Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-08-25
Books mentioned on Student loan debate, Zuck copies BeReal, Twitter whistleblower + Blueprint Part 7 | E1543
First up, J+M break down the news, incl: Student loan forgiveness (2:30), Zuck copying BeReal (20:21), the Twitter whistleblower's allegations (36:32), and a climate company's Series A! (1:04:49) Then, Jason wraps the show with another edition of The Blueprint!
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A Clockwork Orange
“that's like out of clockwork orange when they pin the guy's eyes open and they make them watch like horrible stuff that's happened in the world on video”
Passing The Running Man
“i wrote a short story i was i was thinking about like writing some short stories when i was younger and i wrote the story and i said because i love the running man and some of that kind of stuff”
Passing The Hunger Games
“and you know everybody who made it her first person got you know 10 million dollars next person got 5 million next person got a million dollars and then whoever died would just be like great television it's basically like gladiator or you know hunger games or whatever”