The Future of Nextdoor and Potential Strategies for Growth

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In this chapter, the speakers analyze the performance of Nextdoor, discussing its stock, value, and revenue growth. They question if Nextdoor can scale as anticipated and offer suggestions such as implementing a subscription model and attracting a large base of vendors to generate additional revenue. The chapter also dives into the challenges faced by smaller companies in building successful advertising businesses and explores different approaches to growing a user base and revenue.

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TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to break down the latest earnings reports from Uber (4:04), Lyft (24:28), and Nextdoor (44:15). Then, the two dive into WeWork's failed business model (1:01:44), the viability of various careers as AI advances (38:33), and much more!

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(0:00) Tech Crunch’s Alex Wilhelm joins Jason

(4:04) Uber’s earning report

(7:04) Pirate cut-throat mentality analogy and the money-ball system

(10:11) NetSuite - Download your free KPI Checklist at http://www.netsuite.com/twist

(11:12) Did the press get Uber’s Earnings report right?

(17:39) Uber and the J-Curve

(20:29) Miro - Sign up for a free account at https://www.miro.com/startups

(22:17) Uber, China, and DiDi

(23:14) ZIRP environment playbook to own a market

(24:28) Lyft gets a participation trophy

(25:22) Comparing Lyft to Uber’s Revenue (Quarterly)