Summaries of This Week in Startups Videos 📚

NEWS: Instacart and Klaviyo file for IPO, State of VC exits, AI lawsuits & more | E1798

Tim Cook’s $50M pay cut, CEO compensation packages & Acquire.com's CEO Andrew Gazdecki | E1658

Next Unicorns: Empowering robots to think for themselves via AI with Covariant’s Peter Chen | E1796

Web3 wars & Rivian Q3 earnings with our new co-host Molly Wood! | E1349

#AskJason #IBMSmartCamp How many mentors do you recommend a startup have?

Jason Lemkin, founder of SaaStr, on investment criteria & how to maximize company growth

What Are the Key Traits of Successful Venture Capitalists?

Tim Draper says the press reacted to Theranos the way they did because they "were blindsided"

Is there an AI coding bubble? Plus Meta’s new SlopTok product and more | E2184

E910: Founder.University #Startup Tuneup: talent, ride-share, insurance fraud, anonymous messaging

NYT bestselling author Steven Kotler (Tomorrowland, Bold) on science fictions turned fact

Virginia Heffernan on origins of internet & journey to writing "Magic & Loss: The Internet as Art"

E801: Judd Schoenholtz' Open Listings is self-service R.E. market, returning agent costs to buyers

The future of food and Tim Draper's state of California | Launch Festival 2014

Carbon3D's Joe DeSimone on converting 3D printing from prototyping to manufacturing

Emergency Pod! Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon CEO: Reasons, reactions & more | E1170

Apple's new feature & potential ads business + more HBO Max layoffs & chaos | E1538

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

How Can Startups Survive Failures Like Wildfires?

How to Drive Startup Growth: Insights from Jared Fleischer

Twitter ideas, Elizabeth Holmes trial update, universal USB-C + Ellevest's Sallie Krawcheck | E1578

E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, protocols over platforms, microschools

Steve Jurvetson and The Metals Company on ocean mining, the EV market, and AI's tech impact | E1959

Revolutionizing podcasting + standards vs. innovation with Anchor Co-Founder Mike Mignano | E1520

Navigating AI’s legal landscape with Adam Shevell | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics

What Are the Most Essential iPad Apps for Productivity?

ANGEL: Freestyle’s Jenny Lefcourt on nailing non-consensus bets and avoiding hype | E1704

HuggingFace Buys Pollen Robotics, DHH & Bezos Founder Advice & a JCal Origin Story | E2111

US crypto crackdown with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra + OK Boomer | E1680

Tezos Kathleen Breitman on cypherpunks & crypto-anarchy & world-changing potential of cryptocurrency

Spotify earnings, Grimes takes AI-based music approach + Cafe X CEO Henry Hu | E1728

2023 Predictions! Startups, VC, tech, media, stocks, shutdowns, and more! | E1648

Kanye's new business model, Startup killed by FB algorithm change + AirPals' Joshe Ordonez | E1392

Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on building modern AI, DeepMind origins, and more | E1794

- Startups - Noah Shanok Founder and CEO Stitcher -TWiST #305

This Week in Fashion - First Lady Michelle Obama, Justin Bieber, 2011 Sundance, and Lake Bell

Next Unicorns: Building a $1B AI Avatar Business with Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli | E1776

LAUNCH Accelerator 23 Public Demo Day 9/16/2021

1M fewer college students: is it a problem? + Ask an Angel with Zach Coelius | E1360

Silicon Valley Bank collapse recap + Wist CEO on capturing XR memories | E1697

Amazon's transformation, Peloton's mistakes, VC market downturn & more with Ben Gilbert | E1582

Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K live! | E1709

What Is the Impact of Remote Work on Real Estate?

E749: James Altucher & Jason talk “Angel”: investor & founder guidebook to new wealth creation

LAUNCH Company Demo - ListenLoop (1.0)

Alex Finn thinks “Higgsfield's entire marketing strategy is illegal.” And it works.

Should I incorporate as an LLC, S-, or C-corp? | WSGR Startup Basics

GPT-4 web browsing, plugin demos, AI layoffs + more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1737

How to Create Autonomous AI Agents That Self-Improve

E924: Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig: early internet publishing, optimizing tech for accessible education

How Long Should B2C Startups Aim for Ramen Profitability?

YC demo day valuation tensions, how VCs can find gems, Substack's performance & more | E1716

What Is Truecaller and How Has It Grown So Rapidly?

Instagram co-founders team up for new startup + Magic Spoon’s Gabi Lewis | E1669

The scary question isn't where AI is today. It's where it'll be in five years.

This Week In Cars - Ron Flint of XPLORE vehicles

What Led Qualtrics to an $8 Billion Exit Without VC Funding?

Gavin Baker on AI platform shift, upside vs downside, extinction risk, Nvidia outlook & more | E1764

- Pensado's Place - Into The Lair #22: Using distortion on your tracks part 2

OpenAI releases ChatGPT, a16z sunsets future.com + OK Boomer with Jack Raines | E1626

Ask Jason + LegalQ Founder Zeb Anderson + OK Boomer with Jules Terpak | E1539

The Blueprint: finding & developing all-stars + Mark Gurman on Apple's AR plans | E1549

Creating the future of search and competing vs Google with Perplexity AI’s Aravind Srinivas | E1770

How ocean farming can solve world hunger with Alora CEO Luke Young | E1698

Meta's paid tier, Bing's chatbot gone wild, Stripe's $4B bill | E1681

Jason Calacanis on CNBC August 4th, 2020: China threat, TikTok, Snowflakes, Micro-schools

Debating Apple's return to work & Jason's WFH playbook, $META partners with $DASH & more | E1536

Shyp picks up your stuff and mails it for you

"The weirdest economy ever," Noma shuts down, Jason demos ChatGPT's iOS app | E1653

Better.com CEO's mass-layoff, SPAC updates, Jason's Miami adventures, & more LIVE NEWS!

10 Most Essential iPad Apps (Part 2 of Jacob's Picks) from This Week in iPad

Y Combinator's Paul Graham sits down with Jason at LAUNCH Festival 2014

E661: George Hotz founder Comma.ai on vision & tech behind his Tesla rival, self-driving car startup

#AskJason #IBMSmartCamp How long should I expect a demo to take when I’m pitching to a VC?

How Did Tenor GIF Keyboard Achieve 200 Million Daily Searches?

This Week in Startups - Maxwell Salzberg, Co-Founder of Diaspora

Crypto Roundtable: Twitter payments integration and latest Yuga Labs NFT drop | E1688

What Are Common Deal Breakers in Dating?

Ye agrees to acquire Parler, Xi Jinping on the state of China, deglobalization & more | E1588

A 90s startup cost $3M before you shipped anything. Now you can vibe code it in a weekend.

The Path to Reaching Net Zero with Avnos CEO Will Kain | E1810

How Does Technology Impact Our Attention and Well-being?

TWiSTy award for Best Rant

Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future of Amazon | E1706

Meta's precarious situation, $AMZN earnings breakdown, James Gunn to run DC + OK Boomer | E1598

#ASKJASON: In light of Zirtual shutdown, what are lessons for entrepreneurs?

E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly buying Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more!

- Startups - Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack - TWiST #241

FB Whistleblower’s Senate testimony + Scorpion Capital shorts Ginkgo Bioworks, claims fraud | E1298

ANGEL: Venrock’s Bryan Roberts on 25 years in VC, hitting wins early, avoiding bad habits | E1665

Launch Festival 2014 - Session 3 - Day 1

Reid Hoffman on AI's "crescendo moment," regulation and real-world applications | E1739

Brain-computer interfaces and the future of neural engineering with Dr. Benjamin Rapoport | E1682

Y Combinator's New Deal, Turo S-1 break down + Deep Sentinel CEO Dave Selinger | E1358

Text-to-UI demo with Galileo AI Co-founder Arnaud Benard + How to design loved products | E1749

This Week in Startups - All Ask Jason and Shark Tank!

- Pensado's Place - ITL # 18 Part 1 - Eric Valentine of BarefootRecording and UnderToneAudio

Microsoft's largest acquisition ever: buying Activision-Blizzard for $69B (Breakdown) | E1363

How Is Talk Revolutionizing Restaurant Reservations?

E1072 Ask Jason: Growing as a leader, consumer SaaS pricing tips, bull markets post-COVID & more

E885 Year-end special! 2018 trends, 2019 predictions: products, AI, podcasting, platforms, politics

This Week in Android #17

Twilio Bets Small, DeepSeek Scares & the GameOn Fraud | E2076

Kleiner Perkins' Mamoon Hamid on going from growth to venture, Social Capital lessons | Angel S3 E7

Get to know Samsung Global Innovation Center and Accelerator @ TWiST Live

Rolfe Winkler on Zenefits fmr CEO Parker Conrad’s new competing startup Rippling adds IT to payroll

Former Tesla CTO JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials | E1299

Twitter deal updates, Poshmark acquired, Liquid Death's $700M valuation & more | E1577

Rapid Fire News: OnlyFans bans sexual conduct + Robotics: Boston Dynamics, Disney & Tesla | E1269

Tim Urban on the path to AGI and trends in tech history | E1779

This Week in Books - Scott Sigler

Google announces Bard, Adam Neumann’s business plan, Blue Collar tech’s moment | E1674

How AI is making influencers bionic with Forever Voices CEO John Meyer | E1762

AI girlfriends, memories & recreations + Sam Altman testifies | E1743

This Week in Startups - Lockhart Steele, Founder of Curbed

$MSFT, $GOOG, $SPOT earnings breakdowns + Coco CEO Zach Rash | E1596

The AI arms race escalates: Google’s $300M bet, Neeva’s paid search engine + So Syncd CEO | E1673

Crypto news: Do Kwon arrest warrant, ETH merge, OrangeDAO + The Blueprint Part 10 | E1560

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on mod revolt, building a legendary community & more | E1763

How open-source & distributed models can win AI with MosaicML’s Naveen Rao | E1754

E776: Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya: VC ecosystem, rethinking biz; Samsung NEXT Pres David Eun

Reid Hoffman on best strategies, valuable lessons, the PayPal mafia & creating early social networks

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

ChatGPT vs Hollywood writers and the WGA strike with Lon Harris | E1750

Bolt cancels $1.5B Wyre deal, $ROKU adds TikTok-style feature, Deere's self-driving tractors | E1558

Nima Sensor allows user to test "gluten free" food in palm-sized smart device

DOJ sues Google over ad practices, Ticketmaster takes the stand + LA26 founders | E1664

Co-founders Nick Coronges & Richard Ting on motivation for startups to come to R/GA Ventures

People on remote islands in Ireland can't get basic goods delivered.

Meta's ad targeting troubles, Ask Jason, Hive Social's data mishap & more | E1629

- Pensado's Place - ITL #28 - Lead Vocal Processing

How Is Mahalo Innovating in the Q&A Space?

Self-driving shakeup: TuSimple CEO fired & Argo AI shuts down + Divvy Homes CEO Adena Hefets | E1600

Travis’ Uber Comeback, AGI’s Stakes, Meta’s $100M AI Hires & Prediction Market Gold Rush | E2144

Why Anthropic's Mythos AI Model Stays Unreleased

Stanford Biz School's Jeffrey Pfeffer on the toxic "Leadership BS" that stifles innovation

What Are the Challenges Facing Myspace Today?

Can AI Legally Own a Business?

The inside story of Iger's Disney return, Epic Games record-breaking fines + ClimateCamp CEO | E1643

What Is BitTensor and How Does It Combine AI and Crypto?

Mark Cuban on the resurgence of retail investors, NBA entry into wagering & crypto | Angel S5 E5

Tony Xu, co-founder of DoorDash, explains the importance of product simplicity as a startup founder

- This Week In Music - Andy Gould - Manager (Rob Zombie, Guns n Roses, Morrissey)

Business Breakdowns: The rise and fall of “Blackberry” with Lon Harris | E1773

IRL to shut down after faking 19M users, ZIRP fraud, Databricks acquires MosaicML for $1.3B | E1768

E1042 Balaji Srinivasan on Recode incident, techlash history, potential COVID-19 endgames & more

Meta’s massive comeback, FED’s latest hike, GPT-4 rumors + Spotify earnings with Lon Harris | E1671

Kim Kardashian's new PE firm & impact on VC + how Amazon can turn a profit on Rings of Power | E1555

Billy McFarland on Fyre Fest fraud, failure, hacking, & the long road back | E1730

Jason & Chamath Palihapitiya at Hack the North: money, markets, motivation & mercenaries

You can't get a camera without parts made in China

AdStage brings online ad spend into one place

Jason Unplugged: IPO market, WaPo tactics against Dave Portnoy + Live Q&A | E1815

What Are the Key Innovations in Healthcare Startups?

AI for Investors, Publisher Rewards, Sleep Tech & More – 2024 Jam with JCal Recap | E2032

ThisWeekIn Movies - This Week in Movies, Season 2, Episode 7

Tesla + Netflix Q3 earnings, Kevin Hart's VC fund, Twitter ideas, revamping the DCEU | E1591

Next Unicorns: Making surgeons bionic via computer vision & AI with Proprio’s Gabriel Jones | E1790

What Is SecondMarket and How Is It Changing Investing?

Ludlow Ventures Award Ceremony- LAUNCH Festival 2014 Day 3

How AI companions can help solve loneliness with Replika’s Eugenia Kuyda | E1758

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman on moving the needle, win-first culture & managing burnout | E1689

David Sacks and Ethan Ruby on launching SaaSGrid | E1803

Direct listing rule change, Notion AI demo, NYE planning & more | E1646

Jared Fliesler: organic growth is the "most honest test" on how great your product is

Ari Levy & Dave Mathews on Cloudflare booting Daily Stormer, dark web & freedom of speech debate

#AskJason @ Microsoft Global Startup Roadshow: Tim Burke CEO Affinio asks how to maintain culture

Fireside chat with Jason Calacanis & Brad Gerstner hosted by Mubadala’s Ibrahim Ajami | E1746

NFX's Pete Flint on his $150M seed fund, power of data, network effects | Angel S2 E9

How Is Uber Driving Growth and Improving Driver Earnings?

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha on “Crucible Moments” and the state of VC | E1804

LAUNCH Accelerator 25 Public Demo Day

Bing to integrate ChatGPT, Microsoft’s first union + Flux Gourmet review with Lon Harris | E1651

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman: taking ownership, increasing velocity & cultivating talent | E1362

If you’re not working 9-9-6, are you working hard enough? | E2198

What Are the Lessons from Indinero's Comeback Story?

Ryan Smith on buying the Utah Jazz, evolving Qualtrics, AI’s early days, and more | E1782

Crypto Roundtable: Shkreli's new web3 project, ETH merge, Gensler goes after DeFi protocols | E1542

- Startups - TWiSM #17/TWiST #155 with Joe Fernandez of Klout

How AthenaHQ and Browser Use Are Building the Next Layer of the Internet | E2132

Mining asteroids with AstroForge CEO Matthew Gialich | E1736

- Venture Capital - James Bailey, Associate at GRP Partners

What Is Coda and How Does It Enhance Team Productivity?

Ask @Jason: Should founders pay themselves before reaching traction & revenue?

The 6 Biggest Mistakes Founders Make with coach and former VC Jerry Colonna

Google, Amazon & Apple earnings + OK Boomer with Slush CEO | E1672

Scott Heiferman of Meetup on TWiST #160

Breaking down Bard with Google’s Jack Krawczyk | E1752

Dry Powder in Venture Capital, VC Ratings, and more with Grady Buchanan and Victor Gutwein | E1895

The rise of AutoGPTs and AI anxieties with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1720

Secret Psychology to Nail an Interview

- Startups - News Roundtable with Peter Pham and Marshall Kirkpatrick - TWiST #221

Kevin Rose's Insights on Entrepreneurship and Investing

Momentum investing in VC + Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico | E1627

- Sales - Sales 2.0 and Social Calling

HubSpot CTO Dharmesh Shah on empowering entrepreneurs, HubSpot’s journey, and AI automation | E1781

PrayingForExits on the state of VC, ZIRP fraudsters, revolutionary product launches & more | E1717

Five things you need to nail to scale with Scott Orn | Kruze Consulting Startup Finance Basics

WallStreetBets founder on why he's suing Reddit; Andrew Hart of Hyper; and Ok Boomer | E1685

Reimagining reading with VR featuring Sol Reader CEO Ben Chelf | E1772

DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang on founding story, lessons + First-time fund manager panel | E1759

Tesla AI Day, SEC charges Kim Kardashian for unlawfully promoting token, Section 230 & more | E1576

Stanford & Google’s Westworld-like AI experiment, BloombergGPT, SF CRE collapse | E1718

Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694

Titan tragedy, Meta removes news in Canada + Elizabeth Yin at Angel Summit | E1767

Tesla FSD saved their lives at 1am. They didn't even see them coming.

Bob Iger joins VC firm as venture partner, Twitter whistleblower hearing, KKR tokenizes fund | E1559

The “AI wrapper” debate, AI-powered lead gen, auto-clips, resumes, and more with Sunny Madra | E1792

Reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise, Boom Supersonic's new deal + The Blueprint Part 6 | E1537

What Are the Best Sales Questions to Ask Prospects?

WSJ's John Carreyrou: before he died Theranos Chief Scientist told wife nothing was working

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

FTX fallout: Sequoia's LP letter, SBF's crisis comms + Lon Harris on Andor, $DIS earnings | E1609

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

Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital - TWiST #291

Atipica founder & CEO Laura Gomez on taking multifaceted approach to tech's diversity issue

Anthropic seeking $5B valuation, OpenAI hires 1000 contractors, Mr. Beast’s latest video | E1668

The Theranos Story: how WSJ's John Carreyrou revealed fraud & deception in "BAD BLOOD" E828

Pear's Pejman Nozad: Top investor in co's like Dropbox & Zoosk reveals what he looks for in founders

Employee reactions to Google layoffs, Microsoft & OpenAI codify deal + NVIDIA's new feature | E1663

Threads, ChatGPT usage drops, and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1774

How Does 23andMe Unlock Insights About Your Health?

News Roundtable! Ari Levy (CNBC) & Rolfe Winkler (WSJ): Walmart snags Jet.com

E1056 AMA: StartX Founder Cameron Teitelman answers questions from founders!

How VCs size their bets + Ben Birnbaum of TeraWatt and Keyframe | E1620

This Week in Health & Wellness - Steve Hess, CEO of Sovereign Earth

Wave of tech layoffs, Robinhood earnings, what makes a great CEO & more | E1603

This Week in IPad - iPad 2 is HERE! Big Boss, SXSWGo, and Pioneer Air Jam all get reviewed.

How Does Connected Signals Provide Real-Time Traffic Data?

Ask @Jason: How are your portfolio companies tackling growth?

Salesforce CEO questions WFH amid SaaS slowdown, OpenAI projects $1B revenue by 2024 & more | E1642

The Potrepreneur Roundtable with SpeedWeed and ArcView Group

AMA 2: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin answers questions from founders: data vs. instincts, remote work

Why VCs care about ownership percentage + Flowcarbon CEO Dana Gibber | E1581

How to raise money from angel investors | WSGR Startup Basics

YC brings on Garry Tan as President, Apple's AR plans, Bored Apes at the VMAs | E1547

How generative AI is enabling hologram assistants with Looking Glass CEO Shawn Frayne | E1753

- Startups - Matt Mullenweg Founder of Automattic Part 2

This Week in Startups - Woody Sears, CEO & Founder of FrogDog Media

This Week in Startups - Ask Jason and Shark Tank

What Entrepreneurial Lessons Can We Learn from Brian Lee?

EyeRate CEO Ray Weisberg on scaling from $0 to $10M + Steve Jurvetson on disruptive tech | E1765

Building the future of VFX and video editing with Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela | E1724

NSA collecting phone records of Verizon customers

Why Did Steve Jobs Reject Adobe Flash for the iPad?

Generative AI's potential, Spotify Wrapped + AMP Robotics Founder Matanya Horowitz | E1624

- Startups - Josh Harris CEO, Net Band Command- TWiST #301

Venture Debt: should your startup take it on? + Mi Terro's Robert Luo | E1593

Apple Vision Pro, Meta’s MusicGen, Waitroom demo & more with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1760

Jan-Willem Rombouts on how his virtual power plants in cloud balance grid for excesses & shortages

EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618

The biggest hustlers win.

Brit + Co founder & CEO Brit Morin on expanding beyond media to merchandise w/Target

Megan Quinn of Spark Capital on VC funding myth & why equity crowdfunding is a great trend

AI demos + Jason invests $25K live! | E1789

Jason interviews EatKind CEO Neetha Avalakki and ‘TWiST Mean Tweets’ with Lon Harris | E1638

Twitter's failed OnlyFans-like product, OpenSea trading volume drops 99%, major FTC lawsuit | E1548

- Startups - Gino Zahnd, CEO & Co-Founder of Cozy

E1017 Open Office Hours w/Jason: scaling as a solo founder, reducing churn, pivoting to SaaS & more

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

ANGEL: Surviving a down market, early VC stories & more with four-cycle investor Geoff Yang | E1676

Jason’s big night, the culture war in tech + Google Search vs ChatGPT and more | E1635

ChatGPT’s alter ego and moderating AI-generated content | E1677

This Week in Music - Jordan Passman of scoreAscore.com

How to Conduct Effective Early-Stage Board Meetings

OpenSea raises $300M, VW & Toyota commit $170B to EVs, China's strangled tech sector | E1353

Ryan Carson of Treehouse: coding tech degree 100% online; affordably takes adults frm 0 to job ready

ANGEL: Laurie Yoler on investing early in Tesla, strategic partnerships, and her VC career | E1701

Next Unicorns: Unlocking the power of photonic computing with Lightmatter CEO Nick Harris | E1787

Amol Deshpande founder FBN: As an entrepreneur, you have to be optimistic about the future

The Future of Tech Jobs

This Week in Startups - Jason Nazar, Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc.com, and guest J. R. Johnson, Founder and CEO of Lunch

Will Yuri Milners YCombinator Buyout Actually Work?

Twitter adds podcasting, Chatter.dev Founder Pete Oxenham + OK Boomer with Danny Miranda | E1545

This Week in Video Games - Spooky Halloween Special!

Jason Calacanis CNBC Closing Bell 3/27/18: tech stocks tank; Facebook Tesla NVIDIA drops, rebound?

How to demo your product | WSGR Startup Basics

Eric Ries of "The Lean Startup" explains why crazy ideas are better than good ideas

Next Unicorns: Manufacturing pharma drugs in space with Varda’s Delian Asparouhov | E1793

This Week in iPad - Meetup.com Special Episode

State of the crypto market, Tornado Cash blacklisted, $COIN Q2 + The Blueprint Part 5 | E1531

The virtuous cycle of tech startups, Mr. Beast turns down $1B offer + OK Boomer: Taylor Bell | E1574

Databricks' Record Raise, TikTok & the Supreme Court, and all about the Grammarly-Coda Deal | E2063

Bootstrapping to IPO, product-led growth & scaling SaaS with Atlassian's Scott Farquhar | E1800

Building generative AI for pitch decks with Tome CEO Keith Peiris | E1727

Muckrack raises $180M, Elly Health Co-Founder Cecilia Anderson + OK Boomer | E1556

ANGEL: Upfront’s Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and raising capital | E1683

VCs hiring Twitter ghostwriters, Meta's XR plan, Netflix's ad tier & more | E1586

This Week in Social Media - Amanda Peyton from MessageParty

Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1748

EMERGENCY POD: FTX sells to Binance with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1607

Lady Gaga Cover By Greyson Chance, OK Go "This Too Shall Pass", and more on TWIYT #133

Is Facebook Investable? | Jason Calacanis on CNBC's TechCheck

E907 Syndicate Showcase: Jason shares portfolio co's; 15Five, Growth Boulevard, STEEZY, WhereBy.Us

E848 Tonal smart home fitness measures, monitors, instructs, adapts, personalized full-body workout

Crypto climate bill resurfaces, BlocPower raises $155M + Arcadia CEO Kiran Bhatraju | E1692

Into The Lair #3 - Dissecting the Mix "Shorty is a Weirdo" Part 1

Satya Patel on the state of VC, flexible investing frameworks & converting to evergreen | E1715

AskJason: funding hardware production for a software company?

Using AI to revolutionize video game development with Scenario CEO Emmanuel de Maistre | E1741

British pound crashes, Do Kwon's red notice, NASA's DART mission, TikTok nears US deal | E1570

Demoing the most innovative new ChatGPT features with Sunny Madra and Vinny Lingham | E1732

This Week in Startups - Shervin Pishevar, founder and CEO of Social Gaming Network.

Using GPUs as leverage, MSFT beats the case, FTC fails under Khan | E1775

E1101: News! Apple vs. Epic, TikTok CEO resigns & more with Acquired's Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal

- Pensado's Place - Into The Lair 20: Treating Snoop Dogg's Vocal Track

Zapier Co-Founder Mike Knoop on category creation, API evolution & AI architecture | E1769

TWIST News: Fusion, Rural Investment, and Applied AI | E2068

How Can Last Rev Simplify Your Design Review Process?

Tech layoffs are here (Strategies to keep a job in a recession) + Mehak Vohra of Skillbank | E1475

Understanding the UAE startup opportunity with Brad Gerstner and Ibrahim Ajami | E1751

The Grammarly–Superhuman Megadeal, TWiST 500 chats with LabelBox and Apptronik’s founders | E2146

LK-99 breakthrough with Varda’s Delian Asparouhov & Andrew McCalip | E1788

Astronomy Professor Chris Impey and Jason talk sex in space.

Breaking down the FTX book + film rights & Michael Lewis’s involvement with Lon Harris | E1615

What Are the Current Ethical Issues at OpenAI?

Mitch Kapor on the value proposition of college, NSA, and a half century in tech

- Sales - Tibor Shanto on Voicemail Mastery

- Startups - News Panel with Peter Horan and Jason Nazar - TWiST #203

- Venture Capital - John Frankel- This Week in Venture Capital #71

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

E730: LAUNCH Incubator PT1: Transported: Real Estate VR & FitBod: Machine learning strength-training

Whoop CEO Will Ahmed on the “Quantified Self” movement, product design & more | E1786

- Startups - Mike Jones of Science - TWiST #285

SBF arrested, The Block’s CEO gets secret loans from FTX + Walmart launches a BNPL service | E1636

Google Bard Extensions and AI demos with Sunny Madra | E1816

Building a blood-testing startup in 2023 with Vital CEO Vasu Nadella | E1801

How Will Robotics Transform Jobs in the Future?

The Definitive History of VC with "Power Law" author Sebastian Mallaby | E1550

What’s Going On With Google Gemini Deep Research? | E2072

Startup pitch competition: Jason invests $25K | E1714

Brad Gerstner's open letter to Zuck, Meta's lack of efficiency, Divvy Homes hit piece | E1594

- Startups - Eric Ries of Lean Startup - TWiST #199

E868 Alex Tew, Calm: hypergrowth done well, making positive difference, 1m subs, $80m rev, $250m val

E1050 PlayVS' Delane Parnell on journey from the projects to ~$100M raised, breaking thru in tech

TikTok planning to build US fulfillment centers + Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario | E1584

Stability AI's $1B+ valuation, why you should start or join a startup, Roblox jumps 20% | E1589

What is AI? Babak Hodjat on AI - Inspired by natural intelligence

E839: Allie Janoch Mapistry: SaaS for env. regs, real-time data, incentivizes managers to compliance

Getty to sue Stability AI, $MSFT to incorporate OpenAI into Azure + new climate startups | E1659

Slack’s troubles inside Salesforce, crypto trader gets jail time, DoNotPay’s robo-lawyer | E1655

Competition beats corporate building AI

Jay Trades and SBF's Substack + Award season and Netflix's content strategy with Lon Harris | E1656

Postmates is Uber for local delivery - of anything

Raising a VC fund in public + Brilliant Planet's Raffael Jovine on the power of algae | E1552

ANGEL: Insight's Deven Parekh on venture tourists, cleaning cap tables & winning investments | E1679

Most VC funds don't make money.

Eric Ries, author "The Lean Startup": test & experiment, turn your feeling into a hypothesis

Zoox Crash Fallout, COATUE’s $1B Open Fund, and Office Hours with FusionAds | E2122

Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, Patagonia founder donates profits + Streaming consolidation | E1561

This Week in Fashion - Fashion Pilot 2 - December 16

What Happens When Celebrities Have Steve Buscemi Eyes?

- Music - This Week in Music #31 - Andre Gaccetta

VC market overview, Vision Fund impact, Amazon's core businesses & more with Acquired | E1530

Apple blocks AI email app, TikTok restricts teens, Foodini’s Dylan McDonnell | E1690

Dfinity’s ICP crypto complaint, Snap/Twitter earnings, China’s e-learning crackdown & more | E1252

Tim Draper DFJ on how ICOs are satisfying demand & remedying stifling gov't regulations

SpaceX's Starship launch, Tiger Global's 20% markdown + Ask Jason! | E1726

E837: #StartupTuneup @ LAUNCH Festival Sydney: Founders pitch Jason on startup solutions

What Are the Latest Trends in Mobile Search and Publishing?

How to get sponsors for your podcast

What Is the $140B Streaming Wars Budget for 2022?

E1122 Running Tide's Marty Odlin is helping solve the Climate crisis by storing carbon in kelp

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke on navigating a downturn, innovating in compensation & more | E1568

#AskJason: Zirtual lessons, launch tips, VCs & copycats bad behavior, crowdfunding v. raising

TWiMusic - Ken Casey, Dropkick Murphys and Jeff Castelaz, CEO Dangerbird Records

What Do Founders Max Altman and Ben Braverman Say About Startup Success?

AI’s Future: Opportunity, Regulation & Limits with Vinny Lingham & Sunny Madra | E1729

Anatomy of a Win-Win Acquisition: Synergy, Growth, AI, and the Future of SaaS | E2047

Iain Thomson of The Register weighs in on FBI spying, privacy, nat'l security & terrorism

- Startups - SendGrid Startup of the Week #5 - Nate Stewart of ZingCheckout

Apple vs Twitter, app store duopoly, YouTube's efficiency, Snap goes back to the office | E1623

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

Next Unicorns: Bringing AI to pathology with PathAI CEO Andy Beck | E1780

AskJason: Is "mobile-friendly" dumbing down our content and attention spans?

This Week in Health & Wellness - Jennie Erke, Ayurvedic Practitioner, RakSa

Rapid Fire News: App Annie fraud, Instagram’s negative impact, Discord valued at $15B & more | E1284

EMERGENCY POD: $SVIB implodes, contagion risk, advice for founders, and what’s next? | E1696

Open-source vs. "ClosedAI," demoing new AI tools & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1742

Steve Case on "The Rise of the Rest", America's economic resiliency & more | E1601

SpaceX valued at $137B, Starlink's massive market, Shopify purges meetings | E1649

Netflix Pick - Hideaway

VenturusAI's instant MBA & Samantha Wong on identifying soon-to-explode startup markets | E1777

OpenAI CTO Departure, DOJ AI Compliance, M&A Trends, and more! | E2014

YC reduces S22 batch by 40%, $HOOD RIF, $MSTR CEO change, $ABNB earnings + Blueprint Part 4 | E1525

NEWS: Nvidia’s insane earnings beat, Arm’s IPO filing, and more! | E1797

#TWiSTLive at SamsungGIC: VR demo & fireside chat with Amir Rubin, industry pioneer & CEO of Sixense

Copy.ai CEO Paul Yacoubian on keeping up with GPT’s rapid evolution & AI’s potential impact | E1719

Balaji’s $1M Bitcoin bet, banking crisis update, OpenAI launches GPT-4, and Jay Trading! | E1702

Drawing the Future with AI featuring tldraw’s Steve Ruiz | E1863

Apple allows in-app NFT purchases + Bitcoin's role during global macro headwinds | E1572

Airbnb Co-Founder Joe Gebbia on early “a-ha” moments, elite design + his new startup Samara | E1675

E990 SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie listens to customers &employees to drive growth, diversity on BoD

Using AI to diagnose Dementia with Vistim Labs James Hamet + Jason LIVE at iConnections | E1757

- Startups - Andy Dunn, founder of Bonobos

Why Did SoftBank's Vision Fund Lose $21 Billion?

E932 Office Hours w/Jason: B2B pricing, retention v. traction, scaling on-boarding, upselling

Apple AR headset scoops with Mark Gurman + Campbell Baron: Gen Z startup content creator | E1366

Anthropic wants to slow AI down and Bernie wants 50%: JCal Reacts | E2297

Instagram to shut down Shopping, reacting to Apple's event & more + The Blueprint Part 9 | E1554

How Is AI Changing the Travel and Hospitality Industry?

Paid newsletter pricing disruption, Instagram Reels underperforming + OK Boomer | E1562

Nikola lawsuit updates, Rumble business breakdown + more SPAC updates | E1565

Gary Vaynerchuk: Crushing It in biz, building a media empire, investing, making magic in the gray

Self-destructive traits of VCs & founders + Air Protein CEO Dr. Lisa Dyson | E1534

How to Handle Challenges in Distressed Startups

E965 Kim Scott, "Radical Candor" author: secrets of leadership thru honest feedback, healthy culture

How Should B2B Companies Prevent Customer Churn?

E887 #StartupTuneup: teledentistry, cannabis tax, activewear bras, data science, 3D printing, travel

Uber's leadership lessons, AI's disruption, and the power of solo founders with Josh Mohrer | E1911

How VCs think about deploying reserves & follow-on funding + Quaise CEO Carlos Araque | E1546

Stephen Wolfram on AI’s rapid progress & the “Post-Knowledge Work Era” | E1711

2014 LAUNCH Festival - Hampton Creek, Soylent - Day 3

Strategies for investing in an overheated market, understanding warrants + Nat Bullard | E1599

Next Unicorns: Building the future of healthcare communication with Abridge CEO Shiv Rao | E1784

Holiday Planet of the Apps

Adam Curry's Insights on Revolutionizing Podcasting

Nigel Eccles, CEO of FanDuel, explains why fantasy sports are games of skill

Magic.dev CEO Eric Steinberger on making developers bionic | E1744

FTX's leaked financials, $AMZN ramps up healthcare interest + Swayed Founder Arjun Shokeen | E1541

Ask Jason + LAUNCH founder interviews + OK Boomer with Andrew Yeung | E1551

Robinhood IPO: Should You Invest Long-Term or Not?

Evaluating founder ambition, tools vs platforms + USV's Albert Wenger: post-capital world | E1569

ANGEL: FirstMark’s Rick Heitzmann on shaking off the bull run, “shock absorbers,” and more | E1670

Shein registers for US IPO, Trump SPAC insider trading & more | E1771

Imitone, Omaze, Glass medical app | Bing LAUNCH of the Week

Stripe to raise $6B, $SIVB drops 60%, generative AI funding | E1695

Is Nvidia overpriced? Plus, price targets, GodMode demo, and more! | E1795

This Week in Startups - Seth Priebatsch, CEO of SCVNGR

StoneAlgo’s Devin Jones on “Zillow for diamonds” + Mar Hershenson on the art of picking | E1766

5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make Part 3

FitBod on bldg interest from investors for machine learning fitness app by bootstrapping to success

YouTube’s new roadmap, OpenAI & BeReal fundraising news, Snap’s 30% drop & OK Boomer | E1592

Reddit communities revolt + Brad Gerstner on state of private and public markets in 2023 | E1761

How Comma AI Achieved 100M Miles in Autonomy

Zillow CEO Rich Barton on branding, building in provocative industries, and more! | E1791

AI itineraries, newsletters, doodles, and more with Sunny Madra! | E1778

Charlotte Ross on Sex Scenes with Nicolas Cage

E1095 Next Unicorns E13: Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley is opening real estate investing to millennials

MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria on great leadership, building winning teams, and more | E1783

AI-generated South Park, “Holy Grails” of AI & more with Sunny Madra | E1785

This Week in Football - Darren Dodge and Will Gelin discuss Green Bay Vs. Chicago

GoDaddy's CEO Controversy

RunwayML, AI Steve Jobs, & more with Sunny Madra & Vinny Lingham | E1755

Demoing Google’s MusicLM, AssemblyAI, and other AI tools with Sunny Madra | E1747

Liquidity Summit Talks: Antonio Gracias and Gavin Baker | E1990

ANGEL: Canaan’s Maha Ibrahim on fund sizing, distribution strategies & early VC days | E1687

Startup pitch competition: Jason invests 25K | E1725

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on early rejection, customer focus & AI’s future in hospitality | E1735

Travis Kalanick of Uber - TWiST #180

Trump, Saudi, & Adam Neumann’s obsession with cities + BioFluff CEO Martin Stübler | E1712

All #AskJason: My startup has traction but no investors. Is the problem pitch or product?

This Week in Cloud Computing - Gaurav Dhillon, CEO of SnapLogic

Chamath Palihapitiya on rebuilding Social Capital & Silicon Valley ponzi scheme

- Careers - Robert Tercek, business/media futurist

They shot an entire $70M movie on a gray screen.

Sam Harris on Trump's lies & burn it down strategy: is he mentally ill or genius of manipulation?

Josh Elman, Greylock Partners (prev Twitter, FB, LinkedIn) on 4 keys to crush product growth

E692: CEO David Sacks on scaling Zenefits; Founders Fund Cyan Banister: tips for scaling co culture

This Week in Startups News Roundtable

How to name your startup | WSGR Startup Basics

Viral fundraising tactics with Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker + How to build a strong brand | E1745

OpenAI’s endgame, DeepMind’s chatbot, United by Zero’s Lex Kiefhaber + OK Boomer | E1657

How to Navigate Startup Funding and AI Innovations

Next Unicorns: Preventing future fraud using AI with Sardine CEO Soups Ranjan | E1802

E793: News Roundtable! Ari Levy CNBC & Dave Mathews NewAer: Crypto, Big tech earnings, Trump Tax

How Digital Ocean raised $37.2m from Andreessen Horowitz

E814: Airtable Howie Liu: $52m B, launches Blocks customizable apps& supercharge database insights

Sequoia resigns from Citizen's board, IPO window opens, chaos at Dapper Labs | E1691

$DIS earnings, Disney vs Netflix & streaming strategies with Lon Harris + Ephemeral Tattoos | E1532

How to Pitch a Startup at LAUNCH Demo Day

E1084: David Sacks on his foolproof operating philosophy: “The Cadence”

- Startups - News Panel with William Quigley and Sean Percival - TWiST #252

Journalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" | E1039

E993 Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra on building a Product Market Fit Engine + Future of Angel Investing

The Annie Duke Show - CEO of After-School All-Stars Ben Paul & Brian Doherty, senior editor of Reason Magazine

What Is Pony.ai's Vision for Future Self-Driving Technology?

E671: All #AskJason: Wooing investors after failure, advice for introverts, tackling growth & more

Jason Calacanis CNBC Squawk Alley 10/19: Salesforce M&A leak, Apple macs 10/27, Amazon GarthBrooks

Reacting to SBF's ill-advised media tour + Disney's new in-house ai-based de-aging tool | E1625

Neeva CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on AI chatbots and the search revolution | E1686