Ask Jason + LegalQ founder Zeb Anderson + OK Boomer | E1539
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Friday variety show! First up, Jason answers your questions on VCs investing in a downturn, winning founder qualities, and more. (1:24) Then, Molly interviews LAUNCH founder Zeb Anderson about his legal startup LegalQ. (16:36) Producer Rachel wraps the show with another edition of OK Boomer! (26:59)
(0:00) Molly intros the Friday variety show!
(1:24) Ask Jason: Why VCs slow investment pace in a downturn
(7:00) Ask Jason: What qualities make Jason invest in a founder a second time after a failure
(12:29) Jason explains the traction at Uber and Calm when he invested
(15:06) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(16:36) Molly interviews LAUNCH Accelerator founder Zeb Anderson of LegalQ about his app connecting legal professionals and clients
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(26:59) OK Boomer! Producer Rachel welcomes tech commentator and talks about the importance of curiosity when building your brand
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(38:10) Digital culture, banning TikTok, social media consent, and more
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to Friday. You made it. We all made it. |
| 0:03.6 | And we have a very fun show for you. First up, we have Ask Jason. |
| 0:08.0 | He took some awesome questions from you, dear listeners, |
| 0:11.7 | including such topics as YVC's slowdown investing in a downturn, |
| 0:16.4 | what makes him invest in a founder multiple times, |
| 0:19.5 | and the traction that Uber and Calm had when he invested. |
| 0:23.1 | We're keeping the founder train rolling too, because right after that, |
| 0:25.7 | I interview one of our founders from the 25th cohort of the launch accelerator |
| 0:30.5 | about his legal startup, which is super interesting. |
| 0:33.1 | And of course, we wrap with an awesome OK Boomer segment from producer Rachel. |
| 0:37.6 | It's gonna be a great show. Stick with us. |
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| 1:24.2 | Why does a recession slow down investments when they're supposed to be a long-term? |
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