The caldor fire alone, they spent over two billion dollars fighting that. The dixi fire, the largest fire in california history, burnt over a million acres. And as this drought continues to just drag on, decade after de dnow, oh, you're going to continue to see what's known as soil erosion where top soil evaporates into the sky.
First up on the Sunday show, Jason breaks down the different levels of diligence at different company stages for VC Sunday School (2:02). Then, Fion Technologies CEO Sudarshan Sridharan joins to talk helping firefighters fight wildfires with mapping technology. (21:31)
(0:00) Jason tees up today's Sunday edition of This Week in Startups!
(2:02) Molly recaps her first half year of investing, then asks Jason about diligence at different stages of investing in different verticals
(10:23) UserTesting - Get real human insights from customers, try for free today at https://usertesting.com/twist
(11:40) Jason on great investments coming out of "prepared minds", the importance of testing and trying
(19:57) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist
(21:31) Molly welcomes Fion Technologies CEO Sudarshan Sridharan to discuss helping wildfire fighting with software and his founding story
(32:36) Brave - Download today at https://brave.com/twist to browse faster, search privately and so much more
(33:56) Sudarshan explains how the Fion app helps firefighters, its pricing model, and more
(41:06) The state of wildfires in the US, why Sudarshan is building Fion