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cover of episode E1043: News Roundtable! Bloomberg Beta’s Roy Bahat & Coelius Capital’s Zach Coelius on how tech is helping during the crisis, how startups should approach SMB loans, when VC funding will bounce back, Notion’s $50M raise, Zoom’s security issues, Luckin coffee & more!

E1043: News Roundtable! Bloomberg Beta’s Roy Bahat & Coelius Capital’s Zach Coelius on how tech is helping during the crisis, how startups should approach SMB loans, when VC funding will bounce back, Notion’s $50M raise, Zoom’s security issues, Luckin coffee & more!

2020/4/7
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0:54 Jason intros Roy Bahat & Zach Coelius, and they discuss their current quarantine situations 6:04 What is the timeline looking like for going back to work? What needs to happen before we can get back to normal? 14:51 Has government & media failed the public? How is tech (both big tech & startups) helping during the crisis? 28:33 How should startups approach taking PPP, EIDL & other SMB loans? Should startups begin working more closely with the government? 37:14 When should companies plan on being able to raise capital again? 41:37 Why Jason believes the VC market will bounce back strong & how he is planning on deploying capital? 46:12 Are we going through a generational change & witnessing the creation of "Generation V"? 55:06 Jason's thoughts on what the crisis will actually change 1:04:36 What should permanently change after the crisis: government reliance, UBI, listening to experts 1:11:45 Notion's $50M raise & $2B valuation 1:15:29 Is Zoom trustworthy? Is any software trustworthy? 1:19:13 Luckin Coffee fabricates sales and loses $5B of value in 5 minutes