Reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise, Boom Supersonic's new deal + The Blueprint Part 6 | E1537

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

J+M kick off the show by discussing the reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise (1:40), before covering Boom Supersonic's new deal with American Airlines (24:59), and a Startup of the Day. (41:55) Jason wraps the show solo for part 6 of The Blueprint, where he covers getting ahead of trends! (48:06)

(0:00) J+M intro today's segments!

(1:40) Thoughts on the reaction to Adam Neumann's $350M raise from a16z, including a NY Post article that Jason was quoted in

(12:45) WorkOS - Go to https://workos.com to learn how to make your app enterprise-ready.

(14:14) Was the negative reaction to the fundraising warranted? What is the counter case?

(24:04) Visa - Learn more about Visa’s online Small Business Hub at Visa.com/smallbusinesshub

(24:59) American Airlines agrees to purchase up to 20 jets from airplane startup Boom Supersonic, J+M do some math on ticket prices

(34:13) Brave - Download today at https://brave.com/twist to browse faster, search privately and so much more

(35:33) Does the world need supersonic passenger jets?

(41:55) Startup of the Day: Goodfellows helps elderly people and young people foster connections

(48:06) The Blueprint Part 6: Jason explains how he gets ahead of trends

Jason's Howard Stern/Spotify blog from 2015: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/howard-sterns-easy-billion-dollar-pay-day-courtesy-app-calacanis

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Happy Wednesday. Big show today. First, we're going to react to the reactions to
0:05.7	Adam Newman's funding news, lots of reactions, better reactions. It's just infinity content. I'm
0:11.5	sorry. Adam Newman is infinity content. Then though, we're going to have a little startup talk,
0:16.7	like a little like real or not real. We're talking about boom supersonic deal with American airlines
0:23.6	to sell a bunch of really fast airplanes. And then we're going to talk about good fellows,
0:29.3	an amazing heartwarming new startup that's been funded in India. Give you the backstory there.
0:34.8	Very sweet. And then of course, we're going to wrap with Jason and his next edition of
0:39.3	The Blueprint. It's going to be a great show. It's got to be a great show. Stick with us.
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0:50.1	enterprise ready. With a few simple APIs, you can immediately add common enterprise features
0:56.8	like single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and more. Go to WorkOS.com to learn how to make
1:04.2	your app enterprise ready. Visa. Are you a small business owner? Did you know that Visa's
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1:26.0	on a mission to protect your personal info online. Download Brave today at brave.com slash twist
1:33.8	to browse faster, search privately, and so much more. All in a single click.
1:40.9	Hey everybody. It's Wednesday. You made it. We're at the top of the mountain. You're listening to this.
1:46.3	It's all downhill, right Molly? It is. It's going to be great. It's almost the weekend.
1:51.2	It's summer here in the Bay Area. I know some of you are starting to have your pumpkin spice
1:54.6	lattes and your big sweaters. We are in full summer attire in the Bay Area because summer
1:59.6	starts August 15th. Well, with global warming, you know, it's like we all get to live in Mexico City.
2:07.3	Anybody. It's very temperate. Incredible. I feel like LA is turning into Mexico
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