Critical cyber attacks of the last decade + How Jason Calacanis grew the Launch Fund: Angel S6 E7 | E1393

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Molly interviews Jason about raising "LAUNCH Fund I." This season of Angel is focused on the nitty-gritty details of raising and running a first-time fund (22:47). Jason shares everything from getting his first check to his biggest mistakes. But first, we discuss the biggest cybersecurity hacks of the last decade and potential risks going forward (1:32).

(00:00) Jason and Molly intro the show, cybersecurity and Russia invading Ukraine, Molly interviews the OG Angel
(01:32) Cybersecurity and Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine
(12:40) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free.
(15:06) TikTok’s not secure, Florida water treatment plant hacked last year
(17:27) Hiring “bounty hackers” for defense
(21:33) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist
(22:47) Molly interviews the original Angel, Jason
(36:52) Embroker - Get an extra 10% off insurance for your business at https://Embroker.com/twist
(38:18) Jason tells Molly what didn’t work out with his first LAUNCH fund
(48:14) When Jason knew the fund model would work
(58:48) How his role as changed as the fund has scaled

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Mentioned in the episode

NotPetya: https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/

Colonial Pipeline: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-04/hackers-breached-colonial-pipeline-using-compromised-password

Solar Winds: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/985439655/a-worst-nightmare-cyberattack-the-untold-story-of-the-solarwinds-hack

Transcript

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0:00.0	All right, everybody.
0:01.0	We have a great episode of Angel with a surprise guest today.
0:06.7	Jason.
0:07.7	Oh, that's me.
0:08.7	Very cool.
0:09.7	Yeah.
0:10.7	This Molly interviewed me about racing my first fund 10 years ago or so.
0:12.9	The launch fund won, which had a lot of great companies in it.
0:15.5	But first, we're going to talk about some of the biggest cybersecurity hacks of the last
0:19.8	decade because Putin has invaded the Ukraine sadly and he is threatening and saber rattling
0:26.7	that he will be cyber hacking and cyber attacking some of the other countries, possibly in
0:32.4	NATO, which includes us shield up everybody.
0:36.3	She's going to be a great show.
0:39.3	Stick with us.
0:41.4	Season six of Angel is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs, a business is only as strong as its
0:47.9	people and every higher matters.
0:50.6	Post your job for free at LinkedIn dot com slash angel.
0:54.8	Our crowd helps you invest in early pre IPO companies alongside professional VCs.
1:00.4	If you're interested in investing, you can join our crowd for free at OURCROWD.com slash
1:09.4	angel.
1:10.4	That's our crowd dot com slash angel.
1:14.4	And brokers start up insurance program helps start up secure the most important types
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