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Equity

TechCrunch

Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Business, Technology

4.2372 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week Natasha, Mary Ann, and Becca Szkutak were joined by the returning Alex Wilhelm, back from paternity leave. Yes, we had the whole gang back together today to dig through the week's pile of news -- and you can definitely tell how exciting it was by how fast we all talked through news (sorry to our dear producers!) Now, the news. Here's what we got into: Amazon has invested heavily in an Indian meat delivery company. No, not lab grown meat or plant-based meat. Just meat, delivered. Also in our Deals of the Week category was news form a former WeWork denizen that wants to help you plan a tiny home, and notes on how Klarna has wound up finding a huge market in the United States. Then it was time to talk money. Reddit could go public later this year though we have heard that story before, Lime is apparently standing on its own two wheels and could pursue an IPO at some point, while Coinbase is at once doing poorly and better than expected. Then we chatted how layoffs could lead to a founder boom, and the results of one venture group's effort to fund recently separated tech denizens. And to close, we took a look at Rebecca's piece on the importance of early founder and venture accountability. A big thanks to Rebecca for spending so much time with the Equity crew over the last few months while also hosting Found. We are back Monday with Alex! Chat soon! For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity's Simplecast website.  Equity drops at 7:00 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome back to Equity of Podcast about the Business of Startups

0:14.3

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

0:18.4

and joining me is Mary Ann Azavito, senior Tech Garage reporter on FinTech.

0:22.4

How's it going, Mary Ann Garage reporter on FinTech.

0:22.8

How's it going, Marion?

0:24.2

It's going great.

0:24.9

I'm excited about today's show.

0:26.7

And I heard you had no technical difficulties

0:28.5

upon getting on today's show, so thank you

0:31.1

for being here.

0:33.0

We are also joined by the amazing Becca Skutak.

0:35.7

How's it going, Becca?

0:36.6

Doing well, doing well, how are you?

0:38.5

I'm good.

0:39.0

San Francisco has been the most beautiful

0:41.1

it's been since the summer, so I't complain and there's no rain until today so

0:46.4

my mood will be changing after our recording but speaking of moods and we are all in a especially great mood today because I think I see a returning member of the pod on my screen.

0:56.9

Alex Wilhelm, welcome back to Equity.

0:59.7

Hi, God, it feels good to be back.

1:01.8

I have missed, I have missed you all.

1:03.7

I have missed recording.

1:04.7

I have missed making terrible jokes.

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