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Learn how to be an Angel Investor from Jason Calacanis at Angel.University Online!
2020/6/30

Register: https://www.angel.university/online In this workshop, I share my lessons from deploying o

E1080: Arlan Hamilton on launching Backstage Crowd, disrupting VC with syndicates, how the tech industry can be better for underrepresented founders & more
2020/6/26

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E1079: The Power of Accelerators E10 Daniel Gross, Founder of Pioneer on gamifying the startup process, importance of mentorship in tech & more!
2020/6/24

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All-In E4: Politicizing the pandemic, Police reform, Biden’s ideal VP, Twitter vs. Facebook on free speech & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
2020/6/21

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E1077: “Alchemy” Author Rory Sutherland on the Darwinian approach to business, analyzing outliers, why eccentric CEOs have a psychological advantage with customers & more!
2020/6/19

1:00 Jason intros "Alchemy" author Rory Sutherland 3:45 Architecture is the cheapest way to buy art

E1076: The Power of Accelerators E9 Sunny Madra, Head of Ford X on innovating mobility for a post-COVID world, going from idea to product at a large corporation & more
2020/6/18

0:52 Jason intros Ford X's Sunny Madra 4:39 How Sunny got his start in Accelerators working on Tinde

E1075: Cendana Capital’s Michael Kim on investing in Seed funds as a serial LP, Robinhood as an acquisition target, greatest Seed funds of all time & more
2020/6/16

0:38 Jason talks about the now fully-virtual LAUNCH Accelerator and intros Cendana Capital's Michael

E1072 Ask Jason: Growing as a leader, managing more experienced employees as a young CEO, Consumer SaaS pricing tips, bull markets post-COVID & more
2020/6/9

0:01 Jason teases today's questions 2:09 Luai: Is Uber still a hyper-growth company? 5:25 Weston: Ad

Announcement: Learn how to become a professional angel investor at Angel.University Online
2020/6/9

Angel.University Online is a 3-hour course for individuals interested in becoming professional angel

E1071 Ask Jason: Black Lives Matter, Post-COVID tech hubs, Founder/VC disputes, bringing manufacturing back to the US, pre-selling SaaS products & more
2020/6/5

Jason on CNBC: https://youtu.be/V6oqvDnuAgI 0:01 Jason intros today's questions 1:51 Aaron: Thought

E1069: Alexis Ohanian on Reddit’s crypto origins, turning VC into a team sport at Initialized, improving as an investor, fatherhood & more
2020/6/3

1:02 Jason welcomes Alexis Ohanian to the show and asks about the Reddit sale & re-joining for the t

E1068 AMA: NEA’s Ben Narasin takes questions from founders: most important content in a pitch deck, COVID’s impact on dealmaking, traits he looks for in founders & more!
2020/5/30

NEA's Ben Narasin takes questions from founders: most important content in a pitch deck, COVID's imp