Student loan debate, Zuck copies BeReal, Twitter whistleblower + Blueprint Part 7 | E1543
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
First up, J+M break down the news, incl: Student loan forgiveness (2:30), Zuck copying BeReal (20:21), the Twitter whistleblower's allegations (36:32), and a climate company's Series A! (1:04:49) Then, Jason wraps the show with another edition of The Blueprint! (1:16:43)
(0:00) J+M tee up today's segments!
(2:30) Student loan forgiveness
(16:37) Brave - Download today at https://brave.com/twist to browse faster, search privately and so much more
(17:57) "Bailout culture"
(20:21) Instagram copies popular social app BeReal
(26:38) Harmonic - Get $4000 off at https://harmonic.ai/twist
(27:59) Jason explains his "never trust Zuck" take origins, how Apple's approach differs from Meta
(35:37) Visa - Learn more about Visa’s online Small Business Hub at Visa.com/smallbusinesshub
(36:32) Twitter whistleblower implications, comparing it to last year's "Facebook Files"
(1:04:49) Series A: Clarity
(1:16:43) Blueprint Part 7: Should you take on student debt to go to college? Is it worth it?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, hey, everybody gets Wednesday. |
| 0:02.6 | We made it to the halfway point. |
| 0:04.7 | Got a big show for you today. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm gonna talk about a lot of topics. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm gonna go close to the third rail, but not grab it. |
| 0:09.3 | We're playing with fire in all kinds of ways today. |
| 0:13.2 | For example, we're gonna start off the top |
| 0:15.0 | by talking about college debt forgiveness |
| 0:17.0 | because we want to. |
| 0:18.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.5 | And we have some feelings. |
| 0:20.8 | And we actually came up with two or three really good ideas. |
| 0:22.8 | Or I should say Molly came up with two or three good ideas. |
| 0:25.1 | And then we're gonna cover the most loathsome person |
| 0:27.6 | and tech, Mark Zuckerberg stealing from B real. |
| 0:31.2 | Is anybody surprised? |
| 0:32.4 | Is anybody disappointed? |
| 0:33.6 | No, you know what you're getting into at Zuckerberg. |
| 0:35.6 | He's just a thief. |
| 0:37.0 | Speaking of the opposite of having good ideas, |
| 0:39.2 | we are also gonna cover the twittle. |
| 0:42.6 | We are also gonna cover the Twitter whistleblower |
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