This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.

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Dec 5, 2020 • 16min

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 30th, 2020

E1145 featuring Jason on the Slack acquisition: https://rb.gy/syqdgq E1146 featuring LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 19's top 3 vote-getting companies: https://rb.gy/wjfft8 E1147 featuring Saastr's Jason Lemkin: https://rb.gy/yltewx E1148 featuring Apps Without Code's Tara Reed: https://rb.gy/21a6vd

Dec 4, 2020 • 1h 3min

E1148: Apps Without Code Founder & CEO Tara Reed teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to bootstrap startups to profitability

Check out Apps Without Code: https://www.appswithoutcode.com FOLLOW Tara: https://twitter.com/TaraReed_ FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Dec 4, 2020 • 40min

All-In E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more

Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast

Dec 3, 2020 • 26min

Understanding Financing Structures: SAFEs, Convertibles Notes, Priced Rounds & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics

Check out the Legal Basics playlist: https://rb.gy/f0bbv2 Check out Wilson Sonsini: https://wsgr.com FOLLOW Wilson Sonsini: https://twitter.com/wilsonsonsini FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Dec 2, 2020 • 1h 10min

E1147: “Godfather of SaaS” Jason Lemkin on 2020’s cloud software boom, public CEO mindsets, how Zoom conquered the competition & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 8

Check out SaaStr: https://www.saastr.com FOLLOW Jason Lemkin: https://twitter.com/jasonlk FOLLOW Jason Calacanis: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Dec 2, 2020 • 1h 2min

E1146: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 19 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Blush (custom illustration tool), Palabra (no-code email automation) & Rolebot (AI hiring platform)

Check out Blush: https://blush.design Check out Palabra: https://palabra.io Check out Rolebot: https://www.rolebot.io Apply for the LAUNCH Accelerator: https://launch.co/apply FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Dec 1, 2020 • 19min

E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly acquiring Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more!

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Salesforce Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Slack Technologies | WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/salesforce-has-held-talks-to-buy-slack-technologies-11606326392?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1 Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close | CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/salesforce-deal-to-buy-slack-expected-to-be-announced-tomorrow.html

Nov 26, 2020 • 9min

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 23rd, 2020

E1143 featuring Indie Hackers Founder Courtland Allen: https://rb.gy/jbxxwc E1144 featuring Meratas CEO Darius Goldman: https://rb.gy/yghgbe Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 25, 2020 • 1h 3min

E1144: How Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are solving education financing & aligning incentives in a broken system with Meratas CEO Darius Goldman | Rising Stars of SaaS 7

Check out Meratas: https://www.meratas.com FOLLOW Meratas: https://twitter.com/meratas FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 25, 2020 • 44min

All-In E13: SPACsgiving Special! Plus: More promising vaccine news, innovation vs. regulation, reforming higher ed, morality of challenge trials

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