Getting Your Kids to the Zoo

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Every Wednesday, i host lunch with all the companies i've ever run. It's more just casual, have lunch and just shoot the breeze. And we're going to start off with everybody's kids being on the on the zoom. I talk to amir like, in day three of the crisis, and it was already going nutsand i called themselves, lie thistn. The number of classs takeg o schools is obviously exploded during this time,. n't you could? Everyone stressed about money right now. Everone's for an kay, just went down. You know what? Just cover it. Cover calm mental health stuff.

0:52 Jason intros Eric Ries and they discuss how things have been since shelter-in-place started
8:33 What good will come out of this? Will UBI proponents like Andrew Yang be proven right?
10:12 Eric's advice to today's founders after living through the 2008 recession & the dot-com bust
15:53 Eric describes the obligations of leaders during a crisis of this magnitude, what the test-and-trace method is and how it's effective
25:02 Do authoritarian countries have an advantage in handling outbreaks better than democratic countries?
28:45 Jason & Eric reminisce about 2011 in startup-land
30:38 Tactical advice for Founders in an economic downturn
39:52 Eric explains what he is doing to help at: https://schoolclosures.org/
44:11 What is the Long-Term Stock Exchange?
48:57 Thoughts on private companies giving equity options to contractors
53:00 More tactical insights for founders: handling layoffs, figuring out new revenue opportunities, capitalizing on silver-linings, extending runway, etc.
1:01:01 Amazon & Lyft partnering to help each other, Bird's layoff approach, extending runway by trading cash for equity
1:12:21 Eric's thoughts on the future of capitalism