This Week in Startups
Episodes
E1130: “Billion Dollar Loser” Author Reeves Wiedeman on WeWork’s epic rise & crazy collapse, Adam Neumann’s unique behavior, hypocrisy, red flags & more
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Buy Billion Dollar Loser: https://rb.gy/3clbht FOLLOW Reeves: https://twitter.com/reeveswiedeman FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 19th, 2020
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1126 featuring Capital Allocators' Ted Seides: https://rb.gy/bsiinm E1127 featuring Transcend's Ben Brook: https://rb.gy/txkmav E1128 Emergency...
E1129: Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff on launching the Always Home Cam – an autonomous indoor drone, taking his company from bad reviews to a billion-dollar acquisition by Amazon & more
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Ring: https://ring.com FOLLOW Jamie: https://twitter.com/jamiesiminoff FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1128: Emergency Pod! A Quibi postmortem – Diving into the numbers, what went wrong, lessons learned & more!
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Wall Street Journal Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/quibi-weighs-sh...
E1127: Data privacy deep dive with Transcend CEO Ben Brook; tracking pixels, GDPR, privacy as a selling point & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 2
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Transcend: https://transcend.io FOLLOW Ben: https://twitter.com/bencmbrook FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1126: Capital Allocators Host Ted Seides goes deep on endowments, LP turnover, public/private market insights, ESG investing & more
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Capital Allocators: https://capitalallocatorspodcast.com FOLLOW Ted: https://twitter.com/tseides FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacan...
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 12th, 2020
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1122 featuring Running Tide's Marty Odlin: https://rb.gy/fgg88x E1123 Jason reacts to the iPhone 12: https://rb.gy/t8ztxz E1124 featuring Rapid...
E1125: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 18 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Fluent Forever (language learning app), SupportPay (child support management solution) & v.one (no-code app building platform)
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Fluent Forever: https://fluent-forever.com Check out SupportPay: https://supportpay.com Check out v.one: https://www.yourvone.com FOLLO...
All-In E10: Twitter & Facebook botch censorship (again), the publisher vs. distributor debate & more
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow th...
E1124: Reducing response times for first responders & revolutionizing outdated systems with RapidDeploy CEO Steven Raucher | Rising Stars of SaaS 1
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out RapidDeploy: https://www.rapiddeploy.com FOLLOW Steven: https://twitter.com/stevenraucher FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in the works or has Apple lost its magic?
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Apple Event 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR0g-1hnQPA
E1122: Running Tide CEO Marty Odlin is helping solve the Climate crisis by using kelp to sequester carbon in the ocean, shares insights on generational shifts in climate response & more
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Running Tide: https://www.runningtide.com FOLLOW Marty: https://twitter.com/martyodlin FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 5th, 2020
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1120 featuring Shift's George Arison: https://rb.gy/bofuxg E1121 featuring Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster: https://rb.gy/itau5m Follow Jason: https:...
E1121: Mark Suster on investing in human-computer interfaces & sustainability, what he looks for in founders, SPACs impact on early-stage investing & more
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Mark's Blog: https://bothsidesofthetable.com FOLLOW Mark: https://twitter.com/msuster FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1120: Shift Co-CEO George Arison on going public via SPAC, lessons from building Uber’s predecessor & innovating in the massive used car market
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Shift: https://shift.com FOLLOW George: https://twitter.com/georgearison FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 28th, 2020
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1116 featuring Cabana's Scott Kubly: https://rb.gy/iyrmuv E1117 featuring Citizen's Andrew Frame: https://rb.gy/azvdoz E1118 Emergency Pod - Humane...
All-In E9: Trump has COVID, First debate reactions, Coinbase letter response & more
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Angel investor Jason Calacanis (Uber, Calm, Robinhood) interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors and innovators. Get an insider...
E1119: Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett is creating a marketplace for early childhood education & microschools, giving teachers greater access to entrepreneurship & iterating in education
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Wonderschool: https://wonderschool.com FOLLOW Chris: https://twitter.com/8ennett FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1118: Emergency Pod! Two former Apple executives are building the iPhone killer – breaking down the leaks, patents & scoops regarding Humane’s product
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Humane: https://hu.ma.ne FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Fast Company Article: https://www.f...
E1117 The Next Unicorns E20: Citizen CEO Andrew Frame on creating a safer world through access to public data, reforming policing via transparency & more
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Citizen: https://citizen.com FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1116: Cabana CEO Scott Kubly is building a fleet of hotels-on-wheels, shares insights on scaling an asset-heavy business, providing unique & flexible experiences to customers & more
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Cabana: https://cabana.life FOLLOW Scott: https://twitter.com/skubly FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 21st, 2020
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1112 Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations: https://rb.gy/tduluj E1113 featuring Loom's Joe Thomas: https://rb.gy/mh7x57 E1114 #AskJason: htt...
E1115: Emergency Pod! Collapsing state of media corporations, thoughts on Casey Newton, Andrew Sullivan & Bari Weiss departures, top talent leaving for Substack & more
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the full Chris Best interview: https://rb.gy/tqafmo FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Platforme...
E1114: #AskJason! Silicon Valley exodus, product vs. branding, expanding into adjacent markets, avoiding burnout & more
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1113 The Next Unicorns E19: Loom CEO Joe Thomas is building video for work, shares insights on creating new behaviors, support as a competitive advantage & more
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Loom: https://www.loom.com FOLLOW Joe: https://twitter.com/yoyo_thomas FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1112: Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations, Trevor Milton resigns, Jason reflects on Trevor’s answers
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the full Trevor Milton interview: https://youtu.be/SH-zhlqvJWM Jason on CNBC 9/11/20: https://youtu.be/_FV7g2UJDsw FOLLOW Jason: https...
All-In E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021 & beyond, California wildfires & more
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow th...
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 14th, 2020
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1109 featuring Ritual's Kat Schneider: https://rb.gy/agkzxy E1110 featuring Ghost Locomotion's John Hayes: https://rb.gy/r4r188 E1111 featuring...
E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, creating the Wayback Machine, protocols over platforms, microschools & more
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the Internet Archive: https://archive.org FOLLOW Brewster: https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1110 The Next Unicorns E18: Ghost Locomotion CEO John Hayes builds self-driving kits for consumer vehicles, shares insights on cameras vs. Lidar, targeting highways, 5G’s impact on self-driving & more
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Ghost: https://driveghost.com FOLLOW John: https://twitter.com/ghosthayes FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Apply to pitch thousands of angel investors at Remote Demo Day – Coming September 30th
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Founders & Investors - apply at https://remotedemoday.com
E1109: Ritual CEO Katerina Schneider on creating pure & effective vitamins, standing out in a crowded DTC market, utilizing subscriptions & more
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Ritual: https://ritual.com & use code STARTUPS for 25% off your first month FOLLOW Kat: https://twitter.com/KaterinaMarkov FOLLOW Jason:...
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 7th, 2020
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1106 featuring Desktop Metal's Ric Fulop: https://rb.gy/1bfq08 E1107 featuring Caffeine's Ben Keighran: https://rb.gy/serf7m E1108 featuring Su...
E1108: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on leading a public company through COVID, championing diversity from the top down, role of a modern CEO & more
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out SurveyMonkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com FOLLOW Zander: https://twitter.com/zlurie FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1107 The Next Unicorns E17: Caffeine CEO Ben Keighran on reimagining live TV for younger generations, what makes Apple’s design team so special, remembering Steve Jobs & more
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Caffeine: https://caffeine.tv FOLLOW Ben: https://twitter.com/benkeighran FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
All-In E7: California’s collapse, how SPACs are opening the markets for growth stocks & more
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow th...
E1106: Desktop Metal CEO Ric Fulop shares insights from taking two companies public, traditional IPO vs. SPAC, future of Computer-aided design & more
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Desktop Metal: https://desktopmetal.com FOLLOW Ric: https://twitter.com/ricfulop FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 31st, 2020
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Watch E1103 featuring Fast's Domm Holland: https://rb.gy/wgw3mo Watch E1104 featuring Degreed's David Blake: https://rb.gy/nuj9we Watch E1105 ...
E1105: Unpacking the US/China Relationship with Foreign Policy & Technology Expert Jacob Helberg
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
FOLLOW Jacob: https://twitter.com/jacobhelberg FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1104 The Next Unicorns E16: Degreed’s David Blake on reimagining lifelong education, ending credentialism, benefits of early apprenticeship & more
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Degreed: https://degreed.com FOLLOW David: https://twitter.com/davidblake FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1103: Domm Holland on launching Fast to the public, creating a one-click checkout for the entire Internet, taking on Apple Pay & more
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Fast: https://fast.co FOLLOW Domm: https://twitter.com/domm FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 24th, 2020
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1100 featuring Clearview AI's Hoan Ton-That: https://rb.gy/r1dofh E1101 featuring Acquired's Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal: https://rb.gy/qqoju5...
E1102 The Next Unicorns E15: Zero Mass Water CEO Cody Friesen is perfecting drinking water with hydropanels, aiming to create essential resource UBI for the world
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Zero Mass Water: https://www.zeromasswater.com FOLLOW Cody: https://twitter.com/CodyAFriesen FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis ...
E1101: News! Apple vs. Epic Games, TikTok CEO resigns, SPACs, Unicorn IPOs & more with Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Acquired: https://www.acquired.fm FOLLOW Ben: https://twitter.com/gilbert FOLLOW David: https://twitter.com/djrosent FOLLOW Jason: http...
E1100: Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That on facial recognition advancements, balancing privacy & security, engaging with controversy & more
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Clearview AI: https://clearview.ai FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of August 17th, 2020
22 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1097 featuring Skift's Rafat Ali: https://rb.gy/qn0zyz E1098 featuring Cockroach Labs' Spencer Kimball: https://rb.gy/ls6z3e E1099 featuring Ba...
E1099: Basecamp Co-Founder Jason Fried on building Hey, making email exciting again, Hey vs. Apple & more
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Hey: https://hey.com FOLLOW Jason Fried: https://twitter.com/jasonfried FOLLOW Jason Calacanis: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1098 The Next Unicorns E14: Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball on the coming paradigm shifts in tech, competing against AWS & more
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Cockroach Labs: https://cockroachlabs.com Follow Cockroach Labs: https://twitter.com/CockroachDB Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calac...
E1097: Understanding the travel collapse & how media can thrive going forward with Skift CEO & Founder Rafat Ali
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Skift: https://skift.com Follow Rafat: https://twitter.com/rafat Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Thanks to our partners.....
Best of This Week in Startups: August 10th-August 14th, 2020
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
E1094 featuring Thrasio's Josh Silberstein: https://rb.gy/otvxnh E1095 featuring Roofstock's Gary Beasley: https://rb.gy/3sdgon E1096 featuring ...
E1096: Podcasting State of the Union featuring Overcast’s Marco Arment & Oxford Road’s Dan Granger
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Marco: https://twitter.com/marcoarment Download Overcast: https://overcast.fm Follow Oxford Road: https://twitter.com/Oxford_Road Foll...
E1095 The Next Unicorns E13: Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley is creating the real estate cloud, opening residential investing to millennials & more
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Roofstock: https://www.roofstock.com Follow Gary: https://twitter.com/garybeas2013 Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Thanks...
E1094: Thrasio Co-CEO Josh Silberstein acquires & operates 60+ Amazon brands, shares insights on mastering the marketplace, competing with AmazonBasics & more
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Thrasio: https://www.thras.io Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Thanks to our partners... Fiverr - use code TWiST for 10% off...
E1093: Keith Rabois on China’s grand plan, TikTok, Taiwan, Big Tech & more
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Keith: https://twitter.com/rabois Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Thanks to our partners... Gusto - 3 months free at https://g...
E1092 The Next Unicorns E12: Homebound CEO & Co-Founder Nikki Pechet is solving the home building process by increasing customer experience, helping victims of natural disasters rebuild efficiently
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Homebound: https://www.homebound.com Follow Nikki: https://twitter.com/NikkiPechet Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Thanks...
E1091: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 17 founders reflect on their journeys throughout the program: Nude Barre (DTC hosiery made for women of all shades), Techmate (On-demand tech support for remote & satellite employees) & Solo (Trucking-as-a-Service)
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Nude Barre: https://nudebarre.com Check out Techmate: https://www.techmate.com Check out Solo: https://solotrucking.com Thanks to o...
All-In E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow t...
E1090: Nikola Founder Trevor Milton on competing with Tesla, hydrogen over battery, going public as a pre-revenue company & more
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out Nikola: https://nikolamotor.com Follow Trevor: https://twitter.com/nikolatrevor Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/jason Follow This...
Emergency Pod! Jason Calacanis reacts to Big Tech hearings: Grades for Bezos, Cook, Pichai & Zuckerberg
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Follow This Week in Startups: https://twitter.com/TWiStartups
E1089 The Next Unicorns E11: insitro CEO Daphne Koller is revolutionizing drug discovery via machine learning & data, shares insights on remote education from time at Coursera & more
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Daphne: https://twitter.com/DaphneKoller Check out insitro: https://insitro.com/ Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1088: Building Zero Fasting with Kevin Rose, properly pricing consumer apps, benefits of fasting & more with Big Sky Health CEO Mike Maser
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/mmaser Get Zero Fasting: https://www.zerofasting.com/ Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1087: Democratizing art as an asset class, indicators of a rapidly appreciating piece of art & more with Masterworks CEO & Founder Scott Lynn
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Signup for Masterworks: bit.ly/32T19Si Disclaimer: bit.ly/3hCG2aD Follow Scott: https://twitter.com/scottlynn Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/c...
E1086: Supporting founder mental health at Freestyle Capital with Josh Felser, Caren Maio & Mani Kulasooriya
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Josh's Medium post on founder mental health: https://medium.com/@joshmedia/for-the-love-of-founders-d50b405f42a3 Hoffman Institute: https://www.hof...
E1085: Chris Atoki shares his inspiring story: from homeless to homeowner in 4 years through grit, technology & hustle
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Chris: https://twitter.com/kingatoki Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
E1084: David Sacks on “The Cadence”: an operating philosophy he developed at PayPal which helped him lead Yammer to a billion-dollar exit without a COO
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Sacks’ recent Medium post: https://medium.com/craft-ventures/the-cadence-how-to-operate-a-saas-startup-436aa8099e8 Follow David: https://t...
All-In E5: WHO’s incompetence, kicking off Cold War II, China’s grand plan, 100X’ing America’s efficiency
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg F...
Founders: Pitch Thousands of Angel Investors over Zoom at Remote Demo Day!
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Submit your application at https://remotedemoday.com/ Jason Calacanis & TheSyndicate.com will select seven startups to pitch thousands of angel inv...
E1083 News: Trump considers TikTok ban, Twitter leaks subscription platform, Clubhouse drama, Harvard price gouging & more with Morgan DeBaun & Alex Wilhelm
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Alex: https://twitter.com/alex Follow Morgan: https://twitter.com/morgandebaun Check out Blavity: https://blavity.com/ Follow Jason: h...
E1082: OfferUp CEO & Co-Founder Nick Huzar on creating liquidity in a marketplace, acquiring their largest competitor in Letgo, location-based pay & more!
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Nick: https://twitter.com/nickhuzar Check out OfferUp: https://twitter.com/offerup https://offerup.com/ Follow Jason: https://twitter.co...
E1081: SevenRooms CEO & Co-Founder Joel Montaniel on raising $50M Series B during COVID, taking on large incumbents, helping restaurants leverage data to maximize customer experience
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Check out SevenRooms: https://twitter.com/sevenrooms https://sevenrooms.com/ Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/Jason https://linktr.ee/calacanis
Learn how to be an Angel Investor from Jason Calacanis at Angel.University Online!
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Register: https://www.angel.university/online In this workshop, I share my lessons from deploying over 70 million dollars of capital in over 200 st...
E1080: Arlan Hamilton on launching Backstage Crowd, disrupting VC with syndicates, how the tech industry can be better for underrepresented founders & more
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Arlan: https://twitter.com/ArlanWasHere Join Backstage Crowd: http://backstagecrowd.com Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/Jason https://...
E1079: The Power of Accelerators E10 Daniel Gross, Founder of Pioneer on gamifying the startup process, importance of mentorship in tech & more!
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow Daniel: https://twitter.com/danielgross Check out Pioneer: https://pioneer.app/ Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/Jason https://linktr.e...
E1078 Pomp Podcast Crossover: Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano on most exciting crypto projects, Hey vs. Apple, Robinhood/Barstool traders, Zuck vs. Bezos, Jason’s Bitcoin position & more!
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pomp Podcast x TWiST crossover Follow Pomp: https://twitter.com/APompliano Follow Jason: https://twitter.com/Jason https://linktr.ee/ca...
All-In E4: Politicizing the pandemic, Police reform, Biden’s ideal VP, Twitter vs. Facebook on free speech & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Follow @chamath: https://twitter.com/chamath Follow @jason: https://twitter.com/Jason https://linktr.ee/calacanis 0:01 Jason checks in on Cha...
E1077: “Alchemy” Author Rory Sutherland on the Darwinian approach to business, analyzing outliers, why eccentric CEOs have a psychological advantage with customers & more!
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
1:00 Jason intros "Alchemy" author Rory Sutherland 3:45 Architecture is the cheapest way to buy art 6:01 How Rory is dealing with quarantine, why he...
E1076: The Power of Accelerators E9 Sunny Madra, Head of Ford X on innovating mobility for a post-COVID world, going from idea to product at a large corporation & more
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:52 Jason intros Ford X's Sunny Madra 4:39 How Sunny got his start in Accelerators working on Tinder with Hatch Labs at IAC 11:47 What is Ford X's ...
E1075: Cendana Capital’s Michael Kim on investing in Seed funds as a serial LP, Robinhood as an acquisition target, greatest Seed funds of all time & more
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:38 Jason talks about the now fully-virtual LAUNCH Accelerator and intros Cendana Capital's Michael Kim 2:47 What is a fund of funds & why do they e...
E1074 News: How VC can do better for underrepresented founders, Zoom shuts down Chinese pro-democracy accounts, Wall Street Bets, Reddit appoints YC CEO Michael Seibel to BoD & more with Lolita Taub & Tom Uebel
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:01 Jason intros Tom Uebel & Lolita Taub 5:17 George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests impacting Venture Capital, Angela Benton's tweets about her b...
E1073: The Power of Accelerators E8 Mike Jones, CEO of Science shares insights on what makes a great Direct-to-Consumer Founder, investing early in Dollar Shave Club, economics of a venture-studio & more!
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:32 Jason speaks on current events and intros Science CEO Mike Jones, how they met after selling their companies to AOL 6:02 What is Science and how...
E1072 Ask Jason: Growing as a leader, managing more experienced employees as a young CEO, Consumer SaaS pricing tips, bull markets post-COVID & more
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:01 Jason teases today's questions 2:09 Luai: Is Uber still a hyper-growth company? 5:25 Weston: Advice on getting in front of/selling to startups/...
Announcement: Learn how to become a professional angel investor at Angel.University Online
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Angel.University Online is a 3-hour course for individuals interested in becoming professional angel investors. Hosted by Jason Calacanis & Mike Savin...
E1071 Ask Jason: Black Lives Matter, Post-COVID tech hubs, Founder/VC disputes, bringing manufacturing back to the US, pre-selling SaaS products & more
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jason on CNBC: https://youtu.be/V6oqvDnuAgI 0:01 Jason intros today's questions 1:51 Aaron: Thoughts on Black Lives Matter? 9:06 Joe: How can sta...
E1070: The Power of Accelerators E7 Ravi Belani, Managing Director of Alchemist Accelerator on why the best entrepreneurs love the process, risk-taking, sourcing & investing in Justin.tv at DFJ & more
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:20 Jason intros Alchemist's Ravi Belani 3:41 Why is Alchemist named after Paulo Coelho book? What is the biggest benefit of Accelerators? 5:47 Rav...
E1069: Alexis Ohanian on Reddit’s crypto origins, turning VC into a team sport at Initialized, improving as an investor, fatherhood & more
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
1:02 Jason welcomes Alexis Ohanian to the show and asks about the Reddit sale & re-joining for the turnaround 3:39 Why was Reddit "the last website s...
E1068 AMA: NEA’s Ben Narasin takes questions from founders: most important content in a pitch deck, COVID’s impact on dealmaking, traits he looks for in founders & more!
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NEA's Ben Narasin takes questions from founders: most important content in a pitch deck, COVID's impact on dealmaking, traits he looks for in founders...
E1067: Garry Tan, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Initialized Capital, on dealing with downstream investors as a Seed-stage firm, software companies acting as governments, possibility of building IPO-level companies while fully-distributed & much more!
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
1:03 Jason intros Garry Tan and checks in on how his quarantine has been going 4:39 How does Garry look at Initialized's portfolio companies? What ar...
E1066: The Power of Accelerators E6 David Brown, CEO & Co-Founder of TechStars on leading the virtual accelerator trend, benefits of going global, sustained vs. temporary changes from COVID & more!
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:43 Jason intros TechStars CEO David Brown 4:47 TechStars leading the virtual accelerator trend 10:21 Will TechStars go with a hybrid model going f...
E1065 AMA: Slice CEO Ilir Sela answers questions from founders: tips on selling into scattered markets (like Mom & Pop shops), COVID’s impact on the restaurant industry, scaling Slice’s $43M Series C & more!
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slice CEO Ilir Sela answers questions from founders: tips on selling into scattered markets (like Mom & Pop shops), COVID's impact on the restaurant i...
E1064: News Roundtable! Sam Parr & Zach Coelius on Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy, SoftBank’s $17B loss, TikTok poaches former Disney exec as CEO, Facebook launches Shops & more!
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:51 Jason intros Zach Coelius & Sam Parr 2:28 Barstool Sports vs. Call Her Daddy 6:49 Penn National Gaming stock soaring, Dave Portnoy winning this...
All-In E3: Modern Cold War between US & China, economic recovery, potential mass migration out of San Francisco, pandemic politicization & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Angel investor Jason Calacanis (Uber, Calm, Robinhood) interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors and innovators. Get an insider...
E1063: The Power of Accelerators E5 Joshua Baer, CEO & Founder of Capital Factory shares lessons from investing in 400+ startups, best practices for transitioning accelerators to remote, insights on SXSW cancellation & more
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:35 Jason intros Capital Factory CEO & Founder Josh Baer 1:47 What is Capital Factory in its current iteration? How are they transitioning to remote...
E1062: News Roundtable! Acquired.FM Co-Hosts Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on Clubhouse’s pre-launch $100M valuation, Joe Rogan to Spotify, Uber layoffs, food delivery wars, Facebook buys GIPHY & more!
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:31 Jason intros today's news roundtable guests Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal 6:54 Clubhouse raises Series A from a16z at a $100M valuation pre-laun...
E1061 AMA: Hustle Fund's Elizabeth Yin answers 50 questions from founders!
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hustle Fund Co-Founder & General Partner Elizabeth Yin answers 50 questions from founders!
E1060 AMA: Range CEO & Co-Founder Dan Pupius answers questions from founders: meeting & collaborating with Evan Williams, divvying up time while building a remote team, product development advice, benefits of co-founders & more
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Range CEO & Co-Founder Dan Pupius answers questions from founders: meeting & collaborating with Evan Williams, divvying up time while building a remot...
E1059: The Power of Accelerators E4 Sean O’Sullivan, Managing General Partner of SOSV on running capital intensive accelerators in hardware, life sciences & food science, unique follow-on strategy, cell-based meat going mainstream, China-based vs. US-based accelerators
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:42 Jason intros SOSV's Sean O'Sullivan 4:19 How is operating in China during COVID? 5:22 Origin of SOSV, thoughts on in-person accelerators over r...
E1058: Slice CEO & Founder Ilir Sela helps local pizzerias compete with chains by digitizing orders & small fees, shares insights on raising $40M+ Series C during pandemic, “reverse franchise model”, viral GrubHub invoice, helping front-line workers & local pizzerias with Pizza vs. Pandemic
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:36 Jason shares thoughts on his portfolio activity, getting back to work, leadership & more 4:20 Jason intros Slice Founder Ilir Sela 7:14 How has...
E1057: Founders Fund General Partner Keith Rabois on stock market bounce back, domain expertise being overrated, US/China issues, 2020 election, recipe for startups success, chaos making way for a new generation of entrepreneurs & much more!
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:56 Jason intros Keith Rabois and checks in on his quarantine, Zoom's heightened exhaustion factor & more 5:46 What will the lasting impact of COVID...
E1056 AMA: StartX & Nexus Events Founder Cameron Teitelman answers questions from founders: how universities with no entrepreneurial culture can mimic Stanford, building flexible & sustainable culture during COVID, scaling Nexus Events rapidly & more!
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
StartX & Nexus Events Founder Cameron Teitelman answers questions from founders: how universities with no entrepreneurial culture can mimic Stanford, ...
E1055: Hustle Fund Co-Founder & General Partner Elizabeth Yin on her unique portfolio strategy, attracting first-time LPs, optimism for post-COVID fundraising, dealing with pro rata as a smaller fund & more!
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
0:50 Jason opens the show with some thoughts on livelihood, getting back to work as a lose-lose situation and approaching the situation with kindness ...