Ye agrees to acquire Parler, Xi Jinping on the state of China, deglobalization & more | E1588
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
J+M break down Ye agreeing to acquire Parler and share some thoughts on the artist's current situation. (2:22) Then, they cover CCP President Xi Jinping's recent comments on the current state of China (22:39), and what the world might look like with less globalization. (28:58) They wrap with a social media Startup of the Day (52:29) and a space-themed We Live in the Future! (1:04:40)
(0:00) J+M intro today's topics!
(2:22) Ye has agreed to acquire Parler, a free speech-focused Twitter competitor
(15:35) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist
(16:49) More thoughts on Ye's current situation
(22:39) CCP President Xi Jinping's recent comments on the state of China and his goals moving forward
(27:27) Notion - Sign up for FREE at https://notion.com
(28:58) Unwinding globalization, issues with codependency
(38:31) Helpware - Go to https://helpware.com/TWIST to get $1000 off your first invoice
(39:55) Where CCP policies went wrong, what other countries can learn from them
(52:29) Startup of the Day: Gas is a new social media startup geared towards positive superlatives for high school friend groups
(1:04:40) We Live in the Future: Spinlaunch's rotating arm that launches satellites into low Eather orbit
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody. It's Monday. Welcome back. Nothing has slowed down and it will not |
| 0:04.5 | for the duration of your lifetimes. Yeah, the artist formerly known as Kanye West as a |
| 0:08.5 | greeting principal to buy parlor, one of the alternative Twitter clones. And so we're going to |
| 0:13.7 | talk a little bit about Kanye West's, Yez, mental breakdown. And I have some strong feelings about |
| 0:21.4 | the media, social media, predators, and Malin have a really deep discussion about what to do in |
| 0:26.9 | those cases and what's happening with Kanye, slasier at this moment in time. Yeah, delicate |
| 0:32.3 | discussion. It's a delicate discussion. And obviously one that we could not opt out of. |
| 0:37.3 | Similarly, we have to keep our eyes on China and we are. We're breaking down some huge public |
| 0:42.7 | comments from Xi Jinping, the president of China. Some fall out from the US's decision to tighten |
| 0:47.6 | restrictions on chip exports to China. And just like what's happening geopolitically as we unwind |
| 0:53.7 | globalism, it's kind of a big moment that we're in historically. Yeah, global globalization being |
| 0:58.8 | and the deep, the great decoupling. Yeah. And then we wrap with two very cool stories. We have |
| 1:03.6 | the start-up of the day from the creator of TBH, a new app that is basically like your yearbook |
| 1:10.0 | who's most likely to succeed, but done in a very positive, still anonymous way. It's very |
| 1:16.0 | beautiful product. And we talk about the dangers of anonymity plus teenagers plus online. |
| 1:22.8 | And then we have a, we live in the future started called spin launch that flings satellites into |
| 1:28.1 | low earth orbit using centrifugal force and really high Gs. And we talk about both of those |
| 1:34.6 | in the context of whether we would invest some tactical information for you. |
| 1:40.2 | Yes, it's going to be a great job. Stick with us. This week in startups is brought to you by |
| 1:45.2 | LinkedIn Jobs. A business is only as strong as its people and every higher matters. |
| 1:51.2 | Post your first job for free at linkedin.com slash twist. Notion is one place for notes, |
| 1:58.8 | docs, projects, and everyday work that goes way beyond a wiki. Get started for free at notion.com |
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