This Week in Startups

First up, Lon Harris joins to break down the finales of WeCrashed (1:52) and Severance (34:50), then The Verge's Corin Faife joins to discuss his research on the sharp changes in Twitter follower counts for right-leaning and left-leaning accounts. (1:07:39)

0:00 Jason & Molly intro today's show with some Don Julio 1942 1:52 Jason and Molly catch up with Lon Harris 5:10 Toasting to the WeCrashed finale 10:03 OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist 11:23 Jason's Jim Brooks wine story 16:50 "If you're successful be generous" 20:00 LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups 21:26 Was the WeCrashed ending satisfying? 32:46 iTrust - Visit https://itrust.capital/twist to create your Crypto IRA today 33:48 Final thoughts on WeCrashed's pacing 34:50 Breaking down Severance 42:54 Similarities between Severance and WeCrashed, general thoughts on their social commentary 1:05:42 Wrapping up with Lon 1:07:39 Twitter confirmed organic fluctuations in follower counts after the Elon Musk deal was announced, and Corin Faife joins to break down the numbers 1:32:22 Jason and Molly's thoughts on Twitter follower fluctuations

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First up, Lon Harris joins to break down the finales of WeCrashed (1:52) and Severance (34:50), then The Verge's Corin Faife joins to discuss his research on the sharp changes in Twitter follower counts for right-leaning and left-leaning accounts. (1:07:39)

All news. First we break down the SEC's allegations from one of the craziest financial stories since Bernie Madoff, Archegos Capital (4:20). Then cover: Bolt being sued by its largest customer (28:47), Google and Microsoft's Q1 2022 earnings for the first quarter (42:45) and Apple selling iPhone spare parts and repair tools (1:02:10). We wrap with GM's EV corvette announcement (1:07:20).

00:00 Jason and Molly tee up today's news stories 04:20 Archegos Capital owner Bill Hang and its CFO were arrested this morning for concealing billions of dollars of leverage that led to the firm closing last March 10:25 Cyvatar - Get your first 2 months free at https://cyvatar.ai/twist 11:42 More on the Archegos Capital fraud and losses 22:17 Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist 23:23 Family Offices and the Archegos fraud 28:47 Bolt sued by their largest customer for failing to deliver on product & potentially, maybe, allegedly committing light securities fraud? 38:42 Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist 39:58 Facebook Q1 revenue up 7% y/y, net income down 21% y/y 42:45 Google reported earnings yesterday after the markets closed 51:58 Microsoft reported earnings yesterday after the markets closed 56:58 Manscaped released their Q4 and 2021 full year earnings 1:02:10 Apple acting on Right to Repair 1:07:20 Chevy is making an electric Corvette

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All news. We break down, Jack chiming in on Twitter's sale to Elon Musk and the employee reactions (2:21). Then, we talk about an NFT project where Doctor influencers on TikTok are selling access to medical advice (40:02). To wrap, we cover Hopin's fundraising at a large valuation, its founder's $195M secondary sale and more (52:27).

(00:00) Jason and Molly tee up today's news stories (02:21) What did "Jack After Dark" have to say about Twitter deal? (14:56) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST (16:05) Jack feels Elon and Parag want Twitter to be maximally trusted and broadly inclusive (20:30) How are Twitter employees feeling about the Elon Twitter deal? (27:14) Embroker - Get an extra 10% off insurance for your business at https://Embroker.com/twist (28:29) Twitter has locked down any changes related to their platform to keep employees from "going rogue" (35:01) Vanta - Get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (36:15) People do their best work with Elon (40:02) TikTok famous doctors are getting into NFT's, and it's a mess (52:27) Hopin: virtual event startup struggles, their founder cashed out to $195M

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All news. We break down, Jack chiming in on Twitter’s sale to Elon Musk and the employee reactions (2:21). Then, we talk about an NFT project where Doctor influencers on TikTok are selling access to medical advice (40:02). To wrap, we cover Hopin’s fundraising at a large valuation, its founder's $195M secondary sale and more (52:27).

First, we cover Twitter's Board accepting Elon Musk's take-private deal (1:41). Then, we cover a new EU social media regulation that will increase algorithm transparency called the Digital Services Act (41:34). Our startup of the day is Pipedream Labs which is making a Hyperloop for package delivery (53:37).

(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today's big news stories (01:41) Elon Musk has acquired Twitter (10:58) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist (12:14) Billionaires buying companies (23:15) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (24:22) Should Twitter expand its paid product? (27:00) Doing a little dunking… (33:30) Rocket - Go to http://getrocket.com/twist and use promo code TWIST for 20% off your first placement. (33:47) Elon's back and forth with the Saudi's (38:00) Bill Gates' short position on Tesla (41:34) EU requiring tech companies to explain algorithms (53:05) We Live in the Future: Pipedream labs is building an underground delivery system (1:02:17) Thesyndicate.com/climate update

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First, we cover Twitter's Board accepting Elon Musk's take-private deal (1:41). Then, we cover a new EU social media regulation that will increase algorithm transparency called the Digital Services Act (41:34). Our startup of the day is Pipedream Labs which is making a Hyperloop for package delivery (53:37).

First, in a VC Sunday School segment, Jason explains his approach to deal memos (01:42) and what parts of a memo are most important. Then, in a This Week in Climate Startups segment, Molly chats with Alex Wright-Gladstein of Sphere (17:06) about offering climate friendly retirement plan options (21:43), financial incentives and more.

(00:00) A teaser from today's VCSS (01:42) VCSS: Deal Memos (10:06) iTrust Capital - Visit https://itrust.capital/twist to create your Crypto IRA today (11:13) Which parts of deal memos do people really read? (17:06) TWiCS w/Alex Wright-Gladstein of Sphere (20:22) Microacquire - Sell your business with no fees at https://try.microacquire.com/twist (21:43) What makes it hard to have climate friendly options? (30:44) Cyvatar - Get your first 2 months free at https://cyvatar.ai/twist (32:03) How does everybody get paid?

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First Jason and Molly do four rapid news stories: Elon securing funding for the Twitter buyout (03:20), Bill Ackman's $430M loss on Netflix (11:48), The Boring Company's $675M raise (18:47), Amazon's $1B Industrial Innovation fund (28:56). Then, Producer Rachel interviews Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast (37:12), he's a recent computer science graduate and one of the 42 people Jeff Bezos follows on Twitter!

(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today's show (03:20) Elon secures funding (09:59) Intercom - Get advanced Intercom features and Early Stage Academy at a 95% discount https://www.intercom.com/early-stage (11:24) A little more on Elon solving the bot problem (11:48) Ackman's $430M loss (18:47) Boring Co's $675M raise (23:17) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups (24:35) The grand vision of The Boring Co. (28:56) Amazon's $1B fund (32:51) Thorne - Personalized, scientific wellness. Go to https://Thorne.com/u/TWIST (34:15) Introducing the OK Boomer Segment (37:12) Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast

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First Jason and Molly do four rapid news stories: Elon securing funding for the Twitter buyout (03:20), Bill Ackman’s $430M loss on Netflix (11:48), The Boring Company's $675M raise (18:47), Amazon’s $1B Industrial Innovation fund (28:56). Then, Producer Rachel interviews Dwarkesh Patel of The Lunar Society Podcast (37:12), he's a recent computer science graduate and one of the 42 people Jeff Bezos follows on Twitter!