This Week in Startups

YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485


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First, we’ll dig into the creator economy: Youtube shorts almost has as many users as TikTok (3:06), and Twitch is changing how they pay creators (24:00). We quickly hit on some breaking news as The Federal Reserve approved its steepest interest rate increase since 1994 and signaled it would continue lifting rates this year at the most rapid pace in decades (38:20). The crypto contagion continues, so we’ll give an update (41:50) and discuss the full context of MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin comments in 2021 (54:13). And we can’t leave without talking about Aliens. China thinks it has a sign (1:16:24).

(0:00) Jason and Molly introduce today’s show

(3:06) YouTube Shorts are gaining ground on TikTok
(13:59) Swag.com - Visit https://swag.com/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off your order!
(15:05) TikTok’s owner Bytedance has generated massive revenue across TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin
(22:44) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(24:00) Twitch is expanding its ad incentive program for creators
(37:09) Odoo - Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist
(38:20) BREAKING: Federal Reserve approved largest interest rate increase since 1994, signaled it would continue lifting rates this year at the most rapid pace in decades
(41:50) The crypto contagion seems to be accelerating
(54:13) MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor’s comments on Bitcoin from March 2021
(1:16:24) China thinks it may have detected signals from an Alien civilization

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