Jun 15 0 E829: All #AskJason! Leveling up teams, data collection dilemmas, Masayoshi Son $100b, getting into investing in SV & beyond, valuations, pizza, China, unemployment, startup patience & more By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Jun 12 0 E828: WSJ investigative reporter John Carreyrou shares how he broke Theranos story & reveals its staggering scope of fraud & deception in his new book, “BAD BLOOD: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Jun 08 0 E827: News Roundtable! Lon Harris & Sarah Cooper: Mystery sonic attacks in Cuba & China, SF’s belligerent police-calling scooters, social media data detox attempts, Trumps twitter blocks, Oculus Go steps it up, Elon takes on fake news By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Jun 05 0 E826: “Dying for a Paycheck”: Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer shares the dire consequences of toxicity in the modern workplace & solutions for improving employee health By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Jun 01 0 E825: David Bennahum, Founder of Ready creative building platform (@getreadyio) shares how to extend your runway and be frugal to give your startup the greatest chance of success @ LAUNCH Incubator By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Jun 01 0 E825: David Bennahum, Founder of the Ready creative building platform (@getreadyio) shares how to extend your runway and be frugal to give your startup the greatest chance of success @ LAUNCH Incubator By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 29 0 E824: “Open Book Challenge”! Jason’s request for startups to replace Facebook gets underway: meet five founders with unique solutions to unseat the social media giant (applications open until 6/15/18) By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 25 0 E823: Lambda School CEO Austen Allred created an immersive online training for software engineers at no upfront cost, disrupts education by eliminating student debt & aligning incentives of his school with those of its learners By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 22 0 E822: Misty Robotics Founder Ian Bernstein (fmr Sphero) intros his programmable robot Misty II, shares insights from developing BB-8, inspiring next generation with STEM education & creating the future of personal robots By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 19 0 E821: News Roundtable! Jeff Bercovici, Inc. & Alex Kantrowitz, BuzzFeed: Facebook plays to regain trust, Google A.I. terrifies, Amazon fake reviews, autopilot dilemma, tech’s global reckoning, & this week in startups that let you avoid death By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 15 0 E820: JUMP Bikes founder Ryan Rzepecki on building SF’s only electrified, dockless bike share, being acquired by Uber, gearing up for massive multi-city scale & defining the future of cities and transportation By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 11 0 E819: Brave founder Brendan Eich (fmr Mozilla, JavaScript) on creating the ad-blocking, anon browser for our age, rewarding users with crypto-payment tokens, & raising $35m in 30 seconds for a rare ICO resulting in an actual product By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 11 0 E819: Brave founder Brendan Eich (fmr Mozilla, JavaScript) on creating the ad-blocking, anon browser for our age, rewarding users with crypto-payment tokens, & raising $35m in 30 seconds for a rare ICO resulting in an actual product By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 08 0 E818: Firstminute Capital founder Brent Hoberman shares insights building ecommerce pioneer lastminute.com, joys of early-stage VC & backing obsessed founders, the future of A.I., outlook for media, & the unique challenges & opportunities of pan-European investing By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 04 0 E817: News Roundtable! Gadget Guy Dave Mathews (NewAer ) & Austin Smith (Inside.com): Elon rants at investors, Facebook steals again w/Dating, Telegram cancels public ICO, Cambridge Analytica bankrupts, WhatsApp founder quits, scooters confound By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
May 01 0 E816: Mike Ghaffary of Social Capital shares strategies for getting the edge with “Productivity for Your Startup: An Action Plan” @ LAUNCH Incubator By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
Apr 27 0 E815: All #AskJason: Surprising founders, effective crowdsourcing, AI hot or hype?, video game startups, cannabis, holding v. selling, raising $, building expertise By Jacqui Deegan | Uncategorized | No Comments
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
