TWiST News: $100k Veteran Pitch Winner EMPEQ, US Unicorn Dominance, and T500 Updates | E2055
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Todays show:
Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to discuss breaking news on Paul Atkins and SEC leadership transitions into discussions on corporate security concerns. Then, Mike Sherbakov and Herbert Dwyer share insights on veteran leadership and EMPEQ's equipment management technology. The conversation highlights technology applications in military contexts and Empeq's dual-use tech. The episode also covers SaaS growth, touches on crypto's influence on elections, economic growth, and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Jason and Alex kick off the show
(1:54) Paul Atkins and SEC leadership
(6:36) Corporate security concerns
(12:18) Gusto - Get three months free when you run your first payroll at http://gusto.com/twist
(13:24) Mike Sherbakov and Herbert Dwyer join the show
(20:37) Herbert Dwyer on EMPEQ
(24:21) Fundrise - Sign up today at https://www.fundrise.com/TWIST
(25:44) Technology applications in military and equipment management
(30:15) SaaS growth, funding, and customer profiles
(34:42) EMPEQ's dual-use technology and contact information
(36:33) DevSquad - Get an entire product team for the cost of one US developer plus 10% off at http://devsquad.com/twist
(38:01) Launch CloudKitchens incubator and food delivery tech
(44:28) Twist 500 database and Hugging Face spotlight
(53:07) Live events for Twist 500 and EU startup culture
(1:02:28) Crypto's impact on elections and economic growth
(1:17:02) Safety nets and basic needs in capitalism
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| 0:00.0 | Socialism is garbage. Capitalism plus democracy is the best operating system humanity has ever come out with. |
| 0:06.4 | When you and I look at this, capitalism, democracy, as American, do we go, well, of course you want to live in the country. |
| 0:12.0 | That is at war with itself, is fighting. It's messy. It's sloppy. This election, the last election, the election before that, and every election before |
| 0:21.5 | that. It's a mess here. It feels crazy. But the economy keeps beating everything else out there. |
| 0:31.5 | Why? Because we believe in the fundamental tenant competition, and that running from competition is a mistake and running towards |
| 0:40.9 | competition is great. If you want to have big outcomes, you need to support crazy, vibrant competition. |
| 0:51.0 | This week in startups is brought to you by Gusto. |
| 0:55.2 | Gusto is easy online payroll, benefits, and HR built for modern small businesses. |
| 1:00.4 | Get three months free when you run your first payroll at gusto.com slash twist. |
| 1:05.8 | Fundrise. |
| 1:06.9 | Fundrise provides access to diversified portfolios of private real estate to all investors with their industry leading easy-to-use platform. |
| 1:15.2 | Sign up today at fundrise.com slash twist. |
| 1:19.1 | And DevSquod. |
| 1:20.9 | Most dev agencies only offer developers. |
| 1:23.8 | Why? |
| 1:24.3 | Because product management is hard. |
| 1:26.3 | Get an entire product team for the cost of one U developer plus 10% off at devSquod.com slash twist. |
| 1:33.4 | All right, everybody. Welcome back to this week in startups. I'm Jason Calacanis. He's Alex Wilhelm. We do this three days a week. But this week, I think we're doing four shows. |
| 1:42.9 | We are doing four shows. It's just going to be three. I promise you, Alex. I hired you for three shows a week, but this week, I think we're doing four shows. We are doing four shows. |
| 1:45.4 | It's just going to be three. |
| 1:46.3 | I promise you, Alex. |
| 1:51.0 | I hired you for three shows a week, 150 shows a year next week or next year, three shows a week. |
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