The personal blog of angel investor and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis.
Governments, corporations and hedge funds alike all use Orbital Insight’s tech to make sense of what’s happening on the ground (supply chain, predicting sales, travel & more). Chat with CEO Kevin O’Brien here >>> https://bit.ly/twiste1286
Beth Kindig & Knox Ridley from the I/O Fund are some of the best growth stock investors these past few years (they even publish their audited returns). Certainly will learn a thing or two in this episode.
Listen to the episode https://bit.ly/twiste1281
Chatted with Adrian about investing, his nonprofit lonelywhale.org, and acting. Plus, did a FounderU segment on product-market fit (want more of that sing up at https://founder.university)
Is this Beanie Babies 2.0, or is there actually some thing more behind these collectable NFTs? Listen and decide for yourself.
Chatted with Blokable CEO Aaron Holm. Blokable is a vertically integrated housing developer. They build modular units in a factory and then assemble them quickly onsite. In so many American cities there is a housing crisis, Aaron explains some of the reasons why and potential solutions.
Also cover Elizabeth Holmes going to trial.
00:00 Jason intros the show
01:50 CCP closes foreign IPO loophole
16:07 The 4 ways the CCP is reigning in big tech
18:44 Roneil Rumburg, Founder and CEO of Audius
27:24 Why NFTs & Crypto matter for music
38:20 How token-based fundraising works
47:44 Why Crypto isn’t as transparent as people think
57:13 The Foundation that controls $450M in tokens
1:07:34 Royal, 3lau’s new company
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00:00 Jason intros the show
02:06 SEC & DOJ charge SaaS startup Headspin
09:08 Vanta – Get get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 https://vanta.com/twist
10:39 Digging into HeadSpin
17:35 Fractional home ownership startup Pacaso’s business model
22:45 Indochino – Get $50 off any purchase of $399 or more by using code TWIST at checkout https://indochino.com
24:14 Why neighbors hate Pacaso
33:10 Marketerhire – Get $500 off your first hire at https://MarketerHire.com/TWIST
34:41 Packy McCormick of Not Boring
36:14 Breather and battling Adam Neumann
52:11 How Not Boring makes money
59:12 Packy’s Investing
1:03:17 Are NFTs a grift?
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News show! We cover, OnlyFans being back to business as usual (1:31), the stablecoin Circle cleaning up commercial paper from their USDC reserves (16:49), and does a break down of Warby Parker’s S-1 as the company prepare to go public via direct listing (30:30).
0:00 Jason says hello from Italy and talks about what he’s up to!
2:09 NoodleGate: is this the end of cancel culture?
9:59 How cultures can inspire each other to amazing outcomes
12:50 Embroker – Get an extra 10% insurance for your business at https://embroker.com/twist
14:10 Jason intros OpenGov’s Zac Bookman, Zac explains selling into governments
24:37 Odoo – Get your first app free and a $1000 credit at https://odoo.com/twist
25:46 Outrageous government expenses, most innovative & efficient governments today
30:37 How transparency manifests itself on OpenGov, reducing corruption
34:22 LinkedIn Jobs – Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/unicorn
35:54 Ways to improve citizen participation in local governments, what would OpenGov look like if applied properly in San Francisco, measuring government data via public records
48:28 Potential new features for OpenGov
Check out OpenGov: https://opengov.com/
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00:00 Intro- Glenn Kelman from Redfin
01:25 How Jason and Glenn met
03:11 Jason’s experiences with being approached in public
05:05 Glenn’s take on the housing current situation
08:02 The impacts of WFH on the housing industry
09:25 Why investing in housing could have been the solution to high prices
11:07 Indochino- Get $50 off of $399 or more by using code TWIST at indochino.com
12:35 Effects of building more housing as a way to limit home price appreciation
16:26 The argument on density being better for progressive’s neighborhoods
19:09 Areas that are pro-development and are booming because of it
21:00 Canada as a progressive area for housing and tech workers
23:43 Glen’s thoughts on San Francisco as a livable city and office location
26:50 Calm- Get one month free after attending a free demo when you go to Calm.com/TWIST
28:22 Discussion around putting efforts into office buildings and working from them
32:54 Jason asks Glen what companies lost from staying in a work from home setting
35:24 A discussion around work-life balance and generational differences
38:15 Notion- Use TWIST to get $250 off an annual team plan at https://Notion.so
39:53 Jason on debt and Glen on the cynicism of capitalism and its impacts on housing
42:22 The difference in lifestyle when having $100M vs $100B
46:52 Redfin, employing their own agents full time and other changes to improve efficiency
55:13 Jason asks Glen what it was like for Redfin to go from struggle to success
58:33 Glen and Jason discuss a controversial topic covering the DOJ and MLS
1:03:03 Nondisclosure states and why people still use listing agents
1:05:20 A breakdown of the DOJ case with the National Association of Realtors
1:10:17 The impacts of speaking to reporters and the press as an entrepreneur
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