This Week in Startups

Stripe launches Plaid competitor, Cameo layoffs, Elon raises $7B + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1452


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First we chat with Lon Harris from Inside Streaming about the latest Netflix news, strategy, exciting upcoming shows and the proliferation of ads on streaming services (2:23). Then we cover Plaid CEO insinuating that a Stripe PM probed their company for information before making a copycat (39:40), Cameo's round of layoffs that included 4 execs (53:08) and the latest on Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition (1:06:25).


(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s show

(02:23) This Week in Streaming with Lon Harris
(10:55) iTrust Capital - Visit https://itrust.capital/twist to create your Crypto IRA today
(12:11) The Hollywood Reporter published an article on the craziness inside Netflix that led up to them losing users and the stock collapsing
(17:57) Nerding out on the upcoming Obi-Wan series and Star Wars
(22:54) Masterworks - Skip the waitlist to invest in art using promo code TWIST at https://Masterworks.io/twist
(24:02) More thoughts on what Disney will do with Star Wars and Marvel/DC
(31:52) Peacock will introduce dynamically inserted in-scene ads
(36:07) Microacquire - Sell your business with no fees at https://try.microacquire.com/twist
(37:30) Wrapping up with Lon
(39:40) Startup news: the Stripe mafia
(52:08) Cameo lay-offs include execs
(1:06:25) CNBC reports Elon Musk will serve as temporary Twitter CEO following takeover
(1:11:25) The money behind Elon's Twitter purchase

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