Are You Looking for Alternative Solutions?

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Calicanus is best at early stages. If you're raising a series b, series d deal, like we're not going to be your right answer. What would they need to show you in order for you to want to do that partnership thing? And i see a lot of people who want that specific thing. Ye a, so on thosei understand the person. I don't understand the why. Like, why do they want to attack this idea? Why are they the right person to attack this ideas? Do we think that? Do they think? Do we think, collectively, they're the right person tod actually build this company behind this idea?...

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?