Twitter’s new CEO, Mr. Beast’s record-breaking Squid Game + Haus’ Helena Price Hambrecht | E1335

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

First, Jason sums up Jack Dorsey's departure from Twitter's CEO role (1:41). Then he breaks down the stats from Mr. Beast's latest YouTube video (11:05). After the news, Haus CEO and Co-Founder Helena Price Hambrecht joins (16:53) to discuss her DTC alcohol brand, changing habits of American drinkers and more.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, we have an amazing show for you today.
0:02.1	Helena Hembrick is on the show.
0:04.4	She has a new company called Howes.
0:06.3	They are making an online direct consumer,
0:09.8	a peritif, a flavored beverage.
0:12.4	And so we're going to talk a little bit about direct
0:14.7	to consumer alcohol and some of the hacks you use
0:18.4	to reach an audience directly.
0:20.8	But first, we're going to talk about the huge breaking news
0:22.8	that Jack Dorsi announced he's stepping down from Twitter
0:25.5	as CEO and we'll be leaving the board in a year or so.
0:28.7	And finally, we'll talk about a stat that came out
0:32.0	that Mr. B squid game parody has now
0:35.4	matched the actual squid game in terms of total views.
0:39.3	And I'll talk about what that means
0:40.9	and my one amazing idea for Netflix
0:44.3	that could change everything for Netflix.
0:46.7	Stick with us, it's going to be an amazing episode.
0:49.4	This week in startups is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs.
0:53.9	A business is only as strong as its people
0:56.9	and every higher matters.
0:58.8	Post your first job for free at linkedin.com slash twist.
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