism is Overrated in Startups and How To Create a Culture of Delegated Decision-Making
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/willahmed">Will Ahmed</a> is the Founder and CEO @ <a href="https://www.whoop.com/">Whoop</a>, the company on a mission to unlock human performance with their wearable device that
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A Year In, Biden’s China Policy Looks a Lot Like Trump’s
The administration has toned down the anti-China rhetoric, but it has maintained and expanded economic sanctions—and plans a “diplomatic boycott” of the Olympics.
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Refinery Ventures’ second fund aimed at getting startups to Series A
Refinery focuses on “early scale” companies, a term the firm uses to describe companies that secured a seed, but need that “oomph” to get it to Series A.
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#239 – A New Golden Age for Creatives and Founders with Li Jin of Variant
<p>Today I'm talking to Li Jin (@ljin18). She's here to talk about the passion economy, DAOs, and why she's so optimistic about the future of tech. </p><ul> <li>Follow Li on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ljin18</li> <li>Check out Variant: ht
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DriveU.auto to power remote piloting of EasyMile’s autonomous shuttles, Coco’s sidewalk robots
Autonomous shuttle company EasyMile and sidewalk robot delivery startup Coco are integrating DriveU.auto’s teleoperation and connectivity platform into their operations, DriveU.auto, an Israeli startup that came out of stealth last year, th
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OpenSea raises $300M, VW & GM commit $170B to EVs, China's strangled tech sector, New media | E1353
<p>In this all news show, Jason and Molly cover Toyota & Volkswagen committing a combined $170B to take on Tesla’s EV dominance (2:30), NFT platform OpenSea raising a $300M Series C at a $13.3B valuation (20:08), China’s tight gri
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EVs Take Center Stage at CES Tech Show
General Motors, Chrysler and electronics giant Sony unveiled their visions for the future of electric cars at the tech conference CES. WSJ reporter Mike Colias joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the designs, why more tech companies are eying
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How to Sell to Sophisticated, Cautious, and Skeptical Buyers with Jeremy Miner
<p>During Jeremy Miner’s 17 yr sales career he was recognized by the Direct selling association as the #45th highest earning producer out of more than 100 million salespeople, selling anything worldwide – his earnings as a commission-only s
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New pet tech at CES treats dogs and cats like the complex beings they are
There’s always fun tech for pet owners at CES, and 2022 is no different.
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Doosan announces $33.7M raise, as it introduces a robotic camera system at CES
Doosan Robotics this week announced $33.7 million in funding, led Praxis Capital Partners and Korea Investment Partners. The fundraising news arrives as the Seoul-based company shows off its wares at CES in Las Vegas.
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Doosan announces $33.7M raise, as it introduces a robotic camera system at CES
Doosan Robotics this week announced $33.7 million in funding, led Praxis Capital Partners and Korea Investment Partners. The fundraising news arrives as the Seoul-based company shows off its wares at CES in Las Vegas.
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GETTR & social media moderation, NYT to acquire The Athletic + Axie Infinity's Jeff Zirlin on NFT gaming | E1354
<p>00:00 Jason & Molly intro the show<br> 02:25 GETTR get a bump in downloads after Joe Rogan joins<br> 09:55 Dataiku - Create transparent, repeatable, and scalable AI and analytics programs. Visit <a href="https://dataiku.com/">ht
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The US Military's Battle Against Hobby Drones (Armed With Explosives)
The U.S. military’s newest and most-concerning tactical threat is cheap hobby drones rigged with explosives. WSJ’s Middle East correspondent Stephen Kalin joins host Julie Chang to explain why fighting back against the aerial gadgets has be
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Cold Calling is NOT a Numbers Game with David Walter
<p>David Walter is an author, speaker and sales trainer. His claim to fame came from a cold-calling hot streak, during which he set 15 appointments a day for six months straight. He later ran a prospecting call center, helping companies mak
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John Deere's Self-Driving Tractor Stirs Debate on AI in Farming
The automation, and control of the resulting data, raise questions about the role of human farmers.
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Zuddl raises $13M for its simple but powerful virtual events platform
Will the world ever go back to big in-person events? Of course. Eventually. CES already moved in that direction this year, for better or worse.
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#562: Dr. Michio Kaku — Exploring Time Travel, the Beauty of Physics, Parallel Universes, the Mind of God, String Theory, Lessons from Einstein, and More
<p><strong>Dr. Michio Kaku — Exploring Time Travel, the Beauty of Physics, Parallel Universes, the Mind of God, String Theory, Lessons from Einstein, and More | Brought to you by </strong><a href="http://99designs.com/tim" rel="noopene
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Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355
<p>Jason and Molly cover how 15% of the world’s bitcoin mining network going down when Kazakhstan’s internet was shut off (3:11) and Chainalysis' scam report (12:32). Then they do a "We Live in the Future" segment about AI created actors (1
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Startups at CES showed that age-tech can help everyone
Age-tech startups at this year’s CES demonstrated the potential breadth of the sector. If tech can help an older person live more comfortably, it can also help out a lot of other people.
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Uncommon Biohacks To Reverse Biological Aging And Optimize Your Daily Performance with Anthony Diclementi
<p>Anthony Diclementi is a biohacker specializing in anti-aging and human optimization. His book <em>The Biohacker’s Guide To Upgraded Energy And Focus</em> has sold over 30,000 copies worldwide and he is a 2-Comma Club Entrepreneur having
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Exact Growth Playbook: From Idea to Seven Figures with Jim Huffman
<p>Jim Huffman is the founder of GrowthHit and a Techstars Growth Mentor. He has grown his agency to 50k in revenue a month and is the author of <em>The Growth Marketer’s Playbook.</em></p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p><a href="http://thinkific.com/
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Sunday VC School: valuation vs. traction matrix + Climate: New Energy Nexus CEO Danny Kennedy | E1356
<p>Welcome to our new Sunday show. Each episode will have two segments, Sunday VC School and Climate startups. First, Jason and Molly discuss early-stage investing including, Jason's valuation vs. traction matrix (1:44) and developing a BS
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M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur (2020)
When she was working corporate jobs in New York City, Sarah LaFleur hated getting dressed in the morning; the choices in her closet felt overwhelming, many items didn't fit right or wore out too quickly. So in 2011 she launched a line of cl
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How Trump’s Social Media Ban Impacted Him, Platforms
January 8th marked one year since Twitter permanently banned former president Donald Trump from its platform. Other social media companies soon followed suit. WSJ tech reporter Georgia Wells joins host Julie Chang for a look back at the pas
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How to Dramatically Improve Conversions and Marketing Performance with Justin Christianson
<p>Justin Christianson is a self proclaimed numbers junky and a digital marketing veteran. Father, Husband, and #1 Bestselling author of Conversion Fanatic: How to double your customers, sales and profits with A/B testing. He is also the co
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20VC: Former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney on Why "Only the Niche Will Survive" in Crypto, How Governments and Central Banks Retain Control in a World of Decentralised Finance & The Winners and Losers in Crypto Exchanges and NFTs
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/MarkJCarney">Mark Carney</a> is Vice Chair of <a href="https://www.brookfield.com/">Brookfield Asset Management</a> and Head of Transition Investing. Prior to Brookfield, Mark ser
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Advice to Startup Founders: Prepare to Fail
Three new books explore why fledgling companies flounder—and what to do about it.
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FanDuel founder and Sequoia bet on Spanish-language fantasy sports app Draftea
Founder Alán Jaime Misrahi grew up devoted to soccer, eventually playing in Mexico’s third division. While he didn’t necessarily make it to the “big leagues” playing the sport, his new company Draftea aims to win over the 350 million sports
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Parrot, a tool for digitizing Mexico’s restaurants, takes in $9.5M
ParrotConnect is a point-of-sale software for restaurants enabling them to digitize and take advantage of the home delivery boom to accelerate growth.
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Tech pullback, SEC considers tightening startup investing regulations, Apple XR headset leaks | E1357
<p>We cover the tech stock pullback (1:34), discuss the impact of the SEC exploring more restrictions and disclosures for late stage private companies (12:00) and share details about Apple’s mixed reality headset are leaking (37:07). We wra
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“By the end of 2015 we were just about out of money” - and now they’re worth $4B. How did Vuori do it, with CEO & Founder Joe Kudla
<p>Having grown up poor, Founder and CEO of Vuori Joe Kudla always wondered what it would be like to have money and go on holiday, so he spent the first chapter of his career proving to himself that he could make money. But then he started
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Tech to Locate Any Object, Unlock Car Doors, and Eliminate Passwords
Location technology is getting better and better … and ultra-wideband could soon make it easier to unlock doors, turn on smart devices and even limit the need for passwords. But first the companies developing this technology need to get ove
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3 Levers to Double Revenue with Simon Severino
<p>Simon helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company more effectively which results in sales that soar. He created the Strategy Sprints™ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. Simon is a
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104. Leap before you look, w/Marc Lore (Jet.com)
<p>Marc Lore is all too familiar with leaping into the unknown. He’s made leaps of faith as the founder of Diapers.com, Jet.com, the CEO of Walmart U.S. e-commerce, and now, as a part owner of NBA/WNBA teams, along with Telosa, a city that
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A Move for 'Algorithmic Reparation' Calls for Racial Justice in AI
Researchers are encouraging those who work in AI to explicitly consider racism, gender, and other structural inequalities.
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Career Karma lands $40M to evolve into an edtech employee benefit
Career Karma raised its first millions off of a pitch that resonates with anyone who has ever googled coding bootcamps: a navigation tool for aspiring students and working professionals.
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Eric Yuan | How Zoom Made Video the Pandemic Star
In March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic forced nearly every aspect of life online. Suddenly, everything was happening on Zoom. To the everyday consumer, Zoom might have seemed like an overnight success story. But Zoom CEO and founder Eric Yuan
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Arcade launches ‘try before you buy’ demo capabilities with $2.5M in new capital
The company's technology makes it easier for companies to create demonstration videos, called “arcades,” that walk people through how their tools work.
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Y Combinator's New Deal, Turo S-1 + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger: Human-in-the-loop security cameras | E1358
<p>First Jason and Molly discuss YC's new $500K deal for startups and what that means for founders and early stage investors (1:53). They also dig into car-sharing app Turo's S-1 (25:32). Then Redfin Co-founder and current Deep Sentinel CEO
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Tech Giants Battle for Metaverse Workers
Big tech companies have set their sights on building the metaverse as the next digital realm for work, play and shopping. But first they have to build it, and that is leading to intense competition for the top tech talent. Tech reporter Aar
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How To Use The "Pay-To-Play" Launch Strategy To Have Your Biggest Launch Yet with Jill and Josh Stanton
<p>Josh and Jill Stanton are the co-founders of Wealthy Course Creator—their slice of the internet where they help Digital Course Creators and Coaches have bigger launches, change more lives and make more money than they know what to do wit
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20VC: The Memo: Never Before Revealed Metrics; A Full Breakdown of Unit Economics Behind JOKR, How Does Emerging Markets Compare to Developed Economies & The Biggest Misnomers on Quick Commerce with Ralf Wenzel, Founder & CEO @ JOKR
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ralf_foodpanda">Ralf Wenzel</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href= "https://www.jokr.com/">JOKR</a>, a global platform for instant retail delivery at a hyper-local scale se
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Public Transit Systems Refocus on Their Core Riders
In the wake of the pandemic, officials are shifting bus and rail service toward lower-income neighborhoods, while some agencies are eliminating fares.
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Flush with new capital, Foxtrot’s ‘convenience store of the future’ is coming to a location near you
Foxtrot is reimagining the convenience store experience by seeking out the best food items by local artisans along with its core offerings of coffee, ready-to-eat cafe meals and wine.
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#240 – Capturing a Valuable Market from the Bottom Up with Amjad Masad of Replit
<p>Today I'm talking to Amjad Masad (@amasad), the founder of Replit. I'm captivated by his strategy and how Replit is eating the market from the bottom up. We'll talk about that and how he's learned to love being a founder even though it d
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Headspace Health acquires AI-powered mental health and wellness company Sayana
Headspace Health has acquired Sayana, an AI-powered mental health and wellness company, for an undisclosed amount. Headspace Health says the acquisition of the San Francisco-based company will expand its ability to provide personalized self
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$140B streaming wars 2022 budget, Warren's bad "Big Grocery" take + Mac Conwell: Angel S6 E1 | E1359
<p>First we talk about how the top streaming platforms projected to spend $140B on content in 2022 (2:18) and Elizabeth Warren’s bad take on grocery stores. Then Mac Conwell "Mac the VC" joins the show as the first guest for Angel Season 6
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#563: Sarah Silverman — How to Be Your Own Best Friend, Lessons from Therapy, and Grabbing Joy Where You Can Get It
<p><strong>Sarah Silverman — How to Be Your Own Best Friend, Lessons from Therapy, and Grabbing Joy Where You Can Get It | Brought to you by </strong><a href="https://helium10.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>
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What Apple’s Texting App Tells Us About Its Strategy to Attract Users
The must-have social network for teens is… iMessage? Apple has created an ecosystem on its iPhone that attracts more than 70% of young smartphone users in the U.S. WSJ reporter Tim Higgins joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss Apple’s strategy i
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Becoming Disruption Proof with Brant Cooper
<p>The New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Entrepreneur and Founder of Moves the Needle, Brant Cooper serves as a trusted adviser to startups and large enterprises around the world.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1. Embrace the
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Rapid Response: How to decarbonize your business, w/John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
<p>“Go for the megatons.” That’s John Doerr’s recommendation for how we need to combat the existential threat of climate change. Doerr, a venture capitalist and author of the new book Speed and Scale, joins host Bob Safian to
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Self-Driving Vehicles Are Here—If You Know Where to Look
Glossy visions of an autonomous future always seem just out of reach. But two insiders say the technology is available on farms, and on clear, dry streets.
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Assemble scores $5M seed to bring order and equity to compensation
Every company has to decide what to pay their employees and track that compensation in some way, often in spreadsheets and across disparate payroll, finance and HR systems.
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Shield bags $15M Series A to address surging demand for its AI-powered communication compliance platform
Over the past two years, since the pandemic hit, there has been a sharp rise in financial crime compliance costs, nearing $50 billion in 2021, up 58% compared to 2019, in the U.S. and Canada.
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1M fewer college students: is it a problem? + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1360
<p>First Jason covers the recent college enrollment decline (1:23) and lay out his alternative (9:56). Then Zach Coelius joins for an Ask an Angel session, where they answer 12 audience questions about investing and startups (20:37).</p> <p
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How Some TikTok Stars Out-Earn Top CEOs
The highest-earning TikTok star made more last year than the average CEO of an S&P 500 company. WSJ reporter Joseph Pisani joins host Julie Chang to explain how those influencers are raking in the bucks and how big brands are looking to
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20VC: Opensea Founder, Devin Finzer on Scaling GMV from $150M to $3BN in 18 Months, How Brands and Celebrities Will Harness NFTs To Change Their Business, The Impact of NFTs on Gaming & What is in Devin's Metamask Wallet?!
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/dfinzer">Devin Finzer</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href="https://opensea.io/">Opensea</a>, the world's first and largest NFT marketplace allowing you to discover, collect, and se
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Income Report for December 2021: Our second half of the year in review!
<p>Every month we put together an income report to share a behind-the-scenes look at the ups and downs of running a 7-figure business. In full transparency, it’s not easy – but it IS possible. Through hearing about our mistakes, lessons lea
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Facebook’s Data Center Plans Rile Residents in the Netherlands
The country has become a magnet for Big Tech facilities, but locals say they will syphon away all their green energy.
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Tiger Global backs Accrue Savings’ ‘save now, pay later’ approach to consumer purchases
When the consumer opens an account and hits savings milestones for products they want to buy from their favorite brands, they can receive cash contributions from the brands.
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Meet Paysail, the startup making B2B payments faster using crypto
Companies use invoices to pay for many of their major costs, ranging from materials to contract work.
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#564: Performance Psychologist Michael Gervais — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
<p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tim Ferriss Show</em></a>, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits,
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Oath Keepers indicted from Signal messages, U.S. House subpoenas tech platforms + Alex Masmej: selling a personal token | E1361
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How to CRUSH it on Amazon Regardless of the Business Model You Choose with Maximiliano Abreu
<p>Maximiliano Abreu was raised in Paraguay, and swam all his life. He came to the US on an athletic scholarship. He loves Jesus, E-commerce is his passion, and he is shooting for $10M in revenue on Amazon this year.</p> <p>Sponsors:</p> <p
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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Lady Gaga: Uncovering How the World’s Most Success People Launched Their Careers with Alex Banayan
<p>Alex Banayan is the author of the new business book <em>The Third Door</em>, which chronicles his five-year quest tracking down Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Warren Buffett, Maya Angelou, Steven Spielberg, and dozens more of the world’s most su
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Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks
In the 1980s—the early days of cable television—John Hendricks got stuck on an idea he couldn't shake: to create a channel that would teach people cool things in an entertaining way. In college he had seen hours of documentaries on history,
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20VC: Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on How To Narrow The Focus and Increase The Quality, Why Every CEO Should Feel Anxious, Why Performance Reviews are BS & How to Unleash the Best People in Your Business
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Frank Slootman currently serves as Chairman and CEO at <a href= "https://www.snowflake.com/">Snowflake</a> and has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the enterprise software indus
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How InBrace Is Going To Change The $40 Billion Dollar Orthodontic Market with John Pham
<p>John Pham is an entrepreneur, team builder, former aerospace engineer, and practicing orthodontist. As CEO and Co-Founder of InBrace, he is using his leaderships skills and treatment innovations developed from years of research to disrup
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You May Be Able to Own a Self-Driving Car After All
For years, automakers focused on using autonomous technology for “robotaxis,” akin to a shared Uber. A GM announcement this week shows that’s changing.
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Payment orchestration platform Gr4vy pulls in another $15M in a Series A extension
Retailers often build their own “orchestration” platforms for payment processing and routing, but these can be complex to maintain.
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Juro draws $23M into its browser-based contract automation platform
London-based legaltech startup Juro has grabbed $23 million in Series B funding for its browser-based contract automation platform. In total the startup has raised $31.5M since being founded back in 2016.
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Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: victory through taking ownership, increasing velocity & cultivating talent | E1362
<p>Frank is the Chairman & CEO of Snowflake, a data warehousing company he joined and rapidly accelerated in 2019. Frank led Snowflake to the largest software IPO in history (his third massive IPO as CEO). Previously, he grew Data Domai
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“He threatened to kill my parents and I had to get a restraining order” - the real Dan Murray-Serter, Chapter 1
<p><strong>Cocaine, £1,000 on roulette, sleeping with the client, a boss demanding bail out of a Malaysian prison, a restraining order - and that’s just one of the stories in this special episode where we turn the microphone on our host, Da
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China’s Tech Sector Attracts Record Investment Despite Crackdown
China cracked down on its biggest tech companies last year, but that didn't stop investors from pouring record amounts of funding into the nation’s tech sector. Tech reporter Liza Lin joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss which kinds of startups
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How to Manage Through a Crisis with Joe Marinucci
<p>Marinucci is the Co-Founder and CEO of award-winning, digital performance advertising company Digital Media Solutions, Inc. which is a leading provider of technology-enabled, data-driven digital performance advertising solutions.</p> <p>
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Always be recruiting, w/Paul English, co-founder of KAYAK
<p>The more your business scales, the more tempting it is to delegate your company’s recruiting efforts. Resist that urge! You should always be recruiting. Featuring Paul English, co-founder of travel search platform KAYAK, this episode gui
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Accessible Cars Aren’t Born, They’re Made
Car buyers looking for specific mobility features have limited options, but customizers and manufacturers are trying to change that.
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Warehouse robotics system Exotec raises $335 million
French startup Exotec has raised a $335 million Series D round in a new round of funding led by Goldman Sachs’ Growth Equity business. Following today’s investment, the company has reached a valuation of $2 billion.
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Spendesk is the fifth French startup to reach unicorn status this month
Fintech startup Spendesk is announcing that it has raised an extension to its Series C round. Tiger Global is investing $114 million (€100 million) in the startup.
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Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard… and Its Troubles
Microsoft said it plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher of games such as World of Warcraft and Candy Crush. Since last year, Activision has been rocked by accusations that its workplace culture led to gender discrimination and
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The Fastest Way to Make Money Investing in Real Estate with Zackary C. Boothe
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20Growth: The Biggest Lie in Startup Growth and Marketing, Why You Do Not Need To Diversify Customer Acquisition Channels in the Early Days & When and How To Build Your Growth Team with Rob Schutz, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer @ Ro
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/rob" rel="nofollow">Rob Schutz</a> is Chief Growth Officer and Co-founder at <a href="https://ro.co/" rel="nofollow">Ro</a>, the healthcare technology company building a patient-centric healthcare sys
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As Kazakhstan Descends into Chaos, Crypto Miners Are at a Loss
The central Asian country became No. 2 in the world for Bitcoin mining. But political turmoil and power cuts have hit hard, and the future looks bleak.
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Space startup Wyvern raises $4.5M and joins YC’s latest cohort
A Canadian startup working at the cutting edge of satellite imaging has raised $4.5 million across a combination of a $2.25 million seed round, and $2.25 million from a combined pre-seed and government funding.
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Full breakdown of Microsoft acquiring Activision-Blizzard for ~$70B+ | E1363
<p>Microsoft has announced its intention to make the largest tech acquisition ever by buying Activision-Blizzard for ~$75B ($68.7 when you net out Activision's cash). This is Microsoft's 3rd major gaming acquisition as it attempts t
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#565: Michael Schur, Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Lessons from Lorne Michaels, Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect”
<p>Michael Schur, Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Lessons from Lorne Michaels, Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect” | Brought to y
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Sara Menker and Hans Tung (Gro Intelligence and GGV Capital) - Turning Data into Action
<p>Sara Menker is the founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence, which uses data, analytics, and forecasting models to inform companies involved in the agricultural supply chain and organizations impacted by climate change. Hans Tung is a managin
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Sonder | Hospitality Reimagined
On the day of their public market debut, Sonder CEO and founder Francis Davidson talks with Greylock general partner Josh McFarland about the hospitality company's wild journey from a side gig started during college to a modern, tech-en
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First EV mass transit bus by Swedish-Kenyan startup Opibus begins operation amidst plans for regional launch by 2023
The first electric bus by Swedish-Kenyan EV startup, Opibus, has hit Kenya’s roads marking the beginning of the company’s venture into the mass transit industry. Opibus first announced plans to roll out electric public transport buses last
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Bills to Rein In Big Tech Face Fierce Lobbying Ahead of Key Meeting
The Senate Judiciary Committee is meeting on Thursday to discuss two bills that could rein in the power of big tech, and both the tech giants and their detractors are spending big to lobby for or against them. WSJ reporter Brody Mullins joi
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How to Build a Multi-million Dollar Business by Developing Brand Loyalty with Andy Schreiber
<p>Andy Schreiber is co-founder of Pure Vitamin Club, Pure Coffee Club, and NSNG Foods, along with his business partner Vinnie Tortorich, a multi time guest on Entrepreneurs On Fire, and Fire Nation fav.</p> <p>Top 3 Value Bombs:</p> <p>1.
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Ancient8 secures $4M in seed to democratize social and financial access in the metaverse
Ancient8, Vietnam’s blockchain gaming guild, develops a community and software platform to enable everyone to play P2E (play-to-earn) games and build the metaverse while earning rewards.
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Rapid Response: Lessons of Omicron, w/Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust
<p>Sir Jeremy Farrar is UK’s pre-eminent scientific authority on Covid-19 and the chief executive at the research foundation Wellcome Trust. He joins Rapid Response to discuss the latest learnings of the Omicron variant – and offers a frame
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Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk
Steve Jobs is dead, Mark Zuckerberg is tarnished. For the next generation of startup founders, the contributions of Bill Gates feel like ancient history.
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Nowsta takes in fresh capital to show some tech love for hourly workforces
Nowsta’s web and mobile app rolls workforce management tools into an all-in-one resource that includes an on-demand labor marketplace connecting employers with a skilled pool of workers.
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#241 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 1 of 2)
<p>Today I'm catching up with Pieter Levels after 4 years. The world has changed dramatically since we last spoke. Attitudes toward remote work and global travel are all completely different now. We'll talk about what headwinds and
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FTC antitrust revision, 5G rollout pause + David Rosenthal's $2.8M fund: Angel S6 E2 | E1364
<p>First Jason and Molly cover how 5G rollouts are causing problem with airlines (2:03) and Lina Khan’s remarks on reworking antitrust regulation to not only consider deals inflicting consumer harm, but those lessening competition (10:10).<
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Thinking About Writing a Book with Ken Rusk
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Reid Hoffman | Welcome, Mustafa Suleyman
Greylock welcomes Mustafa Suleyman as the firm's newest venture partner. Suleyman is known for his pioneering work in the field of artificial intelligence, and joins the firm from Google, where he was Vice President of AI Product Manage
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Ancestry CEO on DNA Testing, Hybrid Work and Women in Tech
Deb Liu, CEO of genealogy company Ancestry.com, discusses the challenges women face rising in the tech industry, ways to get ahead and the sometimes difficult revelations brought by her company’s DNA testing. She spoke with WSJ live journal
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20VC: How I Lost a $125M Deal with Yahoo by Being Too Honest, The M&A Meeting with Steve Jobs That Did Not Go Well and How U2's Bono Saved The Day For One Tech Startup with Ali Partovi, CEO @ Neo
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/apartovi" rel="nofollow">Ali Partovi</a> is the CEO @ <a href="https://neo.com/" rel="nofollow">Neo</a>, a mentorship community and communal VC fund that announced their new $150M fund last year o
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Cities Want Ebikes to Stay in Their Lane—but Which One?
From New York to Moab, Utah, bicyclists and municipal officials are divided over whether ebikes should be permitted on bicycle trails.
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Tom Brady’s buzzy celebrity NFT startup Autograph banks $170M from Silicon Valley’s top crypto investors
Autograph, an NFT agency co-founded by athlete Tom Brady with a particularly deep bench of star power, has banked new funding from crypto investors who hope the platform can bring a new generation of celebrities and their fans into the fold
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Google AR, Peloton pullback + David Friedberg: Cana, the first molecular beverage printer | E1365
<p>David Friedberg joins to discuss The Production Board's latest company, Cana, which is making, the world's first molecular beverage printer. But first Jason and Molly break down some news. Google is reportedly working on an AR h
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Using Speaking to Build Your Business In 3 Steps with Pete Vargas
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Weavit’s new app wants to be a ‘Shazam for your thoughts’
A new app called Weavit wants to be a “Shazam for your thoughts” — that is, it wants to offer people a different way to quickly capture their thoughts in a note-taking tool with a press of a button.
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Apple AR headset scoops with Mark Gurman + Campbell Baron: Gen Z startup content creator | E1366
<p>First, Jason and Molly chat with on the top Apple reporters, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, about Apple's AR headset (2:02). They talk about Apple's strategy, timeline, competitive strengths and more. Then our Producer Rachel chats
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How to Launch a Family Startup and Land Investment with Gabriel Halimi
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Sunday VC School: how investors work together + Prime Movers Lab's Ramez Naam | E1367
<p>First, Jason teaches Sunday VC School: how investors work together (01:54). In this segment you will learn.:</p><br/><ol><li>How collaboration varies across investing stages.</li><li>How lead investors are determined and what their respo
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Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
Vincent Kitirattragarn grew up in a Thai-Chinese-American household, which meant eating congee and lemongrass chicken, while also ordering chicken McNuggets with his younger brothers. He dreamed of opening his own Thai restaurant, but an ex
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Allister Furey: Creating a ratings agency for the net zero economy
<p>Allister Furey is co-founder and CEO of Sylvera, a technology startup building a ratings agency for carbon markets. In this conversation, we discuss why evaluation and verification is so important for building a net-zero economy and the
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Nanotech Promised to Change the World. It Already Has.
For decades, scientists have predicted that nanotechnology would change our world. It may already have. As microchips have gotten smaller, the machines used to scale them down have helped unlock nanotech’s possibilities. WSJ tech columnist
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Connecting the Dots on How Blockchain is Improving Internet Connectivity and Networking for Businesses with Domas Poviliauskas
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20VC: 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki on How To Approach Trust in Business and Personal Relationships, Leadership Lessons from Sheryl Sandberg and Reflections on How The Best Founders Manage Their Boards
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/annewoj23" rel="nofollow">Anne Wojcicki</a> is the Founder & CEO @ <a href="https://www.23andme.com/" rel="nofollow">23andme</a>, offering DNA testing with the most comprehensive ancestry brea
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When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go
Medical information is more complex and less available than the web data that many algorithms were trained on, so results can be misleading.
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Metalenz PolarEyes upgrades digital sensing with polarized light
Tech sees differently, and can fuse multiple types of data we can’t even perceive: lidar, IR, ultrasonic, and so on. Metalenz, maker of highly compact “2D” cameras for advanced sensing, hopes to bring polarized light into the mix for securi
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AccuWeather acquires air pollution startup Plume Labs
Weather forecast company AccuWeather is acquiring French startup Plume Labs — terms of the deal are undisclosed. Originally founded in 2014, Plume Labs has gradually expanded its product offering to offer three different products focused on
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China’s ‘People’s Courts’ Resolve Online Disputes at Tech Firms
No garlic on the oysters? Soup stained a blanket? Panels of users hear the complaints and can order refunds or removal of critical reviews.
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Comparing 2022 to the Dot-Com bubble + Activist investor challenges Peloton leadership | E1368
<p>Due to the volatility in the market, Jason and Molly review the fundamentals of Block, Zoom, Netflix, Coinbase, and AirBnB and compare this correction with the Dot-com crash (2:11). They discuss investing in a downturn, the difference b
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When your mental health forces you to leave the company you’ve just started - with Faire Co-Founder & COO Jeffrey Kolovson
<p>Life is the sum of your choices, says Jeffrey Kolovson, COO and Co-Founder of Faire, an online wholesale marketplace for retailers and brands. At the end of the day, it’s not what you say, it's what you do and the choices you make an
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Facebook’s Free Internet Programs Charged Users Millions of Dollars
To grow its user base in developing countries, Facebook offered free internet access. But internal company documents show users were charged fees by cellular providers that collectively added up to millions of dollars a month. WSJ reporter
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Breaking Down the 1,462% Growth of Stephanie Pipkin with Clay Clark
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66. The 4 core principles of crisis management, w/Ellen Kullman (DuPont, Carbon)
<p>To survive a crisis, you have to double down on who you already are as a company. This is something Ellen Kullman knows, having led DuPont through the 2008-2009 financial crisis, and taken the CEO role at 3D-printing unicorn Carbon only
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Cana Technology raises glass to new capital as it readies beverage printer for market
Cana focused on identifying the basic set of ingredients, basically deconstructing beverages to figure out what makes it taste like a certain drink.
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Reid Hoffman | Vices and Virtues in Web3
Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman and his Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh examine the current development of Web3, focusing on how basic human nature is driving some of the innovation. This discussion was sparked in part by an article
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Mark Cuban on his online pharmacy: ‘Our KPI is how much we can reduce the stress of our patients’
Mark Cuban’s announcement over the weekend of an online pharmacy selling over a hundred generic drugs at near cost was totally unexpected but will likely be welcomed by millions who struggle to afford medication.
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TikTok vs. YouTube, Bolt CEO calls Stripe & YC "Mob Bosses," Culdesac, Anduril wins $1B contract | E1369
<p>In this all news show Jason and Molly talk about Jason's strategy for meeting with founders (1:48) and we talk about monetization for creators on TikTok and how payouts compare to YouTube (6:48). Then we look at the post where Bolt F
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How Gen Z Is Reshaping Fintech
Generation Z has grown up with online banking, payment apps and digital investing platforms. Now as the generation comes of age, financial firms find themselves having to do a lot more to gain the business of these digital-native customers.
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The Entrepreneurial Secret Weapon with Russ Yeager
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20VC: Sweetgreen Founder Jonathan Neman on Leadership Lessons from Managing Through COVID, The Importance of Failing Fast and Iterating & How the Best Leaders Bring Together Brand, Capital Allocation and Strategy
<p></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-neman-9a28aa8/" rel="nofollow">Jonathan Neman</a> is Co-Founder & CEO of <a href="https://www.sweetgreen.com/" rel="nofollow">Sweetgreen</a>, the mission-driven restaurant brand t
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Guts, Not Guidelines, Will Stop Tech Mergers
Plus: Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo, Silicon Valley’s approach to history, and Tonga’s disastrous eruption.
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Alexandr Wang (Scale AI) - Better AI Through Better Data
<p>Alexandr Wang is the founder and CEO of Scale AI. He founded Scale while at MIT at the age of 19, after recognizing that he could accelerate companies’ abilities to deploy AI by combining a machine learning-powered data labeling system w
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Wandelbots raises another $84 million to teach robots without code
Dresden, Germany-based Wandelbots has raised a healthy sum in the years since it appeared on our Disrupt Berlin stage, way back in 2017.
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#566: John List — A Master Economist on Increasing Tipping, Strategic Quitting, Maximizing Charitable Fundraising, Baseball Cards, Theory of Mind, and Valuable Decisions on the Margin
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#242 – Money, Happiness, and Productivity as a Solo Founder with Pieter Levels (Part 2 of 2)
<p>Today I'm continuing my conversation with Pieter Levels (@levelsio). In this episode we dig into what habits make Pieter so prolific as well as his thoughts on investing, crypto, and money in general. </p>
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Electric Sheep raises $21.5M to make off-the-shelf lawnmowers autonomous
IRobot announced Terra three years ago this week. After making some tough internal decisions to delay launch back in 2020, the robot mower is still MIA.
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MSFT adds $10B, Stripe mafia memes, Spotify: platform or publisher, Scratchpad case-study | E1370
<p>We break down Microsoft’s amazing earnings (quarterly revenue is up $10B year-over-year) and assess if Satya Nadella is the greatest big tech CEO right now (2:32). Then, we follow-up on the Stripe Mafia thread yesterday from the Bolt CEO
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Rapid Response: Be relentless – so your team can be fearless, w/Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
<p>Faced with long odds, how do you keep your team motivated and moving forward? As a leader, Alexis McGill Johnson is focused on building hope. As the president of Planned Parenthood, Johnson is preparing for the U.S. Supreme Court to over
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Everyone Wants to Be an Entrepreneur
Applications for new businesses rose 20 percent last year, after languishing for a decade. Many newly minted founders attribute it to the pandemic.
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Threat of Cyberwar in Ukraine Has Companies Preparing for Attacks
As diplomats try to convince Russia to pull troops back from Ukraine's border, companies are preparing for the possible fallout of cyberattacks against Ukraine. WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter David Uberti joins host Zoe Thomas to discus
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Intentionality - Get on Your Path with Finnian Kelly
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Meta and Twitter's NFT Landgrab Could Backfire
A new plan to lure social media users to the metaverse could legitimize NFTs, but it could also ruin them.
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Atrium grabs fresh capital to help sales teams meet their quota
Is sales management having a “Money Ball moment?”
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Asheem Chandna | Taking it to the Next Level
Audio version of Greylock general partner Asheem Chandna's Forbes column, "Want to Win? Create the Right Early GTM Strategy," read by Greylock marketing partner Elisa Schreiber. <br/>Chandna provides guidance to early stage foun
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Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon
Identity verification provider Veriff, has raised a $100 million Series C round co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon. They were joined by existing investors IVP and Accel, bringing Veriff’s total funding to date to $200 million.
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$TSLA earnings breakdown & 2022 IPOs to watch with TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1371
<p>Alex Wilhelm from TechCrunch joins Molly and Jason for a full episode. First, they breakdown Tesla's Q4 2021 earnings including its consistently increasing Model 3 production, profitability and charger network growth (3:08). Next up,
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Covid Tests From Tech Startups Promise Accuracy Without the Wait
Health-tech startups have created lab-like molecular Covid-19 tests that you can use from the comfort of your own home. WSJ Senior Personal Tech Columnist Joanna Stern joins host Julie Chang to explain how they work and whether their steep
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How 3 Doctors Are Breaking The Sales Training Mold with Daniel Bai
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20VC: The Robinhood Memo: The Early Metrics That Showed Robinhood was a Breakout Company, The Cost Structure of Robinhood in the Early Days and Why it is a More Efficient Business than eTrade & How Vlad Has Developed as a Leader Over Time with Rick Yang a
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ScottDSandell" rel="nofollow">Scott Sandell</a> is the Managing General Partner of <a href="https://www.nea.com/" rel="nofollow">NEA</a>, one of the leading firms of the last 3 decades with now close
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Singapore-based edtech Cialfo gets $40M led by Square Peg and SEEK
Applying to colleges is one of the hardest parts of high school, especially for students who want to study abroad. Cialfo wants to make the process easier.
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#567: A Rare Podcast at 30 Below Zero — Sue Flood on Antarctica, Making Your Own Luck, Chasing David Attenborough, and Reinventing Yourself
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After QuizUp and Trivia Royale, Thor Fridriksson’s next act is a mobile MMO
QuizUp founder Thor Fridriksson is at it again. The Icelandic serial entrepreneur is two-for-two in creating viral mobile games, but has thus far struck out in turning those into viable businesses.
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Packy McCormick’s Not Boring parlay: Angel S6 E3 + Producer Rachel visits Miami Hack Week | E1373
<p>Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/packym" rel="nofollow">Packy McCormick</a> of Not Boring, for Episode 3 of Season 6 of Angel. Packy turned his massive newsletter into a Not Boring Fund I in 2021, and has since invested $10M
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How to Break Free From Limiting Beliefs with Drew Canole
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The Hidden Truths Behind Creative Success with Allen Gannett
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VC Sunday School: startup investing in a down market + Emily Kirsch of Powerhouse Ventures | E1373
<p>Jason says, "fortunes are made in the down market and collected in the up market." In today's VC Sunday School Jason and Molly discuss how a down market impacts early-stage investors (01:45). You will learn:</p><br/><p><br />
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Leatherman Tool Group: Tim Leatherman
Most entrepreneurs expect it will take at least a few years for their businesses to gain traction. But Tim Leatherman waited 7 years to make a single, $175 sale. In the late 1970s, he had set up shop in his brother-in-law's garage, scav
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Who Really Won in the Meme Stock ‘Revolution’?
Many saw the run-up in meme stocks like GameStop and AMC last year as a way for small investors to turn the tables on Wall Street. But a year later, it’s clear that many of the people it was meant to subvert actually walked away lining thei
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Empowering People, Creating Value and Driving Change with John Swigart
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20VC: How Startup Valuations, Fund Deployment Cycles, M&A and IPO Markets Will All Change in This New Market, Where Will The Biggest Crunch Be, When Is The Right Time To Be Aggressive vs Conservative with Roger Ehrenberg, Founding Partner @ IA Ventures
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/infoarbitrage" rel="nofollow">Roger Ehrenberg</a> is a Founding Partner @ <a href="https://www.iaventures.com/" rel="nofollow">IA Ventures</a>, one of the most successful seed funds of the last de
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Latino Founders Have a Hard Time Raising Money From VCs
Despite diversity pledges, funding to Latino-founded startups in the US still lags—accounting for only 2 percent of venture investments last year.
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bloss, which connects expectant parents with experts, raises £1M pre-seed led by Antler
bloss is a UK startup that connects would-be or existing parents to pre-vetted parenting experts.
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Rise is a new calendar app with a scheduling engine for teams
Meet Rise, a new startup working on a calendar app that is specifically designed for team work.
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Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks
Publishers hope computer-generated voices can help them tap surging demand, but some fans—and Amazon—are resisting the robots.
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Breaking down Ryan Breslow's YC critique + Spotify's solution & Joe Rogan's response | E1374
<p>Over the weekend Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow wrote a big thread on why he thinks Y Combinator isn't worth it. We break it down point by point and assess the validity of the claims (7:07). Right before we started recording, news broke that
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How to go from a side hustle to a multi-billion market leader, with Houzz CEO & Co-Founder Adi Tatarko
<p>It’s the stuff entrepreneurs dream of. Houzz, a marketplace for home renovations, evolved from an evenings and weekends passion project into a multi-billion dollar company with investors queuing up to get a slice of their proverbial pie.
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Social Media Is Making Connected Moms Feel More Lonely
For Generation X moms, social media used to be the place they could turn to find support. But since the pandemic, they’ve been reporting that it’s adding to their sense of isolation and fear of missing out. On today’s show, a Gen X mom shar
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How to Bootstrap a Software Company and Take on the Giants with David Siteman Garland
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106. Don’t predict the future. Create it, w/Net-a-Porter's Natalie Massenet
<p>You’ve had a glimpse into the future, and you’re sitting on an idea that could change the world. Now what? Well, prepare for layers of resistance, and be ready to spring into action. Throughout her career, Natalie Massenet has proved her
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Dashworks is a search engine for your company’s sprawling internal knowledge
As a company grows, the amount of important information employees need to keep track of inevitably grows right along with it. And, as your tech stack gets more complicated, that information ends up split up across more places.
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Workday's Aneel Bhusri | Engineering Values
Greylock general partner Sarah Guo speaks with Aneel Bhusri, the chairman, co-CEO and co-founder of Workday. This interview is part of Greylock’s “Iconversations" series. Bhusri who is also a former managing partner at Greylock, is know
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VendorPM raises $6M to scale its marketplace for property managers and service vendors
VendorPM, a Toronto-based marketplace that connects property managers with reputable vendors, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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Playstation's $3.2B Bungie acquisition, Metafy gaming tutoring, Shopify CEO joins Coinbase Board of Directors | E1375
<p>Another big news drop in the gaming space! Jason and Molly discuss Sony is acquiring Bungie for $3.6B (2:36). We break down what this means for Sony, Bungie’s crazy history, and if other big tech giants should look for M&A targets in
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Crypto Trial Could Reshape How the Industry Is Regulated
A lawsuit between the Securities and Exchange Commission and crypto startup Ripple Labs will test just how far regulators can go in enforcing old finance and trading rules with cryptocurrencies. WSJ reporter Dave Michaels, who covers financ
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Josh Giegel (Virgin Hyperloop) - A Personal Mission
<p>Josh Giegel is the co-founder of Virgin Hyperloop, a company dedicated to making hyperloop transportation a reality. Giegel founded the company in 2014, when hyperloop was an idea on a whiteboard in a garage. A little over two years late
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20 Sales: How To Build Sales Teams with a Product-Led-Growth GTM, What is a Sales Hiring Scorecard and How To Construct Yours & How To Structure the Onboarding Process for all New Sales Hires with Dannie Herzberg, Partner @ Sequoia Capital
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/DannieHerz" rel="nofollow">Dannie Herzberg</a> is a Partner @ <a href="https://www.sequoiacap.com/people/dannie-herzberg/" rel="nofollow">Sequoia Capital</a> and one of the great sales leaders of
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Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote, Too
Advances in artificial intelligence and other technology allow machines to be operated from far away. The trend could spell trouble for workers.
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Jellyfish aims to ‘do for engineering what Salesforce did for sales’
Jellyfish essentially pioneered the term “engineering management” to provide a software tool for insight into engineering organizations, including what they are working on and how they operate.
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#243 – Mental Health, Business Idea Frameworks, and Bootstrapping Today with Rob Walling of TinySeed
<p>In this episode I'm chat with Rob Walling about a wide range of topics including metal health, how to find a business idea and the relevance of bootstrapping today. </p><ul><li>Follow Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/robwalling</l
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Framework looks to expand repairability beyond the laptop
Last November, Apple announced the launch of Self Service Repair — a surprising addition for a company that has notoriously lacked such capabilities. Those changes didn’t happen in a vacuum, of course. The president and Congress have both b
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#568: Cal Newport — The Eternal Pursuit of Craftsmanship, the Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge
<p>Cal Newport — The Eternal Pursuit of Craftsmanship, the Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge | Brought to you by Magic Spoon delicious low-carb cereal, Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover sleeping solution for
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All-In’s hijacked feed, Google’s earnings breakdown, Jason’s legendary iPad troll | E1376
<p>First, Jason explains how someone copied the All-In podcast, put in ads, and then redirected Google’s podcast player to display it as the real All-In feed (1:44). Then, we break down Google's Q4 and full year earnings for 2021 (18:25
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Spies, Start-ups, and Security: The Incredible Entrepreneurial Journey of Matt Holland
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Grocery Delivery Startups Rack Up Losses in Bid for Dominance
Startups aiming to deliver groceries in a matter of minutes are losing lots of money, and fast. Yet venture capitalists keep the investment dollars pouring in. The WSJ’s startups and venture capital reporter Eliot Brown joins host Zoe Thoma
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Rapid Response: Tapping a new generation of consumers, w/The Drone Racing League's Rachel Jacobson
<p>With their eyes fixed on what’s next, the Drone Racing League has established a fresh fanbase, previously left untapped by professional sports. President Rachel Jacobson, formerly an NBA executive, refers to this audience as “techsetters
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It's Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
A controversial new program that uses facial recognition is part of a national effort to verify identities and reduce fraud.
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Whose Your Landlord raises $2.1M for its rental review and data service
Whose Your Landlord,1 or WYL, announced a $2.1 million seed round today led by Black Operator Ventures, better known as BlackOps Ventures.
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Waldo raises $15 million for its automated mobile testing service
Waldo has raised $15 million for its ‘no code’ automated testing tool. Mobile development teams using Waldo can set up tests without writing a line of scripting code.
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Facebook’s Metaverse Growing Pains Give Investors a Reality Check
Facebook’s parent company Meta wants to reposition itself for the metaverse, and it’s spending heavily to do so. But for the moment it’s still a social-media company, one that reported one million fewer daily active users last quarter and a
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20VC: Mark Cuban on Reshaping the Pharmaceuticals Industry, How To Hire and Build Truly Great Teams and What Brand Really Means Today and How To Build One Successfully
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban" rel="nofollow">Mark Cuban</a> is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and owner of the <a href="https://www.mavs.com/" rel="nofollow">Dallas Mavericks</a>. Today we are focused on Mark's lates
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HP Wins Huge Fraud Case Against Autonomy’s Mike Lynch
The ruling by the UK’s High Court could also lead to Lynch’s extradition to the United States, where he faces further charges.
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Scale AI gets into the synthetic data game
Scale AI’s path to becoming a $7.3 billion company was paved in real data from images, text, voice and video.
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#569: ESPN Co-Founder Bill Rasmussen — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
<p>Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.</p><p>You’ll get plenty of that in this specia
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No plastic clamshells here: Zero Grocery aims to eliminate unnecessary plastic in grocery delivery
Even small changes made by individuals to reduce plastic waste can add up to a big positive impact on the environment, founder and CEO Zuleyka Strasner said.
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NYC delivery wars, Cruise gives driverless rides in SF + Gopuff Co-CEO Rafael Ilishayev | E1378
<p>First Jason and Molly discuss reports from "The Information" that Jokr is looking to sell its NYC delivery business due to heightened competition (1:51). Next, they cover how Cruise is opening up its driverless vehicles to give r
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How to Flip on the Magic Switch of Your Innate Brilliance with Arjuna Ardagh
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How to Create a Disruptive Physical Product with Miki Agrawal
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John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins with Ryan Panchadsaram + VC Sunday School: cap table management | E1379
<p>John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins joins to discuss his lessons from a career of investing and his new book "Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now," alongside his co-author Ryan Panchadsaram. </p><br/><p
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Goodreads: Otis and Elizabeth Chandler
As a young programmer in the mid-2000s, Otis Chandler watched as dozens of niche web sites began to take off. When he decided to launch his own site just for book lovers, a respected colleague told him there was "probably not a very big
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Sebastian Mallaby: What is venture capital good for?
<p>Sebastian Mallaby is a journalist and author. His latest book, The Power Law, is an exploration of the history and impact of venture capital that seeks to explain how VCs see the world and why it matters. In this conversation, we discuss
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After Covid-19 Vaccines, What Else Can mRNA Tech Do?
The Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were the first products using mRNA tech to get approved for use. Now scientists and researchers are looking at other uses for that tech, such as more effective flu vaccines or creating the first
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Why the World Needs You to Make a Lot More Money with Derrick Kinney
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20VC: Biggest Lessons and Challenges Building One of the Most Successful Seed Funds, How To Manage Investor Psychology, Self-Doubt and Insecurity & The Secret to Truly Successful Venture Partnerships with David Frankel, Co-Founder @ Founder Collective
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/dafrankel" rel="nofollow">David Frankel</a> is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ <a href="https://www.foundercollective.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">Founder Collective</a>, one of the great se
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Big Tech Needs to Stop Trying to Make Their Metaverse Happen
From Microsoft to Meta, the race is on to sell an amorphous concept that no one really wants them to build.
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Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users
A true “metaverse” may not yet exist, but that hasn’t stopped marketers from adopting the buzzword to promote their apps and games on mobile app stores.
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GM Ventures invests in startup building fast charge-capable battery tech
Soelect, a battery technology startup based in North Carolina, has closed an $11 million Series A round. It plans to use the fresh capital to scale its fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batterie
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DesignMyNight Co-Founder Nick Telson on gay shame and taking the business to exit… exactly as they planned
<p>What’s particularly shocking about Nick Telson’s success with DesignMyNight is how deliberate it all seemed. They set themselves a target each year, achieved it and moved onto the next one until they’d hit the numbers they needed for the
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Spotify's saga continues, $FB warns of EU exit, GoFundMe's protest refund, Peloton's suitors | E1380
<p>Molly and Jason catch up on the big news stories from the weekend. First, we talk about the Joe Rogan & Spotify saga (1:51) and size up the odds of Rogan finishing out his contract with Spotify (15:41). Then, we cover Facebook warnin
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What Will Working in the Metaverse Be Like?
Supporters of the metaverse say it will change how we shop, hang out with friends and even how we work. So how would being employed in the metaverse change how we do our jobs? And what are the potential downsides? Tech reporter Sarah Needle
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Why Every Brand Needs To Be A Content Machine in 2022 with Eric Dyck
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Bumble makes its first acquisition with deal for French Gen Z dating app, Fruitz
Dating app company Bumble, Inc. is making its first acquisition with today’s news that it’s adding the fast-growing French dating app Fruitz to its family of applications.
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28. What great founders do at night, w/Arianna Huffington
<p>To survive your entrepreneurial journey, you have to learn to recharge. Knowing when to turn the lights out may be the only way to keep the lights on. Few know this better than Arianna Huffington, who dramatically scaled the Huffington P
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Thousands of Planes Are Flying Empty and No One Can Stop Them
A pre-pandemic policy on airport usage is pressuring airlines to keep "ghost flights" in the air. The climate impact is massive.
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Twilio's Jeff Lawson | Software with Superpowers
When it comes to innovation, Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson has simple advice: "Build or die." Lawson straddles the line of software developer and CEO, giving him a rare perspective on the common ways the two sides misunderst
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Endgame grabs another cash infusion as product-led growth momentum builds
Endgame connects the dots between product usage and sales opportunities to put employees in the driver's seat of the software they like to use instead of a top-down approach.
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Peter Thiel departs FB board, John Foley steps down at Peloton, Should Amazon spinoff AWS? + Startup of the Day: Island | E1381
<p>Molly and Jason cover Peter Thiel stepping down from FB’s board and look back at the board's evolution over time (2:07). Next, we cover Joe Lonsdale’s op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, where he argues AWS should be split off from Ama
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After Nvidia and SoftBank’s Major Chip Deal Fell Through, What’s Next?
Japanese investor SoftBank and semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia have scrapped their planned $40 billion deal for the chip design specialist Arm. WSJ Heard on the Street Tech columnist Dan Gallagher joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss why the
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Why the Creator Economy Needs a Creator-Focused Event with Joe Pulizzi
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20 Product: Scott Belsky on How to Hire Your Product Leader and Team, 3 Questions All Great Product Leaders Ask, How To Structure and Run Effective Product Reviews & Is Product More Art or Science?
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/scottbelsky" rel="nofollow">Scott Belsky</a> is an entrepreneur, author, investor, and currently serves as Adobe’s Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud. Scott oversees al
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A Fight Over the Right to Repair Cars Turns Ugly
In the wake of a voter-approved law, Subaru and Kia dealers in Massachusetts have disabled systems that allow remote starts and send maintenance alerts.
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Silvr wants to bring revenue-based financing to Europe
French startup Silvr has raised a $20.6 million (€18 million) Series A funding round and has opened a $128 million (€112 million) debt line for its activities.
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Jessica McKellar (Pilot) - Serial Co-founders
<p>Jessica McKellar is the founder and CTO of Pilot, an accounting firm powered by software that has raised more than $160 million in venture capital funding. She also founded Zulip, a group collaboration tool that was acquired by Dropbox i
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#244 – Building gradually to grow suddenly with Shahed Khan of Hyper
<p>Today I'm talking to Shahed Khan, the co-founder of Loom and investor at Hyper. In this episode we talk about his first business failure at 16 and the many iterations Loom went through before catching on fire. </p><ul><li>Follow Shah
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Cooks Venture, the chicken company with big dreams, eats up $50M
Chicken is the most consumed meat in the United States and the world. And yet, the system in place to breed and feed and raise all this chicken is incredibly detrimental to our overall wellbeing.
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#570: Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose
<p>Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose | Brought to you by <a href="https:/
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$3.6B crypto hack recovered + Segment co-founder Peter Reinhardt's next bet: Charm Industrial | E1382
<p>We have a great interview with a serial-founder today! But first, Molly and Jason cover one of the craziest stories of the year. A couple has been charged with conspiring to launder ~$3.6B worth of crypto from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Ily
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Would You Pay for a String of Emojis? If So, Yats Are for You.
Some celebrities and investors are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on Yats, unique strings of emojis that can be used as URLs. Some say Yats will be the next big digital collectible after NFTs. But what are they? WSJ consumer tren
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How to Generate a Passive Income Through Real Estate Tokenization Through RealT with Remy Jacobson
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Rapid Response: Scaling when you’re already at scale, w/Qualcomm's Cristiano Amon
<p>As the global chip shortage unfolded last year, Qualcomm’s engineers quickly redesigned their products – an effort that tapped into “every possible capacity we could find,” says CEO Cristiano Amon. Their story is a great lesson in how an
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Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed
Electric locomotives could cut emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants that harm people living near rail yards.
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Shift5 raises $50M to defend transport networks from cyberattacks
You might not think much about the train or the airplane that gets you from one place to another, but behind any transportation link is a vast sprawling network of electronics, devices, and data that keep trains on the tracks and planes in
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Mystery | The Easy Button for Connection at Work
In today's work world where remote, hybrid, and otherwise distributed teams are the norm, how do businesses ensure their employees are engaged and feel a sense of cohesion with one another? Enter Mystery: is the easy button for team mor
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Republic’s metaverse real estate arm spins off, rebrands as Everyrealm
Over $500 million worth of real estate was sold on the top four metaverse platforms in 2021, data shows.
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How the Government Traced Billions in Stolen Bitcoin
The U.S. government said it recovered roughly $3.6 billion in stolen bitcoin this week and arrested two people it said were laundering it. But tracking crypto through a web of digital transactions to identify bad actors is no simple feat. W
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Peloton's new CEO + Cake Ventures' Monique Woodard Angel S6 E5 | E1383
<p>In the opening news segment, Molly and Jason break down the news around Peloton's new CEO, Barry McCarthy, including the open letter he sent to the company, his background and principles for success (2:05). </p><br/><p>Then, Monique
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Expense Management Flipping Sucks, But Fintech Is Revolutionizing The Game with Nate Meadows
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20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Why Founders Cannot Hedge Their Bets, The 2 Categories of Wrong Decision and How To Avoid Them & The Biggest Dangers of Being Over-Funded as a Startup
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/levie" rel="nofollow">Aaron Levie</a> is the Founder and CEO @ <a href="https://www.box.com/" rel="nofollow">Box</a>, the company incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an int
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The IRS Drops Facial Recognition Verification After Uproar
Privacy advocates and lawmakers from both major parties objected to the agency's use of a third-party system to confirm taxpayers' identities.
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Neo.tax raises $10M to help startups access R&D tax credits
For most people, mention of the word “taxes” conjures up unpleasant things like tedious processes, mountains of paperwork and shelling out a lot of money to the government.
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Rapid Disney+ growth, Predicting preference with Qloo's Alex Elias, OK Boomer: Zehra Naqvi's Z-list | E1384
<p>Jason and Molly open the shown discussing Disney’s Q1 Earnings and the 37% increase in Disney+ subscribers (01:51).</p><br/><p>Then, Qloo CEO Alex Elias joins to discuss his AI prediction company (21:12). You will learn:</p><br/><p>1
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Remote work and events startup twine acquires YC-backed Glimpse to launch on Zoom
Twine, a company that provides networking tools for virtual events and remote teams, will soon bring its services to Zoom thanks to its just-closed acquisition of the Y Combinator-backed startup, Glimpse, which had developed a “speech match
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Tech That Will Set Your Business on FIRE with Claire Alexander of Capterra!
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How to Raise $400 million on the Internet and Build a FinTech Business with Jilliene Helman
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VC Sunday School: first-tier investor behavior + Climate: Dangerous Ventures' Mike Lin | E1385
<p>Jason and Molly begin this double-header Sunday show with a VC Sunday School segment on top-tier VC behavior (01:38). You will learn:</p><br/><p>1. How first-tier VC compare to second-tier VCs</p><br/><p>2. When VCs should intervene in a
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Telfar: Telfar Clemens and Babak Radboy
As he started to gain a name as a New York fashion designer in the 2010s, Telfar Clemens often joked that he was "constantly emerging." At least, that's how the establishment fashion press saw him: a child of Liberian immigrants
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Predicting Climate Change Pushes Limits of Computer Models
To prepare for the impacts of climate change, policy makers are looking for more accurate and precise climate models. But scientists are running up against the limits of computer modeling and facing challenges posed by natural phenomena lik
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Earn More with LinkedIn Sales Navigator with Julbert Abraham
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20VC: Bedrock's Geoff Lewis on Whether VCs Actually Provide Value or Not, Why Bedrock Does Not Have An Ownership Focus and The Difference Between Principles and Rules When Building a Firm or Company
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/GeoffLewisOrg" rel="nofollow">Geoff Lewis</a> is the Founder and Managing Partner @ <a href="https://www.bedrockcap.com/" rel="nofollow">Bedrock</a>, now with over $1BN in AUM, Bedrock invests in
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Sony's AI Drives a Race Car Like a Champ
The company built GT Sophy to master the game Gran Turismo, but it may help the development of real self-driving cars.
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RedRoute wants answering customer service calls to be as easy as using ‘Alexa’
It takes as little as 30 minutes to get RedRoute set up, and customers can try the software with zero upfront costs.
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Introducing Fungible Times
A special guest broadcast of the brand new podcast Fungible Times, created and hosted by Greylock investors Sarah Guo, Christine Kim, and Mike Duboe. Fungible Times shares stories from the builders at the forefront of Web 3.0. Tune in to le
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Lung-health startup Respira Labs inhales $2.8M to help respiration patients breathe easier
Respira Labs, a medical technology company specializing in respiratory care, which first unveiled its product to the world last year, successfully raised $1 million in funding and an additional $1.8 million in grants to continue building it
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Crypto's Super Bowl blitz, Joby's asian air-taxi partnerships, Affirm's earnings & BNPL growing pains | E1386
<p>First, we break down the Crypto companies that ran super bowl ads and see how they stack up against the dot-com era ads (1:53). Then, we do an update on Joby aviation now that they are trying to roll out an air taxi service in South Kore
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NFT Fakes Challenge Crypto-Goods Marketplace OpenSea
The NFT marketplace OpenSea has seen huge growth over the past year, but it is struggling with how to protect users from buying fake versions of the digital collectibles. WSJ reporter Justin Scheck joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what the
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Becoming A Hero: How To Transform Into The Best Version of Yourself with Brian Johnson
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Strategy Session: How to make the most of tough pivots? What are the right growth targets? How do you best prepare for entrepreneurship?
<p>In this special edition of Strategy Session, Reid Hoffman answers five burning questions from our Masters of Scale Members. Each asks Reid a critical question about the business challenges that they’re facing right now – from how to best
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2/15 Assange’s NFT Clock Sale Rides a Wave of DAO Crowdfunding
The WikiLeaks founder raised $50 million for legal fees, making him the latest public figure to benefit from decentralized autonomous organizations.
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Insify is modernizing insurance, but this time for SMEs
Meet Insify, an insurtech startup that raised a $17 million (€15 million) Series A round led by Accel. The company wants to modernize the insurance market.
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Tropic takes in more capital as demand for software procurement savings continues
Tropic’s technology brings a click-and-approve approach to buying and managing all of that software.
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Do startup employee stock options need an overhaul? Softbank's failed Arm sale + Growth University's Craig Zingerline | E1387
<p>Catalyzed by a Ryan Breslow viral <a href="https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1493390167461224451" rel="nofollow">tweetstorm</a>, we break down the arguments for if companies should loan money to employees to allow them to exercise t
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DoorDash Shows Need for Speed With New McDonald’s Fees
In the food-delivery industry, where time is money, DoorDash has come up with a new way to charge McDonald’s restaurants if they move too slowly. WSJ reporter Preetika Rana joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what the new approach says about h
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How to Redefine Our Broken Education & Employment System for Good with Siddharth Rajsekar
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Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Fighting fraud is important. But so is respecting privacy and guarding against bias. It's a “no-win situation,” one former official says.
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20Growth: Five Key Functions of a Growth Team, The Biggest Lessons Starting Uber's Growth Team and Scaling Facebook's, How To Structure The Hiring Process for Growth and What Separates Good From Great in Growth Leaders with Ed Baker, Former VP of Growth @
<p></p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/uberedbaker/" rel="nofollow">Ed Baker</a> is an angel investor and growth advisor to various startups including Lime, Zwift, Whoop, Crimson Education, GoPeer, and Playbook. Ed was the VP of Pr
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#571: Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
<p>Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses. More on all three below.</p><p>Boyd Varty (<a h
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Scrona has big manufacturing plans for its tiny 3D printing
Scrona AG caused a minor splash all the way back in 2015 when it snagged a Guinness World Record for the “smallest inkjet-printed color image.”
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Payal Kadakia (ClassPass) - Bringing Your Whole Self to Your Venture
<p>Payal Kadakia is the founder of ClassPass, the health and wellness app that connects users to fitness classes and other health-positive experiences in 30 countries worldwide. Kadakia is also the founder and artistic director of The Sa
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Introducing The Enterprise Software Innovators Podcast | Michael Keithley
A special guest broadcast of the new podcast Enterprise Software Innovators, created and co-hosted by Abnormal Security CEO and co-founder Evan Reiser and Greylock investor Saam Motamedi. ESI features exclusive conversations with the world&
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Employment Hero raises $181M AUD at $1.25B AUD valuation, acquires KeyPay
Human resources platform Employment Hero announced today it has raised $181 million AUD (or about $129 million USD), putting it at unicorn valuation in Australian dollars of $1.25 billion.
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Keith Rabois of Founders Fund + AirBnB's earnings & evolving customer base, SF BOE recall | E1388
<p>World-class investor-operator <a href="https://twitter.com/rabois" rel="nofollow">Keith Rabois</a> is back for his eighth time! </p><br/><p>But first, Jason breaks down Airbnb’s great Q4 and full-year earnings report (2:42) and how its c
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Google Follows Apple in Plan to Limit Tracking on Smartphones
Google said it plans to change the way users are tracked across apps on its Android operating system. It marks the latest shakeup for the mobile ad industry, which is under growing pressure from privacy advocates and regulators. WSJ reporte
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Building a High Growth Brand in CPG with Bryan Freeman
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Rapid Response: "Be confident enough to show your vulnerability," w/Ken Frazier (Merck/General Catalyst)
<p>Ken Frazier, the longtime CEO of pharmaceutical giant Merck, was one of the few Black CEOs at the top of Corporate America. Now as an adviser at General Catalyst and co-founder of the social impact organization OneTen, he’s re-shaping ho
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After the Great Resignation, Tech Firms Are Getting Desperate
Faced with a shortage of qualified workers and fierce competition, companies are offering candidates money to interview and plush perks if they stay.
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Genesis raises $200M in Tiger-led round to grow its finance-focused low-code application platform
Genesis, which has built a low-code/no-code application platform specifically for the financial markets, announced today it has landed a $200 million investment led by Tiger Global Management.
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Asheem Chandna | The Long Game in Cybersecurity
The audio version of Greylock general partner Asheem Chandna's column for Forbes, "The Long Game in Cybersecurity." As the underlying technology of cybersecurity advances, so, too, does the cyber threat. Chandna spoke with four
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#245 – Hiring a Team You Actually Like with Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer
<p>Today I'm talking to Ben Orenstein of Tuple and Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal. I recently joined them on their podcast The Art of Product and we talked about things like long-term goal setting and hiring a team of people you actually en
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Dutch raises $20M to scale its telemedicine platform for pets
Virtual veterinarian care platform Dutch has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by Forerunner Ventures and Eclipse Ventures.
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#572: In Case You Missed It: January 2022 Recap of The Tim Ferriss Show
<p>Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. </p><p>This is a special inbetweenisode, which
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What Comes Next in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment?
Last September, El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender. The news got a lot of attention, but a few months in, the cryptocurrency has yet to catch on with the cash-loving Salvadorans. WSJ Deputy Editor for Latin America Santiago Pérez j
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Income Report for January 2022: Crypto, NFT's, Tax Prep and more!
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20VC: Faire's Max Rhodes on Three Steps To Hire the Best Candidates, Why Every Company Should Have a Strategy Doc and How To Do It & The Art of Referencing; How to Get the Most Out of Every Reference
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/maxrhodesok" rel="nofollow">Max Rhodes</a> is the Co-Founder and CEO @ <a href="https://www.faire.com/" rel="nofollow">Faire</a>, the online marketplace where retailers discover their next bestsel
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The Brutal Reason Some Primates Are Born a Weird Color
When species have babies with conspicuous fur, it can attract good attention—or bad. A new theory could explain why.
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Actual, which renders company ESG data in a SimCity-like platform, raises $5M seed
Trying to deal with the huge amount of data associated with how companies are going to transition to a “net zero” economy is an uphill task.
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Spotify's ad-tech acquisitions to take on YouTube with The Verge's Ashely Carman + Founder University Pitches | E1389
<p>Ashley Carman joins Jason & Molly to discuss Spotify's acquisition of podcast ad-tech companies Chartable and Podsights (1:55). Ashley is a senior reporter at The Verge and the lead writer at HotPod. We dig into why she thinks Sp
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Ibex Investors’ newest fund is betting on a mobility revolution
When Ibex Investors founder and CEO Justin Borus looks at the transportation industry — and the technological changes that are coming — he sees one of the biggest opportunities in a lifetime. And with a fresh $113 million fund focused on ea
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From PM to GP: Roach Capital's Fahd Ananta | Angel S6 E6 + OK Boomer: Dive Chat | E1390
<p>00:00 Jason intros the show, Roach Captial's first fund, and Producer Rachel's interview with the Dive Chat founder01:33 Angel Season 6 - First Time Funds<br /><br/>04:07 Fahd Ananta of Roach Capital's path from founder to PM
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How to Travel the World for Free with Instagram with Zach Benson
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Never Stop Learning with Chris Pfaff
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Live Episode! Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP: Angie & Dan Bastian (2019)
Angie and Dan Bastian weren't trying to disrupt an industry or build a massive company, they just wanted to put aside some money for their kids' college fund. In 2001, Dan stumbled across an internet ad touting kettle corn as a lucr
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Sam Arbesman: Science, institutional innovation and long term thinking
<p><a href="https://arbesman.net/" rel="nofollow">Sam Arbesman</a> is a complexity scientist and writer and is currently a scientist-in-residence at <a href="https://luxcapital.com/" rel="nofollow">Lux Capital</a>, a leading venture capital
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The Basics for How to Retire Young with Crypto with James McMahon
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The Psychology of Placing EV Chargers Along Roads Less Traveled
Just seeing a map of charging stations in rural areas can help alleviate “range anxiety”—and help get more EVs on the streets.
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ICON raises $185M in Tiger-led round to build more homes with its 3D printing tech, now approaching $2B valuation
ICON, which creates homes using 3D printing, has raised an additional $185 million in a round led by Tiger Global Management, TechCrunch has learned exclusively.
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Voltron Data grabs $110M to build startup based on Apache Arrow project
Voltron Data was launched last year by former employees from NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL and the co-founder of Apache Arrow.
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Big Tech Agrees to Make Smart Home Devices More Compatible
Setting up a connected home can be difficult because many smart devices require their own apps or only connect to certain hubs like Amazon Alexa or Apple HomeKit. But a new standard for connecting smart devices will roll out later this year
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A Simple T-Shirt Created a 7-Figure Business with Clay Mosley
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The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry
It's a tricky, delicate task that combines machine vision and robotics. Progress has been slow, but entrepreneurs and farmers continue to invest.
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Sweden’s Volta raises $260M at a $490M valuation to get its all-electric trucks into production by the end of this year
Volta Trucks — the Swedish electric vehicle startup that believes it can build better urban delivery vehicles and other trucks that are safer and take up a smaller carbon footprint than their gas-guzzling, more clumsy, existing counterparts
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Christine Kim | Innovation and Opportunities in Web3
Greylock investor Christine Kim discusses the current Web3 landscape. Kim, who focuses on a range of consumer technology and marketplaces, sees a future where blockchain technology is the underlying infrastructure (and driving force of inno
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How Groove is Disrupting Online Platforms with an All-In-One Revolutionary Solution with Mike Filsame
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Agility Robotics and Playground Global join TechCrunch Live to speak on fundraising robotic delivery
Delivery has become one of the fastest growing verticals for robotics investments amid pandemic-related shutdowns. There’s been plenty of interest in the category over the years, but Covid-19 has accelerated interest on all sides of the equ
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Coinbase's mutable messaging, Revitalizing Peloton and High-growth companies poised for a comeback | E1391
<p>First, we cover Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong potentially taking credit for an idea generated by a creative firm (2:09). Then, we cover Peloton’s new CEO Barry McCarthy's vision for a revitalized Peloton (15:29). To wrap, we break dow
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With App Store Bill, Apple Is in an Unusual Position: Playing Defense
Big tech rivals, app developers and now lawmakers have trained their focus on how Apple runs its App Store. Tech reporter Tim Higgins joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the proposed restrictions on app stores, why they attract rare bipartisan
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Grocery Apps Hoped to Win Over Amsterdam. Then Things Turned Sour
The "dark stores" that popped up in Dutch cities have triggered turf wars with residents and citywide crackdowns.
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#573: Margaret Atwood — A Living Legend on Creative Process, The Handmaid’s Tale, Being a Mercenary Child, Resisting Labels, the Poet Rug Exchange, Liminal Beings, Burning Questions, Practical Utopias, and More
<p>Margaret Atwood — A Living Legend on Creative Process, The Handmaid’s Tale, Being a Mercenary Child, Resisting Labels, the Poet Rug Exchange, Liminal Beings, Burning Questions, Practical Utopias, and More | Brought to you by 80,000 Hours
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Last mile delivery e-bike supplier Zoomo tacks on $20M to Series B
Zoomo, an Australian startup that builds utility e-bikes for delivery workers, has raised an additional $20 million in equity to close out its Series B round. In November, the company raised $60 million in equity and debt for its Series B,
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Announcing the Masters of Scale Summit
<p>Go to summit.mastersofscale.com to learn how to join a pantheon of scale leaders gathering in San Francisco Oct. 18-20, 2022 at the Masters of Scale Summit. The early confirmed stage program includes the likes of Bill Gates, Tyra Banks,
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#246 – Doing Content Right with Steph Smith of Trends.co
<p>Today I'm talking to Steph Smith (@stephsmithio). She runs Trends.co and recently got my attention when she posted on IH how she grew her podcast from 0 to 15k downloads/month. She took a really unique approach to launching her s
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Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital) - Cleantech 2.0
<p>Alongside his wife Crystal, Chris Sacca built Lowercase Capital into an extraordinarily successful VC firm, leveraging very early-stage investments in transformational technology companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Stripe. He re
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The Tiger Global Memo: From Sequoia Capital to Benchmark and Thrive: The World's Best on the Rise of Tiger Global
<p>Tiger Global are one of the most discussed venture firms on the planet. With a deal cadence and capital deployment speed that is unmatched, they have made their mark on the venture landscape like no other over the last 24 months. Today w
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thatDot launches Quine, a streaming graph engine
ThatDot, a Portland, Oregon-based startup that focuses on streaming event processing, today announced the launch of Quine, a new MIT-licensed open-source project for data engineers that combines event streaming with graph data to create wha
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Kanye's genius business model, Platform dependency risks, Pipe enters the movie biz + AirPals' Joshe Ordonez | E1392
<p>First we discuss Kanye’s new “STEM Player” bluetooth speaker, and why he’s trying to diversify away from Spotify and streaming platforms (2:21). We continue with a discussion about platform reliance one founder saw his business destroyed
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Bonus Episode! The Limits with Jay Williams: Maverick Carter
This week, we thought we'd bring you a little bonus from another show from NPR, The Limits with Jay Williams. <br /><br />Years before they built the SpringHill Company—an entertainment and development brand recently valued at $725 mill
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How Crypto Investors Plan to Change Real-Estate Buying
A group of investors wants to simplify real-estate buying and eventually even set up a city in Wyoming using blockchain technology. WSJ cryptocurrency reporter Paul Vigna joins host Zoe Thomas to explain the new investing structure they use
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What Web 3 Will Mean For Your Business and Portfolio with Brad Hart
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Rapid Response: Invest in first principles, w/Sarah Levy, Betterment CEO
<p>It may appear off-brand for Betterment, a digital investment adviser, to acquire a cryptocurrency investing platform. But CEO Sarah Levy explains that Betterment, positioned around its long-term diversification philosophy, has approached
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TikTok Wants Longer Videos—Whether You Like It or Not
The company knows that clips over 60 seconds in length stress users out. That won't stop it from chasing the lucrative long-video market.
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Vendr acquires Blissfully, combining its SaaS buying services with management tools
Vendr, a startup that aims to help its customers buy software products faster and at a lower cost, announced this morning it has acquired Blissfully, a startup that builds SaaS management tooling.
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With mission to modernize data streaming, Redpanda snares $50M Series B
When Redpanda launched in 2019, company founder and CEO Alexander Gallego thought a startup devoted to modernizing streaming data should have an appropriately nerdy name.
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Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393
<p>Molly interviews Jason about raising "LAUNCH Fund I." This season of Angel is focused on the nitty-gritty details of raising and running a first-time fund (22:47). Jason shares everything from getting his first check to his bigge
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Hackers Targeted Ukraine With Malware Ahead of Russian Invasion
Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, cyberattacks and hacking were already part of the conflict. Now cybersecurity experts worry such attacks could spill over into other places. WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter David Uberti joins host Zoe Thom
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How an Entrepreneur Built a $5M Portfolio Using One single Investing Technique with Kiana Danial
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China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.
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AnyRoad helps brands measure customer experiences
Brands don’t often know everyone who is attending their big events, which leads to limited return on investment and actionable insights. AnyRoad provides that insight.
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#574: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Psychological Warfare (And Much More) (Repost)
<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger on Psychological Warfare (And Much More) | Brought to you by Vuori comfortable and durable performance apparel and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement.</p><p>In this episode, I interview the one and on
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20VC Exclusive: Sahil Bloom on Raising his Debut Venture Fund (SRB Ventures), Why Traditional Venture Firms Are Going to Lose and How Sahil Built a Twitter Audience to 500K+ in 18 Months
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SahilBloom" rel="nofollow">Sahil Bloom</a> is the Founding Partner @ SRB Ventures, a $10M fund that leverages the 500K followers Sahil has amassed to invest at the intersection of venture and medi
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Cococart sweetens the process for e-commerce companies to take orders immediately
Cococart's tools enable merchants to set up an online store in minutes with no code, no design and no app downloads.
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DHH on Basecamp's painful evolution, Bitcoin, Revitalizing internet discourse + Lumanu CEO Tony Tran | E1394
<p>Jason chats with David Heinemeier Hansson (2:03) about global governments reacting to COVID, Basecamp’s Twitter cycle blowup last spring when more than 1/3 of the company left, the shift from debating in the public square (Twitter) to de
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Leveraging a Powerful Social Media Strategy in a Digitally Driven World with Ryan White
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Using Credit Cards to Get an Edge for Your Business with Ken Jacobus
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What investors mean when they are "waiting for a lead" (VC Sunday School) + Seth Bannon of 50 Years | E1395
<p>First up is a VC Sunday school where Jason discusses what investors mean when they say "we are investing for a lead" (1:51). Them, we tease Molly's EV review of the Audi e-tron Sportback (20:42). To wrap, Molly does a This We
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Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker (2019)
The very first time Tristan Walker shaved, he woke up the next morning with razor bumps all over his face. "I was like, what is this?" he remembers saying. "I am never shaving again—ever." He soon discovered that like him, m
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Shashank Joshi: Ukraine - how we got here and what next?
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/shashj" rel="nofollow">Shashank Joshi</a> is defence editor at the Economist. Long-time listeners may remember <a href="https://tib.buzzsprout.com/1597213/8527519-shashank-joshi-china-russia-and-the-world-s-b
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Is It Time to Change the Rules for Big Tech? Experts Weigh In.
Regulators in the U.S. and abroad are looking at ways to reign in or even break up big tech companies. But experts disagree on whether shrinking the power of tech giants will benefit users and the overall economy. WSJ Pro brought together a
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How to Create the Kind of Love in Your Relationship That Makes Your Friends Wonder, What Is Your “Secret Sauce” with John David Mann & Ana Gabriel Mann
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Why Cities Want Old Buildings Taken Down Gently
A growing number of US cities are adopting “deconstruction” policies that involve taking structures apart by hand in the name of sustainability.
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Singapore-based micromobility startup Beam secures $93M Series B, enters new markets
Beam, a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia.
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20VC: 3 Biggest Mistakes Founders Make When Scaling, Management 101 on Trust Building, Morale Maintenance and Hiring & What We Can Learn About Parenting From Nature Programs with Scott Dietzen
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/scott_dietzen" rel="nofollow">Scott Dietzen</a> is Vice Chairman of the Board of Pure Storage and served as the Company’s CEO from 2010 to 2017. Under his leadership, Pure grew to thousands of employe
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#575: Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years to Do (Repost)
<p>Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years to Do | Brought to you by Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement and <a href="https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/?utm_source=timblog&utm_medium=timblog&ut
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Better Dairy slices into new funding for animal-free cheeses
Better Dairy is using precision fermentation to produce cheeses that are molecularly identical to traditional dairy.
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MedMen: what went wrong at the cannabis industry’s first unicorn, with Founder and former CEO Adam Bierman
<p>Look, we’re going to tell you straight - this is a blinding episode - and that’s because we’re talking to a man who is unflinchingly honest about his Founder experience.</p><p>On the outside it looked like Adam Bierman had it all. He was
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In Ukraine Conflict, Social Media Is a Key Weapon
<p>As the Ukrainian army squares off against invading Russian forces, both sides are trying to control the war’s narrative on social media. Tech reporter Sam Schechner joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss the role social media is playing in ral
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Free Time Through Smarter Systems with Jenny Blake
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Need to know, w/Reid & Bob: Inflation complications, volatile reverberations, lessons from Peloton, Theranos, Meta, & more
<p>“We should expect more volatility,” Reid Hoffman tells Rapid Response host Bob Safian in the first Need to Know session of the year, full of the news and business topics impacting entrepreneurs right now. Reid and Bob dive into the pande
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An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy
Two-thirds of freelancers on Fiverr say they’re servicing the NFT industry. But is it sustainable?
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Flashfood raises $12.3M to scale its grocery app that helps tackle retail food waste
Toronto-based Flashfood, a mobile marketplace that provides customers with access to discounted food nearing its best-by date, has raised $12.3 million in Series A funding led by S2G Ventures.
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Corinne Riley | BNPL for Businesses
Greylock investor Corinne Riley reads the essay she co-authored with Greylock general partner Sarah Guo entitled "BNPL for Businesses." In this essay, Riley and Guo describe the current state of B2B commerce, and the ways it lags be
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Web 3 is Going Great with Molly White | E1396
<p>First, Molly Wood quickly sums up crypto donations flowing to Ukraine (2:03). Then, Jason and Molly chat with Molly White, the creator of the website "Web 3 is Going Great." We discuss the problems she identified with Web 3, spec
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Payhawk becomes a unicorn as it extends its Series B
European spend management startup Payhawk has added $100 million to its Series B round that I already covered back in November.
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Tech takes action against Russia, Backbone's mobile gaming device + Joel Greenblatt from Gotham Capital | E1397
<p>First Jason and Molly break down the reactions from big tech companies to the Russia / Ukraine conflict (2:22), then we showcase our Startup of the Day, Backbone which is innovating in mobile gaming (51:41). Then Jason does an amazing in
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Hacktivists Engage in Cyber ‘Street Fights’ in Defense of Ukraine
<p>A loosely organized group of hackers has been taking down Russian websites and launching information campaigns in hopes of creating confusion and influencing public opinion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. WSJ Pro Cybersecurity reporter
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Live near an ocean? Kin Insurance’s data aims to more accurately predict home risk
By using data and technology to accurately price the risk, Kin Insurance is able to remove some of the costs of traditional insurance firms, like agents.
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How to Build a Billionaire Brand with Grant Cardone
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Energy Firms Are Going ‘Green’ by Offloading Dirty Coal Plants
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#576: Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor
<p>Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor | Brought to you by Allform premium, modular furniture; Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement; and Tonal smart home gym. More on all
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Paola Santana (GLASS) - Solving for Infrastructure
<p>A lawyer, public policy expert, and tech entrepreneur, Paola Santana is the founder and CEO of GLASS, a software ecosystem using artificial intelligence to power high-performing governments. Her work includes engaging with The White Hous
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#247 – Scaling Up a 1-to-1 Service with Ravi Mehta and Victoria Young of Scale Higher
<p>Today I'm talking to Victoria Young (@victoriahyoung) and Ravi Mehta (@ravi_mehta) about their coaching platform Scale Higher. In this episode we talk about the type of person who could benefit from a coach and how they'v
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YouTube's Neal Mohan | Powering Creators
YouTube chief product officer and Google senior vice president Neal Mohan talks with Greylock general partner David Thacker about the dynamics of building, scaling, and governing one of the world's most popular user-generated content pl
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Enterpret launches with $4.4M, NLP technology to decipher customer feedback
Enterpret is building and deploying customer-specific models, based on customer feedback, for product development teams.
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Apple pauses RU sales, Ford splits-off EVs + How Facebook killed Joe Speiser's $100M business | E1398
<p>First, we talk about Apple pausing all sales in Russia and other actions they’re taking (1:47). Then, we cover Ford splitting its EV business off from its ICE business (15:57). Then, Joe Speiser from Hampton VC joins to talk about how be
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Crypto in Wartime: Bitcoin’s Role in the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
<p>The Russia-Ukraine crisis has caused major disruptions to both countries’ financial systems. But bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are offering a decentralized and nearly seamless way to transfer money amid the conflict. WSJ crypto repo
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How to Build & Exit for Multiple 8 Figures with No College Degree with Hunter Ballew
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Rapid Response: Make mistakes to make progress, w/GM's Gerald Johnson
<p>General Motors’ Gerald Johnson shares the process and progress of trying to accomplish two daunting goals: an all-electric vehicle future, and to become the world’s most inclusive company. One thing that Johnson, the Executive Vice Presi
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YouTube's Captions Insert Explicit Language in Kids' Videos
The AI that transcribes spoken dialog on the platform's standard version can render “corn” as “porn,” “beach” as “bitch,” and “brave” as “rape.”
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After raising $4 million, Emtech supports central banks across Africa, the Caribbean to deploy regulatory sandboxes
For fintechs to thrive in such a way that they remain meaningful to economies, a synergy between them and regulatory bodies is inevitable.
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How to Deal with Anxiety Around Your Business with Ajit Nawalk
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Cana CEO Matt Mahar on launching a "Replicator for beverages," turning a product into a platform, working with The Production Board and more | E1399
<p>Cana is back on the podcast, previously David Friedberg teased the "molecular beverage printer" on E1365. This time, we speak and to CEO Matt Mahar about pricing, their go-to-market plans, their cartridge subscription process, C
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Microsoft partners with VCs, accelerators to back 10,000 startups in Africa
Microsoft has today announced plans to support 10,000 startups in Africa over the next five years through a series of initiatives including partnerships with accelerators and incubators across the continent.
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Ukraine’s Tech Workers Help War Effort While Still Churning Out Code
<p>Ukraine’s tech sector is carrying on despite the Russian invasion. IT workers across the country are churning out code for clients, while at the same time many are aiding the war effort. WSJ European tech reporter Sam Schechner joins hos
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Ukrainian Founder Aleksandr Volodarsky on running a company in wartime
<p>It’s amazing how important business seems until something really important happens, like a war breaks out.</p><p>For Aleksandr Volodarsky, Founder of <a href="Lemon.io" rel="nofollow">Lemon.io</a>, which connects companies with software
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Australia's Standoff Against Google and Facebook Worked—Sort Of
A year after Australia forced tech giants to pay news outlets for the content they display, other countries want to follow suit.
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Shares raises $40 million for its social investment app
Shares has closed a $40 million Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. The company has been working on a mobile app that lets you easily buy and sell shares, but with a social twist.
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#577: Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More (Repost)
<p>Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More | Brought to you by Shopify global commerce platform providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business; Th
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Google ends WFH, $SNOW earnings + Stillmark's Alyse Killeen Angel S6 E7 + Pallet CEO Kai Han | E1400
<p>First Jason and Molly cover Google is bringing employees back to the office three times per week starting in early April (1:41), Snowflake dropping 15% after reporting strong earnings, Slack’s slowing growth within Salesforce. After the
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YC-backed Blocknom wants to become the “Coinbase Earn of Southeast Asia”
Blocknom, a crypto-earning platform in Y Combinator’s current batch, has aspirations to become the “Coinbase Earn for Southeast Asia.” Today the company announced it has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding from Y Combinator, Number Capital
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Get Back to Human: How to Build a Powerful Network, Team, and Community with Dan Schawbel
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How much money is too much? (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Andrew Beebe of Obvious Ventures | E1401
<p>Another Sunday double-header edition! First Jason leads a VC Sunday School session on how to react when companies try and skip steps and raise larger rounds (2:51). Plus, how Pegasus (or Alicorn) companies can end up being much better in
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Superhuman Brain Masterclass with Dr. Isaac Jones
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How Tech Companies Are Rethinking Office Work After Two Years Away
<p>It has been two years since companies sent their employees home due to the pandemic, and over that time tech has dramatically changed the way we work. WSJ reporter Katie Bindley joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss how big tech companies lik
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Discord: Jason Citron
<p>During his early career, Jason Citron stepped away from two stalled businesses and pivoted—twice—to something far more successful. The second time he did it, he created one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. It star
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20VC: Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband, What is Being a Good Father & How to Embrace Vulnerability and Authenticity in Leadership and Marriage
<p></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/harleyf" rel="nofollow">Harley Finkelstein</a> is the President of Shopify, the platform modern commerce is built on. Over the last 12 years, Harley has partnered with Tobi to the tune of building Sho
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The Governor of Colorado Is High on Blockchain
Can Jared Polis turn the Rockies into the next crypto paradise?
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Volocopter raises $170M, now valued at $1.87B, to fuel the first commercial launches of its flying taxi fleet
Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft and a business model for operating them in taxi-style fleets in urban areas, has picked up another bi
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Environmental, social and governance tracking gets easier with ESGgo
You can’t swing an ethically sourced, locally produced, sustainably raised dead fish these days without hitting a set of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals in a company’s board meetings or annual reports.
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Alumni Ventures charged by SEC + What Germany got wrong about nuclear power with Mark Nelson | E1402
<p>First, Jason and Molly cover the news of Alumni Ventures Group getting charged by the SEC for misleading investors about their management fees (1:56). AVG had to repay $4.7M to investors and paid $800,000 in a settlement. Next, we briefl
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Pip & Nut: How to take your business from your kitchen table to all major supermarkets, with Founder & CEO Pip Murray
<p>If you’re in the UK and you like your peanut butter, you’ve probably come across Pip n Nut, the brand named after its Founder and today’s guest, Pip Murray.</p><p>Pip started the business when she was 24, at her kitchen table, with a ble
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How To Delete Anything From Your Consumer Report with Daraine Delevante
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What YouTube Learned When It Built a Platform for Kids
<p>As more social-media platforms look for ways to draw in younger users, one of the biggest hurdles is figuring out how to moderate what content they see. Tech reporter Yoree Koh joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss her reporting on how YouTub
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107. How to harness risk, w/Stacey Abrams, political leader, activist, entrepreneur
<p>For some entrepreneurs, risk is just part of the game. But for the reluctant entrepreneur, whose endeavors come as a response to a need they've identified, risk can feel more like a necessary evil. That’s why you need to learn to har
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The Original Hybrid Workers Can Teach Us How to Do It Right
Over 50 years ago, they trialed “part-time telecommuting.” The pandemic-driven model has problems, but early adopters think they can be fixed.
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Infrastructure is broken, Gecko is using robotics to help fix it
Gecko Robotics’ mission statement is “To protect today’s critical infrastructure, and give form to tomorrow’s.”
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Espresso | Privacy and Scalability for Web3
Greylock investor Seth Rosenberg talks Charles Lu and Benedikt Bunz, two of the founding members of Web3 privacy and scalability startup Espresso Systems. Espresso, which just came out of stealth, enables anyone to build private & compl
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