PrayingForExits on the state of VC, ZIRP fraudsters, revolutionary product launches & more | E1717
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
The man behind the anonymous accounts “prayingforexits” on Instagram and “@mrexits” on Twitter joins Jason for a jam-packed episode.
Topics covered: what founders can learn from Logan Roy (2:29), what recent ZIRP fraudsters have in common (21:39), where GPT-4 ranks in terms of revolutionary product launches (31:28), AI’s impact moving forward, the state of VC (1:02:29), and so much more!
(0:00) Jason kicks off the show
(2:29) Succession, Logan Roy’s mentality & winning
(9:22) Purpose-driven CEOS
(20:07) Orgspace - Get $2000 in credits at http://orgspace.io/twist
(21:39) ZIRP fraudsters
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(31:28) Revolutionary product launches
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(43:52) AI’s impact moving forward
(1:02:29) The state of VC
(1:18:51) Mayor Jason
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| 0:00.0 | Happy Monday, everybody. |
| 0:01.6 | We've got an amazing show for you today. |
| 0:03.6 | That's right. |
| 0:04.6 | I have the honor, the privilege of being joined by |
| 0:07.6 | the anonymous VC praying for exits. |
| 0:09.8 | Mr. exits and I kick off the show discussing Sunday's episode |
| 0:13.4 | of succession, spoiler alert, spoiler and our appreciation |
| 0:17.2 | for Mr. Logan Roy and his just absolutely cutthroat |
| 0:21.0 | winning mentality. |
| 0:21.9 | We discussed the mentality of entrepreneurs today |
| 0:24.9 | five months into this downturn. |
| 0:26.8 | This incredible tech depression and collapse. |
| 0:31.5 | Now we discuss my working theory regarding the backgrounds |
| 0:34.5 | of tech fraudsters from Elizabeth Holmes, |
| 0:36.4 | the Sam Bankman freed, |
| 0:37.8 | Go Kwan and everybody in between. |
| 0:39.4 | I have a theory about who's committing |
| 0:42.2 | white collar crime today. |
| 0:44.2 | Then we talk about where GPT-4 ranks |
| 0:47.3 | in terms of revolutionary product launches |
| 0:50.1 | like the iPhone, Uber, Tesla, et cetera. |
| 0:53.0 | And then the impact of AI moving forward |
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