Jason Calacanis

This Week in Startups

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Jason Calacanis covers startups, tech, markets, media, and all the hottest topics in business and technology. He also interviews the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors, and innovators.

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Jason Calacanis

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Frame.io CEO Emery Wells on helping the film industry go remote, how distributed work is changing movie studios & more | E1163 19.01.2021 1:20:04

Check out Frame.io: https://frame.io FOLLOW Emery: https://twitter.com/emerywells FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

"Early-stage startups we love right now" with Indie Hackers' Courtland Allen & Pioneer's Daniel Gross | E1162 15.01.2021 1:09:24

Angel investor Jason Calacanis (Uber, Calm, Robinhood) interviews the world's greatest founders, operators, investors and innovators. Get an insider's look into venture capital, learn how to start and scale your own startup, and ride the cutting edge of technology in today's headlines and beyond.

DocSend CEO Russ Heddleston on pitch deck insights, leaning into criticism & more | E1161 13.01.2021 1:08:48

Check out DocSend: https://www.docsend.com Check out DocSend's Fundraising Network: https://www.docsend.com/fundraising-network FOLLOW Russ: https://twitter.com/rheddleston FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Coda CEO Shishir Mehrotra on the productivity renaissance, enabling the maker generation, insights from early years of YouTube & more | E1160 12.01.2021 1:20:06

Check out Coda: https://coda.io FOLLOW Shishir: https://twitter.com/shishirmehrotra FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Joel Greenblatt on understanding market factors, improving public education, reducing income inequality & more | E1159 08.01.2021 1:32:40

Buy Common Sense: The Investor's Guide to Equality, Opportunity, and Growth: https://rb.gy/metcfg FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Andy Rachleff on management theory, Reed Hastings' genius, lessons from passing on Netflix & more | E1158 05.01.2021 1:52:41

Check out Wealthfront: https://www.wealthfront.com FOLLOW Andy: https://twitter.com/arachleff FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1157: TWiSTYs 2020 – Jason gives awards for the best, funniest, wettest beak & more! 25.12.2020 32:21

Watch the Winners: WTF Moment of the Year: https://youtu.be/SH-zhlqvJWM Episode of the Year: https://youtu.be/I22xMg-1w1c Funniest Moment of the Year: https://youtu.be/_1mWg-7iFOE Wet Beak of the Year: https://youtu.be/0En-UylFCaM Guest of the Year: https://youtu.be/NsISIpo1Fx4

E1156: Emergency Pod! Ripple sued by SEC over XRP cryptocurrency, breaking down the SEC Complaint 23.12.2020 32:15

Jason's Twitter thread on the SEC suing Ripple: https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1341503149245272064 SEC Complaint: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2020/comp-pr2020-338.pdf FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1155: Daryl Morey on his eventful 2020, adapting to paradigm shifts, taking the Sixers job, building a winning organization & more 22.12.2020 1:18:08

E1154: Breaking the low-code stigma amongst developers & adjusting your market with Retool's David Hsu | Rising Stars of SaaS 10 16.12.2020 1:02:18

Check out Retool: https://retool.com FOLLOW David: https://twitter.com/dvdhsu FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1153: Dave Portnoy on the business of Barstool, talent acquisition, Call Her Daddy controversy & more 15.12.2020 1:06:14

Check out Barstool: https://barstoolsports.com FOLLOW Dave: https://twitter.com/stoolpresidente FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1152: Keith Rabois on leaving Silicon Valley for Miami, Roaring Twenties 2.0, IPO spree & more 15.12.2020 1:37:10

FOLLOW Keith: https://twitter.com/rabois FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of December 7th, 2020 12.12.2020 20:30

E1149 featuring Brad Feld: https://rb.gy/serfel E1150 featuring Pitch's Christian Reber: https://rb.gy/fz5gq8 E1151 featuring Alex Wilhelm & Beth Kindig on tech stocks: https://rb.gy/rtbayg FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1151: Tech stock deep dive with Alex Wilhelm & Beth Kindig: Airbnb & DoorDash IPOs, Zoom's pricing power, post-pandemic outlook, top picks & more 11.12.2020 1:24:19

FOLLOW Alex: https://twitter.com/alex FOLLOW Beth: https://twitter.com/Beth_Kindig | https://beth.technology FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Employment Agreement deep dive: IP assignment, offer letters, side hustles & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics 10.12.2020 30:29

Check out the Legal Basics playlist: https://rb.gy/f0bbv2 Check out Wilson Sonsini: https://wsgr.com FOLLOW Wilson Sonsini: https://twitter.com/wilsonsonsini FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1150: Creating a better presentation software, competing with PowerPoint, Keynote & Google Slides & achieving great design with Pitch CEO Christian Reber | Rising Stars of SaaS 9 09.12.2020 1:15:43

Check out Pitch: https://pitch.com FOLLOW Christian: https://twitter.com/christianreber FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1149: Brad Feld on building startup communities, reconciling anxiety as an early-stage investor & remembering Tony Hsieh 08.12.2020 1:29:06

Check out The Startup Community Way: https://rb.gy/onxkwm FOLLOW Brad: https://twitter.com/bfeld FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 30th, 2020 05.12.2020 16:08

E1145 featuring Jason on the Slack acquisition: https://rb.gy/syqdgq E1146 featuring LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 19's top 3 vote-getting companies: https://rb.gy/wjfft8 E1147 featuring Saastr's Jason Lemkin: https://rb.gy/yltewx E1148 featuring Apps Without Code's Tara Reed: https://rb.gy/21a6vd

E1148: Apps Without Code Founder & CEO Tara Reed teaches aspiring entrepreneurs how to bootstrap startups to profitability 04.12.2020 1:02:38

Check out Apps Without Code: https://www.appswithoutcode.com FOLLOW Tara: https://twitter.com/TaraReed_ FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

All-In E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind's AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more 04.12.2020 40:12

Follow the crew: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast

Understanding Financing Structures: SAFEs, Convertibles Notes, Priced Rounds & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics 03.12.2020 26:11

Check out the Legal Basics playlist: https://rb.gy/f0bbv2 Check out Wilson Sonsini: https://wsgr.com FOLLOW Wilson Sonsini: https://twitter.com/wilsonsonsini FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1147: "Godfather of SaaS" Jason Lemkin on 2020's cloud software boom, public CEO mindsets, how Zoom conquered the competition & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 8 02.12.2020 1:10:03

Check out SaaStr: https://www.saastr.com FOLLOW Jason Lemkin: https://twitter.com/jasonlk FOLLOW Jason Calacanis: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1146: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 19 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Blush (custom illustration tool), Palabra (no-code email automation) & Rolebot (AI hiring platform) 02.12.2020 1:01:42

Check out Blush: https://blush.design Check out Palabra: https://palabra.io Check out Rolebot: https://www.rolebot.io Apply for the LAUNCH Accelerator: https://launch.co/apply FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1145: Emergency Pod! Salesforce is reportedly acquiring Slack: winners, losers, ramifications & more! 01.12.2020 19:04

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Salesforce Is in Advanced Talks to Buy Slack Technologies | WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/salesforce-has-held-talks-to-buy-slack-technologies-11606326392?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1 Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close | CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/salesforce-deal-to-buy-...

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 23rd, 2020 26.11.2020 9:25

E1143 featuring Indie Hackers Founder Courtland Allen: https://rb.gy/jbxxwc E1144 featuring Meratas CEO Darius Goldman: https://rb.gy/yghgbe Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis