mRNA cancer treatment, Google’s vax policy, Better.com CEO “taking time off” + Founder roundtable: PaidBack, Wearwell, SupporTrends | E1346

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

First Jason covers the Mayo clinic's promising new signs for mRNA cancer treatment (02:02), Google's firm vaccine policy (07:41) and the Better.com CEO stepping away after last week's meltdown (16:39). Then, Jason brings on three founders he has invested in and chats with them about their company: SupporTrends co-founder Oliver Rowen on customer insights (25:23), Wearwell co-founder and CEO Erin Houston on sustainable fashion (37:11), and PaidBack co-founder Amber Masters on budgeting and paying off debt (50:15).

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0:00.0	Hey, we have a great show for you today.
0:02.5	There's some really positive, amazing news in mRNA.
0:06.0	No, it has nothing to do with the pandemic.
0:08.1	It has to do with cancer and the possibility
0:11.0	that we can use mRNA technology to cure
0:14.3	and fight cancer to a level
0:16.6	that we never actually thought would be possible.
0:19.8	Dovetailing that, Google has told unvaccinated employees
0:23.1	that they're going to have to get vaccinated
0:26.3	or figure out another way to either work
0:29.4	from home or not work at Google anymore
0:32.7	because Google is in a tough position.
0:34.6	They're trying to comply with Joe Biden's executive order
0:38.2	and we have a follow up better.com CEO
0:41.1	is taking a leap of absence.
0:42.5	And then you're going to get to meet
0:44.2	three amazing founders that I've invested in.
0:47.0	One of them is doing a product feedback analysis tool
0:49.5	so you can figure out from feedback from your customers
0:52.3	what to put in your product next.
0:53.5	Very interesting.
0:54.5	One's doing a sustainable shopping subscription service
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