On today’s show, Molly and Jason catch up after the long weekend (0:00) before breaking down how the new “Minions” movie broke a box office record by using TikTok, catchy…
First up, Lon Harris joins to break down the finales of WeCrashed (1:52) and Severance (34:50), then The Verge’s Corin Faife joins to discuss his research on the sharp changes…
Jason reacts to Zillow’s huge drop after the implosion of their iBuying business (4:33), and breaks down the Biden Administration’s stablecoin report (23:35). Then, LeadIQ CEO Mei Siauw joins the…
First, Jason reacts Conde Nast’s union refusing to return to the office on November 1 and takes stock of the big tech WFH policy landscape (1:34). We continue the show…
First, Jason breaks down Facebook’s Q3 earnings, including: growing revenue and profits, slowing user growth, AR investment and its new reporting structure (2:00). He also covers Facebook’s potential rebrand as…
Tech journalist Eric Newcomer joins to talk the Trump SPAC (8:26), WeWork SPAC (15:58), and the behind the scenes funding story of GitLab’s IPO (25:41). Then, HNGRY’s Matt Newberg joins…
First, Jason reacts to CNBC’s Paul Tudor Jones interview, where PTJ warned about inflation and called Bitcoin (and crypto) a better hedge than gold (2:10). Then, Jason covers the new…
Anatoly from Solana joins Jason to discuss how they’ve managed to build the fastest blockchain (0:54). Solana’s “proof of history” innovation allows for over 50,000 transactions a second, we get…
Startup Basics is BACK! This series will focus on one of the most important aspects of any successful startup: the customer. On episode one, Salesforce’s Tiffani Bova joins to break…
First, Jason reacts to comments from Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri on the impact of Instagram on teen girls and comparing the risks of social media to the automobile industry…
Rapid Fire News: App Annie fraud, Instagram’s negative impact, Discord valued at $15B & more | E1284
Full news show! First up, Jason covers the App Annie fraud (1:59), then he shares thoughts on Facebook’s leaked documents showing they knew Instagram was detrimental to teen girls’ mental…
First, Jason breaks down NFT platform OpenSea admitting one of their employees was front-running featured items (2:02). Could this tip off the SEC that NFTs might be securities rather than…
Brad Stone, the author of “Amazon Unbound”, joined to talk about Elon Musk (09:44), Amazon’s workplace environment (23:25), the importance of Prime (27:17), which tech companies are most dangerous for…
In today’s news show, Jason covers OnlyFans being back to business as usual (1:31), the stablecoin Circle cleaning up commercial paper from their USDC reserves (16:49), and does a break…
In this news episode Jason covers Facebook finally revealing their Q1 transparency report after they originally shelved the report for PR purposes (2:08), Tyga deleting his OnlyFans account and announcing…
Jason breaks down the OnlyFans’ pivot away from sexual conduct (1:54), then he covers all the robot highlights from this week, Boston Dynamics robots doing backflips (23:34), Disney creating AI…
Robinhood earnings breakdown, Amazon launching department stores + Mark Suster deep dives VC | E1268
Jason breaks down the 2 metrics he uses to to assess Robinhood’s Q2 earnings (1:43) and Amazon entering Department Store retail (16:39). Then, Mark Suster from Upfront Ventures joins (24:07)…
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman joins to discuss the current U.S. housing situation (05:05), homebuilding rates, San Francisco (23:43), remote work (28:22), generational work-life balance differences (35:24), Redfin’s approach to real…
Fitbod CEO Allen Chen joins to discuss how they got funded & why they haven’t deployed their capital (01:06), the importance of being user-centric when building a consumer app (17:44),…
Jason covers China reigning in big tech (2:03), Tesla’s incredible Q2 earnings crossing $1B in profit (25:30), a $300M market movement from Tether to USDC (33:24), and gives a breakdown…