This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.
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Zoom earnings, SaaS burnout, Amazon's $10B Alexa loss + FTX contagion with Sunny...
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EMERGENCY POD! Bob Iger returns as Disney CEO | E1618
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VC investing in a downturn & protecting founders + smart vents with Flair's Dan...
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Managing a recession, housing market insights & more with Redfin's Glenn Kelman...
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Breaking down the FTX book + film rights & Michael Lewis's involvement with Lon...
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Amazon launches "Amazon Clinic" + Calibrate CEO Isabelle Kenyon on metabolic hea...
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Wild news week, Bird overstates revenue, Chinese startups look to rebrand + WLIT...
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Amazon to lay off 10K employees, FTX saga update, Shopify's reverse AR platform...
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Understanding Corporate VC + turning methane into bitcoin w/ Nodal's Daniel Sech...
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FTX bankruptcy, spiciest takes, future of crypto VC, new Amazon Prime drones + O...
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FTX fallout: Sequoia's LP letter, SBF's crisis comms + Lon Harris on Andor, $DIS...
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Meta cuts 11K employees, Binance/FTX fallout + Homeward CEO Dr. Jenny Schneider...
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EMERGENCY POD: FTX sells to Binance with Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra | E1607
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Meta's looming layoffs & path forward, Airbnb answers concerns & more | E1606
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Understanding capital calls, one-off SAFEs + Transaera CTO Ross Bonner | E1605
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Airbnb earnings breakdown + Gen Z becoming adults on the internet | E1604
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Wave of tech layoffs, Robinhood earnings, what makes a great CEO & more | E1603
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Uber Q3 earnings, macro picture + Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick | E1602
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Steve Case on "The Rise of the Rest", America's economic resiliency & more | E16...
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Self-driving shakeup: TuSimple CEO fired & Argo AI shuts down + Divvy Homes CEO...
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Strategies for investing in an overheated market, understanding warrants + Nat B...
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Meta's precarious situation, $AMZN earnings breakdown, James Gunn to run DC + OK...
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$META earnings instant reaction, Apple's NFT rules, SBF backlash & more | E1597
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$MSFT, $GOOG, $SPOT earnings breakdowns + Coco CEO Zach Rash | E1596
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Shutterstock partners with OpenAI, Apple's new smart lock partner, Mach 9 spacep...
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Brad Gerstner's open letter to Zuck, Meta's lack of efficiency, Divvy Homes hit...
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Venture Debt: should your startup take it on? + Mi Terro's Robert Luo | E1593
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YouTube's new roadmap, OpenAI & BeReal fundraising news, Snap's 30% drop + OK Bo...
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Tesla + Netflix Q3 earnings, Kevin Hart's VC fund, Twitter ideas, revamping the...
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Next Unicorns evaluation + Ask Jason | E1590
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Stability AI's $1B+ valuation, why you should start or join a startup, Roblox ju...
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Ye agrees to acquire Parler, Xi Jinping on the state of China, deglobalization &...
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The Wing shuts down, avoiding pitfalls of success + Tesseract Energy's Alan Chan...
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VCs hiring Twitter ghostwriters, Meta's XR plan, Netflix's ad tier & more | E158...
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SEC investigates Bored Apes, AI-generated Steve Jobs/Joe Rogan interview & more...
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TikTok planning to build US fulfillment centers + Liquid Death CEO Mike Cessario...
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New worker classification test proposal, Getir in talks to acquire Gorillas & mo...
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Amazon's transformation, Peloton's mistakes, VC market downturn & more with Ben...
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Why VCs care about ownership percentage + Flowcarbon CEO Dana Gibber | E1581
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US chip industry update, fixing education, Amazon allegations + OK Boomer | E158...
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Ask Jason! + Streaming news with Lon Harris | E1579
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Twitter ideas, Elizabeth Holmes trial update, universal USB-C + Ellevest's Salli...
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Twitter deal updates, Poshmark acquired, Liquid Death's $700M valuation & more |...
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Tesla AI Day, SEC charges Kim Kardashian for unlawfully promoting token, Section...
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How VCs decide to sell a position + Future's Jean-Louis Warnholz | E1575
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The virtuous cycle of tech startups, Mr. Beast turns down $1B offer + OK Boomer:...
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Meta's text-to-video tool, Zuck's grand plan, Vision Fund to cut staff 30% + $WB...
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Apple allows in-app NFT purchases + Bitcoin's role during global macro headwinds...
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Cathie Wood's new VC fund, Bill Gurley's best insights, Girls Who Code on banned...
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British pound crashes, Do Kwon's red notice, NASA's DART mission, TikTok nears U...
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