This Week in Startups

Molly Wood sits down with Melissa Hanna, CEO and Co-Founder of Mahmee, a care network for parents (01:44), they discuss the impetus for Melissa launching the company (12:34), the challenges of bringing the product to market (22:08), how she built the network and more (37:29)!

Molly speaks with Carolyn Childers, CEO of Chief, a women’s professional network (01:26) about how their community stretches across digital and physical spaces, accelerating women's executive careers, growing with word-of-mouth as marketing (30:08), their $100M raise (33:22), augmenting Linkedin (39:18) and more.

Molly speaks with Carolyn Childers, CEO of Chief, a women's professional network (01:26) about how their community stretches across digital and physical spaces, accelerating women's executive careers, growing with word-of-mouth as marketing (30:08), their $100M raise (33:22), augmenting Linkedin (39:18) and more.

(00:00) Cold open (01:26) Molly speaks with Carolyn Childers, CEO of Chief (a women's professional network) (11:09) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist (12:24) The SoHo club factor of Chief: how its spaces work (15:05) What does Chief's roadmap look like? (20:52) Dell For Startups - Apply and get up to 45% off at http://dell.com/twist (22:05) Carolyn talks about some of Chief's early investors (30:08) Word-of-mouth as marketing, reducing churn with an expensive ask (32:17) Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist (33:22) How will Chief deploy their $100M raise? (36:20) What happens on the app? (38:35) Can you switch core groups in Chief? (39:18) Engagement: does Chief replace LinkedIn?

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First, we cover the news of Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launching a Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z & Paradigm (02:05). Then, Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike joins (8:13) to discuss the lightning network & the history of payment networks (12:10), why companies use the Strike API (24:42), why he thinks Visa and Mastercard can't compete (31:24), Strike unlocking Bitcoin's potential (34:40) and more!

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's show (02:05) Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launches Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z & Paradigm (08:13) Molly interviews Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike (10:57) Vanta - Get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (12:10) The lightning network & the history of payment networks, how Strike disrupts them (23:26) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist (24:42) Use cases for Strike's API (30:070 Reforge - Apply for their next cohort at https://reforge.com/twist (31:24) How do Strike fees compare to merchant fees from Visa, Mastercard, etc? (34:40) Has Strike unlocked Bitcoin's potential? (41:12) What dominoes will fall before people get off dollars?

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First we cover the news of Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launching a Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z & Paradigm (02:05). Then, Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike joins (8:13) to discuss the lightning network & the history of payment networks (12:10), why companies use the Strike API (24:42), why he thinks Visa and Mastercard can't compete (31:24), Strike unlocking Bitcoin’s potential (34:40) and more!

Jason and Molly chat with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr (01:44). They discuss: advice for new VCs (16:14), the future of SaaS investing (27:37), playing offense as investors (35:50), secondaries and more.

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's interview show (01:44) Jason and Molly speak with Jason Lemkin of SaaStr (14:59) Notion - Get started for free at https://notion.com/thisweekinstartups (16:14) Jason Lemkin's advice for new fund managers (26:16) Microacquire - Sell your business with no fees at https://try.microacquire.com/twist (27:37) Will SaaS investments continue to be good? (32:44) What makes Notion so good? (34:44) AdQuick - Visit https://adquick.com/twist and mention TWIST to get $1000 off your first campaign. (35:50) What does it mean to play offense? Why should you be playing offense now if you have the runway? (39:35) Jason Lemkin's predictions for the next year & advice for capital allocators/investors (52:25) Are founder secondary sales a red flag? (1:01:20) Strategies for investors in a down market

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In VC Sunday School we discuss Pitchbook's data on women-led VC funds (03:16), how much money they've raised and how the industry is evolving. Then, Jason explains why new fund managers often have more success with individual LPs than institutional LPs (27:12). In This Week in Climate Startups Molly speaks with Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner of Springeats.com, a zero-waste grocery service (38:31).

(00:00) Jason and Molly introduce today's show (03:16) VC Sunday School: PitchBook gathered a bunch of data for The Information about women-led VC funds (13:08) ActiveCampaign - Get 10% off your ActiveCampaign subscription today at https://activecampaign.com/promo/twist (14:19) VCSS: Q1 2022, 199 funds raised $73.8B in commitments; 8% of total funding raised from women-led funds (25:52) Reforge - Apply for their next cohort at https://reforge.com/twist (27:12) VCSS: Taking the backdoor for raising (34:43) Liquid I.V. - Feel better faster. Get 25% off at https://liquid-iv.com using promo code TWIST (35:47) Wrapping up VCSS (36:37) Toss to This Week in Climate Startups (38:31) TWiCS: Molly speaks with Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner of springeats.com (zero-waste grocery service)

Check out Spring: https://www.springeats.com

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First Jason and Molly cover FTX CEO SBF buying 7.6% of $HOOD (1:57), SoftBank's $13B loss (8:29), Twitter's exec layoffs (14:55) & give a deal update (21:50). Then Producer Rachel chats with Nicole Ruiz is an investor at Compound VC, a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm (35:34). Together, they talk about her untraditional path to VC, their investment in Pear Bio, the importance of being a skilled researcher, and more.

(00:00) Cold open (1:57) 4-for-5 Friday: SBF buys 7% of $HOOD (8:29) SoftBank loses $13B (13:51) OurCrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (14:55) Twitter layoffs start (20:33) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist (21:50) Twitter deal on hold (30:29) Gun.io - Get $250 off your first developer hire at https://Gun.io/twist! (31:45) Toss to this week's OK Boomer (35:34) OKB with Producer Rachel and Nicole Ruiz of Compound VC (31:45) Toss to this week's OK Boomer (35:34) OKB with Producer Rachel and Nicole Ruiz of Compound VC

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Deirdre Bosa from CNBC's Tech Check joins to talk about a wide variety of topics (2:20), including her interview with Sundar Pichai, journalism (12:54), the crashing public markets, crypto (44:58), Twitter iterations (1:06:12) and so much more!

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's show (02:20) Jason and Molly chat with Deirdre Bosa of CNBC (11:38) LinkedIn - Post your first job for free at https://linkedIn.com/twist (12:54) Jason, Molly, and Deirdre talk about reporting, journalism, private and public markets (21:12) Cyvatar - Get your first 2 months free at https://cyvatar.ai/twist (22:28) More on tech journalism: asking tough questions (35:30) Swag.com - Visit https://swag.com/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off your order! (36:42) Uber as a super app? (43:30) Instacart filing for an IPO (44:58) Is this the go-to-zero moment for crypto? (1:06:12) Discussing the open version of Twitter

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Deirdre Bosa from CNBC’s Tech Check joins to talk about a wide variety of topics (2:20), including her interview with Sundar Pichai, journalism (12:54), the crashing public markets, crypto (44:58), Twitter iterations (1:06:12) and so much more!