Fact-Checking Mark Rober, and the Fall of TechCrunch | E2101
About this episode
Today's show: Jason, Alex, and Lon break down a subreddit question: A founder builds 100% of the product, is promised equity—and now he's being pushed out. We break down exactly what he should do next. Plus, YouTuber Mark Rober's viral Tesla test gets fact-checked by a small creator, and the results don't look great for Mark. Finally, TechCrunch gets quietly sold to Regent in what looks like a fire sale. Is this the end of an era for tech media?
Timestamps:
(0:00) Episode Teaser(1:25) Jason's memories of Tony Hsieh
(4:09) High stakes poker stories with Tony Hsieh
(7:28) Reflecting on joy and fun in life
(9:45) Atlassian - Head to https://www.atlassian.com/startups/twist to see if you qualify for 50 free seats for 12 months.(11:46) Founder question from Reddit
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(21:52) Subreddit question: Stealth vs. building in public(27:33) Update: Mark Rober's Looney Tunes wall experiment
(31:21) Lemon.io - Get $2000 off your first hire at http://lemon.io/hire
(37:50) Lessons from the Mark Rober experiment
(40:24) The future of tech journalism and subscription models
(47:34) Jason's idea for a gadget museum
(50:12) Updates on CoreWeave and Klarna IPOs
(51:43) Bipartisan bill to amend Section 230
(56:29) Algorithms and their impact on Section 230
(59:00) Global perspectives on online speech and anonymity
(1:00:00) Podcast closing and call for social media engagement
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