Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of

startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. I'm

Natasha Masqueriness and this is our Wednesday show where we niche down to a

single topic, think about a question and

unpack the rest.

So politics and tech often mix, but in this current moment something feels different.

So today we're asking, how does Rose Revers reversal impact the ways that companies are built

particularly in red states. Luckily I am not alone to answer the super nuanced

question. We have two special guests, TC Plus reporters Dominic Madori Davis and

Becca Scutac.

And they are actually on the show because they co-byline to peace that inspire this episode.

It's on Tech Crunch Plus right now.

It's called Row Reversal, weighs heavily on emerging tech cities in red states.

So you can probably get a sense of tone, but to continue the conversation,

Dom and Becca, welcome to Equity.

Yes, thanks for having me.

Thank you.

Becca, you're back twice in one month, feels like the equity way so double appreciate there and the reason you both are on is because you recently wrote a story for Tech Crunch Plus that was titled how Rose reversal weighs heavily on emerging tech cities in red states.

And so I want to go piece by piece in the story and really break down today's conversation in two buckets.

One, I'm thinking we should start by talking about how companies are

dealing with Rose Reversal internally when it comes to talking to reporters and how to

deal with their current team members. And then I think we should go external

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