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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E1129: Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff on launching the Always Home Cam – an autonomous indoor drone, taking his company from bad reviews to a billion-dollar acquisition by Amazon & more 23.10.2020 1:16:35

Check out Ring: https://ring.com FOLLOW Jamie: https://twitter.com/jamiesiminoff FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1128: Emergency Pod! A Quibi postmortem – Diving into the numbers, what went wrong, lessons learned & more! 23.10.2020 31:40

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Wall Street Journal Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/quibi-weighs-shutting-down-as-problems-mount-11603301946 Quibi's website: https://quibi.com Tweets by David Sacks, Zach Coelius & John Henry: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1319011743708766212 https://twitter.com/zachcoelius/status/1319175661743865858 https://twitt...

E1127: Data privacy deep dive with Transcend CEO Ben Brook; tracking pixels, GDPR, privacy as a selling point & more | Rising Stars of SaaS 2 22.10.2020 1:09:10

Check out Transcend: https://transcend.io FOLLOW Ben: https://twitter.com/bencmbrook FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1126: Capital Allocators Host Ted Seides goes deep on endowments, LP turnover, public/private market insights, ESG investing & more 20.10.2020 1:29:15

Check out Capital Allocators: https://capitalallocatorspodcast.com FOLLOW Ted: https://twitter.com/tseides FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 12th, 2020 17.10.2020 39:32

E1122 featuring Running Tide's Marty Odlin: https://rb.gy/fgg88x E1123 Jason reacts to the iPhone 12: https://rb.gy/t8ztxz E1124 featuring RapidDeploy CEO Steven Raucher: https://rb.gy/7ynjqn E1125 featuring LAUNCH Accelerator 18's top 3 vote getting founders: https://rb.gy/ccglvt Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1125: LAUNCH Accelerator Cohort 18 founders reflect on their journeys thru the program: Fluent Forever (language learning app), SupportPay (child support management solution) & v.one (no-code app building platform) 16.10.2020 1:00:38

Check out Fluent Forever: https://fluent-forever.com Check out SupportPay: https://supportpay.com Check out v.one: https://www.yourvone.com FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

All-In E10: Twitter & Facebook botch censorship (again), the publisher vs. distributor debate & more 16.10.2020 37:53

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

E1124: Reducing response times for first responders & revolutionizing outdated systems with RapidDeploy CEO Steven Raucher | Rising Stars of SaaS 1 14.10.2020 1:23:37

Check out RapidDeploy: https://www.rapiddeploy.com FOLLOW Steven: https://twitter.com/stevenraucher FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1123: Emergency Pod! Jason reacts to the iPhone 12 fail & Apple jumping the shark; theories on the lack of innovation: is something big in the works or has Apple lost its magic? 14.10.2020 21:46

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Apple Event 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR0g-1hnQPA

E1122: Running Tide CEO Marty Odlin is helping solve the Climate crisis by using kelp to sequester carbon in the ocean, shares insights on generational shifts in climate response & more 13.10.2020 1:09:09

Check out Running Tide: https://www.runningtide.com FOLLOW Marty: https://twitter.com/martyodlin FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of October 5th, 2020 10.10.2020 27:25

E1120 featuring Shift's George Arison: https://rb.gy/bofuxg E1121 featuring Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster: https://rb.gy/itau5m Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1121: Mark Suster on investing in human-computer interfaces & sustainability, what he looks for in founders, SPACs impact on early-stage investing & more 09.10.2020 1:33:12

Check out Mark's Blog: https://bothsidesofthetable.com FOLLOW Mark: https://twitter.com/msuster FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1120: Shift Co-CEO George Arison on going public via SPAC, lessons from building Uber's predecessor & innovating in the massive used car market 07.10.2020 56:15

Check out Shift: https://shift.com FOLLOW George: https://twitter.com/georgearison FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 28th, 2020 03.10.2020 19:17

E1116 featuring Cabana's Scott Kubly: https://rb.gy/iyrmuv E1117 featuring Citizen's Andrew Frame: https://rb.gy/azvdoz E1118 Emergency Pod - Humane's product: https://rb.gy/ru23xp E1119 featuring Wonderschool's Chris Bennett: https://rb.gy/kwqlyh Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

All-In E9: Trump has COVID, First debate reactions, Coinbase letter response & more 03.10.2020 37:23

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.

E1119: Wonderschool CEO Chris Bennett is creating a marketplace for early childhood education & microschools, giving teachers greater access to entrepreneurship & iterating in education 02.10.2020 54:49

Check out Wonderschool: https://wonderschool.com FOLLOW Chris: https://twitter.com/8ennett FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1118: Emergency Pod! Two former Apple executives are building the iPhone killer – breaking down the leaks, patents & scoops regarding Humane's product 01.10.2020 34:19

Check out Humane: https://hu.ma.ne FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Fast Company Article: https://www.fastcompany.com/90555755/humane-imran-chaudhri-bethany-bongiorno-funding Imran Chaudhri's website: http://imranchaudhri.com 9to5Mac Article: https://9to5mac.com/2020/03/12/humane-apple-poaching

E1117 The Next Unicorns E20: Citizen CEO Andrew Frame on creating a safer world through access to public data, reforming policing via transparency & more 30.09.2020 55:47

Check out Citizen: https://citizen.com FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1116: Cabana CEO Scott Kubly is building a fleet of hotels-on-wheels, shares insights on scaling an asset-heavy business, providing unique & flexible experiences to customers & more 29.09.2020 54:49

Check out Cabana: https://cabana.life FOLLOW Scott: https://twitter.com/skubly FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of September 21st, 2020 26.09.2020 23:00

E1112 Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations: https://rb.gy/tduluj E1113 featuring Loom's Joe Thomas: https://rb.gy/mh7x57 E1114 #AskJason: https://rb.gy/rkr4xq E1115 Emergency Pod! Media corporations collapsing: https://rb.gy/kxfa42 Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1115: Emergency Pod! Collapsing state of media corporations, thoughts on Casey Newton, Andrew Sullivan & Bari Weiss departures, top talent leaving for Substack & more 26.09.2020 24:29

Check out the full Chris Best interview: https://rb.gy/tqafmo FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Platformer by Casey Newton: https://www.platformer.news The Weekly Dish by Andrew Sullivan: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/business/media/substack-newsletters-journalists.html OneZero Casey Newton Intervi...

E1114: #AskJason! Silicon Valley exodus, product vs. branding, expanding into adjacent markets, avoiding burnout & more 25.09.2020 47:19

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E1113 The Next Unicorns E19: Loom CEO Joe Thomas is building video for work, shares insights on creating new behaviors, support as a competitive advantage & more 23.09.2020 1:13:25

Check out Loom: https://www.loom.com FOLLOW Joe: https://twitter.com/yoyo_thomas FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

E1112: Emergency Pod! Nikola fraud allegations, Trevor Milton resigns, Jason reflects on Trevor's answers 22.09.2020 51:11

Check out the full Trevor Milton interview: https://youtu.be/SH-zhlqvJWM Jason on CNBC 9/11/20: https://youtu.be/_FV7g2UJDsw FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Referenced in this episode: Hindenburg Research - Nikola Report: https://hindenburgresearch.com/nikola FreightWaves Article: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-news-trevor-milton-out-of-nikola Bloomberg Article: https://www.b...

All-In E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021 & beyond, California wildfires & more 19.09.2020 44:40