Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 52 days 15 hours 42 minutes
0:50 Jason intros Tim Junio
1:44 Tim explains what Expanse does and how "attack surface inventory" is the first step in their cybersecurity platform
5:20 Tim explains the Dyn cyber attack
13:20 How many Fortune 500 companies have been blackmailed via cyber attack?
19:32 "White-hat" hackers impact on the cybersecurity industry
23:12 Human-made passwords are the weakest link
29:09 History of Russian interference
33:16 Why Gmail is good for...
0:41 Jason intros the #StartupTuneup with Urban-X companies
2:33 David Rodriguez pitches Food for All: food marketplace to reduce waste & help restaurants sell unused food
12:43 Jim Selevan pitches Pi-Lit: innovating transportation thru a wireless lamp system
26:33 Caroline Hansen pitches Hubbster: providing easy access to outdoor games & gear
41:24 Patrick O'Connor pitches 3AM Innovations: safety software for firefighters
50:52 Michael Lee pitches Evolve Energy:...
1:45 Zander’s take on the recent volatility in the public markets
3:38 What are the lessons learned from the WeWork disaster in terms of corporate governance?
6:09 Importance of diversity on BoD
10:18 Where does WeWork go from here, and how will the situation resolve?
12:35 Why Venture investing is so skewed towards growth, and why the best investors focus on gross profitability
14:41 What is SurveyMonkey’s current business, and why did they go into Enterprise...
0:52 Jason intros Culture Amp's Didier Elzinga
2:44 How Didier's prior career in Visual Effects led him to start Culture Amp
8:24 Issues with yearly performance evaluations
14:15 Did Silicon Valley take culture too far?
17:35 What defines good culture?
24:24 Generational differences in workplace culture
28:30 How should companies view the gig economy in terms of culture and compensation?
37:12 How should compensation work in this era?
43:20 Didier...
0:51 Jason intros Aileen Lee
1:36 Aileen on her time at MIT, early bias against women in math
5:56 What brought Aileen to San Francisco & working at GAP in the early days of the Internet
9:40 Aileen on working for Mary Meeker & what makes her special
10:25 “All companies that leverage technology are not the same...
0:51 Jason intros Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche
2:07 Renaud goes over the idea of his previous startup, LendingClub, and taking it public
9:57 What happened at LendingClub after the IPO?
11:18 What is Upgrade? How did it grow out of LendingClub?
12:40 Are credit scores an outdated metric?
14:11 What is the Upgrade Card?
15:30 Are modern credit card companies sinister in their approach?
24:54 Renaud's thoughts on Crypto
27:40 Where does Upgrade's...
1:00 Want to work at LAUNCH? gettheseat.com
2:28 Jason intros StockX's Josh Luber
3:14 When did the sneaker crazy start?
6:37 What is StockX?
9:19 What should Jason wear courtside? And why not Kawhi's?
14:13 Most $ Josh has spent on pair of sneakers? What were they?
18:15 What is StockX's take on a standard transaction?
18:44 Meeting Co-founder & Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert
19:58 Attracting Mark Wahlberg, Eminem, etc...
1:00 Jason intros #AskJason and today's questions
1:47 How to differentiate a great founder from an okay one? - Darius
7:40 Dealing with the lack of updates as a syndicate Angel Investor? - Said
15:54 Bomani calls in and asks Jason about raising through crowdfunding
22:20 What will the new ideal makeup of a founder be after recent events (WeWork, JUUL, etc...
0:47 Jason intros Catharine Dockery
4:29 How Catharine came up with Vice Ventures
7:00 What was the response when Catharine began raising her first fund?
7:19 What does harm-reduction mean for Vice Ventures?
9:21 Getting Marc Andreessen to invest in her fund
13:32 Strangest emails Catharine has received since starting Vice Ventures
16:01 Investing in cannabis
20:15 Investing in psychedelics
26:33 Investing in gambling
31:16 Who are...
0:51 Jason intros Shan-Lyn Ma
3:17 Starting Zola and competing in a crowded space
5:14 Jason and Shan go through LAUNCH President Sam's Wedding Registry live on air
6:30 How Zola's registry and business model work
9:10 How does Zola look at Amazon's wedding lists
14:29 What has changed in wedding demographics, and how does Zola keep up?
21:26 Jason and Shan share thoughts on romantic proposal locations
25:37 How working for Kevin Ryan at Gilt impacted...