This Week in Startups
NYT's Glossier hit piece, VC winters, Activist CEOs and Podcast live events with Acquired's David Rosenthal | E1472
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Today, Acquired's David Rosenthal joins us. We discuss their recent Climate Pledge Arena Show (1:37), the new fundraising environment, and what the best founders and VC firms are doing (21:29), and we dig into the New York Times' latest hit piece on Glossier CEO Emily Weiss (37:40). We wrap with an optimistic look at what Australian billionaire and Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes is doing to take on Australia's biggest polluter (1:00:59).
(00:00) Cold open (1:37) David Rosenthal from Acquired catches up with Jason and Molly (12:01) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist (13:18) Crypto downturn, good for crypto in the long run? (20:11) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist (21:29) "VC Winter" warnings for founders (36:24) Reforge - Apply for their next cohort at https://reforge.com/twist (37:40) Glossier hit piece - NYT decides to dunk on Glossier founder Emily Weiss (53:13) Jason reveals his workshop process for comedy (56:38) Founders' response to NYT hit piece on Emily Weiss (1:00:59) Mike Cannon-Brookes trying to buy AGL, Australia's largest energy producer (1:13:05) Teasing tomorrow's show: GameStop earnings