How to Form a Successful Company in a Down Market

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Shen: It's just one of those things where I just did not expect that was going to be the problem of the week. You're hiring now, or now that you've raised the money looking for a couple of positions. Shen: Someone definitely on the commercial side who can really help like read that a much more experienced lens onto our team is our first target. And later on this week, we're having another pitch competition. Three founders once again are going to pitch me live on the show, and I'll give one of them $25,000.

Jason starts the show by discussing First Citizens acquiring SVB’s assets (2:03) before diving into a Reddit post detailing how generative AI changed a 3D artist’s job overnight (9:09). Jason wraps by interviewing Sarika Bajaj, the CEO, and Co-founder of Refiberd, as she dives into the reality of the recycling process, how they are using spectroscopy to recycle textiles, and more (20:28)!

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(2:03) A breakdown of First Citizens’ purchase of SVB

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(9:09) Reddit Post: A radical change for 3D artists

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(20:28) Sarika Bajaj, CEO of Refiberd joins Jason

(21:00) What happens to our textiles?

(25:20) Refiberd’s solution

(30:31) Solving for inefficiencies in the recycling process

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(39:33) The state of recycling today

(49:23) Raising capital in today’s market