This Week in Startups

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

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

Dec 10, 2020•30 min

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

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

Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 16 min

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

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

Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 29 min

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

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

Dec 05, 2020•16 min

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

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

Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 3 min

All-In E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more

Dec 04, 2020•40 min

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

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

Dec 03, 2020•26 min

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

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

Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 10 min

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)

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

Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min

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

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-slack-expected-to-be-announced-tomorrow.html...

Dec 01, 2020•19 min

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

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

Nov 26, 2020•9 min

E1144: How Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are solving education financing & aligning incentives in a broken system with Meratas CEO Darius Goldman | Rising Stars of SaaS 7

Check out Meratas: https://www.meratas.com FOLLOW Meratas: https://twitter.com/meratas FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min

All-In E13: SPACsgiving Special! Plus: More promising vaccine news, innovation vs. regulation, reforming higher ed, morality of challenge trials

Nov 25, 2020•44 min

Negotiating a Term Sheet: Deal killers, what terms are worth fighting for & more with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics

Check out Wilson Sonsini: https://wsgr.com FOLLOW Wilson Sonsini: https://twitter.com/wilsonsonsini FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 24, 2020•23 min

E1143: Indie Hackers Founder Courtland Allen is creating a community for the next generation of builders to chase the “new American Dream”

Check out Indie Hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com FOLLOW Courtland: https://twitter.com/csallen FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 25 min

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

E1139 featuring Loop's Brian Gannon: https://rb.gy/6cgsyn E1140 featuring Dishcraft Robotics' Linda Pouliot: https://rb.gy/17iftk E1141 featuring CircleUp's Ryan Caldbeck: https://rb.gy/9mntnq E1142 Emergency Pod!: https://rb.gy/mmmn7d

Nov 21, 2020•19 min

E1142: Emergency Pod! Jason breaks down & ranks his top 4 IPO candidates: Airbnb, Affirm, Robinhood & Roblox!

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 21, 2020•28 min

E1141: CircleUp’s Ryan Caldbeck on the mental & physical toll of being a founder, why he stepped down as CEO & shared his struggle publicly

Read Ryan's Medium post: https://rb.gy/zep70h Check out CircleUp: https://circleup.com FOLLOW Ryan: https://twitter.com/ryan_caldbeck FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 20, 2020•1 hr

Avoiding Co-Founder legal disputes & C-Corp vs. LLC with Becki DeGraw | Wilson Sonsini Startup Legal Basics

Check out Wilson Sonsini: https://wsgr.com FOLLOW Wilson Sonsini: https://twitter.com/wilsonsonsini FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 20, 2020•23 min

E1140: Dishcraft Robotics CEO Linda Pouliot on scaling Robots-as-a-Service | Rising Stars of SaaS 6

Check out Dishcraft Robotics: https://dishcraft.com FOLLOW Linda: https://twitter.com/TheRoboLinda FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 19, 2020•50 min

E1139: Loop CEO Brian Gannon shares secrets to scaling a hardware startup & launching the Loop 2 + bonus Ask Jason!

Check out the Loop 2: https://rb.gy/hb5qbk FOLLOW Brian: https://twitter.com/brgannon FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 18, 2020•50 min

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 9th, 2020

E1136 featuring SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: https://rb.gy/pndfna E1137 featuring Repl.it's Amjad Masad: https://rb.gy/ypwjd2 E1138 Ask Jason!: https://rb.gy/hzsutw Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 14, 2020•19 min

E1138: Ask Jason! Benefits to growing a company internationally, Apple’s new chip impact, investing in solo founders & more!

To be featured on a future Ask Jason episode, email your video question to askjason@launch.co FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 13, 2020•53 min

E1137: Making coding accessible for all with Repl.it CEO Amjad Masad | Rising Stars of SaaS 5

Check out Repl.it: https://repl.it FOLLOW Amjad: https://twitter.com/amasad FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 11, 2020•58 min

All-ln E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump’s next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more

Nov 11, 2020•43 min

E1136: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on evolving accreditation laws, SPACs, importance of capital markets in wealth creation, spotting fraud & more

FOLLOW Hester: https://twitter.com/HesterPeirce FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 9 min

Best of This Week in Startups: Week of November 2nd, 2020

E1133 featuring podcasting pioneer Dave Winer: https://rb.gy/pwpmiy E1134 featuring ChowNow's Chris Webb: https://rb.gy/ioevs2 E1135 featuring Density's Andrew Farah: https://rb.gy/julse0 Follow Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 07, 2020•19 min

E1135: Density CEO Andrew Farah on launching the Open Area sensor, $51M Series C, impact of increasing spatial efficiency, risk-taking & more

Check out Density: https://density.io FOLLOW Andrew: https://twitter.com/andrewfarah FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 32 min

E1134: Deep dive on the food delivery wars with ChowNow CEO Chris Webb | Rising Stars of SaaS 4

Check out ChowNow: https://chownow.com FOLLOW Chris: https://twitter.com/chrischownow FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 14 min

All-In E11: Election Night Special featuring surprise guests!

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 Follow the bestie guesties: https://twitter.com/bgurley https://twitter.com/phil_hellmuth https://twitter.com/altcap https://twitter.com/jcpolls

Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 19 min

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