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This Week in Startups

Every day, Jason Calacanis and Molly Wood cover startups, technology, markets, media, crypto, and the all the hottest topics in business and tech. They also interview the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors and innovators.

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by Jason Calacanis - 1176 episodes

E863: Optimism breaks barriers: Omaze CEO Matt Pohlson makes a difference through dream experiences with A-list stars, shares lessons in gratitude, family gambling, coming back from the dead (literally), Bono’s magic, a the smart business of crowdfunded c6 years ago

00:00

E864: Social Capital’s Chamath Palihapitiya on how he fell for the mythology a Ponzi scheme of Silicon Valley, is now getting back to solving problems that matter; urges founders to grow real, grow slow, a stay true to what they want to build in the world6 years ago

46:30

E865: Nextdoor CEO a Co-founder Nirav Tolia on getting to 90% of US neighborhoods a 100m users globally with organic growth a hard choices, shares thoughts on parody, possible IPO, a becoming the unique social network that protects, as well as connects, i6 years ago

40:26

E866: “Future of Early-Stage Investing” with Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Andrea Zurek (XG Ventures): Insights on founder-market fit, the value of operators, outdated venture models, a helping startups break through Series A bo6 years ago

40:36

E867: Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra (prev., Rapportive) created instantaneous email to democratize productivity, demos why customers not only pay but evangelize (w/ 70k on waitlist), shares insights as 2nd-time founder on fundraising, churn, marketing a the 6 years ago

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E868: Calm Co-founder Alex Tew shares lessons on hyper-growth done well, finding the right investors, creating a new market a making a positive difference in the world with 1m+ subscribers, $80m revenue a a $250m valuation6 years ago

44:41

E869: Mar Hershenson, Pear VC: “Building Companies from 0 to 1” a what startups need to know to get from idea to Series A; a James Currier, NFX: “Network Effects Produces 70% of the Value in Tech” a how startups can create network effects for defensibilit6 years ago

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E870: CEO Bentley Hall brings Good Eggs back from the brink to raise $50m Series C led by Bill Gurley, stays focused on foundation a happy customers before hyper-growth, shares inventory a plans to expand on a mission to make fresh food the default not th6 years ago

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E871: Craig Newmark on founding a scaling profitable legend Craigslist with dogged dedication to customer service a no VC, now driven to fund the good work in the world, reverse misinformation a stay in touch with what’s real to get our country back on tr6 years ago

44:53

E872: David Cohen, Techstars founder a world’s top angel with investments creating $80b+ value in 30 cities across 13 countries, shares insights on picking over-performers, prioritizing quality before quantity, data dilemmas a misplaced outrage, a the ear6 years ago

45:39

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