‘The Ultimatum’ and social fintech have more in common than you’d think

Equity

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🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This week was TechCrunch Early Stage, so Natasha and Alex got together - in person - to record the episode for the very first time. Shout out to Grace for somehow helping us figure out a tech set up in the middle of a sold out event. We started with a recap of TechCrunch Early Stage so far, but check out TechCrunch+ for posts about every single panel next week. Pro listener tip: use code "EQUITY" for a solid discount, for your TechCrunch+ subscription. Then we of course pivoted to Elon, who is still making news about his newest fixation Twitter. This time, we led with the fact that he's trying to buy the whole darn thing. Deel made news with an ARR number that actually had some weight behind it, which got us thinking more about remote work bets. We had to talk about Braid, a new social fintech startup that wants to make shared wallets easier. We got into crypto culture without the coins, and then it took a turn when we started getting into Love is Blind and The Ultimatum. Finally, we ended the show with SoftBank's latest pivot: a spin out of its early-stage LatAm fund into a new firm called Upload Ventures. And with that, we are back Monday morning. Chat soon! 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

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast all about the business of
0:14.8	startups where we unpack the numbers and the new ones behind the headlines.
0:18.0	My name is Alex Wilhelm and I'm joined by my dear friend.
0:20.8	Nosh Muscarinas. Natasha,, and tell people where are we?
0:24.0	We are at T.C. early stage.
0:25.6	This is wild because it's, I think, the first in-person event T.C. has had since the pandemic.
0:30.1	And the first time we've ever recorded equity together.
0:33.0	Yes.
0:34.0	So real. I mean, if anyone could see our tech set up,
0:35.5	our imposter syndrome would be crazy right now.
0:38.0	But it's fun. But you learn stuff about your colleagues
0:39.9	when you see them in person that you can't quite get over Zoom.
0:42.0	For example, I learned today that Natasha has taken her Macbook
0:45.4	Pro's keyboard and turned it into a desolate wasteland.
0:48.0	And which is evidence that I need to buy her an external keyboard
0:50.9	for her birthday.
0:51.6	It's super depressing how my keys have faded since
0:53.8	the pandemic but it's definitely like poetic. Like mine looks like I don't work because I use
0:57.5	an external and I've gone through several but like you've just cut through the actual
1:00.8	plastic. Yeah I don't know what's happening but this is your
1:02.7	return to San Francisco. Yes! How does it feel like was Twitter right about how
1:06.5	upsetting and sad San Francisco is? No, not at all. I mean I haven't walked through the
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