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🗓️ 19 April 2022
⏱️ 71 minutes
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First, Jack is getting candid about Twitter’s board dysfunction (2:14). Then, we cover Facebook’s internet infrastructure development projects in Africa (24:31) and Better.com's new round of layoffs (33:53). Our startup of the day is Regent, which is making a regional seaplane (46:51). We wrap with a discussion of Zendesk considering a sale (1:01:34) and Telsa's third act (1:04:57).
(00:00) Jason and Molly intro today’s news
(02:14) “Jack After Dark” Dorsey tweeting candidly about twitter’s board
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(24:31) Developing countries increasingly reliant on Meta for internet access
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(33:53) Better.com started another round of layoffs
(46:51) Startup of the day: Regent
(1:01:34) Zendesk working with M&A advisor Qatalyst Partners on a potential sales
(1:04:57) TechCrunch earnings preview saying we may get a look into Pt. 3 of Tesla’s mission
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0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. Jack, after dark is back, he's being candid about Twitter's |
0:05.0 | board dysfunction, the takeover bed. And we do a little dreaming, Molly and I, about what |
0:11.8 | companies would we like to do a hostile takeover for? |
0:14.4 | I know. I'm going to be, I'm going to just keep coming with answers on this all week |
0:18.0 | long because now I just can't stop thinking about it. I'm window shopping, if you will, |
0:22.8 | for a public company of my very own. We're also going to talk about Facebook's internet |
0:26.5 | infrastructure, development projects in Africa, because Facebook just continues with its |
0:31.6 | controversial attempts to figure out how to get everyone on the internet through Facebook. |
0:36.7 | Yes, it's not scary or dystopian at all. No, you can trust them. And better.com did |
0:42.2 | another round of layoffs, but maybe they're getting a little bit better at how to do these |
0:47.7 | mass layoffs remotely. And if you are a CEO, staring down a downturn, consider these |
0:52.7 | do's and don'ts big time. We also wrap up with an EV startup that's making a regional |
0:58.4 | sea plane. It is an interesting, potentially inspiring startup of the day. Yeah, it's |
1:03.6 | really clever idea. It flies like 50 feet above the ground. What could go wrong? So it's |
1:07.8 | going to be a great show. Stick with us. |
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