Is There a Bull Driving to the Success of Singular Startups?

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"I am the start up, and i need to be a bull just driving tothe success of the singular startups," he says. "Sometimes you're using a butterknife trying to cut through marble." He adds that sometimes companies work for five years and really never find growth. But there is that thesis that's somewhat, i think, built into this america dream, where it's almost like, we'll just try harder, just yet, grind harder....

0:32 Jason speaks on current events and intros Science CEO Mike Jones, how they met after selling their companies to AOL
6:02 What is Science and how has it evolved since being started in 2011? Why did they pivot away from the startup studio model?
12:43 What are the economics of a venture-studio?
15:25 Defining the 3 scenarios of a "lifestyle-business"
18:41 Founders sharpening their skills through hardship, how Mike experienced that at MySpace
25:48 Investing in Dollar Shave Club, insights on what makes a great DTC founder
38:25 Short-term/Mid-term/Long-term impact of COVID
48:37 What is gained and lost in fully-remote work?
57:28 Thoughts on eventually going back to work?