Ask Jason + LAUNCH founder interviews + OK Boomer with Andrew Yeung | E1551
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Friday Variety Show! First up, Jason answers a bunch of listener questions. (1:16) Then, Molly interview two amazing LAUNCH portfolio founders building marketplace businesses! (21:09) To wrap the show, Producer Rachel is back with another edition of OK Boomer (42:04)
(0:00) Jason tees up today's segments!
(1:16) Ask Jason: How to vet startups when you're an employee looking to join one
(5:55) Ask Jason: Keep building a specifically requested feature for a major customer OR focus on the core offering?
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(11:38) Ask Jason: A pro athlete asks Jason for his advice on transitioning into VC
(14:42) Ask Jason: Two hypothetical questions about Uber's business
(19:29) Grammarly - Sign up for a free and get 20% Grammarly Premium at https://grammarly.com/TWIST
(21:09) Molly sits down with Giphting CEO Seth Brown to talk about his on-demand gift-giving marketplace
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(30:32) Molly interviews EnrichedHQ CEO Carleen Haylett about her business: a two-sided marketplace of life skills programs for kids!
(42:04) OK Boomer: Producer Rachel interviews Andrew Yeung on tactics for throwing an amazing networking event/dinner
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, everybody, we have a jam packed Friday show for your first up. |
| 0:02.9 | I'm going to kick it off with a couple of great ass chasing questions. |
| 0:05.7 | Then Molly is going to sit down with two, not one, two amazing launch portfolio founders. |
| 0:11.2 | And she's going to find out why we invested in those companies. |
| 0:14.4 | And then we're going to wrap with another edition of Okay Boomer. |
| 0:18.8 | It's going to be a great show. |
| 0:19.8 | So stick with us. |
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| 1:16.5 | All right, we have a couple of ass Jason's that have been backed up here. |
| 1:19.6 | I wanted to get them. |
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