About This Episode
<p>This Week In Startups is made possible by:</p><p><br /></p><p>Northwest Registered Agent<a href="https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist"> <u>https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist</u></a></p><p>Vanta<a href="https://www.vanta.com/twist"> <u>https://www.vanta.com/twist</u></a></p><p>Sentry<a href="https://sentry.io/twist"> <u>https://sentry.io/twist</u></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Today’s show:</p><p>*There are $100 trillion in global assets sitting on top of what Hanover Park co-founder/CEO Chris Hladczuk calls “human duct tape”: armies of accountants in offices patching together work from various legacy tools (QuickBooks, Excel) that are holding funds’ own data hostage. Can all of this be replaced with AI? Find out how their startup went from overseeing $1B to $20B in assets in just 15 months.</p><p>PLUS, we flash back to March 2020, when Jason and Figma co-founder/CEO Dylan Field broke down the design tool’s initial go-to-market strategy, made some WILDLY inaccurate COVID predictions, and considered anxiety about “SaaS burnout” years before the category went full apocalyptic.</p><p><strong>Guests:</strong></p><p>Chris Hladczuk on X:<a href="https://x.com/chrishlad"> <u>https://x.com/chrishlad</u></a></p><p>Hanover Park:<a href="https://www.hanoverpark.com/"> <u>https://www.hanoverpark.com/</u></a></p><p>Dylan Field:<a href="https://x.com/zoink"> <u>https://x.com/zoink</u></a></p><p>Figma:<a href="https://www.figma.com/"> <u>https://www.figma.com/</u></a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Relevant Links:</strong></p><p><br /></p><p>Turner Novak on X:<a href="https://x.com/TurnerNovak"> <u>https://x.com/TurnerNovak</u></a></p><p>Banana Capital:<a href="https://www.bananacapital.vc/"> <u>https://www.bananacapital.vc/</u></a></p><p>Emergence Capital:<a href="https://www.emcap.com/"> <u>https://www.emcap.com/</u></a></p><p>Lux Capital:<a href="https://www.luxcapital.com/"> <u>https://www.luxcapital.com/</u></a></p><p>Susa Ventures:<a href="https://susaventures.com/"> <u>https://susaventures.com/</u></a></p><p><a href="http://bill.com"><u>Bill.com</u></a>:<a href="https://www.bill.com/"> <u>https://www.bill.com/</u></a></p><p>METR:<a href="https://metr.org/"> <u>https://metr.org/</u></a></p><p>Granola AI note taker:<a href="https://www.granola.ai/"> <u>https://www.granola.ai/</u></a></p><p>Vanta:<a href="https://www.vanta.com/"> <u>https://www.vanta.com/</u></a></p><p>Foo Camp on YouTube:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/foocamp"> <u>https://www.youtube.com/c/foocamp</u></a></p><p>TechCrunch Mahalo coverage:<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/inside-mobile-news-launch/"> <u>https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/inside-mobile-news-launch/</u></a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong><br /></p><p>0:00 Hanover Park & the fund admin problem</p><p>3:32 Why funds outsource instead of building</p><p>5:44 Why fund accounting is so complex</p><p>10:38 The "one-click migration" goal</p><p>10:48 Northwest Registered Agent - Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist</p><p>13:51 Context vs. intelligence gaps</p><p>16:11 No PMs, No Designers</p><p>20:46 Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://www.vanta.com/twist</p><p>23:18 This is a $100T opportunity</p><p>25:36 Flashback w/ Dylan Field of Figma</p><p>29:15 Sentry - Your team should be focused on shipping features — not chasing down bugs. New users can get $240 in free credits when they go to https://sentry.io/twist and use the code TWIST</p><p>31:22 Pre-AI enterprise security worries</p><p>36:30 SaaS overload and SaaS burnout</p><p>37:30 The evolution of Figma pricing</p><p>42:38 The rise and fall of Mahalo dot com</p><p>51:38 The work-from-home revolution begins</p><p>Subscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter:<a href="https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com"> <u>https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.com</u></a></p><p>Check out the TWIST500:<a href="https://www.twist500.com"> <u>https://www.twist500.com</u></a></p><p>Subscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple:<a href="https://rb.gy/v19fcp"> <u>https://rb.gy/v19fcp</u></a></p><p>Follow Lon:</p><p>X:<a href="https://x.com/lons"> <u>https://x.com/lons</u></a></p><p>Follow Alex:</p><p>X:<a href="https://x.com/alex"> <u>https://x.com/alex</u></a></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm/"> <u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm</u></a></p><p>Follow Jason:</p><p>X:<a href="https://twitter.com/Jason"> <u>https://twitter.com/Jason</u></a></p><p>LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis"> <u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis</u></a></p><p>Thank you to our partners:</p><p>(0:00) PARTNER - AD BLURB</p><p>(0:00) PARTNER - AD BLURB</p><p>(0:00) PARTNER - AD BLURB</p><p>Check out all our partner offers:<a href="https://partners.launch.co/"> <u>https://partners.launch.co/</u></a></p><p>Great TWIST interviews:<a href="https://youtu.be/pvJa2pzuXWQ"> <u>Will Guidara,</u></a><a href="https://youtu.be/9dHN4YFkgv4"> <u>Eoghan McCabe</u></a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-on-mod-revolt-building-a/id315114957?i=1000617333424"> <u>Steve Huffman</u></a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-on-early-rejection-customer/id315114957?i=1000611761112"> <u>Brian Chesky</u></a>,<a href="https://youtu.be/y2UMzSqX94Q"> <u>Bob Moesta,</u></a><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/box-ceo-aaron-levie-breaks-down-box-ai-and-generative/id315114957?i=1000612384545"> <u>Aaron Levie</u></a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sophia-amoruso-on-branding-raising-a-fund-portfolio/id315114957?i=1000601352978"> <u>Sophia Amoruso</u></a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/reid-hoffman-on-ais-crescendo-moment-regulation-and/id315114957?i=1000612548498"> <u>Reid Hoffman</u></a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/snowflake-ceo-frank-slootman-on-moving-the-needle-win/id315114957?i=1000602560622"> <u>Frank Slootman</u></a>,<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/billy-mcfarland-on-fyre-fest-fraud-failure-hacking/id315114957?i=1000610922577"> <u>Billy McFarland</u></a></p><p>Check out Jason’s suite of newsletters:<a href="https://substack.com/@calacanis"> <u>https://substack.com/@calacanis</u></a></p><p>Follow TWiST:</p><p>Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/TWiStartups"> <u>https://twitter.com/TWiStartups</u></a></p><p>YouTube:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin"> <u>https://www.youtube.com/thisweekin</u></a></p><p>Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups"> <u>https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartups</u></a></p><p>TikTok:<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups"> <u>https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartups</u></a></p><p>Substack:<a href="https://twistartups.substack.com"> <u>https://twistartups.substack.com</u></a><br /></p>