#17: How to Save Your Startup, Twitter/X, Threads (and Swift’s Stunt Romance)
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The couples unpack how to "Survive to 2025" and debate whether Threads had the right launch strategy. Plus, Yaccarino needs media training.
Show Notes
[00:01:18] Our first ever More or Less event.
[00:04:44] Startups shutting down in Q3.
[00:07:39] Seed investor and founder cramdown risk.
[00:10:38] Not so lifestyle businesses.
[00:13:37] Avoid debt at all costs.
[00:17:51] Normalizing shut downs.
[00:21:32] Will Twitter shut down?
[00:24:50] Should Linda stay as CEO?
[00:27:05] Twitter's debt negotiation strategy.
[00:31:05] Threads’ graph and growth.
[00:35:12] Growth hacks and social apps.
[00:36:36] Discovery and finding new people in social apps.
[00:40:00] FTX and Michael Lewis' new book.
[00:43:33] Taylor Swift's media circus.
[00:49:29] See you guys next time.
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