SpaceX valued at $137B, Starlink's massive market, Shopify purges meetings | E1649
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Jason and Molly are BACK for the first news show of 2023! First up, they break down SpaceX's reported $137B valuation, the astounding market opportunity for Starlink, and more! (7:14) Then, they cover two Shopify stories (37:38) and Apple shutting down fan-favorite weather app Dark Sky. (55:01)
(0:00) J+M intro today's topics!
(2:25) Thoughts on the potential year ahead
(7:14) SpaceX is raising $750M at a $137B valuation, led by a16z
(12:54) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups
(14:24) Producer Sam (powered by ChatGPT), Starlink's bottom-up TAM, SpaceX's genius infrastructure play
(29:56) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, sign up for free at https://coda.io/twist
(31:28) More ChatGPT producing
(37:38) Shopify is attempting to fill the ad targeting void left by Apple's App Tracking Transparency
(45:07) Subscribe to the Founder University Podcast at https://www.founder.university/podcast
(46:32) Second Shopify story: CEO Tobi Lutke has asked employees to purge meetings to increase productivity
(55:01) Apple shuts down the Dark Sky weather app
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, we're back. |
| 0:01.2 | It's 2023. |
| 0:02.7 | Happy New Year's. |
| 0:03.9 | I hope you had an amazing holiday. |
| 0:06.4 | I know. |
| 0:07.3 | I hope everyone is rested, ready to rock, |
| 0:10.2 | fired up, ready to go, any news monthly. |
| 0:13.8 | You know what? |
| 0:14.6 | Honestly, for 10 days, I couldn't have told you. |
| 0:16.8 | But I can tell you today, there's a dark. |
| 0:19.5 | Lenty, I did go dark and it worked. |
| 0:22.6 | It was amazing. |
| 0:24.4 | We have a great show, though. |
| 0:25.3 | We have major news out of SpaceX. |
| 0:27.4 | We are off and running with a big raise and an up-round to start the year. |
| 0:32.3 | It's not all gloom and doom. |
| 0:34.4 | Fantastic. |
| 0:35.4 | Awesome. |
| 0:36.4 | And then after SpaceX, we're going to talk about Shopify, two big news items at Shopify. |
| 0:40.4 | They're eliminating meetings. |
| 0:41.4 | So we're going to talk about efficiency inside of companies. |
| 0:44.2 | And they figured it a way to route around Apple, trying to obscure retargeting of customers |
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