This Week in Startups

Oath Keepers indicted from Signal messages, U.S. House subpoenas tech platforms + Alex Masmej: selling a personal token | E1361


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First, Jason covers the how Signal messages led to the Oath Keeper sedition indictments (1:47) and how Google, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter are being subpoenaed by the House committee investigating Jan 6th, 2021 (15:32). Then Producer Rachel has an "OK Boomer" segment where she talks with Alex Masmej a French entrepreneur about his experience raising $20K from selling a personal token, $ALEX (27:10).

(00:00) Jason intros the show

(01:47) The FBI arrested 11 members of the Oath Keepers on sedition charges
(09:25) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist
(10:49) Jason's take on Jan 6th
(15:32) House Committee subpoenas YouTube, Meta, Reddit and Twitter
(19:59) Indochino - Get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more by using code TWIST at checkout https://indochino.com
(21:49) Jason introduces the OK Boomer Segment
(24:46) Interested in building a startup? Enroll at https://course.founder.university
(27:10) Rachel chats with Alex Masmej
(29:43) Bubble. Get one month free of a no-code plan at https://bubble.io/twist
(31:18) How Alex launched his social token
(35:32) How Alex shares his financial information with his token holders
(46:02) The future of NFTs

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