This Week in Startups

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis · Technology · EN-US

This podcast explores startups, technology, and business trends, featuring interviews with prominent figures in the industry. It is geared towards founders, investors, and anyone interested in the entrepreneurial and tech landscape.

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E987: The Next Unicorns: Upgrade CEO & Co-founder Renaud Laplanche is empowering users to better understand credit through his consumer credit platform, announces the Upgrade Card, shares insights on taking LendingClub public & how startups have changed since he started his first company in 2000 – E

Oct 12, 2019 · 00:56:13

✨ Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche discussed empowering users with credit understanding.

00:56:13

E986: StockX Co-founder Josh Luber is building a stock market for things, shares insights on the two cultural shifts that brought sneaker culture mainstream, attracting Mark Wahlberg, Eminem & Steve Aoki to invest along with Google Ventures & Marc Benioff & growing a unicorn out of a sneaker-data si

Oct 11, 2019 · 01:01:59

✨ StockX Co-founder Josh Luber discussed building a stock market for goods.

Google Ventures Marc Benioff

01:01:59

E985: #AskJason! Recognizing great founders as an investor, dealing with a lack of updates, raising capital through crowdfunding, the ideal makeup of today’s founder, how Angel Investing has changed since the release of “Angel”, standing out in slow-to-adapt markets

Oct 9, 2019 · 00:51:50

✨ Jason answered questions on recognizing great founders and dealing with investor updates.

00:51:50

E984: Vice Ventures Founding Partner Catharine Dockery raised $25M to invest in vices: marijuana, sextech, gambling, alcohol, vaping; shares insights on hacking her way into VC through cold emails & a strong investment thesis, capitalizing on early markets hungry for investment

Oct 4, 2019 · 00:57:10

✨ Catharine Dockery raised $25M for Vice Ventures, investing in vices like cannabis and sextech.

00:57:10

E983: The Next Unicorns: Zola CEO & Co-founder Shan-Lyn Ma shares insights on growing her all-in-one wedding platform in a $100bn market, adapting to changes in wedding demographics, balancing growth and profitability while keeping her team focused, raising moral standards in tech – E5 of 10-ep mini

Oct 4, 2019 · 01:00:58

✨ Shan-Lyn Ma discusses growing Zola, an all-in-one wedding platform, in a competitive market.

01:00:58

E982: Karmic Bikes Founder Hong Quan on creating the “Tesla of E-Bikes” with OSLO, bootstrapping through Kickstarter, lowering costs as a strategy, insights on U.S. resistance to widespread E-Bike adoption, & why this vehicle is the future of transportation, plus Office Hours with Jason!

Oct 1, 2019 · 00:45:20

✨ Hong Quan founded Karmic Bikes, aiming for the "Tesla of E-Bikes" with OSLO.

00:45:20

E981: Roy Bahat, Head of Bloomberg Beta, shares the myths of venture capital, the great value of founders turned investors, why VCs reject startups, searing insights on fundraising & valuations, and predictions on the future of enterprise, AI, work & automation @ LAUNCH Accelerator

Sep 27, 2019 · 01:12:26

✨ Roy Bahat of Bloomberg Beta debunks venture capital myths and discusses founder investors.

01:12:26

E980: The Next Unicorns: Alto Pharmacy CEO & Co-founder Mattieu Gamache-Asselin is working to fix the broken US pharmacy system by removing friction & aligning incentives among patients, doctors & insurers, shares insights on trading short-term profits for long-term success, combating the opioid cri

Sep 25, 2019 · 01:19:06

✨ Mattieu Gamache-Asselin is fixing the U.S. pharmacy system with Alto Pharmacy.

01:19:06

FLASHBACK: The future of remote work, juggling APIs, and dream integrations with Wade Foster of Zapier | E2221

Jan 1, 1970 · 01:17:19

✨ Wade Foster of Zapier discusses building a multi-billion dollar integration company.

01:17:19

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