Alle afleveringen
1.496 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
-
E1024: #StartupTuneup @ Founder.University: 6 founders pitch to Jason & Dave Samuel of Freestyle Capital on merging communication networks, athlete performance tracking, DTC women's clothing, smart tabletop gaming systems & more!
4 februari 2020 · 45 min
1:31 Bryan pitches Project OWL (smart communications platform) 3:46 Erin pitches Nude Barre (DTC eco-friendly hosiery) 6:02 Mike pitches STACT (Athlete performance tracking) 8:05 Feedback & questions for Cohort 1 16:53 Rankings for Cohort 1 19:53 Jonathan pitches Move38 (smart tabletop gaming) 22:04 Brandon pitches ReplyBuy (text messaging support for sports, entertainment & higher education) 24:20 Stella pitches Stella Carakasi DTC (Size-inclusive & affordable luxury clothing for women) 28:22 Feedback & questions for Cohort 2 37:55 Rankings for Cohort 2 Lees meer
-
E1023: News Roundtable! Machine Zone CEO Kristen Dumont & The Register's Iain Thomson on Bezos phone hack, Tesla valuation skyrocketing, DJ Elon, Coronavirus, Barstool Sports funding, unions, proposed Uber/DoorDash merger & more!
1 februari 2020 · 1 uur 47 min
0:48 Jason intros Iain Thomson & Kristen Dumont 1:58 Iain on the grim state of his WeWork office 4:34 Bezos phone hack, Saudi interference 15:12 DJ Elon plays Jason out of the break 16:45 $TSLA vs. $TSLAQ, Elon haters & more 23:07 Airborne Tesla in LA 27:30 Coronavirus effects on business, are China's numbers legit? 35:27 How regulated are food markets in China? 47:46 Iain's thoughts on Brexit 50:19 Barstool Sports, unions, do modern unions disincentivize top performers? 1:06:37 Uber/DoorDash proposed merger, is SoftBank getting desperate? 1:17:15 Leaked Column deck, founder derangement 1:28:35 France/UK big-tech tax, should Amazon pay extra? 1:34:31 Who wins the 2020 Election? 1:41:36 Jason gets Ben Horowitz on the line to end the sho Lees meer
-
E1022: One Drop CEO & Founder Jeff Dachis helps people with diabetes manage & improve their blood-sugar levels, shares insights on making data actionable, recent strategic partnership with Bayer, issues with US healthcare & potential life-expansion
28 januari 2020 · 1 uur 7 min
0:47 Jason intros One Drop CEO Jeff Dachis 2:37 What was Jeff's original vision with One Drop? How has it evolved over time? 5:39 How did One Drop go from collecting data to making it actionable? 8:09 How important was getting the One Drop retail products into Apple stores? 9:46 Raising money as a hardware healthcare product 15:23 How did the Bayer partnership come about? 17:57 Have any major drug companies built software to manage what happens after taking medication? 21:19 What is the One Drop business today? How does coaching play into their product? 30:27 Who are One Drop's enterprise sales targets? Why don't more companies have health practitioners in-house? 36:37 Should employers be tied to healthcare? 40:04 What contributes most to the diabetes epidemic? 44:46 What are continuous glucose monitors? How do they help? 48:34 Why is insulin so expensive in the US compared to other countries? 51:47 Will we ever be able to know our blood sugar levels without intrusive hardware? 57:47 Will humans see average life-expansion into the 100's over the next few decades? 1:02:12 How gene-therapy becomes dangerous Lees meer
-
E1021: Bubble Co-CEO & Co-Founder Emmanuel Straschnov built a no-code platform to empower the next generation of programmers, shares insights on bootstrapping to over 300k users, developing skills while scaling & more
24 januari 2020 · 52 min
0:53 Jason intros Bubble CEO Emmanuel Straschnov 4:25 Defining "no-code" and how Bubble differs from other no-code tools? 9:04 How much more efficient is Bubble than popular coding schools? How advanced do you have to be to learn Bubble? 14:16 Emmanuel shares Bubble's origin story and explains what Bubble unlocks for startups? 16:51 Emmanuel demos Bubble & explains notrealtwitter.com 21:17 What are some Bubble success stories? 26:12 Why did Emmanuel wait 7 years to raise their Seed Round? 29:23 Will no-code decrease the demand for developers over time? 33:26 What is Bubble making per user per year? What will that be in 5 years? 34:32 When did VCs take interest in Bubble? 39:43 How are Emmanuel's managerial skills developing as Bubble scales their team? 46:13 What is the core beachhead for Bubble? 48:11 Is there a no-code education platform in the works? Lees meer
-
E1020: CEO/Investor Coach & Author Matt Mochary shares insights on developing his coaching method, understanding & overcoming primal fear, addressing imposter syndrome & more
21 januari 2020 · 1 uur 22 min
0:01 Calling all writers! Apply to be the first TWiST Archivist at twistarchivist.com 2:42 Jason intros CEO Coach & Author Matt Mochary 4:49 How and why did Matt decide to become a CEO coach? 8:32 What is the secret to being a great coach for investors & CEOs? 12:12 Drawing feedback out of employees 19:27 How to differentiate healthy fear from paralyzing fear? 32:06 How is Matt's method structured? 34:52 Understanding & dealing with imposter syndrome 40:27 Differences between coaching Gen-X & Millennials 42:33 Starting the Mochary foundation helping formerly incarcerated people get & keep legitimate jobs 48:19 Understanding negative motivation and transforming into purpose-filled motivation 52:39 What is Matt's "Shadow CEO" Method 54:04 What does Matt charge? 54:52 Matt coaches Jason live on air Lees meer
-
E1019: Mahmee CEO & Co-Founder Melissa Hanna is helping new moms navigate thru postpartum care, shares insights on getting Serena Williams & Mark Cuban to invest, improving the experience for mothers of color & adding structure to a fragmented industry
17 januari 2020 · 1 uur 8 min
0:58 Jason intros Melissa Hanna 1:40 What is Mahmee? What challenges are they solving for? 4:54 How does Mahmee acquire customers? Who pays for the service? 7:37 What is the current cost of having a child in the US? What are some glaring postpartum care issues in the US? 15:28 How did Melissa get Arlan Hamilton to invest? 18:42 How did Mark Cuban invest in Mahmee? 21:02 Why are black mothers 3-4x more likely to die from childbirth? Why is there such bias in healthcare? 28:31 How can Mahmee increase the birth experience across the US? 33:24 How does Melissa balance balancing the current confines in which they have to work with looking towards the future and what is possible? 38:42 What are the complexities of the healthcare space that make it hard for startups? What is the opportunity? 45:47 What are some Mahmee success stories? 51:54 Better ways to deal with postpartum depression? 57:01 How did Serena Williams come onboard via Serena Ventures? Lees meer
-
E1018: #AskJason! Avoiding first-time founder mistakes, causes of big-tech layoffs, participating in a Series A as an Angel, running a US-based startup as an international student, importance of having a strong lead investor & more!
14 januari 2020 · 48 min
1:39 Peter calls in and asks Jason the optimal check size if first engaging with a company in their Series A and general best practices while Angel investing 14:00 Sarah asks Jason why so many investors seek out a "lead" 17:30 Amrit calls in and asks Jason how to run a US-based startup as an international student 24:29 Jake asks Jason to identify some easily avoidable mistakes that first-time founders make 33:44 Spencer calls in and asks Jason about some of the recent layoffs in the tech space Lees meer
-
E1017: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: scaling as a solo founder, reducing churn, raising capital in a heavily regulated field, pivoting from one-time payments to SaaS & more @ WSGR
10 januari 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
0:46 Mehak from OnDelta (ISA School for Growth Hacking/Marketing) asks Jason best practices on scaling her business as a solo founder 10:18 Ketan from HireClub (Career coaching SaaS) asks Jason about transitioning his business to help with natural churn 20:59 Benjamin from Infection Control (Hardware infection control for sickest hospital patients) asks Jason how to raise for a medical device in a heavily regulated field 33:13 Tom from TribeXR (VR training for practical/creative skills) asks Jason how to pivot from a one-time payment to subscriptions 43:58 Corbin from LUU (Aromatherapy alternative to nicotine vapes) asks Jason how to separate his startup from JUUL and other vaping products 53:04 Thomas from Wash Day (On-demand laundry logistics app) asks Jason how to compete with large laundry incumbents as a bootstrapped startup Lees meer
-
E1016: Substack CEO & Co-Founder Chris Best empowers writers via his email newsletter platform, shares insights on driving change in the attention economy, raising $15M from a16z, providing value to retain talent & more
7 januari 2020 · 1 uur 39 min
1:00 Jason intros Chris Best 3:24 What happened to Kik? (Chris' first startup) What did he learn from it? 5:03 What is it about email newsletters that attracted Chris? 9:41 Chris explains the AI alignment problem and how it relates to content consumption 13:58 What bad behaviors have Google & Facebook's ad algorithms created? How is Chris working to fix them? 18:09 Gamification's impact on startups 23:02 What types of writers are best suited for Substack? 29:25 How did Chris secure a $15M Series A from a16z with only 3 FTEs? Plus explaining the benefits of being "default-alive" 34:33 Are we approaching a flipping of the attention economy? 43:20 How does Substack make money? 49:46 Benefits of writer collaboration & cross-promotion 50:57 How the Deadspin situation relates to Substack 56:01 Most interesting newsletter content so far? 58:19 Dealing with offensive speech & explicit content 1:05:32 When will major publications start losing writers to Substack? 1:10:00 Plans to add audio or video? 1:11:34 What are the top-performing newsletters and what are the price ranges? 1:17:29 Ad-model vs. Paid-model at Inside & Substack 1:30:16 Chris explains the Substack fellowship 1:32:23 Thoughts on "hustle culture" Lees meer
-
E1015: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: gaining interest from investors, scaling while bootstrapping in a niche market, automating operations tasks, acquiring national customers & focusing on customers in the can
3 januari 2020 · 1 uur 7 min
0:47 Jason intros Open Office Hours 2:15 Trevor from Moovin (on-demand software to rent professional furniture) asks Jason to share some hacks on how to gain interest from investors 18:31 Jelica from Saddle Shoppe (e-commerce luxury equestrian clothing/gear) asks Jason best practices on scaling while bootstrapping in a niche market 34:49 Antonio from Youcanevent (event services marketplace) asks Jason what and how to automate operations tasks 44:44 Ossie from PICKL (B2B product/consumer data platform) asks Jason about acquiring national customers outside of California 55:57 Jontae from NatureTrak (compliance platform connecting Cannabis companies and banks) asks Jason about staying focused on different customers in a two-sided marketplace Lees meer
-
E1014: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: targeting a specific segment of customers, overcoming past failures in a market, developing new nuclear energy, competing against a major incumbent & more!
31 december 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
0:49 Jason intros Open Office Hours Live at Neyborly 1:09 Sebastian from Tailpath asks Jason how to generate consumer habits to drive demand 18:37 Sana from Ribitt asks Jason how to overcome past failures in a lucrative market 38:21 Elizabeth from Deep Isolation talks with Jason about solving nuclear waste and developing new nuclear energy 52:12 John from Sircles asks Jason how to take on major incumbents in a large market Lees meer
-
E1013: Decade Wrap-Up Roundtable! Garry Tan, Initialized Capital & Zach Coelius, Coelius Capital on the biggest hits & misses of the past decade: Trump, Theranos, Streaming, Mindfulness, Crypto, Tesla, WeWork, Amazon Prime, Vaping & more!
27 december 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
LINKS to brackets: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zqc-2vDRl7e86USf4okiX8DRcXPzX1HW || https://www.canva.com/design/DADuVKZjuc4/9Qt3B4m4DU-Z_HxbuDTb6w/view?utm_content=DADuVKZjuc4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton 0:29 Jason intros Garry & Zach 3:02 Jason goes over the bracket-style breakdown 3:15 Best of the decade: Ride-Sharing vs. AI/ML 8:32 Best: Amazon Prime vs. 4G LTE 10:07 Best: Tesla M3 vs. Disney buying Marvel + Star Wars IP 14:15 Best: Streaming vs. Mindfulness 17:01 Garry's Best: AI/ML vs. 4G LTE 20:20 Jason's Best: Model 3 vs. Mindfulness 24:05 Zach's Best: Ride-Sharing vs. Streaming 25:12 Jason & Guests pick their biggest win from the last decade 29:20 Jason tees up worst of the decade bracket 29:45 Worst of the decade: 2016 Election Fiasco vs. City San Francisco/Amazon Eating the World/Snowflake Culture 38:01 Worst: ICO Madness vs. Zuckerberg 40:34 Worst: WeWork vs. Vaping 44:13 Worst: Juicero vs. Theranos 44:48 Zach's Worst: 2016 Election vs. ICO Madness 45:09 Garry's Worst: Amazon Eating the World vs. ICO Madness 45:56 Jason's Worst: 2016 Election vs. Zuckerberg 49:52 Jason's Worst: WeWork vs. Theranos 51:56 Garry's Worst: Amazon Eating the World vs. Theranos 53:47 At what stage does Garry & Zach like to invest in companies? 55:52 Championship round Jason: Mindfulness vs. Zuckerberg Garry: Mindfulness vs. Theranos Zach: Streaming vs. 2016 Election Fiasco 59:52 What topics will define the 2020's? Lees meer
-
E1012: Open Office Hours LIVE! Jason helps founders with their biggest challenges: goal-setting, starting a sales flywheel, converting bounced customers, capitalizing on investor feedback & more!
24 december 2019 · 1 uur 5 min
0:52 Kenny from Bacarai asks Jason how to start a flywheel with paid pilots as a pre-revenue company in the group airfare space 13:30 Elyse from Bloom Bras asks Jason some tactical questions around converting bounced website visitors 32:05 Pranav from Glyph asks Jason about goal-setting around raising a Seed round 50:31 Mark from Recapped asks Jason how to better understand & capitalize on investor feedback Lees meer
-
E1011: Check Point CEO & Co-founder Gil Shwed shares insights on being the "Godfather of Cybersecurity", growing Check Point into Israel's most impactful tech company, pricing & developing products for an emerging market, best practices on protectin
20 december 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
0:48 Jason intros Gil and asks about his lengthy background in cybersecurity 3:02 What experiences inspired Check Point? 8:31 Gil explains how he raised money for Check Point in the early 1990's 14:04 How did Gil build and price his first product in a developing market? 16:46 Dealing with the first batch of cyber attacks at Check Point 19:10 What was the profile of a typical hacker in the early Internet? When did the criminality start and how does crypto tie in? 25:20 Potential of Chinese hardware hacking & hackers stealing wired money from venture firms 30:16 What are the risks associated with high-level governmental cyber security breaches 31:42 Should companies be required to build backdoors into their messaging apps? 34:24 Are Tor networks totally safe? 38:19 Gil is the "Godfather of Cybersecurity" 38:55 How protective are two-factor authentication & biometrics? 41:26 What are the most dangerous types of hacks? 44:08 Why are Microsoft products more susceptible to hacks than Apple? 46:03 Will deep-fakes lead to more threats? 50:05 Best cyber-protection advice? 55:28 Are the electrical grids a huge liability? 57:55 What is their recruiting playbook? Lees meer
-
E1010: TWiST Live! Thumbtack CEO & Co-founder Marco Zappacosta shares insights on pivoting to optimize for consumer experience, starting a company during the great recession vs. 2019, fundraising tips & the future of Thumbtack
17 december 2019 · 1 uur 10 min
0:52 Jason intros TWiST Live guest and one of his first investments Marco Zappacosta & Marco describes how they met in 2010 2:28 What did Thumbtack look like back in 2010? How has it changed in 2019? 6:09 Dealing with regional price differences 7:58 How much has mobile demand increased since starting Thumbtack? 11:53 What was it like running a startup in 2010 vs. 2019? 14:38 Impact of starting Thumbtack 2 weeks before Lehman Brothers went out of business 15:43 How did Marco's first try at institutional fundraising go? What did he learn from a bad investor experience? 23:13 What should founders optimize for during fundraising? 27:50 What drove growth at Thumbtack? How did they reach $10M in revenue? How did they remain focused on digging after striking oil? 31:56 Focusing on output over input 35:07 Transforming the Thumbtack experience after hitting $100M in revenue 44:33 What has Marco learned about building a marketplace over the past decade? 52:22 How has the gig-economy impacted overall employment in the US? 56:59 What is private/public healthcare's impact on entrepreneurship in a society? 1:02:33 How is Thumbtack dealing with the scarcity of trade workers? 1:04:41 What advice would Marco give himself in 2010? 1:07:16 Thoughts on minimum wage? Lees meer
-
E1009: #StartupTuneup! Startmate Founders pitch Jason: AR presentation platform, experiential marketing, wearables that help menstrual cramps, education thru e-sports & more!
13 december 2019 · 1 uur 22 min
0:58 Jason welcomes the Startmate companies to the TWiST Studio 1:36 Zac from JigSpace pitches an AR platform for educational presentations 11:56 Teresa from Brandcrush pitches an experiential marketing platform 24:57 Jimmy from Syncio pitches a 1-click Shopify inventory sync extension 37:53 Alice from Ovira pitches a wearable device that helps stop period pain 46:14 Brett from Flaktest pitches an educational gaming platform teaching school subjects thru e-sports 54:48 Gemma from WORK180 a women-oriented job site where only endorsed employers can post jobs 1:03:34 Jason sits down with Startmate's Head of Operations Michael Batko and reveals his top 3! Lees meer
-
E1008: VSCO CEO & Co-founder Joel Flory is building a photo-sharing platform free of ads, likes & comments to empower creators, shares insights on appealing to Gen Z, expanding their global reach & the magic of subscriptions
10 december 2019 · 1 uur 14 min
1:08 Jason intros Joel Flory 2:12 What is VSCO? How is it different than Instagram, Facebook & other photo-sharing apps? 4:33 How does VSCO grow at hyper speed without follower counts, likes, etc.? 8:28 What is VSCO's scale so far? 12:23 How does VSCO get people (mostly Gen-Z) to pay for a social network? How do they view pricing? 18:09 How VSCO uses themselves as a tool for other social networks 19:52 What is a VSCO Girl? How have they capitalized on the Gen-Z meme phenomenon? 21:31 Joel's thoughts on e-commerce 27:19 Joel is a long-time TWiST fan! 30:00 Mistakes Joel learned from in his 9-year journey at VSCO 32:26 Has iPhone photography ruined the photography industry? 36:53 How does VSCO deal with inappropriate content? How does their feed algorithm work? 43:59 Jason goes through VSCO's funding history and asks why Joel didn't sell VSCO for a massive profit 46:06 Is the greatest art created by those who don't care about what others think? 47:41 Collapse of the photography industry & sense of belonging at VSCO 51:44 Advantage of having HQ in Oakland 54:59 VSCO global expansion 57:17 Magic of subscriptions 1:05:01 The 3 truth's of VSCO Lees meer
-
E1007: DoNotPay CEO & Founder Josh Browder built an AI lawyer to fight corporations & governments, demos product features & how it helps consumers, shares insights on following in footsteps of his father Bill Browder, & future of consumer empowerment
6 december 2019 · 1 uur 5 min
0:51 Jason intros Josh Browder & DoNotPay 2:48 Starting DoNotPay in college 6:12 How much $ has DoNotPay saved citizens since launching in 2016? 7:46 Josh explains his product roadmap to Jason 15:14 DoNotPay's mission and how Wells Fargo scammed its customers 17:37 Josh takes us through DoNotPay's suite of features starting with the robot lawyer/chatbot 19:57 Josh describes the "Skip Waiting on Hold" feature 23:37 DoNotPay's "Contract Reading AI" 28:31 Benefits of capitalist markets when consumers are treated poorly 30:51 Thoughts on Facebook? 34:05 "Hidden $ Discovery" on DoNotPay 34:47 What is DoNotPay doing for immigration 41:59 Jason asks Josh about his father, Bill Browder life and book, "Red Notice" 48:47 What is the CCPA? How does it relate to DoNotPay? 54:59 Long-term vision of DoNotPay? 56:24 Full audio of Ryan Block's call with Comcast Lees meer
-
E1006: Farmer's Fridge CEO & Founder Luke Saunders is creating a connected network of vending machines offering fresh & healthy meals, shares insights on creating a restaurant-like experience, solving food-supply chain issues, capitalizing on grassroots
3 december 2019 · 1 uur 8 min
0:44 Jason intros Luke and describes how he found out about Farmer's Fridge 5:01 How did Luke overcome barriers of making a vending machine feel like a restaurant 9:18 Luke's life before Farmer's Fridge 11:52 How Luke discovered the issues of distribution that led to Farmer's Fridge 16:18 Building the first Farmer's Fridge vending machine 23:48 Ideal locations for Farmer's Fridge machines & where the first machine was placed 29:35 How did Farmer's Fridge begin to expand and hit critical mass 34:22 Using sales data to craft the most appealing menu 37:00 Getting VCs interested 41:57 Who was the first bold VC to put $ in? How did they prove themselves to institutional firms? 46:27 Machine cost over time & maximizing inventory 49:56 How hardships made Luke fearless 51:30 "Startup cannibalism"??? & low-burn culture 54:27 Farmer's Fridge NYC expansion 58:27 How does Farmer's Fridge compare to fast-casual salad restaurants Lees meer
-
E1005: Scale AI CEO & Co-founder Alexandr Wang creates training data for all AI applications to improve machine learning, shares insights on the future of autonomous vehicles, China's AI advantages over US, importance of humans focusing on higher-value
29 november 2019 · 1 uur 35 min
1:04 Jason intros Alexandr 2:19 Alexandr shares his personal startup history 5:17 How & why did Scale start? 8:26 What is the best example of Scale in practice? What problem are they solving? 10:44 Video demo of Scale's platform 15:34 Acquiring the scale.com domain name & insights on the unique spelling of Alexandr 17:31 How does Scale deal with data-sharing between customers? 21:34 LIDAR vs. non-LIDAR... or both? 32:29 When will we have capable self-driving vehicles from Palo Alto to San Francisco? Over/under 2030? How will gov't regulations affect self-driving? 36:03 China vs. US in the race of self-driving 41:22 Explainability in ML 47:26 Does it matter that we sometimes don't know the answer to ML systems? 51:39 Should explainability have to be proven in ML? 55:13 How should inherently biased data-sets (like US justice system) be handled via ML? 1:00:00 Importance of focusing on higher-value work 1:02:41 Are dangers of AI overblown? 1:08:50 Will "General AI" happen in our lifetime? 1:12:26 What's the next major AI trend after self-driving? 1:23:46 Does Alexandr remember a time before the Internet? 1:26:35 Jason plays "good tweet/bad tweet" with Alexandr Lees meer
-
E1004: Yousician CEO & Co-founder Chris Thür created an interactive platform to master musical instruments, shares insights on acquiring 1M+ users, increasing retention through gamification, using profitability as leverage while attracting investors as a
26 november 2019 · 56 min
1:06 Jason intros the Pegasus concept & Yousician's Chris Thür 3:52 Chris explains Yousician 5:22 How did Yousician start and what did Guitar Hero have to do with it? 11:02 Capitalizing on Apple's inclusion of subscriptions 16:00 What were the early days of Yousician like, and was it hard to raise $? 20:32 Is being based in Finland an asset? 27:00 Chris gives his best advice for founders 29:34 Does Chris feel pressure to take $ off the table through secondary shares? 30:45 What does Chris look for in investors and what motivates Finnish employees? 34:55 Jason & Chris talk speeding tickets in Finland 42:19 Chris demos Yousician and Jason sings along 45:25 Jason tries to get on the Yousician Cap Table 47:21 Why Jason believes Yousician will get to 10 million subscribers in the next few years Lees meer
-
E1003: The Athletic CEO & Co-founder Alex Mather is building a paid online sports media publication, shares insights on attracting investors in a seemingly dying industry, managing 500+ remote writers, creating interesting angles through unique coverage &
22 november 2019 · 1 uur 33 min
1:05 Jason intros Alex Mather 2:08 Why did Alex launch a paid subscription publication in a seemingly dying industry? 4:32 How & where did The Athletic start? What was their thesis? 6:32 What was early feedback like from investors? 15:57 Changing approach from ad-based to subscription-based writing 21:34 Why the NHL & MLB are great for The Athletic 22:43 How do they manage young writers? 26:52 What % of their spend goes to editorial? 33:00 Managing 500+ writers 36:20 What are some ways they manage engagement? 39:08 Twitter's impact on journalism 43:39 Scouting new talent & capitalizing on layoffs 50:10 What has the inflated valuations of BuzzFeed & Vox done to the digital media industry? 55:20 How is The Athletic handling Apple's app-store subscription explosion? 58:20 Apple's impact on the boom of incredible products in our society and how The Athletic translates that to editorial 1:01:56 Alex asks Jason: "Mayor of San Francisco or owner of the Knicks?" 1:03:47 Alex shares his thoughts on the NBA/China situation 1:12:01 How does Alex go about re-activating users who have churned? 1:12:42 What does The Athletic think about the prevalence of sports gambling in America? 1:14:55 Who is the most interesting NBA player right now? 1:16:01 Jason & Alex pick who they would start an NBA franchise with today 1:17:50 Jason plays "good tweet/bad tweet" with Alex Lees meer
-
E1002: Wealthfront CEO & Co-founder Andy Rachleff on hitting escape velocity at Wealthfront, pioneering "self-driving money" for consumers, shares insights on product-building in 1980's vs. today, best investor attributes, & the future of NextGen ba
19 november 2019 · 1 uur 25 min
1:08 Jason intros Andy Rachleff 2:20 Where is Wealthfront at currently? 4:44 How are traditional money managers allowed to get away with so much? 10:19 How has Andy dealt with becoming the elder statesmen at his company? 14:15 What are Wealthfront Cash Accounts? 18:27 Wealthfront's long term vision 23:49 What is high-revenue retention? How does Wealthfront maintain it? 27:44 How has Silicon Valley changed since Andy started at Benchmark? 32:10 Andy describes his greatest skill as an investor 35:30 What were the 1980's like in Venture Capital? 40:05 What do you call a VC who's never lost money? 55:01 Jason & Andy discuss how Silicon Valley is viewed in the present day Lees meer
-
E1001: Eight Sleep CEO & Co-founder Matteo Franceschetti pioneered "sleep-fitness" with smart heating & cooling technology; shares insights on product iteration, delighting customers, innovating in D2C, raising $40M from LAUNCH, Founders Fund, Craft &
15 november 2019 · 1 uur
1:03 Jason's thoughts on the exploding DTC movement 4:10 How Jason discovered Eight Sleep 7:15 Jason intros Matteo Franceschetti 8:18 Matteo describes starting Eight Sleep and The Pod 15:48 What was Matteo's history before Eight Sleep 16:27 What did Matteo learn from his prior career in Solar Energy? 20:11 What has Matteo learned about users' sleep through data analysis 22:54 How does the thermo alarm work? 26:52 What is Eight Sleep doing with their sleep data? 29:36 What does the future look like for Eight Sleep? 36:50 What has Matteo learned about DTC marketing? 40:20 Dealing with returns 42:46 Which marketing channels does Matteo capitalize on? 46:30 What were Jason's instructions for reading Eight Sleep ads? 46:55 Are pop-up locations a possibility? 49:03 What is the endgame for smart-fitness products like Peloton & Tonal? 56:04 Eight Sleep's $40M raise Lees meer
-
E1000: 1000th Episode Retrospective! Jason & TWiST lifers Lon Harris, Brian Alvey, & Tyler Crowley re-live favorite moments & guests, highlighting innovations in podcasting & tech over the last decade, hitting global trends & what's in store for the nex
12 november 2019 · 2 uur 15 min
1:10 Jason intros episode 1000 + Brian Alvey & Lon Harris 3:58 "Money is the Root of All Evil" theme song 5:22 What were the first few episodes of TWiST like? 6:27 What is working with Jason like? 7:49 Tyler joins the show from Thailand and shares his history with TWiST 10:55 Brian gives his experience being the first guest on TWiST 11:59 Historic Clip: Gary Vaynerchuk on E24 18:12 History of podcasting as an industry 26:30 Historic Clip: Travis Kalanick on E180 29:54 What led to podcasting becoming a global phenomenon? 38:54 Historic Clip: Naval Ravikant on E244 42:31 How crazy was Jason in the early days of the show? 46:35 Historic Clip: Dave Goldberg on E251 47:55 Cultural shift in the general understanding of early-stage investing 53:44 Historic Clip: Chris Sacca on E291 58:36 Historic Clip: Chuck Johnson from a deleted episode 1:02:16 Historic Clip: Ed Catmull on E665/6 1:05:07 Jacqui explains how she booked Ed Catmull 1:11:24 Historic Clip: Aileen Lee on E988 1:14:52 Historic Clip: Jimmy Chamberlain on E491 1:21:43 What were "Insights from Tyler"? 1:22:47 Historic Clip: Greatest Insight from Tyler 1:25:51 Historic Clip: Peter Thiel on E525 1:27:27 Was the Peter Thiel/Gawker situation the greatest example of pettiness ever? 1:30:25 Historic Clip: Daniel Ek on E580 1:33:58 How has the perception of TWiST changed since the early days? 1:35:15 Historic Clip: Niklas Zennstrom & Sebastian Siemiatkowski on E583 1:39:57 Historic Clip: Peter Sunde on E765 1:43:23 What will the future of streaming & IP look like? 1:49:32 Historic Clip: Molly Wood on E969 1:51:05 What were the biggest changes from the last decade? 2:05:32 How has Jason changed as an interviewer? 2:09:50 Historic Clip: John Carreyrou on E828 2:11:55 Who should play Elizabeth Holmes in the upcoming movie? 2:13:02 Jason unveils the TWiST 1000 Cake and signs off and thanks everyone Lees meer
-
E999: ROOM CEO & Co-founder Brian Chen is building phone booths for the modern office, shares insights on maximizing open floor plans, partnering with Calm to reduce stress at work, maintaining capital efficiency as a hardware startup
8 november 2019 · 52 min
0:53 Jason intros Brian Chen 1:15 Brian demos ROOM's collaboration with Calm 2:42 How did ROOM get their room.com domain name? 3:49 Upside & downside of open floor plans 5:52 Why ROOM manufactures the product in Indiana (for US distribution) & Portugal (for European distribution) as opposed to China 13:47 How did Brian convince VCs to invest in his DTC furniture business 18:13 What Brian thinks about ROOM's defensibility 21:20 ROOM's case studies with Density 26:20 How does Brian keep ROOM so capital efficient? 31:28 How does ROOM ventilate their booths? 34:58 Will ROOM raise another round or continue building off profitability? 36:49 What will ROOM's next products be? 40:05 What would a Jason themed booth look like? 44:01 Alternative solutions for manipulating open floor plans Lees meer
-
E998: The Next Unicorns: Benchling CEO & Co-founder Sajith Wickramasekara is increasing efficiency for scientists with a cloud-based platform, gives insights on recent life-science innovations, ethics of gene therapy & defining the line between quackery &
6 november 2019 · 54 min
0:53 Jason intros Sajith Wickramasekara 1:40 What does Benchling do? 2:24 How did Sajith get into life science? 6:55 Benchling's value proposition for scientists 9:04 How do they charge? 10:43 Is Chamath Palihapitiya the most famous Sri Lankan in the US? 13:25 Why immunotherapy is the most exciting development in life science 19:00 3D Printing & harvesting organs in other species 20:50 Ethics of editing a human embryo 28:19 How did the scientific community respond to the embryo controversy 29:52 Breakthroughs in gene therapy 34:09 Defining the line between quackery & brilliance 42:37 Upside & downside of genetically modified crops 47:54 What is the best approach for breakthroughs in life science? Lees meer
-
E997: HubSpot CEO & Co-founder Brian Halligan shares insights on the origin of inbound marketing, how The Grateful Dead inspired HubSpot, importance of customer experience, managing employees in the Glassdoor Era & more
5 november 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
0:52 Jason intros Brian Halligan 1:35 Brian describes how his job has changed as HubSpot has scaled 3:33 Jason asks Brian about buying Jerry Garcia's guitar "Wolf" 4:42 Jason & Brian reminisce over Grateful Dead shows at Giants Stadium 6:36 How the Grateful Dead pioneered "Inbound Marketing" & inspired HubSpot 15:24 How Brian met his Co-founder Dharmesh Shah 17:04 The original idea behind HubSpot 19:18 Ray Ozzie's impact on HubSpot & Brian 25:34 Benefits of introversion 30:06 Succession planning in tech 33:24 Avoiding pot-holes as CEO 35:18 Importance of customer experience in 2019 38:45 Examples of creating a great end-to-end customer experience 49:43 How Brian keeps himself sharp & motivated 52:45 Managing employees from different generations in the "Glassdoor Era" Lees meer
-
E996: Clearbit CEO & Co-founder Alex MacCaw is creating god-mode for marketers with Clearbit X, gives insights on dynamic customer targeting, prioritizing profitability over valuation, GDPR's adverse effect on Facebook & Google, value of aggregated data
1 november 2019 · 1 uur 2 min
0:58 Jason intros Alex MacCaw 2:26 What is Clearbit? 8:53 What are some Clearbit use cases? 12:48 Benefits of cashflow positivity in terms of fundraising 15:39 How Jason felt about Alex Tew's Calm investor updates 18:59 GDPRs effect on Clearbit and the industry as a whole 27:37 How did Alex go from anti-coaching to benefitting from a CEO coach? 32:49 Alex's experience finding a CEO coach from Naval Ravikant 34:22 What did Alex learn about company building from his coach? 38:39 Clearbit's therapy policy 44:10 Alex's history before Clearbit 47:16 Jason describes his first business, "Jason's Hot Tapes" 49:37 What is Clearbit X? 53:26 Alex gives advice to his younger self Lees meer
-
E995: The Next Unicorns: NEXT Trucking CEO & Co-founder Lidia Yan brings trucking into the digital age with her two-sided marketplace, shares insights on finding & focusing on an untapped market, owning & innovating drayage, navigating the trucking indust
30 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
0:55 Jason intros Lidia Yan 5:03 Lidia describes getting into the trucking industry and why NEXT focuses on "drayage" 13:29 How NEXT has revolutionized drayage shipping 18:22 What is a typical shipping broker's take rate 20:54 How does pricing work in the trucking industry? 27:28 How do trucking companies measure their driver's hours? 29:41 Issues within the trucking industry? 35:14 Did trucking lose employees to ride-sharing? 39:20 How NEXT compares to Uber Freight 44:50 Amazon's impact on the trucking industry 46:22 Trade war bringing inconsistency to trucking 48:41 How Lidia dealt with the challenges of being a woman starting a trucking company 50:47 Importance of getting to profitability early on Lees meer
-
E994: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin shares his state machine that answers all growth questions; Future of Early-Stage VC w/Pete Flint (NFX), Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Lever CTO Nate Smit
29 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 22 min
1:03 Jason intros Phil Libin from LAUNCH Scale 2019 1:51 Phil Libin on "The State Machine that Answers All Growth Questions" 32:40 Jason joins Phil on stage for Q&A 39:56 Jason intros Phil (NFX), Rebecca (Canvas Ventures) & Dave (Freestyle Capital) 41:34 Transitioning from founder to VC 44:08 How to let a founder know when they are headed down the wrong path 47:42 At what stage does a founder have to change their mindset? 49:49 Dave Samuel on Airtable CEO Howie Liu not taking his advice and succeeding anyway 52:21 How Rebecca Lynn recruited current LendingClub CEO Scott Sanborn in the early days 55:39 Should startups still relocate to the Bay Area under any circumstances? 1:03:40 How are VCs dealing with the influx in the number of startups over the past 10 years? 1:13:23 LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk: Lever CTO Nate Smith Lees meer
-
E993: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra shares the formula for his Product-Market Fit Engine; Future of Angel Investing w/Jeff Clavier (Uncork), Ben Ling (Bling), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Help Scout VP of Sales Tim
25 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 17 min
0:48 Jason intros Rahul Vohra 3:21 Rahul gives a talk on building a "Product-Market Fit Engine" 29:42 Rahul takes questions from the LAUNCH Scale audience 37:28 Jason intros the "Future of Angel Investing" panelists: Ben Ling (Bling Capital), Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund) & Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital) 38:54 Has Silicon Valley reached peak entitlement? 41:44 Is "too much $ chasing too few companies" the new normal in VC 45:47 How important is price & valuation in decision making? 49:10 Importance of early revenue & strong board governance 52:28 How many of their biggest hits had multiple revenue models? 58:00 What is "venture-scale" in terms of growth rate? 1:02:40 How to train new associates to understand the importance of revenue quality? 1:09:13 LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk featuring Help Scout's VP of Sales Tim Thyne Lees meer
-
E992: The Next Unicorns: Expanse CEO & Co-founder Tim Junio reduces exposure to online threats by providing "attack surface visibility", shares insights into current threats from China & Russia, potential 2020 election tampering, reasons for cybersecu
23 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 37 min
0:50 Jason intros Tim Junio 1:44 Tim explains what Expanse does and how "attack surface inventory" is the first step in their cybersecurity platform 5:20 Tim explains the Dyn cyber attack 13:20 How many Fortune 500 companies have been blackmailed via cyber attack? 19:32 "White-hat" hackers impact on the cybersecurity industry 23:12 Human-made passwords are the weakest link 29:09 History of Russian interference 33:16 Why Gmail is good for cybersecurity 35:11 Tim's experience at the CIA 38:29 What worries Tim about potential election manipulation 45:38 Chinese infiltration via apps/tech companies 49:16 Christian Bale's rogue move was dangerous 51:17 Should Chinese-made routers be allowed in America? 56:16 Chances Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant have been compromised? 1:02:20 Is there foreign infiltration in major tech companies? 1:08:29 Jason & Tim go over the Snowden situation 1:17:49 How are government intelligence employees trained to avoid being compromised by foreign agents? 1:23:45 Working with Peter Thiel Lees meer
-
E991: #StartupTuneup with Urban-X: Waste-reducing marketplaces, traffic liability reduction, recreational sharing spaces, firefighter safety software & energy cost saving AI
22 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 27 min
0:41 Jason intros the #StartupTuneup with Urban-X companies 2:33 David Rodriguez pitches Food for All: food marketplace to reduce waste & help restaurants sell unused food 12:43 Jim Selevan pitches Pi-Lit: innovating transportation thru a wireless lamp system 26:33 Caroline Hansen pitches Hubbster: providing easy access to outdoor games & gear 41:24 Patrick O'Connor pitches 3AM Innovations: safety software for firefighters 50:52 Michael Lee pitches Evolve Energy: SaaS product that helps consumers save on energy costs thru AI 1:02:51 Urban Us Co-Founder & Partner Stonly Baptiste joins Jason to discuss the companies Lees meer
-
E990: SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie on driving growth by listening to customers & employees, importance of a strong & diverse board, direct listings v. IPOs, lessons learned from WeWork; plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk featuring Yosiat Gimbernard from Odoo
18 oktober 2019 · 45 min
1:45 Zander's take on the recent volatility in the public markets 3:38 What are the lessons learned from the WeWork disaster in terms of corporate governance? 6:09 Importance of diversity on BoD 10:18 Where does WeWork go from here, and how will the situation resolve? 12:35 Why Venture investing is so skewed towards growth, and why the best investors focus on gross profitability 14:41 What is SurveyMonkey's current business, and why did they go into Enterprise SaaS? 19:20 How listening to customers & employees drives growth 23:33 How Dave Goldberg discovered SurveyMonkey and turned it into the company it is today 25:47 How Zander wound up as CEO after Dave's passing 28:51 Zander's thoughts on a Direct Listing as opposed to an IPO 30:42 Getting Serena Williams on the Board of Directors at SurveyMonkey 35:12 Motivating & hiring Gen Z & Millennial employees 37:45 Yosiat from Odoo on integration enabling scalability Lees meer
-
E989: The Next Unicorns: Culture Amp CEO & Co-founder Didier Elzinga is building an employee analytics platform that keeps workers satisfied & motivated, shares insights on the changing role of culture, what modern employees value & maintaining culture wh
16 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 19 min
0:52 Jason intros Culture Amp's Didier Elzinga 2:44 How Didier's prior career in Visual Effects led him to start Culture Amp 8:24 Issues with yearly performance evaluations 14:15 Did Silicon Valley take culture too far? 17:35 What defines good culture? 24:24 Generational differences in workplace culture 28:30 How should companies view the gig economy in terms of culture and compensation? 37:12 How should compensation work in this era? 43:20 Didier demos Culture Amp 58:45 Jason gives Sir Charles positive/negative feedback 1:07:20 "Buying" culture and anti-fragility Lees meer
-
E988: Aileen Lee, Founder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures, pioneered actionable change to diversify tech & VC, shares early days innovating in e-commerce, insights on current funding landscape, dangers of prioritized growth over sustainability, & le
15 oktober 2019 · 54 min
0:51 Jason intros Aileen Lee 1:36 Aileen on her time at MIT, early bias against women in math 5:56 What brought Aileen to San Francisco & working at GAP in the early days of the Internet 9:40 Aileen on working for Mary Meeker & what makes her special 10:25 "All companies that leverage technology are not the same." 13:10 What made WeWork attractive to investors in the early days? 17:54 How the market is skewed to reward growth 22:35 Thoughts on SoftBank increasing valuations 28:24 How Aileen got involved with Dollar Shave Club 31:07 Jason's experience with Dollar Shave Club 32:07 "Crushing it" culture in tech 35:12 Aileen's history at Kleiner Perkins 36:27 Being a woman in VC in the 2000s 41:12 Starting Cowboy Ventures 43:46 Diversity in tech 48:38 What are they working on at All Raise? Lees meer
-
E987: The Next Unicorns: Upgrade CEO & Co-founder Renaud Laplanche is empowering users to better understand credit through his consumer credit platform, announces the Upgrade Card, shares insights on taking LendingClub public & how startups have changed s
12 oktober 2019 · 56 min
0:51 Jason intros Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche 2:07 Renaud goes over the idea of his previous startup, LendingClub, and taking it public 9:57 What happened at LendingClub after the IPO? 11:18 What is Upgrade? How did it grow out of LendingClub? 12:40 Are credit scores an outdated metric? 14:11 What is the Upgrade Card? 15:30 Are modern credit card companies sinister in their approach? 24:54 Renaud's thoughts on Crypto 27:40 Where does Upgrade's lending capital come from? 31:22 Are we approaching a downturn after an unprecedented period of growth? 37:28 What goes into a great credit score 42:50 What has changed in startups since Renaud started his first company in 2000? 51:25 What keeps Renaud going after two successful exits as a founder? Lees meer
-
E986: StockX Co-founder Josh Luber is building a stock market for things, shares insights on the two cultural shifts that brought sneaker culture mainstream, attracting Mark Wahlberg, Eminem & Steve Aoki to invest along with Google Ventures & Marc Benioff
11 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 2 min
1:00 Want to work at LAUNCH? gettheseat.com 2:28 Jason intros StockX's Josh Luber 3:14 When did the sneaker crazy start? 6:37 What is StockX? 9:19 What should Jason wear courtside? And why not Kawhi's? 14:13 Most $ Josh has spent on pair of sneakers? What were they? 18:15 What is StockX's take on a standard transaction? 18:44 Meeting Co-founder & Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert 19:58 Attracting Mark Wahlberg, Eminem, etc. as investors 22:55 Attracting SV firms vs. attracting famous investors? 29:39 What was Josh's background before StockX? 34:22 Finding investors who understood his space 36:36 How do IPO's (Initial Product Offerings) come into play on StockX? 41:35 StockX's future priorities 42:03 Value of authentication 48:37 Selling on StockX Lees meer
-
E985: #AskJason! Recognizing great founders as an investor, dealing with a lack of updates, raising capital through crowdfunding, the ideal makeup of today's founder, how Angel Investing has changed since the release of "Angel", standing out in slow
9 oktober 2019 · 52 min
1:00 Jason intros #AskJason and today's questions 1:47 How to differentiate a great founder from an okay one? - Darius 7:40 Dealing with the lack of updates as a syndicate Angel Investor? - Said 15:54 Bomani calls in and asks Jason about raising through crowdfunding 22:20 What will the new ideal makeup of a founder be after recent events (WeWork, JUUL, etc.)? - Patty 28:29 Peter calls in and asks Jason how Angel Investing changed since "Angel" was released 44:43 Alexandra calls in and asks Jason how to stand out in a slow-to-adapt market Lees meer
-
E984: Vice Ventures Founding Partner Catharine Dockery raised $25M to invest in vices: marijuana, sextech, gambling, alcohol, vaping; shares insights on hacking her way into VC through cold emails & a strong investment thesis, capitalizing on early market
4 oktober 2019 · 57 min
0:47 Jason intros Catharine Dockery 4:29 How Catharine came up with Vice Ventures 7:00 What was the response when Catharine began raising her first fund? 7:19 What does harm-reduction mean for Vice Ventures? 9:21 Getting Marc Andreessen to invest in her fund 13:32 Strangest emails Catharine has received since starting Vice Ventures 16:01 Investing in cannabis 20:15 Investing in psychedelics 26:33 Investing in gambling 31:16 Who are Catharine's typical LPs? 32:15 Investing in alcohol 39:33 Investing in sextech 44:06 Vice Ventures strong thesis against harming others 47:22 Is Vice Ventures hiring? Lees meer
-
E983: The Next Unicorns: Zola CEO & Co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma shares insights on growing her all-in-one wedding platform in a $100bn market, adapting to changes in wedding demographics, balancing growth and profitability while keeping her team focused, raisi
4 oktober 2019 · 1 uur 1 min
0:51 Jason intros Shan-Lyn Ma 3:17 Starting Zola and competing in a crowded space 5:14 Jason and Shan go through LAUNCH President Sam's Wedding Registry live on air 6:30 How Zola's registry and business model work 9:10 How does Zola look at Amazon's wedding lists 14:29 What has changed in wedding demographics, and how does Zola keep up? 21:26 Jason and Shan share thoughts on romantic proposal locations 25:37 How working for Kevin Ryan at Gilt impacted Shan 33:27 Shan's insights on keeping employees focused, balancing growth and profitability 39:28 What do the next few years look like for Zola? 42:20 Wedding SEO competition 46:33 Raising moral standards in tech 50:19 Shan's thoughts on being underestimated as a female founder 54:01 How the NYC tech scene has changed over the past 10 years Lees meer
-
E982: Karmic Bikes Founder Hong Quan on creating the "Tesla of E-Bikes" with OSLO, bootstrapping through Kickstarter, lowering costs as a strategy, insights on U.S. resistance to widespread E-Bike adoption, & why this vehicle is the future of transpor
1 oktober 2019 · 45 min
1:10 Jason intros Hong Quan from Karmic Bikes 2:55 What is the OSLO bike? 4:10 Why are there separate classifications for e-bike laws? 9:15 What does OSLO cost? 12:35 How Karmic bikes are different 14:55 Why e-bikes haven't taken off in the US? 16:52 Is Palo Alto the most bike-friendly city in America? 17:28 Hong shows the OSLO Kickstarter Video 21:45 Why not go the scooter route? 27:34 Hong raps for Jason (yes, really) 33:06 Open Office Hours with Jason 33:18 Jason intros Mark from ZenSports, a P2P sports betting startup 40:22 Mark asks Jason how to attract investors as a "Vice tech" company Lees meer
-
E981: Roy Bahat, Head of Bloomberg Beta, shares the myths of venture capital, the great value of founders turned investors, why VCs reject startups, searing insights on fundraising & valuations, and predictions on the future of enterprise, AI, work & auto
27 september 2019 · 1 uur 12 min
1:00 Jason Demant intros Roy Bahat 3:14 Roy's thoughts on raising venture capital 4:14 Debunking the myth of pitching VCs 9:24 Two questions VCs ask themselves after hearing a pitch, and how founders can apply them 15:33 The startup paradox 18:04 Does Bloomberg Beta keep up with companies they passed on? 19:51 Selection bias in Silicon Valley 25:32 Why Angel $ from venture-backed founders is so valuable 28:30 Top reasons Roy rejects companies 31:38 Importance of trust founder-investor relationships 34:41 How Roy thinks about valuation & pricing 40:13 Understanding how investors make money 44:18 Roy's thoughts on pitch decks 47:45 How to tell if a VC is interested based on emails 49:40 Pre-qualifying VCs based on your business 51:04 Importance of Founders taking secondary 54:00 How does Roy process upside? 55:40 Roy's views on the future of work regarding creatives 1:01:10 Difficulty of raising different rounds 1:02:00 Investment thesis of Bloomberg Beta 1:05:50 Dealing with rejection from VCs 1:07:40 Raising children in the technological age Lees meer
-
E980: The Next Unicorns: Alto Pharmacy CEO & Co-founder Mattieu Gamache-Asselin is working to fix the broken US pharmacy system by removing friction & aligning incentives among patients, doctors & insurers, shares insights on trading short-term profits fo
25 september 2019 · 1 uur 19 min
0:51 Jason intros Mattieu Gamache-Asselin 2:52 Changing from ScriptDash to Alto Pharmacy 4:19 Meeting and working with Twitch founder Justin Kan in the early days of Alto 6:51 Message to HBO's Silicon Valley writing room 7:26 Working out of Justin Kan's house 8:15 Why are pharmacies broken? How is Alto fixing them? 14:25 How did Alto's team architect a 1.0 version of their pharmacy? 21:44 US Healthcare is broken due to bad incentive structures 28:23 Does Alto compare to Hims and Roman? 32:24 What are Alto's profit margins? 35:00 This Week in Cinema: It's a Wonderful Life 39:07 Maintaining balance between being scrappy/aggressive while also abiding by all medical regulations 39:54 How has Alto scaled so far? 45:55 Who is responsible for the opioid crisis? 51:24 What is Alto building to combat the crisis? 53:27 Trading short-term gain for long-term gain 56:56 How Alto was initially received among investors 1:01:03 This Week in Cinema: The Mission 1:04:30 What skill does Matt think many founders lack? 1:07:02 Operational excellence in former Amazon executives 1:13:49 #1 Lesson that Matt has learned since becoming a founder Lees meer
-
FLASHBACK: The future of remote work, juggling APIs, and dream integrations with Wade Foster of Zapier | E2221
1 januari 1970 · 1 uur 17 min
This Week In Startups is made possible by:
Goldbelly - Goldbelly.com
Every.io - http://every.io/
Zite - zite.com/twist Lees meerToday's show:
Today, Zapier's a multi-billion company helping enterprises integrate AI agents and other time-saving shortcuts into their workflows… but we had the founder on TWiST when they were just getting started!
In a 2016 chat, founder Wade Foster walked JCal through their 2012 seed round, running a small entirely remote team with no HQ, the complexities of building a tool that relies on third-party APIs, and why Microsoft Office was the "Holy Grail" for his integration software.
PLUS we've got a new entrant in your Gamma Pitch Deck competition! Tour CEO/CTO Amulya Parmer tells us how his app is saving property managers time and grief, while eliminating "looky-loos" and increasing their "hit rate."
FINALLY, Alex chats with Tomas Puig of TWiST 500 marketing analysis startup Alembic. It turns out, LLMs aren't ideal for scrutinizing marketing campaigns because they lack the requisite historical data. Find out how they're using Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) to dig deeper than GPT and Claude can go.Timestamps:
(02:40) Amulya from Tour opens the show with praise for Jason
(03:34) Tour's 2-minute Gamma pitch: automated property tours for managers
(06:47) Why Jason thinks Tour is an ideal tool for Gen Z
(10:01) Goldbelly - Goldbelly ships America's most delicious, iconic foods nationwide! Get 20% off your first order by going to Goldbelly.com and using the promo code TWiST at checkout.
(13:32) How Tour can eliminate "looky-loos" and increase the "hit rate"
(14:38) Why Tour prices based on individual properties and apartments
(19:13) Every.io - For all of your incorporation, banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes or other back-office administration needs, visit every.io.
(20:23) Jason wants to sprinkle some AI into Tour
(24:29) Welcoming Tomas Puig from Alembic
(25:12) Does epic-scale brand marketing actually pay off for these brands?
(27:27)…