Apr 24 0 E814: Airtable Co-founder Howie Liu raises $52m Series B for his smart spreadsheets, launches “Blocks” customizable apps to supercharge database insights, shares lessons as a 2nd-time founder & vision for the ultimate workflow By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 20 0 E813: Andy Rachleff shares insights from co-founding Benchmark & building Wealthfront to manage $10b+ assets, announces 50% fee cut for Risk Parity, talks stock market, financial literacy & the wisdom of investing against human instinct By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 17 0 E812: Startup Tuneup, Down Under! 6 Australian startups pitch Jason on VR therapy, food scrap collection, tree-planting robots, entrepreneurialism for kids, vets-pet owner platform, & homeowner all-in-one custom building By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 13 0 E811: News Roundtable! Iain Thomson, The Register & Brian Alvey, Clipisode: Zuck testifies to Congress, Facebook’s data dilemma, Trump orders USPS review, YouTube demonetization fallout, self-driving car accidents & the dangers of human distraction By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 10 0 E810: Clara Brenner, Urban Innovation Fund: “Forming a Board: Why & When (or, To Board or Not to Board) & Domingo Guerra, Appthority “Founder Lessons from Seed to Series B” @ Founder.University By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 06 0 E809: Abra Founder Bill Barhydt built the 1st global wallet to buy, store & invest 20 crypto- & 50 fiat currencies; shares insights on ICOs (the good, bad & ugly), bitcoin’s euphoric rollercoaster, liquidity, mining, the IRS & crypto’s immutable fate to transform the world By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 04 0 E808: News Roundtable! Cade Metz, NYT & Sarah Cooper, The Cooper Review: YouTube shooting, Trump attacks Amazon, A.I. fights for talent, deconstructing Zuck, crypto plummets, the fate (& fatal) of self-driving By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 02 0 E20: “Angel” podcast: Ask an Angel! Jason Calacanis & Ed Roman answer questions on startup runway concerns, syndicate hit rates, advising best practices, founder updates, due diligence, pro-rata rights, investment legal structures & more By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 30 0 E807: Intercom co-founder Des Traynor explains exactly how to “Build the Right Thing” and scale strategically with principles, values, and mission @ LAUNCH Incubator By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 27 0 E806: Rachel Hepworth, Head of Growth Marketing at Slack, breaks down how startups can best “Go to Market and Grow” @ Founder.University By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 25 0 E19: “Angel” podcast: Pete Flint, NFX Managing Partner & Trulia Founder, shares insights from entrepreneurship to investing, criteria for $150m seed fund, supporting persistent founders, company-building & culture, targeting markets ripe for disruption, & the power of data network effects By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 23 0 E805: Innovating Biology: next-level tech tackles the human condition with Contraline’s non-surgical, reversible male contraception & Spiral Therapeutics’ hydrogel therapy for hearing loss prevention By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 21 0 E804: News Roundtable! Antonio Garcia Martinez (“Chaos Monkeys,” original Facebook Ads PM) & Austin Smith (Inside.com) dissect the deepening Facebook data scandal & Cambridge Analytica’s Trump ties & info; also autonomous Uber fatality, full Theranos implosion By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 17 0 E803: Startup Tuneup “Solving Cities”: 6 co’s pitch to Jason innovating in autonomous tech sensors, city maps from space, ML for road monitoring, AI-improved city grids, safer construction sites, & alt. car ownership By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 13 0 E802: All #AskJason! Minimizing burn rate, SV mental health, self-funding to Series A, equity splits, “sustainability” stigma, solo-founding, founder/angel bad habits, product+services & more By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 09 0 E801: Open Listings CEO Judd Schoenholtz on creating a self-service real estate market, promoting affordability & returning agent costs to buyers, reducing legacy bad behavior, & driving the future of housing By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 09 0 estate market, promoting affordability & returning agent costs to buyers, reducing legacy bad behavior, & driving the future of housing By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Mar 06 0 E800: Startup Tuneup/#AskJason LIVE: Five founders pitch for Jason’s candid feedback (& audience votes) in co-working, healthcare, education, investing, and peer networking By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Feb 27 0 E799: CEO Adam Bry debuts Skydio, the 1st self-flying camera that launches from your hand, follows you around, & demos the drone by chasing Jason in an alley By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Feb 23 0 E798: News Roundtable! Antonio Garcia Martinez (author “Chaos Monkeys”) & Clara Brenner (Urban Innovation Fund) dissect Facebook’s Russia problem, targeted ads & dilemmas of unrestricted growth, crypto news, harassment in VC, gun control & Gen Z activism By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
