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Aug 25, 2022 • 33min

The Cat's Meow: An Update on Cool Cats

Last season, Michael ran into the creators of Cool Cats, a once-blue chip NFT project, at the Cameo Pass party. Today, we'll catch up on where the project has gone since then, from a strong rise to a quick fall.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Aug 18, 2022 • 23min

Tiktok vs the United States of America

A commissioner with the U.S. communications regulator is asking Apple and Google to consider banning TikTok from their app stores over data security concerns related to the Chinese-owned company. But this isn’t the first run-in with the US Government the Social Media platform has faced. We’ll track the last few years of Tiktoks legal troubles as they’ve been wrapped up in the middle of global politics and emerging data and privacy concerns.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Aug 11, 2022 • 28min

Rogers' Big Blackout

Today, we're talking about Rogers, one of Canada's largest companies and a giant in the telecom space. Specifically, we'll be diving into how a coding error brought down half the internet in Canada - payment gateways and all - for an entire day.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Aug 4, 2022 • 34min

The Ups and Downs of Soylent

Today, we'll take a dive into the story of the meal replacement company Soylent. We'll cover everything from the unlikely team, to the product's side effects, and even Neil deGrasse Tyson's live reaction to the drink.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Jul 28, 2022 • 23min

Nintendo, 130 years in the making

The history of Nintendo traces back to 1889, when it was founded to produce handmade hanafuda. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (任天堂株式会社, Nintendō kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It eventually became one of the most prominent figures in today's video game industry, being the world's largest video game company by revenue.Today we explore their 130 year history from making handmade playing cards to one of the largest video game console manufacturers in the world.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Jul 21, 2022 • 28min

The Ever Elusive Apple iCar

Today, we look back at the history of Apple's iCar to try and figure out what went wrong, and if we can expect it to come out in the future.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Jul 14, 2022 • 29min

Blue Apron's IPO and a Case of Bad Timing

Today, we’ll be digging into one of the biggest meal delivery kit services out there, Blue Apron. We'll dive into their rise, their IPO, and where they stand in the market today.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Jul 7, 2022 • 28min

The rise and fall of Netscape

In 1995, Netscape made a splash with a huge IPO. But later that year, Windows 95 threatened to make Netscape irrelevant. Today, we'll take a look at how Netscape rose to prominence, and eventually came crashing down.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Jun 30, 2022 • 33min

The Rapid Success of Disney+

Today we'll take a look at Disney+, a streaming service that Disney hopes can go toe to toe with big streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime.***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.
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Jun 23, 2022 • 29min

Burning $75 Million - The story of Justin Kan’s Atrium

In 2017 Justin Kan, the founder of Twitch which sold for $1B to Amazon in 2014, set out to build his next billion dollar company. But this time it wasn’t so easy. ***This episode is brought to you by:Produx Labs: New students can use the code ROCKET at checkout to enroll in Product Institute Foundations for just $999. That’s a $200 savings!Justworks: Find out how Justworks can help your business by going to justworks.comDrata: Listeners can get 10% off by visiting drata.com/partner/rocketshipThe Economist: Go to economist.com/rocketship to start your 30-day free trial today***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Rocketship, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Creative Elements and Freelance to Founder.

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