Ask Jason LIVE! Returns to TWiST! | E1905
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Todays show:
Jason kicks off Ask Jason live! Six live guests ask questions on key topics like career paths in fintech (1:14), startup challenges (8:48), pivoting strategies (34:23), fundraising (46:54), and customer engagement strategies (52:30).
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason kicks off another Ask Jason!
(1:14) Tommy asks about getting a degree in fintech in order to join startups
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(8:48) Sam asks about common mistakes for first time founders
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(17:32) Clint asks about startups surviving the period before VC investments
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(34:23) Daniel asks about startups pivoting in the wrong direction
(46:54) Greg asks about raising funds before product-market fit
(52:30) Oliver wants to know if it is better to go deep with a few customers or gain entry to multiple customers with a more lightweight solution
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| 0:00.0 | All right everybody welcome to this week in startups. We wanted to try something new alive |
| 0:05.0 | L-I-V-E a live call-in show where you get to ask Jason. People love to do ask Jason, but |
| 0:11.0 | previously, you know, we get a sound file like people would leave a |
| 0:14.0 | voicemail, sometimes they would send a short video or they would just email us the question. |
| 0:18.5 | That lacked the dynamic nature, the dangerousness of having a live caller. |
| 0:23.0 | So we wanted to try doing live Q&A. |
| 0:26.0 | And so let's get started. |
| 0:29.0 | This week in startups is brought to you by Lemon. I.O. |
| 0:33.2 | Need to speed up your product development without draining your budget? |
| 0:36.2 | Hire vetted engineers from Europe at lemon. |
| 0:39.5 | I.O. |
| 0:40.5 | Go to Lemon.io slash Twist to get 15% off for the first four weeks. |
| 0:45.0 | Vanta, compliance and security shouldn't be a deal breaker for startups to win new business. |
| 0:51.0 | Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a SOC2 report fast. |
| 0:55.7 | Twist listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at vanta.com |
| 1:01.5 | slash twist and LinkedIn ads. To redeem a $100 |
| 1:06.8 | LinkedIn ad credit and launch your first campaign go to LinkedIn.com slash this |
| 1:12.1 | week in startups |
| 1:14.2 | let's get our first caller on the line |
| 1:16.7 | Tommy are you there |
| 1:18.6 | yeah i'm here |
| 1:19.6 | oh great awesome |
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