What Elizabeth Holmes’s prosecution missed, Nike buys NFT studio, Tether, the power of equity, ISS tourism | E1345

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

All news show! First Jason gives an Elizabeth Holmes trial update and reveals the key point the prosecution missed (2:12). Then he covers, Nike acquires an NFT company (14:17), $USDT becoming an official currency of a shadow government in Myanmar (31:55), how “The Hangover” director Todd Phillips made $150M on the trilogy (36:58) and the Japanese billionaire who delivered UberEats to the international space station (44:55).

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody. It is a full news show for you today. I know you guys love when I do all of the news
0:05.4	I'm gonna talk about the Elizabeth's home trial and I have an insight
0:09.5	That the prosecutors have totally screwed up her case. I think she has a 20% chance of getting off
0:16.9	Even though I believe she's super guilty and the prosecutors
0:21.3	missed
0:22.7	Calling this one set of witnesses that would have made this a slam dunk open and shut case
0:30.2	and
0:31.2	Silicon Valley Colombo himself Jason Calacanis has cracked the Elizabeth Holmes case
0:36.9	And I'll explain in detail then we also have a tether update and Nike has acquired an NFT company and I explain why that's so brilliant and why NFTs
0:46.0	plus fashion equals
0:48.1	brilliant
0:49.1	Plus and Uber eats delivery occurred in space go team Uber and
0:54.5	finally
0:55.5	some insights over
0:57.4	The hangover series and how equity participation
1:01.4	made that team
1:03.4	Secure the bad in a major way and how that relates to your life stick with us. It's gonna be a great episode
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