Results Junkies

Watch us on YouTube! Paul has been quietly fundraising for Strata and is finally ready to talk about the entire process. If you have additional questions for Paul, e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com and he'll answer them live on a future show. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for...

Watch us on YouTube! Amazon is requiring all employees to return to the office 5 days a week starting in January. Is this for culture or to force some employees to move on to their next opportunity?  AI laws rolling out in California cause us to ask a lot of questions right now.  We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If y...

Watch us on YouTube! Klarna's CEO is back in the news again with the announcement that they plan to rip out Salesforce and Workday .  And, a long article details a number of ways that companies may inadvertently run afoul of risky issues involving AI.  Lastly, check out my travel podcast Miles to Go for free access to a new tool that helps you figure out whether you should use cash or miles the ne...

Watch us on YouTube! Klarna is back to cutting headcount with AI, now up to 50% of their 2022 headcount .  And, Sea-Tac is struggling with a massive data breach. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com.  You can find Paul and Ed  ...

Watch us on YouTube! Paul and Ed are breaking down the math of a recent acquisition to illustrate headline numbers are not always exciting.  Here's the full scoop on the Truepill acquisition . Plus, where are all the good tech employees ? We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the sh...

Watch us on YouTube! Paul and Ed are breaking down the math of a recent acquisition to illustrate headline numbers are not always exciting.  Here's the full scoop on the Truepill acquisition . Plus, where are all the good tech employees ? We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the sh...

Duolingo is the epitome of success when it comes to the Freemium model.  Paul and Ed are breaking down some of the success that helped them achieve a multi-billion dollar public value. And, alternative app stores are now a reality .  Epic Games wades into this brave new world on both Apple and Android platforms. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really help...

Paul reached out to Ed to ask about travel strategy for work and for family.  They decided to turn it into a show.  Ed brings his expertise from his travel world to help Paul make some decisions. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkie...

Google has announced that they're changing direction on cookies .  Instead of eliminating third-party tracking cookies, they're going to make it easier for customers to disable them. Meanwhile, the market has already shifted away from a direct attribution model .  That presents a number of challenges for both founders and their investors. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less th...

Watch us on YouTube! Part 2 of our Figma discussion.   Figma rolled out a new product and quickly took it off the market.  The AI landscape is changing quickly, and products like this are detailing how complicated the upcoming months will be as the technology develops. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a...

Figma rolled out a new product and quickly took it off the market, seemingly due to some disturbing issues involving infringement on other company's products. Paul and Ed are digging into this in a 2-part episode. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at...

Watch us on YouTube! As social media has expanded into the workplace, " employee influencers " have become more of a reality  We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com.  You can find Paul and Ed  online @ paulsingh and @ pizzainmoti...

Watch us on YouTube! An interesting trend from recent YC companies has us wondering if founders are changing how they fundraise. Are smaller raises (for higher valuations) the new norm?  What are the positives and negatives of this strategy for founders. How should investors think about this development? We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out...

Paul and Ed are discussing the value of miles and points.   Also, did AI just have an Apple Moment ?

Watch us on YouTube! Paul is quizzing Ed on why there's no Mint.com equivalent in the travel space.  Paul and Ed are looking at an interesting development, VCs involved in AI deals selling shares on the secondary market in SPVs.  And, OpenAI seems to be coming clean a bit more on their exit agreements with employees.   We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and real...

Scarlett Johansson   appears to be pretty surprised that the new voice for ChatGPT sounds remarkably like her. If you work at OpenAI, you better not say bad things about the company . OpenTable  has walked back their previous bad decision on customer privacy. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment o...

Watch us on YouTube! A cautionary tale about accelerators gone awry.  And, Reddit notches another AI deal .  Is this a good thing for Redditors?   We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com.  You can find Paul and Ed  online @ paulsi...

Reddit is getting serious about AI and the data Redditors create on the site. And, there's plenty of outrage over this new Apple ad .  Paul and Ed are sharing their view. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com.  You can find Paul...

A bit of a surprise, noncompetes have been banned for most people nationwide.  Paul and Ed are digging into this development. They're also debating whether a recent change to the tax code that will drastically impact some startups and how they need to account for their development costs.  This one is bound to trip up some founders who don't budget for this shift. We'd love it if you'd leave us a r...

Watch us on YouTube! Paul and Ed are talking about AI agents and how founders might be able to find early (and worthwhile) exits by selling to the kingmakers of AI earlier in their growth curve.  Then, to wrap up, Paul and Ed really mix it up on the story of Hopin , and whether the founder did right by their employees. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and real...

This tweet about journalism helps support the notion that AI won't necessarily eliminate jobs.  It'll enhance many jobs and may eliminate those that were already destined for failure. As a founder, one of your jobs is to build trust in your product.   Open Table's latest actions teach us a lot about the wrong way to do this. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute an...

Paul is back from Lubbock, Texas where he caught up with their startup community.  He's recapping the visit, including his table pounding moment and some opportunities he sees to invest. Paul and Ed also discuss a concept that came up on the new BG Squared podcast that we also discussed on Results Junkies a couple of months ago.   Companies like Microsoft and Google are monopolizing the compute as...

Carta released some head count data that's very revealing about last few years of hiring and layoffs in the startup world. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com.  You can find Paul and Ed  online @ paulsingh and @ pizzainmotion...

A breakdown of the lawsuit between NY Times and Open AI is very revealing.  Open AI comments about their new Sora platform are damaging.  But Sora..... Sora is something to behold . The next wave of AI is pretty incredible. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-m...

After some legal setbacks in Europe, Apple is making some new decisions in regards to their app store in Europe. We'd love it if you'd leave us a rating .  It takes less than a minute and really helps us out.  Just click here ! If you've got a comment or question for the show, you can e-mail us at show@resultsjunkies.com.  You can find Paul and Ed  online @ paulsingh and @ pizzainmotion .