The Wing shuts down, avoiding pitfalls of success + Tesseract Energy's Alan Chang | E1587

This Week in Startups

Oct 16, 2022•48 min

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Episode description

First up, J+M discuss The Wing shutting down, where it went wrong, and avoiding ego-based pitfalls. (1:35) Then, Alan Chang joins Molly to break down his idea behind Tesseract Energy! (22:37)

(0:00) J+M tee-up topics for Sunday

(1:35) The Wing shuts down: what went wrong

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(14:18) Understanding and avoiding ego- and success-based founder pitfalls

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(22:37) Alan Chang joins Molly and explains his idea behind Tesseract Energy, his time at Revolut, and more!

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(36:36) Understanding how a token plays into Tesseract's energy platform

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