Podcasts Technology More or Less #17: How to Save Your Startup, Twitter/X, Threads (and Swifts Stunt Romance)

#17: How to Save Your Startup, Twitter/X, Threads (and Swifts Stunt Romance)

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 1:23 a.m.

The couples unpack how to "Survive to 2025" and debate whether Threads had the right launch strategy. Plus, Yaccarino needs media training.

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Show Notes

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[00:01:18] Our first ever More or Less event.\xa0

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[00:04:44] Startups shutting down in Q3.\xa0

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[00:07:39] Seed investor and founder cramdown risk.

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[00:10:38] Not so lifestyle businesses.\xa0

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[00:13:37] Avoid debt at all costs.

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[00:17:51] Normalizing shut downs.

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[00:21:32] Will Twitter shut down?\xa0

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[00:24:50] Should Linda stay as CEO?\xa0

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[00:27:05] Twitter's debt negotiation strategy.\xa0

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[00:31:05] Threads\u2019 graph and growth.\xa0

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[00:35:12] Growth hacks and social apps.\xa0

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[00:36:36] Discovery and finding new people in social apps.\xa0

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[00:40:00] FTX and Michael Lewis' new book.\xa0

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[00:43:33] Taylor Swift's media circus.

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[00:49:29] See you guys next time.