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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Sep 30, 2020 • 56min
E1117 The Next Unicorns E20: Citizen CEO Andrew Frame on creating a safer world through access to public data, reforming policing via transparency & more
Check out Citizen: https://citizen.com
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Sep 29, 2020 • 55min
E1116: Cabana CEO Scott Kubly is building a fleet of hotels-on-wheels, shares insights on scaling an asset-heavy business, providing unique & flexible experiences to customers & more
Check out Cabana: https://cabana.life
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Sep 26, 2020 • 23min
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 21st, 2020
E1112 Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations: https://rb.gy/tduluj
E1113 featuring Loom's Joe Thomas: https://rb.gy/mh7x57
E1114 #AskJason: https://rb.gy/rkr4xq
E1115 Emergency Pod! Media corporations collapsing: https://rb.gy/kxfa42
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Sep 26, 2020 • 24min
E1115: Emergency Pod! Collapsing state of media corporations, thoughts on Casey Newton, Andrew Sullivan & Bari Weiss departures, top talent leaving for Substack & more
Check out the full Chris Best interview: https://rb.gy/tqafmo
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Referenced in this episode:
Platformer by Casey Newton:
https://www.platformer.news
The Weekly Dish by Andrew Sullivan:
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com
New York Times Article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/media/substack-newsletters-journalists.html
OneZero Casey Newton Interview:
https://onezero.medium.com/casey-newton-on-leaving-the-verge-for-substack-and-the-future-of-tech-journalism-974a646375fa
Bari Weiss Resignation Letter:
https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter
Sep 25, 2020 • 47min
E1114: #AskJason! Silicon Valley exodus, product vs. branding, expanding into adjacent markets, avoiding burnout & more
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Sep 23, 2020 • 1h 13min
E1113 The Next Unicorns E19: Loom CEO Joe Thomas is building video for work, shares insights on creating new behaviors, support as a competitive advantage & more
Check out Loom: https://www.loom.com
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Sep 22, 2020 • 51min
E1112: Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations, Trevor Milton resigns, Jason reflects on Trevor’s answers
Check out the full Trevor Milton interview: https://youtu.be/SH-zhlqvJWM
Jason on CNBC 9/11/20: https://youtu.be/_FV7g2UJDsw
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Referenced in this episode:
Hindenburg Research - Nikola Report:
https://hindenburgresearch.com/nikola
FreightWaves Article:
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-news-trevor-milton-out-of-nikola
Bloomberg Article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/sec-said-to-examine-nikola-over-short-seller-s-fraud-allegations
Nikola Press Release:
https://nikolamotor.com/press_releases/nikola-sets-the-record-straight-on-false-and-misleading-short-seller-report-96
Nikola One Video:
https://youtu.be/IAToxJ9CGb8
Sep 19, 2020 • 45min
All-In E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021 & beyond, California wildfires & more
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Sep 18, 2020 • 12min
Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 14th, 2020
E1109 featuring Ritual's Kat Schneider: https://rb.gy/agkzxy
E1110 featuring Ghost Locomotion's John Hayes: https://rb.gy/r4r188
E1111 featuring Archive.org's Brewster Kahle: https://rb.gy/seuwah
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Sep 18, 2020 • 1h 1min
E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, creating the Wayback Machine, protocols over platforms, microschools & more
Brewster Kahle, the visionary founder of the Internet Archive and creator of the Wayback Machine, dives into his mission for universal knowledge access. He discusses the importance of web preservation, addressing copyright challenges, and the ethics of archiving. Brewster explains how the Archive builds its vast library and shares insights into funding and server infrastructure. He advocates for protocols over platforms, critiques the ad-based model, and introduces his concept of micro-schools as a new educational approach. A captivating conversation on innovation and digital culture!
