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Jack

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The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Founder of Simple Closure, started Simple Closure. after their dating app startup failed and they wish they had helped shutting down that failed startup. Yeah, this guy started a startup shutdown app after his first startup shut down. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our tongue-twisting buddies over at Simple Closure? The perception divide is a business opportunity.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Yetis, the reality of social media is that it's not real. People, they post and they publish purely positive updates. Even on LinkedIn, you see posts about fundraisers, launches, and hires. But if there's bad news, the startup simply doesn't post anything. But here's what Jack and I want to share with you.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Yetis, the reality of social media is that it's not real. People, they post and they publish purely positive updates. Even on LinkedIn, you see posts about fundraisers, launches, and hires. But if there's bad news, the startup simply doesn't post anything. But here's what Jack and I want to share with you.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Yetis, the reality of social media is that it's not real. People, they post and they publish purely positive updates. Even on LinkedIn, you see posts about fundraisers, launches, and hires. But if there's bad news, the startup simply doesn't post anything. But here's what Jack and I want to share with you.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

While LinkedIn business updates are 90% positive, the reality is they should be 90% negative. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, half of businesses formed in the United States fail within three years. According to Forbes, 90% of venture-backed startups eventually fail.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

While LinkedIn business updates are 90% positive, the reality is they should be 90% negative. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, half of businesses formed in the United States fail within three years. According to Forbes, 90% of venture-backed startups eventually fail.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

While LinkedIn business updates are 90% positive, the reality is they should be 90% negative. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, half of businesses formed in the United States fail within three years. According to Forbes, 90% of venture-backed startups eventually fail.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

So the vast majority of startups are failing, and yet the vast majority of what they're posting is that they're thriving. Yeah, so don't get bothered when you see those posts. Instead, hey, there's an opportunity here. The difference between the online perception and the offline reality is an opportunity. The perception reality divide. It's an opportunity in any industry.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

So the vast majority of startups are failing, and yet the vast majority of what they're posting is that they're thriving. Yeah, so don't get bothered when you see those posts. Instead, hey, there's an opportunity here. The difference between the online perception and the offline reality is an opportunity. The perception reality divide. It's an opportunity in any industry.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

So the vast majority of startups are failing, and yet the vast majority of what they're posting is that they're thriving. Yeah, so don't get bothered when you see those posts. Instead, hey, there's an opportunity here. The difference between the online perception and the offline reality is an opportunity. The perception reality divide. It's an opportunity in any industry.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us for T-Boy Tuesday? Sesame Street is leaving Max. It's coming to Netflix sometime later this year. Because when you're in the lead in business, you need to press on the pedal faster. For our second story, after 126 years of a AAA rating, Moody's has downgraded the United States to AA+.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us for T-Boy Tuesday? Sesame Street is leaving Max. It's coming to Netflix sometime later this year. Because when you're in the lead in business, you need to press on the pedal faster. For our second story, after 126 years of a AAA rating, Moody's has downgraded the United States to AA+.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us for T-Boy Tuesday? Sesame Street is leaving Max. It's coming to Netflix sometime later this year. Because when you're in the lead in business, you need to press on the pedal faster. For our second story, after 126 years of a AAA rating, Moody's has downgraded the United States to AA+.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

The only thing that could get America's debt addiction under control is if the world actually starts charging us a higher interest rate. For our third and final story, Simple Closure is a startup that helps other startups shut down, and it just raised VC money. The perception divide on LinkedIn, that was their opportunity. But yetis, this pod's not over yet.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

The only thing that could get America's debt addiction under control is if the world actually starts charging us a higher interest rate. For our third and final story, Simple Closure is a startup that helps other startups shut down, and it just raised VC money. The perception divide on LinkedIn, that was their opportunity. But yetis, this pod's not over yet.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

The only thing that could get America's debt addiction under control is if the world actually starts charging us a higher interest rate. For our third and final story, Simple Closure is a startup that helps other startups shut down, and it just raised VC money. The perception divide on LinkedIn, that was their opportunity. But yetis, this pod's not over yet.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

First, it's official. Mark Cuban is retiring from his greatest hit, Shark Tank. Friday's season finale on the VC reality show will be his last episode of Shark Tank. Marky Mark Cuban put in 14 seasons. All of them, we can only use the word wonderful. He's going to spend more time with his children and start a $700 million PE firm to invest in pro sports teams.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

First, it's official. Mark Cuban is retiring from his greatest hit, Shark Tank. Friday's season finale on the VC reality show will be his last episode of Shark Tank. Marky Mark Cuban put in 14 seasons. All of them, we can only use the word wonderful. He's going to spend more time with his children and start a $700 million PE firm to invest in pro sports teams.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

First, it's official. Mark Cuban is retiring from his greatest hit, Shark Tank. Friday's season finale on the VC reality show will be his last episode of Shark Tank. Marky Mark Cuban put in 14 seasons. All of them, we can only use the word wonderful. He's going to spend more time with his children and start a $700 million PE firm to invest in pro sports teams.

The Best One Yet
🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Savior. The Startup-Burying Startup. America’s AAA Downgrade Situationship.

And Mark, yes, will take 15% equity at a $6 million valuation. Ha ha ha. And second, 70% of advertisers on Instagram and Facebook are promoting scams, illicit goods, or low-quality products to you. That's according to Wall Street Journal reporting of a 2020 Meta internal study. Yeah, the wildest part? Meta doesn't even seem to care.